Billionaire's Pleasure-Chapter 74: I am In Pain

Stella’s POV

We arrived at Sam’s condo and we were immediately ushered inside the condo. We also saw David sitting on the couch while looking at me. He came over and smiled at me, I saw Sebastian noticed that so he suddenly took my hand.

"Hey, David, long time no see," Sebastian said to David.

"Yea, it’s been a while, since you and Elaine got divorced."

"You’re right. By the way, how are you? I haven’t heard from you in a long time. "

"Since you and Elaine got divorced, our whole family decided to move and also to avoid the issue. Then, after 2 years I came back here to New York and I met Sam and now we are business partners. "

"I see, you already have a business, that’s nice because I remember before you always told me that your dream is to have your own business."

"Yes, and somehow my dream is slowly coming true."

"What is your business, by the way? Maybe I can help."

"Jewelry business."

"Oh, I see, if there’s anything that I can help to grow your business, just come to my office, I hope you still remember where my company office is."

"Of course, who can forget the Miller family," David smiled at him.

"Right. By the way, I need to talk to Sam first; I’ll leave you for a while. "

Sebastian talked to me after he talked to David and he said he would talk to Sam personally. I nodded to him and sat on the couch. When David was sure that Sebastian had left, David approached me.

"Hey, Stella. How are you? " David asked.

"I’m good," I replied.

"Looks like you were reluctant to talk to me earlier while you were with Sebastian. Do you think he might be jealous? "

"It’s not like that, I just don’t want trouble and I know Sebastian..."

"Jealous and controlling, right?"

"Shut up, David! He might hear you. "

"Are you worried he’ll find out the truth?"

"No, I just don’t want trouble, please, David, we didn’t come here to cause trouble."

"Okay, by the way, Sam said, that you’re going back to Sebastian’s condo. So, does that mean everything he did and said to you is just that easy for you to forget? I thought he hurt you emotionally? Why do you seem okay right away? "

"You can’t understand me, David. I love Sebastian. I know it’s not easy to forget what he did and said to me but I’m willing to forgive him because I love him. You can only understand me when you love someone as much as I am. "

David was about to speak when Sam and Sebastian approached us.

"Looks like you two are talking? What are you two talking about? " Sebastian asked.

"Um... we didn’t talk about anything important. We just got along, " I replied.

"By the way, Sebastian and I have talked already and we have settled everything. So, I talked to Sebastian, if you both can have lunch here, he said I’ll ask you first if you’ll agree? " Sam asked me.

"Oh, sure, I have no problem with it."

"Okay, then, Great. Let’s have lunch here today. I’ll just need to order some foods first," said Sam.

"All right," I replied.

I, David, and Sebastian were the only ones left. Sebastian and I sat quietly on the couch while David went to the kitchen. A few moments later, someone suddenly called Sebastian’s phone so he answered it immediately.

"Wait a minute, Stella, I’ll just need to answer the call."

"Sure, take your time," I replied.

Sebastian got up and went out of Sam’s condo to talk to the person who was calling him. I was the only one in the living room. So, I just picked up my phone and opened some messages. I notice that there are no new messages coming from Carla, she looks too busy lately.

"Juice?" said David who was already standing in front of me.

"Oh, thank you," I replied.

"Where is Sebastian? Why aren’t you with him? "

"Um... he came out of the condo; he talked to someone on the phone."

"I see, I thought he left you again."

"Sssh, stop saying that, I told you, he might hear you. You’ve been teasing me again. "

"I’m not teasing you, Stella. I’m just telling the truth, " David replied and sat next to me on the couch.

"Okay, if you say so."

"By the way, how are your parents? How is your dad? Had you talked to him already in the hospital? " David asked. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"What? My dad? How did you know that my dad was in the hospital? My family doesn’t say anything about it. "

"Oops, I thought you already knew about that, because Sam told me earlier that your dad is in the hospital. I thought he told you that so he called you earlier before you came here. "

"That’s not what he told me earlier and he didn’t mention anything to dad. What else did Sam tell you? I started to get confused because my family didn’t say anything. "

"Sam didn’t tell me much. Much better if you talk to Sam personally. "

"Okay, I’ll go to him then. When Sebastian comes back, just say that I’m talking to Sam and please don’t tell him about what happened to my family. "

"Okay, haven’t you introduced Sebastian to your family yet?"

"No, they actually don’t know that I have a boyfriend and I live in Sebastian’s condo. They want me to focus on my studies first; I don’t want them to be disappointed so I didn’t tell them."

"And Sebastian doesn’t say anything, regarding your family? Like, he wants to meet your family? "

"He doesn’t t ask me anything about my family. My family has never been our topic. Actually, he didn’t know my parents. I don’t know if he’s really that kind of person or if he just doesn’t want to meet my parents. "

"I think you need to talk to him regarding that as well. He also needs to know your family background."

"I know, but I’ll talk to Sam first. I’ll go ahead now. "

"Sure."

I got up from the couch and went to where Sam was. I immediately saw him on the balcony of the condo. It looks like he just finished talking to the person on the phone.

"Sam ..." I told him.

He was suddenly surprised to see me.

"Oh, why? Is there a problem? Do you need anything? I just finished talking to the restaurant manager; let’s just wait for our food for about 20 minutes."

"Um...It’s not about the food why I’m here," I said.

"Oh, okay, so what are you going to tell me?"

"About dad.... David told me that you talked to my parents. Is it true that dad is in the hospital? Why don’t they even let me know? "

"Stella, just relax, because they want you to focus on your studies first. They do not want to disturb you because your study may be disrupted. And they also think that once you know about your dad’s condition, you might go home. They want you to focus because they know that you worked so hard to come here to New York. Though, I only heard about it because mom told me."

"So, how is dad? Why is he in the hospital? "

"Stella... we’ll talk about it next time, please."

"No, Sam! I want to know how dad is doing now. "

"Stella..."

"Please, Sam."

"Okay, your dad is now comatose, he suddenly lost consciousness and after that, he didn’t wake up again. Your dad is under observation right now to know what really happened to him."

When I heard what Sam said I couldn’t help myself but cry. I was suddenly feeling weakened by what I heard. Sam immediately hugged me to calm me down but I still felt like I was slowly losing strength.

"I need to see dad, Sam," I said while crying.

"Stella... listen to your parent’s advice."

"No! My dad is comatose now, even if they tell me not to go home, I will still go home. I want to see dad. Sam, please, let us sees him. I can’t... I can’t afford not to see my dad. Please. "

"Okay, I need to call mom, regarding this. Don’t talk to your mom first. I’ll talk to them and convince them, okay? "

"Okay, you promise me, we’ll visit dad?"

"I’ll try my best, Stella. Will you tell Sebastian? "

"I don’t know..."

"Why?"

"Because I don’t know if he is interested in knowing about my family. He never asked about my family, my parents, or my family background. "

"Maybe, he is waiting for you to open up about your family. He might think that you are not yet ready to talk about your family. "

When I calmed down from crying Sam held me on my shoulder and smiled at me.

"Your dad will be fine. He is a strong person, just like you, Stella. "

I smiled at what Sam said and hugged him again.