Besotted novel Chapter 53

Sangavi Pov

How did my life become so beautiful?

Just yesterday I had a turmoil life, struggling to understand where my life was taking me but today I had the most amazing turn.

I am happy. I truly am. For I had an amazing partner who became my strength and has been supporting me as this while. I couldn't have asked for more. My eyes roamed in the room as I searched for Caleb. It was early in the morning and he was nowhere to be found.

He remained with me last night in my hotel room and I slept hugging him tightly. My eyes fell on the clock which read nine in the morning.

He might have gone to work.

I got up from the bed to freshen up and ordered my breakfast and some coffee. I checked my phone multiple times as I thought about him when the door of my hotel opened and I took a glance and immediately choked on my food.

"Oh my god! Are you alright?" I heard her worried voice as she sat before me and I nodded, taking the glass of water and gulping it down.

"You should be more careful," she said as she caressed my hair and I looked back at her when Caleb walked in smiling at me. He leaned down and placed a kiss on my forehead and his sudden action before his mother caught me off guard. I remained staring at him and his mother who sat next to me with a smile on her face and in reply he just shrugged at me.

I signaled him if he told his mother about my pregnancy and he nodded and I closed my eyes embarrassed by the boy.

How can he?

Could he not wait?

Ruth looked absolutely pleased as she knew that I was pregnant. She was already there trying to make me comfortable. Soon I told her about my parents and even the part where the woman is after me wanting to kill me.

I had expected her to be hostile to me for her son's safety but she completely got me wronged as she grew more carefree and protective of me and demanded Caleb to use his power to get the Giselle no matter what. I couldn't even decipher the emotions that grew bigger in me. I was so touched by Ruth's kindness that I broke down crying. I couldn't control myself anymore.

All this while I had felt so lonely, so lost and troubled that I had lost to trust someone, to believe upon one another. All this while, the only thought I had was, I would always be alone, living on my own. But now when I see that people actually care and look after me, it was just too much for me.

I really appreciated it.

I was glad that I met someone like Caleb. He was the best thing that happened to me.

I had no idea why but I was actually looking forward to what life had for me. I was ready. I was ready to face difficulties if it meant Caleb would be right next to me.

"Don't worry, no matter how stupid my son is, I still believe upon him. I know that he loves you and he will go to any extent to save you. He will leave no stone unturned, to get that woman. Just have faith in him," Ruth told me as I wiped my tears and nodded smiling at her.

"I know. I trust him," I told her and she smiled keeping her hand on mine as she gave it a reassuring squeeze. Such a small gesture filled my heart with happiness and leaned to her comfort watching Caleb who stood at the corner of the room with a smile on his face.

I hoped this happiness and warmth to stay with me forever.

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"Okay its the time," I said as I picked up my phone ready to post an update as bait for Giselle. But Caleb took the phone from my hand as he stared at my phone for some minutes. I looked back at Nathan who shrugged at me. It was what we had planned earlier, to use my social media accounts a bait to get a hold of Giselle.

"What's wrong?" I asked as I looked back at him. He looked tensed as he simply stared at my phone.

"I don't know," he said slowly.

"Caleb?"

"What's wrong?" I asked as I held his arm and he shook his head before he looked up at me and shaking his head he ignored me and Nathan as he went past me and simply walked out of the room leaving us confused.

I looked back at Nathan who gave me a small smile.

"What's wrong with him?" I asked and he looked down.

"You should be the one knowing this,"

"You are pregnant right?" he asked and then it struck me as I looked back towards the way where Caleb just walked out. Without any words, I walked out of the room searching for Caleb and finally found him in the lawn as he stood there under the sun, playing with my phone looking absent-minded.

"Caleb?"

My voice seemed to broke him out of his thinking state as he put my phone inside his pant pockets and looked up towards the sky.

"What's wrong?" I whispered and he shook his head inhaling deeply.

"You look in a state of confusion," I told him and that made him look down as he nodded.

"I am! You got it right!" he said and I made him turn towards me as I held his face. "Caleb, what's going on inside your mind?"

He got hold of my hand and placed a soft kiss as he squeezed my hands. "I don't know Sang! Yesterday, I thought I could do everything. I had you and I wanted to protect you. Today, we have got a baby. I have to protect it no matter what! It scared me when I think of what if something goes wrong? I don't want to lose either of you! I think it is better if you stay out of reach!" he said and I withdrew my hands from him as I looked up at him.

There was so much going on inside me as I stared at him. Never had I ever imagined that I would ever hear this from Caleb's mouth. He was not from the one to give up and he wanted me to stay out of reach from Giselle?

"Then?"

"You want me to run my whole life, scared every second that Giselle would eventually find me and try to hurt me or my family? You want to be like this?" I asked and he shook his head.

"I understand. But you don't understand what I mean," he sighed looking anywhere but my eyes.

"Look at me," I told him as I made him look back at me.

He had a look of worry has he removed my finger from his chin and turned around not wanting to face me.

"Caleb," I whispered.

"You don't understand. Is this how you feel when you become a father? I am not feeling good about the idea of Giselle near you. She will hurt you and my baby," he told me and that made me sigh.

"Our baby," I said and he reply anything.

I stood there for some time as I watched his tensed back. Even in the mind, I had started to feel nervous as I thought about it. Somehow, I had stopped thinking about my own body but now when I feel that I had a life inside me, I couldn't think anything but just about my baby's wellbeing.

The mere idea of anyone trying to hurt my baby had me mad and I looked back at Caleb. I understood that he was scare thinking about what would happen when we face Giselle. She was clearly a criminal and she had already made her intentions clear to me that she wants to kill me.

Although, we still don't know why she wants to kill me after all these years. Whether she is afraid, I am the only witness and will have her in the jail or it is just personal because as much as I remembered she was clearly after my dad. So my face resembling my mother didn't go well with her and she wants to take it all out on me.

Whatever it was, I had already made up my mind and that was, I will not allow anyone near my baby. I will not let a woman, a murderer like Giselle to roam out free after all she did to my parents. If it were not for her then at this point in my life, I would have been with my parents enjoying my time of motherhood.

In fact, I realized everything that went wrong with me from the beginning was her fault. And I shall be damned if I play truce with such a vile woman like her. My baby is my strength, not my weakness.

"I am not going to lose," I said and he turned around as he looked at my eyes and then opened his mouth to speak something but I cut him off.

"It is about win and loss. She killed my family, Caleb. I won't let her hurt anyone. I promise I won't let her hurt me or our baby," I said and my words filled with determination as he stood there for some seconds and pulled the phone out. He was going through my phone for some seconds and then handed it back to me. I checked through my phone to find, he used my social media site to have me check in a cafe in Paris.

"I trust you," he spoke as he went past me and I looked back at him confused with what he just did.

"But I'm just playing safe. You can't forget that I'm also in your life," he said and walked back into Nathan's house as I smiled and looked down at my phone.

"Your father is such a hot-headed man," I whispered as I patted my belly talking to my baby and cracked up realizing the way I was behaving.

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"We will have to fly back to Paris?" I asked and Caleb shook his head.

"I will use your social media account and I'm the only one who is going back to Paris. The police have been trying their best to trace Giselle down in Paris and I am going to help them. Meanwhile, you will be staying with my mother. She will take care of you," he said and my eyes widened because he changed the plan.

"What? Are you crazy?" I couldn't but shout at him.

"I am not allowing to go there alone! Do you understand?" I yelled at him and he shook his head and looked back at Nathan.

"I think what Caleb is saying is a good option. She recognizes you, but she doesn't recognize Caleb. There will be no way she would ever understand if Caleb gets to reach her and looking at your condition the only thing you should have in your mind is to take care of yourself and your baby. This is a stressful situation and you have to stay away from all this chaos. We are here to handle this," Nathan told me and I shook my head.

"You don't understand. She can hurt Caleb. There is no way, I will allow you to go alone," I said and Caleb sighed.

"Don't worry. He is not going alone, I am also accompanying him and a senior officer is also going to accompany us to Paris for this matter. That lady is a criminal and even the police overseas are gonna help to trace her down," Nathan said and I looked back at Caleb who just gave me a look.

"Caleb please,"

"Don't argue with me Sang! I have already made up my mind. Don't worry about me. You were right! We can't keep running from this lady. I will trace her down no matter what and put her behind the bars where she belongs. I won't let her get near you," the way Caleb spoke to me, made me out of words and I buried all the worriedness I had for me inside me not wanting to have him diverted from what he has thought of.

The thought of Caleb facing her scared me, but I couldn't take the risk of losing on the only chance to get her. We knew she was in France and if she was really following me then we shall trace her down no matter what. But if we don't then she would have an idea that we are after her and then she would vanish and be out of our reach.

It is better to have our enemy before our eyes then invisible for they have the chance to attack from a blind spot, out of nowhere and we couldn't let that happen.

"Fine! If you have already made up your mind then I won't stop you," I told him and he gave me a small smile.

"But you have to promise that-" he cut me off as he came and sat next to me as he engulfed me in a tight hug.

"I promise," he said and that made me smile as he didn't even let me finish.

"Asshole! At least let me finish!" I laughed and he hummed in response while Nathan shook his head, a smile playing on his lips as he looked our way. I looked back at Caleb and placed a kiss on his cheek as he smiled down at me lovingly.

If anything I want, I want you to be safe. To be there with me to fight off my loneliness and to be there as we watch as our kid grow.

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