"George? Are you crazy or something? How can you be aiming at being Jace's woman and wife and his bodyguard is your ex boyfriend? Don't you think the secret would be exposed someday?" Flora queried. "There's no big deal. When I fuck Jace at night, I will fuck George by day. Everyone would have their time and session. Then George would remain quiet and enjoy the ride" Tayo declared, running her tongue over her lower lip. "No Tayo. I do not support you on this. What if someone's watching? What if there was a mistake in your card playing and everything got exposed. No, you shouldn't continue frolicking around with George"Floral disagreed. "Calm down girl. I am a master of the game. Just chill. What's most important is getting Jace Hudson to myself and ensuring I put that woman in her place. Once I get Jace, I'm getting pregnant and tying the knot would follow" Tayo Dante waved her sister's advice aside. Flora shook her head. Tayo would fall into a pit. She wouldn't b
Arianna just stood at a point and let Tayo Dante walk to stand in front of her. She glared at the aggrieved woman from her head to her toes and sneered. Tayo glared at Arianna with hostility. "I made it clear to you sometime ago not to take your luck too far.." Tayo Dante bellowed. Arianna chuckled softly. She wore a smile and kept her gaze on Tayo Dante calmly. She wasn't bothered nor did she show a slight worry about her presence. The chauffeur took his phone and called Jace. "Sir, ma'am is being confronted by another woman" Jace squinted. Confronted, who dares to do that to Arianna in his Mansion? She's just agreed to begin a relationship with him and some random woman was confronting her? Is it Tayo Dante again? He took his phone and tracked the incident at home from his end. Two women stood, one was definitely his girlfriend, Arianna. The second one, he sighed softly, this cheap parader? "Who let you through that gate? Is Jace Hudson aware that you are he
"That's how much of a play boy you are. I am not like you at all. Get out, I'm going to meet her, the chauffeur has arrived" Jace declared and stood up. Chase shrugged and said he wished him a nice moment with Arianna. Jace used the elevator and got to the down floor. He slid into his car and the chauffeur drove him to the point of intersection between both of his cars. He rolled down the glasses and nodded. The bodyguards held the door for Arianna and she stepped out. Another bodyguard held the door to Jace's car and she got in. As soon as the door was shut, she turned and glanced at Jace. The latter stared at her with a smile. He held his hand out to her and Arianna took it. "How have you been, my love?" Jace asked and Arianna nodded "I'm fine, thanks" she said and looked away. Her heart was beating fast, she hoped none of those words she said earlier got to Jace's ears. She felt the temperature of the car was high. Oh gosh! Who said she should say such vulgar
"I thought you were a gigolo and I don't want you and I to know each other. After all, I've been served well" Arianna teased. Jace just shook his head. "Did you tell Clara about it?" Arianna asked. He probably would have been dating her then. "Yes, I told her. We were already dating but I haven't had sex with her yet. It was after the incident that Clara and I started having sex" Jace Hudson replied. "She forgave you easily?" Arianna asked. "Almost immediately I told her. She waved it aside and I loved her more" Jace Hudson answered. Arianna coughed slightly "I won't forgive you if you do that to me. I will scratch your face if you do"Arianna warned. "I won't dare"Jace replied and chuckled aloud. He stood up and pulled Arianna up. He circled his hand around her waist as they walked out of the room. In Jace's car, Arianna learned on his body. This is exactly what Jace had expected from her. He caressed her hair and kissed her temple. She was treated ba
Jace glanced at Arianna and saw her blushing. He bursted into laughter and pulled her to himself. He would return home early that evening and have a good time with Arianna. "Why are you blushing? I've always been yours and you are just so perfect for me" he said and kissed her. Arianna hid her face at the nook of his neck. His body fragrance was strong. He smelled good and she found herself attracted to him afresh. "You'll move into my room tonight. I want to see you first thing in the morning and the last person before closing my eyes to sleep. Okay?" Jace declared. Arianna kissed his chin and nodded. Chase had just returned from lunch when he saw Rosalinda waiting at the reception. He was dazed and forced a smile. Thank goodness, he's alone. "Since you refused to call me or meet up with me, I have come to find you. I have come to see you for something important" Rosalinda declared. "Oh sure. Come over" he declared and went inside the office. R
Rosalinda felt her knees wobble. She went back gently and sank into the sofa. She let her tears cascade down her cheeks. She's doomed for real. She's lost. She knew he was a playboy. But she thought since he loves her so much, he has stopped his wayward life and cleaved to her alone. She was stupid to never say No whenever he wants sex. She would offer him sex and ensure he enjoyed every second of it. She was faithful to him and now, he toyed with her emotions. He played with her heart. He made her believe in that fallacy called love. He made her open the door of her heart and this is her take home? How stupid and naive she'd been. Why does she have to be stupid always and to everyone? Why is her life falling apart for the second time? "I love you,Chase. I have come to love you more than anything else in this life. Please don't do this to me. I love you very much and I will not be able to breathe without you" she pleaded. "I don't love you. The only thing
He is not interested in the child. She's not the first woman telling him she was pregnant. He is not ready to father a child yet, he doesn't want one with her. Besides, he is not even certain that he is the father of the child. He took his phone and sent her a text: Lunchtime tomorrow, let's meet. He waited for her to respond but she didn't. He called her and she didn't answer her phone. Rosalinda couldn't answer her phone. How can she when she was crying her eyes out. She felt heartbroken and wounded in heart. It's too much for her to endure. Since she got home after leaving Chase's office, she shut herself in her room and wouldn't step out. She cried until she found no more strength in her to sob. Her Mom and brother tried persuading her to step out of the room but she wouldn't listen. Eventually when she did, she claimed to have a panting headache. It was while she was with her mother and brother that Chase called. She wasn't there to answer her phone nor di
He held Arianna's hand and said in a voice that is best described as a whisper "I will give you your first present, soon. I want you to know that I have come to love you and what I feel for you is unquenchable" Jace said and kissed her temple. Arianna couldn't find her voice. Her voice seemed choked and she just hugged Jace, placing her head on his torso. The latter held her tight, closed his eyes and inhaled the scent of her hair. "Take a bath. I have done mine already"Jace declared, withdrawing from the hug. Arianna nodded and he beckoned to her to use the bathroom. Arianna was going to step in when he said "I don't know If you like the bodywash and toiletries I bought for you. But if you don't, I'll get you another" he said and Arianna nodded. When Arianna stepped in, she saw the bodywash and a beautiful smile appeared on her lips. Did he say she might not like it? Oh no, she loves it. When Arianna stepped out of the bathroom, Jace was not in. She cleaned he
When the couple alighted, Chase held Rosalinda's hand, intertwining his fingers ders with hers. They drew closer, and a few securities walked over to their boss. When Chase walked over he turned and glared at the securities in hostility "the next time you opened that gate to some unwanted guests, your job in this house is ended!" He thundered. "We are not unwanted guests Mr Hudson. We are law enforcement agencies with a search warrant…" One of the police officers was saying when Chase snapped at him. "If you have a search warrant, do you also have a gate pass?" He asked, his usual arrogant personality taking over the calmness he portrayed at the orphanage. For a few seconds, none could say a word until the man next to Amanda Smith introduced himself "I am Barr. Clifford,Miss Amanda Smith's lawyer" he said, dissipating the awkwardness in the air. "We have a search warrant from the head office to search your mansion for Miss Bella Smith, a girl you adopted fr
How dare he say she needs the advice the most when he was the one who hurt her and rejected the baby? How can he refer to himself as Bella's father after ordering her to have an abortion back then. If she had gone ahead, she would have flushed Bella away. Now, he brought his face before her and said he is Bella's father? She's not afraid of him anymore. What she wants is her daughter and nothing else. "Amanda, I know that you are hurt. I also know that I made you hurt. But please, I'm begging you let's talk about our daughter please" Chase pleaded. "Yes, Miss Amanda. Just give him a chance and talk to him. This mother is pleading with you as a mother, listen to Chase" Rosalinda coaxed. "I don't have anything to talk to him about. You wanted me to have an abortion back then. You paid for it and told me not to come before you again. And I didn't, I never came to find you ever again. And today you call yourself my daughter's father? How is that possible?
The both of them stared at each other in shock. Chase remembered the dream. Everything played fresh in his memory and he was afraid of the rest of the dream becoming a reality. Amanda Smith glared at him. She was thinking about him without knowing he was standing next to her. What is going on here? She remembered the past. How she was involved with Chase and became pregnant. How he urged and persuaded her for an abortion. He transferred a large sum of money into her account and told her not to come before him again or return someday with some damn baby to blackmail him. He is a Hudson. A billionaire and has power. But she's a nobody. She had to hide away and carried her baby in her belly and gave birth to her without his knowledge. She doesn't have the ability or the name to fight him. Now, after a few years she met with him again. But she hopes he's not the man who adopted her daughter? From the words of the matron, she hopes her daughter hasn't found h
Chase kept his gaze on her confused facial expression. He chuckled softly and said "No. She's my daughter by adoption. And now, the orphanage wants to see me along with her" Rosalinda shook her head in disapproval. She'd always thought she's his daughter for real, that is, by blood connection. And she didn't bother asking him about the girl's Mom. And the resemblance, how come about it then? She takes after Chase 50% in appearance. Her eyes looked a lot like Eli and his dad. "But Bella looks like you and your family…" Rosalinda interjected. This is unbelievable. If Chase hadn't told her himself, she wouldn't have believed it if someone else told her. "It's a coincidence. We're not related by blood" Chase replied, smiling. Somehow the girl looks like the Hudson's. That's one other reason he insisted he would adopt her. She would fit perfectly into the family. "Are you sure none of your ex…"Rosalinda trailed off. It's enough. If Chase said she's his daughter by
The matron nodded and smiled. The only kid in the orphanage that goes by the name Bella was the one adopted a few months ago. "Can we get the information about your daughter and the legal documentation you signed? Amanda smiled and brought out all the necessary documents and placed them before the matron. After glancing over it and comparing it with the copies in the orphanage. She realised that it's her daughter indeed that has been given off in adoption. "We waited for you for many years. Other parents returned to get their kids and many were adopted except Bella…"the matron trailed off. They couldn't reach her. She changed her address and her contacts were forever switched off. Since there was no information about her, they couldn't inform her that her daughter had been adopted. "I'm sorry about that ma'am. Life was unfair to me so I decided to go away for a few years. But I'm back now. I have a job and I've returned to fetch my daughter" Amanda Smith
Jace couldn't curtail the excitement surging in him. Arianna is pregnant again, it only means he's eventually going to be a father again. "Thank you" Jace chimed. He smiled broadly. Richard smiled too. He can't wait for the day when he will also receive such good news as an expectant father. "Watch her diet Jace, if you can. Especially the intake of alcohol is not good for the baby" Richard advised. "Yeah, sure" Jace nodded. He glanced at the direction where the ladies went and felt like going after her and hugging her affectionately. She's carrying his child, Eli will have his request granted in a couple of months. They had hardly finished the party when Jace had Arianna come upstairs. There's a kind of excitement in him that she hasn't seen before. He almost was going to spoon-feed her. This deep expression of love, she doesn't know what she'd done to deserve it. Anyways she accompanied him. "You'll have to do a test. I bought five different brands
Her heartbeat almost skipped. She stood gazing at the two people she least expected to come and see her. Is she dreaming or hallucinating? She blinked her eyes and opened them again, but they remained at the same spot, smiling broadly at her. She turned and glanced at Chase,the latter shrugged. Chase went to see them, is that why she didn't wake up to find him next to her? She swallowed hard and wanted to say something but her words choked in her throat. Chase has impressed her over and over with his ability to reconcile people together. "Congratulations baby" Pricillia Black was the first to make an utterance. She opened her arms and walked towards Rosalinda. The latter mumbled "mummy" and her eyes went cloudy with tears. She got into her mom's arms and hugged her. Her tears gave way and for some seconds, they both couldn't say anything but remained in each other's arms. "Mummy,I missed you," Rosalinda confessed. She sniffled and swallowed hard. Her mom's t
"... I'm sorry . I know I have been stupid in the past. I trespassed. I bruised your ego and I said demeaning words to you, but I sincerely apologise to you and I seek nothing but your forgiveness. Even if you don't want to forgive me, for your daughter's sake, forgive me. Rosalinda is broken and unhappy. For the rest of yesterday, she's sobbing secretly. Do you want your daughter to be unhappy? No mother or brother ever wishes so for their daughter and sister. I humbly request you to forgive me for her sake. Rosalinda loves me a lot. She hadn't stop loving me for once. I fell in love with her after she miscarried my baby. I swear that I regretted my actions. I tried to apologise, but you both didn't give me a chance. I am a different person now. I love your daughter more than anything else in this world. Please give us your blessings, dear mother inlaw…" Chase pleaded. Pricillia Black was speechless. She doesn't know if she's to be angry or just walk away. Bu
She had been unexceptionally quiet all the way from the registry. After her encounter with her family, her excitement went down and she had only been forcing herself to appear happy. But Chase wouldn't forfeit the pleasure of his wedding night simply because the bride wasn't looking cheerful. He has to take his conjugal right. Rosalinda was not giving him the expected cooperation. She wasn't in the slightest mood or interested to consummate her wedding. If Chase can just spare her that night. Before the next day, she would have been able to put her emotions together and willingly give herself to him. And she cannot tell Chase about it. And the latter refused to interpret the attitude she was giving him. Chase just doesn't want to understand at all. "What's happening Rosa? Don't you want me to make love to you?" Chase asked, feeling annoyed already. He had to undress her and despite that, she was stiffening her body. He suspected that she doesn't want to cons