138.That day seemed to go too slow for Ashton and Sasha as they both prayed for the day to be over soon so they could go home and NOT see each other.They avoided talking to each other and acted like they didn't know each other. It was becoming tiring and frustrating for Ashton.Sasha sat in her office still reminiscing over what happened when she heard a knock on her office door. “Come in,” She answered.The door opened and Annabel walked in with a smile on her face. “Ooh, it seems you've settled with Roland. You look quite happy.” Sasha winked when she saw how happy Annabel looked.Annabel smiled. “Yes, we settled our differences and he has promised never to do such a thing again. I take his word for it because I'm sure he won't dare that, and do you know what makes me even more happy?” Annabel chuckled as she couldn't contain her joy. It felt just good to put some certain bitches where they belonged.“Enlighten me.” Sasha smiled, eager to hear what Annabel had to say.“I was final
139.“What do you have in mind?” Carson asked her.She made him lean closer and whispered into his ears. Carson's eyes widened. He quickly shook his head.“No! I can't be part of that. The child is innocent and shouldn't be dragged into this.” He expressed his disapproval.“I'm not going to kill the child, Carson. I'm not that heartless. It'll just be like a note of warning to her. When she sees that the life of her precious daughter is under threat because of her relationship with Roland, she will reconsider her decision of not leaving him alone.” Nadia explained.Carson wasn't convinced. Olivia was a child he adored so much and he wouldn't want anything to happen to her. Using her as a pawn in their game is making him look worse than he already did.Because of his love for Annabel, he had dipped his hands into diverse dirty things that he shouldn't have. “Olivia is just a child.” He argued.“And so what? What's your problem, Carson? I'm not saying we should kill her. It's just a war
140.Annabel felt like her world had stopped. She stood in shock, her eyes glued on the road; on her daughter covered in blood. She fell to the floor in tears.“Olivia!” She screamed again, crawling to where the body laid. When she got there, she picked Olivia up and screamed in tears again. “Wake up, baby! Wake up, mummy is here,” She kept touching Olivia's cheek for her to wake up but the girl looked lifeless.She picked up Olivia's hand and it went limp. Sasha quickly called the ambulance.A few minutes later, the ambulance arrived and Olivia was placed into the ambulance, with Annabel sitting by her side. The sirens blared as the ambulance drove through the night. Annabel was in shock. She was frantic, her mind racing with a thousand thoughts. How could this happen? What could she do to help Olivia? She felt helpless and scared. Her beautiful daughter, the light of her life, was hurt and she couldn't do anything.“Hang in there, Olivia. Hang in there for me, please.” She cried.Sas
141.“Olivia? My daughter?” Roland didn't know when he chuckled. “I'm sorry, Doctor Preston, you must be mistaken. Olivia is not my daughter, she's—”“Mr. Roland,” Doctor Preston cut him off with a polite smile. “I know what I saw but in case you're having doubts, permit us to do a DNA test. That way, we'd really be sure.” Roland sighed. How on earth was this even possible? How was he going to explain to the doctor that Olivia wasn't his daughter? She belonged to Annabel's ex, who died in a plane crash. He knew that if he kept refusing, the doctor might still do it behind his back anyway, so he wanted to be clear and also for the doctor to know that Olivia wasn't his daughter. If she was, Annabel would have told him.“Fine then. You can do the DNA test, but I'm not saying you should do it because I believe you or I'm having doubts about who Olivia is. I'm asking you to do it so you would know that she isn't my daughter.” With that said, he stood up and walked out of the office.Docto
142.“No, this isn't true. It's a mistake, tell me it's a mistake,” He faced Doctor Preston. “There's no way this is possible. This isn't true.”“You're seeing the results yourself, Mr. D. Ville. You're Olivia's father. It's positive.” Doctor Preston smiled.Roland couldn't believe it even though the results were staring him in the eyes. He was beyond shocked. Annabel had told him Olivia's father was dead. How did he become Olivia's father so soon?He concluded that she wasn't aware. If she knew, she would have told him, but how would a woman not know who the father of her child is? It didn't make sense.He quickly rushed out of the doctor's office. He was going crazy and the only person that could clear his confusion right now was Annabel.He met her, Sasha and Ashton in the ward. Annabel turned to look at him. She knew from the look on his face that something was wrong.“Roland?” She walked up to him. “Are you okay?” She was scared he might be feeling dizzy because of the blood they
143.A Day Later…“I'm sorry, sir but we couldn't find who was behind the hit and run.” The police officer Roland had hired to look for the person that hit Olivia, spoke from the phone.“How can you tell me you couldn't find who did that? It's a car and can easily be found.”“Not without the license plate sir. We needed that number to track it down but all our efforts to get it were in vain.”“But there has to be something you can do. It just can't end there. There must be cameras around that must have captured something. We can't let this person go scot free for hurting my daughter. It's an attempted murder case and shouldn't be treated like a normal thing.” “I'm sorry, sir, there was nothing. The person was so smart and left no trace. But we won't give up, we will keep trying.”Roland sighed and hung up. “What did the police officer say?” Annabel asked the moment he entered the ward.“He said they couldn't find anything. I'm so pissed off right now. If I get my hands on the fool t
144.A FEW WEEKS LATER“Congratulations, Miss. Walter. Olivia is fit and ready to get discharged. I'll go get the papers.” Doctor Preston smiled as he walked out of the ward after checking on Olivia.“Oh goodness!” Annabel exclaimed and hugged Olivia. “I'm so happy!” “Does this mean I can go home and go to school too?” Olivia asked and Annabel nodded. A broad smile appeared on the girl's cute face and she shrieked, jumping happily.Roland scooped her up in his arms and kissed her forehead. “I love you so much for being a strong girl.”“I love you too, Mr. Roland.” She smiled at him.“No, call me daddy.” Roland pouted.“But you are not—”“He is, Olivia,” Annabel cuts in and Olivia looks at her with a confused expression on her face. “You know when I told you daddy went on a long trip and would come soon?” She asked and Olivia nodded. “There he is. The man you kept calling Mr. Roland is your real father. I told you he was handsome, right?” Annabel chuckled.Olivia's eyes widened. She a
145.After Carson left Annabel's place, he didn't return to the office but went home in anger. He still couldn't believe Olivia was Roland's daughter. All this while, the jerk Annabel talked about was right under his nose.He wasn't even annoyed at the fact that Roland was Olivia's father or that Annabel didn't tell him. What infuriated him was Annabel going back to Roland after everything he caused her, while him, who took care of her and showed her nothing but love was thrown aside. He felt insulted and was not going to let this go.He wasn't going to let Roland reap where he didn't sow. He labored and made Annabel who she was today, he wasn't going to allow Roland take her away from him.“Fuck!” He yelled again, kicking the table in the room. In the process, the glass cup on it fell, shattering to pieces. The noise attracted Liam, who rushed in immediately.“Carson,” He called. “What happened? Who annoyed you? Didn't you see Annabel?” He asked.Carson turned to look at him, tears g
158. AT SCHOOL… Olivia was on a seat, trying to get a class work they had given to them done. Sebastian hadn't been to school for a while, and she was darn worried about him. She didn't know his place and had even asked Mrs. Genevieve about him several times, but she would tell him Sebastian would come soon. “Are you still pouting because of that boy?” Winter scoffed. “His name is not “that boy” Winter. His name is Sebastian and yes, I'm pouting because of him because I'm angry that he hasn't resumed school for days now.“ She folded her hands with a huff. “You care about me that much?” She gasped when she heard the voice she had been wanting to hear for a few days now. She turned and was shocked to see him. “Sebastian,” She called, and he smiled at her. “Where have you been?” She rushed to meet him. “Come with me,” He held her hand and led her outside to the car. When they got there, he smiled at her and Olivia wondered why he had brought there. “Olivia,” He called, and she loo
157.6 MONTHS LATER…“Congratulations, Mrs. D. Ville, you're four months pregnant!” Doctor Preston told Annabel, and she shrieked in surprise.. “Are you for real?” She asked because it looked like a dream to her. She was pregnant for her darling husband; pregnant with his second child.Doctor Preston nodded and she beamed. He handed over the test results to her, and she took them with excitement laced in every of her movements. She stood up and picked up her bag.“Thank you so much, doctor Preston,” She walked out of the office. “Roland is gonna scream!” She twirled happily as she headed for her car.When she got there, she was surprised to see Jacinthe leaning on her car. It's been months, but she still recognized the lady.Jacinthe smiled and waited for Annabel to get to where she was.“Hi,” She waved at Annabel with a friendly smile on her face.“Hey,” Annabel smiled back. “Jacinthe.” She called.“Wow, I'm glad you still remember me.” She tucked a strand of hair behind her ears.“
156.Annabel's eyes widened as Nadia fell to the floor in pain.Roland sighed, happy that the policemen were not dull doing their jobs. They rushed to where Nadia dropped the gun and picked it.Nadia looked at her bleeding leg, where she got shot, and screamed in tears. “All I wanted was for someone to love me! Is that too much to ask for? It isn't fair that people don't get what they want!”Annabel sighed in relief. For a moment there, she thought she was going to die on her wedding day. Roland held her hand as they walked to where Nadia sat on the floor in pain.She looked at Roland and covered her face in shame. “I'm sorry, I apologize for trying to hurt you.”Roland just looked at her. “I'll see you in court.” He said, and left with Annabel.She glanced her parents' way, and they just stared at her with tears in their eyes. There was nothing they could do anymore. She has to face the law. She was taken away by the police, and Roland turned to the people.“Let's not allow what happ
155.THE WEDDING DAY…“Gosh, Annabel, I can't believe this is actually happening!” Sasha screamed in delight as she watched Annabel get into her wedding gown. The feeling was out of this world. She was so excited and she wasn't even the bride.Annabel couldn't believe it was happening either. Her dream was finally coming true. She was getting married to the man of her dreams; the father of her child and the person who proved to be more than a friend and boss to her. She loved him so much and just the thought that she was going to spend the rest of her life with him sent tingles down her belly.Tears rolled down her cheeks as she turned to look at Sasha, who was bubbling with excitement. Sasha rushed to her and hugged her tight.“Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!” Sasha exclaimed.Annabel chuckled. “You seem more excited than I am.” “You do not know the half of it. After everything you passed through, you deserve a happy ending my love. You deserve the joy that comes with this day and I'm really
154.Annabel tears rolled down in relief the minute Roland stormed through that door. She removed her veil and was about to run to him but Carson held her hand.“You are going nowhere, Annabel!” He snapped.“Let go of her right now, Carson. You do not want to see the other side of me.” Roland was vexed at how he held Annabel.Carson smiled. “I can't let go of her, Roland,” He pulled Annabel to himself and took a gun, startling everyone in the church.Roland was about to rush to them.“Don't you dare take another step else I'll shoot!” Annabel screamed.“Carson, don't try anything stupid, you'll regret it.” Roland lowered his voice, scared that Carson might shoot Annabel.Carson wasn't ready to let her go. This was his opportunity to finally get what he wanted right now that Roland was here.“I hate you, do you know that? Why do you keep ruining my plans and acting like a hero all the time?” He snarled. “I've tried my best to be ahead of you in all ramifications. I tried to surpass you
153.“What the heck did you just spit out of that ass you call a mouth?” Roland balled his fists. Carson had definitely grown wings to have the courage to talk to him like that. How dare the scumbag say he wanted to get married to Annabel? His Annabel? For what?Carson was happy that he had been able to get a reaction out of Roland. He knew the dude didn't like joking with anything that involves Annabel. “You heard me well. I would have invited you to our wedding but I'm worried that you'd turn everything upside down, so you're not going to be invited. But, I'll be lenient and give you a video of the whole wedding procession.” He laughed.Roland tightened his fists. “Shut up.” “Why should I?” Carson chuckled. “I'm just sharing my happiness with you and you're silencing me. I'm just happy that I'd be getting married to the woman of my dreams tomorrow—”“Shut up, Carson!” Roland snapped. He couldn't take it anymore. He wished he was with Carson now to reset his brain with a punch or sla
152.“I can't marry you now, let me out of here!” Annabel snapped at him but he chuckled and sped up.She couldn't believe Carson was behaving this way. Olivia was scared and held Annabel.“Mummy!” She called, her voice shaking.Annabel held her close to herself and quickly took her phone. She sent a text message to the number Sasha used to text her but it didn't deliver. With a frustrated sigh, she texted Roland, asking him for help. “If you think texting them the location of where I'm taking you will make them find you then you're mistaken. I suspected something like this might happen, so I already had my plans implemented and waiting for execution. Where I told you isn't actually where I'm taking you now, Annabel. Where I'm taking you is where our wedding will take place.”“Over my dead body will I agree to marry a monster like you. I saw you as a helper but you betrayed me. You have no conscience!”Carson laughed. “Hear who's talking about conscience? Where was your conscience whe
151.Roland sprung up from his seat and rushed to meet Sasha.“You said what?” He asked to be sure he heard her well the first time.Sasha tried to catch her breath. When her breathing was stable enough, she looked up at Roland. “Annabel is leaving the city with Carson and I have no idea when she'd be coming back.”Roland blinked. “What! Why?” He asked.“She said she wanted to go somewhere far away, rest for awhile and heal. She wants to forget about you and everything you two had.”“No!” Roland shook his head. “I can't let that happen, Sasha. Where is she now?” He asked, picking up his car keys immediately.“She should be at Carson's now. You have to stop her from leaving, Roland. I don't trust Carson one bit.” Sasha was scared for Annabel's safety.“Neither do I,” Roland said and rushed out.Sasha sat in the office with her palms on her forehead. She was already getting a headache from all these issues on ground.“Where is Roland?” Ashton asked the moment he walked in.Sasha sighed.
150.TWO DAYS LATER…“Nadia, how could you do something like that?” Mrs. Durand asked after the news about what Nadia did, got to her ears.It's been two days, Annabel didn't want to see Roland or anyone. Roland had been devastated over everything that happened and had refused to eat or drink. He was getting worse daily and no matter how much evidence they gathered, they'd always lose it.Nadia on the other hand was bent on making things worse for them. Roland's parents tried to talk to her but she refused to hear them out. She was indeed showing them the other side of her and it made them relieved that they didn't give her to their son in the First place.Nadia blew a bubble from the gum she was chewing and glanced at her mother. “I've done a lot of things, mum. Which one are you talking about?” She asked.Mrs. Durand couldn't believe how her daughter changed suddenly. Nadia wasn't always like this.“You framed Roland and you know exactly what I'm talking about. Meet Annabel and expla