You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife novel Chapter 444

“Knock! Knock! Knock!” A knocking on the door was heard loudly like the person who knocked was angry and in a hurry.

“Come in.” Eric sounded so calm not reciprocating the urgency of the person on the other side.

The door was quickly pushed open.

“Eric, we are leaving now. I already arranged our flight back. 5 minutes we are leaving.” Rosy, Arabella, Damien, and Lira strode inside and were ready for the said trip back to the city after what happened earlier. 

They were announcing it to Eric since he was not present and wasn’t aware of the commotion with Arabella, Damien, and Charles earlier. 

They decided that they would fly back to Capital Z and would not wait until tomorrow. 

Rosy felt shame with her friends because of Charles. 

She never thought that he was a lowly playboy brat. 

Just thinking of it, Rosy hated him so much and felt her time was wasted but it was okay. 

Charles learned his lesson and that is not to mess up with her and her friends.

With this, Rosy felt they were even.

“I’m not leaving.” Just when everyone thought, Eric would be too excited to leave tonight, after hearing his declaration, everyone dropped their jaws in disbelief. 

“Wait! What?” Rosy felt she just heard Eric’s answer mistakenly. 

He was the one who didn’t like this vacation and itching to leave, what happened to him? 

What made him change his mind that quickly? 

Rosy could not find the answer but she felt troubled by Eric’s decision while Arabella’s heartbeat raced so fast like she was thinking about something that caused Eric’s decision to change. 

‘Could it be, Hanna?’

‘Did he already know that Hanna and her brother are here plus his baby?’

Arabella felt intense confusion but she was hoping that Eric had a different reason for this because if that was the case then, she was in big trouble. 

Hanna would think that she was the one who told Eric about her existence on this island. 

She promised Helen not to tell any single soul about her but now, Arabella felt it was too late. 

She sensed that Eric knew it already in some other way. 

Arabella could not help but feel pity for Hanna. 

“Brother, why?” With her thoughts, Arabella could not help but ask Eric so she could let go of the thoughts that troubled her. 

Eric looked at Arabella sharply first then he smirked. 

Everyone looked at him as they could still not believe why Eric didn’t want to leave with them.

“I like the resort.” Eric blurted with a meaningful smile. “And… yeah! I think I need a great vacation which you,” Eric looked at Arabella with his smile never left his face, “… and you proposed in the first place.” Then, he looked at Rosy as he smirked.

“But… you see, Eric that Charles is rude. He tried to harass Arabell….” Rosy tried to convince Eric to go back with them but Eric stood up and cut her off. 

“Okay…” Eric blurted calmly. “… then I will buy this resort,” Eric answered plainly but his eyes were too serious. 

He wasn’t joking but he was so determined which made everyone stunned by him again. 

“Wait! What?” Rosy still could not figure out what had happened to Eric in just a day. 

She felt troubled about Eric’s behavior and his lame decision. Yeah, for Rosy it was a very lame excuse as he knew Eric all her life. “Come on! This resort??? Eric, you have thousands of resorts around the world and I know this resort would never pass your taste.” 

Rosy was telling the truth. 

Without her convincing power and Arabella, Eric would not go into this low-end resort compared to what Eric’s properties had. 

This resort could never be incomparable with Eric’s 5–7-star resorts.

Eric stood calm unaffected by Rosy’s nagging. 

He seemed to know and was prepared for Rosy’s complaining behavior. 

“You just said it. It is different so I like it.” Eric answered philosophically which made Rosy taken aback. 

With Eric’s determined expression and gritty words, she had nothing to say anymore.

“Then we will take our leave,” Rosy answered in a soft disappointed voice. 

Obviously, she was tired of defending and complaining because she knew that she would just lose the case with Eric.

“Take care.” With Eric’s words, they all went out except for Arabella who remained in her post. 

When the door was shut closed, Arabella strode closer to Eric. 

Her expression was worried and filled with concern. 

At first, a deafening silence invaded the room.

“You know…” It was the only words she could spill which already could make a big impact if the other person knew the meaning. 

She spoke softly but carried a deep meaning in her tone.

Eric looked at Arabella sharply and then he nodded. 

“When?” Arabella asked. Her eyes were full of confusion and worried about them. 

“Hmmm… Last night.” Eric got his glass of whiskey and took a sip. 

The sound of the glass and the wood table bumping together was heard after he put his glass empty. 

“But brother…” Arabella knew that she had no right to meddle in Hanna and Eric’s matter but she could not help worrying about Hanna. She didn’t want to see Hanna suffer in the future as she believed she is a good woman and she is also a good mother to her child.

She struggled so much and preferred to live a simple life on the island when she could go back to what she was good at doing. 

With Hanna’s beauty, she could just swindle a big fish if she had to but she was determined to change her life for her brother and her coming baby. 

Her life’s transition wasn’t easy but Arabella could see that she was getting used to it and now that Eric knew about her, Arabella was very nervous about what was going to happen next. 

“There is no but… Arabella. That baby is mine and she dared to keep it from me?” Eric sounded angry which made Arabella’s heart skip a beat. 

Now, she sensed that there was going to be big trouble, especially in Hanna’s life. 

“Whether she likes it or not, that baby is going to be with me,” Eric mumbled as he took another glass of whiskey and drank it in one go after he spoke.

“Brother, Hanna just wanted a simple life. You can’t make things right by force. You know that!” Arabella wanted to pacify Eric and maybe she could make him a little bit gentle to Hanna. 

“Force…” Eric blurted out then he smirked mockingly. “Just leave this matter to me. You can go now.” Eric turned around not wanting to prolong this conversation.

 Obviously, he didn’t want to offend Arabella too. 

“Then, you have to answer this question, brother.” Arabella refused to go. “Are you ready to betray your family for Hanna?” Arabella was disheartened. 

It was not because of Eric but she already knew Eric’s response. 

She was just very eager to know as she didn't want to hurt Hanna because the ending of a man's confusion and hesitation would always hurt a woman. 

Hanna would probably suffer in the end if Eric could not make up his mind.

For a while, no one talked and no one answered. 

Eric chose not to answer Arabella sending her a message that she had to leave. 

Eric had no plan to answer her. 

Without any choice, Arabella turned and left.

"Goodbye, brother. I hope you will not regret anything in the future." Arabella spoke softly but with a serious temperament before she went away.

Eric stood frozen. 

The next day, Hanna arrived just in time for work as she remembered Arabella told her that Eric would fly back to the city very early today. 

By this time, she was sure that she could not see Eric. 

Though her heart was aching, she still found a reason to pacify herself, her baby. 

Now, she didn’t need to abandon the island and transfer to another place. 

Aside from that, she already loved the place so much and also the kind people on this island. 

They were like her family already.

Well, she could not please everybody at least, she had co-workers who were very helpful and supportive to her.