BEAUTIFULLY UNFINISHED novel Chapter 51

FIFTY

M I R A N D A

"Louis we're really fine." I tell him.

"No. I'm doing this for your safety and also for Ben's. People are going to crowd you when you go out."

I sigh.

"We don't need three bodyguards, a personal driver and two private nurses." I whine.

"You do." He debates.

"Plus that car looks hella expensive. I can't accept that." I say as I gaze outside the window.

Louis rubs both of my shoulders with his palms and kissed my cheek. "Think of it as for Ben." He tells me.

"Im trying to think it's for him but it's too much for me to accept."

"Come on, you're my woman and I need to make sure I give you everything you need." He says against my ear and kept kissing my neck.

He spins me around so I can face him and he was smiling at me. "I bought that Rolls Royce for you and Ben and those people I hired are one of the most trusted people I have." He adds.

"Louis... You don't have to do these things. Really. And those nurses makes me feel awkward." I whisperingly said.

He gazes at them then looks back at me. "You want me to replace them?"

I chuckle as I smack his arm. "Louis!"

He laughs and kisses my cheek. "I love you. So you have no choice but to accept these gifts."

I smiled at him.

"Also!" He snaps. "Since people know where you live..."

"Oh please don't tell me you bought me a new house too?"

He grins. "I was planning about that but then I'm sure you won't accept it. So I thought about the better idea..."

I arched an eyebrow at him when suddenly drops himself and unexpectedly knelt down right in front of me. My jaws totally dropped to the center of the earth and my eyes widened wider than the Pacific Ocean.

"I've been practicing my line." he muffled.

My eyes widened more.

Line?

What line?

What is he talking about?

What did he practice?

All of his hired people were watching us and the nurses gave me a side eye. Yes, there was a female nurse and the other was a male one. They seemed to be shocked as well just like I am.

"Louis.. what are you even doing?" I widened my eyes at him.

He just smiles at me happily and not caring about what I told him. I don't wanna say this but the second he knelt down before me, that view of him, I knew I realized something; that I'm not ready to settle with him. Louis suddenly pulled a small red box.

Oh

My

God

"Louis.. this isn't a good joke." I startled.

He grins and finally opens the box.

But to my surprise...

There was a...

key?

"I was going to ask you to move in with me, love." He grins cheekily.

I exhaled and just laughed. "You're so crazy. You gave me a heart attack!"

Louis stands again and just kissed the back of my hand while chuckling, "I won't just propose to you just like this. That was a rubbish way."

I smiled at him.

"I've decided that you and Ben should move in with me." He says while wrapping his arm around me.

"Are you serious?"

He nods.

"Do I look like Im joking? This isn't my I'm-joking-face." He looks at me seriously and I can't help but smile.

"Plus, if you're there with me I won't be troubled about you and Ben. I can monitor both of you. And... You'll be in one bedroom with me all the time." He kisses my temple.

I quickly nudge my elbow on his side as I glare at his bodyguards who were smiling.

Louis chuckles.

"I've also called in some movers a while ago and they'll be here tomorrow to pick you up first thing in the morning so you and I need to start packing things right now." He claps his hands together and he's so happy for this.

I smiled at him. "Why do you look so giddy about us moving?"

"Cos that means we're going to live in together." He gives me the duh look.

I grinned at him and then he smiles back at me. "I love you Miranda." He says out of the blue.

"I love you too." I kiss his cheek.

•••••

I lay down on the bed after Ben has been throwing his tantrums for two hours straight since a while ago. The doctor was right, Ben gets easily annoyed now. He gets frustrated with the little things around him and he has his mood swings every now and then. He cries a lot and I tried to let him speak but he's still not talking. Harry didn't come around today and I wonder if it's because of Audrey.

Speaking of Audrey, I don't have any news about that woman anymore after Ben's accident and I haven't heard anything related about her marriage with Harry since the people are now focused on me and Ben.

I push Ben's hair off from his face and I pity his two personal nurses that's been patiently guarding him the entire day. They're nice to him, they take good care of him and they try to understand him even when Ben starts to become agitated with the things that surrounds him. I thank Louis for still being here despite Ben's condition and he's still helping us. He's still treating Ben like a son and I'm so blessed to have Louis.

We've already packed a lot of our stuff. We weren't really fully moving out, we just grabbed a few clothes and decided to leave the furniture here at home. I wouldn't want to bring all our things to Louis' even though he said we can put all of our things inside his house. I'm thinking of it more like a vacation. I'm not ready to move in with him, we just got into a relationship and I'm worried what the people will say about this. I know how tactless some reporters are just so they can give out news.

Actually, Louis did most of the packing since Ben would ruin the moment of us preparing our things. There were still some media outside our house waiting for me and I actually haven't left home since the day we got here. Reasons are, one I'm scared I might get harassed once I step out of the door. Two, I don't know what to answer. Three, I'm not ready to face the media.

Plus, Harry hasn't said anything about his relationship with Ben to the public yet and I don't think I have the right to tell the world about it first. I think Harry is too scared to admit that Ben is his son. I think he's also too embarrassed that he got a girl pregnant seven years ago. He's too scared that the world will know about his illegitimate son. I think he's too scared to loose Audrey too.

Suddenly my phone vibrates on top of Ben's bed and I quickly grabbed it.

Harry: How's Ben today? I'm sorry I couldn't come around, had some things to do. Don't worry I'm still in New York.

"By things you meant Audrey." I muttered to myself.

Me: Ben's fine. Don't worry, Louis hired some people to guard us and some nurses as well.

Harry: Hired? People? Why? What for? Why did he do that?

"Cos he's being a father to Ben instead of you missing out all the action." I muttered to myself again.

I take a deep breath in and stopped breathing.

He's definitely not doing this on TV.

"Her name's Rose." He trails.

Slowly pulling his head up to the camera and felt shiver running down my spine as if Harry was actually really looking at me through the screen.

"Miranda Rose." Harry adds.

I exhaled heavily as I bite my lip.

"Louis will see this. Fuck." I muttered to myself.

"And what was your relation with Miss Rose, Harry?" she asks.

I bit my lip harder.

Harry takes a deep breath in, "Was is a past tense so I think you should rephrase your question. But...."

"Miranda Rose is the mother to my first child." He finally said.

I brought two hands up to my mouth.

There, he said it.

He said those words that I've been hiding from the entire world. He just admitted to the world that I had sex with him, that something really did happen to the two of us.

"Benedict Edward Rose is my son. He's our son." He adds.

"I'm not afraid to tell the whole world about Ben now because he's the most amazing little angel that came into my life. He gives me hope. He makes me want to become a better man for him."

I feel my tears gathering.

"Why did you hide it all these years Harry? For seven years you hid it all from us." She asked.

Harry exhales.

How are you going to explain that?

"I think everything in this world happens for a reason. I just wanted to make sure about the safety of my baby. I made sure Miranda is also safe. I wanted them to have their own privacy." Harry answers.

"But you said it out now that they're your family. How are you going to take it back? You've risked their privacy."

Harry scratches the back of his neck with his head down low. "People will really do this kind of scrutiny no matter what. People will always ask. People will always be curious. People will always invade." He answers.

"So why did you tell us now?"

"Because I was tired of hiding them from people. I'm not embarrassed anymore that I got someone pregnant. I'm not embarrassed anymore that I have a son from another woman seven years ago. I thought that I need to show to the world how amazing my son is. They need to see the beautiful gift that God gave to me. Because Ben is very kind, sweet, bubbly, humble and everything a father could ask for from a son. I'm proud of how Miranda taught him well. I'm proud of how Miranda raised him." He bends his head down and smiled.

Suddenly he thumbs away something from his eyes. When he pulled his head up, Harry's eyes were filled with tears.

Oh my God Harry is crying.

"I'm very proud that I'm already a father. I'm very proud about Benedict. I'm proud of what I have in my life now. Ben makes me feel like I'm a complete man." He adds.

She nods. "Also, Miranda is currently dating your best friend and bandmate Louis Tomlinson. Aren't you bothered about it?"

"They're happy. I'm happy for them. Louis loves Ben and Miranda. That's more important." He answers.

My tears are now wetting my cheeks as I feel my lips trembling.

"But I'll always love Miranda Rose." Harry spurted out.

"She'll always have a huge part in my heart and in my life." He adds.