[STORY] THE X-FAMILY (Season 02 Episode 18)

Episode 18.

Khalid’s brows knitted in surprise. Did he just hear her correctly? She needed some apples? In the middle of such conversation?

He scoffed.

“Are you trying to order me around, Octavia?” He asked and Octavia’s eyes widened in shock.

“What?? N…no! God forbid that,Master. I can never do such a thing” she answered quickly and lowered her gaze.
“I just… I’ve been craving for it right from Master Klaus’ clan. Please,forgive me” she added and stood up immediately.

“Sit down” Khalid’s icy voice came again and she couldn’t comprehend the force she’d used in sitting back on the bed.

Her hands were on her thighs as she stared at the floor.

Khalid sighed and moved away from her, going to the table.

“Santa?” He called, but Moscow was the one who opened up.

“He isn’t at the doorpost, Master” He replied.

He shot Octavia a glare as she sat on the bed, and Octavia on the other hand, tried not to look at him.

“I need some apples. See if you can get some” Khalid said without looking at him and surprise gripped Moscow.

Some apples? What the heck??

Khalid didn’t eat apples, and he actually didn’t want to think they were for Octavia. No, definitely not.

“As you wish, Master” he answered, anyway and left.

“T… Thank you” Octavia looked up at Khalid and said, but he didn’t respond.

After a while, Khalid left the room, instructing Octavia to stay there until he’s back. And of course, she did.
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Shw went deeper into the bed and huddled her arms and legs together, acting like she was catching a cold. She felt her tummy, still finding it hard to believe she was keeping the baby.

In a short time from now, she was going to become a mother. She’d actually hold her child.

For the first time since she got to learn she was pregnant,she actually felt relieved and happy. Yes, happy about the baby because she had been so scared she was going to kill her little thing. Finally, she could be sure it wasn’t gonna die – at least, not by her hands. .
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After a while,the door opened and Moscow returned, holding a nylon of apples. He looked around the room, but there was no sign of Khalid..

“Where’s the Master?” He asked spitefully at Octavia.

“He um…he isn’t in. But you can give me the apple. They’re for me” she answered and stretched out her hand and Moscow scoffed.

“Have you gone nuts? I should give you what f**King apples? So, you actually think I’d run an errand for you?” He asked angrily, but Octavia gave no reply.

Moscow had actually heard about the baby and really couldn’t believe it. The b’tch!
Well, it was one thing to carry a child, and it’s another to be able to deliver it safely – he concluded.

“Since he isn’t here, I’ll just take the apples with me” he added and turned around.

“You can take the apples if you want, but when he’s back, he’s still gonna call you to give it to me. So, it’s your choice to go through the double stress” she answered plainly and Moscow fisted his hands.
The br@t!! How dare she!!

He shot her a deadly stare and marched angrily to the table to drop the apples. And after that, he shot her another glare and finally left the room.

As soon as he was gone, Octavia jumped out of the bed and ran to the table. She opened the nylon and brought out an apples and without hesitation, took a heavy munch from it.

“Hmm” she closed her eyes and moaned in ecstasy.

Goodness! It was more like…that was her first time eating in years. She felt so relieved.

She munched more on it and in no time, was done consuming it completely. She took another one and continued eating until she had just one left in the nylon.

God! It seems the apples were making her really hungry because the more she consumed them,the hungrier she felt.

She continued eating in ecstasy until the door opened and Khalid walked in.

As soon as Octavia noticed him, she flinched and moved away from the table. Oh! She really couldn’t understand why tgos guy always made her so nervous.

She brought her hand down with the half apple in it and stared at the floor and Khalid walking in, went over to the table where she was.

He saw the nylon on the table and discovered it was just one apple in it, and Octavia had half with her.
Hold on…

“Moscow?” He called and Moscow came rushing in immediately.

“Yes Master?”

“Why did you get just two apples?” He asked and Moscow’s brows furrowed in surprise.

He moved closer to the table and confirmed it was just one apple left in the nylon while Octavia had half in her hand.

“I gott 6 apples, Master, not 2” he notted and Khalid looked at Octavia immediately.

Octavia took her hands to the back and had her head bent like a child who was being chastened.
Oh-oh! Did she do something wrong? She was really hungry for apples.

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Later in the night, Leo had come up with some herbs which he believed would help Octavia heal up quick. Well, Khalid had actually ordered him to.

Khalid wasn’t in the room when he arrived. So,he had an alone time with Octavia.

“You need to make sure you abstain from s.ex for now, at least, for the next 48 hours” he said as he watched her gulp down the bitter drink.

Octavia’s face was crumpled when she finished drinking it and handed the empty bowl back to him.

Leo collected the bowl but didn’t move and Octavia looked up at him, wondering what he wanted.

“You should’ve asked me to make some herbs for you – herbs that could prevent pregnancies” He stated bitterly and Octavia pulled a surprised face.
Why’s he bringing up a dead topic?

“Are you comfortable with this, Octavia? It isn’t gonna be so easy carrying a child in the X-family, most especially Khalid’s child” he added.

“Well, am I expected to kill myself or something?” She cut in. “you said it some hours ago,Leo. The baby can’t be removed”.

“Well, yes. But I’m talking about the prevention”.

“Well, what can that do at the moment? It’s too late to have a prevention. So, stop preaching to me about it” she rasped and stood up, walking away to the balcony.
She just hated the fact that she had to have a conversation with him because every single time with him brought back the hurtful memories of what he almost did to her.

She stood out at the balcony and took a deep breath as she stared at the lower buildings.
“It’s going to be fine, Octavia” she assured herself, taking deeper breaths
Yes, it’s definitely going to be fine.
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It was so dark already and she really needed to get to her room and have some sleep, but she had no idea where Khalid was and he had instructed her not to leave until he’s back.

She stood at the balcony for a long time and when she couldn’t control it anymore, she went into the room and slept on his bed.

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Khalid returned hours later to find her on his bed,, fast asleep.

He slackened his steps towards and just stood still when he got there, staring into her face.

He was still finding it hard to believe the whole stuff – the fact that she was pregnant for him.

Everything was going to waste – the so much efforts he’d put in, trying to avoid her.

He still couldn’t believe how sbe was able to ruin his relationship with Zack, and after that incidence, he’s been trying so much to avoid her because he couldn’t understand what his heart was telling him.

But today, he found himself taking another risk for her and he really couldn’t comprehend it. What was she doing to him?
And to think she was now Pregnant…? He’s never thought of having a child – not now.

But with this, he really couldn’t tell what the future holds because he knew it’d be coming with a lot of responsibilities.

She moved sleepily on the bed, turned and groaned. And slowly, her eyes went open.

“Master?” Sbe called in a frail tone.
It was obvious she was still very dizzy.

“It’s okay, Octavia. You should go back to sleep” he told her and immediately, she drifted back to sleep.

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It was a bright morning.

Octavia’s blue eyes went open when she heard some strange noises outside the door.

She sat up with itchy eyes and discovered she was lying on Khalid’s bed. Hold on.. she slept in his room!

The door went open immediately and taking her eyes to see who it was, sbs discovered it was Becca.
To Be Continued… . . .