I will Love You Forever - Chapter 130

I shook my head and responded to his numerous questions. “I’m fine.” I managed to respond.

“You don’t sound fine. I should call Qin.” he insisted raising his hand again and I pulled his hand gently.

“No… I promise I’m fine. It’s just…” I pursed my lips and didn’t know how to complete the sentence.

Gerard looked at me nervously and awaited my response but it was quite difficult for me to say it to him.

“It’s just…” he persuaded me to talk and I sighed.

“You wouldn’t understand. It’s nothing out of the ordinary.” I smiled trying to conceal the real deal and just explain the surface.

“Huh? Then what is it? Is it your head? Do you have a fever? Mr Isaac…” he was still talking when I blurted out the main cause of my distress.

“I’m on my period.” the entire room became silent and it was as though time stopped for a second.

Gerard looked elsewhere and cleared his throat. “Uh-hm…” the awkward situation lasted for a while for both of us.

The pain resurfaced again and I let go of his hand and clutched the pillow tightly with sweat beads forming on my head again.

It was quite strange because this never happened before and I usually had it easy with period pain. Why was this time different?

Gerard cleared his throat and walked out of the room hurriedly. Ayla couldn’t even say anything to stop him because she wasn’t comfortable.

Gerard was soon back with bottled water and some painkillers. He hurried to the bed and passed the pain killers to Ayla.

She got up and looked at him with a faint smile on her face. He looked more worried than she was.

She took the painkillers and the water then laid down again. Gerard covered her with a blanket and was about to leave when she held his hand.

“Don’t go.” she pleaded with him. Initially, she didn’t want him to be there because she didn’t want him to see her in that state but now, she didn’t want him to leave anymore.

Gerard looked at the pills in his hand. He wanted to drop them and come back but seeing that she needed him there, he just dropped them on the table and sat on the chair by the bedside.

He patted her head and watched her battle with the pain. There was nothing he could do to comfort her other than telling her sorry repeatedly.

Her tiny hands held the pillow tightly and her brows were furrowed.

The pain decreased and she opened her eyes slightly. “You’ll not be able to sleep properly like that. You can go now. I’m fine.” she didn’t want to bother him anymore and although she knew that the relief she felt was only temporary, she wanted to use that opportunity to send him away so that he could catch up on some sleep.

Gerard sighed and nodded. Indeed sleeping like that wasn’t going to be easy. He stood up and got on the bed surprising Ayla.

“What… What are you doing?” she asked confused and he placed his arm under his head.

“Don’t get the wrong idea. I can’t leave you like this knowing that you might feel uncomfortable later. Besides, I can’t think of any other thing now.” he explained his intentions and she nodded in understanding besides this wasn’t their first time sleeping on the same bed.

He lowered his arm and placed her head on it. “Sleep like this. It would be more comfortable,” he suggested and she nodded gratefully to him.

Gerard patted her head and caressed her hair lovingly and like magic, she began to fall asleep.

Gerard smiled seeing her sleeping already. He looked at her less worried but in the next minute, he worried for himself.

Ayla’s hands slipped around his waist as she snuggled in his embrace. “Um…” she felt relaxed but Gerard wasn’t relaxed at all. More like he was tormented.

He had told her that he couldn’t think of anything else aside from her well being at the time but she was making it hard for him to concentrate on the deal.

He held his breath and felt terrible for not dashing out Immediately after he realized she was sleeping.

Soon, it was morning but these few hours felt like decades to poor Gerard. He was sitting up with pillows lined up on his legs and his eyes dark as coal.

He had not even closed his eyes for a second and was looking like a living ghost.

Ayla’s eyelashes fluttered and she opened her eyes slowly only to see Gerard seated on the bed with a foul expression on his face.

“Good morning.” she greeted. She was feeling better today than last night and had Gerard to thank for that.

“Thank you for staying with me.” she politely thanked him but she got a sigh in return.

Gerard got out of the bed and it was only then that she saw his dark eye bags. “What happened? You don’t look as though you sleep for even one minute.” she thought she had exaggerated it but that was the truth.

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I didn’t want to disturb your ‘deep sleep’.” he responded enunciating the ‘deep sleep.’

Ayla pursed her lips feeling sorry for him not knowing what he was thinking about all night.

“I’ll get you some coffee.” he offered and went out of the room looking like a zombie from the walking dead.

“Master, how was your night?” grace asked with a bright smile on her face as she made coffee for him.

“You don’t seem to have slept at all.” she was hinting at something else but what happened was far from it.

Grace had been his nanny for a very long time and they bonded well. Unlike his other staff at the Jarek mansion, he was more polite towards her and cared for her differently.

“Far from it.” he pouted but grace didn’t hear what he said.

“Ah yes, don’t put sugar in the coffee because Ayla is having a stomach upset,” he informed her and the spoon in her hand fell.

“What is she pregnant already?” she asked genuinely surprised.