The Billionaire's Secret Lover novel Chapter 48

I stood up sluggishly from the bed after yesterday with Nina at the hospital, I felt so drained and weak.

Michael honey! Won't you pick your calls. It has been ringing for a while now” Mom's voice calls out to me from her room across from mine. 

“ I’ll do that now mom. I'm just waking up” I replied to her as I stood up from the bed to go pick up my call.

“ Okay do that honey. And come down for break fast. Maria had prepared us something to eat” Mom answered as I felt her open the door of her room and went down stairs.

I walked into the bathroom with my phone in my hands wondering who called as the caller had hung up before I could reach the phone.

I tried to put in my password and return the call but I was awestruck by Nina's smiling face on my phone screen. I would do anything to see this smile on her face again.

The phone started ringing almost immediately as I discovered that it was Dons Calling.

My heart skipped a beat as I quickly accepted the call. “ Don, what's going on? What happened to Nina, Is she alright ?” I asked him breathless. Whosoever is up there, please save my woman. Don't let anything happen to her.

“ Calm down boss. Nothing is wrong with Miss Miller. As a matter of fact, I bring you good news” He replied with a hint of a smile in his voice.

“ Good news?” I asked him unsure as I walked back into my room to get my outfit for today ready.

“ Yes boss. Miss Miller is awake ” He replied as I froze.

“ What did you just say? She's awake. When ? How? “ I asked him, shocked. She's awake. Nina is awake. Oh! I'm so excited.

“ Yes boss. She woke up immediately you left yesterday but I couldn't call you since it was late in the night”

” You should have called me Don. Anyway, how's she? Where is she now? I'm on my way?“ I told him I grabbed a pair of trousers from the closet and got into it.

“ She's fine boss. But I don't think you can come here right now. She's getting discharged today and her parents are preparing to take her home. It wouldn't be a good idea if you should see her now, with her brother and the enmity between you two”

I paused between getting my second leg into the trouser as I wonder what Don has just told me “Okay. I will stay put right now but I need you to be with her always don't let her see you. And please do it right, this time. Okay?”

“ I will do that. Moreover, I think she recognised me and probably wondered that I was the one who caused her accident?” Don replied slowly, getting scared. I never knew to be so scared.

“ Why?” I asked him as I discarded the trouser onto the bed and walked into the bathroom to shower, putting the phone on loudspeaker.

“ I wanted to go check on her when she was alone in the room but she looked so scared when she saw me and wanted to scream. So I had to leave the room immediately.

“ The more reason I will need you to watch her from a far until we had a chance to clear any misunderstanding she might have with you ”

“ Yes boss. I had to go now. They are already getting out of the hospital”

“Okay. Take care and thank you” I replied as I hung up the call. I opened the shower and got into it, whistling while scrubbing my body excitedly.

About thirty minutes later, I walk out of the shower happy with how I've scrubbed my body relentlessly. I opened my closet as I picked out a pair of dark jeans trousers and a plain blue shirt and put it on. While I tie the lace of my Nike dark blue sneaker. Ready for my meeting with Andrea.

Looking round my room the last time before going downstairs I was surprised to see that mom had left everything as it was since I was younger. I made a mental note to have it refurbished. I wouldn't want Nina to make fun of me when she sees my room like this.

I took my phone and closed the door as I raced down the stairs whistling excitedly. My parents were at their usually seat at the dining table as I walked closer to join them. “ Good morning dad. Good morning mom. Hope you slept well?” I greeted both of them with a smile on my face.

“ Good morning son. How are you?” Dad replied as he turned to watch me curiously.

“ I'm good dad. I'm just so excited this morning. I wish everyday could be like today” I replied as I turned to grab a loaf of bread into my mouth.

“ I can see that you are happy son, but what I don't understand is why?” mom asked, getting shocked with my attitude.

“ Mom. Nina is awake ” I reply smiling up at her.

Mom hand froze on the cup of tea in her hands as she turned to look at me with happiness in her eyes“ What did you just say son? Nina's awake ” 

“ Yes mom. She woke up yesterday” I replied as I turned to dad who was merely regarding mom and I curiously.

“ Oh! Thank God. My conscience will stop blaming me now. I could go to Lillian's wedding and not feel guilty for attending ” Mom replied with a smile on her face.

“ So , what's your plan now that she has woken up from her coma? Dad's cold voice stopped me as I turned to glare at him.

“ What do you mean dad? Are you not happy that she's no longer lying in that hospital? I hope you will be kind to her from now on, because if you should find out the truth, you will hate yourself more”.

“ What truth son? What are you talking about?” mom's scared voice called out to me as she tried to reach out to me but I flinched out of her touch.

“ It's nothing that you should be worried about. When it's time you will know”

“ Michael Vincent Thompson, I'm warning you for the last time let Nina go. The poor girl had suffered enough. Aren't you guilty? You and I both know that you are not going to marry her, then why are you still hanging on to her?” Dad's voice glared at me as I turned to look at him annoyed.

“ Point of correction dad, you and mom are forcing me to marry Deborah. I don't love Deborah neither do I care about the bastard in her womb. All I care about is Nina. Is it too much to ask of you.

“ No son, it's not too much to ask. I know you love Nina and I'm getting fond of her too but we are your parents and can never lead you astray.

Deborah is the woman for you not Nina. You are from a wealth home and you are a billionaire yourself. What good is your money if you cannot get a pretty and wealthy wife like Deborah? What can Nina offer you? Nothing ?” mom said, trying to reassure me as I angrily stood up from the table, after losing my appetite. To think I was happy a while back and now this.

“Where are you going, Michael Thompson? ” Mom screamed at me as I ignored her and ran up the stairs into my room. I picked my bag and a few clothes that I have brought with me. I don't think I will ever be coming to this house again after this:

“Michael come back here!” Dad shouted at me immediately he saw me with my bags.

“ You know what dad, mom. I'm done. It's my fault, I should have gotten married to Nina secretly when I first met her ten years ago and discovered that I was in love with her.  If I had done that, all of this wouldn't be happening right now. But it's not too late, I can still do it”

“You wouldn't dare, Michael Thompson ” Dad shouted, glaring angrily at me. I don't why he's so stubborn about this.

“Dad stop controlling my life. I'm an adult. A fucking  thirty five years old adult” 

“If you abide by my choice and instructions. I wouldn't need to control your life” I walked out of the room frustrated into the car as Mark drove me to Lush Beauty.

I walked into lush beauty as all the sales people greeted me but I ignored them. Giving them my angry look.

I took out my phone to put a call through to John, praying that he was at the villa, so he could do what I was about to send him.

“ Hello sir” John's voice greeted me on the other side of the call.

“ Hello John. I need you to do something for me urgently.

“ What is it Michael? ”

“ Where's Deborah? ” I asked him as I took the elevator into Andrea's office.

“ She's in her room “ John replied.

“ Good. I need you to go into her room and drag her out. I don't want to see her in that house or any of her belongings. Okay?”

“ Yes sir ”John replied.

“I don't care how you do it but I don't want to see her in my house again “ I told John and hung up as I opened the door into Andrea's office.

He was sitting on his desk going through some files in front of them. Immediately he saw me, he smiled sadly as he came to shake my hands.

“ Michael. How are you ?” He asked me as I sat down opposite him.

“ I'm good, though my parents are giving me a tough time but I’ll survive. And you, how are you?”

“Same old. Though Lush Beauty is going down, we've been losing clients ever since Nina's accident. We need her to be alive in order to revise Lush Beauty again”

“ Oh! Yes. She's alive. She woke up this morning ” I told Andrea. Have forgotten he wasn't aware of it yet.

“ Really ? Wow! I'm so happy for you. Have you told Lilian? Andrea asked me as he smiled excitedly.

“ Not yet. But we shouldn't tell her, Nina might want to surprise her on her wedding ” I told him shrugging   

“ That's true. So, what did you want to see me about?”

The door opened as Danny walked in followed closely by Lillian. I stood up to go hug her as this was the first time I will be seeing her after the accident. She was okay, save for a few bruises of her face.

“ How are you Lillian? ” I ask her as I motion for her to sit. She sat down beside Danny.

“ I'm good. Though, I'm missing Nina a lot right now as my wedding is drawing closer ” Lilian replied sadly as Andrea and I exchanged knowing wink.

“I'm sorry about that Lilian. I'm sure she will wake up before your wedding, okay?”

“ I pray so. What did you want to see us for?” She repeated Andrea's question to me.

“I need your help. All of you. I wanted to do it alone but  I'm not getting anywhere. I need you guys'' I told them looking at each of their faces.

“ Our help? Why?” Danny asked, shocked. He has been quiet all this while merely observing us...

I went on to narrate everything for them right from the beginning of Austin and Deborah's plot down to catching them at the hospital as I watched the shocks on their faces.

“ That Lying bitch. I knew this wasn't an accident. To think she did this. I feel like killing her” Lilian screamed angrily as Danny tried to calm her down. 

“ I knew it, the way she shed those fake tears. I knew it wasn't real. Michael, we need to report them at  the police station “ Andrea said looking up at me.

“Not yet”

“ Why?” They all asked as I went to narrate to them why it couldn't work.

“That's true. Anyway, I will see what we can do. We need to gather evidence for Austin's involvement in Nina and Lillian's accident” Danny said as he tilts his chin up lost in thought.

“Yes. So, guys, are you all going to help me” I asked them as I waited for each of their responses breathlessly.

“Of course. Count us in” They all replied. I smiled as I hugged all of them. We all dispersed to our various houses with a promise to meet at Lillian's wedding.