SCARLETT’S POV‘It was getting harder,’‘I absolutely didn’t know for how much longer I could keep this a secret,’‘Never have I been so confused at a point in my life before. Aiden had no idea I was pregnant, Odessa and Charlie Fox needed an answer and I absolutely didn’t know what to do,’My phone rang to pull me out of my thoughts. It was just as I had feared, the private number whose calls I have been avoiding.I summoned every ounce of courage in me and finally decided to pick up the damn phone. This was the umpteenth time the number was calling me.“You really think we have all the time in the world, now don’t you Scar?”I hated when she called me that.“I’m not done deciding. What did you tell Aiden and what did he say?” I asked, I wondered if she was the one behind those pictures.“If I were you, I wouldn’t be so bothered about my discu
AIDEN'S POVI still couldn't wrap my head around all that happened back at the office. For some very weird reason, it felt like my memory wiped and my head had gone blank for a very long time. I remember waking up to see Pen looking over some documents on my desk. They were several documents scattered round the table and it looked like she had been perusing them for a while.Had I really been that wasted? What possibly happened?"Hey, what happened?" I had asked, it was truly strange and I couldn't fathom what took place, plus, I had a million questions that I needed answers to."Oh Aiden, you're finally awake, I thought you were going to be sleeping for much longer" she has replied in her usual chatty voice. I noticed her eyes were bright and I remember we had both been drinking, that part didn't really make any sense to me. Again, she was obviously flushed, as if she
SCARLETT'S POVI was utterly confused by the events of all that had happened so far and I knew that I needed an escape. I needed to be somewhere I could clear my head and just think clearly. The pregnancy, the contract, Odessa, Aiden's obsession with a new girl that happens to be Odessa's friend.... The list was endless. I knew it would be hard for me to escape my security protocol and I just made arrangements with the one that followed me around, he had kind eyes and when he began to drive me home, I had no choice but to quickly cut in. "Please, can you not take me home directly?" I asked in the calmest voice I could muster, I really needed to be in a safe space to clear my head because goodness gracious! I was totally spent. "Ma'am, the boss required that we bring you home directly, I cannot go against orders Ma'am," He chipped in with that formally polite tone he always used. "You know, I nev
AIDEN'S POVPenelope... That name lived rent free in my head now. How could I have been so dumb? How could I possibly have been so stupid not to read between the lines and look to see that I was been played the whole entire time??? Damn! I was such a big fool. "Drive me to the company right now,""Yes Sir," Donald answered as he geared up and drove back to the company. I instinctively checked my phone and as I expected, Scarlett had still not returned my calls. Those idiots supposed to be protecting her are definitely firedThey wouldn't pick their damn phones and I was seriously losing my shit with each passing second. "Could you drive any slower. Drive the damn car faster or I would collect the wheels and do it for you and consider yourself fired!""I'm sorry Sir, I was just trying to be careful because they seem to be a little traffic,"Traffic?? Traffic by 4pm on the downtown part of the city? As I questioned myself, I looked out the window and honest to God, there was a
SCARLETT'S POV I felt so eager to return my back to the car, knowing I’d left a my phone back in the car at some point. It almost felt like the journey to the car was terribly long and there was no way in hell I could handle all the emotions flooding my body in that instant. At long last, we arrived at the car and I was more than pleased because it already seemed like we wouldn't be getting here anytime soonest. My Doctor had left me with about five missed calls and two messages. I opened my message box and one was Aiden and surprisingly the other was from the hospital. Apparently, Aiden tried reaching out to me. Well, that did nothing to my anxiety because it made me worry and fear the unknown even more. I opened the text from the Doctor, it had come in a little over an hour ago. "You are eight minutes behind your appointment, you would need to check in as there in for appointment soon as the schedule for the week is booked and failure to come in would mean rescheduling for
AIDEN'S POVPenelope... That name lived rent free in my head now. How could I have been so dumb? How could I possibly have been so stupid not to read between the lines and look to see that I was been played the whole entire time??? Damn! I was such a big fool. "Drive me to the company right now,""Yes Sir," Donald answered as he geared up and drove back to the company. I instinctively checked my phone and as I expected, Scarlett had still not returned my calls. Those idiots supposed to be protecting her are definitely firedThey wouldn't pick their damn phones and I was seriously losing my shit with each passing second. "Could you drive any slower. Drive the damn car faster or I would collect the wheels and do it for you and consider yourself fired!""I'm sorry Sir, I was just trying to be careful because they seem to be a little traffic,"Traffic?? Traffic by 4pm on the downtown part of the city? As I questioned myself, I looked out the window and honest to God, there was a
CHAPTER 110 SCARLETT'S POV An air of tension built up inside the car, but I didn't really give two hoots about that. My little Blip was important to me and I would always put him first. Wait... Him?? I was referring to it as a him? And why was I talking as if it was already certain that I was keeping it? We finally arrived the hospital, but we arrived about thirty minutes after we got the call because as much as I wanted us to get here faster, there seemed to be a little build up of trafffic which was very unusual considering the time and the part of the city that we were. Usually, this part of the city had almost zero traffic and so it came off as quite the surprise when I saw the traffic that was building up. Thankfully, it wasn't at it's peak yet and I was able to get to the hospital. I really just hope that it wasn't too late, because that would be a damn shame. I walked into the hospital and I instantly found myself at the reception facing the receptionist direct
AIDEN'S POV5...4...3...2...I was counting down inwardly to when the mob would finally be close enough and request to see those in the car. Of course, the whole plan was engineered by Charlie Fox himself. He had the whole plan doctored and controlled and we were being used like pawns in a game of chess.Who did this guy think he was? How do I get rid of him? The crowd was drawing closer and I knew they were going to be very very close any minute or moment from now and I mentally prepared. I looked at my driver from the rear view mirror as if to silently communicate to him and he nodded in response, our eyes had met each other and we both responded and communicated with each other faster than eyes ever could. As if on cue, the crowd soon gathered around the car demanding a statement from New York's richest and most eligible Bachelor, there were however in for a rude shock. "We demand a statement.... We demand a statement," they shouted and demanded in union whilst holding down
SCARLETT'S POV"Yes, we're doing the surgery," As much as those words were the exact words I wanted to hear, it didn't help that it was still haunted and made me scared. Everything after that had just simply gone by in a very big blur, it didn't make sense to me. Why did I have to have that condition? Was my baby going to be safe? Lord please, let my baby be safe."What's the worst possible outcome Doctor?" I asked because I needed to know, I really needed to know what I was up against and what my fears would be. "As we have discussed earlier, Miss. Scarlett... ""Please let's skip the formalities from now on, I'm very okay with you addressing me simply as Scarlett Doctor, since you're going to be my Doctor for a long while, I might as well just get very comfortable,""Point taken, Scarlett," He said it like something foreign or new to his tongue, with a very ridiculous facial expression, it made me almost g
AIDEN'S POV"Where is she?" That was the first thing that came out of my mouth the moment I saw him. Wasn't he the guy that was supposed to be guarding Scarlett? What the hell was he doing there standing in front of the entrance of the Hall I was given directions to? "Welcome Boss" He said as he looked up from his phone, he had been standing and pressing his phone, playing games or something. It made me boil to the pit of my stomach, how dare he be out here playing games while Scarlett is indoors with a Doctor and we have no idea what's going on. "Oh please keep your greetings to yourself. Where is Scarlett" I said, cutting him off immediately. I wasn't here for frivolities or to exchange pleasantries.. I was here because I meant business and I had to stand on that business. "She's inside the consulting room with the Doctor," He said, and as if on cue. The Doctor made his way into the Hall, most likely to know or f
SCARLETT'S POV"Miss. Scarlett, it seems you have Vasa Previa" "Miss Scarlett.... Miss. Scarlett... Miss. Scarlett!" Jeez, my goodness. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry,""You literally zoned out Ma'am. Are you sure you're fine?" The doctor asked with worry written all over his eyes. My heart went out to him, he seemed so tired and looked like he could just drop down unconscious any second and yet he was being kind and compassionate to me. It made me feel all sorts of warm and fuzzy inside. Or maybe it was just the Mummy hormones? "I'm fine Doctor, I just had to ponder on what you said... What do you mean by Va... sa…”"Type 2 Vasa Previa Ma'am. It's a condition that means your body has somewhat developed an umblical clot, you require surgery to remove it else it might rupture and kill the baby and it could ultimately affect you too" The Doctor said in his explanation. My Baby? My Baby wasn't s
SCARLETT'S POV I heard his voice.... and I knew that voice damn too well. It was a voice that I had heard in my sleep. A voice I dreamt about.. A voice that whispered in my ears whilst taking me to the heavens.. I knew that voice too damn well... It was AIDEN's. I suddenly heard some commotion outside the door, the nurse and I looked at each other and she said "Can you hold on Miss. Scarlett, let me see what the source of the noise is". I already knew what the source of the noise was, it wasn't news to me at all but I had so many unanswered questions and the one that topped the list of my questions was, How on earth did he know I was here? I just nodded in agreement to what she said and watched as she disappeared through the door to go check out what was going on. Whatever it was,
AIDEN'S POV"Take me to the damn hospital now!" I replayed that conversation in my head for a while, even as I gave an order to the Intelligence team and told them specifics on what to do in order to avert this situation going haywire. "I need you all to work hand in hand and track down that credit card before she has a chance to fly out or leave the damn country with the code that controls the entire company's intelligence..."As I mumbled out instructions, my eyes darted to the television and my senses instantly became at alert. "Can someone please turn up the volume of that screen behind" I asked, without my glance ever leaving the screen. "On it Sir," A guy with dark brown hair in the Intelligence team said. I took a quick glance at him and noticed he was shirtless. How on earth is he shirtless in a formal meeting? Wait... They were about three of them without shirts. Some wore shirts with shorts unde
AIDEN'S POVWhat was Scarlett doing in the hospital? Why was she there all by herself and what the fuck is she hiding away from me? "Lucas, could you be more clear please?" I said over the phone. I needed to make sure that I wasn't the one hearing things and that something was actually wrong. At this point, everyone in the board room just started at me aimlessly. They must all have varying degrees of thoughts going on in their nerdy heads, but I didn't really care. The love of my life was most likely not okay and nothing comes before Scarlett... Nothing"Excuse me," I said as I made my way out of the peering eyes of the board room. I needed to sort out some things and even though my company was falling apart and I stood a high chance of losing everything I had ever worked for, Scarlett was still the ruler of my thoughts. "Could you please give her the phone
SCARLETT'S POV"There is a problem, Miss. Scarlett" the doctor had said as I sat to face him in his office. The office reminded me of the Principal's office in my high school, everyone knew that been called into the Principal's office meant that you were either in very big trouble or you had done some amazing good and so, when anyone would walk into the class and say "You have been summoned/called into the Principal's office", your heart would do a thousand cartwheels and you'll be caught wondering and pondering over your actions in the last few days. Have I been bad? Did the Principal catch me at the frat party drinking? Was he at the club the other night when I was dancing with Robin in the twelfth grade? A million questions would run across your head in a minute and your heart would pound as though it wanted to burst out of your shirt. If you were being called in for outstanding conduct, you would feel so p
AIDEN'S POV"Before 2 weeks ago, Penelope Brendan didn't exist" Donald's words felt like a hammer was driven right through my chest and I couldn't even understand why. I had met Pen exactly two weeks ago and she had made me believe that we went to the same high school. I could literally swear that we actually did go to the same high school and I also remember being on the same class project with her, so how come I was just finding out that she didn't exist? "Donald, I need a little more clarification here. What exactly do you mean by Penelope not existing? " I asked, hoping to just hear something different, something I could hold on to, something that wouldn't really make me seem like a crazy guy or look like a weirdo in front of my entire staff. "She might have been going with another name, but after our multiple findings, we discovered that she actually goes by several names and we found pictures of her in different countries
SCARLETT'S POVI proceeded to enter inside the office. It was almost like I carefully counted my steps as I entered inside the office. Something about the Doctor's office always made me anxious. It was probably just images of how I feared the syringe and I was afraid that the doctors were going to prick my skin with multiple injections just so I could feel better or maybe the traumatic experiences I have had with some doctors when they tried to get my blood samples or something. Overall, seeing the doctor made me terrified and so when the receptionist had announced my name, it just made me scared and quite terrified to be honest. "Miss.Scarlett, you can go in now" The chatty voice of the receptionist rang non stop in my head.It was almost very tempting for me to say "No Ma'am, please I'll come back some other time"I badly wanted to echo out those words but I couldn't, I was terrified because I feared for Aiden, I d