You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife

Chapter 439: Helen

“Helen, what’s wrong with you? Look around you, everyone is so busy. Please, help the others. Will

you?” Mr. Harry was a bit annoyed already for his waste time talking to Helen.

“Come, I will introduce you to our guests.” Then, Mr. Harry grabbed Helen hurriedly but Helen stopped

him.

“What’s wrong? Why you are so pale?” Ms. Dally who was just listening and busy putting the glasses

on the tray butted in.

“Ah…. Nothing.” Helen answered uneasily.

Mr. Harry jolted and frowned deeply.

He looked at Helen like he was studying her expression.

“Helen, listen to me.” Mr. Harry was a considerate man toward Helen.

All the servants in the resort lived on the island and Mr. Harry hired Helen to help her when she moved

into the island.

He saw Helen was good and easy to be trained for all the work in the resort.

The only problem was she was always late and since she was pregnant, she was always sick.

Mr. Harry helped her cover up her absences but then later, the owner of the resort seemed to doubt

Helen’s performance.

They oblige Mr. Harry to watch her carefully and fired her immediately if she kept her absences and

sickness.

At this time, Mr. Harry could not cover her anymore. “Listen, Helen, the only son of the owner of this

resort will come tonight. You know about your situation here, right? Even though I want to help you

because of your condition but I can’t put my work in trouble because of you. Helen, I also have a family.

They can also cover and helped you but they also had to feed their families.” Mr. Henry gestured his

hand to the others who were working and after hearing the old man they nodded helplessly to agree

with him.

In the resort, they were like a family already.

They helped each other especially, Helen who was new on the island.

Since it was a small community, they knew each other and some of them were neighbors.

Other people in the neighborhood had a lot of questions about Helen.

They were curious why she moved to the island.

What happened to her?

Where was the father of her baby?

Even though she is pregnant, some island men liked her because she was pretty but she never

entertained any man on the island.

She was a hardworking and responsible girl to her family.

“I… I understand, Mr. Harry.” Helen answered in a soft voice.

Helen could not complain as Mr. Harry had helped her a lot.

“Okay, if you still feel sick, you can just stay here in the kitchen but later when the son of the owner

arrived, you should go and serve them, okay?” Mr. Harry sounded worried.

Helen was hired there as a server because she was beautiful.

“I understand, Mr. Harry,” Helen answered as she slightly bowed to show respect to the old man.

When Mr. Harry went out, Helen shook her head like she getting rid of something in her head, and then

she drank a glass of water in one go.

Ms. Dally, Beth, and Emma who were very curious quickly went to her.

“What’s the matter, Helen?” Ms. Dally asked worriedly.

“Are you sick again?” Beth asked.

“Are you okay?” Emma also asked at the same time.

Aside from Mr. Harry, these three ladies were also so good to her.

“I am… Go back to your work now or we all get fired.” Helen sounded smiling to shake off her

nervousness.

“Okay, just sit down there in the corner if you are not feeling well. We can do this, okay? Those guests

were not so bossy and they were all kind and rich! They looked super rich!” Beth was the youngest of

all the lady servers and she had the most talkative mouth.

Helen just smirked like she was trying to appease her mind.

She seemed so bothered by something but tried her best to relax her mind.

On the balcony, the atmosphere was vibrant.

Arabella felt she had made a good decision going on vacation with the group.

She liked the view and she wanted to explore the island other from inside the resort.

She wanted to go out and mingle with the locals on the island.

She knew the island had so many things that could offer which could not be found inside the luxurious

resort.

She liked to see the smiles of the children on the island as she missed her son, Adam.

That was her plan for now and maybe she could escape from the group later but before that, she

wanted to talk to Damien and Lira about her school.

Rosy and Damien started to drink wine while Eric was still unmoved with his phone in his hand.

He was working on his phone and Rosy could not help but just rolled her eyes at Eric repeatedly.

“Damien, I was thinking if you can help me in the school and… of course you, Lira.” Arabella opened

the topic.

She could not wait to get their approval to help her.

She believed that the two would be very helpful in her new business.

“You don’t need to ask. I’m going to help you.” Damien sipped his glass after he replied seriously.

“Me too. Count me in!” Lira followed. She was excited to be part of the music school and to be working

again with her boss before. They were good at working together.

Their chemistry was very compatible in the work and was already proven even before.

Hearing them, Arabella smiled happily.

“Hmmm… Damien, right?” Suddenly, Eric put down his phone and looked at Damien.

The two guys knew each other just a little.

This was the only time they hang-out and it was because of Arabella.

“Hmmm…” Damien answered in not so friendly expression.

“What do you do for a living?” Eric asked directly. He seemed to be so curious about Damien.

Arabella felt the awkwardness between the two.

She could feel the tension slowly building in the air.

“Ah, brother, Damien is a composer. Didn’t I tell you about him?” Arabella quickly butted in.

She wanted to break the awkwardness in the atmosphere.

“I know. But I want to know more about him.” Eric’s tone and expression were serious.

He seemed to study Damien and his intention toward Arabella.

“I am a composer and that is what I do for a living,” Damien answered firmly.

Eric nodded but his gaze at Damien was meaningful like he saw something different in Damien.

“So… you just followed Arabella here. Are you already somewhat familiar with capital Z?” Eric asked

again like he was seriously interrogating Damien.

The three girls looked at each other.

Arabella was dumbfounded.

She knew the two men’s temperaments.

Damien was not so good at controlling his temper and Eric was unstoppable.

Eric was analytical and direct while Damien didn’t like to be interrogated especially about his personal

life.

Arabella instantly felt nervous and she felt the need to do something to stop Eric’s interrogation.

She looked at Eric sending him a message to stop but Eric just smirked at her.

She understood Eric that he just wanted to know the background of the people who were close to her

but Damien wasn’t good at answering questions.

Arabella just didn’t want Damien to feel insulted.

“I am…” Damien answered seriously looking at Eric. “I used to live in Capital Z. My family lived in

Capital Z,” Damien added with his sharp gaze digging at Eric.

Upon hearing Damien, Arabella and Lira were taken aback.

What Arabella heard from Damien was new to her ears.

Arabella could not believe that Damien’s family is in Capital Z.

He never told her this information about him and they had been together abroad for a very long time.

Damien knew that she was from Capital Z but he never mentioned that he was also from the same city

as her.

All she thought was that her friend Damien grew up in the country where she met him and where she

hid and Adam for a long time.

Arabella looked at Damien with a questioning expression and Damien looked at her back blankly.

“Oh! The weather is fine! Come on! Let’s not spoil the day. I’m going for a swim, who wanted to join?”

Rosy felt the awkwardness of the atmosphere so she quickly broke in.

“Me!” Lira quickly stood up. “Damien, can you join me?” Lira grabbed Damien’s arm just to separate

him from Eric.

With a blank mood, Damien stood up and let Lira drag him.

Arabella was left with Eric.

“Brother, what is that?” She sounded like to scold him.

“Nothing, I just want to know more about him since he is going to be with you often.” Eric got a glass

and pour it with wine.

He drank to cool himself down.

Arabella heaved a heavy sigh. “Like you, Damien helped me a lot while we are abroad. Without him, I

don’t think I survived my pregnancy and raising Adam. So, please be gentle with him. Please, brother?”

Arabella sounded pleading with her eyes trying to convince Eric.

“Hmmm…” Eric muttered calmly then he took another sip of his glass. “I don’t know but I have a bad

feeling about him.” Eric could sense something about Damien. “He likes you?” He asked looking at

Arabella with a deep frown.

Arabella was taken aback then she nodded. “That was before.” She answered protectively.

Eric looked at her sharply. “Was…” He repeated. “But that is not what I see.” He continued with an

alarming gaze. “The way he looked at you means something. He seemed to be obsessed with you.”

Eric continued like he was giving her a warning.

It seemed Eric observed Damien the whole time they were together even though he was doing

something with his phone.

“Brother, Damien is a good friend. Come on! You are just mistaken. That girl… with him is his girlfriend

and they were living together. So, stop your imagination. Okay?” Arabella felt a bit nervous about Eric’s

words but of course, she didn’t want to doubt Damien’s goodness towards her.

And if Damien wanted to do anything bad to her then maybe he had done it a long time ago when she

and Adam lived together with him in another country.

When she didn’t know anyone and only him.

When she was hopeless and helpless but Damien didn’t.

He was there helping her and always supporting her throughout the way.

How could she question Damien’s goodness and support for her?

“I really hope that I am just mistaken, Arabella because my gut feeling never failed me. I am just

worried about you. I have to go back tomorrow to my country. Please take care of yourself always and

call me if you need anything, okay?” Eric sounded so serious and sincere.

“Wait. What? But Rosy said we are going to stay here for 3 days. Brother, why are so unfair? Why do

you need to go back that urgent? Can you just finish this vacation? Rest for a while, please. Your

mind… your body needed rest.” Arabella was taken aback again. NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

She felt sad about what happened to him.

Eric always had a good vibe and he was carrying that vibe everywhere but now, his expression was

tired.

He seemed not to get enough rest for a long time.

He was very restless which made her pity Eric.

“I can’t.” Eric sounded gloomy and with a controlled temper.

“Is this because of Hanna?” Arabella dared to ask after looking around and saw nobody but them.

Of course, it was a sensitive topic so Arabella was careful that no one would hear or know about Eric’s

personal life.

Eric looked at her seriously.

Then drank his wine.

“I can’t.” He uttered again with a gloomy tone. “I can’t forget her and staying here without doing

anything is complete torture for me,” Eric replied with a controlled temper.

His voice was impatient like he tried his best to stay calm but he just couldn’t.

He failed so he wanted to go.

Arabella held Eric’s hand. “Brother… I hope I can do something to help you.” Arabella was saddened

by Eric.

She could feel his pain inside.

Eric shook his head. “I’m fine. Don’t worry about me. I will be fine. Go and enjoy yourself with them.

You are here to enjoy. I apologize, I don’t mean to ruin your mood.” Eric was snapped to his senses as

he tapped Arabella’s hands on the table.

Arabella knew Eric was just trying to stop their conversation.

He didn’t want to dwell on their topic and wanted to divert her.

“Come on! They looked happy there! Join them please.” Eric gestured in the rest of the guys’ direction.

“Then join us. I don’t want you to feel alone and lonely here.” Of course, she didn’t want to go.

She wanted to console her brother, Eric but Eric insisted.

“I just want to be alone. Don’t worry about me.” Eric winked at Arabella.

She had no choice but to leave him.

Eric stayed and watched the others playing on the beach.

He continued his drinking alone while waiting for them to finish.

Eric planned to announce that he was leaving early tomorrow.

He could not continue the vacation as it made him so idle.

It just made him think of Hanna and that was the main reason he wanted to go back and work.

He needed his mind to be preoccupied so he could not think of her anymore.

Thinking about her made him want to drink more.

He cupped the bottle to pour more wine into his glass but to his surprise, the bottle was already empty.

He already drank a lot since he emptied one bottle.

Eric looked around to find some servants and to ask for another bottle of wine but all servants seemed

with the rest of the guys.

They were busy serving cocktails and snacks on the beach.

Wanting to drink more, Eric had no choice but to get his own bottle of wine.

He was walking in a certain direction just following his instinct.

Earlier, he saw the servants were walking in the direction he was following now.

If he was wrong then he expected that he could meet a servant on his way and ask.

The direction brought him in front of a door.

Without delaying any moment, Eric opened the door and saw one servant sitting in the corner.

"Excuse me, Ms.," Eric sounded trying to get the attention of the girl whose back was leaning on a

concrete post.

Helen suddenly jolted.