Stephano's POV I could feel my head spin the moment that one of my men told me that Valerie had left the city with Fred a few days ago. Where would Fred take her to? Why would he even take her anywhere? Or was he deceived by someone who was acting as me to bring Valerie? But Fred was way too smart to fall for something like that. Fred knew that I never brought Valerie into the business. Something was wrong somewhere and it wasn't with me. The problem couldn't be with Fred either since I had worked with him for years, or could it? "What do you mean by that? Why would Fred be taking her anywhere? If I needed her with me, wouldn't I have taken her along?" I queried and the man's eyes grew wide with fear. What the hell was going on? "Get all the men and servants to come to the meeting room, now! No single person should be left behind even at the borders of our territory, I want every single human living in my territory to assemble in that room. You have five minutes to pass the messag
FRED'S POV Hours later, I was still watching the television when I suddenly felt someone sit beside me. "Valerie," I realized. "Do you remember anything now?" I slowly asked and she laid her head on my shoulder. "Does it really matter? We can always make new memories since I don't remember anything," she muttered and I smiled then raised her head to kiss her which she accepted. I had always wanted to taste those lips. As we kissed, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt. I was lying to her, manipulating her, and it didn't feel right. But I couldn't back out now, not when I had come this far.Valerie pulled away from the kiss and looked at me with a smile. "I'm glad I have you, Fred," she said, snuggling closer to me. "Even if I don't remember how we met or fell in love, I know that I love you." she whispered. I felt a pang of guilt again but pushed it away, reminding myself that this was for the greater good. "I love you too, Valerie," I replied, holding her close. "And we
THIRD PERSON POVValerie looked at Fred, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. "You mean...the baby isn't yours?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. He nodded, feeling the weight of his guilt crushing down on him. "I'm so sorry, Valerie. I know I should have told you the truth from the beginning, but I was afraid of losing you. I love you so much, and I didn't want to lose you," He said, his voice cracking with emotion.Valerie pulled her hand away from Fred's and sat up in the hospital bed, staring at him with a mix of anger and hurt. "You lied to me, Fred. You manipulated me into thinking that this was our child, that we were a happy family. How could you do this to me?" she said, her voice shaking with emotion.Fred hung his head, unable to meet her gaze. "I know I messed up, Valerie. I should have told you the truth from the beginning, but I was scared. Scared of losing you, scared of losing everything we had built together," he said, his voice barely above a whisp
VALERIE'S POVI wake up from yet another dream where I keep seeing an oddly familiar man. Weirdly I have never me him but I felt so connected to him like I had some sort of close bond with him in the past.This wasn't good… I had no idea what this was about but one thing I knew for sure was I didn't like how uneasy it made me feel everytime.I needed to get some answers and just maybe Fred could be of help…I walked out of the bedroom to the living room where I knew Fred was and as expected he was in the middle of playing video games with Fiona sitting beside him watching curiously at the screen."Hey" I greeted, immediately grabbing their attention."Good morning love" Fred said, glancing at me for just a bit before turning his attention back to the screen."Mama!!" Fiona exclaimed happily and ran towards me lifting up her hands and as usual I picked her up in my arms hugging her tightly."How are you my princess? '' I asked softly while placing feverish kisses on her cheeks. I felt m
VALERIE'S POVMy mouth dropped in shock on seeing the man on the banner. It was the man of my dreams!No literally!It was the man showing up in my dream repeatedly!Written boldly underneath was 'Stephano'...How could this be?"Oh my gosh, you have such a pretty daughter and she looks just like the man on the poster" a middle aged woman who was passing by gushed on seeing Fiona."Why, thank you" I replied."Fiona stared at the man in the poster and looked at herself through the glass window."Mom, is that my real dad?" Fiona exclaimed.Fiona was already aware that Fred wasn't her biological dad, we both decided it was better to let her know very early on to prevent confusions later in the future. Fiona accepted it nicely so it turned out that was a better decision. But of course we couldn't explain the whole sperm donor thing to her since she was way too young to understand that aspect."No Fiona, he's a stranger" I corrected."Then why do I look so much like him! That woman said I l
THIRD PERSON POVIt's been three years and two months since Valerie was present in the mansion. Her absence had such a great effect on her husband Stephano. During the first year when she had gone missing, Stephano had been in so much rage and tried all his possible best to find her. Unfortunately his right hand man Fred had outsmarted him so perfectly and there was no way he was able to trace them successfully.Over the next few years, Stephano's rage subsided and just became pure pain, like Valerie's absence had caused a hole in his heart. He became far more ruthless than he had ever been before, his gang were always on the edge in his presence, too scared to do anything that would upset their mafia leader. Knowing fully well that the punishment is death.Stephano's only solace was his adopted son, Huston. He was the only light in his dark world. He made sure he was well taken care of and protected at all times. He couldn't bear the thought of losing him too. After Valerie had gone m
As they walked, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. He had been so caught up in his lies and deceit that he had lost touch with who he really was. And things start to get strange as Valerie starts to remember long lost memories...๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑๑˙❥˙๑VALERIE'S POVI wake up from yet another dream where I keep seeing an oddly familiar man. Weirdly I have never me him but I felt so connected to him like I had some sort of close bond with him in the past.But I just couldn't remember no matter how hard I tried...
VALERIE'S POVI dropped my phone with a sigh after checking it for the third time this morning. It's already the next day since I sent that email yet there was no response whatsoever.But really what did I expect? After composing such a silly message the most realistic outcome was that my email would be disregarded and definitely marked as spam. Even still, I couldn't stop the tiny flame of hope burning inside of me. just maybe that simple email could change my life forever…"You seem to be lost in thought more frequently than usual lately," Fred commented accusingly.His possible guess was that my mind was wrapped around the "Stephano issue", and well he wasn't wrong…"I was thinking of a new skin care routine I've been dying to test out" I lied effortlessly and got up from our bed."And should that explain why you have been constantly checking your phone? don't think I didn't notice all that" Fred retorted."I was just checking the time to make sure I wasn't going to make Fiona get
Author's POV*Fifteen years later*Time had passed awfully fast.Memories and moment been shared continuously and continuously.Fights been fought together.It was Christmas Eve.The family had finally come together to celebrate for the Christmas. It was a tradition that they had kept alive for years. No matter what happens or what they are doing, they always come back to celebrate the Christmas together. It was something that Fiona really looked forward to every day. She loved spending time with her husband and her kid. So no matter what, they always came together for that. The sitting room was adorned with decoration but that brightest decorations of all was the magnificent Christmas tree that stood proud and tall at the middle of the room.The star at the tip added to the brightness and the gift beneath added to the atmosphere of festivity.Laughter echoed at the dinning room. Aiden Fiona, Eric and Esther were seated serving each other foods as they talked to each other about thei
Author povA month had passed since Esther had given birth. The baby Jason, was growing really well and it almost seemed like had two mothers.Fiona had become really attached too him over the month.Going to Esther's house, they all ate and had a little party and Fiona ate all of the food.Her craving and appetite was growing and growing and growing.After their visit to Esther's house, they went to watch a movie together and Fiona ate two buckets of popcorn and still took Aiden's.He stared at her in disbelief as she ate whatever was edible. Even the food she hated as a norm was now her favorite.At night, he had to buy snacks Incase she would begin craving unnecessarily. Sadly, most of the snacks he had gathered, she always rejected.However, she was getting incredibly sensitive."I'm hungryyyy I want pasta!" Fiona cried out from the bedroom.Aiden was in the kitchen which was a complete mess, cooking pasta that she had been crying about for two hours now.She had requested for a sa
Author povStanding outside the bar, to a corner with lights but devoid of people, Fiona had her eyes closed as she breathed slowly. She felt tired and dizzy and was incredibly craving for alcohol which she couldn't drink. She had to hold on for a few more months.She placed her hand on her stomach, smiling slowly. "Soon." She told herself."Well, well, well." An irritating gruff voice erupted behind her and her eyes snapped open.She turned to the direction to see up to twenty men. They were all holding guns and pointing it at her.Fiona sighed. She thought that all her problems was over but of course she was wrong."What?" She asked angrily."What an attitude." One of them chuckled and she felt someone grab her from behind.She screamed, kicked straight in the groin and turned to look at him as he fell to the ground."Moron! Can't you see that I am a pregnant woman?!" She screamed furiously and snatched the gun away from him, shooting him straight in the head then turned to the othe
AUTHORwhat he had always wanted was the happiness of his daughter and he can't be any more thankful for this. Immediately after the marriage, Fiona and her friends decided that they wanted to go hang out at a bar. Fiona's father wanted to stop them but he thought that thet knew what they were doing and that he should not get involved. He also told himself that he should stop trying to get involved in his daughter's life and stop trying to tell her what to do and what not to do. It just didn't sound okay for him to do that to her..He and his wife went back home after the wedding. Fiona's mother could not hike back her tears. She immediately started crying when they got home. "Why are you crying? Aren't you the one who always said tgat I was being too hard on her and Aiden?" He asked his wife. "Of course you were being too hard on them before this! It's just.....my daughter is finally married and I can't help but feel sad about it. I feel as if it was only a day ago when I held her
AUTHORDo you really think so little of me Fiona?" Aiden asked Fiona. He knows that she was saying all of this because of the pregnancy hormones and that she doesn't really mean it but he was hurt that she'd ever consider that he'd leave because she lost her shape after giving birth to her child. "I don't think that way of you at all. I know that you love me but people change right? What if I go out of shape and you decide that I am no longer what you want?! I think that I am going to lose my mind for real if you leave me....I can't handle that for the life of me" she told AidenAiden took her hand in his "I am just going to tell you this once Fiona so listen. You're pregnant with my child. You're putting your life on the hold to have my child. I am never going to leave you just because you lost your shape after having my child. And for goodness sake, even if you grow old and become ugly, I won't leave you. I am not with you because ot my looks. I am with you because I love you. The
FIONA'S POV"You know that I am not doing anything and that they are actually right. I don't want that at all. I want to do something to earn my keep. I know that I am pregnant but that doesn't mean that I am handicapped. I can still do something " I said. I don't like the way Aiden keeps treating me like I can't do anything for myself. I think that I am going to lose my mind if he keeps treating me like this for the duration of my pregnancy. I'd definitely lose my mind if this continues itself. "Who said that you're not doing anything by being here with me? Seeing your face everyday motivates me to work harder. And once I am motivated to work harder, it means that I can earn a lot of money for the company and those people talking will get paid on time. So you see, you being here is actually helping everyone. Do you see how much you're helping me out now?" Aiden asked me. I could not help but burst into laugher when I heard this. "You're impossible Aiden! I can't believe that you
AIDEN'S POVI entered my office after I was done with the meeting. I sighed. All of the people who are working for me are really stressing me out. They are supposed to do thier jobs but there's nothing that anyone of them can do right. They keep making mistakes on top of mistakes. They are all starting to get on my nerves. .I took off my tie as soon as I entered my office and lossened the first buttons of my shirt. I saw Fiona sleeping on the couch. I frowned. Isn't she uncomfortable?!I have told her many times that she doesn't need to come here for me and that she can just go back home and rest once the pregnancy gets too much for her and she wants to sleep. Why doesn't she ever listen at all ? "What are you doing here Fiona?" I asked as I tried to position her on the bed without waking her up as quietly as I could.I took a blanket and tried to cover her with it but she woke up anyway. "What are you doing here Fiona? Didn't I tell you that you can go back and sleep whenever y
Author's POVFew weeks later. Fiona groaned loudly as she entered into the fitting room for yet another time. This was the fifth....sixth? Honestly she's lost count of how many it was. Her mom and Eric's wife Esther were there with her. She went out to show her critiques who sat regally on the chair sipping lemonade. She eyed them dubiously and mouth "really??" With an arched eyebrow. They were only sitting there, enjoying a glass of lemonade and scrolling through the magazine while Fiona was made to endure the prickling and prodding of the stylist. "What do you think??" She asked without much enthusiasm. She felt beautiful but she wanted to hear from them. She gasped, stood up and walked towards her with beaming smiles on their faces."Oh my! You look adoring." Esther squealed into her hand and giggled excitedly. Fiona rolled my eyes as her mum and Esther passed a secret look at themselves. It was secretive if they were passing those looks in front of her. She almost facepalm
Author's POV"I suggest you avoid doing anything that could bring back those painful memories." He said to him quietly.Aidan nodded diligently, his eyes filled with a brimming happiness that seemed highly contagious. "She has been greatly traumatized and her brain is still having problem accepting the reality. Care and rest is all she needs right now. And do ensure that she eats a lot of food and makes she doesn't get upset" Rodriguez added calmly. Aidan had rushed out to call the doctor when the initial shock had wear off him. And thank goodness he did. "I congratulate you once again Mr Aiden." He bowed stiffly, before moving out. Since the doctor didn't want Fiona to listen in on his diagnostic, they were conversing in the corridor.The thought of Fiona going through the hardship of accepting the harsh reality was already hitting Aiden.... hard. A trickle pain of hers turned to an ocean of his own. If he could take her pain as his own, he would. Without thinking twice!He str