?THE
BILLIONAIRE’S
OBSESSION?
(Craving for the whole of her….)
CHAPTER 63&64
By, Ca-ssie B.
‼️COPY AND GO TO HELL‼️
★★★★★
MONTERIO’S INVESTMENT***
Charles entered his office, a de-ep frown visible on his face. He brou-ght out his phone and dialed Hailey’s number for the umpteenth time, but she wasn’t picking up.
“Where the fu-ck are you, Cara?” He muttered.
He already went to check her post but she wasn’t there. It was unusual for her to leave the office without informing him.
He dialed Lewis’s number and he picked up.
“Meet me in my office” he simply said and hung up.
He went to the window, staring outside but his wind was faraway.
The door opened and Lewis entered. He bowed his head.
“You called for me,” he said.
“Have you seen Cara? I mean, Hailey?” Charles asked.
“Miss Hailey? No, I haven’t” Lewis said.
“She’s not here in the company” Charles turned to face him.
“Where were you?” He asked.
“I was outside checking out for Miss Hailey,” Lewis said.
Charles stared at him, not saying a word.
“I went out for lunch and I’m just returning back, I didn’t even take long” Lewis quickly confessed.
“Damnit!” Charles growled, rushing out immediately. Lewis went after him.
Charles got outside and entered the car hurriedly.
“Drive me to Hailey’s place, hurry!” He commanded the driver.
The driver nodded and started the ignition, the car zoomed off speedily.
Lewis came out of the building, looking at the car which was already disappearing out of sight, he rou-ghed his hair aggressively.
“fu-ck! I should have just starved myself” he muttered to himself.
****
HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL***
Mrs. Rogers entered the recovery room and a tear escaped her eyes when she saw her daughter laying on the bed unconscious with different pipes connected to her body.
“My baby” she whispered, taking slow steps to the bed.
“I’m sorry, Mommy is sorry” she bent her head as she cried.
“It was my fault, I should have just let go of the past and take care of you, I’m a bad mother” she sobbed.
The truth was that Layla’s father didn’t actually die when he had an accident. He survived the accident but he gave his daughter his heart when she was experiencing heart failure.
****
FLASHBACK, THREE YEARS AGO***
Mrs. Rogers rushed Layla to the hospital, screaming her lungs out.
“Doctor! Nurse! Help, my daughter is dying! Save her please” she cries with Layla in her arms.
Two nurses rushed to her and collected Layla from her.
“Save my baby please, I beg of you” she begged.
“We will try our best,” the nurse said and took Layla away.
Mrs. Rogers folds her palms together as her tears keep falling like a river, she couldn’t afford to lose her only daughter.
Layla was sick and her Dad went out to get some drugs for her. When she noticed he wasn’t returning back soon, she had to rush her to the hospital herself.
“My baby, please don’t leave me, Mommy is gonna die” she whispered, going to and fro.
MINUTES LATER***
The Doctor came out of the ward Layla was in and Mrs. Rogers rushed towards him, looking at him expectantly.
“How’s my baby? Nothing is wrong, right?” She asked, holding her breath. The Doctor had a sober look on his face and that worried her a lot.
“Your daughter had a heart failure and it’s at its final stage, which means she needs a donor right now. If it takes too long, then I’m sorry to say we might lose her” the Doctor said.
Mrs. Rogers legs wobbled and she fell to the floor, her eyes wide like she just saw a ghost.
“My Layla?” She stuttered.
“You need to get yourself together ma’am, there isn’t time anymore. We’ll also try our best and see if we can find a donor within 24 hours” the Doctor said and walked away.
“No, no, not my baby. Not my daughter” Mrs. Rogers shook her head vehemently, her li-ps trembling badly.
Just then, she received a call on her phone, she wasn’t supposed to pick it, but seeing it was her husband calling, she picked it immediately.
“Am I speaking with Mrs. Rogers please?” She heard a female’s voice.
“Yes, who are you? Where’s my husband? Why are you with his phone?”
“I’m Nurse Rose from Stanford Hospital, your husband was involved in an accident and is currently in our hospital”
Mrs. Rogers’ eyes went wide.
“My husband? No, please, what room is he in?” She asked. Thankfully, that was the hospital Layla was admitted in.
“Room 07” the nurse said.
She hanged up and dashed to the receptionist, asking for the room 07
She got there and met her husband on the bed, his arms and head were bandaged but he’s perfectly fine.
“Honey!” She rushed to him in tears.
“How did this happen? How?”
“I was involved in an accident on my way to get Layla her drugs, but I’m fine. How’s our daughter? Have you taken her to the hospital?” Mr. Rogers asked worriedly.
“Layla is also here in the hospital but….” She stopped.
“Our daughter is suffering from a heart disease, she needs a donor. Honey, our baby is dying” she cried.
“What?”
“I don’t know what to do, I can’t lose my baby, I can’t”
“Where’s the Doctor?” Mr. Rogers asked.
The Doctor entered at that moment.
“Doctor, any news?” Mrs. Rogers asked.
The Doctor shook his head sadly.
“I’ll be the donor,” Mr. Rogers blurted out.
Mrs. Rogers turned to him in shock.
“No, not you honey. No,”
“I’ll give my heart to my daughter, she’s my jewel, I can’t afford to lose her” Mr. Rogers said.
“Honey! No, I won’t accept that!” Mrs. Rogers shouted.
“Do you know what you’re saying sir? You’re going to lose your life” the Doctor said.
“I’m ready,” Mr. Rogers said, determination evident in his voice.
“Then we need to perform a surgery on you now, we don’t have much time left” The Doctor said and quickly went out
Mr. Rogers faced his wife.
“Evelyn, I’m sorry, but I have to do this. I can’t lose my daughter, I’ll die if that happens, so I need to do this” he said.
Mrs. Rogers shook her head in tears.
“No Honey, we’ll find a way, don’t do this please, I can’t live without you”
“I’m gonna die,” she cries.
“It’s for our daughter,” he said.
The Doctor returned back with some nurses, a stretcher was brou-ght forward and they placed Mr. Rogers on it.
“Evelyn,” Mr. Rogers muttered, staring at his wife with tears in her eyes.
“I love you and our daughter so much, take care of her for me. That’s my last wish to you” Mr. Rogers said.
“Honey,” Mrs. Rogers whimpered.
He held her hand and placed a de-ep ki-ss on it.
“Take care of yourself, I love you,” he said. Like that, they dragged him away and Mrs. Rogers fell to her knees, crying her eyes out.
“No, I can’t live without you, I can’t!” She screamed, rou-ghing her head like a lunatic.
****
FLASHBACK ENDS***
“I failed you, Leo. I failed our daughter” Mrs. Rogers said.
She held Layla’s hand.
“I promise to be the best Mom to you, I promise to take care of you baby, just wake up for me” she mumbled in tears.
****
Hailey walked dejectedly home, her face was filled with tears. Her mind went to her discussion with Mr. Monterio and she sobbed har-der
**
“Leave my son’s life and your family will be safe” Mr. Monterio said coldly.
Hailey cried loudly, her tears wearing the tiles. This was a ha-rd decision for her. Was she ready to give up her love for her family?
She wasn’t, she couldn’t even give up one one, she loved both her family and Charles very much.
Mr. Monterio brou-ght out the bag of money and placed it on the table.
“I knew you were going to come back, so I kept this for you” he smiled.
Hearing that statement, Hailey grew angry and stood up, staring at him in anger.
“All this because I’m poor? You even think I’m going to accept your filthy money? I Hailey, will never stoop so low to that”
“I’m going to leave your son, but note this, you’re gonna regret it for the rest of your life. Your son will never forgive you and I too! I’ll never forgive you till I die. And…” She moved closer to the table and picked a handful of money, she to-re it into pieces right in his presence.
“To hell with you and your money!” She threw the money to his face.
“Go closer to my family once again and I’ll kill you myself, take my words” she glared.
“fu-ck me for thinking you are a nice person not knowing you’re a snake in a green gra-ss” she stormed out of the place.
She might be poor and weak, but she would never stoop so low in collecting his money. Never!
****
“I’m sorry Charles,” she whispered.
She just needs to do this for her family, she loves him but she loves her family more.
She got to their house and met Charles outside, he was about to enter his car but stopped himself when he saw her.
Charles quickly rushed to her and held her shoulder.
“Cara Mia, where have you been? How could you leave without a word? Do you know how worried I was?” Charles bombarded her with questions.
Staring at his eyes which were filled with worries, Hailey broke down in tears. She couldn’t even bring herself to break up with the man in front of her, she couldn’t.
Charles wiped her tears with his thumb.
“Cara, your brother told me what happened and…”
“It was your Dad,” she blurted out.
“What?”
“Your Dad ordered some people to hurt my parents, they destroyed our restaurant too”
Hearing that, a vortex of anger swirled inside Charles and he went cold with fury.
“That old dog,” he gritted.
It took all of Hailey’s being to say the words she’s about to utter out.
“Let’s break up Charles, I can’t do this anymore please”
“Did he threaten you to say this?” Charles asked slowly.
“How could you? Something like this happened and you didn’t bother to inform me about it? You went ahead to meet him, how could you?”
“Did you expect me to stay calm when he almost ruined my family? My parents’ restaurant too,,” she bit her li-ps.
“Let’s just end it here Charles, please” she said, blinking back her tears.
“That’s not funny, Cara. I told you I’m not gonna leave you, remember? You promised me too, you said you aren’t going to leave me no matter the circu-mstances!” Charles said, trying not to raise his voice.
“Do you think I can do that when my family’s life is at stake? I can’t, Charles”
“So, you wanna end it, is that it? You want to break up with me without even telling me about it?”
“I thought you loved me,” he whispered.
“I love you, Charles. I do very much, but….”
She removed his hand from her shoulder and shifted back, moving out of his reach.
“Let’s give each other some space” she muttered and ran inside the house before he could stop her.
Charles stared into space, his eyes wide open. It still felt like a dream to him, Hailey can’t break his heart this way.
“Andrius….” He growled, clenching his fist real hard.
***
Hailey closed the door and bent on her knees, crying her eyes out. Her heart hurts like hell, it was as if she was stabbed with a knife.
If it were up to her, she wouldn’t break up with Charles, but her parents were involved. Will they support their relationship knowing fully well his Dad tried to ruin them?
They’ll totally be against it.
“Hailey?” Jaime called.
“Are you crying?” He asked on noticing the tears in her eyes.
Hailey shook her head and cleaned her tears.
“You don’t have to, Mom is awake already,” he said.
“Are you serious?” She asked, getting to her feet.
“Yes,” Jaime nodded.
She went to the room and met Leah awake already, she’s sitting beside Sebastian who’s still unconscious.
“Mom!”
“Hailey” Leah smiled sadly.
Hailey went to her and pulled her to a bone crushing hug.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I’m sorry you had to go throu-ghthis” she said.
“What are you saying, Hailey? It’s not your fault, everything just had to happen” Leah said.
“The restaurant, that’s your sweat, Mom, it’s…”
“Hailey, stop crying, you’re gonna make me cry too” Leah said.
Hailey broke the hug and cleaned her face, she stared at Sebastian
“Your Dad will be awake soon, you don’t have to worry” Leah bu-tted in. She was trying to make Hailey calm but truth be told, she wasn’t fine at all. Her head which was bandaged hurts like hell, it was as if some sets of drummers were drumming in her head.
“Mom….” Hailey called slowly.
“I broke up with Charles” she mumbled but Leah clearly heard her
“What?”
“His father is against our relationship because we’re poor, he was the one who sent the men to the restaurant because I refused to leave his son”
“I love him Mom, I love him so much and it hurts” Hailey whispered as she burst into tears.
“I don’t think I can do without him, I’m addicted to him already” she continues crying.
“Come here, baby” Leah pulled her to a hug.
“It’s fine, I understand those rich folks hate it when their son is in love with a poor lady. It’s fine, you’ll find another man”
Hailey shook her head.
“I don’t want another man, I want Charles,, only him” she cried like a baby.
All Leah did was to rock her. She understands her daughter’s plight, this was her first time in love and it will definitely hurt.
One thing she’s sure of is that Sebastian will never approve her relationship with Charles again, not after this incident.
****
MONTERIO’S FAMILY HOUSE***
Lilian came out of the kitchen with a bowl of popcorn in her hands, she was heading to her room when the door to the house suddenly flung open, revealing an angry Charles.
“Brother” she exclaimed in happiness and was about to rush to him when Charles walked past her, heading to his Father’s room.
“Huh? What’s going on?” She mumbled, following him behind.
Charles barged into his Father’s room to find it empty.
“Where’s he?” Charles growled.
“Who?” Lilian asked behind him.
“Dad? Oh, he’s in his study room,” she said.
Charles walked away and she followed him in confusion.
Charles entered the study room and met Mr. Monterio sitting on a chair, he looked like he was de-ep in thought.
He quickly went to him and held him by the collar, dragging him to his feet.
“How could you?” He growled.
“Brother!” Lilian tried to caution him.
“How dare you harm her parents?! How dare you!” Charles roared.
“I did it for you, son”
“Stop telling me that! Stop saying that bullshit, it irritates me! No father would ever do this to his son! No father would ever try to chase the person his son loves away!”
“Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten we were once like them? Have you forgotten we were once poor? Have you!” Charles yelled. His eyes by now were filled with tears.
“Can you at least put yourself in their shoes, you destroyed their only means of survival! You made her break up with me!”
By now, Mr. Monterio’s eyes were already filled with regrets.
“You’re not looking out for me, you’re only being selfish. And you know what, I’ll never forgive you for this, even till eternity”
“Forget about me, forget about my name because you’ll never see me here again” he went out of the house in anger.
Mr. Monterio slumped to the chair and placed his hand on the table. His son’s words hit him a million times.
“Dad, what’s Charles talking about? You didn’t do it, right?” Lilian asked.
“I’m so disappointed in you” she left the room.
“Am I a beast now?” Mr. Monterio asked himself slowly.
****
NEXT DAY, BROOKLYN’S RESIDENCE**
Hailey came out of her room dressed for work, she never wanted to go to work but Leah pestered her to do so.
“I’m leaving,” she announced.
Sebastian came out of the kitchen and her eyes wide-ned.
“Dad!” She screamed.
Sebastian hu-gged her with a smile on his face.
“Dad, I was so worried. I thought…” She sniffs.
“Hey c’mon, Dad is a strong man, remember?” Sebastian smiled.
Hailey chuckled against his shoulder and hu-gged him tighter.
“I’m sorry” she whispered.
“We’ll close the restaurant for now, that’s the best,” Leah said behind them.
Hailey broke the hug to stare at her.
“Your Mom is right, the restaurant isn’t running well anymore so we have no choice but to close it” Sebastian added.
“I love you, Dad,” Hailey whispered and hu-gged him again.
***
RUSSIA***
The door to Cecilia’s room opened and the maid entered.
“Good morning, ma’am” she smiled at Cecilia.
“Your breakfast is ready,” she added.
“I’m not hungry” Cecilia looked away.
The maid looked around before moving closer to Cecilia.
“Ma’am, you need to listen to me. You have to eat because it’s very important”
“I already served your food separate, make sure you don’t touch any other food except the one I serve you”
Cecilia stared at her.
“I told you I’m going to save you, right? I might be new here, but I’m telling you to trust me”
“Alexa,” Cecilia called.
“Do this for me ma’am, I won’t be in trouble, trust me” Alexa smiled.
****
MONTERIO’S INVESTMENT***
Hailey entered Charles’ office as soon as he arrived. Her legs were trembling badly.
“Good morning, sir…” The rest of the word ended in her throat as Charles slammed his li-ps on hers.
Immediately his li-ps landed on hers, she lost all her sense of reasoning as she opened her mouth, welcoming his tongue with hers.
Their li-ps bit, teased against each other as their tongues rolled together.
Charles removed his li-ps from hers and placed them on her neck, su-cking it de-eply.
“Don’t leave me, Hailey. I can’t do without you” he mumbled against her neck.
Hailey breathes in slowly, she was against this but her body proved otherwise.
“I love you, Charles” she blurted out before she could control herself.
TBC