Derrick moved away to the dining table, away from his mother, as he didn't say a word to her. Also, he sat at a far end of the dining table, sitting on the chair three seats away from Lady Loretta and Alex."Mama, what did Uncle do to you? You should forgive him," Alex said, innocently, and Lady Loretta smiled."Derrick didn't do anything wrong to me directly. But you remember Miranda, right?" Lady Loretta asked, just as the rest of the maids stepped out from the kitchen to serve them breakfast."Yes, I know the pretty maid, Mama. I wanted to marry her, but Master Derrick warned me to keep my distance away from her," Alex said, thoughtfully, and Lady Loretta sighed once more."Hmm, Derrick shamelessly slept with her and sent her away.""What!!" Alex's hold on his spoon tightened."Uncle did what? My goodness!' Alex gasped, and he met Derrick's gaze, who frowned and looked away from them. Derrick had warned Alex not to show up at his house, yet Alex disobeyed him, and he knew, that was
As Derrick snatched Alex's phone away, Alex frowned and looked at Derrick angrily, who didn't even wait for him to type what he wanted to type.Alex wanted to write, "I have missed you," but Derrick quickly snatched the phone and stared at Miranda's page. Derrick saw that it was truly Miranda's page, as her profile had an old graduation picture of her.Seeing her pretty face again, even as it was a throwback picture, the picture seems to bring back the memories of the first day he saw her.Derrick remembered how nervous Miranda looked when she saw him arrive home then. He had just lost his father and been given the position as the new CEO of the Luis Corporation. He wasn't happy about how his father had died, after everything they did to save his father's life. His father still suffered from heart failure and passed on.Derrick didn't want his mother to suffer the same fate, as he didn't know what had caused his father such heart attack. He admired Miranda from the first day he laid h
Miranda's heart raced to her lungs, and she wondered, "What does Master Derrick want from me?" She clicked the message and read it, and he asked her, "Hi, can you please come back home? My mother misses you, and she really wants to see you again?"Miranda stared at the chat as she wondered how Derrick got her chat name. She blinked her teardrops away, wondering if she could tell him that she was expecting his baby.Miranda shook her head and decided not to tell him."No, I cannot tell Master Derrick that I'm pregnant. I know Mother would be worried, and not like him. As he wouldn't want to see me by himself. What should I do now?" Miranda wondered as she saw Derrick typing again."I know, I asked you to leave, but you can come home now. My mother really wants to see you again? Where are you? I will send my driver to come pick you up?" Derrick texted, and Miranda's brows furrowed as she read his message."Wow! He didn't even apologize to me for sending me away, he didn't apologize for
Derrick felt enraged after seeing that Miranda had blocked him online. He sighed as Alex's word replayed in his mind, "Miranda doesn't want an arrogant man. Why not confess your feelings to her, Uncle?""Hmm, but I'm not in love with Miranda. How do I confess my feelings to a maid of no value?" Derrick scowled as he kept his phone away.Later, when he went downstairs to have his lunch other than phoning the maids to bring his lunch. Lady Loretta was sitting at the dining table, dressed in a long blue gown, and she didn't call Derrick to join her."Mom," Derrick strolled over to the dining table. He thought to contact Alex to help him beg Miranda to return.Lady Loretta didn't reply to Derrick as she continued enjoying her lunch meal alone. She was eating a plate of rice garnished with fried chickens, and the maids had already excused her.Once the maids saw Derrick walked up to the dining table to join his mother, they inquired of him, "Sir, should we serve your dinner now?" Derrick
Two weeks later, Miranda stayed at home, recovering from the shock that she was pregnant with Derrick. She decided to resume going to her shopping mall.As Miranda prepared in her room, it was a brand new week, Monday. Miranda got out of her bed and went to bathe. As she stepped out from her bathroom, she donned a blue gown and black sandals. She went to tend to her appearance in her room mirror.Miranda had learned to stock up her house with food products so she wouldn't have to wander about, looking for where she would purchase her household items.She knew that her neighbors were trying to pry into her life to find out who her husband was, but Miranda didn't give them the opportunity. In the apartment building where Miranda lived, on the top floor, a pregnant woman lived there with her husband. The lady was newly married and didn't hesitate to show off her ring in the presence of Miranda, thinking that Miranda was dating other women's husbands.In the building, they had four tenant
Erica Harrison was still in disbelief that Miranda was the true owner of the mall. Although, she knew so well when they were still in college that Miranda usually came with a lot of provisions compared to the rest of them. And when she had asked Miranda then who she was, Miranda had told her she was an orphan.Erica couldn't believe Miranda, which is why she called Lady Blessing Kingston back to verify if Miranda was the owner like she had said to her."I'm sorry, Milady. But we have closed for today. How about you come back tomorrow at 8am, and we would be ready to attend to your needs," Lady Blessing spoke politely to Erica, but Erica frowned her pretty fair-skinned face, adorned in light makeup."But Miranda, I thought you said you own this mall?" Erica queried, and Miranda smiled."Yes, what would you like to buy? We are still growing, I don't know if we would have what you're in need of," Miranda asked, as she knew that sometimes her mall lacked some of the customers' needs."Oka
A month later, as Miranda's tummy protruded, she had already contacted Agent Paul if there were any new houses for sale. The neighbors' gossip had increased as they saw that Miranda was pregnant and her belly was visible.Agent Paul showed Miranda all the available houses for sale, and Miranda wasted no time in purchasing one. Just four months after launching her mall, Miranda moved out from the gossiping compound to her new house.Miranda was seven months pregnant as time flew by so fast. She prepared to welcome her baby, and Lady Blessing had been kind enough to give her proper guidance. Lady Blessing had two children, a daughter named Emily and a son named Philip.Lady Blessing introduced her daughter to Miranda to help her out at home with cleaning and a few other things. Miranda was grateful, as she hadn't expected Lady Blessing to be kind-hearted.When Miranda had first employed Lady Blessing, she had doubts that she would be able to work with the lady. Now they seemed like fami
Miranda was blushing hard as she went into her mall to get her baby things. Her mall was crowded inside with many patrons selecting what they needed."Morning," Miranda waved to her sales attendant as she went to pick up a shopping cart to fill out all the items that she wanted. After selecting all her baby wears and needs, Miranda ordered Susan to arrange it all and take it out to the taxi waiting for her.Once Miranda was through, she met with Lady Blessing Kingston and told the older lady in charge of managing her mall that she was leaving. The patrons didn't know Miranda was the actual owner. She looked young, and she wasn't bossy like she had planned to present herself.After Miranda bid farewell to Lady Blessing, she exited the mall and got into the taxi waiting. Once seated at the rear, as she fastened her seatbelt, and the taxi car pulled to acceleration, Miranda got a phone call from Larry."Hello," Miranda said, she was yet to store Larry's number as she just rounded up with
The following day, Miranda and Derrick stepped out to go for their wedding shopping, while Oliver insisted on going with them. Miranda wore a red dress that was loose-fitting, paired with black shoes, and had her blonde hair styled in a bun. Derrick wore a blue shirt and black pants, along with black shoes. Oliver wore a similar shirt design like Derrick's, along with black trousers and black shoes.They looked adorable as they walked into the big mall, browsing beautiful wedding dresses and accessories."Welcome, sir, madam. What would you like to purchase?" the sales assistant asked."Wedding gowns," Miranda said, and the young lady clad in a white top and black skirt showed Miranda the collection of wedding dresses they had."Wow, they're all pretty," Miranda smiled as she browsed through the long white gowns beautifully displayed on mannequins."Which do you prefer?" the young lady asked with a bright smile."All of them," she joked, and the sales representative laughed."Lovely!
One week later, it was a bright, sunny Sunday, and Miranda with Oliver was set to travel to the city with Derrick. She had already packed most of her essentials and delivered them to the city. What was left for her was to carry her last box, filled with her clothes and also Oliver's clothes.Most of her cars had been sent to the city as well, but she didn't intend to sell her house or close down her shop. Getting married to CEO Derrick Luis didn't mean that she should discard all her hard work.The sound of a car honking at her gate disrupted her thoughts. Wearing a pink floral dress and plain black shoes, Miranda walked out of her house and approached the black gate to find out who was there.She planned to rent the house once she completely moved out and settled in the city. She had dismissed her gate man, but the estate gatekeeper was still present.Upon reaching the gate, she pulled it open after confirming who was there."Derrick," she smiled, opening the gate for his driver to e
THE NEXT SUNDAY MORNING..Derrick was in Miranda's room, and he spoke to her about her business."Babe, you know that as we're getting married, we will need to know more about our businesses. To follow me to my company and also, make our business jointly together," Derrick said. He lay on the bed, watching Miranda brushing her teeth, as he finished speaking to her about his father's company."That's nice. There's nothing much about mine. You know, I was thinking about it. I won't be able to keep in touch with them here if I go with you. So can we open another branch in the city, while we base there?" she asked him, as she finished brushing her teeth in the bathroom."That's fine. I haven't considered that before. But we need to expand our business to more states," Derrick said.Miranda smiled and joined him on the bed after she was through brushing her teeth. She hugged him and kissed him directly on his lips."Babe, I'm discussing with you about our business, and all your focus is on
"Welcome," Miranda told Derrick as she hugged and kissed him lightly on his lips."Welcome, Dad," Oliver said, and Derrick smiled at him. "Thank you."They entered the house together and made their way to the couch."What's the delicious smell? Is your chef around?" Derrick asked about Emily, and Miranda blushed."No, Emily isn't my chef but my friend. Her mother works for me though, so I took her like my sister," she said, leading Derrick to the dining table, and he smiled as he settled on a chair beside her.Oliver took his seat beside Derrick, and Miranda stood beside Derrick and set his meal in front of them. She walked up to meet Oliver and placed his meal in front of him before she went to sit across from Derrick."How do you see the meal? It's my first time officially cooking," she blushed, observing Derrick's and Oliver's faces as they prepared to taste the food."Um, it's yummy, Mom," Oliver beams and smiled."It's nice," Derrick commented, and Miranda smiled at them and resp
When Derrick arrived in the city, he went home, getting the notification from Lady Stephanie that his mother was at home.As he arrived home, he walked into the house happily. "Mom!" Derrick rushed to meet her and hugged her.Lady Loretta sat on the couch and smiled as Derrick hugged her warmly. She knew he was in a good mood and had heard he went to meet Miranda."Welcome back, Mom," Derrick said, and his mother replied calmly, "Thank you. You look so happy. How are Miranda and Oliver doing?""They are fine, Mom," Derrick said, still smiling, and that made his mother look relieved."I am happy to hear that. It's good to see that she has forgiven you. So when did you both plan to marry?" Lady Loretta asked."Soon," Derrick said, standing up from the couch. "I will propose to her, I have lovely plans for that. So don't worry."Lady Loretta smiled, looking at Derrick's handsome face. "Okay," she agreed."I have to go upstairs and freshen up. How is your health now, Mom?" He looked at hi
Once Derrick and Oliver were in the room."Would you like to bathe?" Derrick asked his son."No, Dad. I am tired," Oliver replied and went to his bed to sleep."How do you see my room, Dad?" Oliver asked as he went to climb on his bed happily."It's beautiful and handsome like you. A typical boy's room," he replied and saw his son smile."Mom helped me to furnish it and buys a lot of game toys for me," he said, grinning from cheek to cheek."That's so sweet of her. I am sorry that I wasn't there with you before. But I promise to set up a bigger room for you in the city, okay," Derrick said as he moved over to his son's bed to meet Oliver.Oliver sat up on the bed and took off his socks."Okay, Dad," he replied and went to lay on the bed and drift to sleep.Derrick looked around his son's room, feeling guilty for being absent in his son's life. He finally walked up to cover him up with his small blanket, careful not to make any noise that would awake Oliver.After that, he turned off t
Derrick's car arrived at a fancy restaurant, and they got out of the car and went into the Restaurant building together. Miranda was nervous to be in the same space as Derrick. This was the first time that he was taking her out on a date.Derrick requested a private spot, and he was taken away with Miranda to the Restaurant's private section.Derrick could see that Miranda appeared nervous. He smiled at her and considered in his mind to get her a lovely wedding ring and to propose to her. But he wasn't confident to propose to her in a restaurant.Miranda sat down first, before Oliver and Derrick, as there were only three chairs surrounding a table where they sat."What would you like to have?" Derrick inquired. Miranda picked up the menu and replied, "Just chicken pepper soup is okay."She looked at her son and asked him, "What would you like to have, Oliver?""The same, Mom," Oliver smiled. He was happy that his parents were together."Okay, bring the same request for me too," Derric
Derrick looked from Miranda to Larry as Larry walked out of the house with a smirk."Good morning, Mr. Luis," Larry greeted Derrick, extending his hand for a handshake.Derrick looked at Larry's open right palm, not wanting to accept his hand. However, upon seeing Miranda looking at him, Derrick finally shook hands with Larry."You should consider yourself lucky that she chose you over me. Congratulations," Larry smirked and waved goodbye to Oliver.He walked away to his car while Derrick shifted his gaze and looked at Miranda.Miranda blushed as she watched Larry get into his car and drive off."What were you doing with him?" Derrick asked as he moved closer to meet Miranda by the door frame, just as Larry's car drove out of her residence."Mom!" Oliver let go of Derrick's hand and rushed to hug his mother, as he was also surprised to see Uncle Larry in his mother's house. Although Oliver knew they were friends, he didn't suspect anything bad."We are friends. So he came around to se
Derrick wasn't pleased that Miranda didn't respond to him after he had woken from his sleep and checked his phone for any possible missed calls. He decided to have his bath, bathe Oliver, and they dressed up in black suits, preparing to visit the local town. "Dad, where are we going to?" Oliver inquired as Derrick dressed him up in the room, combing his son's black hair. "We are going to see your Mom, and my company too," Derrick's reply was short, but Oliver giggled "Yay!" Oliver excitedly walked out from the room with Derrick, and they made their way downstairs. "Good morning, Aunt," Derrick greeted Lady Evelyn, who was around and wearing a white nightdress. She was a chubby woman and very tall in height. "Derrick, where are you and Oliver heading to? I almost forgot that you are controlling Dad's company. Because you're always at home," said Lady Evelyn. She sat on a chair at the dining table. Derrick smiled as he led Oliver to settle on their seat. "I just wanted to t