[IMPORTANT A/N AT THE END]

Two months later..

Ashton's POV

I rubbed my tired eyes, my foot tapping on the floor as i waited patiently for the elevator's door to open.

Zack clutched on my pants to grab my attention , i averted my gaze from the door and looked at the small blonde boy as he raised his hand up.

"Up ! Up !" He mumbled while jumping.

I couldn't help but smile at the little boy as i held him in my arms.

Zoe gave me a grateful look as she was busy talking on the phone.

She called me in the morning asking me come with her to the doctor to check on her baby since John, her husband is out of town for work.

I couldn't say no to her even though i am tired like shit.

I rubbed my temples again as a yawn escaped my lips while i stepped inside the elevator.

Damn i am so fûcking sleepy !

How many hours i slept today ,three maybe or was is two ?

It doesn't matter , that has became my sleeping routine for the last two months.

With all the work piling over my shoulders , of course there is no time for sleeping.

After what happened , when i came back here to LA , Mark, my so called dad came to me telling me he bought the company and he wants me take it back.

For that i was glad , because that Caleb didn't have the opportunity to take over my company.

I would've killed myself if he did.

I asked him why he did that , why he bought the company for me , he just said because i am his son.

But I know that is just a big lie, he did that to have the upper hand over me, to put me under his control again.

I wanted to refuse his offer at first , but then thinking about it , I can't lose my company.

I built it out of nothing till it became what it is today. And when I thought i lost it i was devastated.

But then i had a chance to take it back , so i threw my dignity away and accepted his offer.

With that done , i had to work harder this time , because all our partners backed out when the bank took over the company, which threatened their investments.

So i had to prove that they can trust their money in our company again and there is no threat or whatsoever.

I won't let what happened before to happen again.

No one can manipulate me now , i won't give any one the power to fuck me up the way she did..

The ding voice snapped me from my thoughts, as i saw the elevator door opening.

I rubbed my neck as i stepped out , it aches so damn much.

Note to self , don't sleep in the office's chair ever again.

We walked inside, the place full with people , some entering , others leaving as we went toward the receptionist, Zoe was giving her some papers so i took my time looking around.

A smile crept to my lips as i saw a small boy placing his ears over his mothers belly as if trying to hear his sister or brother.

I averted my gaze away , then froze in my spot , my smile dropped and i felt my heart beating fast for the first time since two months.

She was there , standing just few inches away from me.

The doctor handed her a paper, she took it with a smile and started walking away.

I couldn't look away from her , i was afraid to even blink, maybe if i did she would just disappear.

She is still the same.

She is still beautiful, a voice in my head whispered but I directly silenced it.

How long was it since i last saw her ?

Don't act like weren't counting them !

True , i was counting everyday , every hour, every fucking minute, and every second, i was just trying to convince myself that i hate her and for a while i actually believed that.

Believed it just till now , because the moment my eyes saw her again , all the feelings i buried deep inside penetrated my heart and invaded my whole body.

It felt like there is no one in the room apart from us , my eyes were just seeing her , seeing every move and everything around went into oblivion.

My hand beside me curled into a fist , my nails digging in my palm to stop myself from running after her.

I closed my eyes for a brief second  to calm my nerves, and when i opened them again She was already gone.

I was pulled of my trance when reality hit me.

What was she doing here ?

My eyes went back to the door she came out from , to the man she was talking to.

He is Zoe's doctor , she used to come to him when she was pregnant with Zack, i know him.

Slowly i was losing the sanity left in me as many assumptions roamed inside my mind.

With no second thoughts , i rushed toward the office and entered without knocking.

The receptionist lady followed me, calling my name to stop me but I didn't care , i need answers.

The doctor snapped his head to my direction as I barged in unannounced.

"Sorry Mr. Taylor i tried to stop him." The receptionist lady said .

"Its okay Cynthia , he is a friend." He said making her leave closing the door behind her.

He looked at me confused, "Ashton , Where is Zoe ?"

"What was she doing here ?" I said ignoring his question.

He looked even more confused now , his brows knitted , "What ? "

"What the hell she was doing here ?" I growled , i was losing my patience and my mind in the same time.

"Who are you talking about ?"

"Katherine, she just came out , what was she doing here ? " i said letting our a frustrated sigh.

"Kath.. Wait , what .. You know her ? " he asked as he stared at me dumbfounded.

"Does it fucking matters if i know her or not." I snapped as i was slowly losing my temper , "What in fuck's sake was she doing here?"

"Ashton , why you think women come to me ?" He asked as he looked at me as if i am crazy.

I kind of knew the answer but i want to hear it , to let it sink.

"She is pregnant." He said.

One word , just one word was enough to knock all the left oxygen in my lungs.

I closed my eyes trying to compose myself and not lose it in front of him.

The thought of her pregnant with some guys child made my whole body burn as my chest tightened.

And the small thought of her pregnant with my child , made me even more furious.

"Is there something between you two ?" He asked noticing how hard i am trying to calm myself.

"Was." All i said.

"When ? " he asked as if trying to find something.

"Two months ago."

His mouth formed an 'o' as he looked lost in his thought , "She said the father is out of the picture." He mumbled , more to himself not to me.

When he seemed to realize something , he gave me a look I couldn't interpret.

"Well , my friend , i should tell you there is a big possibility you may going to be a father."

A father..

The thought alone terrified me, but i kicked that to the back of my mind as many emotions invaded my chest.

But I concentrated only on one feeling , on anger.

Anger get the best of me as i stared at the man in front of me letting his words try to sink in, and I knew whatever i am feeling now it is going to bring the worst in me.

I stormed out of the office and went directly out , ignoring Zoe who was calling my name.

I roared the engine to life as i sped up as fast as i can with one place on my mind.

I am going to see her.

And she won't be so pleasant with what i have.

******

Katherine's POV

I unlocked the door and stepped inside the apartment.

I had to go up all the stairs since that damn elevator is broken.

This pregnancy is ruining me , i have to get my ass back to the gym after.

I took a deep breath as my panting slowed down.

I looked around me , the apartment looks so empty , with all the boxes stuffed aside.

I still have three left boxes and everything i own would be ready to be shipped out of town.

I entered the room , changed into a more comfortable clothes to fill the last boxes before the shipping guys come.

They said they'll be here at four , i checked the time , it still two and a half.

That's good , i have time.

I leaned down to pick the box , but then felt a slight pain in my back making me stand straight again.

I rubbed my small belly ,with a smile on my face, "You're still so young and you're giving momy a hard time."

I still can't believe how this happened , i remember the day i knew i was pregnant.

I couldn't sleep , i just kept on crying, not knowing what to do with my life.

I never thought this would happen to me , this is not how I planned it.

But life never act in the same way we plan it.

But one thing i was sure about that time , is that i am never going to give up on my baby.

I am ready to do it on my own , i can and i will.

I will give this baby a perfect life , a one I couldn't have.

I really don't care about my life anymore , all what i want is just to raise my baby far away from here.

He is the only thing i have now , and this time i am not going to lose him.

I won't take a small risk that would result in me losing my baby.

I will do anything, and i mean anything to protect him from this life.

Maybe that was number one reason why I didn't tell Ashton about my pregnancy.

I was afraid , afraid he may oblige me to kill him , or maybe threaten me to take him away.

I don't trust Ashton , not after what I've done , I can't trust him, he would hurt me now and he won't even care.

A loud knock on the door snapped me from my thoughts, who would come now ?

The shipping guys said they will come at four.

Could it be them ?

I walked toward the door holding the paper that says what time they should be here so i can show it to them.

"I was told , you will be here at.." I said as i opened the door but then froze as I noticed that it is no one other than Ashton standing in front of me.

Fear and panic crawled under my skin , not just because he is here , but also the way he was looking at me.

"How dare you ?" He growled and stepped forward making me abruptly take a step backward as a sudden reflex.

"Wasn't everything you've done enough already ?" He snapped stepping closer his tone so harsh , his face showing so much anger and his eyes burning with rage.

I stepped backward afraid till my back hit the couch.

"What are you talking about ?" I asked my voice low and shaking.

He doesn't know , i made sure Cara won't tell Alex about this, then what is he talking about !

"Don't act dumb Katherine." He growled again , his voice sending shivers down my spine.

"When you were planning on telling me ?" He asked and my heart dropped in my stomach at his words.

"When he or she graduate ? Or no maybe when they get married." He said and stepped even closer that i can feel his breath brushing over my skin as he spoke.

"Oh no wait ! You weren't planning on telling me at all." He said with a mocking tone.

"RIGHT ?" He snapped making me flinch at his tone.

How did this happen ?

"Ho..how did you know ?" I asked my voice shaking as i felt tears forming in my eyes.

"Seriously ... That is all what you care about." he said raising an eyebrow.

"You just fucking care how did i know." He shook his head as his eyes traveled around.

"Oh ! You were planning on moving out too." He said noticing the many boxes, "Smart." He commented.

"You really knew how to play this, you really knew how to hide this from me." He added as he looked at me with anger and hate.

"I really didn't know you would be such a good actor." He said clapping his hand.

A tear slid down my eye as i knew that whatever is going to come next is just going to be worst.

"Don't think those tears affect me anymore.. They're fake... Just like their owner." He looked at me with utter disgust and I'd be lying if i said what he said didn't hurt.

Because it did , it hit a nerve.

"I can't believe that i ever felt anything toward a women like you." He said as he shook his head.

He stepped backward and ran his hand in his hair frustrated.

I stepped away too trying to calm my racing heart.

But he directly held my arm and pinned me to the near wall.

My back hit the wall and i felt a slight pain at the impact.

His grip over my hand tightened as he looked at me ready to attack.

I was afraid , i was so damn afraid of him..

He would do anything now , he won't care..

"You're hurting me." I said as more tears slid down my eyes while his grip just tightened ignoring what i said.

"I want to." He said , his voice so empty yet harsh.

I stared at his eyes for a while , and all i could see was anger and fury that I couldn't recognize the man standing I  front of me now.

"You have only two options." He said making my heart race in my chest , " One , you can run away as you were willing to , you can go and hide from me but i swear i will find you and when i will , i am going to take my child away from you and i promise I won't let you see him ever again."

My eyes widened as fear rushed inside me, I won't allow this to happen, I won't lose my child too, I can't take this risk.

More tears scrolled down as I looked at him waiting for the second option thinking it may be better than what he said , "Or.."

He said and looked like he is thinking it through before he uttered the next few words making my heart skip a beat or two.

"..You will marry me."

TO BE CONTINUED..
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Now i can say THE END..

Yeah but is just the end for this book , because there will be a sequel 👻

Yup , you heard me right ,there will be a sequel , I planned it like this from the beginning.

There is still important things to be revealed about both Ashton and Katherine and it needs a second book.

So if you liked this story and you want to know more about both of them and about Alex and Cara and even about that Asshole Caleb 😂 Then don't delete this story from your library yet , because i will announce it here once the sequel is out.

It won't take long till i start writing the sequel , maybe two weeks maximum,maybe less😋 Depends..

So I hope you enjoyed reading this book , even though it is full with typos and many grammatical mistakes😂 ( I will edit it later since i am such a lazy ass)

Anyway before i shut up😂 I want to thank you guys for giving my story a chance , for voting and commenting ❤️

Special thanks to : halfbloodaf  Queenofhoen15 mrsjosephmorganx  and ___Yourstruly guys were from the beginning and your comments always used to make my day and cheer me up to write more 😊❤️

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