The Faceless Billionaire Celebrity Wife-Chapter 199: Eleanor DeLoach
"They are always awake when they should be asleep. And then when everyone is asleep, they keep us up with their cries," one of the nannies commented when she noticed Cyprian’s presence.
"Really? But they look so cute right now," Cyprian replied, her eyes glued on one of the crying baby boy. She moved closer to the cots but dared not touch any of them. She was not worth it.
"That cute smile and cries are just a facade. When they decide to show their real faces, even we nannies with decades of experience are always overwhelmed..."
Away from there, Raymond’s eyes followed Cyprian’s every action, his face contorting into a deep frown.
"Don’t you like babies too? You should be there with her," Ethan said, noticing the look on Raymond’s face.
"She does not like babies so I will keep away from them," Raymond replied absentmindedly.
"That look in her eyes isn’t that of someone who does not like babies."
Raymond nodded. "Right. But the look in her eyes when she told me she dislikes babies was genuine too. Which am I to believe?" he asked.
"Why are you asking me that? She probably does not want your genes to be reproduced in her children, which is a great thought actually," Ethan deadpanned, his eyes straying away to Shikera’s side. He frowned when he saw she was just staring...Not at anything in particular but just staring, at everything in general.
"How about Shikera? When will you guys reveal a little Sir DeLoach or Lady DeLoach?" Raymond joked.
"Up to her."
"You look excited but what if she doesn’t like babies too?" Raymond asked again.
"Then I don’t need them. Anything or anyone that tries to come between us, even if it’s a baby, will be torn apart."
They stayed at the home for another one hour, until Shikera walked back to meet them.
"We should leave now. The children are sleepy," she said.
Raymond went to call Cyprian from the babies section where she was still glued at, while Ethan followed Shikera out. When the former two joined them, they continued on their way to the director’s office, and met the man already waiting for them at the front of the door.
"I will visit the restroom and join you guys later," Shikera said, excusing herself solemnly.
"Ah...okay, the restroom is that way," the director pointed in the direction of the hallway, before turning to the others, "This way."
He lead them into the office and they took their seats, getting straight to business.
Ethan signaled to Raymond and he donned his assistant’s identity, wearing a professional look to talk to the director.
"Could you list the home’s current pressing needs or if it’s too much to list, could you make an estimate of the cost?" he asked.
The director shifted in his seat and adjusted his coat. "We could make an estimate but our needs would have exceeded that by this time tomorrow. We discovered that news about how this home has a big shot as a donor and how the children are always taken care of adequately, has spread to all corners of this country so we keep getting new registers everyday. Just this week, a total of 20 babies were found in front of our door in the middle of the night—"
"What?! The babies were abandoned in the middle of the night?! What kind of human would do..." Cyprian trailed off, suddenly realizing that her outburst was unwarranted. She looked from the director’s shocked face to Raymond’s confused face, hurriedly mumbling apologies.
"Jeez, I’m so sorry for that. I guess I just...I lost it," she chuckled awkwardly.
"Ah no, it’s totally alright to feel like that. Of course we encourage that needy children be brought here but then, we also don’t like the manner in which most are being delivered. Leaving a baby outside in the snow will surely make the baby sick, and especially not when most of them are just a day old." The director sighed.
"How about the founder?" Ethan suddenly asked, his first time speaking since they got into the office.
"Oh...she helps a lot and always asks us to send our requests to her but recently, she seems to be busy. We only got the—"
"Alright," Ethan interrupted him. "We will utilise the same method as the previous donor. Send in your requests anytime and anyday, directly to this man here." He pointed at Raymond and then stood to his feet to leave the room.
"What?! We can request anything we want?" The director leapt to his feet in shock.
"In return," Ethan added, "Keep celebrating this day and...you need a donor’s name, right?"
"Yes Sir!" The man nodded vigorously.
"Eleanor DeLoach, that’s the name."
"Really?" The director asked in astonishment. "Our other donor is called Eleanor too, Eleanor Anderson."
"Have you ever seen her face?" Cyprian asked immediately.
"No, I only saw the intermediary’s face. Mrs Ashley Zuresh."
It dawned on Ethan just at that moment, everything that had been confusing for the past week.
"You don’t need to tell this other donor about us," he subtly instructed, walking out of the room without waiting for a response. Scribbling his email on a paper on the table, Raymond pushed it to the director’s front and rushed after Ethan.
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Shikera stared at her reflection in the toilet mirror, taking note of the way she looked exactly like Elizabeth.
"Can plastic surgery really..." she trailed off, as a particular question popped in her mind.
’Do you love me, Shikera?’ 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
Two hours ago.
"Do you love me, Shikera?" Ethan asked.
At first, Shikera thought she did not hear well so she decided to ask him what he said. But he repeated his question before she could even ask.
"Do you love me, Kera?"
"W—what kind of question is...is that?" Shikera stuttered. It was a miracle that she did not bite her tongue while talking. Where did the question pop out from?
"Answer me," Ethan said, ignoring her shock.
"No...I don’t. I do not love you," Shikera replied solemnly. The moments the words were out of her mouth, she felt like slapping herself. Why was she so confused? Did she love him...or not? Wait, she could not love him. She was not allowed to! Her answer was right...she did not love him. Why did he even ask though?
"Then why are you scared?" Ethan snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Scared?"
