Chapter 38Daniel felt his body paralyzed by shocked. Hell! Not again. He thought feeling terrible for never discovering this terrible story before meeting a doctor. The thought of always calling Patricia a bitch haunted him instantly. Indeed, being bitchy was a camouflaged to the things, pains and mortification she had passed through. Right there, Daniel felt awful and wished to reset the past in her favour. Doctor Meyer shook his head empathetically. He felt a twinge of regret for making Patricia recount the horrific incident which was better left unsaid. He chastised himself. "Of course, I felt my world crumpled. I was terrified." She choked back a sob, her gaze focused on her feet as she recounted the incident. "The little dignity I had left was literally destroyed. I wished, I had died at the spot." Patricia stopped to swallowed the big lump on her throat. Daniel patted her shoulder, offering his comfort. He wished he could do more than consoled. Pulling out a white handkerch
Chapter 39Meyer smiled reassuring. "The power of surrogacy can never be underestimated." The smiled reached Meyer's eyes as he looked from Daniel who held Patricia's hands to Patricia who had hope on him. Her entire focus was on him. Her eyeballs gazed questioningly at him. Daniel fixed a cool gazed on him. Scrutinizing for any sign of lies. Satisfied, he let out a slow smile which warmed his face and lighten his universe. "There is a solution to this," Meyer began conversationally as he held their gazes. "Surrogacy is of two type. Traditional and Gestational surrogacy. In your case, we will do a traditional surrogacy." "May I please know what a traditional surrogacy is and the difference between the two surrogacy?" Daniel asked interrupting Meyer's statement."My bad," he slammed a hand on his temple, as he slowly removed the stethoscope hung around his neck. He un-knotted two button from his shirt. "I had assumed you knew what a surrogacy was. But, I will explain starting from t
Chapter 40Daniel blinked hard, disbelieving his ears. He glanced away from her, looking far away with a confused facial expression. Could he do this? The pains from his previous relationship clouded his mind, reminding him of the heartache Janie subjected him to. His eyes darkened. "Come on, it's not such a bad idea," Patricia persuaded with a cool, soft tone. Her eyes pleading for a chance. She tilted Daniel's face to herself. Her eyes bulged in its socket as she held his gaze, unconsciously licking her bottom lips. "You like me right?" Daniel blinked. "It's not about me. You deserve better." He cupped her face, staring deep into her eyes. "I can't give you what you deserve. Love. I have been hurt." Patricia swallowed. Yeah. He was hurt by Janie but he didn't know she knew about his past and was related to the lady who hurt him. Patricia was certain his hatred for her might be revived when he discovered the truth - her relationship with Janie, something she dreaded with her enti
Chapter 41Patricia shrieked engulfing Daniel in a tight hug that had him reeling back.Her fragrance filled his nostrils. Hesitating, he wrapped his hands tightly around her in a possessive hug. His eyes involuntarily shut on its own. This was paradise on earth, he realized uncomfortably. Cognizant of her action, Patricia tensed, consciously aware of Daniel's hands around her. With a mind to will, she hushed her racing heart. She heard him inhaled slowly before releasing her."Thank you once again." Patricia gazed up at him with a smile. "But, I am still wondering, what changed your mind?" Stealthily, she moved away from his opened arms, snatching the parcel from the couch where she had tossed in her enthusiastic state."I don't know." He gave a nonchalant shrug. "Or could it be my pathetic story?" She whispered slyly, giving him a 'I know it smile look.' Daniel chuckled, "Of course not." His face sobered as he pushed himself towards the couch opposite him. "My office was broken i
Chapter 42"Yes! Yes!" Kate beamed with a smile. She couldn't let such great opportunity passed her by. No! Not when it could earned her an accessed to his office, house and gained some personal levels. Graham's excitement knew no bound at her acceptance. He was so fucking scared of being rejected. He almost didn't asked but then he was glad to have given it a try. Lifting her hands to his lips, Graham kisses it holding her gaze with his heart in his mouth. "Thank you." It was a privilege.***Mark drove into the driveway, turning off the ignition, he stepped out. Making his way towards the front door. Pulling the door opened, a note fell from it. Struggling to balance his racing heart and the rushed of adrenaline, he bent to picked it up. "You are not Graham's son. The earlier you let go of those family and accept me as your father. The better for you. You have a choice, choose to remain with Graham and loose them one after the other, commencing from Daniel. Your so called fake b
Chapter 43"I did it because I wanted to be close to you. I loved you. Enough to give you my innocence. Enough to make you my first man to ever get down with me but your pig headed brain couldn't see the handwriting on the wall. You were quite oblivious to it which shattered my heart." Hot tears streaked down her cheeks. "But you know what? Like a moron, I kept believing that one day you are going to start looking at me the way I have always wanted you to do." Alicia swallowed her sob. "Passionately. But it seems I have been building my castle in the sky."Emotional blackmail. This was an alternative to her right now. She needed to deviate his thought away from the note towards her, probably he might not find out the truth. Staring at Mark under her long eyelashes, Alicia noted how indifferent he was to her statement. She sneered. More actions. She was a known drama queen. Definitely, Mark must also fall to her ploy while dancing to her tune. "What was my wrong? Falling hopelessly i
Chapter 44"Can you stop barking like a dog?" Alicia bellowed, stepping out from his bedroom. Her jaw dropped as she saw fire spurting from his ears. The venom in his eyes were poisonous to her system. She retraced her steps, blinking rapidly to correct her vision. Hold on for a fucking second. Was she day dreaming? Truly, Mark wasn't coming at her with the kitchen knife.Was he? The rate at which he ascended the staircase forced Alicia to rephrased her thought. Indeed, Mark was coming after her with the sheer objective to murder her."Don't worry. I am sure as hell going to teach you how a dog bark after I might have carved out your callous heart and fed it to my dog!" He spatted, closing the distance between them. "Who the fuck are you?" He snarled murderously. What in fuck was he spewing from his buccal cavity?The perplexity in her eyes confused him for a seconds. Mark blinked an eye. He won't be deceived twice. Alicia was a green snake in a green grass. He needed to unsheathe hi
Chapter 45The wall clock ticks noisily. Sun rays streaked in through the blind. She stirred lightly. The alarm choose that moment to rang, fulfilling its purpose. "Ooh.. I have got to sleep for some minutes." Patricia muttered. It had been a month since her meeting with Doctor Meyer. A month since she did an Intrauterine insemination. Luckily, she was medically fit for the task. "Hey, I am off to work. I can't believe you are still on bed till now." Daniel stepped out of the restroom, fully dressed and prepared for work. His office suit clung tightly to his body. Patricia ogled. She found it difficulty to avert her gaze from him. "What is it by the time?" Her voice came out softly. Patricia dragged the duvet closer to her upper body. Her eyes shut. "It's Ten am." "Ten?" She yelled, roughly kicking the duvet as she stepped out of the bed. A rushed of dizziness hit her hard. The urged to spew out the content of her stomach sent her reeling to the restroom in a hurry. Daniel trac
Chapter 55Daniel unconsciously gasped. His heart palpitated as anger took control of his mortality. Fury blazed from his eyes, with his fist clenched. Fuck the bastard! He needed to put an end to this insanity! The motherfucker perturbing their peace needed to be caught and heavily charged for assault and infringement of privacy. "I need more details," Daniel coldly urged. His eyes scanned the garage for any suspicious movement and intruder. Satisfied with the result, his gaze drifted back to Mark, who remained stoic in his postured. "The bastard this time sent a bitch I had a fling with." Mark admitted, his pride wounded. His gaze fixed on Daniel, he knew his thought. Obviously, the 'I told you to cut off with this loose women, see where it landed you' expression was what he expected to see, but he was wrong. "The lady had access to my home."This wasn't a time to cast blame, but a time to conjure a solution and ways to reprehend the bastard responsible for harassing and more. "I a
Chapter 54Surely, his eyes were deceiving him. Daniel speculated. Kate stiffened at her spot. Oh god! She clutched her heart, trying to stop it from accelerating. How in the hell did that happen? She blinked repeatedly, unsure of how to handle the situation. Breath in! Breath out. No one would know what transpired. Her subconscious mind warned. Exactly, there was no way in hell for Graham or Mark to know she was caught having a nefarious intention with Kim. Kate could vowed Daniel didn't know what transpired on that fateful night. He had only caught a glimpse of her, nothing to warrant any suspicious attitude bestowed towards her. "Hi, it's nice meeting you." She smiled, extending her soft palm for a friendly handshake. He knew what game she was playing by the partial twitch in her eyes. The light smile that didn't touch her hazel eyes. The swift way her body quickly relaxed with a faux composure that needed a little questioningly. Surely, Kate thought Daniel was either dumb or d
Chapter 53Abort? Patricia's ears itched as she drew closer. Her eyes glittered brightly. Definitely, something was wrong with Daniel. Patricia concluded with certainty. Hot tears flowed freely and silently down her cheeks as she gazed at him. His heart shattered at Patricia's tears. He had not meant to sound harsh but the action of his brutality couldn't be revoke at that point. It was too late. The twinge of regret further fueled his guilt. Swallowing back the lump in his throat, Daniel tried reaching out to Patricia. His last vow felt like an empty promise as he gazed into Patricia's face, watching helplessly as she sobbed."Look, I didn't mean to say that. I mean, I am glad that you are pregnant for me." Hell! Was he glad? Granting Graham's wish felt like a huge feat but here he was thinking of aborting. What in hell name propelled him to blurt out such outrageous statement? There knowledge of Patricia's betrayal. The knowledge of Patricia's identity. That was the force behind h
Chapter 52Daniel stopped dead on his track. His ears twitched at her words. His eyes unconsciously glanced at the wall clock - two thirty am. A sigh escaped his buccal cavity. Damn it! All reservation and composure seemed to have vanished into the silent night at that moment."Are you seriously serious?" Daniel turned back to Patricia with a blanched look accompanied by a concealed hatred. "Yeah." Patricia fluttered her eyelashes as she pouted, unconsciously caressing her little baby bump. "It's not really my fault. It's the baby's fault. She seemed to love food like her father." She winked teasingly. Daniel felt his heart raced at her statement. His lips arched to have a taste of her despite his hatred. Daniel's eyes travelled down her body covered with the silky night dress that was transparent and offered a lot to one's imagination. If not for the information he received, Daniel was certain he wouldn't have hesitated in tearing off Patricia's cloth, feasting first on her pink ni
Chapter 51Clock tickling away in the far side of the room. Patricia stirred, still soundly asleep. Her hands searched for him. Her eyes shut opened, alarmed. She sat upright, pulling the duvet up, Patricia glanced at the wall clock. It was still two am. Where could he be? She speculated, stepping a feet out of the bed to check on him. As though on cue, he sighed alerting Patricia of his presence. Trailing the direction of the voice, Patricia followed till it led her directly to the couch. A figure sprawled on the couch with a pillow beneath him. Patricia stared at him. Her hands moved gently over his cheeks, caressing him softly. His eyes shut opened at her touch. The coldness that met her gaze paralysed her heart. "Hi.." Patricia muttered cooly. "I didn't see you on the bed so I was wondering where you were but then I caught you. What happened? Why are you here and not on the bed?" Daniel's mind flicked back to the details he received. Patricia was Melissa's murderer daughter. B
Chapter 50Daniel blinked rapidly. His body tensed. His eyes widened as it remained fixed on the name, Patricia Henry. Hell! Was it what he was thinking? Gosh! It better not be. He wasn't sure if he could stemmed the hatred and hurt boiling from the depth of his stomach. Unaware of the quick changed in Daniel, Patricia moved away from him. "I will just arranged my things back." She began replacing the cloth in the closet. "I can't believe we are making this work. I mean you have always hated me right from the onset and now we are not just married. We will be expecting our first baby." Folding the silk gown into the box, Patricia gazed up. "What should we call her if it's a girl?" Daniel remained quiet. Assimilating the news he just received. His body still tensed with an incredulous expression as his heart failed to come in term with the message. His phone was still on his left hand as he kept staring into space. "Hey Hubby!" Patricia called, displeased by his silence. She threw a p
Chapter 49Patricia's world crumpled right before her eyes. She had not expected this from him. How did it happened? What about her? What become her fate? Patricia should never have fallen for him. She should never have entertained pleasure when on duty and now the repercussion of her actions was glaring right back at her. Damn it! The confidence she felt earlier dissolved like a candle wax. Determined to conceal her emotions, Patricia fixed her gaze on him oblivious to the fact that he wasn't through with his confession. Her cool composure, faux to his keen eyes. "Over the days and weeks that I met her, she has become my world. I do not want to hurt her because I love the bitchy lady so much that it hurt right here," Daniel clutched to his heart. "I can't afford to let her go."The passionate way he laid out his heart forced tears to welled up in Patricia's eyes. The unrequited love hurt. It hurt her heart dearly. Listening as the man she loved confesses his feelings for another la
Chapter 48The ringing of the door jolted Patricia from her reverie, thirty minute after Daniel's departure. Different thought clouded her mind as she gazed from the wall clock to the door. Her face contorted in disapproval. Her blanch eyes calculated the distance between the door and the couch she was seated. The laziness that descended upon her had everything to do with her illness and nothing to do with simple etiquette. Sighing, Patricia pushed her tired body forward, slowly making her way to unbolt the door. A figure stood by the door, dressed in a black pant and a yellow shirt with a black cover-shoe. A lab coat laid fittingly on his shirt. A stethoscope hung proudly around his neck. His cologne filled her nostrils.Patricia unconsciously shut her eyes as she inhaled deeply his cologne.Smiling at her action, "Hello, I am Doctor Richard, your husband's Doctor. I got a call to run some test on you." Patricia snapped her eyes opened at his words. She knew he was a doctor but had
Chapter 47Holy cow! Daniel stepped back as though back slapped. He unconsciously perceived himself. The smell of Eau de filled his nostrils. He sighed. There must be something wrong with Patricia. He concluded. It wasn't funny neither was it normal. "Since you don't want me around. I reckon, it's a call to be excused."Patricia frowned, gently rising on her feet. She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Yeah. Go away lest I puke out my intestine. Please call the doctor for me. I might die any moment from now." Watching his receding figure, Patricia sighed. She stared at her reflection on the mirror. "Ah!" She shrieked. "I look so horrible. How do I intend making Daniel fall for me when I look like a lunatic straight out from a psychiatric hospital." Her face gloomed as image of Janie flashed into her mind. Daniel would never love someone like her. Janie was his spec. His type. The sophisticated lady he loved dating. Janie was tall, beautiful with a sexy body. The dream and wishes of eve