Chapter 78: Chapter 78

Leo was troubled that he failed to keep calm seeing Victor's violent behavior. It was too much that he stood there looking at Vivienne's closed-door which Victor left from to where he headed to

"Strange...what happened now?" he muttered as he decided to go downstairs hoping he could find Victor. He wanted to knock at Vivienne's door and ask what exactly made Victor so upset but he dropped the idea as he walked back downstairs

"Hey bro...did you get into a fight with Vic?" it was kyan who asked with a confused expression which surprised Leo as well knowing he too was shocked at his best friend who treated him so badly

"No...where is he?"Leo said as he walked down and headed to the living room with Kyan following behind

"He left...he just took the car keys and left, ''Kyan replied, wondering what happened to his brother for him to get so upset. Kyan narrowed his eyes where he played with the bottle of water he took from the kitchen and was on his way to his room when he bumped into Victor. He asked him where he was going but his brother for the first time ignored him as he stormed away

"I'm sure that girl is responsible" it was Monica who chimed in immediately when the guys entered the living room and found her cutting her two nails. She was already in her nightwear. A wine red satin nightgown reached to her feet and bed curlers in her hair

"I'm sure of it...that girl never goes a day without making him angry" Kyan added as he dropped on the couch and slammed the bottle of water on the table Monica nodded while Leo's expression darkened, not sure why they were blaming Vivie for everything.

"Stop it...I'm sure it's not her"Leo remarked defensively and Monica looked up at him with arched brows as if asking him if he believed his own words

"Having that girl as his Surrogate is already a headache...she's our trouble and I know she has a hand in this...let's just hope Vic is okay"Monica said bitterly knowing Vivienne caused half of the problems which happened in the Ellison mansion ever since she came in

"That's enough...go to bed already...I'll wait for Victor," Leo said with irritation not sure why they were blaming someone innocent. Victor had his problems, especially whenever he thought about Alisa

Monica scoffed and walked away from there. She was not happy with Vivienne especially when she saw something she was not supposed to see

"That nosy girl just had to barge in like a fool"Monica was irritated as she talked to herself while climbing the stairs hating every bit of the moment she ruined her time with Justin and now she had to try hard to make sure she doesn't use that as a reason to get friendly with her

(Vivienne)

Meanwhile

"Ahh" I groaned as I shifted around on the bed, still failing to get any shut eyes. I was devastated and angry with myself, I just wanted to sleep and dream about nothing but those burning eyes appeared each time I closed my eyes. Those soft lips showed themselves and I was even more miserable

"What did I do to deserve this?"I whined as I gathered myself up and sat up. I wasn't well sure if I had some sort of hormonal imbalance but everything was not clear

First I asked Victor if he could feel my belly, to feel his child and then he did it but something went wrong. How on Earth did things get to touching inappropriately? Everything that transpired between us was wrong in every possible way and now I was doomed to stay up all night thinking about what Victor was doing

Was he also bothered about this? Did he feel what I felt and why did he encourage the kiss in the first place

I wanted to snap out of the dream world and wake up to find that everything was just a nightmare. An illusion and my silliness but I was wrong when I pinched myself. Slapped myself so hard to try and forget about him unfortunately I was helpless.

Since day one Victor bothered me greatly and after the kiss we shared which was my first. I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole.

"What should I do?"I complained, feeling even more irritated that nothing made sense to me. Never in my life did I ever think I'd be this helpless. I always knew feeling and emotions existed

Feeling of like, and love between a man and a woman. I preferred maintaining my distance when it came to feelings of love. I never wished to fall in love

Since my childhood, I always viewed loving someone as a weakness. I had so many things, dreams I wanted to fulfill and I didn't want a man to distract me

But now I was getting distracted, my feelings were slowly changing and I was aware of this. I never knew I'd get this careless as to feel something for a man and that too a man older than me

It was ridiculous and anyone who heard this work would laugh at me. A man like Victor was refined. Successful and handsome. He had everything at his disposal. He never lacked a dime but worked hard to achieve his goals and now he was the city's well-known man. A businessman for that matter as well as a doctor. Any woman would fall for him and vice versa but I was far from that woman

I was just an orphaned girl. I had no last name to flaunt or a good background.

"Should I tell him...the truth about myself?"I murmured as I sat down with my feet on the floor. I lied to Victor about my age. He knew nothing about my background. If he found it I was a nobody, I knew nothing about my origins and I was just from the streets...would he not like his child to be carried by me.

"No...I shouldn't," I said, shaking my head. I wasn't going to say anything, as long as I ignored everything I was okay. Thinking about that I decided to go to the balcony. If I couldn't get any sleep in my room. I guessed sleeping under the bright moonlight with beautiful weather would do me good hence I took my blanket and dragged it towards the balcony door

I opened the glass doors and walked straight to the large sofa. I loved this one the most.

The balcony had a beautiful view. The air was pleasantly nice, cool, and gentle and I smiled as I laid down on the sofa supporting my head with the side pillow. The sofa was big enough for me hence I covered myself up and laid on my back. I didn't even know how I fell asleep but the only person I kept seeing was the man who wasn't for me

And when morning approached everything was so gloomy that I didn't even want to get out of bed but I decided to take a shower and left my room after Julia lectured me about getting some fresh air in the morning

"So...you don't know how to swim huh?"Kyan asked me when I didn't say anything since I joined him in the drawing-room. I didn't know other than being an international swimmer he was also an artist. He had so many paintings which were a masterpiece

"Yeah...is it terrible?"I said nonchalantly as I looked at the many paintings which I found attractive. I didn't know how to swim that's why I drowned the other night

"For a pretty face like you...how come you don't have this common skill!"Kyan said more shocked that he met a girl who didn't know how to swim but I was okay with it. I wasn't a fan of swimming so I didn't bother to learn so I shrugged and walked to him

He was dressed in some white muscle shirt with black sweatpants with a cap which made him look lovely

"Is it a must...who is this lady?"I said but soon stopped and asked when I came across a beautiful painting of a beautiful woman. She was so pretty and her smile was so gorgeous and serene. I liked her face and knew whoever painted her involved some emotions

"Which?"Kyan asked as he turned around and his eyes narrowed as he walked closer to me and I held out the board. He scanned it for a while and I saw a flicker of sadness in his eyes but soon hide that as he turned back to what he was doing

"That's my sister in law…" he simply replied and I was stunned now recalling I saw her pics that time. She was gorgeous

"Oh I guess you are talented to paint your sister-in-law...she's gorgeous," I said as I walked to sit down and knew Victor's wife was so beautiful. No wonder he was sad to have lost such a beautiful woman

"I didn't paint her...my brother did"I heard Kyan say and I was stunned as I looked up at Kyan he nodded nonchalantly and my eyes shifted back to the painting and I was surprised. Victor could do this. How on Earth was he a full package and now I guessed where Kyan took his painting skills from

"Kyan if you don't mind me asking...how did she die?"I muttered hoping I could know what exactly happened to Victor's wife for him to be so heartbroken and

"She had cancer...it's a shame really...she was such a sweet lady," Kyan said adding more and I felt guilt wash over me. I felt ashamed recalling how I kissed Victor the previous night. It didn't feel right at all "It was painful for all of us...so unexpected that my brother didn't talk or eat for weeks…''Kyan continued saying without even me asking for details. The feeling I got was something else. The knot in my chest tightened so much that I wanted to know more although the truth scared me

"I guess he loved her a lot?"I mumbled as I set the painting down but Kyan heard me and answered

"Yeah very much... although I was surprised because their marriage was arranged by our family...it started rough but I guess they fell in love"Kyan spoke and my eyes widened in shock not sure if I heard right but looking at Kyan's serious expression, I felt horrible and guilty

"Where is Victor?"I asked because I needed to apologize for last night. I didn't know what happened but I was ashamed

"Dunno...he didn't come back last night... even today" Kyan replied and my knees went weak as fear washed over me. I overstepped my boundaries last night.