He was jealous? Of what exactly?Laura thought, but the man had been smiling for almost five minutes, he hasn't answered her question."Are you gonna answer me it not?"She asked. But he still didn't say anything instead he started using his hands to drum on the table."Do you have a boyfriend Laura?"He asked casually,Oh, that how he is gonna play Laura thought, ignoring his question she went back into the kitchen to get the chocolate that Robert had made for her, she took a bit while walling back to the balcony,"Are you gonna answer my question?" He asked when she sat down opposite him."You didn't answer mine so why will I answer yours?"She asked and continued eating the chocolate pudding while looking at the view, the balcony is one of her favorite places in the house especially this particular one, the view was heavenly, there was a beach in the distance, tall trees arranged in a beautiful order could be seen. The view was breathtaking she wanted to explore all the areas sur
"She abandoned him,"That's the only reason he has not seen her for almost three hours, he had changed, hoping for the both of them to welcome Sus and her husband together, but she had been nowhere to be found. What kind of nurse abandons her patient?"The others are gonna come bug you in a few days I just came earlier since I have the opportunity now,"Susan disclosed."Thanks for coming Sus, Ben, I will be waiting for them." He said."You are welcome man," Ben replied."So, Dev, when are we meeting her?"Susan asked giving him a knowing look."What? I mean who are you talking about Sus?" He asked."I am talking about your lady," she said."What lady?""Your lady, the one who was sitting with you when we saw you earlier at the kitchen balcony,""Oh, you mean Laura, she is my nurse and she is somewhere in the house."He answered pointing towards the house. His supposed nurse who ran away, he went looking for her before he came to the palm house but he didn't find her anywhere."A nurs
"I will love it if we meet and hang out someday, Laura it was nice meeting you,"Susan said getting up from her seat and giving Laura a big hug."Me too Susan,"Laura replied hugging her close.She had a great time today, Susan was a whole mood. She is nice and made everyone around her feel welcome. Not just Susan her husband Ben was nice too he might be a quiet person like Laura but his smile and few words were enough for her to know he is a good person like his wife. They were two opposite people but they fit each other so well."Just like you and Devon," Came a thought in her head."Wow, calm down miss don't trade on dangerous grounds,"She mentally scolded herself.She has been doing too much with this kind of thought lately, reading too much into the things Devon did, like when he held her hands while she cried, or when he couldn't take his eyes off her when she had walked into the palm house. Which could get her in trouble, she should remember why she was here and who Devon is,
He was going to kiss her,He felt her breath and could already imagine the taste of plump lips against his own, she was breathing heavily, he slowed down purposely allowing her to pull away, but she didn't instead she closed her eyes as if she wanted it too which heightened his desire to kiss her."Laura," Murmured in warning, pulling her even closer that their nose was almost touching, he gently used the tip of his fingers to caress her lips, he moved close to claim her lip but the ring of the phone on the table made them both jump.She quickly stood up mumbled some words that he could make out and ran out of his room. He wanted to run after her but he remembered he didn't have legs that can move so he just sat trying to calm his own heart down and also the regret he could feel set in on him.He looked at the number on the screen and he wanted to scream at it, on one hand, he was glad for the distraction cuz he knew the call had not come at that moment he would have done something t
Laura tried hard not to think about what happened the previous evening, she kept herself busy through the rest of the day and avoided going into Devon's room as much as possible. The only time she went there was to give him his medicines and also when she went to check upon him.She knew she can't avoid him forever but she just couldn't face him now. Not like she was angry or anything, he didn't do anything wrong, just that she didn't know what to say to him. If his phone hadn't rung when it did they would have crossed the line,What had she been thinking? Obviously, he gave her a lot of time to pull away but she had chosen to stay and if the phone had not rung she would have let him kiss her, the fact that she was more disappointed that the kiss didn't happen than regret was the reason she was avoiding him.When she woke up this morning she had waited till it was time for him to eat and take his drugs before she had gone to his room when she had given him his drugs she had left immed
"Oh my God Devon, what happened? Are you okay?"Laura asked as soon as she entered Devon's room she felt stupid for asking him if he was okay cuz it was obvious that he wasn't. He was laying on the floor, his wheelchair halfway on top of him.She quickly ran to his side and removed the wheelchair, making him sit up on the floor."Hey, sorry, were you trying to get on the chair? Why didn't you call me to help you?""This is so embarrassing,"He responded by covering his face with his hands."Please I am gonna touch some part of your legs please tell me if you feel any pain,"She said kneeling beside him and examining his legs."Don't worry about it Laura nothing is broken, I fell on my boot,"He said, roving her hands from his leg."Still, I should check to be sure."She replied."Okay, nurse do your job,"He said, throwing his hand in the air in surrender."Don't you feel anything?"She asked when he didn't make any sound while she examined"I told you I fell on my boot, I was trying
"Oh, that's true, thanks Robert, sorry for disturbing you."She replied mentally cursing herself for not thinking about that."You are welcome Laura," He said and went on his way.She tried calling Devon but he didn't pick up, she didn't want to believe that he was purposely avoiding her call so she called him a couple of times more but he still didn't pick up so she called Mark instead and he picked on the first ring."Mark, where are you guys?"She asked as soon as he said hello, she didn't even bother to reply to his greeting, which she knew was rude but she was far too concerned about her patient's well-being to care about how rude she was if there is a rip or any sort of complications she has a lot to answer to. Even though Devon had not had any complications so far, it can't still be ruled out completely cuz they were still counting days after his surgery not weeks too early for him to be already up and about she hoped they didn't go far."Hey, Laura dear, sorry we didn't infor
"Did you guys fight? I don’t like the energy here and I feel you guys fought, did you?”Mark asked Devon while they sat in the palm house, He had asked him that question more than ten times now."Mark, I answered before, didn't I?""Yes you did but I don't believe you, so you better tell me what you did to her before she comes and tells me herself."Mark inquired."We didn't fight, I fell, she got angry and, Mark can you just stop asking me already I told you that I don't want to talk about it,"Devon said.He had told Mark before that they didn't fight but he kept asking over and over again making Devon angry."Wait you fell? How come? Are you feeling okay? Shouldn't we be headed to the hospital?"Mark said fusing over him like he was some child, Devon rolled his eyes at his behavior."Mark that was hours ago if I was injured like you feared I would already be in the hospital,"He said lifting his hands to make his point more clear."Aha, that's true, thank God you are okay, but that
"Mark called while you were bathing, baby,""Oh really?""Yes, Eva just put to birth,""Oh my God! Really? That's so nice, a new baby, I love babies,"She said in excitement while dressing up."Yeah, me too, Susan and Sophia are next,""Yes, and Sylvia too but hers is still far away,""Wow, so many babies around, that's nice,"He replied, his thought, went back to the child he almost had, he has gotten over it but from time to time, he still felt the loss of the baby that was never there, he confronted Cleo and she told him that they never slept together that day, she made the whole thing up, he decided not to do anything to her so long as she stayed away from him and his affairs and so far for a long time, he had not seen her or heard from her, which was good, he liked his life now."Are you okay?"She asked coming close to him while buttoning her top."Yes I am fine, get dressed will you? Your dad is expecting us,""I am almost ready,"She replied with an eye roll, they were visitin
"I can't believe you gave me false hope Laura,"Tasha said in welcome when Laura entered the nurses' room that Monday, she looked really done, the others in the room were all looking at her."What are you talking about Tas?"She asked even though she knew what she was saying."You told me Devon owns the baby when you know they are not even pregnant in the first place, I hate you, and did you see the photos making around on the internet? I feel betrayed.""Leave the girl alone, if you attack her, how will she answer our questions?"Jane said pulling Tasha back."Yo! Laura, you finally arrived, you have a lot to answer to girl," Nathan said as he entered the room."What are you guys talking about?""Laura, there are photos on the internet, after the news that the alleged pregnancy was faked, the media wanted to hear Devon part of the story and someone tipped them off of his location I think and some photos of you and him are all over the internet," Sophia explained."What? What photos?
"It's so good to see you here Laura," Percy said hugging Laura as she entered the house, she had come unannounced she wanted to surprise her dad as she had not seen him since Christmas,"It's good to see you too, is my dad around?""Oh no, he went to the market in town, the boss came in three days and we are low on food supply,""What,? Devon is here? I thought he was in the city,""Yes, but he came in surprisingly three nights ago and he has been in a foul mood since, not coming out of his room, he just stays there, no one knows what happened to him, the boss might be a celebrity but he is very private too, I wish he can talk to someone, now that you are here you should help get him out, he needs to eat at least," Percy said and walked off without waiting for her response, she didn't know he would be here, she thought he would be in the city since that's where he has been staying for a while, she has been avoiding him, he called her a couple of time but she hadn't answered, hadn't r
Devon drove to a stop on his way to Clovers and parked his car by the roadside, he stood there for hours wondering how he could have been so stupid and trusting, this would not have happened if he had just had the sense to verify what Cleo had said, no he chose to believe her and look where that has landed him, he should have known not to trust her, she lied to him while they were still dating so what stopping her from lying again, he needed answers from her, he could go without finding those he got into his car and drove back to his house, he met her while she was moving her stuff she looked shocked to see him, the first thing he noticed was that she no longer had the baby bump,"You are back? I was just leaving" she said, she didn't even feel remorseful which made him angry all over again."I have a question Cleo did we really sleep together that night because till now I don't have any memory of that happening.""I don't have to answer that,""Oh you do because if you don't give me
"What? You are doubting me now?"She asked, getting up and walking away from him, which gave him even more reason to doubt her, she looked uncomfortable."I am not doubting you but the doctor said he carried out a scan to see if the baby was doing fine but nothing was seen and also he did a pregnancy test which turned out negative, forgive me for not trusting you Cleo but you just have to do the test and it will be clear because as it stands now I don't know what to believe.""I don't want to do a test, I am pregnant and you can see the baby bump, you saw the scan photos last week and that's enough proof,""No, that's not proof," he said getting annoyed. "That's not proof because I just realized that even though I go with you to your appointment you always make me do one thing or the other when its time to see your doctor and I only saw the picture but I wasn't there when the scan was done, neither did I see my baby, so if you don't mind going to the bathroom with me and peeing on a s
"Doctor, what did you just say?"Devon asked in confusion."Mr. Williams, I said that your girlfriend is not pregnant, no the test results came out negative,""Are you sure? Then why is her stomach getting bigger?"Devon asked in confusion, he was at the city hospital, he received a call earlier that Cleo had collapsed at a filming set, he had told her to stop or pause her activities or at least limit them but she had not listened and just kept doing what she liked, guess she was still angry over his decision not to rush into marrying her, she wanted them to get married before their child is born but he didn't want that and going by what the doctor just said there might not be a child in the first place, but that can't be possible because he had gone with her to two or three doctors appointment."That I can't explain now until I examine her again, we just did a few tests and also gave her some medications to revive her, more tests will be carried out when she finally is stable but fo
The days slowly turned into weeks and before long Laura returned to work and soon even the weeks turned into months, Christmas came by and went, she spent the holiday with her family, it was the best Christmas ever for her, she had a great time meeting her extended family, are aunties, uncles, grandparents, and cousins, she got used to been called Selena, the best part was the days she spent at her dad's house in Clovers, she had so much fun that at some point she had forgotten her heartbreak, that's a lie, she didn't forget, not even once, throughout everything she always remembered him, her thought always drift off to him, sometimes it hurt thinking about him and other times, it didn't he was in her head going to bed and waking up, she tried to avoid looking him up on the net to see what he was up to and when she did give in and checked on him, there wasn't much except the fact that he had an upcoming album, that was it, no news on the possible birth of a baby neither was there any
"So this is how it's gonna be?" She asked crying, he didn't know what to do with her tears didn't like it when he is the reason someone is crying but he couldn't promise her marriage either not when he knew he didn't love her and when he had some else in his heart if they got married they would both be unhappy, he just didn't know why she isn't seeing it like that, getting married cuz of a child is not it."I don't know what else to say to you Cleo, you just don't get it, I can't marry you, I am in love with someone else,""But you were in love with me once, we almost got married, remember? You can love me again, I am willing to wait until you love me again,"She said in a pleading voice, he sighed in tiredness, he had explained over and over again the reasons that he can't marry her but she seemed to be bent on marrying him."You know what, Cleo, can we give this some time, let's just see how this whole thing plays out, right now I am going through a lot, and getting married is not
"I am not gonna marry you, Cleo, I am not ready for marriage yet, and I don't want to spend the rest of my life in regret, we give birth to this child and just wait to see how far it goes, I didn't break up with Laura just so I can marry you, no, I just felt it was right since you were going to need all the help you can get and I don't want to miss out of anything for my child, also I don't want her to feel less, so if you think you have won then think again,"They were at her house, he had come to check up on her and she had brought up the topic of marriage, again for the hundred times, but his answer reminded the same, he wasn't going to marry her, not only for him but for her too, them getting married would be a big mistake, he has seen a lot of couples who married for love ending up getting a divorce not to talk of them, he couldn't do it."Well, if you don't marry me, then kiss goodbye to having a say in our child's life, I am not gonna settle for less,""I am not gonna have this