Love Notes

Chapter 23 - Peace

Anna's POV

My father clenched his fist, looking at us, frustrated. I was frozen.

"Let me explain." Eros said; my father gave him a dirty look.

"I am talking to Anna, not you!" He hissed.

"Dad..." I murmured.

"How many times will you disappoint me?!" My father stated, full of anger and disappointment in his eyes. "Your baby is sleeping downstairs. The baby who you only know his father's name, nothing more. Upstairs you kiss....him." He commented angrily and pointed to Eros. "I do not know who you are anymore. You are not my daughter." He added.

I couldn't hold my tears back anymore.

"Atlas is my son." Eros confessed proudly. My father looked at him in confusion. "I am his father. I met Anna in New York. I told her that my name was Emmett. I did not want anybody found who I was. I left New York without informing her. All faults are mine, not hers." He confessed. "I regret what I did. I love her so much. I will do everything to make Anna and my son happy." Eros added and held my hand.

My father looked at him angrily. "Is it true, Anna?" My father asked me without taking his eyes off Eros.

"Yes, Dad." I responded.

My father rushed towards us instantly and punched Eros. Eros fell down.

"Dad!" I screamed in shock.

Eros's lips were bleeding. I knelt down beside him.

"Eros, your lips..." I mumbled, touching his lips with my fingertip.

"I am okay. I deserved it. Do not worry." He stated, wiping his blood off his lips.

His parents and my mother came.

"What happened?" Uncle Loukas asked, looking at us. They were looking at us, confused.

"Ask your bastard son!" My father snapped.

As Uncle Loukas understood the situation, he sighed.

"Anna, help Eros to go to his room." Uncle Loukas demanded.

I nodded. I helped Eros to stand up and wrapped my arm around his waist. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to him. We went to his room.

I helped him to sit down on the bed.

"Eros, I am sorry." I mumbled, crying.

"Shh, do not cry. I deserved more." He said and held my wrist, pulling me into his lap.

I sat down in his lap. He hugged me tightly. I hugged him back and buried my head in the crook of his neck, sobbing. He was stroking my hair. I did not know how long we were staying like this.

"Sorry." I heard my mother's voice.

I pulled back and stood up, wiping my tears off my cheeks.

"Mom." I mumbled.

She was standing at the door, holding my son in her arms. Atlas was sobbing.

"He must be hungry." My mother commented.

I nodded and took my son in my arms. My mother left the room without saying anything. I kissed Atlas's forehead.

Atlas fell asleep in my arms. I put him on the bed carefully. I pulled a blanket over him and placed pillows beside him.

Eros came closer to me and wrapped his arms around me from behind, leaning his chin against my shoulder.

"You are the best mother on the earth." He murmured in my ear and kissed my neck. I leaned my cheek against his.