Chapter 5 Stephanie's death

Carson stayed there for more minutes. "I love this place...being inside you is my ultimate level of reaching supreme ecstasy." He kissed her and slid besides bringing her to his chest as if he could not part from her even for a single moment.

"Carson, there is something I want to give you on this splendid occasion." Stephanie said softly.

"Yes my love I'm all ears for you." Carson's voice was rough much masculine with the aftermath of their sex. He pulled her closer to him, landing his chin on top of her head.

Stephanie pushed herself a little apart and took his large hand in her soft one and placed it to her belly.

Carson was speechless by her action. He looked to her and her belly alternatively. "You are...you are..." His pupils were dilated, like he had never seen her before.

Stephanie and Carson had been friends since college days. He was three years senior to her, her friend's older brother. When she kept visiting Sejal, their friendship grew which escalated to a relationship. They had dated for three years and then got married. Since that day Carson had never disappointed her. He is a loving and caring husband, always surprising her with gifts and the first person to wish her on her birthdays and marriage anniversaries.

Stephanie was drop dead, nervous about Carson's reaction regarding the baby. She thought she would stop breathing. Her heart is pounding like a million trillion beats a minute as she scoot closer to him. Stephanie raised her head up and pressed her lips against his, and she felt his jolt of surprise as if he had woken up from a dream. And then he was kissing her back, open-mouthed and soft-lipped.

He puts his hand on the back of her head, and he strokes her hair in a reassuring way. And then his lips slowly stretch to a smile gazing down at her middle.

"What happened to Carson Campbell, the most powerful billionaire businessman, who cracks millions in just a minute is out of words today?" Stephanie tried to pull his leg.

Carson ignored her words and ran his hand softly on her belly. "You're pregnant." He whispered to himself but this time more strongly in confirmation.

Stephanie nodded and the happiness was unmatched on Carson's face. "Oh my God love, you have no idea how happy I am today. You have indisputably made me the happiest man on earth."

Stephanie hugged Carson and he pulled her face up. Without warning, his mouth was on hers. He kissed her roughly and completely unyielding. His hands are on the back of her head, holding her in place. And for a long, suspended moment, she was frozen in his arms of impeccable endearment. All at once, heat spreads through her, and she thaws to kiss him back for another round of earth-shattering love making like something they had never experienced before.

That night both of them visited Carson's parents' home and shared with them the gleeful news. The happiness of Graham and Elizabeth was unsurpassed.

Elizabeth was over the moon. She baked a pineapple cake, Stephanie's favorite, within minutes as a mark of celebration and fed her with her own hands.

Carson and Stephanie reached home late in the night. After the change of clothes he heard a shuffling behind the curtain.

Getting a little suspicious he walked to it but before he could reach the man behind the drapes there was a gunshot heard followed by a deafening squeal.

"Stephanie," Carson shouted, rushing to her when the left side of her chest began to bleed from the small hole.

Carson held his wife before she collapsed to the floor. "Security", he roared thunderously and the men in uniform encompassed the place and took into custody the culprit but before they could extract information from him, the man shot himself and fell dead on the spot.

"Stephanie, baby open your eyes." Carson shook her head holding it between his thumb and forefingers.

Stephanie was trying her best to look at him. "You're good. We are good, the baby is good. I'm going to take you to the hospital. You will be alright, my love."

Carson was about to lift her in his arms. But Stephanie shook, stopping him. "I do not have so much time, Carson. Let me spend my last moments with you peacefully."

Her voice was very weak, only enough that he could hear. Carson's eyes were glistening. "No you cannot leave me so soon Stephanie. We have a long way to go. Remember you took the vows with me in the church during our wedding and that you will stand beside me in my thick and thin times. You cannot deceive me now."

Stephanie shook her head and slowly reached his cheeks. "My man is stronger than that. You are my hero, my strength and my power, Carson. I'm a part of you. I will be living here with you smiling as long as you live." She patted his chest.

"You are born in this world for a reason. You need to continue your fight for justice. Let your thoughts not go unwavered in reaching your goal. You are the badassery which makes the wicked tremble. I do not want you to cry for my death but to make the enemy bleed for his sin. You and I both know why and who did this. Promise me today, you will finish everyone without a trace of the flagitious. I will be watching you from heaven, Silicon Mills should go bankrupt." Stephanie took a staggered breath.

"Will you fulfill my last wish, Carson?" Carson brushed the hairs away from her face. "What is it, my love?"

"I want to donate all my body organs to the needy and poor and you will bear the cost of transplant." Carson could not speak. He only nodded. Stephanie told him, he was the man born in the world to reimplant humanity but going humane is something everyone will learn from her.

"Hold me to you Carson, I want to feel you as close to me as possible, feel the beat of your heart with mine." Carson cried and hugged her as tight as possible as if his hold could stop her leaving him.

Stephanie weakly extended her arms behind him. A minute later, he found the slightest moment from her as if in a choke and then her arms fell down.

"Stephanie" Carson yelled stentoriously with veins popping out of his throat. But, there was no movement.