"A problem?" He wondered whilst carefully stepping closer and closer to the assistant, but very slowly, so she wouldn't push him away
"A problem you can't fix?"

"Y-yes sir!" She answered with a shaking voice, almost not audible at all. "I-It i-is v-very b-b-bad!"

"Surely it can't be 'that' bad!"

"Oh but it is!!" She cried on, her vision becoming so blurry in fact that Nathalie suddenly felt dizzy, and before she knew it she almost fell, but luckily her boss was there to catch her.

So with his hands under her armpits, Gabriel slowly lowered Nathalie down whilst he also lowered himself down. Therefore she ended up being compressed against her boss's chest, whom was sitting on the floor, holding his woman, whilst softly petting her back and waiting for the dark haired woman to calm down.

"Shhh Nath. I promise that problem of yours...or should I say problem of ours won't be a problem for too long! We'll find a way to solve it, like we always do!"

Yet not even these sweet word from the love of her life could cheer Nathalie up.
She was still shaking, and still crying.

"No! No! You will kill me!! You will fire me!!"

"Nath! Don't be ridiculous I would never! Even if the world would be ending, I'd still stand beside you. I need you. Always and forever."

"B-but s-sir-"

"Come on!" Gabriel encouraged "Say it!"

"I-..."

"-I want to know what this thing is which has you so destroyed." he cut her off, looking so interested and intrigued, barely being able to wait another second more for her to say it, but designer had to, he couldn't just force her.

So the man only placed one last kiss on top of his employee's head before she finally managed to gather the courage to speak.

"I-...-s-sir-" the woman shook her head, both vigorously and furiously "P-please d-don't hate me-"

"Nathalie!" He frowned "I won't. Never ever!"

"F-fine t-then!"
The assistant took a deep breath, looked her boss dead in the eyes and whispered:
"I could potentially be pregnant!"

By saying that everything immediately went quiet, and it became very awkward for the two work partners, since all they could currently hear was each other's worried breaths.

However the designer did attempt to make his anxious friend feel a little better by smiling at her and then uttering:

"Well-...congratulations!"

"Pardon?" Nathalie stared at her superior, all confused and concerned of his behavior because she would've expected Gabriel to yell, maybe even shout, but definitely not to completely stay calm and smile.
So now she didn't know if her boss had gone insane or if he was suddenly a much better person.

"Congratulations!" He repeated "For the baby!"

"B-but-...sir you're meant to freak out!"

"I-...well...OMG YAY YOU'RE HAVING A BABY!! SO GREAT!!"

"No! No! Not like that!" Nathalie slapped him angrily "I-...it's bad!!! It's yours!!"

"Me?"
He gasped
"My baby?"

"Yes you Gabriel!! I haven't fucked anyone else other than you!! A-and since I-...w-wasn't feeling so great this morning...plus I threw up-...I-I think those are some symptoms-"

"Well yeah-...they definitely are." The grey haired man gulped just thinking of what he'd have to go through if he would have that baby.

So much trouble, so many responsibilities which he couldn't bare.

He currently was still struggling to raise his only teenage son, but now thinking of having a crying infant in his arms, Gabriel almost felt dizzy and sick.
However with the quick shake of his head the man forgot all about that and went back to trying to help his friend.

"W-well Nathalie m-maybe you just ate something bad-...o-or you're a bit under the weather! You know you might not be pregnant for sure-"

"AND WHAT IF I AM?!?!" She shouted, making Gabriel instantly flinch "WHAT THEN?!? Will we keep it, or-...do I get rid of it?"

"I-It's really your choice-" The designer shrugged "I don't want to manipulate you!"

"But what would you like? Or at least tell me what would you do in my situation, and be honest because I think I've embarrassed myself enough to deserve a bit of honesty!!"

With that the grey haired man sighed.
He knew if he would be telling the truth then he'd greatly offended his best employee.
Yet if he wouldn't fully be honest then she would never ever trust him again, and since as of right now Gabriel very much liked the relationship he was in with her, he simply
placed a kiss on the side of Nathalie's cheek and whispered close to her ear with a soothing tone.

"I-...well-...if I'd be you I'd most likely keep the baby." He kissed her again "As you said you don't have much family or anyone to love so this would be a great-...a great change as well as a good change. Plus you're very good with children and all that parenting stuff. However-...I-...I can't promise that I'll be a good dad because I already failed the first time, p-plus as much as I love you and would do anything for you my love...I can't fully promise to be a great husband either. I never was one."

"B-b-but y-you a-and E-Emilie-" the assistant stuttered "Y-you w-were-"

"-Flawless?" He cut her off with a slight chuckle "Yeah at first glance it was perfect, wasn't it? Well-...anyways trust me, we both never fully committed to one another. It was...like a little play, almost. We acted madly in love whenever out in public, but what went down behind the closed doors-...now that was something no one should ever know."

"I-...b-but I -...I don't recall you arguing-" the woman realized.
She indeed had no memories or at all any idea of what happened back then, though she had already been working with Gabriel
"...I don't remember at all!"
Now the assistant began to freak out.

Nevertheless her boss now suddenly had the widest grin on his face alongside with the calmest personality ever.

"You see that's because you're not meant to."

"What do you mean sir?" Nathalie asked with a trembling voice "W-why c-can't I remember you loving her?!?! Why can't I think of a time when you two had a fight?!? W-why is my memory so-...empty?"

"That's because I loved you, and I had to protect you."

"No!" Nathalie sighed, her eyes filled with tears, her head filled with anxious thoughts, and heart heart absolutely broken, into a million pieces. "What did you do!?!"

To be continued-