My Emotionless Goddess

” Hahaha! That’s great, that’s great. Finally the Whiteman has an heir.” The old man was beyond pleased. He only had one son and his stubborn son only gave birth to one son and if things couldn’t get any better, that grandson was a loner. He never interacted with people and would prefer to stay locked doing his research. It was always a blessing to have a genius in the family but the old man felt like it was a curse to him. He wanted an heir to the big Whiteman family but no one was suitable to do that. His only hope was Gabriel but he was a socially awkward person who didn’t even know how to hit on girls.

He had already lost his hope to have great grandchildren in this life. Even the arranged marriage gave his heart no solace until the gem of the family arrived bearing the best news ever. This day was definitely a blessing.

” Dad, don’t you think you changed so easily. Just now, you were yelling at the lady telling her to get lost, now see yourself.” his son Edward whiteman mocked the old man causing him to be embarrassed for a while. But that embarrassment did not last for long before the old man found a comeback. ” What do you know? At Least your son is man enough than you, giving me grandchildren before even getting married. If it wasn’t for you waiting until you lost your manly powers, would i be worried about having an heir?” The old man was ruthless with his words leaving his son no room for retorting. Edward was rendered speechless by his father’s words, he could only look away awkwardly.

They had delayed having children and by the time they wanted a second child, it was impossible since his sperm count was low, not to mention Rose was almost in menopause. The doctor informed that a late pregnancy could be dangerous so they gave up that idea but his father bore resentment to him for that. He would always blame him for being weak as a man.

” Grandpa!” Cassy decided to make her presence known after being ignored for long. Old Mr Whiteman turned to look at her and said,” I think you can see that there’s no way you can get engaged to my grandson. He is already a father and I can’t allow my future heir to be raised without his two parents. I will give an explanation to your family soon.” The old man finished saying and turned his attention to Stacy. Cassy felt wronged but what could she do? Her grandfather was against the idea of her marrying Gabriel but she insisted, He finally gave up on her so who could she turn to at this moment. She stomped her foot and walked away.

” Father, what about the engagement party? the guests are still here.” Dr Rose reminded the old man and it was then he realised they were in the middle of a ceremony. He turned to look at the guests still murmuring. ” Am sorry for the interruption but as you can see, the ceremony will not take place but don’t worry, the party is still on. Join me as we celebrate the arrival of another member of the Whiteman family.” the old man announced happily. He was happy and proud at the same time.

The party went on as normal. everybody was happy. Some guests approached the Whiteman family members to congratulate them. The old man went to his group of old friends in the army and started bragging.

” Old man Liu, look how old you are? Are you planning to die without great grandchildren? Of course that useless grandson of yours knows how to go racing with cars, I pity you.” The old man did not spare his comrades. The man referred to as old Liu could only grit his teeth, of course his grandson was useless, all he ever did was go racing cars, never bringing a wife home. ” Wait until i get him a wife, we shall see if you can still boast in front of me.” Old Liu retorted.

”Don’t bother yourself, I bet he’ll choose his cars over a wife. Other than driving cars, does he even know how to treat a woman?” The old man was hellbent on making the other puke blood. The group bantered and at the end of the day, old man Liu went home extremely angry. He couldn’t wait to find his grandson and ground him home until he gave him a fat grandson.

” Old man, do you have to anger him so much?” Another old man defended his comrade.

” What do you old men know? You are too ignorant that if I don’t push your buttons, you’ll never know how to deal with your stubborn children.” The old man righteously replied, making it sound like a parent educating his ignorant children. The other old men couldn’t help but look at him with resentment. Teach them my foot, it was more like rubbing salt to their freshly cut wounds.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

The day ended pretty well with Gabriel taking Stacy to his house. He stayed alone, away from his parents house so Doctor Rose insisted on tagging along, something that Old man Whiteman refused.

” But father, she is pregnant now, she needs someone to take care of her.” Doctor Rose reasoned.

”That’s why her husband is there. He will take care of her. It is better while on it, they try adding another grandson for me hehehe!” The old man said, laughing with glee.

” father.” Doctor Rose and Edward said.

” Grandfather!” Gabriel said while Stacy’s face burned with embarrassment. She couldn’t believe the old man.

” What?” The Old man snapped at them . He just wanted plenty of grandchildren, what was wrong with that?

”Forget it.. remember Gabriel you cannot try that kind of thing for now, at least until the first trimester is over. I know you understand what i mean.” Doctor Rose warned Gabriel sternly and the guy could only nod.

After that everybody dispersed to their houses. Stacy was so tired from all the activities of the day not forgetting the morning flight. She was on the verge of dozing up when she remembered she hadn’t informed her besties about her development. She logged in to her whatsapp and wrote to the group chat, ‘ target locked, mission accomplished.’ looking at the message, one could mistake it for a soldier’s report to her superiors.

After accomplishing that, she turned the phone to silent mode and dozed off leaning on Gabriel’s shoulders. In less than five minutes, Gabriel felt her breathing turning slow and peaceful indicating that she was fast asleep. He looked at her beautiful face and fought the urge to caress her. He wondered what their relationship was now. She might be pregnant with his child now but what would happen after she gave birth to their child? Was she going to get together with the man she loved? That thought enough was enough to make his stomach churn and his chest feel squeezed. If only he could convince her to choose him and their child but he loved her, there’s no way he would force her to sacrifice her happiness for his selfish reasons. He still believed in ” If you love her, then set her free.” He was going to abide by that. His pain didn’t matter, only her happiness mattered to him. He was still in his thoughts when he heard her say..

” I love you…”

His heartbeat quickened