Dylan watched the scene right in front of him and he wiped his eyes carefully. If he wasn't mistaken, Katrina was the woman from that night at the hotel. He couldn't be wrong about it! Her fair skin, oval face and brown hair all rang a bell in his thoughts.
Most importantly, her looks. Although they'd changed, his memory was retentive enough to recall her. He quickly followed her inside to confront her. Katrina, who wasn't expecting anything, was stunned when someone grabbed her arms tightly, almost making her drop Joanna. “You!” Dylan growled angrily. She stared at his utterly familiar face, bit was filled with rage after what he'd just done. “Let go of me, sir!” She yelled out. Joanna tried her best to remain stable in the arms of her mother. “Daddy, let go of my mummy!” She cried out. Katrina didn't hear wrong, her daughter just referred to this strange man as her daddy. She couldn't understand what was going on. Who Dylan was and why did Joanna call him daddy? The scene was soon noticed and everyone channeled their attention to them. “You're the woman from that night at the hotel, you entered my room and seduced me. What was your aim, who sent you to me?” Dylan asked, the rage in his voice could be heard But Katrina, who was equally confused, kept her cool. “Will you please let go of me?” She asked him calmly, and after a few seconds, he did. Joanna was now stable in her mom's arms. Katrina turned to her assistant, Maryanne. “Help me hold the kids” she said. “The children, are they mine?” Dylan couldn't help himself, he asked quickly. “No, the kids aren't yours and I do not remember you..” she denied him quickly. “You better say the truth, woman. Or I swear, I'll sue and make you pay for your actions” “Mr, I was drugged and sent to your bedroom after there was a mixup at the hotel. How can you possibly blame me for it?” She asked him. Dylan arched a brow confusedly at her. People were starting to gather around and Katrina felt so much shame, she didn't even know what to say to him anymore. He lets go of her arms and grabbed her wrist, pulling her away with him. “We need to talk” he said. ~~~~~~~~~~~ “You're a grown ass woman, why didn't you take a contraceptive at least. Now, you're automatically trying to make me a father” Dylan's cold voice spoke in the middle of the music in the background. “Mister, I never asked you to become a father to my children” she quickly cuts in. “My children are fine with just me. You deserve to know the truth since we're both victims” she explained. “Victims? You dare to call yourself a victim?” “Yes, Mister” “The name's Dylan” he corrected her quickly. “And it doesn't seem like your kids are fine with just a mother. They already met me and also called me father. How do I explain this to my family?” He asked her. Katrina arched a brow before she asked him. “You're married?” “No, of course not. I'm talking about my grandfather who's been so crazy with getting me married and having kids” he explained to her. “Dylan, you do not have to worry. My children and I are fine without you, I promise. I've singlehandedly raised them for four years, I think I can continue. And do not worry, we'll never appear in front of you again” she explained, and without getting any response from him, she left. The party ended a few hours later, but Karina already left before then. She was now at her mansion with the twins, after putting them to bed as they'd whined all night about Dylan being their father. Katrina felt a sudden relief after Dylan's explanations to her, he never raped her as she thought he did. It was all a set up by her sister and Frank. She must get her revenge on them! She stood by the window with her hands resting on the pane for support, the arm of her coat slides off her shoulder, revealing a part of her seductive nightwear. Katrina had everything she'd ever wished for, kids, money and fame. But she was never happy at how her life turned out. She expected to get married and start a family of her own. she was the laughing stock of the internet for that night, and after a while, it all went down. There was no single news about her and Dylan anymore. However, almost everyone in the city knew that he is the father of her kids. She was afraid that this might affect her kid's life soon if she did nothing about it. Katrina picked up her mobile phone and sent a text message to Maryanne. She had a meeting at the company tomorrow, she was supposed to go there after taking her kids to their new school. But after the events of this night, Katrina didn't feel like it anymore and all she wanted was to live privately with her kids. Maybe they would just leave the city. She didn't want the society criticizing them for being born out of wedlock. After she got a response from Maryanne, she decided to inform her about her plans to leave the city with the kids the next day. She'd asked her to book them the quickest flight back to Germany.It was a few days to Christmas, Katrina would've loved it if the kids spent it with their grandpa, she'd imagined them spending a lot of time together and she planned on dressing up in Santa's costume to present the with their favorite video games and toys She already made so much plans for them to enjoy the holidays, she didn't expect for everything to change in a blink of an eye, just because they met their Father.“Joanna, come here right now!” Katrina yelled out loudly, summoning the little kid who was focused to the cartoon videos she was watching. While her brother was at the corner playing with his toys, Katrina was never bothered about the little boy because, according to her, he was younger, and Joanna had to act like the older sister at all times..She frowned as Joanna ignored her, knowing fully well that they didn't have much time left, their flight would soon be ready and they'd have to leave the city soon.It hurts Katrina to make this decision, but it was for the best.
The ride back to the mansion was swift, however, the twins had the better of it as they kept on drooling over their father. Katrina didn't realize how much these children needed their father in their lives. She'd always thought that she alone was enough for them. For the past four years since she'd given birth to them, none of the twins ever complained about not having a father, rather, they'd only requested for more toys, video games and outings with their motherKatrina was however stunned to find them all over Dylan Michelson. She watched them from the middle seat where she was in the limousine, using the rearview mirror at the front, she couldn't stop feeling stunned and apologetic towards them.This made her finally decide to work with Dylan in order to fill in the space the twins had missed in these past years. Soon, they arrived at the Mickelson villa and they were all out of the limousine heading towards the mansion.Katrina's heart beat fastly as she couldn't stop thinking a
Dylan sighed as he stepped aside motioning for Katrina to get in which she did. She fiddled nervously with her fingers as she walked into his room, her eyes sweeping every single decor in the room, trying her best to avoid the shirtless man in front of her. It wasn’t just a room, it was a mini palace, designed with gold. He even had a golden tree artifact which she was sure must’ve cost millions. Katrina could not lie, his room looked beautiful as the finely done dull painting on the wall accommodated the beautiful decor in the room. Her eyes stayed longe than usual on an art painting of Dylan. He looked younger in the portrait as his eyes bore into hers. She let herself imagine how beautiful of a man he would’ve been younger and when she turned to look at Dylan, she could see him. He was still the same, only the young boy in the portrait had a more welcoming eyes than the ones which stared back at her.“What about the kids?.” Dylan asked folding his hands. Katrina flinched a litt
“Are we having a wedding celebration or not?.” Dylan asked.Katrina halted in her tracks when Dylan spoke up. She had not noticed but he had moved to the little library stand in his room to pick a book.She turned to look at him confused. She didn’t know how she felt about having a public wedding or if she wanted to bother with the fuss of it all.“No. A court wedding is fine. Something simple and quick. It’s not like it’s a love match where we need to exchange vows. We both sign contacts so when one doesn’t fulfill their end of the bargain, there’s consequences.” Katrina replied in a diplomatic way.Dylan scoffed shutting the book he was holding with a thud. It was the 50 laws of power. He turned to look Katrina over nodding his head.He agreed with her point. There wasn’t any need for a celebration. The only reason they were getting married was to give the kids a home. He didn’t fancy the idea of his kids growing apart from him. At least his parents had trained him together no matte
Katrina woke up the next morning to soft knocks on her door. She whispered a sleeping come in and soon maids entered her room holding the most beautiful wedding dress she had ever seen.“Good morning Miss Katrina.” They all Chorused.Still on her bed, one of the maids went up to her handing her a card in a small silver tray.Katrina picked the card with interest as she opened it revealing a handwritten note. Her eyes immediately went to the end of the note to see who had sent it and just as she had suspected, it was from Dylan.“Now you don’t have to think of something to wear. Our lawyers will be present at 10. Don’t be late.” Katrina read aloud.She was stunned by this new development especially since she had discussed with Dylan that she had wanted a day off to sort herself out. She eyed the white gown scoffing as she threw the card shabbily on her bed.“Okay? Is there a problem?.” Katrina asked the maids when she finally realized they were still in her room.“We’re here to get you
Dylan was agitated and angry. In fact, he didn’t know which was actually his problem at the moment. Was it Katrina’s cold shoulder towards him or was it the way she signed the documents in a hurry as if she could not wait to be done with the legal process. Hell, he didn’t even know why he was upset. After all she was making this quite easy by not making a big deal out of it. Still, he wished she had worn the dress as he looked at her knee length red dress. Dylan had to admit, the piece she had on suited her well but it wasn’t the dress itself that was the problem. It was the damn color. ‘At least it’s not black.’ His subconscious told him and he couldn’t agree more. The worst thing Katrina could’ve done was show up in black at their marriage signing. At least red represented a lot of things, blood included. He gave her a side glance as he finished signing the last of the legal documents which made them husband and wife. Dylan hoped Katrina would never think of divorcing him becau
The atmosphere between the both of them tensed up as Dylan didn't utter any words, making Katrina frightened. She should've believed him. He was her husband and shouldn't have any aims in hirting her. She debated in her thoughts on what to do to make him forgive her, although see couldn't forgive herself for how she treated him.“I..” she was just about to say something when Dylan's voice interrupted her.“Katrina, you do not have to apologize to me. What I did was to stop a fraudster from stealing my wife's money. I really do not care about how you feel about my actions. You're my wife now, you should get used to things like this from me” Dylan declared, and then he turned away to leave. She watched his figure fade slowly in the hallway and soon, he cornered towards his bedroom. She was a bit confused, first, he acted like she offended him and now he was bossy toward her. She could be everything, but not naive and would never allow a man to trample over her, even though he was her
The doctor had just finished giving the last medication to Jeremy, but he was still unconscious, making Katrina even more worried. She gazed up at him as he checked the little boys temperature from the device.“Doctor, how is my son?” She asked him curiously, putting a hand on Jeremy's body to check his temperature. He was running a fever earlier so they had to give him more treatments.Katrina was in so much rage mixed with anxiety, she couldn't stop thinking about the how to make Lucy pay for what she'd caused the kids to go through. Not to talk about their nanny who'd allowed this to happen.Sje never should've allowed this happen in the first place. If it all wasn't for Dylan who'd set their wedding on such an auspicious day when they had to celebrate Christmas together.She tightened his fists, almost breaking her almond shaped artificial nails which she'd been proud of. Katrina's head was filled with so many thoughts but then, she didn't want to make things difficult for Dylan b
Dylan didn’t need a soothsayer to tell him what was going on. He had put two and two together and it dawned on him why his grandfather was in Katrina’s ward. He only wondered what his grandfather had said that had upset Katrina so much.“What’s going on here?. Grandfather ? Why are you here?.” Dylan asked the old man with a glare on his face but Mr Michaelson wasn’t faced by his grandson’s glare.“Katrina?.” Dylan asked turning his attention to Katrina.Katrina scoffed, her eyes throwing daggers at Dylan. She was beyond hurt that she could not even express herself as fresh tears wailed in her eyes.“You…”“Sir. Please I’m sorry but you can’t be in here.” A police officer said all of a sudden, stepping into the room.Mr Michaelson frowned because he had personally gotten the permission to see Katrina for as long as he wanted from the judge but he figured the presence of his grandson was the reason his visit was being cut short.“Don’t worry officer. Me and my boy will be right behind y
Katrina hated the smell that hospital had. It felt like death and she felt dead. After all, she was half dead for as long as she could not remember and the nurses had made it a point to remind her it was a miracle she was now awake.She hated hearing that and more so, she hated the fact that she was heavily guarded with policemen like some criminal who had been caught on a killing spree. She wished for the times when she was a free woman and could go anywhere she wanted to. Now she was confined to the four walls of this hospital room, with only her lawyer and Dylan allowed to visit her. What made all of this more frustrating was the fact that she was not allowed to see her kids. Her own beautiful two children had not seen their mother ever since the burial of her grandfather. It was still shocking to her that Lucy would go as far as starting a case against her concerning the death of her her grandfather. The worst of it all were the implicating evidence her lawyer said Lucy had broug
Dylan walked ahead of Anastasia, not wanting to talk to her. His grandfather had suggested he took Anastasia for some drinks and now he found himself walking into a cafe with Anastasia struggling to catch up with him due to the heels she had on.“Dylan dear, would you mind taking a hold of my hand? Your legs are quite long I must say…” Anastasia said looking at Dylan over in a seductive way.Dylan stopped in his tracks, huffing as he turned to look at Anastasia. He let her wrap her hands around his arm as they both walked into the cafe.Anastasia took a seat, batting her eyelashes at Dylan who payed her no attention. She was excited to finally be in his presence after such a long time. Anastasia had tried all her possible best to earn a date from Dylan. By going to every function he attended and even visiting his grandfather frequently, but she had never for once met him.“What would you like to order?.” Dylan asked looking at the menu.“Oh. Anything you want is fine by me. I’m less i
Time wasn’t on Dylan’s side as he tried to move the kids out of their current home. He had decided to keep Martha since she was quite good with the kids and they loved her whole heartedly but Dylan had let the kids driver go, hiring a new one for the sake of their safety. It wasn’t as if he didn’t trust the driver enough, at the end of the day, he didn’t know him enough. But he had been wise to settle the driver by giving him the Audi he drove his kids to school to begin an Uber business.Dylan successfully moved his kids to their new home and he was thankful the kids had not fought with him about it, though he could see he questioning gaze and concern in Martha’s eyes when he showed her to her room.He had gotten this house a long time ago and had not thought about it until now that he needed to hide his family away from his grandfather.Dylan wasn’t sure of how Katrina would take the sudden movement but he was hoping on explaining things to her and hoping she would actually see rea
Mr Michaelson was confident Dylan would break and succumb to his request but he had not expected it to be so soon. He looked his grandson over and could see one thing he had never seen in Dylan’s eyes and it was fear.He was intrigued to know what exactly scared his grandson so much.“I am happy about this decision you’ve made but do permit me to ask what prompted it? The last time I checked, you had resigned yourself to loving the dead girl for eternity.” Mr Michaelson said.Dylan’s jaw hardened at his grandfather’s words. “ Why I’ve decided to change my mind doesn’t matter. What matters is that you fulfill your end of the bargain.” He replied.“Ahhh. About giving Katrina her freedom you mean. Well, consider it done but first you’ll have to marry Anastasia.” Mr Michaelson said sternly.Dylan scoffed at the old man. His grandfather was a very cunning man and Dylan knew this quite well. “Actually, I have a preposition.” Dylan countered as he stared at his grandfather.His grandfather
The word relentless had to be an attribute Lucy had gotten effortlessly since she was consistent in showing up for ever court hearing concerning Katrina while confidently accusing her of killing late Mr Anderson. One would think felt she would’ve given up after such a long time since Katrina in question was in coma and couldn’t participate in the court hearings but she want.Lucy would’ve backed out but in the end, the only way the inheritance could be transferred to her was Katrina getting convicted for killing later Mr Anderson. She had done well in covering up her tracks and had planned so much lies with backed up evidence for her lies when she got to court. Each hearing was a new discovery of who Katrina was as Lucy slandered her in every way possible.Lucy wasn’t making any effort to impress the judge but the jury knowing if she gathered a lot of pity from them, they would consider her to be the real victim in the situation. Plus she blessed the fact that her lawyer was a good on
“What do you mean by she’s dead?.” Dylan asked insensitively. All along he had hoped the maid’s testimony would vindicate Katrina, her death meant he was back to ground zero.The maid’s grandmother, Mary’s grandmother looked at Dylan with sad eyes.“Yes. My only girl is gone forever.” She replied, her eyes glistening with tears.“How did she die? What happened?.” Bryan asked with a suspicious eye on the old woman.Mary’s grandmother shook her head slowly in a sad manner. “Not in anyway a person would wish to die. Till this day I can’t keep thinking of what she must’ve done that must’ve pushed her into committing suicide.” The woman said in a dejected manner.Mary had been the only relative she had left, being her son’s daughter. The old woman had lost her son and Mary’s mother to an unfortunate accident which automatically made her the girl’s guardian. For years she had trained Mary and protected her in the way she could until Mary had returned with fear in her eyes from work.Her gra
Dylan immediately called Bryan, eager to know where the two timing bastard of a maid was. She was the only one who could testify against Lucy in court and clear Katrina’s name.The maid had seen Lucy killing Mr Anderson. She was the only eye witness to everything that had happened. Her testimony wasn’t only going to clear Katrina’s name and free her but would put Lucy where she rightfully belonged and that’s in a jail.“Where is she?.” Dylan almost growled on the phone the moment Bryan picked the call.“Good day boss. She’s at the province with her grandma. It turns out she had ran away to stay low there. Wasn’t a hassle finding her. I checked the address already and it’s very functional.” Bryan replied.“Good. I’m headed to the hospital. Meet me there and we’ll leave for there once I’m done.” Dylan replied ending the call.Hope blossomed in his chest and he prayed that his hope would not be crushed. He needed to have a upper hand over Lucy and that maid was all he needed.Dylan pulle
Dylan finally decided it was time to return home. After visiting Katrina in the hospital, he had not been able to bring himself to take the long drive home. The thought of going back to his kids with no word about the whereabouts of their mother saddened him greatly. He wanted to be able to see their eyes light up the way it used to. Though they were always excited to see him, he could feel their questioning gaze, asking of their mother, he could see the depth of which they miss her presence.Once they had asked him and he had been quite speechless on what to say. It weakened him to the bone for the fact that he had no answer for them. He had kissed their forehead whispering how much he loved them and assured them mummy was fine. “She’s just a little shaken from granpa’s death.” He had said.“Let’s give her a surprise then. It’ll make her feel better.” Joanna had proposed fiddling her thumb with hope in her eyes.It had saddened him when those eyes filled with hope crushed before hi