Her Dark Desires-Chapter 24: Having A Daughter

"What do you have to tell me?"

Eliana woke up to Zach’s voice, she saw him standing by the window and heard him say, "All right, I will be there this afternoon. Bye."

"Zach?"

Zachary turned to his wife and asked "Hey baby, how are you?"

"I’m fine. Who are you meeting in the afternoon?" Eliana asked.

"My Mom. She said she has something important to tell me in person."

"Oh." Seeing her husband already dressed up, she asked "Have you had breakfast?"

Zachary shook his head and said "Not yet, I wanted to us to have breakfast together. Why don’t you go freshen up and then we will eat in the restaurant."

Eliana nodded her head with a smile and kissed him on the cheek before rushing to the bathroom to bathe.

As soon as Zach heard the shower noise, he called Ethan and asked "What’s going on with Amber?"

"She is alive, the doctor said her cut wasn’t deep," Ethan replied.

"And the public?"

"I was able to successfully take down Amber suicide news from the internet and since it was online for just ten minutes before I noticed it, we could say not much are aware of it. However, I still took extra measures to ensure that nobody in Rosehill City would talk about Amber’s suicide." Ethan said.

"Good. I need you to handle something else for me. I think it’s time to drown the Moore family in debts."

"You mean..."

"Yes, start the process of the Moore family downfall, I want it to be on the news for tonight. Every fraudulent act that Henry has ever committed should be known to the public. TM Entertainment and all other ventures the Moore family own just have six hours to fall."

"I will get it done," Ethan replied firmly and got to work immediately Zachary ended the call.

Zachary looked at the beautiful view outside and sighed; he sincerely hoped his day would be as beautiful as this view. He needed to wrap things up with the Moore family once and for all. He no longer wanted to focus on such insignificant things anymore, he had a company to run, a wife and a kid to take care of, and a brother to focus on. Ryan was acting strange, though he was acting like his normal charming self, but Zach knew something was going on with his brother. From the minute he picked him up from the airport, Zach felt like his brother was hiding something from him, and as always, he would find out what it was.

...

Dressed in a short summer gown, Eliana followed Zach to the hotel restaurant and ordered chocolate cake and a glass of juice, but Zach, on the other hand, ordered two plates of fried rice with chicken ribs.

Eliana looked at Zach as she asked, "Will only you finish two plates of rice?"

"That is why I have you to help me out with it."

"No way. I’m fine with just my cake and juice."

"Eliana, you have to eat. You barely ate anything yesterday and now you just want cake and juice."

"It’s not my fault your baby doesn’t like food," Eliana replied.

Zach scoffed and said "Is that so? Then, I’m sure he wouldn’t like cake either. No food, no cake."

"Zach."

"Eli," Zachary called her name in return. He sighed when she ended up pouting her lips as if he was treating her unfairly " You are barely eating and have even lost some weight. I’m starting to get worried, Eli."

Hearing his concern warmed her heart, she smiled and replied, "Fine, I will eat, but you don’t have to worry about me. The only reason I haven’t been eating much is because everything makes me want to throw up."

"So you are promising that if the rice does not make you feel like throwing up, you will finish everything."

"I promise."

Zachary let out a sigh of relief, and just then, the waiter came with two plates of fried rice and a glass of juice.

Eliana almost got distracted by the aroma of the food but still realized that something was missing, she looked at the waiter and asked, "My cake?"

"The chef will be done with it in three minutes, sorry for the delay."

Zach laughed, seeing the disappointed look on Eliana’s face, and replied to the waiter, "That’s all right, get me a glass of your finest wine."

"Yes sir."

Zachary looked at Eliana, who was only staring at the food and not eating. "Do you feel like throwing up?"

Instead of answering him, Eliana gave her spoon to him and said "Feed me." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Zachary stared at her speechlessly and suddenly laughed.

"What’s so funny?" Eliana asked with a pout.

Zach leaned forward to pinch her cheek gently and said, "Now I’m worried about having a daughter, especially if she ends up having your eyes. She will have me wrapped around her little finger."

"Really? As for me, I want a little Zach but less grumpy, of course."

"So you think I’m grumpy?" Zach asked with a smirk

"Only a little," Eliana replied with a laugh.

Zach smiled, seeing her laugh so heartily, and it made him feel that he indeed made the right decision on not telling her about Amber.

He collected her spoon and began feeding her and to his satisfaction, she finished the plate of rice but surprisingly still had space for her chocolate cake.

After their breakfast, Eliana insisted on going to her modeling agency, and he agreed but asked her to take care of herself and their baby. Zach, on the other hand, went to the Sanders Mansion to see his mother.

.....

Sanders Mansion.

"Where is Mom and Ryan?" Zachary asked Jules immediately after he entered the house.

"They are in the study, Sir," Jules replied with a smile, and Zach thanked him before leaving for the study.

He knocked softly and entered after hearing his Mom voice telling him to come in.

"Hey bro, did you enjoy your wedding night?" Ryan asked with a smile.

Zach rolled his eyes and said, "Get your feet off the table, and why do you look hangover?"

"I think I overdrank last night, and Mom didn’t even let me enjoy my sleep, saying she had some important news to share," Ryan said, putting his feet that were on the table down and resting his back on the couch with his eyes closed.

Zach looked at his Mom, who hadn’t spoken a word since he came, "You said you had something important to tell me, so say it. I plan on taking Eliana on house hunting, we need a house big enough to build a playground for our..."

"Eliana is a Moore," Charlotte said without even waiting for her son to complete his words.

"Eliana being the adopted child of the Moore family is no news, Mom," Zach said to his mother.

Charlotte smiled coldly and replied, "She isn’t adopted, Zach. It’s all a lie. Both she and her parents have lied to us and the world for years. Eliana and Amber were exchanged at birth."

"That can’t be true. If it was then she would have told me." Zach said, refusing to believe his mother’s words.

"Eliana is Henry’s biological daughter and his filthy blood runs in her veins!" Charlotte shouted, causing Ryan to finally open his eyes. A cold glint could be seen in his eyes, and all hint of hangover immediately disappeared from him, completely changing his aura.