Chapter 52 - I Am Not Ready

"The dinner is ready."A maid informed Nina Anderson and Mrs.  Catherine Thomson who were chatting in her bedroom.

"Let's go, Nina."Mrs. Catherine said and got up.

"Ok," Nina uttered and followed her. Everyone was on the table already. Nina greeted them and had her seat.

"You go in first. I will be there in half an hour."James Thomson said to Nina Anderson with a smile when they had done with their dinner. She nodded nervously and left the dining room.

'Oh, God. Was he signaling something just now? Oh no. Yesterday I escaped somehow, but today he said that he is coming to the bedroom.No, I have to think of a way to get rid of this.'She thought and entered the bedroom.

"Are you not sleeping?"Nina Anderson almost jumped to hear James Anderson's voice in the room. The book she was reading fell down on the floor. She was sitting on the couch of her bedroom and trying to concentrate her mind on a novel.

"You startled me."She said in a shaking voice and pick up the book.

"Why are you shaking? Are you not feeling well?"James Thomson said and forwarded towards her. Nina Anderson started to move back and fell down on the couch.

"What happened to you?"James Thomson said and forwarded his hand towards her.

"D.....don't come near me. We c...can not do it. I.....I am not r....ready."

James Thomson stopped to hear her.

"Hey what are you blabbering?"James Thomson asked in a confused tone.

"I don't want to do it. I .....I am not ready to do it yet. Please let me go."Nina Anderson said in a loud voice this time. James Thomson stunned to hear her.

"Are you dreaming? Why would I do it with you? What do you think, you are? You are not that attractive that I have to do it with you. I was just checking your temperature. I don't understand, from where did you get the idea about it. I am not going to do anything to a girl like you. Day- dreaming is not a good thing. So stop it."He said in a mocking tone.

Nina Anderson sat down immediately and looked at him with wide eyes. She could not believe in her own ears. How can he insult her, when he brought the condoms into the room himself!

"Like me? What do you mean by like me? What is the lack in me? Seriously! How can a pervert like you tell these things? I know what is in your mind. Don't try to be a normal man, when you have an abnormality. How can you insult me like that, when you are a jerk yourself? "

James Thomson stunned to hear her.

'What is she speaking?....Oh, God! So she had seen that already? Shit...how can I forget that thing in there? Why am I became so careless? I should have thrown those already. She is not wrong. Anyone would think the same if they see the condoms in my room. 'James  Thosmson lowered his eyes guiltily.

"What? Do you have to tell me something now? Why are you speechless? I did not think you that pervert."Nina Anderson said and got up.

"I am sleeping on the couch. You can sleep in the bed." Nina Anderson brought a pillow and lied down on the couch. James Thomson could not utter a single word. He suddenly felt hot.

'I should get some fresh air.'He thought and left the room.When he returned to the room, Nina Anderson was already got into a deep slumber. He sighed in relief.

"I have to discard that thing in the dressing room."He muttered and pull out the bag from the wardrobe. He left the room with the bag.

'I should throw this bag to the trash can outside. Otherwise, someone might notice it.'He thought and reached near the entrance. As he was about to open the door, Mr. Herris Thomson called him from the dining room.

"Where are you going at this hour? Are you going somewhere?"

"N.....No.I...I just throwing some garbage."He said nervously and left the living room hurriedly. He threw the bag on a trash can nearby and returned to the house. He stunned to see his father waiting for him at the entrance.

"Dad, it is already late. Why are you not sleeping?"James Thomson asked his father.

"I tried, but could not sleep. I came here to drink a glass of water. Let us have some fresh air." Mr. Herris Thomson said with a smile.

"Ok. Let's go."James Thomson replied.

Both of them walked along the narrow lane of the Tulip field and reached near the lake.

"Dad, are you worried about something? You seem lost. What happened?"James Thomson looked at his father worriedly and asked.

"Father contacted Derrick today." Mr. Herris Thomson uttered.

James Thomson did not utter a word. He lost in deep thought.

"I am worried for you my son."

"Dad, you should not be worried for me. I am fine with anything. I don't need grandpa's wealth. I am capable of earning as much as money I needed."James Thomson replied.

"James. It is not just the case of wealth. It is our hierarchy. The eldest son of the Thomson family would have to be the successor of Thomson's. I just can not let anyone else take your position. Derrick is not eligible for these." Mr. Herris Thomson said in a worried tone.

"Dad, Derick is Grandpa's eldest grandson after all. He has the right to sit on the throne of the Thomson's. Isn't it?"

"He is a bastard...Yes, your uncle never married his mother. You are the legal heir. An illegitimate son can not be the heir when a legal heir is exsist. He should not get anything. I have already given my father consent, to give him lands in different places. I even handed him our textile industry. Now I can not let him snatch more from you.The Trudominion Private Limited is your's only .No one can snatch it. You can not let anyone take it from you."

"Dad, I already made him upset. His health is not good. What if something happens to him due to hypertension? I would not be able to forgive myself if something happens to him. Father, I have decided already. I am not going against my Grandpa from now on. " James Thomson said in a worried tone.

"What do you mean? Do you want to follow your grandpa's advice now? Are you going to divorce Nina and marry Helen Porter?"

"Yes. I am going to divorce her."

"What! Have you gone insane? How can you divorce her like that? You just married her."

"Father, Grandpa hates her. He is trying to make her leave my side. It can harm her. I don't want her to be hurt because of me. She can live her life peacefully, away from me."James Thomson said in a sad tone.

"James, I don't understand why my father is being so stubborn! But Nina is a good girl. You should not take such a decision in a hurry. We can find a way to protect her."

"No, father. I can not push her more. She had already done a lot for me."

"James, I don't know why and how you married to her, but as she is your legally married wife, you should protect her. How will you protect her that is up to your capacity. But I don't think that getting a divorce from that innocent girl is the only solution to this problem. You should not do these things in a hurry. Just take your time and think carefully. You can not just sink your own boat to see the waves. You should be brave." Mr. Herris Thomson said in a serious tone.

"Ok. Let us go. It is already late. Think about what I said."He added. James Thomson nodded and followed his father.

James Thomson entered the bedroom and looked at the woman sleeping on the couch peacefully. He sighed.

"I am sorry Miss Nina. I could not protect you well. I have already pushed you to the fire. Please be safe."He reached near her and muttered. He held her and picked her up from the couch in princess style and let her lied down in the bed. He tucked the blanket around her and left her. He brought a blanket and lied down on the couch.

'What dad has said is right. I should try to protect her. I know that I will protect her well, but I don't know why I am not having much courage to do so now. I know that announcing our relationship to the world would hold my Grandpa back to attack her, but I just can not announce it.  I ...I think I am frustrated.'James Thomson lost in deep thought.