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One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-One
ZORA'S POVI leaned back on the sofa with a sigh."It's really bad, but just calm down, Kathy.""Don't tell me to the calm down because I can't," Katherine said irritably. Her voice over the phone was shrill. She sounded a little out of breath and it seemed that she was pacing. "I don't even understand how you can be so calm about this. Thank goodness I'm not a public figure and that I'm not you. I would have flipped my lid.""Trust me, I completely lost it, but then what would my display of anger have accomplished?""Oh, mine would have accomplished a lot. If only I could get my hands on that loud mouthed, bloody bitch who Elliot was unfortunate to marry, I would have taught her a lesson that she would never forget. Does she actually think that she is going to get away with this shit?""I honestly don't know at this point. I think she may have one or two more aces up her sleeve."Katherine snorted. "She can't do much more damage than she has already done, can she? But she must know t
Last Updated : 2023-10-10One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-Two
ZORA'S POVFreya tugged on my sleeve. "Come on, mum. Say something," she urged. After a few seconds, I nodded. "Okay. We are going out."The kids let out a whoop of delight, hugged themselves. They came down from my lap, jumped up and down excitedly."We are going out! Out! Out!" Finn chanted excitedly, and began dancing in circles around Freya, who giggled and kept turning to keep him in sight until she began getting a little dizzy. "Alright. You two-" I said after a while in which they had indulged in unrestrained merriment. "-go and get dressed. I've laid out your clothes on your bed. Make sure you dress properly."They darted off at once to obey. It felt good to see them so happy, happier than they had been in a very long time. After a while, I went after them. They had already gotten dressed, or at least attempted to. Finn had put his shoes on wrong and Freya had somehow gotten her hair into a mess. I rolled my eyes. "You call this getting properly dressed?" I told them as I
Last Updated : 2023-10-11One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-Three
ZORAS POVI plonked down on the couch in front of the television with a sigh. I leaned forward, picked up the remote control which was between Finn and Freya. With a grimace, I dusted off the cookie crumbs on it. "Mum," Finn said, turning to me and pausing in the act of conveying a cookie in his mouth, while eyeing the remote control. "Freya and I are watching the cartoon."Freya nodded and grunted assent, not bothering to speak, as her mouth was crammed full of cookies. "Well, I want to watch the news." Finn scrunched up his face. "Mums also watch television, you know."Finn was about to say something else when a giggling Freya snatched the cookie he was holding and ate it all up. Finn let out a cry of protest and proceeded to grab as many cookies as he could from the jar. "Take it easy you two. The cookies aren't running away," I said as I leaned back against the sofa. I put on the entertainment news channel. They were showing a news article about the just concluded fashion week
Last Updated : 2023-10-13One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-Four
ZORA'S POVThe room was silent for a long moment. The tension in it was thick enough to be cut with a knife. I could feel strain rolling in waves all over me. Trey was muttering under his breath, his eyes darting here and there. "How the hell did we get here?" he ground out. He looked from me to Cheryl and back again. "In the past, things have been bad, no doubt, but not this bad, damnit! Not like this."He banged his fist on the table so hard that the things on it rattled. He seemed to realize what he had just done, and snatched his hand back. He sighed tiredly. "How does this all get to go away?" he said, half to himself. He looked to Cheryl again. She looked clueless, probably the exact same way I looked. Her shoulders were hunched and she kept mussing up her perfect beauty shop curls in her agitation. Now that things had gone out of hand, I had to inform Cheryl and Trey about what was happening with the CSP. Cheryl had known that something was afoot, of course, but had beensho
Last Updated : 2023-10-14One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-Five
ZORA'S POVI came back from the kitchen after having gotten glasses of juice for Finn and Freya. At the table, I hesitated, then sat down slowly. I had spent sometime in the kitchen, putting it in order. Yet I still saw the same quantity of food on the children's plates. They didn't appear to have eaten anything at all. Plastering a smile on my face, I placed the glasses of fruit juice in front of them. "There you go," I said. "Cold and yummy just the way you like it. Now eat your food so you'll both grow really big and strong, okay?"They nodded listlessly and began to pick at their food, evidently eating with no enjoyment. I ate some of my food, chewed slowly, taking care to taste what I was eating. The meal was delicious. I had ordered it from a restaurant whose food the kids liked. That meant they couldn't be picking at their food because it was tasteless. The only sound in the dining room was the clinking of cutlery which was odd, because meal times were a time of activity for
Last Updated : 2023-10-15One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-Six
ZORA'S POV"Hey, Finn. Is there anything you want to talk about?"Finn looked up at Katherine, slowly shook his head. His head once more bent over the action figure he was listlessly moving about on his lap.Katherine clapped a hand to her chest. "Ouch. That hurt, Finn." Katherine turned to Freya. "What about you, Freya? Don't you have anything to tell me about school-" Katherine bit her lip, remembering what I had told her about the kids having a hard time at school. She went on quickly. "-or your favourite cartoons or... I'm pretty sure your brother here got up something while I was gone. How about you tell me about that. Huh?" Freya glanced at Katherine, then away. She was like a mirror of her brother. She had a doll in her hand and was engaged in fixing and removing the limbs of the doll. Katherine sighed exasperatedly. "Okay. If you don't want to talk, do you want us to play dress up with your dolly? You'll spoil her legs if you carry on like that. I bet she really wants to try
Last Updated : 2023-10-17One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-Seven
ZORA'S POVWhat Elliot had just said hit me with the force of a bomb. I was on my feet with hardly a recollection of how I had gotten up. "And what the hell is that supposed to mean?" I yelled. I pressed the phone tightly to my ear, not wanting to believe that I had heard Elliot correctly. Elliot sighed. "Just- Oh, damn! Now I'm thinking it was a really bad idea to have heard this conversation on phone. But- but I just wanted to give you the heads-up, that's all.""Oh yeah? Well even if we were going to have this conversation face to face, or over the phone, my reaction would still have been the same. All I want you to do now is to tell me that you are bloody joking. You're pulling my legs, right?""If you could just calm down-""Don't you dare tell me to calm down," I shouted, beside myself with anger. "Just don't.""I think you didn't really understood what I said. Just let me explain it to you again."Because I was hoping Elliot could explain this new development in a way that w
Last Updated : 2023-10-18One More Baby, Mr. CEO Ninety-Eight
ZORA'S POVI glanced at my wristwatch and saw that we were almost running late. Well, not running late, exactly, but I wanted to be there as soon as I could. I once more focused on what I was doing, dishing the food into a foodflask. I listened, but I could not hear Finn. I left the kitchen, moved to the living room, but he wasn't there either. That meant he was still getting ready in his room. "Finn," I shouted. "What are you still doing? I thought you would be ready by now.""I'm just tying my shoelaces, mum," he shouted back. "I will be done in a minute.""Alright. Hurry up."Just as I put the lid on the food flask, Finn ran in. "I'm all done," he announced, grinning from ear to ear. I looked him over. "I can see that. And you are wearing your new pair of sneakers too.""Uh huh. I want her to see it. I think I will even let her wear it. Let's go, mum.""Hold your horses, kiddo. I'm yet to pack up the food.""Oh, what food are you packing?"For answer, I took the lid off the food
Last Updated : 2023-10-19
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One More Baby, Mr. CEO EPILOGUE
ZORA'S POVTEN YEARS LATER"Freya! Freya!" I called repeatedly as I walked towards her room.I did not hold much hopes of her answering though. It was a few minutes to 7 in the morning, and if I knew my daughter very well, she would still be in bed and fast asleep at this time."Fre-" I threw open the door to her room and stopped short.She was not in bed as usual. She was up, and appeared to have been up for some hours. She was already dressed and was sitting in front of the mirror, applying some lip gloss. My eyes narrowed at this. I could not remember when I had seen Freya interested in anything that had to do with makeup. As a mum that was a model, I had half been expecting Freya over the years to have shown some interest in the cosmetics lining my dressing table. But she had been completely indifferent to them. I hadn't minded her indifference though. I had sort of welcomed it."A mother that knows all about fashion, and a daughter that has no interest in it whatsoever," Elliot u
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Thirteen
ZORA'S POV"And how is your vacation going?" Katherine asked almost as soon as I picked the call.This question was followed by a giggle. I narrowed my eyes at that. It seemed there was a hidden meaning underlying Katherine's question."And why did you laugh after asking that, Kathy?" I asked her."Oh, don't mind me. It's just that my imagination went into overdrive for a minute. What I actually wanted to ask if if Finn and Freya's presence there has given you and Elliot some much needed smooching time, if you know what I mean.""Kathy!" I exclaimed and blushed when the meaning of her question became plain. "You are something else, you know that, right?""I know. I know. I'm picturing the blush on your cheeks right now." We laughed. "Seriously though, how is everything going over there?"I stretched languidly in bed and transferred the phone to my other ear. "It's going better than I had imagined. We are all having lots of fun. This resort is so beautiful. I can spend hours and hours w
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Twelve
ZORA'S POV"What do you think? That I'm serious about this, or joking?" I asked Elliot with a grin.Elliot traced patterns with his fingers all across my collarbone."You tell me, Zora," he murmured softly. "I can't seem to think straight right now. But I know something that will help improve my thinking faculties right now.""Oh. And er- what could that be?""This." In one fluid movement, Elliot pulled himself up and pressed his lips to mine. His tongue moved across my lips several times, then withdrew. He continued kissing me a few moments longer before pulling away. I was breathless by then and could barely speak. He smirked at the effect he knew he had on me."Now I can think again," he said. "Now where were we? Let me see. Ah. I remember. We were talking about what you just told me-"I pouted. "It's not fair at all. We were having a serious conversation, then you kissed me and sent my thoughts going here and there." I reached for him. "Come back here and finish what you started."
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Eleven
ZORA'S POVUnder the lights, Katherine's diamond ring sparkled and glinted like there were a thousand fireflies caught in it."I still can't believe it," she gushed. "I'm engaged to the man I love-" She gave Drew, who sat beside her a doe eyed look. He gave her one right back. The sparks flying between the two of them were almost visible. "-and that was after several tortuous days in which I died several times over. I just can't believe it everything turned out so well.""I can't either," I said and groaned, rubbed my forehead. All eyes turned towards me. "I can't believe that you finally proposed to Katherine. I think that at this point, I am happier than Kathy here. She almost drove me out of mind by worrying so much about you, talking on stop about you and forcing me to listen to her do so."This stirred up laughter. A chuckling Elliot put up his hand. "I'm a witness to this. Whenever Zora's phone rang when I was with her, it was Katherine calling more than ninety-nine percent of
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Ten
ZORA'S POVElliot turned to Finn who he held in the crook of one arm."And how has school been for you lately, Finn?""It's been good. My teacher says I'm smart, and I always do my work at school myself. I do my homework too. Mummy knows that.""Good. I'm impressed with you. By the way, have you been drawing any more of those beautiful pictures?"Finn nodded eagerly. "Uh huh. I've drawn lots and lots of them, but they are at school now. I will get them next time, so you will see them.""I would like that very much.""Aren't you going to ask Freya about how school is too?" Finn questioned.There was a twinkle in Elliot's eyes as he looked over at Freya who he held in the crook of the other arm. She was busily engaged in licking a lollipop from various angles."Freya has told me all about her time at school. She gives me a dialy report every single day." Elliot tipped me a wink.I hid a grin. I knew exactly what he was talking about. Whenever I went to pick the kids from school, Freya w
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Nine
ZORA'S POVDrew goggled at me. The expression on his face was almost comical. I tried my hardest to keep the laughter in, and to keep my qexpression deadpan."Are you being serious, Zora?""Uh huh. Don't I look serious?"Drew groaned. "Why are you and Elliot being such a pain in the ass today? It's almost like you two had it all planned." He looked at me sharply. "Elliot didn't call you to tell you that I was coming here, did he?"I rolled my eyes at that. "Of course not.""Then why won't both of you help me? You are sort of like my last resort, you know? Who else am I going to ask for ideas?""I don't know, honestly. Like I told you before, I am fresh out of ideas, but I am sure that you will figure something out. You always do. Whatever you eventually come up with will be... adequate."He gasped. "Adequate? Did you say adequate? This is a once in a lifetime event, and I want to get it exactly right for Kathy. Not right even. I want it to be perfect. Adequate won't do at all.""Ah. I
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Eight
ELLIOT'S POVI looked through the pile of documents on my desk as I waited for my secretary. Seconds later, the door to my office opened, admitting her."Here they are sir," she said as she handed some more files over to me."Okay. Thank you."She resumed her seat, restarted her computer and began to work. I quickly glanced through the files, noted some information on the notepad in front of me."What about the progress reports on that account we just got?' I asked her after a while."I didn't include it because it was not completely ready yet, sir.""Okay... but it is essential for me to have that in order to properly make sense of the bulk of these reports you just gave to me."She quickly made a note and nodded. "Alright. I will get the person in charge of sending the progress report to speed things up.""Good. Now how about the project the company is working on outside the state? I haven't been able to travel to er- oversee it myself. How is it coming along? ""Oh, very well, sir.
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Seven
ZORA'S POV"Are you quite busy?" Trey said a couple of minutes after he had come into my office and stood around, watching me work.I placed a finger on the place I was reading and looked up at him. "You gave me this files through Cheryl to work on, so I'm saying yes, I'm quite busy."I meant this as a joke, grinned at him, but he did not return the smile. He looked like a man with a lot on his mind. I shut the file folder, and sat up, giving him my attention."Okay. Tell me. What's on your mind?"As though he had been waiting for me to say that all along, Trey quickly seated himself."What's on my mind is a question. When is Elliot making it official?"I had an inkling of where Trey was headed with this already. Katherine had asked me this very question a while ago too. I just wished they would all give it a rest already, at least for now. I was still sorting out myself. I didn't know if I was ready yet for that commitment.I raised a brow. "I am guessing you are insinuating that Ell
One More Baby, Mr. CEO Hundred and Six
ZORA'S POVI watched Finn and excitedly tear off another gift wrap. I winced a little at the squeal of delight that they let out at the same time. My ears still buzzed from the last one."Mum, mum, look. He got me another doll," cried Freya as she held out a realistic looking dolly still in it's plastic wrap.I grinned. "Yes, sweetie. I can see that. You new doll is pretty. What are we going to call her?""Let me see," Finn said, and tried to take the doll from Freya.She immediately held it out of his reach."It's not yours," Freya said.Finn gestured to the pile of unwrapped toys beside him. "I let you see my own toys. Why can't I see your doll?"I felt it was time to intervene now. It was the twins birthday and they had been happily unboxing Elliot's gifts for the past hour. They had gotten through a pile and still had about half a pile more to go."Why don't we go on with opening your presents?" I suggested. "I'm curious to know what is in all those pretty boxes. Aren't you?'S
