"You really went all out, I have to say that you outdid yourself," Cade said as they drove home. They had just successfully been able to leave the house after all the things that Ophelia had pulled with them."One of us has to try," Ophelia said absent-mindedly looking out the window. The conversation between Charles and the both of them kept on replaying in her head. How was she to get out of this situation or was she to go back on her word all of a sudden?"Are you okay? Is this about what my grandfather said?" he asked noticing her mood."Yeah," she said in a weary voice."You do not have to take what he said to heart," Cade said as they entered into the estate gate. "We can go back after a moment and tell them a sob story that we tried and it was not working""Do you think my mind has not wandered that far?" she asked turning to him. "Do you know that there are so many medical advancements that can allow one to conceive a child out of the body""Do you think making a child in a te
"Thank you once again for these," Harper said waving the bag in the air. This was a miracle for her because she knew that things might be tough of she had to pay for the things herself."What about lunch?" Green asked. Harper hoped that he did not have interest in her after seeing her at the party and this was his way of coming on to her. "Don't worry it's on me, as I said I have something to ask you sooo..." he trailed off. She had been quiet trying to study his face.He did not look nervous and he was not trying to avoid eye contact, maybe she was just being extra and he actually needed a favour from her. "Sure, we can," she said. It was just a harmless lunch and they would have it where everyone could see. Nothing more than lunch."Okay then let's go" he said turning and leading her to where he had parked his car. They got in and he took her to a neighbourhood breakfast club.Seeing the place, Harper's fears disappeared because she knew that someone of his status would not bring a
"What did you mean by let us have a child together?" Cade asked as they entered the house. Ophelia looked at him, wondering what he was going on about.After she dropped the bomb on him in the car, he had not said anything through the drive home, and now it was like his mouth taps were let loose and now he could talk. "Are you saying that... Are you saying that we should... Are you saying that?" he trailed off each time.Cade did not want to seem vain to her; what would she think about him if he were still thinking about them being intimate when she had clearly told him off about it? She had been clear and never stuttered about it either, so she must mean that they have their baby another way."Are you saying we have a test tube baby? Adoption? Artificial insemination? IVF?" Ophelia blinked at him. He seemed to have way too much knowledge about things like this and why."Why do you know so much about babies?" she asked. Cade cleared his throat, confronted by her question. He expected
"What brings you to call me so early in the day?" Ophelia asked."I have news from the commissioner of police," Carter said over the phone."Already?" Ophelia was shocked at how fast they got to work because her dad asked them to. She wondered if the Vale family's power was not as much as theirs or if they were discriminating against him because he had not yet announced the chairman of the company."Get Cade to meet me at the police station; I will be going there too," Carter said."You too?" Ophelia was shocked. "Is it serious?" she asked because her father would not leave his busy day and go there for no reason."Why would it not be regarded as serious?" Carter asked like Ophelia was being ridiculous and asking that question. "This is the case of a stalker; of course it is serious," Ophelia blinked.She wondered if her father would have reacted this way if she had been the one who was a victim of the stalking. She wanted to hope that he would react in the same way and be genuinely c
They got to the police station a bit late because of traffic that they had not expected. Ophelia was shocked to see her dad still waiting for them, even though he hated those who came late for things."You are here," Carter said, trying to hold himself from grilling them about coming late."So sorry we are late; we were stuck in traffic for quite some time." Ophelia apologized immediately before her dad could make a big deal out of it. She had seen a lot of people lose out because they had been late to appointments with her dad. It was one of the things he never tolerated."It is fine; traffic can happen." Ophelia could not help the shock that climbed her face. Her father understood them? Was that possible?"Dad?" she asked, stepping forward so she could look at his face properly. "Are you sick?" she asked because that would be the only explanation that made sense; it had to be that he had been diagnosed with some kind of illness and it was making him change so much."What nonsense ar
"Let us go; I will treat you two to lunch," Carter said as they stepped out of the police station. Ophelia looked at her father; she moved closer to him and pressed her face forward. She was tempted to check his pulse as well as her temperature but stopped herself because of the eyes around them."You would treat us to lunch?" she asked, stepping back because of the glare that her father had on his face."That is just what I said," Carter said, and she nodded."Dad, if anything is going on, you need to tell me immediately or my mind will wander too far and I will think about things I should not," Ophelia said with a concerned look on her face."What is so strange about me treating my daughter and her husband to lunch?" Carter asked. Ophelia was overreacting; if anyone else heard her, they would think he had never bought her a meal in his life."You mean to tell me that you are taking at least an extra hour out of your busy Saturday to buy us a meal?" Ophelia followed. Cade tugged on h
"Dad!" Ophelia exclaimed, her cutlery falling from her hand to the plate in front of her."Can't I ask my son-in-law that?" Carter asked, turning to Cade and then to Ophelia with a shrug."Why would you ask him that?""Isn't that why he married you?" Carter asked. "To become the chairman, so I am wondering what is taking so long.""My grandfather had more...""Stop there," Ophelia said, cutting him off before he could say anything more. "You do not have to explain anything to him.""Ophelia, stay out of this," Carter said before gesturing to Cade to explain."My grandfather's first requirement for the position was that I get married.""Which was why you got together with my daughter?" Carter asked. Ophelia was shocked that it took her father this long to speak about it. He was not deceived by their petty tricks at all. He still knew that they were together, mostly for business benefits."Yes, sir, but recently, due to new policies, grandfather is saying that we need to have children b
"Why did you do that?" Cade asked Ophelia, who had been pacing the floor of the house for ten minutes since they arrived. "Do what?" she asked, pretending not to understand what he was talking about. "Do what is making you as worried as you are right now," Cade replied. "Worried?" she asked, coming to sit beside him. "I am not worried; why would I be?" she asked, tapping one leg to the ground as it shook violently. "Tell that to your violent, shaky legs and wrung-up fingers." His hands rested on her leg so gently that it stopped immediately.She turned to him, and as if she were smiling, she bent her head and ran her hand through her hair multiple times; it was all over her head. "Why did I do that?" she whispered. "Exactly why did you do that? I was okay with taking the heat. I guess with your promotion coming up I will have to answer the question more often than I thought.""Do you think so?" Ophelia raised her head to catch a glimpse of his face. The expression on his face was