I Swear, Let Me Love You Again

“So your fiancé, oh I am sorry, your boyfriend who impregnated you without giving you a ring first is crippled and useless? Or what did you all say?” He kept taunting with amusement written on his face. Andrew shut his eyes and clenched and unclenched his jaw.

“Okay Mr Philips…” Lydia began and Mr Philips raised his hand to correct her.

“First of all, tone. And it’s Don Philips.” He smiled watching her while savoring the flavor of his cheesecake.

“Dad, that’s enough. Andrew is not crippled and in no way useless, okay?” Ari defended but her father looked up from his cheesecake and laughed deeply.

“Why do you say that? He’s still having sex with you even though he can’t walk right?” Her father questioned and everyone sucked their teeth in irritation.

“Yes, and I’m extremely satisfied.” Arianna replied and immediately regretted it seeing her father’s eyes change.

“Wonderful! I’m giving you two, just a month to get married and the wedding has to be the most luxurious wedding in the whole town. I promise you if you don’t. This whole family will be wiped out, trust me.” He spoke sternly and Ariana scoffed.

“Who do you think you are to come here and threaten my family? Do you know which family you are speaking with?” Mr Miller spoke and Don Philips chuckled darkly then stared at his bodyguards who laughed deeply as well.

“Ask your daughter-in-law who I am as well, Jacob Miller. I do not play about two things, my money and my daughter. So when you’re done playing games, send me the invite.” He spoke slowly and clearly, using his fingers and hands as he spoke.

Everyone who was being reasonable and ignoring his threat, understood how this might make him feel. He had raised his daughter and spoiled her with all good things, then all of a sudden she became pregnant for a rich man who had neither met him nor uttered to him any intention of getting married to his daughter. So Don Phillips was over the roof furious and decided to pay them a visit.

“Have a lovely night. Congratulations to you on your book, your gift will be delivered to you. Arianna, let’s go and I advise you to walk in front of me before I cause a scene.” Arianna was furious as well and couldn’t understand her father, so she offered the family an apology and hurriedly stepped in front of her father.

“What are you apologizing for? This family is humiliating you and you’re apologizing.” Mr Philips spoke and Andrew rose up slowly from his seat and gently walked towards Mr Philips and Lydia stood next to him trying to help.

“Mr Philips, I know how this seems but my family and I are in no way trying to humiliate your daughter. I got into an accident and I have been going to physical therapy which is why I have not been able to come see you…” Andrew tried to explain understanding what her father had been trying to say.

“Young man, step back before you get flashed. ” Everyone at the table frowned and Lydia scratched her forehead and sighed deeply.

“Plus apart from this I have also heard that you’re cheating on my daughter with that slut over there. So if I confirm this is true, you will be truly crippled.” Everyone’s eyes went wide and Ari looked from Andrew to Macy whom her father had pointed at.

“Let’s go.” Mr Philips snapped at Arianna who was stressed and on the brim of tears. She hurried after him and walked beside him, the elevator door closed and Andrew’s eyes watered and his heart grew heavy. Different thoughts ran through his mind,

What if I never see her again? What if she becomes too stressed and loses the baby? What if she believes I am truly cheating? What if her father forces her to abort or travel somewhere?

“Andrew, calm down. Breathe in, breathe out.” Andrew was livid but did as Lydia had said. Lorena’s family began to scold Macy who was just smirking.

“Did you tell him that? Did you?!” Andrew snapped, making Lydia jump startled at his voice.

“Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t.” Lorena and Darren ran their hands across their faces stressed out by the events of tonight.

“You think this is funny?” Andrew questioned and she shrugged playfully as if it was truly amusing.

“Andrew, just come be with me. My family won’t stress you, just send her money for an abortion and we will get married. Easy.” Lorena’s mother was so annoyed and disappointed with Macy she found herself throwing a glass at Macy but luckily Macy ducked but she was in shock.

“Aunty!” She cried out and Lorena shook her head at her.

“Andrew, I’m calling the wedding planner now, she will get the luxurious wedding. And we will all handle this.” Lorena assured him.

“Yes, Andy, relax.” Lydia stated meanwhile Mr Miller was drawing up his own thoughts on this with Lorena’s father.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“I love you, Andrew and I love Arianna as well but I don’t think this is a type of family I would want you to marry into.” Mr Miller spoke and every woman at the table apart from Macy looked at him crazy.

“Excuse me?” Lydia asked and Andrew simply hissed and walked carefully away. But stopped turning back abruptly.

“Like I give a crap what you say. After you have continuously disrespected my mother’s house. Spending so much money on your women and sleeping with them all over the house and you want to drop a thought. Be for real, dad. Be real.” Andrew spoke carefully and Lydia looked at the two with wide eyes..

So that large amount of money was spent on a woman? Lydia suddenly remembered the money she had questioned Andrew about and he then directed her to their father.

“As a father I thought you would even slightly understand him though he was being irrational at some point. But I believed you would, but how would you? When you could not  even protect your own daughter.” Andrew added and Lydia frowned at that.

“That’s enough, Andrew.” Patricia began to speak but everyone looked at her crazy.

“Sit in a whore’s position and don’t speak to me or mention my name.” Andrew slowly stridded out and exited without anyone’s help. It was hard but he was tired and just wanted to be alone.

Lydia felt Andrew was just angry and her dad shouldn’t have just spoken seeing how brutal Andrew could be with his words when he was livid. They all were at fault.

It was crazy how this entire night had gone from excitement to tension to words that shouldn’t have been said.

What a celebration.