You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife

Chapter 442: The Father of Her Child

Earlier in the kitchen, Beth entered inside with a complaining look.

She seemed not to like something outside but she could not totally protest.

"Oh no! Don't give me that look, darling. Tell us what happened to you out there?" Ms. Dally, the oldest

lady servant was sniffing at the newly entered Beth. Her expression was screaming with annoyance but

she was controlling it.

Instead of answering Ms. Dally, Beth went to get a glass of water first and drank it in one go.

Everyone was looking at her and excited to know what happened to her outside.

"Hmmm...." Beth hummed and released a heavy sigh before she started to share her story.

"That son of madame is so rude!" Beth said with strong protest in her expression toward Charles. "He

brought me and introduced me to a man." She continued.

"Then what happened next?" Marissa asked horrified but excited to hear more.

"That man...." Beth continued but paused. She smiled excitedly like she remembered something good.

"What?" Olive could not wait to hear more of Beth's story.

"Good thing, that man is very kind." Beth's eyes and her smile started to daydream.

"He was so gorgeous and unlike that son of our boss, he is respectful to women. Oh my gosh! I never

thought I will see that kind of a man. He.... he is a gentleman... he is so good-looking... he is perfect!"

From protesting to admiring, Beth was now smiling enchantingly like she was still thinking of the man

who didn't take advantage of her.

"Wow! I agree with you! That man... wow! all I can say is wow!" Marissa agreed as she herself admired

that man too outside.

"Me too! He is more sexy and handsome than those men celebrities on tv." Olive butted in too to show

her admiration.

"Yes, he is!" It sounds like Ms. Dally agreed too. "But ladies, you have to get yourselves a grip. That

man there is super rich ad high. Mr. Harry said, he is the most VIP guest. A billionaire and the richest

guest this resort accommodated. So, wake up! wake up! Enough of daydreaming and let's start

working." Ms. Dally was the one to break the group chat. "Let's be like Helen. See her? All of us here

were busy talking about that man and there was Helen who kept on working." Ms. Dally continued

gesturing her hand toward Helen who was still washing the left-used dishes.

Beth naughtily came to Helen. "You should go out there Helen so you can see this gorgeous man we

were talking about. I assure you, we are not exaggerating here. You will also be fascinated by him."

Beth continued excitedly.

"Yes, you have to go out Helen. This opportunity comes only once in our lifetime. You shouldn't miss

seeing this gorgeous sexy man because we would not know when can we see this kind of high-caliber

man ever again." Marissa came also to support Beth and they have the same level of enthusiasm side

by side.

Still holding the sponge covered with bubbles and a glass, Helen smiled at them awkwardly. In her life,

she didn't have any other man. She was already satisfied with her baby and she could not see any

other man in her life ever again.

"Girls! Girls! Girls! That's enough! Don't disturb Helen's work over there. Go back to your work and stop

talking about Mr....." Ms. Dally scolded then she paused trying to recall the gorgeous man's name. She

knew, Mr. Harry uttered his name to her but she couldn't remember it already. Ms. Dally frowned deeply

still trying to recall their guest's name when Mr. Harry came inside.

"Oh, Mr. Harry, what's that most VIP guest's name again?" Ms. Dally quickly asked as if she couldn't

sleep tonight if she could not recall the name that was just hanging in her mind.

"Oh, Mr. Grant. Eric Grant." Mr. Harry directly answered. "Why?" He asked but the answer was a

shattering sound of the pieces of glass breaking on the ground.

Everyone quickly looked in Helen's direction.

Helen stood shocked and very pale.

She knew she heard Eric's voice earlier but she had gotten rid of the idea as for her it was too

impossible that he would be on this island very far away from Capital Z.

Helen just thought, she was just imagining things.

Maybe she just missed him so much or maybe missed his father that was why she was given some

piece of him like hearing his voice out of nowhere but now that she heard his name, Helen's heartbeat

stopped.

The man they kept on talking about and admiring was none other than Eric Grant.

"Helen, are you okay?" Ms. Dally was quickly snapped out of her senses as she ran toward Helen.

Helen wanted to move but she couldn't.

It seemed her feet were cemented onto the ground.

They weren't cooperating.

Suddenly, cold sweats disappeared all over her.

She felt cold and trembling.

Her heartbeat was now palpitating fast.

"Come here, you girl. Are you hurt?" Mr. Harry sounded as he and Ms. Dally grabbed and assisted

Helen in a corner.

Beth quickly fanned Helen with her apron. Seeing this, Marissa and Olive joined fanning her with their

aprons.

Danielle quickly swiped all the shattered glass pieces on the floor and took them away.

Emma quickly gave Helen a glass of warm water.

"Oh, darling, are you okay now?" Ms. Dally asked after Helen drank the water.

Everyone was looking at her worriedly.

Helen was a bit guilty to these people because she could not tell them the truth.

"What's wrong in here?" Suddenly the group was broken when Charles sounded behind.

Everyone moved and continued their work except Mr. Harry who was left with Helen.

"Mr. Charles, Ms. Helen here is sick. On behalf of her, I would ask that she could leave her work early

and be back tomorrow." The old man couldn't stand seeing Helen's pale condition.

Charles strode closer to Helen. His eyes looked at her sharply from her head to toe like he was still

admiring her beauty.

"When are you going to deliver your baby?" Charles asked as he stopped in front of Helen who was still

sitting with Mr. Harry at her side.

Helen lifted her head and looked at Charles' sharp eyes.

She didn't care about him and she didn't like his question so she didn't answer.

"Okay, you don't need to answer." Charles sounded naughty as he leaned closer to Helen without any

care about Mr. Harry's presence. Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

"It's just a waste seeing you again with a baby bump. Do you know why I came back here? Because of

you. But you are just such a waste, Helen. You should come to me first if you need a baby. At least you

are sure that your baby would look exactly like me and you know... with a high standard in life, not an

ordinary island guy. Such a waste!" Charles shook his head as he fixed his composure then he faced

Mr. Harry like he said nothing. "Okay, she can go now but remember my mother asked me to rate her

performance? What should I rate, huh???" Charles teasingly uttered. "Hmmm... okay, leave now but do

not be late tomorrow. Consider this as my last goodness to you." Charles was sound annoyed then he

went away.

Mr. Harry shook his head as he released a deep sigh.

Helen was unmoved. Obviously, her mind was not on Charles but on Eric.

"Go now. Don't mind that spoiled brat. Here, put this handkerchief on your wrist and pressed it hard so

the cut would not bleed heavily." Mr. Harry gave her a handkerchief.

Helen then moved quickly and left.

When she arrived at her house, Helen was shocked again.

“What…. What are you doing here? How?” Hanna was Helen.

She went to the island to start a new life, especially when she knew about her early pregnancy.

She felt scared.

Very scared about the situation she was in.

She and her brother, transferred from city to city so no one could trace them.

Life in the old cities with her brother was not so easy so when she got pregnant, she decided to move

in and settled on an isolated island far away from Capital Z.

Where she felt safe and no one could see them even her dad.

“Hanna… I am sorry but I didn’t mean to invade your privacy. I just… happened to see your brother…”

Arabella knew Hanna felt so troubled with her presence and her eyes could not deny her uneasiness.

“It’s okay,” Hanna cut off Arabella.

She knew that Arabella also was troubled about seeing them as she considered her feeling too. “I’m

happy to see you.” Hanna smiled though she felt very nervous.

Arabella smiled finally feeling the warm welcome of an old friend.

She couldn’t help but strode and hug Hanna.

They hugged each other for a while.

“How are you?” Arabella looked at Hanna’s belly.

She wondered but she controlled it.

She seemed to have an idea who was the father of Hanna’s baby but she didn’t want to be so nosy

about it.

She wanted to hear it from Hanna.

“Ah… Eric is with me.” Arabella announced directly not wanting to hide anything from Hanna.

She just knew a little of their story but seeing Hanna living on a small island, Arabella could think only

one thing and that is Hanna was hiding from Eric.

With the thought of this, Arabella could not help feeling sad about Eric and Hanna.

She wanted to help them as she knew that Eric loved her and she could not do anything less for her

brother Eric but of course, she had no right to meddle in their affair.

Hanna still had the right to decide on this.

“I know. I met him.” Suddenly, Hanna answered with a gloomy tone.

“Wait. What?” Arabella was so shocked. “So, he knew?” Arabella could not help to feel worried.

Hanna looked at her troubled and sad.

She quickly held Arabella’s arms.

Her eyes were begging her.

“He didn’t know about this. He did not see my face but I heard his voice and I can’t be mistaken. I know

it’s him. I am working in that resort where you are staying.” Hanna confessed like she trusted Arabella

so much that she would not tell anyone what she saw.

“But… are you guys okay here? I mean… Hanna, you know that I can help you. Eric is like a brother to

me. He is a good man and he would be a responsible father in the future.” Arabella could not help but

to convince Hanna to reconsider her decision.

After all, he is the father of Hanna’s baby.

“I don’t want to… It’s very complicated Arabella. You know that and I don’t have my expectations

anymore. My baby and I will be fine without him. Just please, don’t let him know about this.” Hanna’s

eyes were begging her. She was uncalm and she just hoped Arabella would agree to her.

Sympathizing Hanna’s struggle, Arabella nodded her head.

Hanna was so determined to live her life with her baby without Eric.

Arabella squeezed Hanna’s hands. “Don’t worry, Hanna. I respect your decision. I don’t know what you

are going through or the hardships you encountered but please know that you can always contact me

whenever you need me. Okay? I can’t believe that I will see you here!” Arabella uttered sincerely and

hugged Hanna again.

“Me too!” Hanna cried out.

“What a small world!” They uttered at the same time still in disbelief that they met on this small island.

They hugged each other for a while.

“Sister, should I still pack our bags?” Anthony shyly butted in. He was still stunned hearing his sister’s

hysterically shouting outside.

Hanna nodded at him like she had no choice but to leave.

“No!...” Arabella quickly stopped them. “You guys don’t need to go. Eric is going to leave early

tomorrow. He is flying back tomorrow morning.” Arabella added remembering Eric’s words earlier.

Hanna looked at Anthony and after a while, she nodded at him.

Anthony got the message and put down his bag.

Hanna looked at Arabella who was also looking at her after she was satisfied with what she heard.

‘Thank God!’ Hanna was still in a deep mess but was in great relief hearing that Eric would be out of

the island in the morning.

Just one night then she could not see him anymore.

With her thoughts, Hanna could not deny the fact that she was also sad.

Also, she could not deny that she missed him so much.

So much that caused her so much pain whenever she thinks of him.

Now that he was here, she wanted to hug him and forget everything.

Everything that hinders their love. Eric… Eric Grant… she loved him so much.

She could not love another man than him. The only man who captured her heart.

The man who made her soften every time he was around and made her heart melt.

The man who she could never forget and the man who is the father of her child.

The next morning, Helen was at ease to know that today, Eric would fly back to the city.

That just meant, she would not see him anymore.

With Arabella's promise, she would not tell Eric about her and she would help her in the resort.

Except for Arabella, no one needed to know about her existence on the island.

And just like her normal day, Helen got up trying to find her best enthusiasm for today.

She knew she would meet the playboy Charles again, so she needed to have a lot of patience for him.

He would not stay that long anyway.

She just needed to survive his arrogance today until the third day and they would all go back to normal.

Helen arrived on time.

She went directly to the kitchen but to her surprise, there was no single soul in the kitchen except for

her.

She looked at her old wrist watch then she frowned deeply.

Normally at this time, everyone was already working in the kitchen.

Suddenly, the door opened and the cold air instantly went inside which made her tremble a bit.

Then it was followed by a tall stunning figure striding inside the kitchen.

"Eric..."