She must have heard him wrong or misread what he said, there is no way Robert is her father or the parent who abandoned her, Robert is caring and doesn't seem like a negligence parent, but the look on his face, the way the room was silent with everyone watching intently made it obvious that he is indeed the man the private investigator brought as her father, she turned to Devon eyeing him and convening all the pains and emotions in her heart."Is this some kind of joke, Devon, are you playing tricks on me? You know how badly I want to meet my parents, are you using that against me?""Laura, it ain't a joke I won't do that and you know it, I didn't believe when I found out either and I had the doubt still until we spoke to Robert and he gave details and it fitted perfectly, just hear him out Laura I am sure he has his reasons,"He said and she took a step back shaking her head, this wasn't what she expected, Robert can't be her father, how can he? Why was she the one abandoned? If he
"I couldn't process it, I had come into the hospital with my pregnant wife expecting a newborn and now I had to leave the hospital without either of them, back then I wished I had acted differently so maybe you wouldn't have gone missing. because I became too aggressive, the doctors were scared that I may cause trouble so they sedated me and before I woke up it was already ten am the next morning, I don't blame the hospital because they didn't know we had other kids waiting for us at the hotel, they released me when I told them and when I got to the hotel, I was still thinking of how to pass the sad news on to you guys when fate slapped me with another kind of pain, I met your older siblings with the hotel management they were all in tears and you were nowhere to be seen, no one knew where or when you left the hotel, your older sibling said the last time they saw you were before they fell asleep and you were sleeping when they woke up you were no longer there, I looked for you, got th
"Did Sloan leave?"Devon asked when Mark walked in, "Yes he did, he said he had other things to take care of and since his job is done there is no need to wait, Robert can spend the night here as I feel he and Laura still have a lot to talk about, they were still talking when we passed by they didn't even notice us,""He can stay, for sure,""I already said he can, I wasn't asking you, I talked to Lizzy and she gave a go-ahead,"He revealed sitting down on his bed."Whatever,"He wasn't in a talking mood, he still wasn't over what happened between him and Laura, he knew he shouldn't have reacted like that but it was too late."Devon, about the Laura photo, I found out that she didn't give anything away to the media, he must have told her something that made her follow him because I met the reporter myself and he confessed that she didn't give him a word about you or your life,"Mark revealed and Devon wished the ground would open up and swallow him"Oh my God Mark, I messed up big tim
Laura paused at Devon door and took and a deep breath before knocking, while she waited for a response, she tried to go over what she wanted to say in her head, this is it, if he signed the paper, she is gonna leave with her dad, it still felt strange calling him that but after hearing everything, she knew she couldn't bear it in her to hate him or be angry at him, he went throwgh a lot so being angry will be selfish of her."You can come in the door is open,"Devon finally responded and she opened the door, he was sitting in his wheelchair beside his bed with his phone in his hands, he looked handsome as always and she felt a deep feeling losing overwhelm her but there was no way she would be with someone who didn't truet Ir want her around."Hey, Laura, you done talking with your dad? That took quite a while, you guys good now?""Yes we are, thanks for finding my dad for me, I will forever be grateful for your help,""It's nothing, glad I could help, about the stuff that happened be
Laura smiled to herself, yes she didn't have to leave, and yes she and her man were cool again, and also her she just found her family, her dad said he and her siblings will come over soon and the thought of meeting them warmed her heart. He had left this morning to go back to Clovers because the others can't survive without him, according to him and he said he will come back to visit soon with her sibling too, Liz had gone with him, she said she wanted to go say Hi to Percy and the others, ao it was just her and Devon in the house.Laura couldn't contain her excitement she had been happy since she woke up and have been smiling like a child on Christmas morning."Oh, no,"She exclaimed."What is it, baby?"Devon asked he was on his phone again, he has been doing that a lot since this morning and she wanted to ask him out of curiosity, but she chose not to."I just remembered that Sophie doesn't like me, how are we supposed to get along if she hates me?"She asked sitting down heavily,
"You know you can't avoid me forever, at a point we have to meet and talk, let's just cut over these and meet up to talk Devon, I am tired of this hide and seek, it's not good for me,"Cleo said as soon as he answered her call, he didn't want to answer the call initially but he figured it will be better to hear what she wanna say and just tell her off,"What do you want Cleo, why are you calling me,"He asked, ignoring her words."I am calling because I have something important to say, but you caught me out, what happened to us, Devon? We were so in love, how did it all go so bad,""I don't have time for small talks Cleo, get to the chase or I am hanging up,"Devin commanded."Can we meet up? Anywhere is fine, I just have important news for you,""What news that can't be shared via phone call,""It's can't, I need to see your face when I am telling you, I must see your face,""What kind of game are you playing this time Cleo?""I am not playing, I am serious here,"She screamed over t
"I said I don't know anything, get off me, and besides we are not alone, there are bodyguards around,"She replied."Tish!, I am off you my lady, and the bodyguards won't walk into here unless it's an emergency, and since you have forgotten what we were talking about I will just show you,"He replied and claimed her mouth with his silenting all her complaint, she melted to him and opened her mouth for him, and he smiled in satisfaction, his mouth exploring hers with an intensity that he couldn't explain, her soft moans making the moment even more intense, he could tell she would be great in bed and wanted nothing more than to confirm those thought, but as much as he wanted her, there were still restrictions and even if he did defy those, his body won't cooperate, her moan of displeasure brought him back to the moment and he apologized for zooming out by taking her face into his hand and kissing her more, his tongue exporing her mouth and branding it his, her hands went up to his head
"Why are you restless?"Devon asked and Laura stopped walking and looked up at him, he stood folding his hand."Is it not obvious?""Hmm, no, if I knew I won't be asking you,"He said and she stared blankly at him wanting to punch him a little, he was flexing his new ability to stand without help, having gotten the doctors approval, he has been learning to stand again and also taking small steps,"Are you for real? I am meeting my siblings today," she announced throwing her hands in the air."And is that a reason to be restless? They are your flesh and blood not like they will eat you or something,""You are not helping Mr. I am nervous here," she replied eyeing him"I don't get why you are though, you have been speaking with them for the past week, you have met Sophia and Susan before, so what's there to be nervous about?" He asked raising his eyebrows."Well, this is the first time I will be meeting them in person as my siblings,"She replied moving from one spot to the next trying
"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