ALORA'S POV
My brother's love for Luna will take him to his early grave. I have never seen Asher so desperate and helpless before. I know he loves Luna but I don't think I know to what extent that love runs. After witnessing his state last night, all I can conclude is that his love for Luna has no end, it knows no bounds.
I have never seen my brother drunk before but last night he was totally wasted and he reeked of alcohol and sex. I didn't meet him with any girl but I know that my brother had sex with a random girl last night and right now I'm going into his bedroom to find out who the girl was.
I arrive at his bedroom door and I'm surprised to find it slightly open. Asher is a guy who is obsessed with privacy, but he's very cunning too. He has been expecting me, that's why he left it open. I gently walk into the bedroom and I'm surprised to see him looking all neat and freshly shaven. He doesn't even look like someone who got drunk last night. He's seated on one of the couches in the sitting area with a newspaper in hand.
Typical Asher! It's either he's watching the news or he's reading a newspaper.
So boring!
"Good morning" I greet.
"Good morning Alora "He responds, not even sparing me a glance. His eyes are focused on the newspaper before him and that nerves me a great deal. "Wanna lecture me about how poorly I behaved last night?"
"Seriously bro, unprotected sex?" I ask aghast.
"I didn't have time to go get a condom and you know I don't walk around with stuff like that. It was urgent"
"So you chose to risk your health by having unprotected sex with a stranger"
"I know it was very dangerous but I promise to go for a check up. Besides, she didn't feel or sound like any ordinary girl, she mistook my Maserati for hers, that means she's rich, and you do know how rich girls pay attention to their health, for example you, so...I don't think I have to be worried about any STI'S, I can bet that she's a clean girl'' He says confidently.
"Let's only hope that's the case"
"I'm still going to find her though"
"What for?" I ask surprised.
"Alora'' his calls as he puts the newspaper on the glass table and focuses his attention on me. Never in my life have I ever had a one night stand with a random girl before. My sexuality is something I do not joke with, I have to find that girl and get to know her and also we had unprotected sex, anything could happen"
"By anything, you mean pregnancy?"
"Exactly and am not going to let my first offspring grow up fatherless or worst still, have to call some other man "dad" when I'm alive. I'm going to fine her and make sure that everything is alright" he explains and I feel like my heart is going to burst with emotions. My elder brother is the most brilliant and wonderful man in the entire world. He's got a big, kind, heart and I immensely love him for that.
"That ... that's really cool, but how are you going to find her when you didn't even see her face?''
"If I could trace every bank account Joseph Peterson had created in other countries abroad then finding the girl with whom I had sex with in an underground garage will be a piece of cake. I've got this covered" he says with a reassuring smile. I place my head on his shoulder and he takes me into his arms and gently strokes my hair.
"I'm sorry you have to go through all this.
"It's fine Alora, it's perfectly okay"
"I wish things didn't have to be like this"
"There's a reason why things have to be like this Alora, I have this hunch that theirs is more to come and it's going to take us all off guard"
"You're scaring me" I say, raising my head up to look at him. "What do you mean by that?"
"I had a dream last night ... More of a nightmare"
"What happened?" I ask eagerly.
"There was blood everywhere and I could hear a faint cry of a baby in the background, I couldn't make out where the cry came from, but what terrified me the most was the sight both Luna and Asher, covered in blood, crying it's like Luna..."
"Lost the baby" I cut in.
"Exactly" There's a moment of silence. "Alora" he calls as he exhales heavily. "No one deserves to lose a baby, more to that the very first offspring.
"Luna will go crazy if that happens"
"We have to keep Luna far from the people who could possibly hurt her. Her life and that of the baby are in danger."
"Oh my God!" I panic "I need to call her"
"That won't be necessary. She's with Ace, he'll protect her with his life"
"Yeah, that's true. Luna has to stay far away from Sophia, Ace's mum too"
" You need to have that conversation with her when she comes returns from Ace's"
"I will" I say as I look at him carefully without uttering a word.
"If you have anything else to say, you have my undivided attention"
"You don't always have to pretend like everything is alright. I know you hate the fact that Luna is with Ace right now, I know you are hurting"
"So what? Should I go about smashing mirrors and breaking furniture and glasses? Or should I scream?"
"Either of them, just do anything to let that pain out; I'm scared for you Ash"
"Shattering stuff out of anger is a high school boy move"
"So getting wasted and having sex with a random girl is a mature man's move, aye?"
"I admit that I went way overboard"
"Ash..." I call but he cuts me off.
"Alora I'm fine, don't worry about me and don't think I could ever get suicidal. Don't you see I call you last night to come pick me up? I'm never going to try to kill myself I promise"
"Pinky swear?"
"Pinky swear" we both demonstrate the pinky swear and I get into his outstretched arms.
I love my brother so much; I don't even want to lose him.
Ever!
My cell phone rings and when I dreck the caller ID, I smirk when I see "Queen of drama" on my caller ID. It's Luna, I excuse myself from Asher's bedroom and go over to mine. Time for the same Juicy girl gossip!
LUNA'S POV
"Where the hell is that sneaky daughter of a bitch?" Mrs. Cole screams as she walks into the living room and the moment I see her, I jump up from the couch unfortunately for me, Ace went to the kitchen to get more orange juice. "Mrs. Cole!" I call in shock.
"Don't you dare violate the sanctity of that name by calling it with that filthy toilet pipe of yours called a mouth you scumbag!" She says furiously as she takes long strides toward me and before I know it, her right calm connects with my very already, very sore left cheek. I feel the pain of the current smack mix with the already sore spot course through my soul and I let out a loud scream.
"Oh my God mum! What are you doing" Ace says, rushing towards the scenario. He stands between us and holds me in his arms.
All I can do is cry and I rub my cheek.
I'm so pathetic
"Mum, how dare you!"
Smack!
Another smacking sound echoes in the entire living room and when I open my eyes that's when I realize that Ace has been hit too.
This is not good.
"So Sophia wasn't lying after all. You sent your own fiancé out of your house because of an ordinary baby mama? You're choosing this skank over your fiancé? Seriously Ace?"
"Mum you need to leave now"
"No I won't, I will not leave until I have put some sense into that head of yours. I mean .... What has come over you Ace?" she asks as she carelessly throws her hands in the air out of frustration "How is this even possible? You don't love this girl, it's Sophia you love and you know that, now stop all this madness and continue to be a good fiancé you are supposed to be."
"I can't mum and I will tell you why I can't. I can't be a good fiancé to Sophia anymore because I no longer love her enough to want to marry her. Come to think of it mum this relationship between Sophia and I was orchestrated by you and her mother. I didn't really choose her, you choose her for me"
"I choose Sophia because she is good enough for you, besides no one forced you into getting engaged to her. That was your decision. Son, you and I know that's what you want. I know Sophia is the woman you want to be with"
"No mother, you don't know anything about my feelings or who I want to be with. All this was bound to happen. I didn't choose Sophia for myself you did, maybe that's why it was so easy for me to fall out of love with her. I had always wanted to please you back then and I thought I loved her but right now, I realize that I never really did. I was only ever attracted to her beauty, how sophisticated she was, my heart never really beat for Sophia. It has always been infatuation and lust, not love. Definitely not love mother!" Ace explains calmly but firmly and I can see the fury in his mother's eyes.
If looks could kill, I would be six feet now with the way she is looking at me. She takes a few calculated steps towards us and Ace stands in front of me so she doesn't get access to me. When she is just a few inches away from Ace, she stops.
"I do not care if what you feel for Sophia is lust or love, all I know is that she is the one you are going to get married to. I have anticipated this union between the two of you for more than two decades now and nothing will ruin this union, not even that bastard child Luna is carrying. I don't care who your heart beats for, only Sophia is qualified to bear your name and bear you a child and that is exactly what will happen. So, prepare yourself because your wedding is in two months' time"
"What? Ace asks aghast and I feel my heart migrate to my abdomen. Isn't it supposed to be in four months?
"You heard me. And as for you Luna, just pray I don't slip into one of my sour moods these days, because if I do........ Hmmm "she smiles. "Just pray I don't" then she walks out of the house. Ace and I stare at each other speechlessly, totally shocked and dumbfounded.
Mrs. Cole is indeed a smart woman
"Are you alright," he asks, concerned.
"No ......no I'm not" I say shaking my head as tears start spilling down my cheeks. He engulfs me in his arms and I sob harder.
I don't want to lose Ace to Sophia, I really don't want him to leave us for her.
"Hushh... it's okay"
"No it's not" I protest as I push him away with all my might And cry harder too. "I'm still going to lose, you're going to marry someone else and leave me stranded. Sophia is still going to be your wife" I say, raising my voice.
"That's not going to happen," he says firmly.
"And I'm supposed to believe you because?"
" I am going to call off the wedding!" He scolds and I pause in time the moment my brain processes the meaning of his words.
What did he just say?
"What?" I ask again, just to be sure.
"I said I'm going to call off the wedding. I can't go ahead and marry Sophia when my heart beats for you. I want to be with you and our unborn child and when he is born, I want us to raise him together as a family, shower him with all the love and affection he could ever wish for. I could never choose Sophia over you both. That will be over my dead body." He explains as he walks closer to me and takes my hands in his.
I don't fight back.
"Luna, I love you. Damn! I have never ever felt this way for anyone before and I want to be with you and no one else, just give me a few days and I will let everyone know that Sophia and I are over. I am going to fix this, I promise you" he says searching deep into my eyes and I can feel my heart overflow with joy and satisfaction. I smile in tears as I crash his outstretched arms and he engulfs me in a big bear hug. I can't believe this is finally going to happen. Ace is going to call off the wedding and we are going to be together. He has chosen me over Sophia. The joy I feel in my heart right now cannot be expressed by more words revolving around me, I feel accomplished.
I have won.