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Chapter 5
“How is this possible? My eyes were glued to the paper in front of me.
was a notice from Child Protective Services.
It stated that Charlie would be taken away from me if I was unable to pay his medical bills.
“Why would anyone send such a thing to a mother?” I spat, my bottom lip quivering.
Couldn’t they see how hard I was working my head off, day in and day out to gather money for his bills?
“No, I’ll not let anyone take my son from me.”
I crumpled the paper and threw it as far as I could before sliding into the nearest room I could find.
I closed the door behind me and slid down, sobs racked through my body.
“Oh, Charlie… “I choked and gasped as a familiar feeling slithered around my neck and squeezed it.
I knew that feeling too well; the feeling of helplessness.
My trembling hands traveled to my neck and I gasped, struggling to breathe.
“Irene?”
My head shot up and I locked eyes with the owner of the voice.
“Are you okay?” Damien’s drop–dead gorgeous–face came into my view.
“You’re having an anxiety attack.” He noted. His hands found their way to my arms almost immediately and he helped me
- up.
“Relax, take deep breaths and everything will be fine.”
1 nodded and did as he said, drawing in deep breaths till I felt better.
“Is everything okay?” The sturdy man asked after I calmed down, his voice soaked with worry.
It took a few seconds for me to register that I was in his suite. Darn it.
“You can tell me, maybe I can help-
“Help?” We locked eyes. “This is all your fault.”
“Trene”
“Don’t touch me!” I snapped, slapping his hands away. “You ruined my life! All the problems I’m facing today are all because of you!”
way to Damien’s suite.
I didn’t wait to hear his reply before I rushed out and stumbled into Eva who was on her way to
“What were you doing in my fiance’s suite?” The blonde–haired woman narrowed her eyes at me.
I brushed off my tears and tried to walk past her but her grip on my arm stopped me.
“I asked you a question, Irene. What were you doing in Damien’s suite?”
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“Why don’t you go ask him yourself?” 1 yanked my hand away and glared at her. “He’s your fiancé after all.”
“You’re just wasting your time!” She shot daggers into my skin. “know Damien, he’ll never want a wornan like you.”
“If you know then why are you wasting your time with me?”
“I’ll never let you have Damien. It doesn’t matter what trick you try to pull, Damien will always be mine.”
“Don’t you have anything better to do?” A frown played on my lips. “I’ve said this already, I am not interested in your two–bit fiance. The sooner you get it into your dimwitted brain, the better it’ll be for everyone, Eva”
“Really?” The woman scoffed. “If you aren’t interested in Damien as you say, why don’t you take that illegitimate thing you call a son and get out of here!”
“You are crossing your limits now, Eval” 1 fumed, clenching my jaw.
“Did that hurt?” The blonde woman gasped. “Then maybe you shouldn’t have brought your good for nothing son-
Eva was cut short as my hand collided with her cheek.
“Did you just slap me?!” She gasped.
I rewarded her with another slap and we locked eyes. “There, I did it again. I should have done this five years ago, but it is never too late to put brats like you in their place,” I scoffed, “The next time you use that filthy mouth of yours against my sort. I assure you it won’t be just two slaps.”
– make you pay for this.” Her nostrils flared.. “I’ll give you an even bigger slap by marrying the man you’ve spent your whole life loving!”
“You’re too confident. I taunted.
“We’ll see about that.” Eva fumed and marched away.
My phone rang. I checked to see It was a call from the hospital.
“Miss Boden?” A woman’s voice rang from the other end the moment I picked up.
“Yes?” I swallowed. Any call from the hospital was bad news. “Is everything okay?”
“Everything is fine ma’am. I just wanted to let you know all Charlie’s outstanding bills have been cleared. Will you pick up the receipt at the hospital or should we deliver it to your address
“What?” My jaw dropped. “Paid? By who?”
“The person requested their identity to remain anonymous. You need to bring Charlie to the hospital so his treatment can begin as soon as possible. Have a nice day.”
The line went dead. What just happened?
How was this even possible? Who was this person and what did they want?
No one was ever so generous.
Aside from the fact that clearing the bills must condition so who could’ve done this?
a fortune, no one apart from Delores and I knew about Charlie’s
“Could it be people from the Child Protective Services?” I mumbled and the color on my face drained.
No, they couldn’t possibly be serious about taking my son away
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I searched my pockets for the notice from earlier but couldn’t fit it and I mentally face palmed when I remembered tossing it away before sliding into Damien’s suite carlier.
I hurried back to the floor, eyes searching for the crumbled paper, and froze when his velvety voice reached my ears.
“CPS or whatever, you had no right to threaten a woman with taking her son away.”
CPS?
Was Damien talking to someone from Child Protective Services
I inched closer and pushed the door to reveal the suit–clad man standing in the middle of the room, his back facing me.
My eyes fell on the notice in his hands and everything made sense.
“Don’t you dare threaten My wife again, Else, you will have to face me.” Damien was talking to someone over the phone. “The bills have been sorted so this mistake should never repeat itself=”
“Ex wife” I corrected and marched over to him. “And what bills are you talking about?”
“How did you get in here?” Damien frowned, his eyes traveling past me to the opened door. “The hotel has to do something about those doors”
“It was you wasn’t it?” I narrowed my eyes. “You paid Charlie’s medical bills!”
“So what if it was me?” He took a step forward and I stumbled back, almost losing my balance but he caught me just in time for me to taste his cologne.
“I warned you to stay away from my son-
“I just wanted to help-”
“I don’t need your help!” I snapped, my blue orbs stinging with tears.
I was sick of it.
“Irene,” Damien leaned and our lips brushed against each other. The little contact made me stumble again but he caught me.
“Allow me to help you,” His breath caressed my skin as he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ears.
“I don’t need your help!” I pushed him away. “I don’t need any of your help or favors Damien Chad because you’re late!”
“You are five years late and I’d be darned to accept anything from you now!”
