The rest of the week had gone by so fast and unusually free of any hiccups. Laura resumed working at the cafe, but this time around she spent almost the whole day there. Due to shortage of staffs, Dave had started stressing out. He himself wasn’t always available because of his chemo sessions. One of the girls always had to go to the hospital with him. Either Laura or Maddie. So now, Laura always left home early to the cafe and came back late.King didn’t feel comfortable with the arrangement, he had grown really possessive over Laura. It felt sexy most times but at times it was choking her up. The last time she brought it up he felt hurt and ended up promising he would give her space. Well, he tried but he couldn’t. Man couldn’t give her a mile.Unfortunately, today he and Andre flew out of the state.Laura was working late at the cafe with Maddie, people were still coming in numbers. Ever since the public found out about Laura and King, the cafe had become popular. Everyone trea
FOUR MONTHS LATER…Laura was in her second trimester already, the pregnancy journey had been going smooth. King has been really supportive in every way, she felt relaxed and well taken care of. There was just her reoccurring weakness.Unknown to her, Dr.Liam always found a way to manipulate her medications. She complained to King and he adviced that she stopped the drugs for the moment, she did and everything had been fine. Both of them becoming a power couple each passing day. All that was left was for King to take Laura to the alter.But soon.After that incident with Allie’s dad—Pittsburgh. King had been extra possessive with Laura and her relation with people. She had explained to him how the man was her biggest obsessed stalker when she was a teen. He tried several times and threatened just to molest her but failed. She was lucky but some other girls weren’t lucky. He was a glorified child abuser.King knew that with the man back in her life, things were about to go south and he
Her hands flew to cover her mouth as realization dawned on her, her other hands holding her baby bump. “Oh my Goodness!” She exclaimed in between soft laugh and sobs.Laura looked around with tears, how was he able to pull this off. She was grinning and sobbing so hard. King still held her to him as he smiled down at her.“Thank you! Thank you. Oh my goodness! How did you get everyone to gather here! And Maddie! We spoke this morninggggg!” Laura was still in surprise as she looked over at everyone who was grinning and welcoming her.She waved at everyone, her other “I was scared you wouldn’t want a surprise gender reveal. Now you know I wasn’t avoiding you the whole week, I’m so happy you like it.” King commented.She threw her hands around his neck jumping gently from feet to feet “I love it. I love it. Love love it. I love it so much. Oh my God! king!” Laura’s happy tears couldn’t stop.“Baby..” He leaned forward and kissed her wet cheeks, her eyes, her nose, her hair and then her
At the beginning of the day, Laura had thought that with King going shopping with her there was going to be a lot of happy moments. Her first trimester was rocky and now in her second phase, it was looking like the universe had finally smiled on her.The day had eventually gone far better than she had anticipated. Her joy knew no bound. As everyone came around congratulating her, bringing gifts. King had brought a big plain white T-shirt, and a small bucket of pink paint. He asked that him and Laura both deep their hands into the paint and then place it on the shirt. He was going to hang it in their room.“When our Princess arrives, I’ll get her little hands to do the same.” He has said to her.Laura had done everything possible to avoid Stacey all day. But what bothered her a bit was Stephanie’s presence.What was she doing there? King was yet to say anything about her.Some guests were already leaving when Laura saw Anne and Stacey walking towards where she stood talking with Madd
Dr. Liam Kentucky. He wanted nothing more than to see the downfall of Laura Ferguson. After her sister led to the death of his only brother it broke him. It broke his mother. What worsened the whole issue was that the mothers heart could not take the shame and trauma. His mother died. Leaving Liam an orphan. After Storm had died he thought he would get some level of satisfaction, well that was going well until he saw that her sister Laura was leaving fine. It wasn’t as if any bad had befallen her. She, Maddie and her dad—Dave living like a perfect family, it hurt him so much he wanted more! Seated in one motel bar down town the Bronx, sipping his third glass of mojito he was waiting for the one person he had a hunch that also hated Laura just as much as him. Stacey. He knew she frequented this place very well on their red nights, the bar was one hidden place where the rich goes to unload their rotten selves, but wouldn’t want to be identified in the outside world. Stacey was someo
“Didn’t you say you never nutted in her?!” Brian screamed as he drove with him in Kong’s car.“Come on man! I know what I’m saying! I did not! Not the first time at my house and definitely not at her house that night! I’ve not been able to sleep a wink!” King argued back bitterly.It had been four days since Stephanie had told him her pregnancy was his! He was running mad. He argued back and even threatened Stephanie the more but she was still adamant that it was his! King insisted that they go to a hospital and have a DNA test done, and the result would determine his next line of action. An hour ago he was so certain the test would come out negative. He had never prayed or hoped for something in his life before. Never!The paternity test came out Positive! It showed that he was the father! He immediately called Brain to come get him at the hospital. He was in no state of mind to drive. How would he explain this to her!At first Stephanie had suggested a hospital where they should g
“Come here. I’ve missed you all day.” King helps her closer, sniffing and kissing her hair softly.I love you. I love you so much it hurts.He though to himself, his lips quivering with the kisses.“King?..” she tries to wriggle herself away from him.“I just said Stephanie was here. Your one time secretary?” Laura states again, her voice betraying her composure.She really wanted to hear what he had to say. It’s not like Stephanie came to threaten her or anything, but the shock of seeing her not only at the gender reveal but also at his house? Unannounced?“Hmmhmmmm..” he voiced, refusing to acknowledge what Laura was implying.“Can you just let go of me so we can talk?” She murmured as he kept sandwiching her into him. Inhaling all of her.“We can talk like this baby..” he brought down his lips on hers. King knew she couldn’t resist him no matter how much she tried or protested.Laura began to squirm under him, her bump causing a small barricade between them.“I’m sorry for how dist
No matter how much Laura tried to be logical in her reasoning, her mind still couldn’t handle the information of Stephanie’s pregnancy. Laura wanted to be a strong woman! Of course she understood they had a past affair, why was it so hard for her to look at him the same way. It had been over fourth eight hours since they had the conversation about Stephanie, but Laura was still avoiding him. If he was entering the room, she was leaving. She gave excuses that she needed space for herself. Laura avoided him so much that when he came to the cafe the previous day she had gone to hide and asked the other staffs to tell him she wasn’t around. But he knew she was around! Her engagement ring was on her. King felt like the world was tearing his heart apart.The reality of the situation was what bothered Laura the most. No matter what King said, Stephanie was going to be in their lives forever. Could she hear it? She had been crying non stop in the cafe’s rest room. Laura hated that her
“Mrs McGorrith, would you like for us to stop at the cafe before heading to St. Clement’s hospital?” The new driver—David— asked softly as Laura settled st the hack of the car.“Oh..erhhh no not at all. And we aren’t going to Dr. Manuel today. Please take me to see Dr. Liam.” Laura replied with courtesy.The young British man who was about 27 years of age was always so polite with her. He never spoke unnecessarily or made unethical comments. Laura felt comfortable around him. She was sure King had given him an earful of warnings.David drove out of the mansion, tuning the radio toan old country music station. Getting to the hospital, Laura checked her watch and saw it was already past 2pm. And she knew Dr. Liam would soon step out for his lunch break. She hoped he was still in.“Hello. Dr. Liam around? I’m here to see him.” Laura politely asked the nurse on the front desk in a rush.“Hi Miss Ferguson! So nice to see you again. Yes yes Dr. Kentucky is in but I think there’s someone wi
Laura was in the toilet urinating when she heard her phone ringing. This was the third time the person was calling already. But Laura couldn’t rush out because of how she would have to be careful with her baby bump. She made a mental note to call the person once she got out.These days she consumed more water and was frequenting the toilet often. Either to urinate or to throw up. But she was glad her constant dizziness and weakness had stopped. Ever since she changed her drugs.After the court marriage, Laura and King had become inseparable. It was just a week. She loved the feeling. I meannnShe knew she was his fiancé. He called her his wife often. But it being official was another ball game entirely. King never failed to use the title on her. He loved it just as much. She had even changed her socials to ‘Mrs McGorrith’ many people who shamed her when they had gotten engaged began to praise her and hush over her.But there were still others who dragged her by her nipples. Many were
Karl's gaze lingered on Chase for a brief moment. "Remember, our alliance relies on mutual benefit. Don't forget your loyalty lies with me. Babe." Chase mind swirled uneasily. He didn’t want to get in Karl’s bad side and he also didn’t want King to suspect anything from the call so he decided to send an ‘I’m busy at the moment’ message and then put the phone on silent.Chase was about drop turning off the phone when Brian’s call came in.Where they on to him now or what?! “Who is that?” Karl asked.“Who else? The puppy ducking Brian! I can’t even stand him.” Chase replied before turning off his phone. His anger was beginning to boil over again.“I can understand King’s hate but why Brian?!” Karl inquired with a contorted look.“He's always been the favorite. Brian's always sucking up to him." Chase bellowed our his reply. His eyes blazing with jealousy.“Really? You're still hung up on that boy over the fact that King confides in him more?" Chase's jaw clenched. Refusing to let his
The news about King’s decision to bring in Laura to the company has spread like wild fire in just two days. Almost everyone in the company were ecstatic to hear about it. Brian was the happiest in fact. He loved that his best friend—King— was now a responsible family man. The board members were still finalizing the decision. King didn’t just want to invite Laura into the building so she could be aware of her new position. He wanted to make it a surprise. Brian was on the same page as him. But when Chase was asked about his opinion he couldn’t mask his disgust.King knew Chase had always been a double sword human. But right now? He was beginning to relate with him with caution. He had his eyes on him. He also had Detective Marshal on him.The two people who were livid and went bunkers on the news were Karl and Chase. They hated that King could make such a bold step and among that, other investigations and decisions that put both men at risk.Karl's car pulled into a secluded alley, t
Andre had been watching King from the moment they left the office.“Sir, do you think Maddie hadn’t spilled over to Laura yet? You know how close those two are.” Andre spoke with a light laugh as he pulled the car to park in front of the cafe.“We were able to pull off the gender reveal surprise. I’m sure we can do this too. I can’t wait to start calling her my wife every minute.” King responded, arranging his tie and smoothing his hair as he prepared to step out of the vehicle.“And after today you better start referring to Laura as Mrs. McGorrith or I’m going to have you fired and jailed. Infact I’m going to start threatening everyone who doesn’t refer to her as Mrs. McGorrith.” King added with a smirk.“Including Dave?!” Andre gasped with a loud laugh.“Yes! Including Dave.” King got out of the car laughing in unison.He had already informed few family members and friends to come stand as witness st the court. The plan was for Maddie to leave the cafe earlier before he arrived with
“I want to hear you say that again.” King smiled into the phone talking to Laura, as he leaned forward on his office table biting on the head of his pen like some puppy lover.“King! I have to return to work. Uhhh have a nice day.” Laura replied with another round of giggles.“Don’t you dare hang up on me babe! I paused an important meeting just so I could pick you call. You’ve got to give me what I want.” He spoke firmly. Looking around at the table to lock eyes with the different men in suit listening to his conversation.“I’ve got to go bye..” Laura whispered slowly.“Laura!” King warned. His voice commanding.“Okay fine. I love you Mr McGorrith. I love you. I love you. I’m terribly in love with you and I couldn’t stop thinking about you all day. There! I said it. Can I go now?” Laura’s voice filled with happy smiles.King blushed so hard, the men in the room were chuckling and embarsssed on his behalf. They couldn’t believe the almighty Kingston McGorrith was head over heels in lo
2:45amLaura and King laid on the bed cuddling into each other, both unable to sleep.“You’ve been quiet.” King whispered into Laura’s hair.“I.. i don’t know how to feel about al this.” Laura confessed.“Tell me what’s on your mind my love. Please, don’t keep anything from me.”“I don’t want to share you with anyone. I’m already sharing your attention with this baby of yours. And now Stephanie?” She replied shyly, nestling into him.King couldn’t help the chuckle that escaped him. He smiled into her hair the more to resssure her “You’re not sharing me. I’m all yours Baby. All yours.” “And the company? Do you really plan on giving her a share? You know, I actually don’t think she’s all that evil. She just feels unfortunate.” Laura voiced out“The Stephanie I know is very manipulative. No. I don’t plan on giving into any of that woman’s demand.”“But she’s carrying your baby too..and..she said she wanted you..”King brought up her face and kissed her immediately shutting her up, while
King didn’t expect that Stephanie was going to be back any time soon. And more so, not to be back with this type of stunt. The deal was for her to leave Laura out of their business.Why wouldn’t she just listen!His thoughts were all over the place as he followed the tracker that he put on Laura’s ring. Fortunately, the location on the tracker and the one that Stephanie has sent were matching. He just needed to be there on time before she does any harm.The first time he called, Laura’s phone rang but she didn’t pick. Surprisingly, the next time he called the phone was out of reach.Unknown to him, Stephanie has seized the phone from Laura.King pulled up to the deserted warehouse, his heart raced with immense anticipation. He had always dreaded this confrontation with Stephanie. He hated that she had to put him in a spot like this!If Laura wasn’t involved he could handle her perfectly, but now he has to be extremely careful. He took a deep breath, steeling himself for what's to com
Laura was back at the cafe doing what she knew how to do best. Bake. But this time around, Dave had entrusted the cafe’s financial activities to her. So she was extra busy.Dave’s exacts word’s were “You need to put your economic degree to use. You can start with me honey, for the next one year you will have to upscale the economic activities of this cafe.”Maddie was already making plans of turning the space at the back—Dr. Hakeem’s restaurant which King confiscated and bought in Dave’s name— to a fashion studio. Maddie was already setting it up for photo shoots, make up arts, modeling and even for art work exhibitions where Lucia could put up her works and sell.They were growing. The baby in Laura’s womb was also growing big. Almost seven months gone into the pregnancy. King had instructed that when Laura entered her third trimester then she would have to stop work at the cafe. But could be working remotely.Laura did not object. She also did not object when King decided that s