Two Worlds Apart

Chapter 116

It's been hours, Days, Weeks and with everyone that passed, Eric grows even more fond of Natalie.... I'm being serious though, he's literally kidnapping my child at this point.

I know there's the usual Father-daughter bound, but c'mon, the mother needs to bond with her child too, right?

"This isn't fair!" I've been whining for the past 20 mins, but he keeps ignoring me..... okay not totally but he still has

"What are you on about?" He looks up at me from my giggling mini me

"I want my baby" I pout, stretching my hands towards them.

He looks back at her, tickling her gently "you want to stay with Daddy, don't you, My love?"

She's giggling again, okay this child isn't making things any better.

I let out a sigh of defeat "Urgh, I'll be downstairs"

Eric always finds a way to get me to bring Natalie over to his house. In the past few weeks, we've been here like 20 time.... I'm not even joking.

I'd be lying if I said i wasn't happy that they were bonding. At first, I was scared that it would take a while for him to get used to her, but I was totally wrong.

........

"Maybe lemon silk?" I whisper to myself, staring at the sketch I have in hand.

I was already done with two out of the seven sketches for Morcé's shoot, but I'm having issues getting the right color for the third one. I have pieces of material littered over Eric's dinning table, trying to think of which fabric and what color would suit the outfit.

"Or yellow silk?"

Urgh

"How about royal blue silk"

"Oh my God!" I jolt at sound of Eric's voice in my ear.

I look up at him standing behind me, hands pinned to the table on either sides of my chair

"Are you trying to kill me? Where did you even come from?"

He lowers his head so it was at the same level as mine "why would I want to do that?"

How do I pretend his face isn't an inch away from mine?

How did we get here again?

I try to look away, but his gaze seemed to hold me spell bound because I couldn't. Those grey eyes has me hooked, slowly roaming round my face before being lowered to my lips then back up to my eyes.

I finally get a grip of myself somehow and I turn back to my sketch, clearing my throat

"is she asleep?"

Straightening his back, he takes a seat beside me "yeah, she is. Busy with designs?"

I nod "I have seven sketches to come up with and it's really stressful"

He lets out a sigh "I can imagine. Need any help?"

Definitely not

"Nah, I'm fine" only God knows what might happen next.

"Let me check on Natalie" I push the chair back, about to head upstairs when I feel Eric gently grab on to my wrist.

"You want to check on someone who's asleep.....or you just want to run away?"

I chew on my bottom lip slightly as he succeeded in pulling me back.

"I'm not..... I'm not running away"

"Sure, you're not" he says in a sarcastic tone, standing to his feet.

There was literally no space between us, along with him towering over me, making it even harder to look at him. The smell of his cologne lingered around, becoming intoxicating in a very good way.

"I thought the new Courtney Jones wasn't shy?" He tilts his head, his deep soothing voice mocking me.

I finally get the courage to look up at him, locking my eyes with his "Are you trying to mock me, Mr Martinez?"

A smirk forms on his face "maybe"

He bring his hand to my cheek, his thumb caressing it gently.

Before getting the chance to go any further, there was a knock on the door

"You have got to be joking" the frustration was clear on his face and in his voice.

I muffle in my laughter even though it was clearly wrong timing.

"Come in"

Daniel walks in, shutting the door gently behind him.

"Oh, am I interrupting?"

"Most definitely" Eric answers, definitely not taking it lightly.

It was beyond interrupting it though, Eric and Daniel haven't really spoken much since he found out he an Gloria knew about Natalie. I've tried my best to talk to him over the past weeks, but he's just too stubborn to convince.

"I'll leave you guys alone"

.....

Eric's POV•

I watch Courtney as she heads up the stairs before turning back to Daniel who was staring at me from the living room.

I walk out to the living room from the dinning room, heading to my mini bar and pouring us a drink.

"Is this a goodbye drink, or what?" He takes his glass from me

"Why do you think so?"

"You've been cold"

"And you've been distant" I point out

He let out a sigh, taking a sip from his drink "You know I'll always have your back, but I was in no position to tell you about the baby. You weren't giving me audience so I had to step back a bit"

I shake my head slightly "Daniel, it's fine, really......I just.....I don't know. You guys were around me all the time, begging me to be alright while keeping such a secret away from me."

"I understand, Eric" he nods "even I would be upset. It's completely understandable"

I take one step towards him, stretching my glasses towards him. A smirk grows on his face and he clicks it with his.

"Won't forgive you for what you did today though" I take a seat

"I'm guessing I interrupted things with Courtney" he chuckles

"Yes, and I'm definitely not forgiving you"

He raises his hands in defense

"understandable too"