My Three Darlings

Chapter 47

“That’s right.”

Eliza nodded as she reached for more food. “Is anything the matter?”

“I’ll be heading there too.” “I’ll give you a lift there tomorrow.” The cold, aloof man picked up a morsel of food from her plate and sent it straight into his mouth. “I’ll take this for the fare.” Eliza was dumbfounded. “Goodness me! So what you are saying is that I will be going to Ertonphia in the same car as the legendary Mr. Valentine tomorrow?” Graciana went bananas after Eliza told her the news after dinner. “I had planned on traveling light, but I guess I’ll have to put on my most extravagant outfits now!” Eliza sat by a large window and sneaked a glance at Beau, who was a distance away, out of the corner of her eyes. At that moment, he was leaning against the headboards, reading a book. The bed lamp lit up one side of his face, highlighting his sharp profile and further accentuating his charming features.

Eliza pressed her lips together tightly. Then, she answered in a hushed voice, “Don’t go overboard…” “I’m not going overboard!” Graciana rolled her eyes and said, “Eliza, I’m your best friend. “And this is my first time meeting Mr. Valentine. I need to leave a good impression on him! “Otherwise, he might be under the impression that you only have nasty people like Madeleine and Jay around you!” At the mention of Jay and Madeleine, Eliza’s mood inexplicably became downcast. The conversation ended after a few half-hearted responses from Eliza. Then, she turned off her phone and went to bed. “You don’t look very happy.”

Beau put his book down calmly and turned off the lights in the room. “Yes, I feel very unhappy.” A single bedside lamp remained lit in the room, which was very dim. Eliza stared up at the ceiling. “Madeleine is pregnant.” “So?”

The man asked in a low voice, without a streak of emotion. “I do not wish to hurt a pregnant woman.”

She closed her eyes. “Madeleine came to me again this afternoon. “I think you are right. They behave so unscrupulously toward me because I gave them the impression that I was weak and easily bullied.” “I want to become stronger. I want them to pay for what they have done…” She heaved a long sigh. “But Madeleine is pregnant now.” She had lost a child herself, five years ago. She knew very well the pain of losing a child. And she knew even better how cruel it was to lose an unborn child. The child was innocent! Because she had been through the pain of it, Eliza could not find it in her to hurt an innocent life that had not even seen the light of day. “So what if she is pregnant?” Beau spoke softly. But his voice was emotionless. “If they don’t treasure their child… Why should you go easy on them?” “It’s their duty as parents to protect their child, not yours.” Eliza went silent for a long time after hearing his words. ‘It’s their duty as parents to protect their child.’ Those words lingered in her head for a long

time. After a while, she closed her eyes and silently clutched a corner of their quilt tightly. She was an incompetent mother. Five years ago, she had insisted on sending Jay off to the airport when she knew full well that her baby was due in a month. It was on that journey to the airport that she met with a traffic accident. The crash was terrible. It took the doctors an entire day and night in the operating theatre to save her. They hadn’t been able to keep the baby, and she had lost more than a month of her memory. Up until this day, she could still clearly recall her despair and the sense of helplessness that she felt when she learned that she had lost her child. Eliza had a dream that night. In the dream, a little girl who looked exactly like her stood in front of her and cried. “Why didn’t you protect me, Mommy? “Mommy, I miss you so much. Why didn’t you come to me? “How I wish to live with you, Mommy…” Her heart almost broke at the sight of the little girl’s tear-stained face. And chase as she may, it seemed like she could never get closer to the little girl no matter how hard she tried. The little girl seemed so far away. But in the end, she managed to catch her. She held the little girl tightly in her arms and said, “It’s all my fault. I didn’t do a good job of protecting you… “Mommy.” “Mommy.”

Just then, two voices sounded behind her. They were children’s voices. Eliza hurriedly turned around with the little girl still in her arms. Demarion and Braint stared back at her with eyes full of misery. Tears fell as they looked at her. “Will you abandon us?” Eliza was stunned. She held her daughter with one

hand and reached out to wipe Braint’s tears away with the other. “Don’t cry. I will not abandon you. “I won’t leave you! This is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

“I won’t-!”

Eliza sprang up and sat on the bed. As images of her dream faded away, she realized that she was drenched in cold sweat. She grasped onto her collar and gasped for air. It was a long time before she could calm her nerves and separate the present from her nightmare. In the end, she let out a long sigh and lay back on the bed. But somehow, sleep just wouldn’t come to her. She checked the time and found that it was only six in the morning. After tossing and turning on the bed for a long time, Eliza ultimately decided to get up. She passed by the study on her way out. The study room’s door was left ajar. The man inside stared at the computer monitor in all earnestness. From time to time, the voices of people speaking in a foreign language could be heard from the computer. He was having a meeting again. Eliza pursed her lips. She recalled how he had once said that he would rather be the only one staying up late to attend a global meeting instead of having dozens of executives from across the pond burning the midnight oil. She stood behind the door, and somehow, she felt her heart beating just that much faster as she looked at his serious expression and heard him speak the foreign language so fluently. That was, until “Good morning, Mommy.” Demarion appeared in front of her with sleepy eyes. “Why are you eavesdropping on Daddy’s study so early in the morning?” The little fellow’s voice was not exactly soft. As soon as he spoke, Beau stopped speaking. She pursed her lips and instantly looked inside the study. Her gaze met his, which were sharp and deep. She felt a sense of danger looking into his eyes. It was as though they could read all her emotions. Eliza panicked and hurriedly ran down the stairs. Demarion watched her leave and sniggered mischievously to himself. He yawned and pushed open the study door. Then, giving no regard to whether or not Beau was in a meeting, he climbed onto his desk and sat down. His tiny legs were covered in a pair of pajama pants with yellow ducklings and dangled off the edge of the table. “Mommy peeped at you for a long time.” “I don’t think she understands foreign languages, so she was not eavesdropping on the company’s secrets.” Beau shot him an indifferent glance before turning off the computer. “So what was she doing?” “She was looking at you!” Demarion rolled his eyes.

“Daddy, be confident. Mommy was looking at you.” For a brief moment, pride flashed in the man’s eyes. “And why was she looking at me?” Demarion frowned and thought about it. “Maybe she was wondering when you’d bring her Ertonphia.”

Beau was at a loss for words.