A Mistake… A Baby!

Alessandra was discharged from the hospital the day after she arrived there. She spotted her father running towards her, and the look in his eyes indicated that he was exhausted. As he saw her, he immediately gave her a bear hug. “Thank God, and I’m so glad you’re okay, sweetheart. You have no idea how concerned I am!”

Alessandra returned her father’s embrace and hugged him.

“Are you really okay?” He questioned her and checked her body.

She nodded. “Sandy, I have to tell you the truth. We have more problems. The thief took our precious possessions. Our savings and our jewelry. Now, I don’t have any money. I don’t even know where to begin,” he said with such helplessness.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

She let out a sigh. Well, she has some money. But, she is unsure as to whether or not her savings and money will be sufficient to cover their monthly rent as well as all of their expenditures for the next months.

“Dad, I have some savings. That wraps up my thoughts for the month. But I’m not sure if I’ll be able to keep this up for the next several months after that. You know that I have an installment car payment and a townhouse,” she stated.

“I understand, Sandy. Don’t be concerned. I have a guilty feeling. I wasn’t able to fight the robber for our money,”

She was unable to respond to her father when she saw Leo and Cora McKnight.

“Benjamin! Alessandra!”

Leo and Benjamin exchanged a friendly tap on the shoulder. “Leo, I just wanted to extend my gratitude to your son, Cade. To him, we owe a great deal,”

Leo made a waving motion with his hand in the air. “Don’t even think about it, Benjamin. You are not just friends, you are a family now. It would be best if we all worked together. We are friends regardless of the circumstances.”

“In any case, what are your plans about the items that the robber stole from you?” Leo asked.

Her father gave a slight shake of the head. “Leo, I am at a loss for what action to take now. There is still a great deal for us to attend to. There are a lot of things that need to be prioritized. It’s a blessing that your home has such strong security. It would appear that the apartment units are no longer secure. There should be trouble for the thieves getting inside,”

“Yeah, thank God nobody broke into our house. Thank Lord. Yet we felt bad for you. If you feel that the safety of your apartment is no longer safe, you are welcome to stay with us at our mansion. We still have lots of extra guest rooms,” Cora remarked with a grin.

Benjamin’s eyes grew noticeably larger. “What? We’re sorry, but we can’t accept your help. That is too much, Cora. I’m going to be embarrassed about it,”

“Oh, Benjamin. You don’t have to be shy. Especially because our children are going to begin their families. They will be married anyway,” Leo chuckled out loud.

The eyes of her father expanded in response. Alessandra felt her heart start to race all of a sudden. She saw Cade approaching them at that moment.

Alessandra made several attempts to get Cade’s attention so that she could warn him to stop his parents, but the cretin was avoiding her look the whole time!

The furrows between her father’s eyebrows deepened. “Married? What exactly are you trying to say, Leo?”

She licked her lips nervously. “Dad. I’m-”

They were greeted with a friendly smile from Cora. “Well, good thing Cade is here,” the old woman said. “Cade, could you please explain everything to your Uncle Benjamin, I would really appreciate that.”

Alessandra’s eyes widened in response to his lack of eye contact, but he did not glance at her. Cade greets her father by shaking his hand.

“I’m here standing in front of you, Uncle Benjamin, and I want to tell you that I want to ask your daughter for her hand in marriage,”

A decent person is what Alessandra sees when she looks at him. But she was well aware that this was not the case. Cade is simply pretending.

Cade took a moment to clear his throat before continuing. “Uncle Benjamin, I must apologize for something that transpired between me and your daughter. I need you to understand that I will not run away from what happened to us and the responsibility that falls on my shoulders. I’d like to make sure I have your blessing before I ask for her hand. I want to marry your daughter,”

Oh, heavenly being! Alessandra begs God to make his father furious enough to turn him down. However, much to her astonishment, he flashed a charming smile.

“Really? If so, that’s good news. You are free to propose to my daughter and ask for her hand in marriage. Make a solemn oath not to harm her and to take good care of my princess. I trust you, Cade.” Benjamin winked at him and said, “I know you’re the only one who can put up with her brat behavior.”

“You can count on me, dad,” Cade said.

What he said caused Alessandra to come close to choking. Cade had a very resolute expression on his face. The statements made by Cade left both Cora and Alessandra in utter amazement.

“Benjamin, at long last, it looks like we’re going to be a real family now. What do you believe to be a lovely name that we could give to our grandchild? Let’s give that some thought,” Leo McKnight suggested with a grin on his face.

Her father is very encouraging and uplifting. “There is a wide selection of lovely names from which to pick, Leo. We can conduct a search on the internet for whatever it is,”

Alessandra can’t help but roll her eyes at this point.

The gesture came from Cade’s dad, who tapped her on the shoulder. “I’d like to offer my sincere congratulations to both of you!” He said, “I never anticipated you’d marry sooner than my son Caleb and his fiance. I couldn’t have been more wrong.”

Speaking of which, if she and Cade do end up getting married, there will be a clear postponement of Caleb’s wedding for sure. Alessandra broke into a grin at the thought. In the end, this is not such a terrible idea.

Upon her release from the facility, the McKnights insisted that she and her father reside in their home for the duration of the inquiry being conducted by the police authorities. Her father left early and didn’t say a word about where he went. She doesn’t know where he goes.

She was provided with a guest room at the McKnight that had its own private bathroom. After she had just stepped out of the shower, Cade appeared in the bedroom.

Her pupils dilated, and she strained to wrap the robe around her wet body while doing so. “Cade, what the hell are you doing inside my room?!!” She shrieks in terror.

Cade did not provide an answer to her question but rather glanced at her instead. His mouth was twisted into a sinister grin the entire time.

“Wow. I had no idea I have such a sexy fiance,”

Her cheeks became reddened. “Fiance! Cade, in your dream! Leave this room now, you beast! Can’t you see that I’m almost not wearing anything?” She clenched her jaw in annoyance and clenched her teeth.

The only thing he did was raise his eyebrows. “I know. I’m not blind, Alessandra. And so what? I’ve already seen it and touched it anyway,”

She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly. “Cade, I am well aware that this is your home. But, this does not give you the right to walk into anyone else’s space without first knocking on the door or getting my permission to do so. Don’t you know how to knock?” She asked, showing annoyance.

He gave the impression that he was unconcerned by shrugging his shoulders. “Well, no. I don’t know how to knock,”

Alessandra yelled his name in anger.

“Oh, I like that. We’re not up yet doing anything, but here you are screaming my name. I didn’t know you were wild, Alessandra,”

The brute is definitely teasing her!