Chapter 30 Lena's innocence

(Rafael's POV)
This whole thing already feels wrong to me.
I didn't think it mattered that Rachel and her father had met privately, the two of them had always had a good relationship, but after Landon told me that someone had changed the girl's information, I thought that there must be more involvement in the matter.
I gave Landon plenty of time. This matter, I let Landon investigate secretly, and did not alarm many people.
However, at this time, there was another accident.
My father suddenly contacted me.
When I saw him, I even had an urge to question him about what he and Rachel had done three years ago, but I was more worried about alerting the people behind it, so I kept my sanity.
"Father."
"Rafael, William came to say goodbye to me yesterday, and I think that you know why."
"Father, a person without ability has no use, you should understand more than I do, and he should not have done it to your satisfaction, right?" I looked at him and said softly.
My father looked up at me.
We hadn't seen each other for a long time, and even when we did, it was very hurried. He was older than I thought, but, I knew, he was also more complicated than I thought.
"But, Rafael, he is your brother after all, and you could have done without driving him to France, couldn't you?"
"Father, I have given William many chances, moreover, William also has every choice to stay, it is his own choice to go to France, do you think I have done wrong in this matter?"
My father does not take sides with me, and of course, he treats William with the same coldness.
I gave William the option to stay in the country, but I would not give him any chance to have a decent job again.
Then, he chose the second one.
To be honest, I didn't expect that he would even think of using my father to fight against me. And, surprisingly, my father chose to help him as well.
"I will not interfere in the struggle between you, Raphael, but I will remind you that although you have reached this position, the majority of the company is still under my control and you will not have much of an advantage over William, Raphael, you are an excellent person and you could have gotten much more if you had combined with someone equally excellent, but it is clear that you didn't choose that way."
My eyes narrowed. I knew exactly what my father meant. He wouldn't be unaware that Lena was the same girl from three years ago.
He wanted me to marry Rachel, which was the will of almost everyone, but not mine.
"Father, I've always wondered if you and Rachel had a secret between you, something that you weren't allowed to tell me."
His gaze was very calm, I looked at him, and just like that, we confronted each other, neither of us stepping back.
He stood up: "Rafael, I did it for your good, before, I had hoped that there was only you, and to this day nothing has changed in that idea, you could have done that, you could have had all my care and love, but it was your own choice that changed me."
"No, that's not what you think, Father." My heart was stabbed hard.
I will never forget my mother, and I will never forget his betrayal of her.
"You have swayed me for a long time, and this time, I will choose for myself what I want."
He told me to get lost and get out of his face right now, and I never thought that he would lose his emotions to this extent.
I left the place that was suffocating me, and this time, Landon called me.
The place where we met was a small cafe.
The girl looked completely different from the photo. She seemed very surprised to see me.
"Hello, I didn't know it was you who wanted to meet with me." The girl was very excited, but, she immediately curbed her smile.
"Mr. Hill, so, what did you want to see me about doing?"
I showed her a picture of Lena from three years ago and the girl looked very confused and didn't seem to understand what I meant.
"Do you know her?"
The girl shook her head, "I don't know, sir, this girl I've never seen before."
"Three years ago, did you ever attend a party thrown by Rachel Brown?"
Her brow furrowed, I did not disturb her thinking, after a considerable time passed, she said to me: "To be honest, I do not remember, Mr. Hill, three years ago, this matter has happened a long time ago, however, I may have some videos in my computer flash drive, I have the habit of recording these, if you want, I can go back to help you Investigate, if there is a relevant video, I can send it to you."
I nodded my head. It had been one of the best results I could have hoped for.
However, the girl quickly added to me, "But, Mr. Hill, I think I may need to charge a small fee."
I looked at the girl and nodded, "That number, tripled if you can give me the video of the party then."
The girl agreed.
The next day, the video arrived in Landon's mailbox.
"Mr. Raphael, this is all that the girl sent over, along with a secret email that she named that you can only access yourself."
I opened the video.
The video was very noisy and the interface was very blurry because of the shaky phone, but soon that bad situation changed and the girl's camera was aimed at everyone at the party and I breathed a slow sigh of relief after watching both sides carefully.
There was no Lena.
"The girl said that three years ago, because of their Miss Brown's birthday, the party invited a lot of people she was not familiar with those people, and, she thought, even Miss Brown might not recognize all of them," Landon explained to me.
I clicked on the email, which contained only a few words.
"I know I may be breaking the rules, but you're giving away too much, Mr. Raphael. I am a man of integrity and some things are not able to reveal too much oh, but I still want to caution you to beware of the people around you, some of them got to me before you did."
After I deleted this email, I returned the laptop to Landon.
Although the truth of this matter, I have not investigated clearly until now, I can be sure of one thing, this matter and Lena does not have any relationship.
On the third day, I returned to the hospital where Lena was staying. She had woken up.
(Lena's POV)
Miss Miller has a very lively personality and she told me a lot of jokes, which didn't give me a lot of energy to pay attention to my body.
Of course, not noticing doesn't mean I've forgotten.
The physical pain was always a reminder of what was going on.
But I didn't cry and I didn't do anything to hurt myself.
Because I know one thing very well, I am pregnant. I don't just belong to me anymore, I have my baby in my belly. Even if I don't even know if that's a good thing or not.
Miller helped me change my IV and I thanked her with a smile.
"Madam, you look much better."
"Thanks, Miller, I guess it's up to you."
Miller smiled at me, "Would you like something to drink?"
"No, I'm not hungry."
Miller nodded: "Madam, in fact, I still envy you very much."
I looked up at her, not understanding why she had suddenly said such a thing.
Miller said, "Sir loves you very much, ma'am, as we can all see."
I didn't touch anything, I just lowered my head, "Did he visit me during the days I was in a coma?"
Miller shook his head, "But, madam, sir has sent you over a lot of things, and I suppose you know better than we do how busy sir is with his work?"
I know, I know it all. But I don't want to think about it.
Raphael doesn't bring me much joy.
Even when we got married and I even got pregnant, I have to admit that I suffered a lot.
"Ma'am, I think that sir loves you, it's just that, he's not quite right in the way."
I laughed softly and looked over at Miller, "Miller, does loving you cause you pain?"
"I don't know, ma'am, I haven't met anyone who loves me or can make me love deeply, but I know that no matter what kind of love we have, there are times when it causes us pain, and if we push that pain away too soon, we will regret it one day."
I let out a soft sigh and didn't respond to what Miller said.
But I'd rather not have this love that makes me miserable.
But can I give up Raphael?
I can once again leave without any hesitation, just as I did at the beginning, even though it is painful, lingering, and unforgiving, I can also leave firmly?
I can't, I know very well I can't.
My pain did not only stem from Raphael, but more than that, I found that I could no longer leave him.
I love him more than I ever have, and that love is killing me.
I was afraid that I wouldn't be a good match for him, that someone would take my place, and even more so that one day Rafael would abandon me again. All of this could happen.
Miller was making the bed to make it when she suddenly looked up at the door and I followed her gaze.
Rafael pushed open the door and he stood in the doorway, looking at me silently.
I grabbed the sheets.
Miller in turn was happy: "Good morning, Mr. Raphael! Madame has missed you."
"Miller!" I interrupted her, stopping her from going on.
My voice was shaking and she looked at me with great confusion, and when she was about to say something else, Rafael interrupted her, "Good morning, Miller, could you leave for a moment? I have something I want to talk to her about."
Miller nodded, then she gave me a look, pulled the door open, and left.
There was a sudden silence inside the room and I watched as Raphael walked towards me.
It was hell!