36- Protect yourself

Sebastian stormed out of his younger brother's company, almost pushing everything and everyone in his path, not caring about the cost of repairing what he was razing to the ground.

"What was I thinking? Coming all the way to Alan's company and humiliating me like this?"

It was clear that the CEO had let his feelings of possession and jealousy cloud his judgment.

-Never again will I allow it," he exclaimed loudly as he stormed out into the noisy, chaotic classroom. Inside his heart was closing even tighter, within four walls of ice, he had been mocked by his brother and rejected by Helena. Did he want to stay with the narcissistic, psychopathic Alan? Let him.

The elder Aller knew what his real priority was at the moment, go find Katlyn and both of them report to the family lawyer to claim all the power he was entitled to now that he had fulfilled his part of the will. He had to collect all that millionaire, otherwise everything he had done so far, at the cost of his patience and his own happiness, would have been in vain.

Helena was still in shock, staring at the black marble floor where her reflection was distorted, for some reason she felt guilty, a treacherous and unfaithful woman, as if she owed something to her former boss.

-Honey, are you all right? - Alan asked, who had quickly caught up to Helena, looking down at her from his height two heads up, she looked so small looking down and hunched in on herself.

"I could break her with one hand" Thought the boss lustfully.

He moved a little closer, noticing that Helena was not uncomfortable by the invasion, as she was immersed in her thoughts.

-Hey... Sebastian is a jerk, and when he gets angry he can be very cruel, but don't pay attention to him, none of this is your fault.

-Do you really think so?" asked the young girl, with a hopeful expression on her small face.

-Of course! You shouldn't feel guilty for choosing what's best for you and your family," the CEO jabbed, knowing what his secretary's weaknesses were.

Helena looked up into the smiling, wrinkled-eyed face of her boss and wanted to believe him.

-You're right, this is the best thing for me.

-Let's ignore this event, okay? Think of it this way, now that he knows you don't want to go back to him, he won't bother you anymore and you'll be able to work calmly for me.

"Alan is right, but do I really want Sebastian to stay away from me, that he won't fight to get me back?" She asked herself and shook her head hard pushing the thoughts away from her smitten little voice "What are you thinking Helena? You are not a princess to be rescued, Sebastian is married and you should worry about your little brother and the being that is growing inside of you."

Unconsciously the redhead brought her hand to her belly and rested it with her gaze towards that same place, which had slightly risen in this month and a half, although it was still almost imperceptible.

-Is something wrong, are you feeling sick?

Helena pulled her hand away from her stomach as if it burned, her boss wasn't supposed to know she was pregnant, not until she was sure what to do. Besides, Alan might be good, but if human resources knew there was a baby on the way, which would make the presidential secretary have to rest for several months, she probably wouldn't make it through the three-month trial.

She didn't want to feel useless and a burden, for the moment it would be best to lie, even if it meant deceiving her new boss who didn't seem to have bad intentions.

-Yes...a little bit," he said.

-You can leave early if you want, so you can rest.

The idea was tempting, but she could not abuse Alan's kindness, she had to prove that she was a good employee, give him reason to not doubt that she was the best at it and not be replaced. She had to hold on to the job, she had risked everything to be there.

-No, it's okay, I'm going to go back to my job.

-It's okay- Alan rested his big, beefy hand on Helena's shoulder and his other hand descended to her flat belly, making the redhead freeze in place and unable to pull away from his touch. Alan smiled inwardly, knowing his secretary was transfixed and wouldn't move away from him, not if she didn't want to have him as an enemy. He leaned closer to her ear and whispered:

-But if you change your mind, I can take you all the way home.- he suggested in a low but gentle voice, although inside he had other intentions and his body couldn't help but react to the image of possessing the fragile woman again.

Helena felt her breakfast rising in her throat, suddenly the discomfort turned into nausea and her body screamed inside in pain. She felt a painful burning in her private parts and a stinging on the back of her neck from the hot breath of her boss whispering to her.

When Alan pulled both hands away from Helena, but not before patting her belly twice, she felt her soul come back to her body and her brain screaming "Run away from there right now!"

But the young secretary ignored her body's request to run away, her boss didn't deserve that, he wasn't to blame for her traumas, he didn't know that she didn't like to be touched, to have her protective bubble invaded and talked too close to her ear, he doesn't know anything about that and he's never going to know, because if he knew she had been used and dumped, he would never see her in the same way, his look would change to one of pity. Or worse, to one of disgust.

Helena smiled as best she could and nodded her head and then turned and walked out of the office, trying to swallow the trembling in her body and the tears that were hitting her eyelids begging to be released.

Sebastian arrived with his new wife at the Aller's lawyer's office. Both were equally excited to collect that fortune.

"It's the only thing worthwhile in all this" He said to himself as he shook his wife's cold, slender hand while they both waited for the little man to finish arranging the will papers.

-Are we getting down to business or what? Where do we have to sign? - the young CEO exclaimed impatiently, Katlyn laughed in amusement at that, they were both eager to squander the entire fortune. At least Sebastian needed to fill his emotional void with unnecessary purchases, as he had done all his life.

The young CEO noticed the abrupt change in the man on the other side of the desk, he was sweating profusely and his bony hands were shaking as he turned the pages.

-What's going on? Let us sign now!

The lawyer jumped out of his chair, startled by the scream, closed his eyes tightly and sighed, bracing himself for what he was about to say to his ogre of a client.

"Anything for my children's college" He said to himself, remembering the money he had been given by the youngest Aller, who was also his client.

-Mr. Aller... there has been a mistake.

-A mistake about what? What do you mean?

Sebastian tightened his grip on his chair, his mouth felt dry and pasty and he suddenly felt like drinking a whole bottle of whiskey to calm the nerves that were making him want to keep on breaking things.

-At the last meeting, with his brother, I left out a very important clause that his late father included in the will..." he exclaimed quickly, preparing himself for what was coming next.

-What are you talking about? I already got married at the old man's request! What more do you want from me?!" he shouted, not caring if Katlyn heard this, who said nothing, she also wanted the money as soon as possible.

-It was a big mistake on my part! I'm so sorry!

-Just say the damn thing!

The little man lifted the paper and slid it towards the CEO, who took it forcefully out of his hands and began to read it quickly and impatiently.

What more did the damned sack of bones he had for a father want?

The young Aller's angry face began to change to an expression of terror as he progressed through the paragraph.

The blonde watched as her husband went whiter than the paper in front of him.

-What is it, honey? What does it say?" she asked, biting her nails nervously.

-It says that if Mr. Aller fails to conceive a son within a year, the inheritance will automatically pass to the next son, which would be Mr. Alan.