CHAPTER 20

Keaton hugged the other after she finished speaking. He didn’t know what action to do as he was so angry that he wanted to tell Jackson to go to hell.
Because he didn’t make his feelings clear and steer off trouble, his actions led to this kind of treatment of his wife. How he wished he had confessed earlier and be with her a bit sooner, then she would be feeling secure and happy.
He would have helped her and protected her sooner if he had known but it wasn’t time for any ifs. It was time for him to prove to her that he will never leave no matter what happens.
“Did you see the way she looked at me? She is disgusted by me; do you see me that way too?” Enchantia looked at Keaton with a teary face. She knew that this accusation was just hilarious but her mind was filled with all kinds of scenarios and it didn’t fit right well.
“Look at me closely and search for the answer yourself!”
Enchantia didn’t expect to receive this kind of response but hours later she regretted it. She will never try to use this tactic against him ever again. She truly suffered a great deal and her whole body was sore and aching.
She glared angrily at Keaton who was wearing a smirk on his face as he puffed out cigarette smoke.
“Did you found the answer that you were looking for?” he asked her with a raised eyebrow.
She could sense danger from that question. She had this feeling that if she says no then she will be tormented once more so she quickly answered and agreed.
“Never question my love for you again or I will punish you in ways that will make you remain on bedrest for the rest of your life!” this was a direct threat that made her whole-body shiver with fear but a small part of her was curious of how he will achieve that.
“I will not do it again,” she accepted her fate in the end and Keaton chuckled before wrapping his arms around her.
A very tired Enchantia fell asleep and didn’t ponder over distressing matters anymore.
When she was asleep, Keaton send an audio file to Jackson and joined Enchantia to sleep.
Inside a villa Jackson was busy pacing while his hands formed a fist and as for Darcie she was crying silently as she listened to Enchantia’s voice on the recorder.
“How could she?” Darcie erupted after hearing the whole audio.
She was so angry that she fainted again for the nth time. Jackson carried her to the soft bed and wiped her face with a wet towel and she woke up.
Jackson embraced Darcie in his arms and let her cry out. He even found himself crying as tears streamed silently on his cheeks. After everything that Enchantia went through it was quite reasonable that she didn’t want to accept them.
Thinking of the way they looked at her back then again made him regret it so much that he wanted to hit himself.
“Doreen got what she deserved; our baby is okay now. She grew up to be very strong even though her circumstances were harsh. Let’s stay by her side now and give her everything that we have,” he said as he calmed her down.
“I failed as a mother, I really didn’t do anything for her at all and now she hates me. I wish I could do something for her, I don’t know what to do.”
“How about we go to bed and think it over in the morning when you are feeling fresh and calmed down.”
“Let’s do that then, I need a fresh mind,” with that she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Jackson rubbed her forehead before sending Keaton a thank you message. He understood that Keaton wanted them to understand their child well and know her for who she really is, what she went through and how she became the girl she is right now.
Her journey had been truly horrifying. He was not going to let the Leighs to do anything to his child simply because she is a witch. He was going to have another talk with Keaton to let him know about Darcie’s fears. This was a fight that all of them should be involved with after all Keaton was his child’s man.
The thought of the friend he had known for years being intimate with his daughter just gave him goosebumps but daughters had to be married at some point, right?
The next day Jackson sent Enchantia’s hair and his and Darcie’s samples for DNA testing while Darci returned to Sparrow city he went to visit Keaton at his office.
When he arrived, he was ushered to the office where he found a stern looking man not looking very friendly. It seemed like he was still angry at him but they had to move on.
“What is it that you want this time? I already helped you with everything and you both messed up. She won’t be seeing you again in a while, so stop wasting your effort.”
Jackson chuckled seeing how Keaton was cutting off all ways for him before he starts.
“I am not here to ask you to let you see her, I just wanted to let you know about a very serious issue and it involved the Leighs.”
Now Keaton was hooked so he didn’t bother to push the other away.
“Tell me about it.”
“It’s like this….”
Keaton threw the documents on his desk to the floor and as for the chair it went somewhere. Jackson had seen Keaton angry but it wasn’t to this degree. The future son in law and friend was truly angry this time.
“Those bastards! I will never allow Encha to be entangled with you. Tell Darcie that unless she can protect Encha from her family then she must not dare to show up in front of her or else I will personally deal with them. I don’t give a shit about how seclusive that family is, my own family is even stronger than them!”
Keaton took out a cigar and began to smoke, Jackson did the same too. He didn’t know this daughter of his well and his impression of her was fifty percent. His main concern was Darcie but Enchantia was the child he waited for but never managed to see. And now that she was right in front of him, he didn’t know how to act.
He just wanted to know more about her and understand the current her maybe he will be able to connect more with her.
“Tell me more about her. How she had been living these past years and all. You have been in love with her for years after all,” Jackson asked as he looked at Keaton with pleading eyes.
Keaton looked at his friend and decided to tell the man if that could help. The next one hour was spent on Keaton telling Jackson about all the naughty things that Enchantia did and how she was living with her foster family.
Looking at the sparkle in those eyes, Jackson was relieved to see for himself the love that this cold and stern man was deep for his child. He knew how strong headed he can be sometimes but for the past few years he had seen how Keaton stopped fooling around and became a monk.
The circle had even speculated that maybe he got bent or keeping some mistress in some hidden villa somewhere but to think that he stopped because he fell in love with a fifteen-year-old child was just too funny.
How could he make designs on his child? Even if he has grievances, he couldn’t voice them out at all.
“Take care of her for us, we can no longer give her all these years that were taken from us but you will be with her till eternity. Make her happy and if you break her heart, I will fight you with everything that I own,” Jackson said seriously as he looked at Keaton.
“I have always done that and will always do. I hope that you will sort out your differences as soon as possible.”
The two men had a silent agreement and kept on smoking peacefully without a care for the world.