Emily’s Dilemma: Seduced by Billionaire Brothers

When Jackson returned later that night to Emily’s hospital room, she was wide awake with her eyes fixed on the television, a slow movie playing.

“Hey” Jackson said, his head peeking into the room with a small smile on his face and she returned the smile giddily.

“Hey” she said back “come in?”

Jackson walked in, flowers in one hand and chocolate in another and he handed them to her “How you feeling?”

“Just tired but I couldn’t sleep, I had this movie on but turns out it’s quite interesting” she explained and Jackson nodded, sitting on the arm chair beside her bed as he studied her face. Her beautiful that had remained stuck in his head since the first time he realized she was the girl from the masked ball, and now she was possibly pregnant with his child. He meant every word he had said to Ethan, he wasn’t backing down this time, he was going to for her and he didn’t care the consequences.

“Blair?” Emily asked, her eyes watching him and Jackson shrugged.

“She’s on the run with Jesse, if that’s his name but the police are on it. I’ll have to call off the engagement now”

The air stayed silent for a while, Emily’s eyes now fixed on the tv while she fidgeted with the hem of the thin blanket placed on her laps.

“Why did you actually get engaged and not tell me” she finally found the courage to ask, but she kept her eyes fixed on the tv still.

“I didn’t know” Jackson started “We found out the same time, that morning in my house but they were conditions attached to it that I couldn’t bring you into”

“What conditions?”

“Blair was pregnant and according to her the engagement was the only way she could get away from her father ”

“Why didn’t you just tell me?” Emily looked at him and it was his turn to avoid her eyes.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“I just couldn’t, it wasn’t my secret to tell and it killed me everyday to know that I hurt you”

“You’re very much still alive” she counted back and Jackson chuckled a bit, before placing his hand atop hers and caressing them softly. He looked at her and they held each other stares, the goosebumps rising and Emily could feel her stomach flutter, the same way she felt whenever she looked at Jackson.

“I’d never want to hurt you intentionally Emily, I promise and if this baby is mine, I’m not holding back – ”

“What baby? Who told you about the baby” Emily said out loud

“Ethan and then the doctor” he replied “Weren’t you going to tell me about, wasn’t that why you asked to see me before you ran into Blair”

Emily looked exasperated “I mean yes, but I wanted to be the one to tell you, I didn’t want you to hear it from someone else”

“It doesn’t really matter Emily” he wanted to say but Emily didn’t want to hear it.

“No it really does, the circumstances behind it is weird and I hate that I’m a part of it, I hate that I’m in between two brothers. I am pregnant and I’m not even sure who it belongs to because the brother I’m married to is not the one I’m in love with”

“I want this baby to be mine” Jackson said now after some seconds of silence, the tension spreading out evenly amongst them, but he held unto her hands tightly, if he could spread half of how he felt unto her, he’d do it so he stuck to holding her hand.

“I’m not going to back down the way I did, I’m not letting you go so easily Emily, I want to do right by you”

Emily looked at him, an unconscious hand placed over her belly, it was too early to feel anything within her but she wanted the baby to be Jackson’s. She wanted a life where she didn’t have to pretend to be in love with someone else, she wanted Jackson, she had always wanted Jackson but the contract marriage with Ethan had been the only thing holding her back. If the baby belonged to Jackson, she’d have to divorce Ethan, he cheated on her anyways.

That night, after Jackson had left still she found it impossible to sleep. The room felt hot even though the air conditioner was properly working. She felt like there was someone watching her but she couldn’t see anybody.

Her heart pounded now, a certain nervousness flowing in her veins as she broke out into a sweat. Suddenly she heard movement and she sat up immediately.

“Who’s there!” she called out, but there was no response. What the hell was she thinking? She tried to reach for her phone but she suddenly realized she didn’t have it anymore, Blair had snatched it from her at the cafe before she ran away.

“Hello!” she called out again, should she ring for the nurse? She thought but immediately thought against it, they’ll look at her like she’s crazy if there’s truly nothing.

Instead, she took a deep breath and laid back down to sleep making herself believe there was no one there. She closed her eyes to sleep and was already drifting away when suddenly she felt movement beside her, she flung her eyes and truly there was someone there.

She froze, unable to move as her skin turned ice cold immediately from fear.

“Who are you?” she managed to whisper but there was no response.

Instead the intruder placed their hands over her mouth, and when she looked up to catch a glimpse of their face, she was met with a black mask fully covering their head with black gloves pressing down her face as she started to protest, but they were stronger. From the corner of her eyes, she saw them bring out an injection and she began to panic, screaming but they only came out muffled, no one could hear her.

That was when she caught a glimpse of the red crimson bracelet she had lost at the masked ball, that Jackson had picked up. It was the same exact one, she could tell. She looked up at the face again, even the unconsciousness had begun to set in, and her struggles were going limp. Why was this person wearing that bracelet, or was it Jackson?

“Jackson?” she managed to call before she went unconscious