“You do know Gemma is carrying my child, right?” he laughed.“What!” Derek was shocked.“He is a filthy liar,” Gemma yelled from the side.She has never let Daniel touch her and was saving her first sexual experience for their wedding night. Even before she got her second chance, Daniel had only touched her on their wedding night.“You darned liar!” She yelled!“What? You didn't tell him?” Daniel was insistent.“Do not listen to him, I'm not pregnant,” Gemma yelled.“Bloody liar,” Derek cursed, choosing to listen to his wife “If she isn't pregnant, then what's this?” He flung a paper at Derek.Derek couldn't stop himself from looking. He picked up the paper and looked down on it. It was indeed a pregnancy test result with Gemma’s name on it.He looked up at Gemma. Seeing the look of disappointment on his face, Gemma pulled herself off Logan’s grip and rushed over to him.“Whatever that paper holds is fake,” she said, then took the paper from him.She scoffed on seeing the content of
“You know Derek believes you, right?” Logan asked, pulling up in front of the Brauns company.“I’d like to focus on the task at hand,” Gemma muttered, looking out the window The photoshoot for the launch of the products would happen today, even though no one cared to inform her about it, she knew because she had recalled the exact date.“Thank you for the ride, Logan,” she smiled and got out of the car.“I'll pick you up once you're done,” Logan called after her.“I'll just take a cab,” she waved him off and headed for the gate.Logan didn't say another word and just sat, watching her walk into the company. Knowing the type of family she came from and the recent war she waged against them, he decided to make sure she got to her office safely before leaving. “Derek would have done the same,” he told himself Gemma got to the company's entrance but the moment she tried to walk into the gate, the security approached her.“Sorry, Miss Braun…”“Mrs. Ferguson,” Gemma cut him off. She has
Sylvia was seated next to her husband’s right inside the meeting room, next to her was Elena who was grinning from ear to ear, her eyes and entire focus were on one of the old shareholders, who happened to be the second largest shareholder in the company. The old man returned her energy and kept winking and smiling at her.“Have some dignity, Elena,” Sylvia pinched her thighs on noticing the little exchange.Elena grumbled, rolling her eyes.Clearing her throat, Sylvia brought everyone’s attention to herself.“I called the meeting today because…”“You called the meeting?”“We were assembled by a woman?” The investors murmured loudly not bothering to hide their displeasure.Their utterances were not welcomed by Sylvia.“I am the chairwoman of this company!” she banged her fist on the table.“Only because your husband made it so. He is capable of handling every single affairs of this company alone,” one of the investors boldly challenged her.Sylvia was about to retort, when Max held he
“Let's see what you have, Hughes,” one of the shareholders proposed.Mr. Hughes got up and handed the memory chip to a young guy. Whose job was to stand next to the big screen and wait for when it could be used so he could operate it.The guy took the card from him and headed back towards the big screen. But then, the door was pushed open and James walked in. Before anyone could process his unexpected entrance, he snatched the card from the young guy and threw it into his mouth, chewing it.Sylvia sighed, relieved, on seeing this “What the heck?” Gemma was stunned.“What evidence do you have Mr. Hughes? What darned evidence do you have that you decided to humiliate my mother with a memory card!” James slammed.“You walk in here, when we are halfway done with the meeting and shout at me! You think being the chairman’s heir gives you the right to barge in here and do shit when it pleases you!” Hughes challenged him.“Now that the silly evidence you have is gone. I'd like to see you prov
”Do you want your mum’s position in the company?” He threw an unexpected question.“What?” Gemma couldn't process what she just heard.“I'm sure you heard me the first time, Gemma,” the man stood, looking at her.“Why are you helping me, Mr. Hughes?” Gemma couldn't help but try to find the man’s motive.“If you think I'm doing this for you, then you are wrong, Gemma. I'm only helping the right person. We all know that if you take the seat. More profit will be made," he shrugged.“Think about taking your mum’s position and reach out to me if you make up your mind. I'll have my assistant send my number to you.” Saying this, the man walked off, leaving her standing there and gazing at his retreating figure.“Nice job, sister,” Elena, who was now actively looking for a chance to humiliate and frustrate Gemma, approached her.Gemma didn't heed to her, knowing that she must have approached her just to make a scene.Looking away from Elena, Gemma walked off. But Elena wouldn't let her go. Sh
“Who the fuck did this?” Derek thundered, turning around to look at Logan. Who instantly stopped laughing on hearing his angry voice.“Stop acting like it’s a big deal,” Gemma brushed his hand off her face.“What the fuck do you mean? You have large hand prints on your face, yet you think they're nothing?” Derek was now seriously pissed off, not just at whoever had harmed Gemma, but at Gemma too, for always stomaching abuses and acting like they're pretty normal. Heck, being hit was definitely not normal.“I didn't see that earlier,” Logan mumbled, he and Nora approached the couch where Gemma was seated.“It's nothing, you all should stop acting like I fell from a skyscraper or something,” Gemma rolled her eyes, then rose from her seat. Before she could take a step, Derek grabbed her arm, and pushed her back to the couch.“What do you think you're doing?” Gemma was startled.“Get me some ice, Nora,” he requested.Nora instantly rushed off to get the ice. Seeing how Derek was fuming,
Sensing her conflicting thoughts, Derek pulled Gemma’s chin upwards and made her stare right into his eyes. “Stop making those assumptions, principles and whatever in your head. Open up your mind to the fact that you deserve to be loved too,” he whispered.Slowly, he brought down his face to her cheeks and kissed her tears.“I love you so much, Gemma , I'll patiently wait for the day you reciprocate my feelings,” he professed.Gemma opened her mouth to speak, but no words were forthcoming. She opened and closed her mouth yet again. After the show down at the company today, she didn't expect to come home to a love confession.The air around the couple was comfortable. Both just held each other’s gaze.A third party stood right outside the door. Derek had left the door open because he asked her to get him ice. Nora stood watching the exchange between the duo. Though she couldn't hear them, as they were speaking in whispers. She could swear she can literally see how the duo were so into
Derek’s face was full of smiles as he headed down the stairs. His happiness was nearly short lived when he bumped into a familiar face he thought had already left the house.“Derek, when will I get to see my great grand kid?” The old man asked, stopping right in front of him.“Not again,” Derek could only mumble.“We're working on it, grandpa,” he lied, so the old man could let him off.“I wonder how you're related to me when you blatantly lie to my face,” the old man attempted to roll his eyes at Derek, but ended up closing his eyes, an utter failure.Derek nearly laughed, but tried his best to hold his laughter“What!” The old man narrowed his eyes at him.Derek snickered “When I was your age, I used to be a professional eye roller,” the old man boasted.Someone laughed, making the duo turn around, it was Logan.“I bet you competed in the eye rolling games during the Olympics in your time,” Logan said, enjoying a good laugh Old Mr. Ferguson glared at him.“You two, I need a great