" Don't you think you've had enough?"

" yes"

"Then why are you still drinking?"

" I don't know"

"What's wrong"

" I don't know" I sigh turning towards Chloe.

I should not feel so affected by this. I mean the other night his fiancé popped out of nowhere so his daughter popping out should not have to bother me as much as it was.

I racked my brain thinking of any instance he or any other colleague of mine mentioning it while absentmindedly ' mmhmming'  every now and then.

" Did you know Mark has a ten year old daughter?" I asked her cutting her mid sentence.

She opened her mouth and then closed. She did it one more time before speaking in a hushed tone.

"Why did you think the fundraiser gala is being held for The cross institute of cancer treatment and research? "

I had no answer to that because I had no idea it was being raised for a cancer institute. What does she mean by that? What does his daughter have to do with cancer institute fund? Unless.

As if she read my mind. She asked incredulously

"Wait. You don't know? "

I had no answer to a question which was so foreign to me. I looked down at the polished marble floor which reflected my translucent petite figure.

I walked away without answering her. My mind was occupied by all the questions that I couldn't see someone standing in front of me. I bumped into a rock hard body that shrieked like a woman strangely. I looked up to realize it was Ed.

"Are you blind woman?" He yelled. Few people looked at us, few were annoyed at the loudness of ED knowing him. But i had no time for his banter. I walked away but he stopped me on my track. His face turned in the emotion of concern. He asked

"Are you alright ?" 

"I-I..." Wait he must be having the answers to my questions. So I asked

" Why is this fundraiser being orginsed for the cross institute of cancer? What does it have to do with Emily - Mark's daughter? "

His expressions turned into grim one. He sighed before answering.

"He was married before to a beautiful blonde woman around 10 years back. They were highschool sweethearts so they married early. They had Emily after few years, their daughter. With her birth Clara started staying ill, those years were most stressful for Emily started falling ill after some time too. All the doctors of new york couldn't cure his wife for she was dying of a rare heart disease. Pregnancy only escalated her numbered days of life. Those were the days all of us thought we might loose Mark too for he was degrading his health with all the worries. All his resources dried up in medicating his dying wife and ailing daughter. Clara's parents were rich but they are shrewd people. They hated her for going against their will for marrying Mark so that had cut all ties with her. They didn't know that she was dieing . Clara was too stubborn to take her parents help neither did she let Mark go to them. She died after Emily turned two. He was destroyed by her death but really what killed the man inside him was when he came to know that Emily was carrying the same disease. He had no money and an ill child. Meanwhile Clara's parents came to know about their daughter's death and illness of their grand daughter. So they proposed what was the most shrewd plan which puts them in the most hated people of the world. 

They asked him to marry Anna in exchange of money for treatment of Emily."

What? I was shocked. What happened? What is going on?

"Becca? I was looking for you everywhere. " A familiar husky voice snapped me out of my daze. Ben stood in front of me with a smile plastered across his face. His eyes, those crystal, sparkly eyes showed emotions I was too afraid to confront. His chiseled ,muscular frame seemed to tower me making me so small. I had no idea what to do. 

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Why was I so conflicted with such a revelation. It's not like I loved him right? I have feelings for this magnificent man in front of me who wants me, nothing but me. How could I do anything wrong to him? Maybe I don't like him? May be I am a bad person. That is why my family left me? She abandoned me? He tortured me.Because I deserved it. I don't deserve him. I don't deserve anybody. I don't. 

So I did what I always did all these years. I ran away. My legs hurt for I was wearing heels. Tears started flowing freely down my cheeks, my vision became blurry but I ran nevertheless. My chest ached with all the running. All the hurt. I couldn't take it anymore. All these thoughts seemed to crush me under their heavy weights. I ran. I just ran away.

Some way down the line I tripped and fell on the green grass under my trembling feet who couldn't run anymore. My tears didn't dry on their own as they were falling till now. May be a few minutes had only passed, maybe a few hours. I didn't have any idea. What should I do. I had to clear my mind. All this was crazy.

A/N

Big shocker. I know, but what is with Becca? Why is she so affected by all the information?

what will happen?

will she leave Ben and new york both?

what is it about her past that damaged her to this extent?

We will know only in the next chapter..;)

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