Chapter 795 - Open mind (1/2)

Adriana's and Nathan's new place

After arrival at the new apartment where they would be staying until Adriana's delivery and until the baby is healthy enough to travel.

Looking at his wife who had been extremely quiet since they had the intense conversation in that hospital a couple of hours ago, Nathan was about to say something when she interrupted him.

”I'll take a nap for a few hours, don't disturb me until then.” Without waiting for his reply, she made her way towards the closest room she could find.

”That is not our bedroom honey, it's the other one,” he informed before pointing towards the master bedroom.

Without even looking in that direction, she kept walking towards the other bedroom. ”You can rest there if you want to.”

Pinching the bridge of his nose, he sighed. He knew that she would not talk to him properly until he told her everything. Thinking for quite some time, he followed her to the other room.

….

Inside the room.

When he sat on the edge of the bed, she turned to the other side and ignored him.

Taking a deep breath, Nathan said, ”I didn't want to tell you anything because I know you will overthink about everything and overexert yourself. Stress isn't good for you and the baby, you have to understand that I care for you Adriana. You are the only family I have and I can't afford to lose you.”

With her eyes still closed, she turned towards him and pretended to sleep.

Helplessly shaking his head, he chuckled before snuggling beside her. Wrapping his arms around her, he explained, ”You are right, Gavin is responsible for the murders that are happening lately.”

”And this is why you wanted to come here?” When he nodded his head, she inquired, ”What now? Did you tell the police about it?”

”I wasn't sure about it at first so I did a little investigation, this is when I found out that he is the one who—” Stopping midway, he sighed. Nathan still blamed himself for how Gavin had turned out to be. If he hadn't helped him to deal with the mess that he had created for the first time several years ago, maybe he wouldn't have turned out to be like that.

”Was he always like this? I mean, since the day I met him?” she curiously inquired.

Nathan shrugged his shoulders and answered, ”I really don't know, he did mess things up in the past but they were not this extreme. Well, at least it did not involve people getting mercilessly killed.” When she clutched onto his shirt and pursed her lips, he inquired. ”What's wrong?”

Keeping quiet for quite some time, she answered, ”I think I might have known something for a long time back but I shrugged it off thinking it was nothing. I mean, you told me about his mental health problems so I thought maybe he was talking rubbish so—”

”What are you talking about honey?”

”A couple of years ago, right after you met with that accident—”

”Yes, what about that?” A couple of years ago, Nathan had met with a very fatal accident but luckily he managed to escape death. Though he had suffered from multiple injuries, they weren't that severe and healed over time.

”I had heard Gavin talk to someone over the phone, he was scolding someone for not completing the task. I thought it was related to you for a second but I shrugged it off because he was your brother and I never thought that Gavin was capable of hurting anyone. But now when I think about it, maybe he was talking about you,” she explained.

Tightening her grip in his shirt, she nervously asked, ”What if he tries to harm you again?”

”Hey, stop thinking about it, okay? The police are already looking for him and I am sure he will get caught soon,” he assured her.

”I think we should go back home, I think it's much safer there and—”

Caressing her arm to calm her down, he exclaimed, ”Sshh don't think about it and take some rest. We can't travel because it is not good for you and the baby, everything is going to be fine.”

Burying her head on his chest, she pursed her lips before taking a deep breath to calm herself down but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't stop thinking about Gavin and the scary things he had done.

Nathan kept caressing her back and arms to calm her. He knew that she was still thinking about Gavin and this is why he didn't want to tell her about it in the first place.

….

Island.

”Hey, what are you doing here? Everyone was asking about you during our late lunch.” Passing her a coat, Liang added, ”Wear this, the wind is too strong here.”

Wrapping her arms around her shoulder, Linyang sighed, ”I am okay.”

Keeping quiet for quite some time, he inquired, ”So do you wanna talk about it now?” When she did not say anything, he explained, ”Look, mom is already sensing that something is wrong and she was asking me about you when you did not show up for lunch.”

”I wasn't hungry so—”

Cutting her off, he snapped, ”It's a wedding week, your two best friends and getting married in less than three days and look at you, that look on your face gives me a very creepy vibe and trust me Linyang, it's very very scary.”