Billionaire's Contracted & Unloved Wife - Chapter 230

Chapter 230: Chapter 230
The room was quiet, Carla stood beside Ariel’s bed, watching Aiden sleep on the bed that Jace had occupied the day before.

She felt sorry for what she’d done, but that was her last resort; she couldn’t sit still and watch another person fall unconscious in front of her due to tiredness.

She had offered Aiden a cup of coffee after sliding a Mickey Finn inside it; it wasn’t for any adulterous purposes; it was for the sake of his health.

She sighed and turned to face Ariel, “What?!” Carla gasped the moment she saw Ariel’s quiet eyes staring at her.

“Oh my God, Ariel, you’re awake,” She leaned down and touched Ariel’s face, “Can you hear me? Do you understand what I’m saying?” Carla asked gently.

She was trying her best to be professional as a doctor, if she were to act as a friend, she would be screaming her lungs out in excitement.

Ariel slowly nodded; her weak, curious eyes found Aiden lying next to her and got scared and worried, “What happened to him?” She asked and Immediately started to cough, her eyes widened in horror as her coughing fit caused her to feel something warm coming out of her vagina.

She snapped her eyes up to Carla, “My babies…” She coughed again, holding her chest.

Carla was fast with her movement; she quickly injected something into Ariel’s IV and hurried over to the small fridge, returning with a glass and a bottle of water.

Ariel’s cough had reduced the moment Carla injected something in her IV, she watched Carla raise her bed slowly until she was slightly sitting, and after drinking the glass of water from Carla’s hand, her dry throat felt soothed.

She stared at Carla, her eyes getting wet without speaking.

Carla dropped the glass on the table beside Ariel’s bed and hugged Ariel, a warm gentle hug.

“It’s going to be alright, Ariel; you did it; you came back to us all; we’re proud of you,” Carla whispered soothingly, massaging Ariel’s scalp.

Ariel took a deep breath and nodded, “What happened to Aiden? Where, my Jace…are my babies fine?” She tried to control her shaky voice.

Carla cleared her throat and stood straight in front of Ariel, “Jace is doing great, he’s with Grandma Nari, Aiden,” She pointed to him, “He’s just resting, after sitting beside your bed for two days and no break, I had to make him sleep, but he’ll be up in an hour,” She smiled at Ariel.

Ariel didn’t react; she kept looking at Carla. She knew she was avoiding something, but she needed to hear it, “Carla… have I lost my babies?’ She placed a hand on her stomach as she looked at Carla.

Carla sighed loudly, “I might be a doctor, Ariel, and I know I’m supposed to be professional, but, I wasn’t. I was supposed to confirm if you still had your babies yesterday, but I didn’t because I was scared of what I might find out. However, I kept administering medications that would hopefully stop the bleeding, it reduced significantly, but it didn’t stop completely,” She explained.

“Check it now,” Ariel was determined.

“Ariel -”

“Check it, Carla. I need to know,” Ariel commanded in a low voice.

Carla sighed designatedly, “Okay. I will go get a nurse to assist me with moving you, we have to get you cleaned up before the tests,” She informed.

Ariel simply nodded, “Alright,” She replied.

Carla smiled slightly before waking out of the room.

Ariel looked over at Aiden, her heart hurting as she saw the man she loved looking tired and exhausted, she couldn’t imagine how it must have been for him to watch her battle between life and death. He must have suffered a lot. At least Jace was fine; that was the only thing that made her happy at the moment.

“Don’t worry, Papi… we’ll be fine,” She whispered as she stared at Aiden.

***

Ken had also received the message from Carla. Ariel was conscious, but no visitors were allowed yet.

He was glad she was recovering, that was the best part. They could visit her whenever they were allowed to.

He was in his living room with a glass of wine in hand, his third glass of wine.

A lot of things were on his mind; he might appear happy to people, but he wasn’t. He thought he would be satisfied with Jess’ suggestion but it turned out he couldn’t do it. After the day he left her house, he never returned or called regarding their pleasure agreement, he couldn’t do it.

He was brought out of reverie by the ringing of his phone beside him.

He checked the caller ID and felt his heart skip a beat. It was Jess.

Why was she calling?

He slowly picked the phone up and answered it “Hi, Jess,” He said.

He always forced himself to sound normal with her, just like everyone else.

The line was quiet for a while before Jess spoke up, “I’m at your door,” She informed and ended the call.

Ken paused, confused.

‘Why was she at my door?’ He placed down his wineglass and stood from the couch, heading to the door.

He took a deep breath before pulling the door open and truly, Jess was standing there.

“Hi… please come in,” He stepped aside and widened the door to let her through.

Jess nodded and walked into the house.

Ken shut his door and went to meet Jess in the living room.

“Um, I’ll get you another glass if you want to drink… never mind,” Ken cleared his throat as he watched Jess gulp his wine from his glass.

Jess gently placed down the glass on the table and approached Ken, “Why?” She questioned as she stood in front of him.

Ken blinked, “Um, why what? Jess?” He smiled.

Jess scoffed, “You find me so repulsive that you don’t want me to drink from the same glass as you?” She asked quietly.

Ken frowned, “What? No, Jess, you’re misunderstanding me. How about you have a seat and tell me why you’re here?” He offered.

Jess watched his eye for a second before she sat down, tapping the space beside her.

Ken nodded, sitting beside her.

“Ariel is awake,” She informed.

Ken glanced at her face, “I know. Carla texted me, too,” He replied.

Jess nodded, “Oh… okay.” She said.

They both went silent, each staring at their fingers as if they had just discovered it was part of their body.

Jess cleared her throat, “Kenneth,” She called quietly.

“Yes?” He answered, looking at her.

Jess moved closer and placed a hand on his thigh, using her other to turn his face toward her, “I want you,” the hand on his thigh went higher.

Ken clenched his jaws; he placed his hand over Jess’ on his thigh, held her gaze, and shook his head.

Jess looked away, “I knew it,” She removed her hands from him.

“Why are you avoiding me, Kenneth?” She questioned.

“I’m not avoiding, Jess, I -”

“Jess. Why Jess, Kenneth? Why not Jessica? You know it always turns me on when you call me that way; you’re avoiding anything that would bring us together, Kenneth; why?” She asked seriously, frowning.

Ken thought carefully before speaking, “You’re here due to the agreement we had, right? You want to have sex with me and leave afterward, right?” He questioned cautiously.

Jess nodded, “Yes, Kenneth, it’s been over a week since you last touched me… I need you, why are you acting as if you don’t understand what I’m saying?” She placed her hand on his thigh again.

Ken stared at her face, her brown eyes drawing him deeper, and deeper was something he didn’t want to go with her.

“I can’t go on with the agreement, Jess,” his voice was calm, even.

Jess felt a sharp pain in her heart from Ken’s words. She wasn’t supposed to be hurting, but here she was, feeling suffocated with the pain.

“Why? Have you found someone you like? You know, I told you to let me know if you do; you didn’t have to keep me in the dark; I wouldn’t have bothered coming here if I knew that,” She slowly withdrew her hand.

Ken rubbed his temple, closing his eyes.

“Jessica,” He called quietly.

Jess gulped and looked at Ken; hearing her full name gave her a forbidden hope.

“If I’ve found someone I love, would you really be okay?” He asked.

Jess smiled, a sad smile. “I will be -”

“Don’t lie, Jessica,” Ken said and held her shoulder, leaning close to her face.

Jess gulped, “What do you want me to day? You found someone else,” She whispered.

Ken gritted his teeth, “I want you to say that you love me too, Jessica,” He stated.

Jess’s eyes flickered between his eyes and lips, her heart fluttering like a butterfly.

“But you have someone else, Ken. You’ve backed off our agreement,” She reminded.

Ken scoffed, “That’s someone in you, Jessica… can’t you tell that I’m unable to love in from you? Yes, I backed off from our agreement because I dint it, Jessica; that’s not the kind of relationship I want with you; I want to give you more because you deserve more; I don’t just want to cum in you and hit the road…” He paused and placed an arm around her waist, drawing her closer.

“I want you, your body, and your heart, everything about you because you already have everything I own. I’m not touching you outside these parameters; I can’t make that dumb agreement because I love you too much not to attach emotions, princess. Do you understand?” He whispered against her lips.

Jess felt her eyes stinging with tears, maybe even it wasn’t really bad to give love a chance, to give Ken a chance.

“Then why did you leave? I miss you, Kenneth; I felt abandoned; do you know how hard it was to stay away because I didn’t want to seem desperate? It’s not healthy, but I’m addicted to you, Kenneth, and you dared to push me away,” She frowned.

Ken smiled, “You missed me? Addicted to me? You love me?” He asked seductively.

Jess slowly climbed over his thighs, sitting on him as she wrapped her arms around his neck; she placed her forehead on his, “Do I have a choice? I don’t want to lose you; I can’t have you gone from my life and into someone else’s life, Kenneth, I have to love you not to lose you,” She confessed.

Ken’s hands tightened around her waist, as he sucked in a sharp breath; his eyes darkening. “Jessica…” His voice was raspy, his body was humming with happiness, and hearing Jess say those words flipped something in him.

“I love you, Kenneth,” She whispered.

“I love you, Jessica,” Ken confessed breathlessly.

“Prove it,” She dared, rocking her hips against his.

Ken smirked, “Oh, I will, Jessica, I promise,” He stood and carried her inside his room.