"Oh my God, who did? What.., who?"Laura asked the look on her face that of shock and disbelieve, but he wasn't surprised, he knew one way or the other one of these nosy media will find him he just hadn't expected it to be this early."It's obvious someone managed to get past the security at the entrance of the town,"He said, flipping through the pictures online, they were all photos taken the day he and Laura had first gone to the beach, no one clearly showed her face which he was thankful for but he still felt bad that her photos were released online without her permission, he was used to it but she is different."Oh God, this is bad right?""Not necessarily bad, you can just pass off as my caretaker since the photo only show you helping me with my wheelchair,""But who could have taken that? I didn't see any strange person around, even though this may not be bad like you said but I can't help but feel strange, cuz the thought of someone watching me gives me chills, I don't like th
"Are you planning on spending the whole day here?"Laura asked when she entered Devon's room, he was sitting on his bed phone in hand, he was dressed in a white plain tee and joggers, he smiled at her and went back to looking at his phone."We were waiting for you to come out, why did you leave your chair, no how did you get up from it?""I am not totally useless you know, I can do some basic things myself."He replied."I know, sorry, so can we leave now?""Can't I just stay here do I need to go for this checkup I am perfectly okay,""Devon," she called moving close to him. "We talked about this remember? You can't skip it, ""I hate hospital, that place is not for me,""Come on dude we don't have time for this it will be over before you know it."She said."I don't want to,"He answered stubbornly."Are you for real? Should I get Mark and Dan to come and pull you out by force?"She asked laughing at his resistance."You could have just told me you will kiss me,""A kiss? I can do th
"So, what do you say?""I didn't even hear what you said, how did you know I am the one that made the post I didn't use a picture of my older self.""It takes little or nothing to get information on someone when one is determined, I have a cool business if you would like to trade with me, I will give you information on your parent in exchange for a few words on Devon, not so hard to understand right?"The man who had not even bothered to introduce himself said with a sly smile that gave Laura the creeps."I am sorry Mr but whatever news you have of my parent you can keep it to yourself if you will excuse me I have things to do,""You can't go like that you know, a picture of us sitting together like this shown to Devon will get you out of a job soon enough so it's better you do business with me and earn something from it than lose."The man said, Laura turned and gave him a disgusted look."Do whatever you want Mr none of my business.She left the cafe immediately not even looking bac
"Come on dude we talked about this remember? You promised,""Nah, I only said okay to the x-ray not to sample collection,"He answered."Devon, the press is on their way here we don't want to del,""I know but,"He said cutting her off"No, buts just man up or I will make a video and post it online,"She warned."Miss, that's blackmail, our fandom will end you if you do that,"The young tech said giving Laura a demeaning look."Wow, you are a fan, please don't take what I said to heart I promise I didn't mean it like that,""Good to know I have you on my side, Sonia, I feel more at peace now that I know you are part of my fan club, I know you won't harm me,"Devon said with a cocky smile making her wanna spank his head."I am a huge fan and it's an honor to know you like this, don't worry miss you are safe as long as you don't make any threats again,"She said to Laura."My mouth is zipped," Laura replied using an imaginary zip to lock her mouth."Carry on," she added moving back to s
"Are you still not gonna talk to me?"He asked looking at her, they were in his living room at his city home, she has been avoiding him and he found her jealousy cute."Don't talk to me,"She responded."Come on, you said it already, that I might not meet her again, she is a fan and she is one of the calm ones. Wait until you meet the screaming ones."He said trying to calm her jealous ass, he loved his fans both the calm ones and the ones that are so loud about their love for him, they brought him to where he is today in his career, plus they always wish for him to be happy and make sure to tell him every time, he already knows they will support him when they do find out he found love again.“There is really no need to be jealous Lau,”He said again after a few moments of absolute silence."You have a beautiful house,"She said changing the topic."Yup it's pretty, just like the lady sitting with me, can you come closer Lau I don't like it when you are away from me."He said patting
"JJ is not just any celebrity, he is art, and art is my second love, seriously JJ is my best artist, his works are amazing,"She said, Her whole face lighting up in pure joy and excitement, he couldn’t help the tiny but sure sting of jealousy that he felt in that moment."I should be feeling upset because you know JJ yet you didn't know me but seems we have one thing we both like so I will let you off,"He said doing away with whatever jealous feeling he had, she was his now, she knew him now."How did you get this, I wanted it but I couldn't save up enough to meet up the price, I was even at the unveiling party,"She revealed in excitement and also a touch of envy."JJ is a close friend of mine, he designed this for my twenty-six birthday. I was also at the unveiling party but I left early because of a schedule."He revealed with pride."Wow, you are close with JJ, that's so cool. I admire him a lot and he is one of the persons I will love to meet."She announced in an envious voice.
Laura lay on the bed heads up, she kept thinking back to what the man had said in the hospital, she knew she should tell Mark or Devon but she didn't know how they would react or how she would even start the topic, she looked around the big room and she felt small and out of place, maybe because she was used to the not so huge house at Clovers, this house was a practical mansion and everything here screams wealth, not just small wealth but big unimaginable wealth."Laura!!!" She heard him call and stood up from the bed she heard immediately towards the bathroom but changed her mind when she got to the door, she was not ready to meet a naked huge man again, his body proportion amazed her, he had wide shoulders and a well-packed body that can only be gotten from keeping fit."Are you properly clothed?"She asked holding on to the handle of the door."You will find out if you come in, I am done, baby,""Cover yourself up Mr. Or I am not coming in there,"She shouted out in response."I a
"Are you not gonna ask me what Cleo and I talked about earlier and why she called?"Devon asked her, they were watching tv in his bedroom both cuddled up, he had expected her to ask him what Cleo had wanted but she hadn't asked, he waited for her to ask but since afternoon she hasn't said anything about the call."Nah, it's none of my business,"She replied snuggling closer to him, he could perceive the sweet smell of her hair shampoo."Really? But a few days ago you were so jealous of her and today she called you didn't seem interested did the jealousy wash away so quick?""Are you for real? You were happy cuz I was jealous?"She asked moving away from him, he missed the earth of her body when she pulled away and wanted her back in his arms so he stretched them out to her but she pulled further away to the end of the sofa and folded her hands against her breast his eye followed the movement of her hands and landed on her breaks, he couldn't keep his eyes off and just sat and stared,
"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