"Are you okay?"

I asked Jack as Maya put ointment on his stomach that was already bruised.

He laughed, "Come on Zahra, this is nothing. I felt--- arghh"

He gasped in pain when Maya pressed it a little hard.

"Ooppss."

We giggled when Jack pouted at Maya, asking her to be careful.

I looked around to find Damien and saw he was at the balcony. He was space out as if something was bothering him. I stood beside him before he snapped from his thoughts, smiling at me.

My hand grabbed his large warm hand, "Don't think too much." I told him because he will stressed himself out.

He sighed, "How can I not?" he kissed the back of my hand before pulled me closer to his side.

My hand wrapped around his waist, tried to reassure him that everything will be fine. I understand he had a rough time but at the end of the day everything will gonna be better.

"You know I will always beside you right?" I asked, smiling at him.

He looked surprised when I said that before he gave me one of his beautiful smile that reached his eyes.

My heart races when I saw that and I looked away. I tried to make my heart calm but it was beating very fast.

Instead of him, I stared at the moon that shone brightly at the sky. "So beautiful." I murmured with me admiring the full moon.

"Yes, so beautiful until it takes my breath away." I heard him saying and I looked up, our eyes met with each other.

How can a pair of eyes can be so beautiful?

He moved closer to my face and closer until a voice interrupted us.

"Alright love birds. You can continue in your room. We're going to asleep right now."

I looked to my left and saw Katherine with her hands on both her hips looking at us with annoyed expression.

A giggled escaped my lips as Damien groaned before we went inside.

The next day, I didn't see Damien's father anymore. But Damien's step mother, Elizabeth stayed with us for a while.

I looked over Elizabeth and Katherine they were laughing at Maya's jokes. It felt much better seeing they laughing even though deep inside they still tried to recover from their problem.

"Ouh right! How old is your baby right now?" Elizabeth asked, rubbing my bump softly.

"Hmmm, I'm not sure since I don't have a proper checkup." I was honest saying that to them since Damien hasn't gave me approval to go outside. "Maybe it was 15-16 weeks already? I'm not sure."

"Yup mom, Damien won't let her to go check up. Well I can check her by myself but there's no equipment that I can used."

Katherine answered when she saw her mother was frowning.

Maya giggled, "Damien is just so overprotective. It's rare to see him like that."

I smile when I heard her. She was right since these pregnancy he was very overprotective. Well it's not that he wasn't before but he become more overprotective.

Even when I wake up in the middle of midnight to go the bathroom, he was already afraid that he didn't saw me sleeping beside him.

"Well we can't blame him. He love her so much." Elizabeth said as she hold my hand.

My cheeks blushed when she said those words. . My jaw hurting so much when I can't stopped smiling as they teasing me.

Suddenly we heard someone talking and running at the same time.

"I think we should go now, Damien."

I turned my body around and saw Jack and Damien were rushing. My brow furrowed when I saw Damien's faces full with worrisome.

"What's wrong guys?"

Elizabeth asked making both of them stopped talking and looked at us. They became silent for a few minutes, as if wanted to say something but the can't.

"Well....." Jack tried to say anything but he kept looking at Damien and us. It seems he can only talked after Damien's permission.

"My mother is in critical right now."

Finally Damien told us instead of Jack. There's gasped escaped from us when we heard that his real mother was in critical.

His mother sick?

What was this?

I don't know about that at all.

I think Damien can know I was confused when our eyes met with each other. But my confusion disappeared when I saw his eyes held pain.

I shouldn't be selfish trying to know the truth and yet Damien was trying to calm himself right now.

"I'm coming."

Those words escaped my lips without realising it. Damien looked surprised when I said that.

"Yeah you guys should go now. We will catch up later." Elizabeth told us when we didn't make any move.

I nodded my head towards them when I followed Damien and Jack towards the car. Damien and Jack were talking as we entered the car before they became silent.

I sat beside Damien at the backseat while Jack was driving. I looked to my left and saw Damien staring outside of the window.

His expression was blank, he was trying to make himself calm. But his hand was trembled so much.

When I saw that I held on of his hand into my own and squeezed it lightly. I can felt him trembled under my hand.

He looked at me with his eyes full of worries and sorrow. He didn't even realised a tear escaped from the corner of his eyes.

My heart clenched when I saw that. I wiped his tears, holding his cheek as he closed his eyes. My hand wrapped around his shoulder, embracing him, comforting him.

"Everything is gonna be alright."

I whispered against his shoulder, patted his back lightly. He hugged me tightly, wanted to have strength to face his mother later.

When we reached the destination we ran inside the hospital towards his mother's room. I hold Damien's hand to give him strength when his steps become slow.

He took a deep breath before continued to walk towards his mother's room. We stood outside of the room and saw nurses and doctor were busy checking on his mother.

The doctor opened the door and looked at us. "I want to talk to her family."

Damien stepped in front of the doctor. "Yes I'm her son."

The doctor took a deep breath, "I'm sorry we've tried our best but her cancer is already affecting her whole body."

My eyes widened when I heard it but Damien can't accept the fact. He grabbed the collar of the doctor before shouting at him.

"No! You're fxcking wrong! You can't do that! I don't even care! I'll give all the money as much you want to save her!"

Damien shouted, tears spilling from his eyes. My heart broke when I saw him.

"Damien..."

I called out his name but he kept shouting at the doctor to save his mother.

"Please....save her..."

I grabbed both of his wrist away from the doctor before hugged his shaking body. He broke into tears, his legs can't handle his body as he fell with me hugging him. I cried with him when I heard his agony tears.

"Mom..." he sobbed against my shoulder.

"I'm sorry. You can met her for the last time." The doctor told us as he walked away.

"Damien..." I pushed him softly, holding both of his wet cheeks. "They already do their best. We can't blame them."

I know the feel as a doctor even you already tried your best but you can't fight with God's fate. Doctor wasn't a God.

I wiped his tears away, "Come on stand up you should meet your mother." I helped him to stand and finally he followed me after I persuade dia.

My hand wiped his tears again, rubbing his shoulder to comfort him. "Be strong, Damien. We can't show our tears when meeting your mother right? You should look handsome when meeting her. She must wanted to see her handsome son."

He sobbed, rubbing his eyes like a child. Yes, he was just a boy inside a grown up man.

I nodded my head towards Jack before I pulled Damien's hand to enter the room. My sight met with a woman that laid on the bed with all the machine connected to her body.

She must be in pain.

I stood beside her bed with Damien behind me that staring to his mother with pain. My hand squeezed his to give him strength.

I looked at his mother and saw that Damien and her has a bit of similarity. She was really a beautiful woman even though her pale face was covered by the mask. I remember the photo on Damien's wallet was her mother.

As if she know we were staring at her, my eyes met with the same as Damien's beautiful pair of blue eyes.

She was looking at me first before her eyes wandered towards Damien. When she saw him, her eyes glisten with tears.

"Damien... my baby."

Her voice sounded hoarse with the mask covered her. I felt his hand trembled when he heard his mother called him.

I tried not to cry before smiling at her. "Hello my name is Zahra. I'm Damien's wife."

I introduced myself at her. She looked at me before smiling.

"I know you're my baby's wife." She told me and I'm surprised she know already.

"Finally I met you. The woman that my son's love."

She said, moving her hand to touch me but I held her hand first. I smiled at her, "It's a pleasure to meet you too."

She nodded, giving me a weak smile. Her hand squeezed mine softly before her eyes moved down and stopped at my bump.

Her smile widened when I moved closer towards her and put her hand on my bump. Her hand rubbed it softly and I smiled to her.

"I'm gonna be a grandma."

I hold my tears when she said that. I nodded my head and smile at her.

"Yes, you're gonna be a grandmother."

Her tears dropped and I wiped it softly. "I-I'm sorry. I'm not gonna be there to watch him grow up."

I shook my head, finally a tears escaped my eyes when I heard her said that. I wanted to say something but my throat won't let me spoke.

"Tell him I love him as much as I love Damien."

I nodded my head, "H-He's going to love you as much you love him."

She smiled, her hand moved towards my cheek wiping my tears away. I saw her another hand moved towards the drawer beside her bed.

She handed me something before whispered, "Take care of my son."

I looked at her before took the bag. I nodded at her request before I looked over my shoulder and saw Damien was staring into the ground.

I wanted to give them space to talk with each other. I know Damien wanted to talk to his mother.

"It's nice to meet you Mrs..."

"Just call me mom or Belle." She said nodded her head.

I smiled, turn my body around and patted Damien's chest. He snapped from his thoughts and looked at me.

"Talk to your mother, okay." I whispered before walked out of the room.

I saw across the transparent mirror, Damien approached his mother slowly like a shy child meeting his crush.

My heart clenched when I saw them before I broke into tears. It hurt seeing them all these time separated with each other. They tried to contact but there's always obstacle.

Someone hugged me, I looked up and saw Elizabeth comfort me and Katherine join to hugged us.