My Unwanted Billionaire

I stay in the office like Vivienne advised. I spend the whole morning at my desk waiting for Jason to call me to his office, but he never does. I spent most of it sleeping, though. I don’t know why but recently I have been sleeping a lot. I find myself dozing off all the time these past few days. I wonder if the stress of thinking about if Jason and I will be fine is making me so exhausted. It’s lunchtime now, and Vivienne and I are on our way out.

“Do you think Jason and I will ever get past this?” I ask Vivienne as we take the elevator to the parking lot.”

“I believe you guys will. It might take a while, but you will.”

“I know it’s selfish of me to wish for a future with him, but I do. I really wish one day Jason would be able to see me and not see my father.”

“Hopefully, that day will come soon.”

Vivienne and I head to the closest fast food joint for lunch. I didn’t like anything they had at the subway restaurant, which is weird because they make my favorite sandwiches. Everything they sold made me feel like puking. After Vivienne is done eating, we walk out of the subway restaurant to head back to the office. On our way to the car, I see my favorite snack sold across the street. I ask Vivienne to start the car while I quickly go over to buy some. I wait by the edge of the road as the traffic lights become red for walking and green for driving. I use this time to think about Jason and how he looked this morning. As I saw him in front of me this morning, I wanted to stand up from…..

“Aren’t you going to cross the road?” Someone says, beside me cutting me from my train of thought. I look up, and I see the light is green for walking.

“Thank you,” I say to the person and start crossing the road.

I am crossing the road when suddenly, I feel a terrible pain shoot through my head. I stop in my tracks and close my eyes to try and numb the pain. I also feel a little dizzy. I wonder why. Is it because I didn’t eat lunch? It’s not the first time I am not eating lunch. I use my hands to massage my temple to make the pain go away, but it does not.

“Move from the road,” Someone shouts at me as I feel my head spinning. I open my eyes to see this person and ask him why he is yelling at me. My eyes widen as I see the car approaching me. I stand there frozen on my spot on the road as the car slams into me. My whole body collides with the car, and I feel every part of my body hurt.

“Eleanor,” Vivienne screams from across the road.

I feel liquid pouring between my legs and excruciating pain in my stomach.

“Oh my God, Eleanor,” Vivienne says, rushing to my side.

“Vivienne, my stomach hurts a lot,” I tell her as I feel liquid flowing down my face too.

“Don’t speak Eleanor, I already called for help. They will be here soon,” Vivienne says, lifting my head on the ground and placing it on her lap.

“Can you please rub my stomach? It hurts a lot,” I say, as I feel more pain there than anywhere else.

“Your stomach, you are not bleeding in your……….” Vivienne gets cut off once she sees the blood flowing in between my legs. Her eyes widen as she stares at my leg. “Please God, don’t make what I think the reason is for why she is bleeding there the cause. I don’t think she would be able to handle it, God.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Vivienne,” I say, grabbing her arm closest to me to get her attention. I can see a lot of blood on my hand.

“Yes, Eleanor,” She says, wiping away her tears.

“My chest also hurts; it feels hard to breathe” My airflow reduced as soon as the car hit me.

“Don’t worry, Eleanor, the ambulance will be here soon.”

“Okay,” I say, feeling my eyes getting heavy. I know I should stay awake, but it’s hard with all the pain I am feeling. I try to fight it and keep my eyes open but give up after trying as hard as I can.

Jason

Jason tried to focus on the papers in front of him to get some work done, but he couldn’t. His whole mind was on Eleanor and how she looked this morning. He didn’t plan to come to work today, and he definitely did not expect to see her. He didn’t even know how to act in front of her after a week apart. He could not believe the way she looked. She looked even worse than when he was framed for cheating. His heart ached to see her in such a state. He wanted to ask her how she was doing but found it hard to make out any words from his mouth. He wanted to walk up to her and tell her that they would get through this, but he couldn’t. His brain kept reminding him of that picture of a two-year-old Eleanor in her father’s arms beside the truck that killed his parents. He didn’t hate her, but he couldn’t be around her right now.

Jason stood up from his desk and walked outside his office to get some fresh air. He took the elevator to the rooftop to get some fresh air and clear his head a little. Jason stood in the middle of the rooftop and closed his eyes. He allowed the sound of cars passing, the sun hitting his face to try and clear his mind.

Jason’s meditation is interrupted when his phone starts ringing. Jason removed it from his pocket and checked who was calling. The caller ID read Vivienne. Jason wondered why she was calling him.

“Hello,” Jason says, answering the phone

“Jason, Ele-n-n-or”

“Vivienne, what happened to Eleanor” Jason could hear the panic in her voice which could only mean something terrible had happened to Eleanor.

“Hos-s-pit-s-aal”

Jason’s body goes cold as the words Vivienne says register in his brain.

“Send me the address,” Jason says, hanging up the phone.

He quickly dialed Andrew’s number and told him to get here with the car as fast as he could.

Jason’s heart rate increased by ten folds as he took the elevator down to the ground floor. His mind thought about a million things that could have caused Eleanor to end up in the hospital. He prayed dearly, whatever the reason was, that Eleanor would be okay.

On the way to the hospital, Jason retrieved the small black box in his left breast pocket and stared at it. This morning before he left for work, his mind told him to pick it up and take it with him to work. It’s like his mind knew he would need it today. This accident that happened to Eleanor has made him realize that nothing matters as long as she is with him. With that thought in mind, Jason plans to put the content in the box on Eleanor the second she opens her eyes. The time to give it to her has arrived.

Jason ran into the hospital once Andrew arrived. He asked the first nurse he met in the lobby where he could find Eleanor. She told him she was still in surgery and he should wait. He walked to the waiting room and joined Vivienne, who had Eleanor’s Uncle by her side. Evan and Amber were also here. Vivienne’s face was stained with tears, and this only made Jason wonder the state Eleanor was brought to the hospital.

After what felt like hours of waiting, a doctor finally came out asking for the guardian of Eleanor Brown.

“Here,” Uncle Jack says, walking up to the doctor.

“Hello, I am doctor Enzo. I am the one who operated on Miss Brown. She lost some amount of blood from the injuries she sustained because of the accident. We were able to find the source of bleeding and stop it. Both of them should be fine in a couple of weeks.”

“Both of them?” I ask, confused with why he said that

“Yes, Miss Brown and the baby.”

“The what,” Jason asked, blinking his eyes rapidly. He was not sure he heard what the doctor said.

“Oh, it seems you didn’t know. Miss Brown was………………..”

“The baby survived,” Vivienne says, cutting the doctor off.

“Is Eleanor pregnant?” Jason asked confused

“Yes, she is three weeks along,” Doctor Enzo says

Vivienne released a sigh of relief once the doctor confirmed her suspicion.

“You are joking,” Jason says, unable to believe the doctor’s words.

“No, I am not. Miss Brown is three weeks pregnant.”

“Oh, my God, I can’t believe this. Someone, please pinch me. Eleanor is pregnant with my baby,” Jason says, with tears of joy glittering in his eyes. He might not have wanted a baby a few months ago, but that was because of who the mother was. This is different. It’s Eleanor that is pregnant with his baby. He could not believe it.

“Can we see her?” Amber asks, standing beside him

“Yes, Please follow me this way,” Doctor Enzo says, leading them down the hallway.