CHAPTER 23PAT POVI stepped out of the kitchen, carrying some dessert in my hands bringing them to Valerie. I'm shocked by the scene I see in front of me. How did all this happen and I heard nothing, the other maids weren't aware also.Valerie and Bianca were currently laying on the cold tiles, both unconscious. What the hell happened?? There were also stains of blood on the floor. Then I noticed a pool of blood surrounding Bianca. Holy fuck! the baby!!!!I carefully dropped the tray containing the desert then rushed down the hall, heading to the maid quarters to get my phone. I never have the time to use my phone during work hours so I don't bother carrying it, I just leave it inside my room.After getting my hands on my phone, I quickly dial the Mafia's personal doctor contact."Good afternoon Doc, there is a serious problem. The Don's wife is unconscious, Bianca also, they are both slightly injured also" I rushed out, by now everyone already knew Bianca was currently carrying the
CHAPTER 24VALERIE'S POVMy eyes fluttered open and the first thing I saw was Pat's concerned face staring down at me."Ahhh" I moan softly in pain, feeling my head raging in pain."Sit up please and take these painkillers," Pat said, referring to the painkiller tablet on the bed side table.Pat assisted me in sitting up on the bed since I was still feeling a bit weird. I noticed I wasn't currently in my room."Where am I?" I asked Pat, my voice cracking a bit."You're in one of the guest rooms inside the mansion, you lost consciousness so we brought you here. Please take your medicine first" she said, handing me a glass of water and two painkiller tablets."Thanks" I muttered, taking the medicine from her and immediately swallowing it."I still remember what happened clearly, where is Bianca?" I asked, noting she was nowhere to be found."At the hospital," Pat replied curtly."Okay chill. I definitely didn't do that much damage, why is she at the hospital" I asked in confusion."She
CHAPTER 25STEPHANO'S POVAfter the phone call with Fred, I gave Valerie a kiss on the forehead and left the room. I have no idea why I did that actually, but at that moment it felt like the most normal thing to do. Valerie was slowly making her place inside my head.I drove to the warehouse at an almost crazy speed. Feeling on the edge because of the fact that my new shipment went missing. Courtesy of one of my men apparently, I'm going to make that motherfucker pay dearly when I catch him.Few minutes later I arrived at the familiar driveway of my warehouse, the place where all the dirty work took place. Valerie was never coming here that's for sure, I can already imagine the look of horror on her face if she sees the crazy, nasty things that went down here."Fred!" my voice booms loudly across the hall of my warehouse.My men were already gathered awaiting my arrival."Yes Don" Fred replied, making himself more visible by stepping out of the small crowd."Any update regarding who t
CHAPTER 26VALERIE'S POVI immediately raised the covers over my head as soon as Stephano entered the room. I wanted to fake being asleep so I didn't have to face him yet. I wasn't ready."I know you are awake Val" Stephano said.I sheepishly dropped the covers, revealing my face."Are you feeling okay now?" he asked, his voice laced with concern.What?? I had expected him to scream at my face! What the hell happened to him? Gosh I'm loving the way this was going, now I just have to play the right card…Game on!"Not good, my Head hurts so freaking much because of the force I used in hitting it with the tiles" I said with a pout. Well I wasn't lying.I noticed Stephano visibly flinched at my words, making me smile mentally knowing he felt bad for me. I just wanted to get him on my side."Why did you get into a fight he asked?" his hands stroking my hair. He was now sitting beside me, where Pat previously was. I noticed Pat had excused herself after Stephano's arrival."I was just tryi
CHAPTER 27BIANCA's POVI stepped out of my room, wanting to check if Stephano had arrived. I see one of the maids doing some last-minute cleaning in the hallway, she starts to speed walk away from me after she notices me."Hey, wait up! Why are you acting like I am the devil?" I asked in annoyance."What do you want?" she muttered, annoyance clearly noticed in her voice. It was Pat."Is the Don back yet?" I asked."How the fuck would I know? Do you think I stalk him" she replied."You live under the same roof with him!" I stated in a duh tune."Stephano doesn't want to see you. He asked that I stay clear from him and pack up to leave tomorrow" she said, smirking at me."Liar! you made that up , right?" I asked.She ignores me and walks away. That bitch! she's probably still hung up on what happened the other day. She's the least of my concern here though, she doesn't have the power to do anything anyways.If what Pat said was true, that would mean I don't have much time anymore to ca
CHAPTER 28VALERIE'S POV"What the hell is this?" Stephano's voice booms in anger across the room.With sleepy eyes I sat upright on the bed trying to understand what the heck was going on. It was so early and I just wanted to go back to sleep but Stephano had other plans in mind since he was insisting I answer his question. He had a phone pointed right at my face, the phone screen was way too bright for me to understand with my very much sleepy eyes."Huh?" I grumbled."What sort of text are these? who the fuck is 'My forever babe♡' even??" he asked, his voice a tad bit too loud."I don't know," I replied, feeling completely clueless.My attention shifted to the phone he held facing me. It was my phone. I grabbed it from him and took a good look at what he was showing."Who the heck is this? I definitely didn't send these texts either!" I shouted, sleep immediately vanishing from my eyes as soon as I read all the texts displayed on the phone screen. I even looked at the phone numbers
CHAPTER 29VALERIE'S POV"I've found it!" Pat cheered."really? Was it Bianca?" I asked curiously."You bet! she did a good job at hiding it by using her brother's phone number but of course it can be easily traced to her" she replied."Good! I bet Stephano already found out it's all fake so I don't have to worry anymore" I said, exhaling deeply in relief."So what's going to happen now we know it's Bianca?" I asked."Probably nothing, she already ran away anyways and I bet Stephano wouldn't be interested in finding out her location. You see, she's unimportant now and completely in the past" Pat replied."Yeah that's true… I'm glad she's finally out of the picture" I said."Me too," she muttered.°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°I halted my tossing and turned on the bed immediately I heard the sound of the door opening. I looked up to see Stephano had arrived. No, I wasn't excited he was here, I was excited that I was going to get my phone back. Being stuck in the bedroom with
CHAPTER 30VALERIE'S POV"I don't want to stay in the mansion all day anymore" I started."You aren't thinking I would just allow you to leave now, right?" he asked, a blank look on his face."No it's not that" I said, chuckling a bit. I already accepted my fate so I knew there was no use repeatedly asking him to let me go."Then what exactly are you asking for?" he asked curiously."I would like to get a job, I'm tired of being stuck in the mansion all day" I complained."mph" he sighs."Why did you make this seem more serious than it should be? You are free to get a job if you want" he stated."Wow really??" I asked in shock.I had expected to be turned down immediately and be asked to stay at home all day. I'm glad this went easier than I had expected."Of course. Do you already have a job in mind? With my connections I could easily get you any job you want" he offered."Yes I do! I got a deal to model for a top agency (Gleam agency), so I wouldn't need your help here. I would lik
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