"Mr. Vale, you have a call from the police station," Sue said, standing by the door.
"The station? Can you tell them that I would call them later?" Cade said he was feeling weird about it. He did not know what to expect from the police because today was the questioning.
"It is important," she said. "And then I would transfer it to you," she said before closing the door and returning to her desk.
Cade looked down at the intercom with the blinking lights. He took a deep breath before taking out the phone and pressing it to his ears. "Hello?" he said with a squeaky voice.
"Mr. Vale, so sorry for disrupting your busy schedule, but we need you to come in."
"Me? Come in?" Cade said like he had lost comprehension of what to say. His brain was a scattered mess because he did not know what to expect.
"Yes, the culprit is asking for you," he said before taking a deep b
"What?" Cade felt his mouth stay ajar and could not shut. He blinked multiple times, hoping that he would not hurt his eyes."I am..." Valerie stopped midway because the door opened and Ophelia stood there. "Is this your wife?" she asked, standing up and turning to Ophelia, who stood there. "It is so nice to meet you." Ophelia looked at the woman, nodded without saying anything, and diverted her eyes to Cade.Both of them were in awe at the sight they saw her. Ophelia had tin foil wraps against her hair that made her look like she came in from a cartoon; her nails were undone, and they looked strange. Cade looked at her from head to toe—the Ophelia he knew would not show up here looking like that. She would rather die than get caught looking like that outside."What are you doing?" Cade was standing slowly to his feet as the chair moved back with a strong screech to the back."Why did you not t
"I did not get this from anywhere; I have this because it is the only image I have with you before you up," Valerie said, taking up the picture that Ophelia forced out of Cade's hand and dropping it to the table."Then that means you do not mind doing a maternity test?" Ophelia asked, crossing her hand over her chest."Of course, what do you want from me? I would give it to you immediately," she said, going for her hair."Give it here," Ophelia stretched her hand, ready to take the hair from her. Cade was shocked at her reaction and held Ophelia's hand before she could take the hair. "Don't you want to know if she is really telling the truth?""Let us get a bag for that," Cade said, walking to the door and speaking to an officer he met outside. The man brought the bag, and they put the hair inside."Before going on and on talking about whether you ate his mom or not, I think we s
Cade dropped Ophelia off at the salon and then went on to drop off the specimen at the centre before going home. He had suggested coming to pick her up, but she told him she had her car and needed to take it home that night just to be safe. He agreed and told her that he would make dinner and be waiting for her. The people in the salon were touched by his gesture and would not stop going on and on about how sweet her husband was and that they were shocked that they had not been playing a show for the media and that they were actually interested in each other.Cade got home and decided to make some chicken soup and some noodles for her. He specifically asked that the staff steer from the kitchen; that was his tuff now. He wanted to impress her and that was why he was going all out. When she strolled through the door, she was drawn to the kitchen by the scent that hit her nostrils."What smells so heavenly in here?" she groaned as she came in.
"What?" Cade turned to her, and she could barely keep her eyes open as she kept falling in and out of sleep; she was drunk. He stretched over and took out the cu from her hand. He began clearing the table because he had to clean up and get her to bed so she could be up for tomorrow. He had not had the chance to tell her that he wanted to be at her event tomorrow, but he was sure that she would not disagree if he said he wanted to be there; it would be good for their image as well.She was no longer responding and there was no struggle from her to keep her eyes open. Cade cleared the table and put a kettle on the stove so he could have hot water. He needed to make something for her to drink so she could cure her hangover fast. He had given in to allow her to take alcohol because she said she was going to have only one glass, but at the end of the day, they had almost the entire bottle while he tried to stop her.He had his back to her for a m
Cade gulped, blinking rapidly as Seh began to close in. He could hear her thumping heart come so close to him; he wanted this so much, and at some point, he tried to stop her. If he was being honest, he was curious about what it would feel and taste like to kiss her again. She finally pressed her lips on his with her eyes closed, as if she were embarrassed by the situation.She removed her lips from his and threw her head back to see his face. "You do not like it?" she said in a question as she shook her head vigorously. "I will not do it again," she added with a hiccup.He did not know if this was the time for him to tell her that he wanted this more than anything. She was drunk and could easily dismiss it as a mistake the following morning. They could claim that none of them meant to do any of this, and he did not want to deceive himself anymore."Ophelia, you do not want to do anything you would regret," he said slowl
"Good morning," Ophelia forced herself to say. She could not peel her eyes away from him. She was sure that the female workers who worked with him would be delighted to see him every day. They could feed their eyes, and even though she very much knew before now that he was a good-looking one, she could not bring her mind to accept that he was that good-looking and going out of the house like that."Ophelia?" he said, snapping his fingers in her face.She jumped out of her thoughts startled and faced him. "Yeah?" she said, trying to play it off. She was just thinking about things and not about him. Why did he have to look so good? First thing on a Monday morning?"I was asking if you have any hangover symptoms.""Yeah, my head hurts a bit, but I am sure that when I get out into the sun I will feel much better," she said, taking a spoonful of the oats in front of her. She was going to eat to distract h
As Ophelia approached the headquarters, she could feel her stomach churn, even though she had angrily walked out of the house and told Cade not to follow her; she wished he was there now. She would hold his hands to stop her uneasy heart, and she would tell him that it was because she was trying to show the world that they were truly together and nothing more."You are a big girl," she whispered to herself as she sat in the car. The car stopped at the entrance of the company; she was supposed to walk in. She had no idea what her father was planning for her. Was there to be a welcome entrance for her by the staff at the lobby? Did they do those kinds of things for directors?"Maam?" the driver said, turning to her. He had stopped for almost five minutes and waited for her to get out of the car so he could go park the car."Oh yes," she cleared her throat, held the handle and then pushed the door open. She stepped out and
Carter had known that his daughter was going to ask for a contract, and he had it prepared. Ophelia left his office after signing the contract."You are not starting here?" Diana exclaimed as they went down the elevator. Ophelia was glad that her outburst was spontaneously done in the presence of the people because she was sure that she would have felt belittled if the staff heard that her dad was basically demoting her in the name of a promotion. The agency he was sending her to was deadbeat, and what? She was supposed to grow it in a year?"That is what he said.""And you just agreed?" Ophelia looked at Diana; she was looking awfully comfortable with her; this was not what the relationship between an assistant and boss was supposed to look like."What was I supposed to do? Throw a major tantrum and lose out on the opportunity to be the chairman." Ophelia asked. The goal was to become the chairman,
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FINAL CHAPTER"Oh, I see," the doctor said, narrowing his eyes at the screen facing him. Cade had made a fuss even though Ophelia had told him that it was not necessary and made sure that she did all the tests possible."What is it, doctor?" Cade said one hand clutching Ophelia's hand tightly and the other in a ball on his legs. "Is she sick? How sick is she? Is it something serious?" he continued when the doctor did not say anything."From the test results we have gotten so far, she is three weeks pregnant," the man said. Cade blinked; he could not understand how he was supposed to react to the news. They had been trying for months now, but every time she did the test and found nothing, she got sad, so he told her that they should just live the way they would have lived if they had no child."Sorry doctor, what do you mean?" she asked, blinking rapidly at the man."I mean that you are three weeks pregnant, and the reason you felt that way was that you have blood pressure issues that
Ophelia was in her dad's living room, she came because he called and said he had something important to tell her and she had never heard her dad sound like that before but anyway, a lot of things had changed since her mom came. She and her mom had been in contact and every time her dad tried to contact her she cut off all possible links."You always talk about tardiness, and yet you are the one who kept me waiting today; you do realize that I am late to work, don't you?" Ophelia asked, standing up as her father came into the room."You must be grown now seeing that you are talking to me like that," Carter said as he sat down on one of the sofas."I have always been bold; you are the one who tried to silence me as much as you could..""I tried to silence you? I gave you a voice yet you are still going to paint me as the bad guy?" he asked shocked at her accusations. He might have ruined his marriage and home but he always tried his best to do the right thing for her. She may have lost
"So this does not happen much, does it?" Cael asked as they sat in the coffee shop. Desire had been serious about them getting coffee together and had seen it to the end, which, in all honesty, was weird to him."It sure does not," Desire said, taking a sip from her iced coffee. "And to think my mom was bugging me about dating and then I met you.""You are quite forward," Cael murmured, also taking the cup from hand to mouth. Cael could not tell her that his mom too was just bugging him about getting into a relationship. "I guess all moms are cut from the same clothes."They sure are," she said silently. She had thought this would go a bit differently than this bit; she was not complaining about this at all. It was warmer than all of the madness she had been through in the past few months. She had to deal with the divorce, and right after her mom was in jail for fraud."You are..." he trailed off."Another compliment, or is it an observation?" she murmured as she leaned into her chair
Cael walked through the cold walls of the prison; it had been three weeks since his mother was tried and found guilty by the court. He hated coming here, but since Charles had been able to get him exclusive rights, he could see his mother every weekend. Anytime he saw her, she always had the brightest smile on, as if she were right where she was supposed to be, and she always said he should not worry at all and that everything was okay with him."Don't you think you are here a lot?" Abigail asked as she sat down in the room. Charles's influence has gone as far as getting them both open rooms so they did not have to be stuck behind the glass booth."I only get to see you once a week after growing up with seeing you every day of my life; how am I supposed to live?" Cael asked."Stop acting like a child; you are good on your own," she said, smiling at him."You seem to be smiling more in here.""That is because I am free in here; I do not have to worry about making you the first or fight
Green showed up to court; he had been so shocked that Harper just suddenly disappeared on him one day. She left the country and was unreachable. He knew that even though she was around there, she would not have taken up any responsibility. Carter had told him that he was ready to go all out with the court case but thought of the time they had together and just let it be."I know you expect me to apologize for my actions, but I am not sorry for them," Green said to Ophelia after the session. They stood by the doors of the courtroom."You caused all of this damage, and yet you aren't sorry?" She asked shocked. She would not have believed it if she had not experienced it firsthand; if she had been told, she would have sworn on her life that Green was nothing like that."Damage? You knew I liked you; your father knew it also, but I was just an errand boy to you both. I did what I could do to make you notice me, and maybe it worked."Cade took a step forward, but Ophelia held her hand over
"Are you not going to do anything?" Harper asked Green. He had been housing her, and since Cade and Charles had taken back the media space, Green's little influence on one blog was not able to do any harm to them. He even wondered why they were being so quiet with their case. He was expecting some sort of court document that would be asking him to come for a hearing or something."What do you want me to do?" Green asked, taking a sip from her coffee."Anything, I thought you said that you could do a lot to make sure they do not end up together.""And you also said the same thing too," he replied. He was getting tired of her incessant nagging; she woke up each day and began to talk about how difficult her life had been, how much she had to leave behind to come to Cade, and how she was going to lose her mind. Green had always thought that he would lose his mind listening to her.His phone on the table vibrated; he looked at the screen and picked it up. At least going to work was one thi
Cael rushed into the police station confused about when to go; some of the men recognized him instantly, and one of the men went to him."How can I help you, sir?""My mom," he said. Since he saw the evidence two days ago, he had always played out a scenario in his mind where she was in jail and he went there, but none of his imagination had encompassed what he felt in the moment. He felt as if someone was taking hold of her heart and playing with it in whatever way they would like."Your mom?" the officer who stood in front of him asked in confusion."Yes," he said, shaking his head slowly with his eyes shut. "She came in this morning to turn herself in," he added.The officer gasped as he began to put things together, and they finally began to make sense. They wondered why a woman would step forward to turn herself in after fifteen years. If it were to be any other crime, the statutes of limitation might have been over, and she might have been let off with a fine or nothing at all,
"What is it?" Charles asked, looking at Cael, who had his phone to his ears even though they had all heard the line beep dead.His expression made it worse because no one could read it to tell what he felt. "Mom," his voice came out in a gasp."Abigail?" Charles said, looking around."Your mom? What's wrong with her?" Marie asked. She left for the airport in an hour, but Charles had insisted she stay for breakfast. She had hoped to see her daughter once again before she flew out, even if it was from a distance, but she was not sure if she would make it there."Mom," Cael said again. Charles had not worried about Abigail because it was not unusual for her to not show up at the table. She usually skipped breakfast, or some mornings, she had them at another time."Use your words, son," Charles said. Cael's changing expression was sending a signal to them at the table but none of them were able to pick it up."Did something happen? Why don't you say something? Say anything?" Valerie chip