He's My Ruthless Billionaire novel Chapter 74

I picked up another bottle and as I was gonna drink it, I heard a voice that froze me.

"No, Robert, stop!" I saw Hailey standing with blurry vision.

Am I hallucinating?

Hailey's POV 

I lied. 

I lied to him about everything. About everything... About me, liking-- loving him or about me not wanna be there. 

I have to push him away from me. I can't let myself grow any feelings for him. 

I don't wanna get hurt because I know that he will never love me back. 

Moreover, I don't even know why I love him. Maybe it's just infatuation and I don't wanna act on it. 

He doesn't have feelings for me; so he will not get hurt if I leave him. But by the look on his face when he threw his gun and told me that now he can't hurt me and that I should trust him, I was really sad. 

Am I hurting him? 

If yes, then why? Why is he getting hurt when he doesn't even care about what I do? 

When he doesn't have feelings for me? 

I left the house and contacted Alex. He picked me up from Paris to go back to my home in America. 

I also received a hospital address. It must be where mom is. I gave the address to Alex. He probably knew where mom was before, but he said that she was shifted after we tried to run away.

We reached there and after proofing our identities, we got to meet our mom. 

"How's she, doc?" I asked looking at her. She was unconscious.

"She is in a coma. Probably long term. But she is out of danger" the doc replied and checked the monitors. "She will recover. Maybe in many months, but she will"

I nodded my head slowly. "W-What are the monthly bills?" I finally questioned him.

"Um... for her, it is currently $30,000 per 20 days"

30,000 bucks?

Is he serious??

"Huh?" 

"Yes, mam. She is lucky to have Mr. Robert Anderson paying for her bills. Not many people can afford this"

I nodded my head and made my way out. He was paying and is... still paying. 

Did I do wrong by leaving him?

Should I have never left him?

I shrugged my thoughts. "Hailey?" Alex waved his hand in front of me.

"Y-Yeah" I replied, sitting more comfortably.

"You alright?"

"Just... thinking about things. But alright, yeah"

"Okay. Good" 

"What? What happened?" I questioned getting upset.

"He has started drinking. Hell, someone needs to stop him or he'll die!" he snapped and I found the ground slipping off my feet as guilt took over me.

It is all my fault.

I shouldn't have ever left him.

"W-Where is he?"

"I'll send you the address" he left and I immediately took out my phone. He texted me the address and I went there. It was my old address, my old home, where I had lived with him for so long.

I reached inside the house and saw him taking a bottle of beer. He even looks drunk already. As he was about to open it, I stopped him.

"No, Robert, stop!" I yelled and he froze. He looked up at me and I saw his eyes suddenly moisten.

I went near him and took the bottle away. "I-I heard that you have a danger to your life? Because of this!?" 

He looked at me stilled and didn't say a word. "Robert!" I exhaled, irritated.

"Why are you here?" His voice was cold, hurt, and rough. I could smell alcohol from him, and I could feel the hurt in his voice.

Is he hurt too?

"I-I--"

"Just leave" he stood up and looked away. "Please"

"Robert, listen" I turned him around. "You... you were going through AWS. You almost went past that. So... why this? Again drinking?" 

"You don't know?" he faked a laugh. "Hell, Hailey I told you. I need one thing in my life. Either you, because you were like a drug I was addicted to or I need real drugs. You left, but no. These drugs will never leave me. They are here through my worst"