Falling For My Playboy Boss
Chapter 83

Collin's

POV

I flew in early because I needed to get to see Cora. I had missed her so much, and I was furious when I found out that Gabriel had asked Cora out for dinner last Friday. He knows she is mine. I know he saw me with Maddie when he was there for that meeting. But he doesn't know what is going on. I do not want Maddie at all, I only want Cora, and she is really pregnant for the love of God. Why are all these men coming out of the woodwork all of a sudden? They see that she is pregnant, then she obviously belongs to someone. Why are they like annoying flies, flying all around Cora all of a sudden? I already had plans to fly in on Friday to have a day with Cora because I knew she was done after this business lunch. I got the address from Thomas, and I actually arrived there to surprise her after the lunch date there, but as I was approaching to sit where I could see her, I overheard that piece of s**t hit on her. I got madder and madder as I approached and heard him saying that she had slept with Gabriel and was pregnant by someone back in New York. Whoever Camille was, was going to be hearing from me too.

I couldn't stop myself. I had to show Andre that he could not speak to her like that. I love her and I will not allow anyone to speak to her like that. When he went to hit me back, he didn't realize that she was that close and I could tell he felt bad for punching her in the shoulder as he aimed for me, but all I saw was red when I saw her fall to the floor. I couldn't stop myself from jumping on Andre and punching him over and over. I hear Cora crying and I go over to her, and I am worried because I can tell she is in pain and scared. I asked her where she was hurting, and she had just told us where she was hurting when the police arrived and arrested both me and that jerk. If something happens to my babies, I will hunt him down and beat him much worse than he just got. I am powerless now. Thankfully, Thomas was staying with Cora, but she couldn't stop crying and I know she is worried about our babies and for me, as she helplessly watches me get handcuffed and taken away. I want to be with her, and I again want to beat this i***t who spoke to her like that. I am furious and I want to get a hold of Gabriel because of his people doing that to Cora. I hope she calls mom and dad so we can get this straight. I looked around and didn't see any cameras, but that doesn't mean that they weren't there. I get to the jail, and I see that my dad is already there. Thank God. I am hoping that this is just a fine and no jail time. I really didn't want to go to jail. That could prove embarrassing to the family and the business, especially if the press winds up hearing about it. But I will not allow that piece of s**t to be so disrespectful to Cora. I get booked and put in a cell with several different people and I have blood on my suit. I am just going to throw it away and the shirt too. It has been 2 hours and I am just now being booked into where I can pay the fine. At least they were smart enough not to put that moron in here with me. I want to punch him again for everything he has done, and I am worried about Cora being hurt, and our babies. They are helpless. I know she slowed her fall and turned so her stomach wouldn't hit the floor. She loves them so much; she is so protective of our little babies. I felt fear again, not knowing if she or they were OK. I needed to know now, so I called out to the nearest guard and asked him if they could ask my father if he could check on my babies and Cora to make sure that they were OK in the hospital. Four minutes later, the guard came back and said that she was bruised, but OK, and the babies were OK too, and they were about to leave the hospital and go home. I feel like a hundred pounds has been lifted off of my shoulders and I sag a little bit. I thank the guard and go to brace myself against the wall as I suddenly feel exhausted. The same guard comes back to the cell and calls my name out as he opens the door and I exit and follow him out after they locked the cell back. I see my dad and I am so thankful that he was here to help me. I could have been here overnight, but thankfully, Cora, or Thomas, called and told my parents that I needed someone at the jail, and Cora needed someone at the hospital.

I hugged my dad and thanked him for coming to get me. We headed out to the waiting SUV and headed to the apartment. I cannot wait to see Cora and check her for myself to make she that she and the babies were ok. I want to sleep in the same bed as her tonight. Thomas told me that he was sleeping on the couch in the living room and if she didn't let me sleep in the bed, I would sleep on the floor next to the bed, just in case she needed me. We have been apart too long, and I need to hold her. I want to kiss my babies and feel them move. I know that she had to have started feeling them kick by the 20th week. I have been reading up on when certain things happen during a pregnancy. I want to experience it with Cora, I want to make memories to think back on with fondness when I get older and am expecting my own grandbabies.

I want to yell at the driver to speed it up, but I know that dad is already upset about the fight, Cora being hurt, and his grandbabies potentially being hurt, that he doesn't need any more from me. So, I just sat back and kept my mouth shut. I jumped out of the SUV as soon as it stopped, the need to see Cora and make sure that she is OK with my own eyes is more pressing to me right now than I thought it would be. I impatiently wait for the elevator as dad walks up to me. We enter the elevator, and I am almost bouncing with the energy that is coming off of me.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and look over at dad, who is smiling at me.

"Son, you are going to have to calm down. Cora has had a draining day and it is worse for her because of not knowing what was going to happen to you, or if the babies were hurt, and plus what that man said to her. You need to calm down right now, take a deep breath, and let it all go. That way you can be in the moment when we arrive and see what she needs from you. It could be a hug or a kiss, or a good suggestion would be to let her lay on the couch and give her a foot rub. Their feet and ankles swell with pregnancy. Just be attentive and don't press things. Just calm down and just show her, without words for the moment, how much you love her" Dad told me, we were at the door by the time he finished.

I entered quickly but remember what he just told me and looked around when I entered. I didn't see Cora and I got agitated and looked over at my mom and Thomas. "Where is Cora? Is she OK?" I asked them and saw mom smile at me.

"Cora is fine hone. She is in the bathtub taking a soak. She needed it. She was very upset. She is going to be sore, but the babies are fine. That was the most important part for her. She has a bruise on her shoulder where that man accidentally hit her, aiming at you. She will have a bruise on her right hip and on the right side of her butt, as she turned when she fell to keep from hitting the floor on her stomach. She pulled a few muscles when she turned to not fall on her stomach, so they were going to bother her some, so I put her in the tub to soak. It will do her good and she was able to calm down when I told her that Alderidge was there at the police station to get you and you would be home shortly", Mom told me.

"I want to see her, so I know that she is OK. I can't calm down until I know that she is OK", I told mom.

"Collin, you look terrible. You have clearly been running your hands through your hair. You have blood on your clothes. You need to calm down and just go take a shower in our room and change. You can see Cora then; you might scare her by seeing you right now" Mom said to me. She is right, I look a complete mess and I do have blood all over me. My hands, my shirt, my suit. I am just going to throw it away. I won't want the reminder of putting it on again and thinking of this day. I can get my shoes cleaned. But getting blood out of a suit after 5 hours of sitting on it absorbing in, I don't think it could be salvaged. I guess I will take my bag to my parent's room and grab a quick shower and then go check on Cora.

I showered quickly and tried to calm myself down as Cora is OK, and the babies are OK. I am so going to tell Gabriel what I think of his two employees, as that was a total setup for Cora. Thank God I came when I did. I know Thomas was on a lower alert because Maddie is in New York and doesn't have the funds to get here, but I wish he had been with Cora, as he would have been able to have kept her back so she wouldn't have gotten hit. I am just glad that I got there and that a*s didn't get an opportunity to try to get her upstairs with him. I don't know what I would have done if that had happened.