"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,
"Lau?"She heard him call and buried her head on the pillow without answering, she was much too embarrassed to face him though she knew she shouldn't have left him to him on his own, she couldn't bring herself to face him, what had come over her? Why had she behaved like that and to crown it all she, no they had been caught in the act, her mother superior would have a heart attack if she finds out about what just happened."You must have been out of your mind,"She scolded herself."Laura!!! You can't hide forever you know!!!, come out right now or I am calling the hospital and pulling a 'my nurse dished me,' I swear to God I will do it,"He warned, she knew he won't do that but she couldn't risk it so she bowed her head and slowly walked out of the room she had been in, she didn't even know who owns the room, she had just run in there in her shame and had stayed there for the past two hours cursing herself for acting so caveman and want some."Finally, my lady,"He said when she stop
"That's cuz it empty, it supposed to be a baby room but I ain't even married yet so let's see how it goes if you don't dump me, we might have a use for that room soon,"A baby, she has never thought of having a baby, but now that he said it, it didn't seem like a bad idea at all."Why will I dump you?""You tell me, anyway that's all for now, I wanna rest Lau,"He said, she felt like he regretted bringing up the baby talk so she helped him up to his room without talking and helped him lay on the bed, she made to give him space but he heard on to her hands and pulled her up into the bed."I thought you wanted to rest?""Yes, with you in my arms,"He replied pulling her closer."Don't give much thought about what happened earlier, Lau,"He added parting her back softly,"I won't,"She replied but she knew that can't be, she didn't know how she was gonna face Mark without thinking about that, he didn't need to know, she thought, closing her eyes to sleep, but the sound of the phone stopp
Devon watched her sleep, his woman, looking at her he finally knew what it felt like to be in love, the feeling of peace, fulfillment, and safety that comes with it. He wished it would always be like this and get even better. If someone had told him a month ago that he will be laying in bed today with a woman he was head over heels for, he would have either beaten the person up or told the person to report to the hospital for a check-up but here he was laying on his bed and for once loving the fact that he was not working.He remembered what Mark had said when he had the accident, he had told him to look on the bright side, which he had not seen at that time bit now looking back he was kinda grateful he fell off that stairs cuz it brought him here today, to her, the woman he loved and whom he hoped to spend the rest of his life with, as soon as he can walk on his own again he will go with her to see her mother superior, He hoped they can locate her parent if not he will make sure she
Cleo was here and she claims to be the mother of his child? Devon couldn't get the thought out of his head as he waited for her to come into his room, how did she pass through security, she was on the blacklist, so how did she get past them, furthermore, how did she make it into his apartment he changed his security code or maybe Laura let her in but how she was able to get past his bodyguard made him angry he was gonna have it out with Dan after he sends her away, he tried to get on his wheelchair but it was far from the bed and he didn't want them to come and meet him crawling towards it so just sat where he was waiting."Baby!!!"He heard someone call from the hallway but the voice sounded nothing like Cleo's voice which made him even more confused."Oh my god, Devon, look at you,"Lizzy shouted as she ran into the run and jumped on the bed to hug him, he was shocked to see her and also relief that it was her not Cleo, but then his head went what about if they came together, that w
"I came with Mark, he dropped me off and went back to his date, I didn't know he was on a date with his wife before you scolded me, and I told him to go back to her immediately, he knows how much I missed you D so he is not offended."She explained moving close to him and hugging him closely."Get off me, you crazy woman,"He warned though he wrapped his arms around her, he missed her, she was his only close relative apart from Robert's kids, when his aunt had found out that her husband had an affair she had broken things off with him and had gone ahead to look for the child which her ex had neglected and had made sure she had the best of everything and Lizzie in return had treated Maya as her mom. When aunt Maya had died, Liz had been studying abroad and was in her finals she couldn't come home until after Maya's burial, she had been sad, they had both falling apart from each other after that but came back again when Liz told him she was getting married, unfortunately, her husband wh
"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