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2024-10-29 19:42:56Felicity looked at her but she could still picture how she was holding little Ray and the way little Ray was holding her too. She hates to think of it and seeing Grace was just annoying her more. She was not the type to get angry over such a thing but deep in her heart she knows she doesn't want to look at Grace's face now, why she felt like that? She doesn't know.
"I think you should leave."Grace was shocked."Feli, nanny Mercy said I should stay with you till she returns.""Little Ray is back now, I will be okay.""But...""Just leave Grace, I'm sure your boyfriend is looking for you and your mom. Isn't it late already? That's what you use to say.""I know but my mom and my boyfriend knows I'm here with you" she stood up and grasped Felicity's hands in hers" I will tell you what, how about we play hide and seek while we wait for nanny Mercy, hmm?""I'm tired, I want to go to my room and sleep.""Oh" Grace made a sad face but Felicity was not even lookinRelated chapters
Bride for Rent Chapter twenty four
During the weekend, Felicity was in the kitchen with Mercy. She was sitting on the chair in the kitchen, telling Mercy a story she read in a book while Mercy cooked dinner for her.The doorbell sounded and Mercy looked at her pleadingly "sweetie, will you be a darling and get the door?""Yes nanny Mercy" she stood up and ran to the living room, she opened the door and shock covered her face before turning into surprise and then shifting to excitement "aunt Katy!" She screamed.Katherine covered her ears briefly with a smile before opening her arms and inviting her for a hug which Felicity obliged immediately.Hearing her scream, Mercy left the kitchen and smiled when she saw the person "Katherine, you didn't tell me you were coming."After kissing Felicity all over her face, Katherine looked at Mercy "I wanted to surprise you. I know you can't keep the secret from her.""Does Mr. Baldwin know?""Of course, he was the one that sent me the address.""Little Ray
Bride for Rent Chapter twenty five
Raymond climbed the stairs, he went straight to Felicity's room and pushed open the door. She looked up from where she was laying on the bed, her eyes shun like Christmas moon when she saw him and his heart melted. Every day he comes home just to see her look so happy at seeing him."Little Ray" she exclaimed as she jumped out of the bed and into his arms.Raymond hugged her tightly, "mm, what are you doing?""Nothing.""Aunt Katy is here.""I know!"Raymond furrowed his brows in surprise, "if you know then why are you here?""I'm hiding" she beamed.His heart constricted at the sight and his fingers involuntarily picked out a strand of her honey hair from her face, he smiled then "why are you hiding?""I almost told aunty Katy you use to buy me ice cream and cake but then I got hold of myself and ran away to here. I'm going to hide till she forgets."Raymond chuckled "is that so? And your room is your best hiding place?"Felicity pouted "I don't kno
Bride for Rent Chapter twenty six
The person in charge offered them a welcoming smile before showing them the couch to sit. One of the girls in the room got up and offered them tea while the other brought out a registrar to take down their names."Good evening Mr. Baldwin, how may I help you today?" The thirty something year old man with black hair, hazel eyes and thin straight lips asked. He was wearing a designers shirt and navy blue pant, he looked professional and his clothes spoke of quality.Raymond often come to them for his cloth to be customized so it's not a shock they know him "how is the business Bob?""Great, we are approaching the season" Bob smiled "so what do you want this time, the usual?""We want couple outfit" Felicity answered.Bob looked at her and smiled "and this is your rumored wife, she is even more beautiful than they say" he praised with his eyes lingering on her face.Raymond noticed that and frowned "thank you Bob, it's good that you know she is my wife" he stretched t
Bride for Rent Chapter twenty seven
"When am I pregnant?" Felicity asked.Hana looked at Raymond surprised "little Ray, how come little Lee doesn't know she is pregnant, didn't you tell her?""I was about asking the same thing" Desmond said looking at Raymond too."Grandma, grandpa, Felicity has been feeling kind of sick lately..." Raymond began."I was?" Felicity interrupted.Raymond faced her "darling, don't you remember? What are we going to do with this your forgetful memory" he released a dramatic sigh."Forgetful? But aunt Katy always say..." Felicity wanted to defend herself when Raymond pressed his index finger on her lips.He smiled "it's alright, it's very expected from a pregnant woman" he chuckled. Felicity wanted to speak but his finger on her lips pressed tighter and she said nothing. Raymond turned to his grandparents with a light chuckle "we went to the hospital just this morning before coming here that's why she doesn't know about her pregnancy. We will get the result when leaving
Bride for Rent Chapter twenty eight
When Raymond got home that day, he had dinner with Felicity before following her into her room.Felicity was surprised and she asked him out of her excitement "are you sleeping with me today little Ray?"Raymond stilled for a moment but he smiled later "no, not today.""Oh" a trace of disappointment was clear on her face "why are you here then?""I want to talk to you" his fingers traced her face involuntarily, realizing what he was doing, he dropped his hand. Just why is it that she makes him wants to be gentle with her, no woman has ever derived such feelings from him and he is not sure he likes it. He can't lose to Katherine by loving Felicity right?"What is it?""I talked with aunt Katy today.""Why?""Do you remember the day we went to grandparents house?" When she nodded, he continued "we talked in the car about you having a miscarriage right?""Yes" she whispered."Don't worry, it's fake okay?" He smiled "we will have it tomorrow. Grandma
Bride for Rent Chapter twenty nine
The days were passing and Felicity still has said nothing. Raymond finds it hard to focus whenever he was away from the house. He keeps on thinking on what to do to liven her up but yet, he has got nothing.A knock resounded on his door and Morris entered, "sir, Mr. Harrison is here.""Did I scheduled a meeting with him?""Yes sir. The appointment had been fixed since last month.""Find a way to tell him that I can't meet him now.""But sir, he is...""Morris, I can't meet anybody today, don't you get it?""Yes sir. I will talk to him" he left the office.Raymond heaved a deep sigh and wiped his face with his palms. He can't believe he put Felicity in her condition, the thought alone was killing him.Morris entered his office again "I managed to explain to him sir, he said you should call him when you are free."Raymond only nodded."Sir, I have been thinking, what if you try taking her to the places she love" that got him Raymond's attention "you se
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Why is it that Felicity nice curves is driving him out of his mind and he really wants to take her but not for pleasures but to keep? What's so special about her?She is most definitely not his type of woman, she is too childish and easily coerced.She has a tendency to forgive easily when promised just an ice cream or a cake.She laughs over anything whether funny or not.She worries if she sees a single frown on his face.She sulks if he just as much as told her to leave him alone.She blushes when he flirts with her.She looks away bashfully if he shows a little affection to her.Her eyes lit up just as the sight of him.She doesn't hesitate to act cute when he is around.And right now, she is stuffing ice cream on her face that always remind him just how much of a child she is.But why, why is it that all those things he mentioned is what that draws him to her?Why does he have this urge to wipe away that cream on her nose?Why does he want
Bride for Rent Chapter thirty one
Time flew by and it was Felicity's birthday already. Raymond because he had promised, threw her a birthday party. Katherine had been surprised when he carried on with that. He hadn't been so kind or caring towards Felicity as he had been earlier, so forgive her for being shocked when he threw her the party.Due to Katherine not knowing a lot of people and Felicity not having friends, it became his duty also to invite guests and he did to those he knew who are mostly, models, celebrities and business tycoons. Desmond and Hana invited family friends since it was their granddaughter in-law birthday. Raymond's parents couldn't make it again and they weren't surprised. To fit into Felicity's description, there was a dress code, women in ball gowns and men in tuxedoes.Raymond had told himself times without numbers that he won't wear the couple outfits with her but he found himself putting on the male wear on the big day. Mercy had been shocked silly when she saw him coming down the
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Eight months later, Felicity and Raymond were on a date, she had finally given into his persuasion three months ago and they have been dating for three months now. Although she was more matured and poised now but sometimes she still shows him her childish behavior which led him to believe that he now has three children.He has gotten a lot closer to his children and everyone found out that miraculously, Darryl was a daddy's boy. He always wants his dad around him and sometimes he claims to be sick just to miss school and then he will bug his grandaunt later to take her to work with him so that he will see his dad and will stay in Raymond's office the whole day till he brings him home. Of course he won't go to Felicity who was now working in the ICT department of The Baldwin's Empire, because he knows she will end up dropping him in the school.How did he know that?Because it has happened once to him.Although Felicity may be cute, but she didn't want to spoil her kids,
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Three months later, Raymond pulled over in the driveway, he got down just as the door was opened and two children ran out shouting, "daddy!"He squatted and opened his arms for them and they slammed into him, he kissed both their cheeks, "how are you?""I'm fine" they both said excitedly."So, are you ready for a fun day?" He asked and they nodded vigorously. He smiled and kissed their head each. He looked up at the lady who was watching them, at his gaze, she turned and shut the door before approaching them."Now that we are set, let's give some rules, one, no running off, stay close where I can see you, two, no rough play and three, don't lose each other. If you obey these rules, then I will consider us going for another fun day" she said to the kids.The kids readily agreed to the rules and ran to Raymond's car while their parents followed after them. "Thank you" he said to Felicity but she ignored him.Raymond smiled, it's one step at a time, at least she
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Getting to their destination, they all got down from the car and Hana looked at Raymond, "are you sure you should have come with us? I don't want little Lee rejecting us because of you.""If she doesn't want to see him, he would just stand outside and wait for us" Desmond said as they walked to the patio.Raymond said nothing but just walked silently behind them. Desmond rang the bell and the door was answered by Mercy.She was surprised to see them and she doesn't know if she should let them in or not, but at the end, she smiled and shifted aside for them to enter, "please come in."They walked in to first hear the voice of a little girl whining, "you said you will give me your cake.""You eat too much, very soon you will become fat" a little boy's voice reprimanded her."Alright hush you two, you mustn't fight all the time" a lady's voice was heard, they had made their way to the living room then to see the kids surrounding a woman who was placing two plates of c
Bride for Rent Chapter forty six
Darryl tossed and turned on his bed, he couldn't get himself to sleep. He kept thinking of the gray eyes he saw today, the gray eyes that looked so much like his own. He has never been attracted to all those men that wants to see his mom like he was to the one he saw today. He wants to see him again. And after hearing his mom and aunt fight, he knew his instinct is right, that man is his father. Even though neither his aunt nor his nanny wanted to admit it, but he knew.He climbed out of his bed and approached his sister own, he gently climbed into it and gazed at her sleeping face, after what felt like minutes passed, he gently tapped her shoulder, "Sofie, wake up Sofie.""Mm, leave me alone" she pushed his hand away and flipped on the bed."Come on Sofie wake up, I need to tell you something.""Tell me tomorrow" she mumbled.Darryl pouted, "if you wake up, I will give you my cake in the morning."Sofia's eyes snapped open immediately, "you will give me your cake?
Bride for Rent Chapter forty five
Katherine entered the house to see Felicity standing beside the sofa with her arms crossed on her chest, she sighed and knew she would be getting some questioning, "little Lee.""Don't call me that!" Felicity warned.Katherine heaved a sigh, "Felicity, I understand you are angry but, this is expected. You can't hide them forever.""I don't want him to know about them. For goodness sake aunt Katy, I don't want to have anything to do with him in my life again.""But you know that's not possible. No matter how bad you want to take him out of your life, you can't. As long as you still have the children, he is tied to you with them.""Not if he doesn't know about them. I want him out of my life and out of theirs. He doesn't deserve to be with them, he doesn't deserve to have them!""That's like saying it's not his blood that runs in their veins.""If I say it's not, its not."Katherine sighed, "Felicity...""Aunty Katy please" she raised her hand to stop her, "
Bride for Rent Chapter forty four
Felicity and Katherine looked at each other before looking at him again, "why would you say that?" Katherine asked."Because I want to see my daddy. All my friends in school use to talk about how their daddy thought them how to throw ball and builds snowmen with them. I want my daddy to teach me too and build snowmen with me" as if that wasn't enough, he looked at his little sister, "don't you want to meet daddy Sofie?"The little glutton sitting on her Mommy's lap immediately nodded continuously, "yes, I want to meet daddy. Daddy will take me to amusement park and buy me ice cream and cake."Darryl rolled his eyes, "glutton, all you think about is food.""Mom, Darryl called me glutton again" she whined."Darryl, don't call your sister glutton again" Felicity looked at her daughter "but mommy use to take you to amusement park and buy you cake and ice cream.""Yes but daddy will carry me on his shoulder and spin. Then he will kiss my head and call me his princess" s
Bride for Rent Chapter forty three
Four years later, Katherine was in her office when a reminder went off in her phone. She stopped going through the document in her hand and picked up her phone, when she saw the note in the reminder, she immediately dropped the phone and her writing pen. She took of her reading glasses and arranged her desk neatly. Piling up the documents in one side on the desk.Katherine stood up and put on her jacket, she grabbed her phone, her handbag and her car key. She rushed out of the office in quick strides that was surprising with her heels. When she got to the elevator, she saw Raymond walking out of it on call and she immediately took the stairs. She can't afford him seeing her now.Even though they had became quite closer with the years, something's are not in her power to decide. She came out from the stairway on the next floor and took the elevator.She rushed to her car and immediately got in, she ignited the car while dropping her handbag on the passenger's seat, she was s
Bride for Rent Chapter forty two
A month later, Raymond was in the conference room of the Baldwin empire, having a meeting with the board of directors when the door was thrown open and stormed in a very angry Desmond.Everyone looked at him surprised for they hardly sees the old chairman so angry that it's as if smokes were puffing out from his ears and they all prayed not to be the reason of his anger."Raymond!" Desmond shouted "what is the nonsense I hear?"Raymond sighed, if his grandfather called him Raymond, then he must be really angry with him, "grandpa, I don't know what you are talking about.""What nonsense!" Desmond slammed his hand on the table causing everyone to jump including Raymond, "don't you dare act ignorant with me" he warned."Grandpa, why don't you calm down and let's talk in my office. Maybe you can tell me what have you infuriated this much.""Don't tell me to calm down. How could you break your grandmother's heart like this?"Raymond need no soothsayer to tell him wha
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Raymond lifted his glass to his lips again, "bottom's up" he murmured and down his throat it all went. He dropped the glass with a thud on the table before picking up his whisky to fill it up again.Ha, he can't believe this, he has suddenly become a drunkard and he knows not the reason.Oh shit, he knows the reason, he just doesn't want to admit it. But it's not bad if he admits it now, after all, there is no one here. Not just anyone but one particular person. Katherine.She is not here so she is not going to look down on him if he should admit it, so he can, just for this night. Only this night.He has not stepped his foot in his mansion for the past one month now, why?Because he misses her and he is afraid of missing her more when he goes home. He doesn't want to feel the emptiness there now that she is gone.He can't believe it, it's only been a month and he is going crazy. He wants to see her.Hell, he wants to kiss her.To make sweet passionate love t
