“I think I fell for her pity story, which I'm not even sure it's true.” She avoided looking at him and threw her gaze out of the window. “I made myself vulnerable for her, she saw through my facade and took the opportunity, I couldn't stand her tears and her plea, so many emotions were swirling inside of me that I didn't know what to do.” She was so lost in her world, that she didn't notice that they had been driving around, for one hour now. He knew she needed the air. He went back to his hotel when he saw that she was asleep, he saw dried streaks of tears on her face, as he carried her up to his room. She woke up in the morning with a hand draped over her, she couldn't remember entering this room, and she was in his shirt. But she would remember the feel of this arm anytime, any day. She twisted and snuggled closer to him, burying her face in his chest. He stirred and drew her closer to his body by her waist. “Good morning.” He mumbled as he pecked her forehead. “Did I wake you
“So have you made up your mind?” George asked immediately she got of the phone with Nana. She nodded and squeezed the phone in her palm. “You can do it.” He drew her closet and packed her forehead. “I feel like I'm going to cower out when I see him.” She let out in a low tone. “How about I go with you.” “No no.” She blurted instantly shaking her head against the plan.“I think I will sought myself out, I will do it.” She left his embrace and went to change her clothes. She has never been so scared, no not scared, nervous about saying something, she knew this will come as blow to him, but he has to know before it's too late. She stood in front of his office, she has been standing there for five minutes , before she mustered the courage to knock. “Where have you been, you weren't taking your calls?”“I ran out battery, I'm sorry to have you fretted.”“You left without a word, I was afraid something might have happened to you.”“I'm fine, I just needed some fresh air.” She sat bri
“Sir here it is.” The butler handed a wrapped object to Frederick. After he returned from work, he had specifically ordered the butler to get him the spoon used by Sapphire and Clifford. He had a restless night, as he retired to bed, he could close his eyes, when he opted to work overnight, he wasn't getting anything straight, and his mind still bounced back to what Brielle said.He wasn't able to get enough sleep before his alarm barred. He was out of the house even before breakfast was ready. “Make it ready soonest.” He went straight to the hospital in the morning, he had arranged with the doctor last night, about the test. He handed the spoons for analysis over to the doctor. “I will sir.”The day went in a blur for Frederick, he couldn't get anything done in the office, and he excused himself of not going home that night.Brielle was worried about him, he wasn't taking any calls or replying to any messages. Everybody has been worried about him, he didn't divulge his location to
“I'm sure you don't know that you can't father a child.” Frederick went silent for a few seconds trying to apprehend what Lucy just said. “You know that brings me to the question, is Brielle really your child or another lost kid who thinks she has found a home with you.” Frederick was too stunned to say a word.“Lucy, are you playing with me.” “Oh no, Mr.Davies news flash you can't father a child. You. Are. Impotent.” She spelled it out for him. His world collapsed. “You know I tried many times to get pregnant by you, but it wasn't working, and I was left with no other choice than you find out whose fault it is, but I doubted it was my fault, knowing how fertile I am. As suspected it was your fault, you were impotent, I couldn't bring myself to tell you, because that would make you disregard me, I had to push my way into your life.”“I'm impotent.” He said not believing it, everything was just happening too fast, finding out that he wasn't the father to the children he had adored
“Noah.” She recognized this voice.“How are you?” She furrowed her brow.“Noah.” She called out again to be certain, this time she was confident that he was the one when he answered. “What happened?” She queried him.“What do you mean?”“I couldn't find your number, everything about you disappeared from my phone.” She rambled on the phone. The other end went silent for a moment before he replied again.“I don't know about that.”“Hmmm, can we meet?” She asked before she could process her words. “All you need is to say it and I will be there.” “I will send you the location and time.” With that, he disconnected the call. She have a lot to ask him, she has searched for him online for days now, and she couldn't even find any of him on social media. This had her wondering whether he was human, nothing about him was on the net.Later in the night, she spoke with George, she was tempted to tell him about meeting Noah but she waved it off, that it was of no use and he didn't need to know.
“I'm confused, I don't know which one to believe, the card or him.” She threw the card away on the floor.“I will have someone look into it.” He made a call to a certain person asking them to look into the card. Brielle stared at the card on the floor, with the name Christain inscribed on it. She picked up her phone to call him, but it entered voicemail. “He will get back to us in a few minutes.” Frederick said sitting beside her. They stayed in silence for a few minutes before Frederick’s phone rang again.“What did you find?”“I sent the details to your phone.” He disconnected the call immediately. He looked at the details that were sent to him, with a picture attached. He handed the phone over to Brielle. She scrolled through the phone over the description, her eyes widened when she saw the picture attached to it.“This is not adding up at all, the card is real, did he lie to me about his name.” “So it's him?”“Yes.”“I think you should call him, he might have a logical explanat
“Yes, but please let's not talk about it now.” The room went quiet as Frederick gulped his drink, trying hard to hold his pain and not let Brielle see him at his worst.The day seemed to proceed slowly, finally, the call Brielle had been waiting for came. She picked up the call at the second ring, waiting for him to speak, when he didn't, she saw it as her cue to speak her mind.“I think you owe me an explanation.”“About what?” He asked acting novice. “About yourself, you seem to have a new thing you are hiding all the time.”“I have never hidden anything from you, you are among the lucky few who know me the most.”“Are you trying to gaslight me?”“There are only three people who know my name in this Virginia and you are among them.”“Wait, what are you saying, you have my head all buzzing around this, trying to get the core. So just answer me this one question, what is your name?” “Can we meet for dinner, like you said before I have a lot to explain.”“Are you okay with that?” He
He took another step closer to her, trapping her in her car, before she could comprehend what happening his face was touching hers, and she felt weak in her knees. She fought the will to let him or push him. It was a hard decision for her to make, she didn't know what was wrong with her. When his lips were an inch closer to hers, she moved her face away from hers. “Don’t do this please.” He took a step back immediately. “I'm sorry.” He apologized.“You don't need to, good night.” She hopped into her car and drove off without sparing him a second glance. “Shit.” He muttered kicking the tyre of the nearest car to him. Brielle ran to her room immediately she came back, ignoring her father in the living room. “What happened, who is after you?”“I was stupid.” “What do you mean?”“I don't know what’s wrong with me, I was just feeling weak, I wanted it, he made me feel butterflies, Dad I can't explain.” She looked up from her finger to her Dad and saw him smiling.“Dad I'm serious.”
He walked over to her slowly, not removing his eyes from hers. Brielle stood certified on her spot, she never expected him to be here so soon. “George.” She called out not knowing what to do at that moment, whether to jump on him, she was excited seeing him after such a long time, but she tried to hold her excitement because the situation didn't call for it.He walked over to her standing a foot away from her, they could feel each other breath.“Let's go inside.” She blurted when they stood there for some time, before she could comprehend what was happening, he drew her closer to his chest and hugged her.“I missed you.” He said as he ran his finger on her back, Brielle was lost in his scent and wished not to be separated from him again. But it eventually had to come to an end, he detached from her and held her hand leading her inside.“Hi, Dad.” She greeted when she saw her Dad sitting in the living room. “How was your date?” He asked trying to get a reaction from George, and he su
Brielle was surprised at how she anticipated seeing him.“Does this mean that I missed him?” She asked herself. “No, I didn't” She pinched her cheeks, her phone rang bringing her out of her thinking, and her stomach slipped immediately after seeing the caller.“Hi.” She said when she picked up the call.“How are you?” “I'm fine.”“I got your test.” She sent him a ‘thank you’ test for allowing her to stay in his place and that she would be staying in her father’s house.She hesitated before she answered.“Yeah.”“Elle, can we meet up today?” She gave it a thought, not knowing what to say, what if George arrives while she is out to meet him?“I'm still here.”“Huh, sorry about that, yeah we can meet.” She said before she could even give it another thought.“Ok, I will pick you up in the next few minutes.”“Yeah, ok bye.” The call disconnected, and she stared at herself in the mirror, she never planned on seeing him so soon, until she got her life together and solved things out with Ge
“Elle, please listen to me.” George let out immediately as she picked up the call. The other side went quiet at his words. “I'm really sorry for the way everything is playing, all I'm asking is that we meet, I want to tell you everything, I want you to see the truth in all of this, which will be better if we meet.”She didn't reply and disconnected the call, she stared at her phone like it was a foreign object, before dropping it and going into the bathroom not before making a mental note to call Nana when she comes out.She stepped out of the bathroom a few minutes later and picked up her phone to call Nana. “Nana.” She called out immediately the call line connected.“Elle, you scared me.”“I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking right and left.”“I understand, but try to kill this old woman before her time, she has a lot to do.” Brielle giggles at her words.“Nana, you are old, what else do you plan to do?”“Witness you walk down the aisle and then carry your baby.” Brielle ran her fingers a
She heard a knock on her door, and she took in a deep breath before going to open the door, knowing who was behind it.“Just hear me out, please.” She blurted immediately she opened the door and saw him standing there.“I'm so sorry the way things turned between us, I never wished it happened this way.” It was like she couldn't remember all the have practiced to tell him, nothing was coming out of her mouth again. She stood rooted at her spot gaping at him.“I understand, I also wish my heart didn't have to make such a decision, I'm sorry for allowing you to get in my head.” Brielle felt bad at his words, she was all ready to give him a try but with her present situation, it would be impossible.“Noah please don't say it like that, I wish this was another circumstance I would have accepted you, but with my present condition I can't.”“Brielle I knew of your condition before pouring my heart to you.” “No, you don't about it, how would it make you feel if I accepted your request while
“This Is Brielle.”“Oh.”“Is Noah with you?”“Yes.”“Could you please give him the phone?”“He is sleeping right now, after going on and on about how you are avoiding him because he confessed to you about how he feels.”“I wasn't avoiding him, I was only trying to get my shit life together and face him.”“You should tell him that when he returns.”“When is he coming back?”“I don't know, but he thinks leaving the house will give you the space you want and make you move freely.”Brielle felt bad instantly at his words.“Please when he gets up, tell him to call me, I want to speak with him.”“I will do just that.” She disconnected the call immediately and slumped in her bed.Everything seemed to be happening so fast, she taking the risk to confess her love to George, only to walk in on the most unimaginable news, and then Noah, she didn’t know why he chose to do this at this vulnerable time, her stomach churned to remind of another problem she was facing, she felt nauseous and ran to th
Brielle was perplexed after last night's event, she never expected Noah to go about the whole situation in that manner, he didn't allow her to say anything, asking her to think about it. She stayed awake the whole of the night trying to digest the whole situation happenings in her life. She was overwhelmed by her growing feelings for him, but her heart still aches whenever she remembers George.“I wish things didn't go this way.” She held her hair tightly, groaning.“I can't even look him straight in the eyes.” She stayed in bed most of the morning lamenting the way things turned out.The knock on her door brought her back from reverie. She walked reluctantly to the door, knowing the person behind it. “You should come down and eat, you have been up all night.”“Huh.” She let out, surprised how he knew. “I will be down in a few minutes.” She shut the door immediately and leaned her back against it. “Shit he knew, but how.” She smirked at nobody before dashing into the bathroom to ge
“Have you been able to reach out to her yet?” Michael asked George who sat behind his desk working on his system.“I think I will give her a little time to get over all the drama.” He replied.“Do you know where she is now?” “She flew out of the country, probably she is with her father.” “I think you should try to reach out to her now.”“I would like to do this the way I wish.”“Anything that goes well for you.” Michael left his office with that. George decided to give Brielle a space after he found out last night that she left the country. Maybe it will help her to calm down. ***************“It's been two days, won't you ask why I'm here?” Brielle asked Noah as they had their dinner. “I believe you tell me when you are comfortable.” She shrugged it off and continued with her food, she was surprised by his action, she expected him to throw questions at her, but he kept his calm and didn't bother her. She wanted him to ask her what the problem was, she wanted to see him care, but
“I'm here to see George.” “And who are you?” The Secretary sized Sapphire, “And any appointment with him?”She glared at him and walked towards the office.“No no, you can't just go to his office.” He ran from his desk to stop her, but before he could get to her, she sprinted and ran into the office. “What the hell are you doing here?” George half yelled when Sapphire burst into his office.“I'm sorry sir.” The secretary apologized. “And you let her pass you, I don't think you need this job anymore if you can't handle an intruder.”“I'm so sorry sir.” he apologized again with his head bowed, scared to stare at him in the eyes. “I think you should face me, not him.”“And what the hell do you think you are doing in my office?”“Ohh, I knew it, I was a fool to be nothing to your promises.” The secretary took that as his cue to leave.“Just leave now, we will sought everything out later.”“No no, I ain't going anywhere, we will talk here and now, and I demand answers to my questions,
Brielle woke up all sore, she felt a heavy hand draped around her waist, she noticed George stir, and she closed her eyes again. She missed his touch the seconds he removed his hand from her waist, but she refused to open her eyes. “When will you be tired of pretending?” She closed her eyes tight, she felt him peck her on her lips, he lingered on her lips for quite a time.“Get off me.” She jerked up from the bed, pushing his chest.“I thought that's what you wanted.” He smirked, and she rolled her eyes at him. She tried to get down from the bed, but her legs betrayed her, and her thighs were hurting. She knew she needed his help to get to the toilet, but she was hesitant to ask him.“Do you need my help?”“You wish, I could get there by myself.”“Are you sure, 'cause I thought I heard you hiss?”“Quite well, thanks.”He turned and continued working with his laptop. “I thought you wanted to leave the room.”“You want me gone?”“No, yes.” She answered confused, as she couldn't bear t