‘You don’t own me!’,she yelled back at him.
Stephanie had entered the house and was about to head straight to her room when Paul stopped her and asked her why she spent such a long time outside the house.‘no!,but I own the baby in your stomach,so it could be said that I own you too!. He fired back and soon the house became filled with their yellings as Paul’s voice reverberated.‘I regret seeing you that night’,she spat out bitterly,remembering the night that led to these chain of events.‘same!,’he replied. Out of hundreds of women in the club that night,why didn’t he pick any of them instead of his personal assistant!Why did he even go there that night!!,he mentally questioned himself. Women like Stephanie were only meant to be for fun,not carrying his child!.Stephanie was about to say something when the door opened,followed by a very familiar voice.‘What is going on here?’All eyes turned to the blonde woman that stood at the door,arms folded and with a raised brow.Stephanie swallowed hard as she recognized who the woman was.VICTORIA ROSS!She lowered her head in shame as Victoria looked at her from head to toe,giving her an unpleasant once over.‘Paul?’,she called,now looking at him,awaiting an answer.A thought suddenly came to Stephanie . What if it wasn’t business that brought her to the office the other day?,what if they were seeing each other?. But as she thought of it,she knew it was unlikely,Victoria was infamous for her escapades,and Paul couldn’t be stupid enough to date her.‘Stephanie excuse us for a minute’,he said and turned to Victoria,ushering her to the couch .Stephanie sighed heavily as she left. She did not like the way Victoria looked at her and she hoped this would make Paul change his mind and have her leave. She didn’t want problems from rich bitches added to her current problem.‘What is your personal assistant doing in your house at this time of the night?’,she questioned.It was the calmness of her voice as she spoke that bothered Paul,he would rather have her yell at him,asking why his personal assistant was in his house this late.Paul rubbed his temples. ‘you’re not going to like what I have to say’ he warned.‘Are you having an affair with her?’ she questioned and chuckled bitterly.‘No…but’‘what is it Paul?’ she questioned again.Paul sighed,thinking of a way to make the situation more subtle.‘She's carrying my child’ he said coolly and she gasped in shock.‘Your child?’ she laughed bitterly and before he could say anything,she held a knife to her throat.‘what....’he stared in horror,unable to comprehend what was going on. He knew she would be angry,but he wasn’t expecting this.‘How could you do this to me,with her?’ a tear fell and he wondered where the knife had come from. "I will end her life and mine too.if I can’t be with you,I’ll die”,she said in between sobs as Paul made to collect the knife from her,wondering where the knife came from and why she had to do this.‘You can't marry her’ she said firmly as the knife was removed from her hand.‘I don’t intend to’.he replied softly.‘How are you even sure that the child she's carrying is yours!? And she doesn’t even have to stay here!’ she exclaimed.Paul sighed,explaining to her would be difficult,he thought.‘The child is mine and I brought her here so that I can keep an eye on the baby. you can just view her as a surrogate,she already signed a contract,so the child belongs to us,you and I Vicky” he said,hoping that was able to convince her.He didn't want to lose Victoria as losing her equals losing Costa incorporations to his cousin. Aside from the fact that he had to marry someone of an equally higher status as him,marrying Victoria would ensure a merger between costa inc and ross inc,and a merger of two giant conglomerates will further strengthen Costa incorporations and give him an advantage over his cousin. He cannot dare lose the company that his parents had worked so hard for,to someone undeserving.'What will people say about me when they find out that the man i'm to marry has another woman who is carrying his child and who lives with him?,they'll see me as a laughing stock, as someone who accommodated your mistress!' she spat out tearfully.Paul sighed,wondering how he even got into this mess. The woman he must marry and the one carrying his child.'My Daddy won't be happy about this’ she said after a while and paul almost scoffed. with all the rumors about her,her father should be happy that someone like him was even marrying her.'We’ll figure that out when the time comes',he said with a tone of finality.'Fine’ she said after a long silence and Paul looked at her in surprise. ‘I love you' she said almost immediately and quickly that Paul didn't detect the threat laced in her voice. =================Theresa Costa dropped her bag on the chair as soon as she heard the phone ringing in the kitchen.she walked briskly to the direction. She was a beautiful woman that even at her old age,features of her beauty were still visible. At 65,she viewed herself as an accomplished woman. She had given her husband a healthy son who will carry on his legacy and the only thing left for her to do was to find a woman who is fit to become the next Mrs. Costa. She smiled at that thought as she remembered the Ross’s and their daughter. She had heard the rumors about Victoria,but rumors were just rumors. Victoria is befitting of the title of Mrs. Costa,she thought. And besides,that merger was everything!.'Hello Mrs. Costa’ a cheerful voice came from the other side of the line,it was Victoria.'Victoria darling!,its Theresa,you know you’re going to become Mrs. Costa pretty soon'.Victoria smiled at that.'I just wanted to ask if you would be attending my family's fundraising event next week?' she asked.'Of course!I cancelled my trip to Tokyo just for that. I will be there' Theresa said excitedly.'Perfect!,I think Paul’s going to propose that day ,but don’t tell him i told you’'Oh my!That's wonderful to hear,I will definitely be there darling' she said,the excitement in her voice,very obvious.Victoria grinned on the other end,her plan was working perfectly!.she was going to make that bitch regret crossing her. 'nobody takes what's mine' she said,smiling mischievously as she took a sip from the glass of wine she had poured for herself recently.She had told Paul that she was fine with Stephanie living in the house but had told him that she too will have to move in and he had agreed. He got her a room close to Stephanie’s and she complained,deciding to instead stay in a room close to his.She noticed that he was avoiding her,even when she came unto him in an attempt to arouse him,he pushed her away,she was hurt and he noticed as he came back,apologizing for not being in the mood. She knew his apology didn’t come from his heart and believed that it was because of stephanie.She knew he would be at work,but still called him anyway.'Victoria’ he called out from the other end of the line and she closed her eyes,his deep smooth voice awakening her desires.'About my family’s fundraising event,I want us to go with Stephanie,' she said after a short while of trying to compose her voice.'No!' his voice came out firmly'Why?,it's not like you don't go to these types of event with her. She's your personal assistant!' she informed him.'Incase you haven't noticed,she doesn't work for me anymore''pleasee' she pleaded softly.'Why do you want her there?' he questioned waringly.'I just think it’ll be a good idea and it’ll help us bond too”'No!''Come on! Paul!' she almost pleaded'Fine,she can go' he said,suddenly feeling exhausted and not in the mood to argue with her.'great..' She didn't have time to complete her sentence as Paul disconnected the call,oblivious to the danger of his approval.Paul sat at the counter of the dimly lit bar, fiddling with the drink in his hand. He had been sitting and waiting for Kenneth for almost thirty minutes and was really losing his patience. The two women at his home really bothered him. Victoria had tried to get him to lay with her so many times that he believed she got tired and stopped. He saw the hurt in her face each time he rejected her and it bothered him, leaving him feeling awful about deceiving her, but it had to be done. He had to marry her or risk losing the company to his cousin, whom he absolutely despised. But he was happy that she was making an effort to be close to Stephanie, who has avoided him ever since Victoria showed up.He pulled his phone from his pocket and began to dial Kenneth’s number when he felt a pat on his shoulder.He shoved the phone back into his pocket, sighing as he saw the familiar face. It was Kenneth.‘I thought I was going to grow grey hairs here waiting for
A day before the fundraising event,Stephanie came back from Ciara’s house feeling a bit uneasy. She had told Ciara everything about the incident with Victoria and they decided to find out about the woman named Helena by themselves instead of asking paul. She feared what she would hear. She had never heard that name but it did sound familiar,like she's heard it somewhere before.As soon as she arrived in her room,she plopped down on the bed,trying to rid herself of the gnawing feeling in her belly. She groaned when a knock on her door prevented her from doing so. It was probably Victoria or the cleaning lady. After that incident,Victoria hadn’t even bothered to talk to her at all and frankly,she preferred it like that. She knew Victoria hated her but what was she to do?,she was here against her own volition.‘It's open’ ,she called out,easing herself upwards. The door opened and she sighed upon seeing who it was,she definitely wasn’t expecting him,it was paul.
Theresa Costa was a woman who hated nothing more than embarrassments, but what she had experienced the night before was something she totally wasn't expecting.She had pleaded with The Ross’ to not call the marriage off, that it was just a small issue and her son wasn't in his right senses. The Ross’ had angrily left the ceremony and she had paid her most trusted bodyguard to make sure that news didn't spread about what had happened that evening.That night, she tossed and turned as she thought of what she and her husband had worked for, going down the drain because of her son's stupidity. If it were another woman, she might not have been this bothered, but it was Stephanie! A common personal assistant! A nobody!It was just too much for her to believe and as soon as it was dawn, she got up and dressed up. Her maid, Cara glanced at her, wondering why she had put on a very dark lipstick. She knew the woman she served and she knew that her lipsticks were worn according to how she felt,
“I’m pregnant” She said in the calmest voice she could muster with her blue eyes looking everywhere else but his. Paul Costa’s grey eyes shot up to the woman before him, easing his back onto the chair in his huge office. The Woman has been working for him for the past six years since he became the executive director of Costa Incorporation. There was something different about her this afternoon, perhaps it was the way she styled her hair or the Color of her eyes, He had never seen her without her glasses. That was probably why she seemed so different. Heck! It could even be the perfume she was wearing, it was jasmine. Paul couldn’t remember if her hair had always been this black or her eyes this blue. He wasn’t sure if any of those things were attributed to the difference he saw in her, But then, he had never paid any attention to her, all he knows was that she could do her job right, she was the ‘perfect assistant’ and that was why she still worked for him after 6 years. Stephani
“Excuse me, sir?!” Stephanie’s eyes shot up as she stared at him,gasping as she realized what he meant. He was offering her such a huge amount of money to get rid of the baby, her baby!!. She was not prepared for this at all, She shouldn’t even be here but here She was,being told to kill her baby for a fee,a huge one. She thought the best thing to do after finding out about her pregnancy was to let the father of the baby know, She didn’t think about his reaction and the fact that He wouldn’t be too pleased to father a child with her or could even deny the pregnancy. A highly respected multibillionaire like him could suffer from such scandal and this would have a huge effect on the company, stock prices will go down. Of course,the best way to prevent that was to not father a child with her,therefore,the baby must be terminated. But she loves children, she had always wanted children of her own with a man she loves and She is about to have a child now, with a man she is head over he
It was around 8:00 a.m. when Paul Costa strode into his office building. It was a huge building, the headquarters of Costa incorporations, in the very Heart of New York. He was wearing an Armani suit and a blue tie, he looked as handsome as always and had a smile etched on his face. The moment his foot touched the marble floor, everyone fell quiet. Nobody was expecting him until 9:00 a.m. and they certainly didn’t expect to see him smiling, it was strange. He never smiled, he was always scowling and frowning. People parted as he made his way to the elevator, they had the notion that his smile was dangerous. He went all the way up,to the top floor. He walked past an empty desk, where the personal assistant should be, and noting her absence he nodded. Immediately he got into his office,he reached for the telephone and stopped after seeing the letter across his desk. “Dear Mr. Costa, You are to sign the documents in the envelope under this letter. You also have a conference call wi
“Work stress?” He asked, noting the worry etched on his friend’s face. Kenneth smith has been Paul’s best friend and close confidante since childhood. He knew all about Paul’s problems and “sexcapades”. Paul nodded his head in disagreement, and Kenneth chuckled lightly. “Ross?” He asked,knowing how Paul felt towards his intended marriage to Victoria. “There is also that,” Paul said with a sigh,dropping his glass on the table. “There’s nothing you can do about that one” Keneth said with a soft smile, “besides,i heard she’s good down there” he added again and that caused Paul to look at him with a murderous glare. Victoria’s adventures weren’t a secret and apparently that did not bother his mother as she was hell bent on him marrying her and acquiring Ross incorporation. “Thought you didn’t care about that,” Keneth said and raised his hands defensively. “But really,why can’t we do anything about it?” Paul asked and Kenneth looked at him puzzled.“Do what?” He questioned,looking co
Paul was furious,he never expected Stephanie to be this difficult. He was stressing himself too much over her issue,he didn’t know what else to do. She outrightly rejected all his offers and what really baffled him was the fact that she had nothing and yet acted like she had everything. She was like a stranger!,perhaps he’s never really known her. After their last conversation where she told him that she’d terminate the pregnancy,he didn’t know what else to do. He doubted the possibility of her actually going through with it,but he knew better than to provoke her any further. He wanted her to terminate the pregnancy at first,but she insisted on keeping it and now that he also wants her to keep it,she’s threatening to terminate it!. What the hell was wrong with this woman!He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. “Goddamit! Stephanie!”he yelled out aloud and laid on the sofa,trying to clear his head of the events of the past days. He would figure something out,he always do