Under His Protection

Jadua sighed deeply massaging his Temple, this has been the topic of their discussion ever since they came back from NYC, Trisha had been bombarding him with series of reasons and questions why Laura cannot marry japhet.

“Are you listening to me, Jadua Van-Lerie?” His wife demanded hotly, standing in front of his study table with her hands in each side of her slender waist.

“Yes, iam listening my love” he answered while his eyes were still shut.

“We both know that Michael is the father of the child, what I don’t understand is why you are permitting this nonsense to happen, do you want my Laura to be miserable for the rest of her life?” Trisha groaned.

“They made their decision that day in NYC Trisha” he reasoned out to her, ” I asked who the father of the child is but they didn’t answer, in addition I think we need to stop meddling with their lives now since there is now a baby involved, let them make the decision for themselves” jadua replied her, shaking his head sadly.

Trisha stomped her feet angrily on the carpeted floor, ” how can you say that so casually? Hell! You and I know about the mutual feelings they have for each other despite the fact that they tried to keep it a secret, they have been so inlove with each other since that night you introduced him as your personal bodyguard to Laura, I even told Aiden to stop scarring them for a while and let them enjoy their new relationship”

Jadua stood up and walked towards Trisha, with his arm curled around her waist, ” Darling love, it was both our plan to make sure they are together, I know how miserable Laura was when Michael left that time, and I know they both love each other even though they tried their best to keep it in secrecy. Remember Aiden left in the dead of the night without saying goodbye after you alarm him of finding a bride for him if he doesn’t stop his flirtatious lifestyle, see love I cannot do anything about this if that man wants to marry Laura”

Trisha angrily removed his hand from her waist, ” what kind of a father are you? I pity Laura for having such a cold hearted father like you” Trisha breathed angrily, storming out of his office like a devil that she was.

“Dammit!… dammit!” Michael cursed himself furiously as he drove through the street heading towards Jadua estate, it’s been a week exactly since his world titled upside down at the turn of event in NYC.

At first he could not believe his ear when Laura told him that she was pregnant with his child, but before he could even recover from his shock, his Excellency and his wife showed up in NYC demanding who the father of the child is. He couldn’t speak for a moment but before he could summon any word and claim to be the father of his own child.

For one stupid moment in his life, Michael thought that it would be better if Laura marries japhet instead of him since he(japhet) could give her the life she deserve, the life he could only dream of giving Laura and their child.

But as he was left alone in NYC taking the opportunity to research for her stalker’s whereabouts he kept his mind out of the beautiful princess who had Bewitched him utterly, he couldn’t help but to realize the mistake he had made in his life, Michael glanced at the engagement invitation on the passenger side of his car, his Excellency even sent him the invitation through his private secretary two days ago.

“Damn! I will not let Laura marry that man” Michael swore silently to himself, ” I just hope iam not too late to whisk her away from this engagement”

But it doesn’t matter, he would kidnap her if necessary, Michael doesn’t wish her to be out of his arm ever again, since she left NYC with her parents it felt like he has been dying slowly each passing day.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Finally he arrived at the magnificent estate owned by the might Jadua Van-Lerie, there were now good amount of people on the lawn clearly enjoying the party, Michael quickly maneuvered his car to the staff barrack and slip inside the manor unnoticed from everyone, It is a good thing that he had worked so many years for his Excellency and that is why he knew his way around the gigantic estate.

He bumped into two maids who were busy arranging things for the party as they gave him a bright smile which clearly showed they had no idea what had happened back in NYC, all he needed this moment as his heartbeat accelerated was for him to go into Laura’s room unnoticed and kidnap her.

He was already on the second floor when he crossed paths with Jadua and his Italian billionaire friend coming out of his study room.

“Michael!” Said Jadua, with unreadable eyes, ” what a surprise to see you here, iam glad you manage to come for Laura’s engagement party”

“Your Excellency” Michael greeted with a slight now, when he was aware of the interesting look the Italian billionaire threw in his direction.

“Marcelo” Jadua address his Friend, ” why don’t you entertain the rest of the gang outside on my behalf while I talk to my previous bodyguard for a moment”

“No thank you Jadua” the man answered with glittering dark eyes,” those idiots can entertain themselves, I have a better idea. I will just show my wife your art collections in the drawing room upstairs”

Jadua gave a hearty laugh and nodded, ” well then you can show her anywhere you want to. He then turned and becon to Michael who was standing hands at his back looking uninterested in whatever they were saying, ” Michael let’s go to my study room”

Michael nodded and followed his ex employee track silently, this was the last thing he wanted when he had planned on kidnapping the princess. But for now he would bid his time and he doesn’t want Jadua to suspect anything about the real reason he came to the party.

Once they arrive in his study room, Jadua firmly closed the door behind Michael, they do this kind of routine countless times in the past whenever he wanted to report something discreet or he wants Michael to run some secret errands for him, but tonight was different from others in the past.

Michael gently cleared his throat, ” I have information about Laura’s stalker your majesty” he paused for few seconds when Jadua remained silent looking at him straight in the eye while sitting behind his mohagany desk, Jadua raised his eyebrow in his direction, ” oh really?”

Michael nodded, ” it turned out that it wasn’t really a serious matter, only few occasions the stalker scarred Laura and nothing more. In addition since she left New York City last week, I still did surveillance in her apartment to know if he would ever return but there was no sight of him, I think he got scared when a bodyguard was hired”

“That is good to know” Jadua said, playing with his fountain pen with his finger, ” now you can retire from your work as her bodyguard, I know she has been stubborn and handful for you, I really appreciate all you have do and accepting my request, now that she is getting married iam very sure her husband have everything to make sure she is safe”

“So he wants me out of the picture now?” Michael asked himself silently, but even if this cold-hearted and most fearful man in France sitting before him would send him to hell after tonight, he would gladly accept his date but he would not leave this estate without Laura and their unborn child.