Next morning Rachel's stomach ached but it was not the pain she felt last evening, she went to the washroom and saw that she was on her period so she quickly took a bath and changed into clean clothes and as she came out, she felt the pain in her stomach increasing.

She didn't want to scream because Robert was still sleeping so she sat against the wall curling herself up, she tried not to scream, her eyes closed in pain, tears flowing through them. She could not move anymore, she felt paralyzed and then she felt like someone was choking her, she gasped for air which finally woke Robert up.

He looked at his side and saw Rachel was snot in his arms anymore so he looked around and his heart clenched looking at her condition. She was crying, folding herself in pain and desperately gasping for air. He didn't waste another second and collected her in his arms.

She could finally feel oxygen fill her lungs, she breathed in desperately for more air and it took her some time to finally be able to breathe properly and all this time Robert was panicking, his heart racing as if he too could not take in the air. As she began to normalise, his expression began to calm down and his heartbeat was finally coming back to normal.

After he took in the situation, his anger surfaced as he spoke "What were you doing, didn't I tell you that you can't leave my side."

Rachel looked at him and muttered softly "I am sorry."

All the anger in his eyes melted away, he cupped her cheeks "Rachel please don't do this again, I can't see you in pain."Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click /book/marriage-of-benefits_12101095306923405/sticking-together_50952812292530688 for visiting.

She smiled at him "I am fine now, I just needed to use the bathroom and then I realized, I got my period so I just decided to take a bath and change."

He didn't say anything for a while and then hugged her into his chest finally speaking "Don't leave my side again."

She nodded obediently and after a while she asked confused "Robert, I don't get one thing, if he wanted to use me then why is he trying to kill me now."

"He is not, he is trying to scare you and me so that I would let you go to him."

She thought for a while "Don't we have an alternative, I mean it seems impossible that I can dodge him for over a year, he is way to smart, he will come up with something."

His body stiffened, he didn't know what to say so he chose to lie to her "There isn't any other option..." he was cut off by Jessica who just entered the room "Don't lie to her, you know it there is an alternative to this plan."

Rachel looked at her curiously "What is it?"

Robert didn't let Jessica speak and glaring at her he said authoritatively expecting her to go along with him "It's nothing."

Jessica ignored him and spoke "If you have a baby with Robert... "

"SHUT UP that's enough, leave." a loud and angry voice cut her and this time she knew she could not mess with him anymore so she left scared but Rachel was not going to let him of the hook. She cupped his face and made him look at her "Tell me the truth, is that right."

Robert closed his eyes and nodded, pushing the anger away, he opened his eyes "Please don't worry about that, I can still protect you even without getting you pregnant."

Rachel closed her eyes and tried to register the mess she had gotten into, the more she tried to get out of it, the worse she was getting pulled into it, she opened her eyes and spoke "I trust you, protect me well."

He smiled at her and pulled her up to put her in bed that was when she get the pain in her stomach again, she placed a hand over it and spoke "Can I take a day off school, my stomach hurts and it's real bad."

He nodded "Yes, I will stay with you and right now I will make a hot chocolate for you and a hot water bag would be good for your stomach."

"That would be heaven right now." she laughed.

Robert picked her up and made his way to the kitchen while he whispered seductively in her ear "I could show you even more heavenly time."

This was the first time his flirting brought a smile to her face but she hit him in the chest "Can you not flirt with me all the time."

He made her sit on the kitchen slab and looked deeply into her eyes "You are the only one I intend to flirt with."

Rachel smiled but she fell silent, a blush crept up her cheeks and she looked away, he stopped teasing her and began to make a hot chocolate, all the while holding her hand.

After he was done, he took Rachel back to her room and sat her down on the bed, she placed the hot water bag over her stomach and started drinking the hot chocolate. She appreciated it "Good job, this is great."

He smiled "Thanks"

He watched her intently as she drank from her cup, she took in a few more sips and then something dawned over her, she looked at him and said with a cute and convincing face "You need to apologize to her."

He smiled and pinched her cheek "I have never done that before in my life but no one can say not to that face of yours."

She smiled even more cutely while she licked the chocolate off her lips. Robert had been controlling himself for too long not to kiss her but her cute face could not be resisted and her lip licking made it worse, he leaned in and kissed her passionately, she was taken aback but soon enough she kissed him back. He let go and teased her again "You know on second thoughts let make a baby that can protect you."

Rachel eyed him warning him to stop, he raised his hands in defeat "Alright, I will talk to Jessica."

Rachel got excited over the fact that he was gonna talk to her so she shouted " Jessica can you come in here, please."

"Wait, I am getting dressed for school." she shouted back.

"Alright, come quick after you're done."

"Okay"

Robert laughed loudly at her excitement but she ignored it, rolled her eyes and went on drinking her hot chocolate.