GAELLE sprang out of the bed and then hurriedly ran towards the washroom because of the urge to throw up. Thankfully, she got there on time. When she finished doing so, she felt like she lost all her strength because even though she couldn't throw up anything anymore, the urge to puke was still there. When she finally stopped and felt a little bit relieved, she washed her face.

She stared at her reflection in the mirror and she noticed that she looked pale. Hay...how many more days before her morning sickness would finally end anyway? Honestly, she was having a hard time dealing with it already.

When she finished drying her face with the towel, she went back to her bed and lied down again. She noticed that Kellan wasn't in bed anymore. He might've left for work already. Now, she understood why nobody followed her and comforted her at the washroom while she was throwing up a while ago because he wasn't in bed anymore and already went to the office.

Kellan was like that. If she woke up on the wrong side of the bed and wasn't feeling well because of her morning sickness, he would always stay beside her while rubbing her back to try to make her feel better. She closed her eyes when she suddenly felt like the room spin around in a fast motion.

If she wasn't feeling like that, she should've gotten out of bed and went downstairs right away when she woke up a while ago but she knew that she couldn't do that because of her current state.

After almost an hour of just lying on the bed, she finally felt better so she decided to get up and then went back to the washroom to brush her teeth and take her bath. After she finished taking her morning shower, she got dressed and then blow-dried her hair using the hair dryer. When she finished, she went downstairs and she saw Jillian eating her breakfast alone.

"Good morning, ate. C'mon, let's eat" she even stood up and pull a chair for her. Gaelle wanted to roll her eyes because of what her sister just did. Ever since they discovered that she's pregnant, everyone in their house began tending to her needs as if she was an invalid person. Even to the smallest things, they would help her out even though it wasn't really necessary. She wanted to complain because they were being too overacting in doing things when it comes to her but she just chose to zip her mouth and thank them for their efforts.

'Good morning too, brat" she sat on the chair that Jillian pulled for her, which was located beside her, and then put food into her plate. Then she started eating.

"Did mommy and Kellan left for work already?" she asked while eating with gusto. Thankfully, she finally felt fine after all she threw up crazily like that. Because of that, she felt so hungry. Well, how couldn't she not when she vomited all that she ate last night?

"Mommy just left just now, ate. Kuya left so earlier than her though" her eyebrows creased of what she heard.

"He left at what time?"

"Around 7 am, I think. Didn't he tell you that he would go out early today, ate? I woke up early this morning so I saw him left the house in a hurry. I asked him why he was in a hurry even though it was still so early for him to go to the office but he told me that ate Beatrice called him. I think, it's about Brett" Gaelle went silent because she didn't know what to say. She suddenly lost her appetite.

"Ate, are you okay?" her sister asked worriedly. She forced a smile.

"I'm okay, brat" she answered and then chugged down the water in her glass. She suddenly felt sulky and disgruntled. How couldn't she? Kellan didn't even have the decency of waking her up and inform her about it; that he wouldn't go to his work right away today because he would go to Beatrice's place first thing in the morning.

It's been a week since she and Kellan had that talk. He became true to his promise and now, he's finally exerting time and effort to be with her even though he was busy. If he was always late on coming home before; now, he was always early so that he could be with her and accompany her to anywhere that she wanted to go to or do.

"Don't jump into conclusions, ate. Maybe he didn't want to disturb your sleep that's why he didn't wake you up before he left. Maybe something happened that's why he went there all of a sudden" Jillian said to her. She heaved a sigh.

"He could've just woke me up and inform me about it instead of leaving just like that without even telling anything to me" she couldn't help but say. She couldn't hide the sadness, disappointment and being sullen in her tone. She already told Kellan that he could visit his son when he feels the need to but now, she suddenly had the urge to take back what she said because just thinking that he was with Beatrice right that moment gave her the urge to follow him there and take him home.

But of course, she would never do that. She didn't want to appear pathetic and jealous. She trusts him and she knew that he loves her, not Beatrice. Maybe it would be better if she would just try to erase those negative thoughts in her head to prevent herself from getting stressed out and being sad. She felt bad that her child was feeling every negative emotion that she was feeling. She didn't want her unborn child to get affected.

"I'm sure that it's about something important that's why kuya went there, ate. Don't worry too much. He will surely explain when he gets home or maybe he will call you later" Gaelle knew that Jillian was just trying to make her feel better by telling her that that's why she nodded her head in agreement instead of answering.

She could clearly see the worry on Jillian's face for her and she didn't want to implicate her sister to her not-so-good mood. She smiled at her to show that she's okay; that she didn't have to get worried of her.

Jillian's face brightened upon seeing her smile.

"C'mon, ate. Let's just continue eating" they indeed continued eating their meal. When they finally finished, Jillian left for school and she was left alone in the house together with the household helpers.

She decided to watch a movie to entertain herself. She tried to call Kellan but he wasn't answering her call. The negative feeling that she was feeling a while ago intensified even more. Just a while ago, those feelings disappeared because of what Jillian said to her but now, they're resurfacing again because she couldn't help but to get paranoid. How couldn't she think of negative things like this if Kellan wasn't answering her calls or even receive a single message from him?

No! Maybe, he's just busy that's why he's not answering his phone...

She needed someone to talk to so that she wouldn't stay sulking in the house like that. She went upstairs and changed her clothes. She decided to go to her grandparent's house. She drove her car carefully towards her grandparent's house and when they saw her, they happily greeted her with a warm hug. Her grandparents already knew about her pregnancy and they were so happy because according to them, they would finally be having a great-grandchild.

She spent her entire day in her grandparent's house and for a moment, she forgot about Kellan. He didn't even call her that's why the heavy feeling in her chest became worst.

Gia and Enricko came to see her in the afternoon and that helped her a lot because she momentarily forgot about Kellan.

She went back home at quarter to 5 pm and she expected that Kellan was already home. And yes, she was right because when she entered the house and reached the living room, Kellan was descending down the stairs in a hurry at the same time. When he saw her, he looked like he got relieved.

"Thank God, you're finally home, chérie. Where have you been? I was calling you but you weren't answering my calls" he said and then hugged her tightly. Her eyebrows knitted together. She didn't hear her phone ring.

"I didn't hear it" she answered. He pulled away from her and then stared at her intently. He was about to speak when she spoke before he had the chance to do so.

"It's good that you're finally home. I was calling you but it looks like you were so busy that you didn't even answer my calls" there was a hint of sarcasm in her voice. His face softened and then he heaved a sigh. Gaelle could see the guiltiness in her forest green eyes as he stared at her.

"I'm sorry, chérie. Beatrice called me this morning because Brett kept on crying and asking for me. I heard his cry on the background. I couldn't say no when I heard his cries so I went there. I wanted to wake you up before I leave to inform you about it but you were still deep in your sleep and I didn't have the heart of disturbing your sleep, knowing that you've been feeling a little bit under the weather lately. I wanted you to rest. I wanted to call you but I left my phone in our room because I was in a hurry. I'm sorry, chérie. I messed up again" she didn't answer for a couple of seconds.

"Kellan, you know that it's totally okay with me if you want to be with your son from time to time but you should let me know about it if you're planning to go there and visit him; I don't want you to just leave just like that even if it's an emergency. I deserve to know! We already talked about this" he raked his fingers through his hair.

"I'm so sorry, chérie. I won't do it again. I didn't stay for long at Beatrice's house. When Brett I finally made Brett stop of crying, I went to work right away" she just nodded her head and then pulled away from his embrace and then left him there. She felt like she suddenly became stressed out even more when she heard his apology. She chuckled to herself.

There were a lot of things that were circulating in her mind at the moment but she chose not think about it anymore.

She doesn't want to hear his apology anymore because she felt like she already heard it a lot of times already.

When she entered their room, she sat on the edge of their bed. She saw his cellphone that was on top of the bedside table. She was about to pick it up when it suddenly rang. She picked it up and checked who the caller was.

She gritted her teeth when she saw Beatrice's name but she chose to answer it anyway.

"Hi, babe. I just want to say thank you of the time that you gave us today. Thank god, you came over. Brett is really happy. See? You can forget about that woman for me and Brett. Just look how happy Brett was when you came. I hope that we can do it again---" Gaelle didn't wait for her to finish talking and just cut the call off.

She felt like her heart was getting heavier with each words that Beatrice was saying. She felt like she couldn't breathe. Tears brimmed in her eyes and it took her all the will power she has to stop them from falling.

Is it really this painful to love someone? She never wanted anything other than to love the man she loves and be loved by him as well. Yes, she and Kellan loves each other but why does everything feels so hard? Her chest felt so heavy and didn't know until when she could allow herself to just keep on giving and understanding like this.

She's getting more paranoid with each passing day especially when Kellan is together with Beatrice and their son. She felt like Beatrice would succeed on stealing Kellan away from her any moment and she was scared.

She trusts him but with all that's been happening lately, her trust for him was decreasing. It's ridiculous but that's what she's feeling.

"Ahh!" a whimper escaped her lips when she suddenly felt a pang of pain in her stomach and she got worried. She touched her tummy while trying to calm herself down. The beating of her heart was so hard and fast because of fear, fear for her baby.

Thankfully, that indescribable pain disappeared after a couple of seconds.

"I'm so sorry, baby. This is mommy's fault. Please don't be mad at me. Don't worry, I will try my best to be okay for you" she said to her baby. Even though her baby bump wasn't that obvious yet, she could still fee that her baby was there; she could clearly feel his/her presence in her womb.

She already loved her baby so much and she would never let him/her to get affected because of what's been happening to her lately. Maybe, she shouldn't think too much of negative things that could potentially hurt her because her baby was the one who would suffer and that was the last thing that she wanted.

KELLAN couldn't concentrate with his work that day because of all the things that's been bothering him. It's been two days since that day and he could feel that something changed in the way Gaelle interacts with him.

She doesn't look mad but she have been inanimate, wasn't as cheerful as before and quiet. He was getting worried about her. He already asked her if she has a problem or if she wasn't feeling well but she just smiled forcefully at him and then shook her head. She said that she already misses her parents that's why she's been feeling down like that.

Her parents cancelled their trip to the Philippines because there was an emergency in their business which needed their immediate attention. But he knew that that wasn't the only reason why she was feeling down lately; it was because of him as well.

Even though Gaelle wasn't saying anything, he could feel when she has something that's bothering her or if she has a problem and it looks like he already knew what it was about.

"Damn it!" he grunted and then pounded his fists on the table. He didn't know what to do anymore. He was so confused. He was doing everything he could to make everything alright but why does his effort wasn't good enough?

Maybe his desire to be with Brett and Gaelle together without hurting anyone or a problem was just a fantasy because whatever he does, someone gets hurt. Everything's becoming more complicated and he knew that Gaelle is hurting badly. What happens when she give birth to their child and everything is still as complicated as now? Gaelle would surely leave together with their child if that happened.

He didn't want to think about what might happen anymore because he would do everything in his power to fix the problems that he created in the past.

Even after he finished his work, the things that kept on bothering him didn't even decrease one bit. He hurriedly went out of the building and went straight to the parking lot to where he parked his car then he maneuvered his way towards Beatrice's house.

Today was the day that he and Beatrice agreed upon for him to take Brett home for the weekend. Thankfully, Gaelle gave him her blessing to take Brett home. She strictly told him to just pick up Brett without staying at Beatrice's house even for a couple of minutes.

Brett would be sleeping to his house and then he would bring him back to Beatrice tomorrow afternoon. Just thinking that he could finally take Brett home decreased the heavy load in his chest. He felt so happy.

Thankfully, he managed to convince Beatrice this time in this kind of set-up because he had been longing for his son. She had been depriving him of his own child.

When he arrived in front of Beatrice's house, he quickly stepped out of his car to ring the doorbell. He was in a hurry because he wanted to get out of there as soon as he has Brett with him so that he could go home to Gaelle on time. He didn't want her to get disappointed with him again. He's so thankful because she agreed for Brett to spend the night with them.

Kellan was about to press the doorbell button when a man suddenly came out of the house and he looked so furious. The man looked so familiar to him and he was quite sure that he already met him before; he couldn't remember when and where though.

"Who are you? What do you need from Beatrice?" he asked when he saw him standing at the gate. Kellan was about to answer when Beatrice came out of the house as well and quickly approached them.

"What are you still doing here?! Have I not told you to leave and don't you dare come back here again?!" she furiously yelled at the guy. The man gritted his teeth as his eyes turned into slits because of anger.

"Let's see about that, Bea! I'll leave for now but I'll be coming back and you should be ready by then" he hissed before leaving.

"Who's that guy?" Kellan couldn't help but ask Beatrice.

"He's nothing. Don't mind him. He's just a person who did nothing but to pester me and make my life miserable. C'mon, let's just go inside. Your son is waiting for you" she said. Even though he wanted to inquire more, he chose to keep his mouth shut. He doesn't know why but he felt odd inside upon seeing that man and he couldn't understand why. There's something about his familiar face. He was hoping that he wasn't up to no good because Brett would get involve for sure and that was the last thing he wanted.

Kellan's jaw clenched tightly. He already has a lot of things to think about, he just hoped that that guy would not add to his problems as well...

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Do you have an idea who that man is? 

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