Page 49 of Finding My Bodyguard

I didn’t know what to say. I had been pregnant, and I’d lost the baby.

“It was yours,” a faint whisper escaped my mouth.

“I know.” He kissed my forehead and held me closer.

“I’m sorry.” I felt bad for losing the baby. I didn’t even know I was pregnant. There were no symptoms or signs.

“Don’t worry, Chocolate. When the time is right, I’ll fill you with a ton of my seeds.” He kissed me and I kissed him back, envisioning a handful of little ones running around.

“The timing wasn’t right when we crossed that threshold. You’ll be mine officially, not just on paper. You’ll have a career and that list of things you’ve never done before will all be checked off.” He kissed me again. “Then you will bear my seeds.”

If I could smile, I would have been cheesing hard as fuck. This man always knew the right things to say and when to say them.

“I have something for you.” He reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. I glared at him confused.

“These are the keys to your apartments. I didn’t know where you wanted to live, so I got you a few places.”

“What?” I must not have heard him correctly. Did he say he’d brought me an apartment?

“This goes to the apartment in Jersey.” He held up one of the keys. “This one is the one in California, Miami, and Bristol City of course.” He opened my right hand and placed the keys in them. I stared at him, processing what he’d done.

“You bought me four apartments?”

“Yeah.” He shrugged as if it was nothing.

“I can’t afford four apartments. I don’t have a real job. Just because Kashus is dead doesn’t mean my father won’t keep coming for me.”

“Chocolate, I need to tell you something else.” His demeanor changed, and I immediately knew something was wrong.

“What is it?” Concern filled my body.

“There are a lot of things about your father you don’t know.”

I didn’t respond. I just sat there listening,

“Your father has been battling cancer. He has a rare form of skin cancer. That is why he insisted on you marrying Kashus. He needed an heir.”

All the air drained from body.

“Is he dying? Wait… how do you know this?” I was speaking fast.

“I meet with your father yesterday. He lured us to Bristol City so he could send Kashus here to retrieve you.”

“There’s more.” He paused taking a deep breath. “Tessa called late last night, Roe. The doctors said there’s no more they can do. He’s at the end of life.”

I could hear London talking, but everything seemed to stand still. My father was a lot of things, but he was all I had in this world. He was all I knew. I attempted to sit up.

“With your father unconscious and Kashus gone, you can finally be free. You don’t have to worry about them anymore,” London said.

I turned my teary eyes toward him. London had done what he said and got me out of my arranged marriage, but it was bittersweet. My father was dying.

“Tell me where you want to go, Chocolate. Your new life starts today. You don’t have to worry about rent. The properties are yours. You own them. Any other expenses I’ll take care of them. We can go tomorrow and open you up at bank account. I’ll deposit a hundred thousand in there, but you’re going to be a lot richer when your inheritance comes.”

I should have been happy, but I couldn’t stop thinking about my dad. My whole world seemed to spin out of control.

“Take me to him.” I gasped. “I want to go home. I need to be with my father.” I burst into tears. London squeezed me close. He probably thought I was stupid. My father was the reason I was laying up in the hospital. He knew what Kashus would do to me if he found me and he still sent him… still that was my father. He stared at me for a moment before bringing me into his chest.

“Okay. We can leave tonight.”

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