Bella headed to her mother's ward to see her. As she approached her mother's room, she reached out to grab the door handle, but to her surprise, it was locked. She frowned, wondering why the door was locked. She could hear some people murmuring in the room, along with the sound of beeping machines.Bella's curiosity got the better of her, and she leaned in to peer through the small glass window. What she saw made her heart swell with happiness.The nurses were busy attending to her mother, administering medication and checking her body. Her mother looked pale and weak, but she was stable, and the nurses seemed to be taking good care of her.Bella felt a wave of gratitude wash over her. Whoever had paid for her mother's treatment had given her hope. As she stood there, watching the nurses care for her mother, Bella felt a sense of peace settle over her. She knew that her mother was in good hands, and that she would receive the best care possible.She turned away from the window and l
Daniella couldn't control the rage that was eating deep into her, her heart was thumping hard against her chest as she made her way to the room. She was angry that Desmond had gone to the hospital to visit them. "That wasted bastard, Bella, I know that she is the one responsible for this." Daniella was fuming in anger as she ran her hands through her hair. "What am I going to do now? They have told him a blocked her number." Daniella said to herself. She had to do something fast before things went south between her and Desmond. A thought suddenly dropped into Daniella's mind, and she had to act fast. She got dressed and went to pick up the car key. Unfortunately, it wasn't there. Desmond had left with it. "Dam it, Desmond. He's gone out with my car again. He took my car to go see those peasants!" She seethed. "Was he doing all these to spite me?!" Daniella had to pause for a moment to question herself. "I'm sure he is. And I'm going to show that bastard not to mess wi
"Stop talking as if you really cares." Desmond said but Daniella ignored and walked past him, making her way into the ward. The moment Bella set eyes on her, she jumped to her feet and almost pushed Daniella back out of the ward. "You this bitch. What are you doing here? Get the hell out of here before i do what you don't like. The nerve you have to show your ugly face here after what you did!" Bella screamed into her face. "Take it easy, Bella." Desmond came in between the both of them and tried to peel Bella off Daniella. "No brother, you do not understand, this woman can't be here, she has to leave!" Bella tried to get to Daniella so she could push her completely out of the ward but Desmond wasn't going to let her do that. "Will you just calm yourself down and stop disrespecting my fiancee in front of me." Desmond ordered her and Bella had to retrace her steps and return back to her seat, but she kept her hateful gaze on Daniella. Desmond turned his attention on Daniella. "
"Move away from her and don't show your face here again until she get well." Bella yelled at her. "Oh come on Bella, you should give her a break or something. She's clearly sorry and she's apologising to you, why can't you just put the past behind you and forgive her." Desmond let out. Luckily Desmond was the only one in the room who blindly believed that she was apologetic and that was all that she needed. She didn't care if Mrs Elizabeth and Bella didn't believe her, as long as Desmond did—she was good enough with that"You do not understand...." Bella let out but Desmond cut her short. "Just look at her, she's truly sorry, why can't you just accept that?" Desmond said. "Desmond!" Bella said, getting up from her seat and walking over to where Desmond stood. "We are really sorry pushing you towards Daniella but please, she's no good for you." "What are you talking about?" A scowl settled on Desmond's face, keeping his intent gaze on his sister. "What I'm trying to say is that,
"Are we going home now?" Daniella said to Desmond when she approached him."Home? When I've not spoken with my mother?" Desmond replied."I thought you are angry at them." She said, looking up at him."I may be angry but that doesn't mean I will leave without talking with my mom.""But she's not awake.""I know. I will wait till he wakes up." Daniella left, leaving Desmond in the hospital. Desmond waited till evening but she didn't wake up. He gave Bella some cash and credited her account."When mother wakes up, tell her that I came. Take good care of her." Desmond said before leaving....Desmond walked into the room and dropped the car key onto the counter, then proceed to remove his cloths. As he reached for the hem of his shirt, he heard Daniella's voice behind him."So honey, when are we going to fix our wedding. You know, it's the only thing remaining for us to be officially together." "Wedding?" Desmond asked and turned to her. "How will you be taking about wedding when my
"She never talk about wedding. Why did she suddenly bring it up and even wants it urgently?" Desmond asked himself when Daniella left. His mind was telling him she was up to something but he couldn't tell her exact motive. They were together because of his family and her pregnancy, and things have never been same ever since Anabel left.Though he believed with time, he will start loving Daniella, but her recent character was not something he can just ignore. She blocked her sister and his mother in his phone. And why would she talking about wedding when the coast was not clear enough. He was loosing contracts, coupled with the fact that his mother was sick. ...At night when they got ready for bed, Desmond couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration. He had been looking forward to a romantic evening with Daniella, but now it seemed like that was not going to happen.As they lay in bed, Desmond reached out to Daniella, hoping to rekindle the spark that had been missing that evenin
Desmond couldn't believe he was about to sleep without sex. He have never been in that situation. He was angry but he couldn't do anything. He don't want to force her and he can't possibly fix the wedding because she was denying him her body.Daniella was expecting him to dance to her tune but he turned, facing his back at her. Daniella was disappointed. She thought he will fix the wedding date if she denied him sex but it failed.Desmond didn't say anything again, leaving Daniella unsettled. She wanted to change her mind and resolve with Desmond but she couldn't. At this point, she needed to maintain her sneeze.Both slept off afterwards. The next day, Desmond woke up and got prepared. He didn't even talked to her. As he was about to leave, He heard Daniella's voice from the back, "You are leaving without even talking to me?""Why will I talk to you? Can you let me be? Can you?""Is it about last night? I....I'm sorry. I....I over reacted and I'm sorry.""I don't have time for you n
"I'm not a public food. I'm reserved for rich men like you. I'm sure I'm more endowed than the woman in your house. Men like you eat fresh and not bones.""I'm still not interested.""You don't know what you are about to miss.""I'm not missing anything. I have a pregnant woman in my house. You want me to cheat on her? Will it be fair? Remember she's a woman like you." Desmond said, trying to Play emotional counter strategy."It's not a big deal. Men cheats on their pregnant wife. I once had sex with a man who's wife was about to deliver. He was speaking with her on the phone while I was busy riding him. So you won't be the first.""And you think it's normal? They probably don't love their wife. I won't try that.""I can see you are not a real man. Real men cheats on their wife. They have fun with multiple women, something they won't get from their wives. I will leave you and wait for real men. Your loss." She said and stood up, then saunter off, swaying her immaculate ass from side t
"Ladies and gentlemen," He began with a serious voice. "It appears our bidder for the bracelet could not pay. Therefore, as per the rules, she is hereby fined one thousand dollars."Daniella felt the weight of the room's eyes upon her, and the murmurs of the crowd grew louder. Her face was flushed with embarrassment.She could hear someone whisper. "I'm sure she can't even pay for the penalty fee."Deep down, Daniella knew that the person was saying the truth. The fact was that she didn't even have the money for the penalty fee, let alone fifty thousand dollars for the bracelet."Isn't her fiance supposed to be wealthy? Maybe he had gone broke." Another person added.Desmond began to feel embarrassed. Daniella was about to ruin his image in front of everyone. He knew how bad it would be if he don't react. He stood a chance of loosing investors if he doesn't act. They would think he had gone bankrupt. He had warned her earlier but she choose to drag his feet out.To avoid future shame
Daniella didn't know what else to do. All eyes were on her as if she committed a crime. Everyone was looking forward to see her pay."It's like she can't afford it." She heard on girl whispering to her friend."But why will she mention an amount she couldn't afford. She should pay up quickly." She heard the friend reply. Soon, the room began to heat up."I'm waiting for you, Miss Daniella. How will you pay?" The host asked. At this point, he was loosing his patience. "I'm sorry sir, Just a minute." She answered and quickly tested Desmond. "Please help me out and pay. This is so embarrassing. All eyes are on me."She sent the text and looked at his direction. Desmond got the notification and opened the message. He frowned and looked back at Daniella. He shook his head and began to type.Immediately, Daniella got a massage. She opened it and felt flabbergasted. Desmond texted that she should find a way and sort it out by herself, that It's non of his business."Miss Daniella. You are t
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the auction to begin." The host began. "Our first item up for bid is a stunning diamond bracelet, and it's starting at five thousand dollars." The crowd murmured with interest, especially the women, as the host held up the exquisite piece of jewelry. Its diamonds were attracting the light and sparkling brilliantly. "Six thousand dollars." One of the women in the crowd raised her bidding paddle. "Ten thousand dollars." Anabel raised her bidding paddle with a confident smile. She didn't bother to look around to gauge people's reaction. Though she was expecting Daniella to react. She wanted to show Daniella what she was capable of. Daniella's heart flared up in jealousy as she saw Anabel bid. She took a deep breath to calm herself down but she couldn't. Desmond had warned her to avoid Anabel and never compete with her but she couldn't stand it. Unable to resist the urge to compete, she raised her paddle and called out, "Twelve thousand dollar
"Don't you hear her? She said you should excuse her." Sylvester said when Desmond hesitated."I will go but I won't give up. I still believe you have something that belongs to me." Desmond said and turned to Sylvester. "And I won't allow you to take it. I'm watching you." He said and left with Daniella. Daniella was murmuring. She wasn't settled with what Desmond said.Anabel turned to Sylvester. "Thanks for acting along. You are so smart.""Anything for you." Sylvester replied. "Though i'm hoping you will give in to me soon. We can actually make a nice couple.""Yeah, but I still need time to think about it." Anabel replied. ..."I need to tell you something, Daniella." Desmond spoke up when they walked some distance away from Anabel and Sylvester "What is that?" She asked "Remember i told you i didn't come to bid on the auction. But now that Anabel is here, I know you will be moved to challenge her. I don't want you to compete with her. Once she's involved in any bidding, don't
As he approached Anabel, she noticed him and leered at him. "Hi, Anabel, how are you doing?" He greeted and Anabel looked around, acting as if she's searching to know who he was talking to. "Are you talking to me?' "I'm talking to you, Anabel. How are you doing." Desmond, repeated. "Ohh! As you can see, I'm fine. I haven't came back begging you. What do you want?" "Please can we talk for a moment?" Desmond asked, trying to keep his voice steady. Anabel crossed her arms. Her was gaze cool but distant. "Talk about what exactly? Do we have any business?" Desmond hesitated, then gestured towards her rounded tummy. "I couldn't help but notice... Are you pregnant?" Desmond asked and Anabel let out a dismissive laugh. "So you approached me to ask me if I'm pregnant. So you came to mock me?" "No, I didn't say so. I was....curious. I saw your tummy and it seemed like...." "The last time i checked, I was called a barren woman. What business does a barren woman have to do with pr
After eating, he cleared the table and went to meet Daniella. He got into the room and found her crying. "You are crying?" He went and sat down behind her. "You are crying because of wedding?""You don't know what I'm passing through. I can't stand all the insults from my friends. They are calling me baby mama. Some are saying you will kick me our the way you kicked Anabel and I can see it's true.""You don't need to be listening to them. You know what? I will inform my mom and we will fix the wedding date.""Your mom? You know she hates me now. You can just fix the wedding and inform her later." Daniella said. She knew that Mrs. Elizabeth may not approve it."Don't worry about it. I will sort it out. Stop crying." He wiped her tears and kissed her forehead. "Thank you. I love you so much." "I love you too, baby." Desmond replied. "I will be going for Mayor's auction tomorrow.""But......" Daniella was about to talk and he interrupted. "I know what you are about to say. It's not c
"Alright. At least you had a great time there. But I don't want it to repeat again. You are not living alone. You have a man." Desmond said and Daniella smiled, seeing that he had bought her lies. "No Problem. It won't repeat again." She said and hugged him again. "I will go now and prepare breakfast for you." She added with a warm smile. As she turned to leave, Desmond pulled her back and rested a hand on her shoulder. "You need to rest, you just got back. I don't want you to start stressing yourself out." Daniella's smile faltered for a moment, before she regained her composure. Desmond was quite easy to be fooled. "I'm not weak Honey. I can handle it. Don't worry about me." She gave him a quick peck on the cheek. Desmond couldn't help but smiled. As Daniella was cooking in the kitchen, the aroma of the food wafted through the air, making Desmond's stomach growl with anticipation. She was cooking his favourite food. Soon, she was done. She served the food and called Desmond.
The next day, after an early morning sex. Daniella got prepared and was checking herself in the mirror when Leonard spoke up."How about the wedding. I'm yet to hear from you. Have he fix the wedding date?" He asked."Not yet." Daniella replied while working on her scattered hair."We don't have time. You know that. You need to do something about it. We need him to move fast. The sooner you guys gets married, the sooner we move forward with our plan. Any delay can cause disaster.”Daniella took a deep breath and turned to him. “I know. I’ve tried everything, but he is not listening to me. He keeps talking about his business and how he had been loosing contracts. I don't know how long it will take.""Why will he keep delaying? Does is mean that he's sensing something?" Leonard asked."No, I don't think so. He have never suspected anything.""Then why the delay?" "To be sincere, he had been loosing contract recently and it's weighting him down. We just need time." She said and wore his
As they were talking, the doorbell rang. Leonard knew who were knocking and went to open the door for them. When he opened the door, it was five of his friends as he expected. "Happy birthday, Leonard!" his friends cheered as they entered, carrying gifts and bottles of champagne. The room was quickly filled with more friends. They settled in, ready to celebrate with him. Daniella played the perfect hostess, ensuring that everyone had a drink and felt comfortable even though she was pregnant. They didn't waste time in lightening the cake and wishing him well when he brew it. Soon, the party kicked into high gear and Leonard's friends took turns sharing funny stories and toasting to his health and happiness. After a few rounds of drinks, someone suggested playing a game to lighten things up. "How about we play 'Never Have I Ever'?" One of Leonard's friends suggested with a mischievous grin on his face. The group agreed, and they gathered in a circle, each person holding a drink. Th