Chapter 176 - Let me protect you (1/2)

The elevator was moving so slowly for the impatient Caspar. His mind was filled with the worst possibilities. As soon as the elevator stopped on the ground floor and the door opened, he immediately ran towards the receptionist.

From afar he could see a girl kneel in the center of the lobby and people, who had gathered around her, were trying to talk to her.

His heart felt hurt seeing Finland derogated herself in such a way just to be able to talk to him and he blamed himself.

He did not intend to refuse Finland's calls. Today he just needed time for himself because he had a lot on his mind, and he did not want to be disturbed by any phone call. Even Stanis couldn't contact him today.

Caspar quickly drove the crowd away and knelt beside Finland. His voice trembled as he spoke, ”Please stand up... Don't embarrass yourself like this...”

Finland gasped, she turned toward the origin of the voice and found the man she missed was kneeling beside her. His face looked very worried.

”Caspar...? Are you really here...?” she asked in disbelief. She touched Caspar's face and shook her head, ”This must be my imagination... I miss you too much... I have finally gone crazy...”

Finland really thought she was only hallucinating. There was no way that Caspar would suddenly appear before her like this, right? She thought that her mind was playing tricks on her because of her longing for him.

”You miss me…?!” Caspar frowned, he didn't understand what Finland was saying. ”What do you mean?”

Finland, who considered Caspar in front of her a hallucination, could not stop herself from hugging Caspar and crying on his chest.

”I miss you every day... I can't stand it anymore. I came here to talk to you and meet you one last time...”

Jadeith arrived shortly after and dismissed the staff and guests who were still in the lobby to give them privacy. In a brief instant, the large room became very quiet. There was only Finland and Caspar in the lobby. They embraced each other and only the sound of her sobs could be heard.

”I don't understand...” Caspar didn't know what to do when the woman he loved was crying on his chest. He refrained from rubbing the girl's head. ”Did something happen...?”

”I'm sorry, I was so angry with you and left you because of Jean...” Finland sobbed, not realizing that the surroundings were empty. ”I did not tell you that at that time I was pregnant with your child, because I was afraid that you would never let me go... and at that time I really needed to get away from you. I met Lauriel in America and he helped me a lot since our child was born... Lauriel thought of Aleksis as his own daughter, because Aleksis gave him a reason to live...”

”W... what did you say? Lauriel's child is MY child?” Caspar was devastated. He did not expect this at all. He remembered that Lauriel introduced Aleksis as his daughter, and he did not ask further. He did not expect that Aleksis was just a goddaughter to Lauriel. ”Wh... why didn't you tell me earlier?”