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2024-12-06 04:08:44Before he could utter a word, the door was pushed open and the doctor entered the ward. He took her body temperature and her heartbeat rate. “Madam, how are you feeling now?” the doctor asked. “Am feeling like my baby is not inside here.” That was the only feeling she had.
The doctor looked at here, “Madam we are sorry for the loss of your baby, but again we are lucky that you are alive.” She felt her heart bleeding from pain. The joy she had did not even last for a day. The baby she had been asking for was just gone like that. She was not able to protect her child. “She pushed me down the stairs and made me lose my baby,” she cried. Alexander Reid who was listening to her could roughly guess what had happened. He moved closer to her and held her hand. He didn’t know how to console her but he had to try. “Don’t cry, don’t think about it anymore, you will get another baby, as beautiful as you.” “Really? Will I get another baby?’ she smiled then her smile faded. “But Lucas Hayes doesn’t want me anymore. He said he loves my sister,” she paused then continued. ” I went to the hospital today and the doctor told me that I was pregnant. I couldn’t wait to break the good news to my husband. I rushed home and I found him with my sister naked in our matrimonial bed. She pushed me down the stairs, I was bleeding, I called for help but they ignored me.” Her child was gone, she felt like losing hope in life. The doctor gave her some medicine so that she could sleep for some time. Alexander Reid followed the doctor to his office. He explained to the doctor how he received a call from her and rushed her to the hospital. All long the doctor thought that she was his wife not knowing that he was just a savior who was called by mistake. “When is she going to be discharged?” Alexander Reid asked. “There is nothing serious now. She can just be discharged and recuperate at home, but she needs a lot of rest.” At the same time inside the ward, Mrs. Hayes, Lucas Hayes mother pushed the door open. She pulled the drip from Vanessa's hand and she started bleeding. Vanessa was awaken by the pain. Before she could master what was going on, she received a slap on her right cheek. “You daughter of a bitch, why did you abort my grandson? I wish my son would have never married you.” Vanessa did not shed a single tear. “You can’t talk now you prostitute? You have slept around with men forgetting how my son has always been good to you.” She slapped her again on her left cheek. Vanessa hung her head low and Mrs. Hayes thought that she was guilty in her heart so she dared not to look at her. “Arrr, you have just been a disgrace to the Hayes family.” Mrs. Hayes eyes were full of disgust. Mrs. Hayes didn’t like her from the very beginning, she was not the type of daughter-in-law she wanted. She saw her as a useless woman, who didn’t add any value to the Hayes family other that just staying at home and enjoying the wealth of the Hayes family. Vanessa raised her head and glared at Patricia without the slightest expression on her face. "Look at you ugly human being! You killed my grandson, I have not yet settled the scores with you yet you still have the audacity to stare at me!” Vanessa listened to Mrs. Hayes rebuke and accusations, and lowered her head again, making it impossible for Mrs. Hayes to guess what she was thinking. Mrs. Hayes glanced at the blood stain on the back of Vanessa's hand, and was stunned for a moment. It was a needle which had dropped and it won’t kill her. She thought to herself. Mrs. Hayes pulled her hand and she fell from the bed with a thud. At the same time, Alexander Reid was done talking with the doctor so he headed towards the ward. At the door, he overheard something falling with someone shouting. He quickly rushed in only to find Vanessa on the floor, blood flowing from her hand. A middle age woman stood there as she cursed her. “What are you doing?” he pushed the woman aside and carried Vanessa placing her back to bed. He quickly pressed the bell so that the doctor could come in quickly. Mrs. Hayes took out a document from her bag and threw it in front of Vanessa "Sign it!" Mrs. Hayes said with a cold voice. Alexander Reid tried pushing the woman out of the door but Vanessa stopped him. “Do you have a pen?” she asked with a low voice. Alexander Reid took a pen from his pocket and handed it to her. She picked the paper and signed her name with a shady handwriting then gave it back to Alexander Reid who gave it to the woman. The doctor quickly rushed in and the drip was connected back to her hand. Alexander Reid called the security who led Mrs. Hayes out of the hospital. Alexander Reid sat by the side of her bed. He knew she was in too much pain. He had seen the document she signed very well. It was a divorce agreement document. She had found her husband cheating with her sister in her matrimonial bed, she had lost her baby and she got divorced on the same day. The kind of pain could not be borne by just an ordinary person. He was sure that she must be trying very hard to remain strong. “Everything will be okay with time,” he assured her. Natasha nodded her head. “Have you seen my phone anywhere?” she asked Alexander Reid. He took the phone from his trouser pocket and handed it to her. Vanessa was surprised not understanding how he got hold of her phone.
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She recalled that she had not asked him who she was and what he was doing there. Recalling what happened, she had called her friend Becky to take her to hospital but she didn’t see her when she woke up. Who could have taken her to the hospital? Could it be that man? “Are you the one who took me to the hospital?” she asked. Alexander Reid nodded his head. “How did you see me? Do you live at Queens residence?” she asked. “No, I don’t live there, you called me,” he answered. “What do you mean? I don’t recall that.” She took her phone whose power was running low and checked the call history. She realized when she dialed Becky's number, she entered one digit wrongly and the number turned out to be Alexander Reid. “Thank you very much Sir and am very sorry for bothering you that much.” Alexander Reid smiled,” am very much privileged to be of help to you,” he responded. “Am sorry,” Alexander Reid added. “Why are saying that?” Vanessa was surprised not knowing what he meant. “
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Alexander Reid helped her get down from the car. Holding her hand, he led her to the house. The mansion was big and Vanessa was surprised. She never thought that Alexander was living in such a place. She knew that rich people would never help others easily but Alex's action made her disagree with that belief. “This your room, make yourself comfortable,” he said before leaving the room. Vanessa sat by the side of the bed as she looked around the room. The walls were lively and painted pink, the color she liked. The bed was so big that it could accommodate up to six people. She felt sticky everywhere, she felt as if it saw ages since the last time she took a bath. She wanted to take a very good shower and rest. She stood up with some struggle and headed to the bathroom. A hot shower was already prepared and she couldn’t tell when and who prepared it. A c
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At the corner of the corridor leading to his study, Alexander hid there as he looked at her secretly. She was running as if someone was chasing after her. He thought that she would be happy if he brings a caregiver to her but it was if he was wrong. Alexander knew that all girls yearned being taken care of by someone, but it was not the case for her. He shook his head then entered his study. He picked the document that contained all the information about Vanessa and started reading through it. "Lucas Hayes" he whispered the name. The name was not very new to him, he had heard of it. He was the only son of the Hayes family in the city. He had seen him a couple of times in business parties but he had never talked to him. Although the Hayes family was rich, it could never be compared to the Reid's family. The two families were like worlds apart. The wealth of almost all the top one hundred families together could not be at the same level as the wealth of the Reid's family.
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one week later. Vanessa woke up as usual and sat on the bed. She felt okey now. It was time to leave Steve's place. She didn't want to overstay the welcome. Thought ran through her mind. Marrying Lucas was Vanessa's biggest dream in the past decade. They were childhood sweethearts, grew up together and fell in love with each other. she married him and conceived his child even without expecting. She was excited when the doctor told her she was pregnant. She thought that fate had allowed her to realize her dream. Overjoyed, she thought that she would dedicate herself to building a future with Lucas and their child. She thought she was the happiest woman in the phase of the world, but all were like imaginations and fantasies which would never come true. The so-called happiness was more fragile than bubbles, and the so called love and marriage was one sided. Lucas was the one who did the wrong thing, and his girlfriend, her sister, was the one who caused Vanessa to lose her
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The call was connected almost immediately. "Hello Dr Blake,""Hello,Mr Alexander.""How is he? How is the development?""Mr Alexander, for now everything is fine, but we have to observe his development first before wecan get sure if he would survive or not." Alex kept quite for a while as if he was thinking about something. "Mr Reid?" the doctor spoke when he realized he was silent. "Please, try everything you can, make sure he survives." After ending the call, Alex went to his study. The child was in a test tube, his life was at stake,but he wanted to do everything to make sure he survives and develop into maturity. He picked up his phone to make another call, this time to a very close person whom he had not communicated to for a while. Looking at the phone ringing, Alex smiled. "Hey man, not mad at me any more?" he heard the joking voice from the other end of the call. He giggled, " am still mad at you ugly du
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After taking a few steps, Lucas Hayes stopped. 'Forget it, it's just an unknown woman, there's no need to continue to pay attention to her. It's waste time!' he thought. He followed his assistant out of the room. All along, Vanessa had been focusing all her attention on the computer screen, completely unaware that Lucas had come to that restaurant. After she finished working on the computer she ordered another set of dishes for herself, all of which she liked. When Becky arrived at this restaurant, she was completely stunned when she looked at the large table of dishes. In order to control her figure, Vanessa was very picky with food. She wanted to remain slim so that she could be attractive to Lucas Hayes long ago. She could never eat fatty foods and junk foods. In the past, Vanessa could eat healthy foods, including vegetables, f
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Becky had realized how much Vanessa had changed, but she still felt that a person's appearance was easy to change, but personality preferences were not. She still regarded a Vanessa as the girl who once needed to be protected by her. Becky took Vanessa's hand into hers,then you have to go with me to my house tonight, we haven't seen each other for so long, I need to have a good chat with you." She wanted to spent some more time with her, but in addition she was actually worried that Vanessa had no place to go. She knew that Vanessa and Lucas were divorced. When the Moore's family learnt that she divorced Lucas, they broke off their relationship with Vanessa. Vanessa had no other place to go in the city unless she decided to stay in a hotel. Of course, Vanessa knew the situation she was in , so she nodded her head in agreement. Vanessa thought about som
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While everything was getting heated up between Lucas and Alex, Vanessa was having the time of her life already constructing her company and visioning how it would expand and become one of the best in the state. She was so occupied that she hardly even came back home to sleep. And now that she had removed Alex from her thoughts in total, it made her concentrate more on her business. She knew what she was saying when she said that the both of them would be a distraction to her. Now that none of them were in her way, she was able to do whatever she wanted and stay away from all of them while being at peace with herself. It had been a few days since she met with Becky, and she was slowly missing her. She decided to go to her office and pay her a surprise visit. On her way to Becky's office, she had to wait for the red light as it seemed that students were crossing over to end while some were coming down from the school bus. She looked afar and she could see Alex's house. It made her rem
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Even though Alex never wanted this to lead to violence, he had no choice. What Lucas had just said to him made him so angry. He couldn't believe that Lucas was still labeling Vanessa as his own wife, as someone who belonged to him despite everything he did to her. Lucas, who had even started the fight, was unable to get hold of himself. He had already become so weak—just two punches from Alex. Meanwhile, Alex was still standing firm. Just then, security guards rushed towards them and separated them as they pushed Lucas out. After hearing from the bartender that Lucas was the one who came to Alex and started the fight, yelling at him, while Alex was told to leave the bar at his own accord, which he did almost immediately. Alex did not want to go home because he still had to face Aaron. So he drove back to his office and instead sat there in the darkness, thinking about everything—mostly thinking about the words that Lucas had uttered to him.
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Alex, listening to the words Vanessa muttered, could clearly understand what she was trying to say. It was more than obvious that Vanessa could not continue this anymore. She was now in a tight spot. He slowly let go of her as he caressed her hair gently. "Is Lucas still stalking you? Does he want anything from you? Do you want me to deal with him?" Alex asked as Vanessa shrugged before walking into the building. He could not help but follow after her as he needed answers. He knew that there was something Vanessa was not saying. They soon entered. Vanessa sat on the sofa and motioned for him to sit. "What you don't really understand is I don't want to be involved with any of you guys anymore. I just want to be far from the both of you. Pull me back, and I don't want to be pulled back. And I think if anything should get more heated between the both of us, I won't help but fall in love with you, and I don't want that," Van
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Lucas sat in front of his mother as he slowly sipped the coffee. His mom had called him for a brief family meeting. Immediately she heard the news about Vanessa's arrival. "So did you get to meet Vanessa?" she questioned as Lucas did not say a word because he did not know how else to respond to his mother. After Vanessa had left years ago, she always blamed him that he was the reason why she lost everything. He lost a child and still lost a wife. Only for him to keep Eliana as his mistress, not even marrying her. "You have to get her back. Even though you guys are now divorced, you still need to get your wife back. She's still your wife and still belongs to you. Try to put that authority before it is too late. Do you understand?" she said to him as he smiled. "You won't tell me what to do, though. Your idea is very good. But I am planning on taking it one step at a time. I won't rush things, and I won't rush Vanessa either. She left on
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The next morning, Becky opened her eyes and was surprised to see herself in Vanessa's room. Even her clothes were changed to a night dress. She sat down and rubbed her eyes, calling out to Vanessa, but yet no answer. She stood up from the bed and slowly walked out of the room. "Vanessa," she called again, but yet got no answer. She went to the kitchen, and on the counter was her breakfast. She could not help but smile because Vanessa was treating her like a princess that she never imagined she would be. She opened it, and it was a very decent Italian breakfast, just as she expected. It seemed as though Vanessa was still connected to Italy because she refused to let go of it in any way. That was when it dawned on Becky. Vanessa had come back to work again. She couldn't even believe it. Yes, she had known Vanessa for so long and knew that she was always busy with business in Italy. But she had no idea
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Meanwhile, Lucas, seeing Vanessa again, took a huge toll on him because he was unable to believe that Vanessa would ever be able to look as good as she did, not to talk less of the rumors he heard that she now has a successful company in Italy, which she had now moved to the States. It felt like she had left and come back for revenge. It angered Luca so badly because he even talked to her, offered her a second chance with him, but she rejected without even thinking twice. Just then he heard a loud bang on the door. He opened it, and it was Eliana. As she stormed in, looking angry, she turned to him with her hands on her hips and a frown on her face. Lucas did not really care because he was still lost in his thoughts with Vanessa as he sat back down on the sofa, watching Eliana about to display her madness again. These few years had made him really see who Eliana was, and he was slowly getting tired of her.
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While Vanessa was still lost in her imagination between her and Alex, even adding up things that had not yet happened, Becky walked in, her hands full with different home appliances which she had gone to get since she believed Vanessa forgot to buy, but it would be necessary. She walked into the kitchen, dropped everything, and then went in search of Vanessa, who was still sitting by the veranda, smiling to herself as she covered her cheek, knowing it was all hot from excessive blushing. Becky stood at the doorway to the veranda for a while, staring at her, hoping that she would get to realize her arrival. But yet Vanessa was still so lost in her imagination until Becky couldn't help but clap her hands loudly while Vanessa stood up, almost about to stumble to the ground in shock as she arranged herself and turned around only to see it was Becky. She smiled and sat back down as Becky slowly walked towards her, humming a music sound.
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Alex held the door open for Vanessa, and she smiled, "Thank you." She thought to herself, He's such a gentleman, his wife is so lucky."I'm sorry I didn't get to meet your wife before leaving," Vanessa said, smiling. "I would've loved to see the woman who has such a lovely boy. I'm so jealous of her." Her heart felt a pang of emptiness at leaving Aaron, but she knew he belonged to someone else.Alex's jaw clenched, and his expression hardened. Vanessa noticed and wondered if she had said something wrong."I'm not married, and Aaron doesn't have a mother," he replied, his voice firm.Vanessa felt a surge of regret. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry." She wondered what had happened to his wife. Had she divorced him or passed away? She couldn't imagine any woman in her right mind leaving Alex and Aaron.As they drove, Vanessa told Alex her address and they used the google map.The drive took barely ten minutes, and Alex was surprised by the proximity."You live so close?" he asked, tu
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Alex was already having breakfast with Aaron. Lorraine had prepared mashed potatoes with scrambled eggs. "Daddy, water please," Aaron asked his dad for help when he couldn't reach the glass. "Here you go," Alex replied, assisting his son. Aaron took a few gulps and said, "Thank you." Vanessa was taken aback by the cozy scene before her. When she heard the little boy call Alex "Daddy," her confusion deepened. She pushed aside her curiosity and put on a warm smile. "Good morning," she greeted Lorraine politely, handing over the empty bowl. "Good morning, dear," Lorraine replied, beaming with satisfaction. "You must have enjoyed the soup." "Yes, I did. It was delicious. Thank you," Vanessa said. Lorraine almost corrected the misunderstanding, but she caught Alex's gaze and understood the unspoken cue. "You're welcome, darling. I'm glad you loved it." Alex gestured for Vanessa to take the empty seat beside him. "Come sit." Vanessa nodded and settled in. "Good morning,"
