The Billionaire's heart (The Billionaire Love #3 )

Chapter 28

Old Family Ties

My father was looking right into my eyes. "You are very brave coming here." I told him. "After what you did how could you show your face here?" He laughed again.

"Oh son, why you think I am here for you?" what else he can be here for? What else he might want anyway? "You are wrong as always Samuel. My purpose here is not to cause any harm to you. I am here to visit an old family friend."

No, it cannot be. She had known my father all along? Yes, she may have since we were next door neighbours' bit, she maintaining contact with him after all these years is something, I don't understand why she will be associating with him, after all she had told me. I know she hated him. "You are one step behind as always Samuel Richard King as always. So why don't you just accept defeat?" I asked.

"Defeat? And that too from you? Never in this life or next." He grinned at me. "That's fine, I am not counting you to live that long Son." That man, I have enough with him. "What are you doing here with my girl?" I asked. "I told you before I have come here to see a family friend." He told me. "She is not your family and certainly not your friend. So, what exactly are you doing here? Come here to harm me?"

"You are naïve still, I wonder how are you running that billion-dollar empire if you are this thick?" He asked. "What do you mean? Why cannot you leave me alone?" I asked. Now I am feeling the pain. "As you wish. Until next time, and a little lesson for you Samuel, what you see in front of your eyes is not true."

Why would he say that? I refuse to believe that she has anything to do with him. I refuse to believe that she has family ties with him she cannot because she was also a victim of his cruelty.

I walked in and found her asleep. She needs her rest after what she had gone through. I sat down beside her and brushed my hands over her cheek softly. How could I do this to her? Let her suffer like this? She was after all my responsibility. I felt someone's hand over my face. I saw her brilliant blue eyes looking at me. "Samuel? You are awake?" I took her hand into mine. And kissed it. "Why are you crying baby?"

I didn't know I was crying. I didn't want her to see me like this broken and tired of all this. But I think she can see through me easily and there is nothing I can do that will change this can it? "I am sorry hermosa, I wasn't able to protect you, I wasn't able to protect anyone, not you not April, no one." I felt her hands grasping mine.

"No, you weren't responsible for anyone. I was there, I went there to see that the intruder was trying to destroy the surveillance room." I was alert knowing this. She might know who was there who wished to destroy the surveillance system. "And April, she wasn't hurt, she will be fine." She told me. "I hope so, tell me have you seen who it was? Have you seen the intruder's face?" I asked.

"I don't know, he was wearing a mask, and when I tried to take the drive out of his hand, he pushed me and I fell. That the last thing I remember." I looked at her bandaged hand. "You got hurt baby, that is not what I wanted for you. If I am hurting you for any reason..." "No," She exclaimed. "You are not, Samuel. You are not hurting me for any reason." She said softly looking into my eyes.

"But..." She placed a finger on my lips. "Don't baby, you doubt yourself so much, you doubt yourself, and in turn you doubt over me and our relationship. We can hold this together; we can face anything. We can face everything together." She nodded I kissed her forehead. "How do you know about April?" I asked. "Because she is here too, don't you know? "I had no idea she here,

"Where are we?" I asked. "it is the second branch of our hospital." I have a second branch I don't know about? But I never really did order for the construction, so how could this have happened? "You look confused is something wrong baby?" She asked. I didn't want her to see me this way, thinking how much broken and afraid I was at this point. I have to be strong, for her, if not for myself. I have to have faith that I can for her. I have to do this for her and this time I will do it right.

"Nothing I am fine baby," She smiled. "You are still not telling me everything. But right now, you should sleep too, you still are hurt and I want you back in one piece not inn pieces when you come to me Mr. King." "Oh baby, I just want to be your King" She laughed lightly at this statement. "Now you are flirting" I held her arm. "You know I cannot sleep without you and I am right now on house arrest?" I asked.

"So, what is your plan?" She asked. "Meet me tomorrow night at the roof at this time exactly and I will tell you exactly what I have in my mind baby." "What is your game King?" She asked. "Just you and I together and little time in privacy. You know what happen than don't you baby?" She smiled softly at me. "I do" "Come on, let's just go and sleep" I told her. She moved to a side and pated the seat next to her.

"Let me make you sleep baby," "I don't want to hurt you..." Knowingly or unknowingly. "Yes, you will by not staying. Sam, I have literally saw you almost die this was twice now. And I don't want to lose you. I don't want to Samuel." Oh Iris, how can I assure you? I slept beside her. She placed her head over my chest.

"I am not hurting you any way, right?" She asked. "No, you are not, I feel happy being with you here like this." I told her. She turned on her side facing me and held my waist. "You know if someone sees me, they will detain me back to my room and I won't be able to see you. Merissa let me out, but she won't be helping me again."

She was too silent for my liking, Have I said something wrong? What I did now? I want to know what have I done? "baby, are you alright.?" I asked. She turned around not facing me. She is angry. So much angry, "hermosa? "She still was silent. I turned her around and found her crying. "baby what happened? Why are you crying?" I asked her. "Why don't you go to her then? Why have you come here? Is she better than I am?" I smiled.

"Is my baby jealous because another girl came into my room?" I asked. "No, she can come, she can do whatever she likes to. But why come when you are alone, and that too late at night? ""I was trying to escape?" I countered. "You did? You could have help from anyone. Why her?" "Because she was the only one who will not push an injection in my vein, and make me sleep, and preventing me from reaching to you? Baby she had helped me." "I could have come to you" She told me.

"I have no doubt that you would have come if I waited. But it is the wait I didn't wished to do it. You don't k now how much worried I was. I was worried, about you and my thoughts were always and forever based on you." I assured her. She didn't stopped sniffling. "baby, there is no one else who will be ever going to take your place, you are my only one, my love, my hear and my soul forever."

I told her. She was still not convinced I know that because I can feel that, she was still skeptical. "Baby," I whispered. She didn't look at me. "I am sorry for hurting you" I told her. I love her there was no doubt in that. I held her in my arm as she protested. How can I assure her about all this? Sometimes I think she acts like a child.

She will not shut me out like this, I will not let her shut me. I will make her love me as much as I love her. And there is only one way she will know that I am not kidding around. She should know, that I am not giving up like this, I am not, not this time. I will fight for her. For her love, for her trust. I kissed her forehead and she curled up around me.

She feels home. And that is a feeling which I never want to part with. She will now realise how much; she is important to me. "baby, I love you so much. And I will do anything to prove that I Do Love you. I love you and only you." I softly moved my fingers through her hairs. It had been long since I have gotten her like this closer to me. And no one can make me think otherwise specially not my father who hold no position in my life.

I felt some movement outside the room and I decided to check up. I walked out closing the door softly behind. I saw Marissa was pacing around. "Sorry, did I wake you up?" She asked. "No, you didn't, I wasn't asleep. I was just happy to see that she is alive and well. But she has been hurt badly." She looked at me and told me

"She wasn't this badly hurt on my previous reports, but maybe they have over looked the burns on her arms. It has to be overlooked because she was asking about you. She was worried." I chuckled.

"Something funny sir?" She asked. "Yes, it is how can one be jealous of you? "I asked. She laughed at that too. "I have no idea how, must be something in the air. Everyone is getting jealous lately." She joked. "Must be, remind me to call the cleaners." She started to laugh. "Hey, Marissa can you help with something, I need to set up a date" And I started to tell her my plan.

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