“Waiter! ” A female waiter came, she had a sultry smile one her face that disgusted Hailey.“We're done, bring the bill. ” She took the plates and came back with a paper and a phone-like machine in her hand.“Cash or card payment Sir?” The waiter said giving him the bill.“Card.” He said even before glancing at it. It took them about five minutes to finish the payment process and then Kol took Hailey's hand and they left for the car.Like the other times, Kol opened the door for Hailey and closed it when she was inside. He hurried to the other side and entered then drove away.“Did you like dinner?” Hailey nodded with a smile.The journey back home continued in comfortable silence until they reached a t-junction and Kol took a right turn instead of a left.“Uhm, Kol? The house is that way. ” Kol turned to Hailey with a charming smile.“I know. ” Hailey furrowed her brows.“Are we going somewhere?” Kol nodded and Hailey kept quiet afterwards. She didn't know where they were going and d
Chase's mind was riddled, the memory of Hailey and Kol haunted him nonstop. He tried to drown out his senses with alcohol but it seemed as though the more the tried, a more vivid picture appears.He didn't want imagine Them together, but who was he kidding? He was getting married and she was surely going to move on. Meanwhile he'll be having the time of his life with Natalie! Yay- not.He knew it wasn't in his best interest to keep up with the toxic habit of drinking, but he went on. Endlessly, bottle after bottle, till he was wrecked inside out.Muttering incomprehensible words, licking his lips , still consuming an unhealthy amount of strong alcohol.Chase's mental health was at stake here, he'd never done well after drinking and he's therapist had advised him against it.But what was it to him? He had always been a multilateral screw up!He was gradually breaking down. Gradually losing it, the drink only helped worsen his already ill state of mind. But he didn't care, he just kept
Natalie was driven mad in fury at Hailey's struggles and toffles with her. She feels a table behind her and pushes her against it.Hailey loses her balance, her body painfully hitting the table and in an attempt to regain her footing, Natalie pushes her and she hits her head painfully on the walls and slumps.An all consuming darkness envelopes Hailey, before she was even able to decifer what happened or who attacked her, she lost consciousness.Natalie who didn't notice the abnormal stillness of Deloise kept on hitting and scratching her. Venting her hightened emotions on the lifeless body of Hailey.After throwing a fit of anger, Natalie finally notices that something was off. It was too quiet and easy. Something was terribly wrong. Not quite ready to face the consequences of her action , she jerks off the motionless body of Hailey, pacing around the room worriedly. Hands over her head." Hailey.." she finally calls out, using her legs to touch the limp body before her. The more she
After being seperated from the bloody fight that was with Kol, Chase looked quite beat up, his face showing different battle scars while he got a little clean up from a nurse.He was quite happy to have vented out his anger though, he totally needed that. Having been one of the very people who he'd been most jealous of recently.He would never admit that out loud though. Such information was strictly for his consumption!After the clean up, he still looked not quite great, but he could honestly clear less.his face was very much effected, having different shades of colour, swollen and bruised.Kol had definitely got in some clean shots on him. Probably jealous of his multi million worth face. He thought sarcastically to himself.Chase, who clearly remembered what happened the last time, wasn't in his very best of moods.He decided to see the doctor first, take care of everything she need and ensure she was in great care.He desperately wanted to get news about her situation before he
Today is the day Hailey was to be discharged from the hospital, She had spent two solid days in the hospital ward, recuperating.According to her doctor, they had to monitor her, make sure that they weren't missing anything before they could discharge her.Even though she felt very much strong, she decided to stay in the hospital - Let the doctors do their job, after all, she definitely wasn't in a hurry to go back to the mansion.Or to return back to the problem that was Chase and his soon to be wife.Getting to the brink of death sobered her to the fact that life was very much fickle, no one knew the time or hour anything could take place.She was reminded of her priorities once again, she couldn't lose sight of the bigger picture and so decides to spend the extra two days.Her health being one of her priorities now, her general health and safety. She quietly accepts her fate, as a stepping stone to her new commitment to herself.Finally, Chase signs the document for Hailey's discha
Natalie's joy knew no bounds, she was able to convince Chase on not bringing Hailey along. That wench had caused her much more trauma than she'd ever experienced in her whole life.She was glad of their seeming deteriorating relations with each other, it was quite obvious that Chase was moving on from the nanny and these days even much more focused on her - as it should be.Maybe the events finally made that wench stay off her man, she thought with a smile.She'd finally decided to paw off from already taken men as a result of the recent attack caused by hers truly, she mocked.Natalie felt like the more time passes, the more she was reaping the many benefits of Hailey's hospital visit.As much as the fact that she still didn't cower or aknownleged her existence was infuriating, she was going to count her little wins.After all, in due time she'd be Chase's legal wife and would make sure to put her in her rightful position, up and out of the house.Natalie's dark thoughts fueled her d
After Hailey's seeming encounter at the club with Franklin, she lost her peace. She didn't like the way she felt about it all, especially with Chase and Dawn's close relations to the man and his offspring.As much as she knew that she totally disliked Natalie, and wouldn't even want to go close to her with a six foot pole, she needed to keep close note on her and Mr Franklin.Find out what other bizzare things that ran in the blood of that family. She had to keep an open journalistic mind towards her in order to grasp even hidden messages, tone or agenda.Hailey was in the Denver's mansion, expecting the arrival of the Denver's back home and looking forward to spending time with Dawn.She'd surprisingly missed her all through her absence, leaving her with nothing much to do but eat and mope around in the company of other people.Leo being one of them and the least bit interesting to her. No offense.She also of course missed Chase, but she tries not to let her mind towards that direc
Chase took the morning newspaper as usual and began to go through it. His usual taut face broke into a smile at the sight of the headline he came across. He reread it and took out his phone.He knew the paper was obviously legit but the fact that a news paper once shared a scandal that was very false was why he needed more correct and accurate information on the headline.He typed in the headline and all the headlines that came from different news houses gave him the confirmation he needed.Finally, an opportunity that doesn't involve selling my life.He knew his thought was crazy but basically, he wad selling his life to Natalie because the marriage was just for business. And he loved someone else.The sound of heels clanking and making a disturbing cacophony announced Natalie's presence.“Hey Chase, hey cousin. ” Natalie threw at the two men and sat at the table.“Hey Natalie, how are you doing today?” Natalie was shocked for a few seconds before she replied.Why is Chase cheery toda
The three days watch was finally over and Chase was over the moon. He had gotten up at the crack of dawn and had woken everyone in his house up. Today, finally after so many months of being apart due to one situation or the other Hailey was going to be moving into his house for good. Natalie, her grandfather were out of his life now and he was free to be with whoever he wanted.“Daddy?” Dawn’s voice pulled him back to the present and he smiled as he caught her form in the doorway.“In here Dawn.” He opened his arms smiling when she ran towards him. “You look happy, what’s the secret?” Chase asked lifting her up in his arms as if she weighed nothing. “Does this have anything to do with Hailey coming back home?”“Yes, I’m soooooo excited.” She started telling him her many plans for Hailey’s arrival. Chase nodded his head as he listened attentively, his mind creating images of the kind of family he, Hailey and Dawn will make. She continued listing out her plans and Chase let his mind d
" Is she going to be okay?" Chase asked the team of doctors and nurses who came for the morning round and observed a sleeping Hailey." She is a fighter, Mr Denver. No doubt she'll be fine. So far there's been a lot of progress." One of the doctors explained with a smile, hoping to ease of the tension on Chase's shoulders.Chase sighed in relief, " oh thank you doc. Hopefully she wakes up early." He added, patting her hair for better measure." She will be up in no time. Just give her some time to flesh it out." The doctor affirmed and headed out of the ward, not before they'd both shook hands on it.It had been three days of total blackout. Hailey was yet to awaken and Chase sat by her side, looking rough, barely going home and waiting for her to wake up.For the first time in a while, Chase reevaluated his thoughts and prayed Vehemently that she woke up in good health alongside the child within her. He watched like a hawk for any little changes and continually felt the stomach of
“She’s in critical condition.” George said speaking to the nurse who came outside to help them.The nurse nodded and placed her hands on Hailey’s wrists checking for a pulse. She smiled when she noticed there was indeed a pulse. “She has a pulse but its barely there and she has lost a lot of blood. She will have to be admitted immediately.” The nurse said and ran off to get the stretcher and some backup.George looked at Chase and sighed placing his hand on his shoulder. “Your wife is going to be fine Mr Denvers, they are good at their job.” He said and quickly answered someone over the radio. “I have to heard to the station now, there are some things I need to take care of. I will need Hailey’s statement and all the evidence she has against those men so we can ensure that they pay for all their crimes.”“You’d have to wait for her to get better then,” Chase said and sighed stroking Hailey’s hair. “I don’t know where she left the files she had been working on. Infact, she refused to g
“We’ve found her.”Chase was on his feet before anyone else, his heart beating wildly in his chest. ‘Finally, some good news.’ He thought but said instead. “Where is she? Is she okay? How’s the baby?”The cop would have laughed if it had been a different situation but this was a very sensitive case. “We have found her location but we wanted to let you know first.” He said and watched as several emotions crossed Chase’s face, the most obvious ones being relief then concern.“Where is she? Can I see her?” Dawn asked walking towards the cop. “Where is Hailey?”“Come here little one.” Leo said and pulled Dawn away earning him a grateful smile from Chase who was looking frazzled. “Let’s go and get some juice for everyone.”“But I want to see Hailey.”“Come on, daddy will bring her back.” Leo said pulling her away.Chase sighed and turned to the cop. “I’m coming with you to bring her back. I can’t stay here while you go.”“Me too, I am coming along.” Ciara said. “She’s my friend and I can h
An unconscious Hailey was bound by the arm and taken out of the car by some buff men. At the arrival of the car in the shady outskirts of town, Franklin's men were all in standby, waiting for the arrival since word was sent of the successful mission." What happened?" One of the men asked the alleged driver as soon as Hailey was carried into the building." Bitch tried to kill us both, and had to knock her out cold." The man said, taking off his glasses and showing a scar which ran through his lower lids." Get rid of the car and every other trace, there must be no traces." George ordered and immediately walked into the building. Leaving the man to his devices.The car was driven to a blind spot and set ablaze. Hailey was thrown into a leaking and dirty cell room, leaving her to await the arrival of Mr Franklin and Mr Amore.Hailey was brought to consciousness the moment water poured upon her from the leakage. It was raining outside.She looked around her surroundings and fear gripped
While Chase was continuously ringing Hailey, her phone was on the couch of the sitting room. She had unconsciously dropped it while waiting for some sort of reply from Chase but to no avail.Everytime a new message came into her phone, Hailey rushed to see if it was the reply, abandoning every other thing with high emotions. After the fifth occurrence, she decided to put her phone on do not disturb mode in order to be able to get some work done.As she became submerged in her work, Hailey totally forgot that she had previously placed her phone in total silence. In that haze she worked tirelessly until she couldn't any longer and dozed off spending the night on the couch.The next morning, Ciara stumbled out of her room and met Hailey seated in an awkward way on the couch, the laptop was halfway down the floor, opened with the screen on and battery almost empty.After putting the laptop in place, she headed over to a sleeping Hailey and with two successive pats, she woke her up." Get
Ciara was in Hailey's room, playing on her phone and simultaneously observing the little changes she noticed in Hailey's body.Her hips seemed much wider, and eyes much more dilated alongside her constant urge to puke. She had earlier researched on the known causes of such symptoms and the only diagnosis that seemed to tick all boxes was the pregnancy idea.Ciara played with the idea of Hailey being pregnant but she couldn't reconcile the two. At first she'd vehemently kicked out the idea of her being pregnant out to the curbs of her mind but then she remembered Kol.For as much as she knew, there wasn't any relationship between them and she believed if something of such nature had taken place, the Hailey she knew would definitely speak to her about it.At the same time, in contrast to that point, Hailey had shared a kiss with Kol not so long ago and deliberately kept it to herself.Although she was made to understand that she thoroughly regretted it and deemed it a mistake that would
Three weeks later, Hailey and Ciara were finally leaving the hotel. Due to their prolonged stay while searching for an apartment, there was pretty much an hole in the middle of their pockets.Despite how fast they were able to secure an alternative apartment with decent security, it had cost them three weeks worth of money to lodge. A price for the protection of their lives.While they were in the hotel, Hailey reached out to Mrs Whitmore, informing her of the recent events and asking for some time off to figure herself out.Surprisingly, Mrs Whitmore was lenient and it was pointblank unbelievable when she accepted and later sent in a contract which included a working from home agenda and how to conveniently report to due authority for as long as the process dragged on.Originally, when she demanded some time away, she'd been scared of how Mrs Whitmore was going to react but with the reply she got, she was beginning to think her boss wasn't so bad after all.Or maybe she'd finally sca
"Hey Cee, I'm home." Hailey said walking towards the house. She couldn't wait to lie in her bed again. Work had been hectic!"I'm craving some of your delicious snacks." She said and paused at the door noticing that the handle was broken.With her heart beating wildly in her chest, Hailey opened the door and frantically searched for her friend."What is all this? Cee?" She rushed towards her friend when she spotted her sitting beside the living room couch. It was turned upside down just like the rest of the house.What could have happened?With concerned eyes, she scanned her friend's body sighing in relief when she noticed no bruises or scars. "Cee, what happened?""This house is no longer safe Hailey. I met everything like this when I came home from work."Hailey pulled her friend close and hugged her silently listening to her sobs.Hailey didn't need the police to tell her who had done this, Franklyn must have put his men up to this. He was so desperate to scare her that he'd do an