#12 : Gemma & Sam
Harry looked resentfully at the food on the dining table. Normally, Taylor would accompany him to breakfast, but this time, Taylor only made food, putting it on the dining table and disappeared somewhere.
Several days had already passed, and Taylor always tries to avoid Harry, even though Harry begged her to forgive him already.
When he was finished eating his breakfast all alone, Harry walked towards to the backyard of their house, trying to find Taylor. For some reason, Harry's feels like that his wife was there.
Sure enough, Taylor was there, in the garden behind their house. Her back was facing towards Harry while she was watering the garden plants there. Harry walked cautiously, not making any sound so that Taylor wasn't aware of his presence and so that she wouldn't avoid him again. But unfortunately, Harry's attempt failed when he could hear Taylor's voice speak up.
"I know you're there."
Harry took a deep breath and slowly sighed. "I'm sorry. I don't want you to get angry anymore. Please, don't stay away from me like this anymore. I'll do anything so that you'll forgive me." Harry's voice cracked. Taylor finally turned and faced Harry flatly.
"You know what you need to do so I could forgive you." Harry closed his eyes briefly before nodding.
"About what happened to me and Adam. . . well, yeah, you're right. Something happened between us. It's about. . . Styles Enterprise. It wasn't me who had been trying to avoid him, he was the one who had been trying to stay away from me since I was the only one who could be the CEO of Styles Enterprise."
Taylor raised a brow. "I don't understand. What does that mean?"
"Adam and his parents really want a CEO position at Styles Enterprise. His father, John, is the first child, while my father is the second child. But Grandpa entrusts Styles Enterprise to my father and the next generation of my father, which is me." Harry continued to tell. Taylor folded her arms over her chest, listening intently on what Harry was telling her.
"John made a big protest at that time. He was hostile to my family. At that time I was a teenager, and so was Adam when his parents asked Adam to stay away from me. And Adam really distanced himself away from me. Adam was much bigger than I was, so couldn't do anything like hit or kick him, because that was what he did to me when I was just a teenager. I hate him." Harry bowed his head and at that moment, Taylor stepped closer and touched Harry's arms gently.
"Harry, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have–" Before Taylor could even continue, Harry raised his face and looked at Taylor with his shiny and glassy green eyes.
"I just don't want him to do the same thing to you, because you're the most precious person to me."
Harry's burly hands curled around Taylor's waist, pulling her closer. "I can't be twenty-four hours near you, Taylor. I have to work and at the same time, I can't watch you properly. I just want to make sure you're safe. If you're being near him, I won't be able to calm down. Memories from my past would constantly come back and haunt me. I don't want him to hurt you." Harry pressed his forehead to Taylor's forehead, their noses gently touching.
Taylor smiled before putting her arm around Harry's neck. "I love you," Taylor said.
Harry smiled back and said, "I love you, more than how you love me."
And then, the both of them began to unite their lips.
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Harry had left for the office a few hours ago. And Taylor is currently in their living room, playing her tapering fingers on the television remote. It has been almost an hour since Taylor was sitting there, trying to find an interesting show or channel, but nothing was interesting to watch, in Taylor's opinion at least.
Taylor's stopped flipping through the channels when she heard the doorbell ring. Taylor immediately got up and walked towards the door. Taylor immediately opened the door and almost fell when she found someone splattering towards him, hugging her tightly.
And that person was none other than Gemma Styles, her own sister-in-law.
Taylor paused, letting Gemma hug her tightly, before feeling something wet touching the surface of her skin.
Taylor squinted and asked, "Gemma, what's wrong with you? Are you all right?" Taylor pulled away from Gemma's hug slowly and grabbed her shoulder. Gemma looked like she had been crying her eyes out. Her eyes were wet, red and puffy. Taylor looked at Gemma confusedly. What happened to her?
"Gem? Hey, are you alright?" Taylor asked worriedly, but Gemma's lip quivered instead, losing the words that she was about to say. Taylor quickly embraced Gemma and invited Gemma inside.
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The sound of someone knocking on Harry's office door made Harry feel a little disturbed. Harry is currently reading the monthly report, checking whether the report is balanced with the available evidence.
Harry closed the report before saying firmly, "Come in."
Shortly thereafter, the door to Harry's room opened. Harry looked up to see who had just entered his office today.
"Samuel?"
Yes, it was Samuel who came to see Harry. The handsome young man who is the boyfriend of Harry's older sister, Gemma. Samuel walked inside Harry's office room and pulled a chair that was the opposite of Harry. His eyes were affixed on Harry as he took a seat.
"What made you come to my office, Sam? You usually send representatives whenever you want to discuss business with me." Harry leaned his back on the back of his warm chair. Samuel didn't change the look of his face in the slightest. He had a facial expression that was hard for Harry to interpret.
"I didn't come here for business. It's about your sister, Gemma." Samuel finally opened said as Harry squinted at him.
"Gemma? What happened to her?" Harry asked, trying to calm down because he was already getting worried about her older sister. Samuel took a deep breath and let out a slow breath.
"Gemma came to see me this morning and–" Samuel paused for a few moments. Harry silently waited. Samuel closed his eyes briefly, before opening them again. Harry could see the tears starting to form in the corner of his eyes.
"– and Gemma said, that she has a baby in her womb. She's pregnant, Harry."
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"W-what?!"
Taylor looks very surprised when Gemma told her the situation as she kept on sobbing. Her eyes were closed, trying to stop the heavy tears that kept flowing from his eyes. Taylor looked at Gemma with a confused look.
"Y-yes. I don't know how it works. I don't remember ever having sex with Sam or with anyone. But this morning, I used a pregnancy test the results were positive. I don't know what or how it happened." Gemma's tears broke out again. Taylor took a deep breath, before pulling Gemma into her warm arms.
"Hey, don't cry, Gems. Maybe the pregnancy test was wrong."
Gemma shook her head. "How could the three pregnancy test I used were wrong? All of them showed positive results. I don't know what to do." Gemma shook her head in frustration.
"What about Sam? Did you tell him?" Taylor stroked Gemma's back gently. Gemma nodded her head.
"I met him before going here. I told him everything but he. . ." Gemma held her breath and finally she cried more intensely.
"He hates me! He said he never did anything with me! He accused me of cheating! He didn't want to be with me anymore!" Taylor was silent and sympathetic.
To be honest, Taylor also didn't understand what was happening. But as far as Taylor knows, she believes that she and Samuel has never done anything intimate. Gemma is quite religious, she believes on the sex after marriage. She even has a ring on her finger of her left hand to symbolize purity.
"Mum will definitely be furious at me. Grandma will be hostile to me. I have defamed the Styles family's good name. Everyone will definitely stay away from me. Everyone will hate me. Everyone will be disgusted seeing me." Hearing Gemma's words, Taylor embraced her while stroking Gemma's shoulder gently.
"Gem, whatever happens, I'll still be here for you. Don't think negatively. We must investigate everything." Taylor tried to calm her down. Gemma shook her head.
"Harry will definitely be very disappointed at me. He'll definitely ask you to stay away from me." Taylor shook her head.
"No. I guarantee you that they won't hate you and ask you to stay away. For now, calm down. Ease your mind. Later when Harry comes home, I'll talk to him."
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