Vanessa’s POV I noticed my hands were sweaty as Rodri led me out of the supermarket, heading towards the car as the guards followed closely by, hauling the gigantic bags of baby items we had finally bought. I just wanted to pick a few things but Rodri had decided against it, choosing five of every item I had written on my list. Since we had no idea about the gender of the baby, he had insisted we get everything in both pink and blue and in large numbers also. Mum had suggested we settle on unisex clothes but Rodri hadn't welcomed the idea at all. "A billionaire’s child should feel like a billionaire, shouldn't he?" Rodri had asked me when I brought the suggestion to him and without waiting for my response, he had gone ahead to tell the shop attendant to increase the number of items from the two pairs we had initially agreed on. At the end of our shopping spree, we had ended up buying more than half the children's section and as expensive as it must have been, Rodri had unwave
Rodri’s POV "Tell Rodri to get the both of you over here right now, his mum just woke up!" I had heard him clearly, but it seemed like I was in a trance and everything else around me wasn't real. My mind started to doubt the information that had been passed through my ears into my brain. "What?" Vanessa's voice was merely a whisper as we sat in the same position, shock written all over our faces. "What did you say?" She asked quietly, confirming I was not the only one who was finding it out to believe what we had both clearly heard. Could it be our minds playing a trick on us? "Didn't you hear what I just said?" My dad's voice boomed out the speaker, sounding impatient and heavily breathless. "Call Rodri to get the car ready, so the both of you can get here as quickly as possible!" He barked out the command before the call disconnected. "Rodri," Vanessa motioned to me as she gently removed her leg from my hold. "Let's go see your mom." Slowly, it started to come to me. My brai
Rodri’s POV An overwhelming wave of relief flooded my bloodstream as my eyes locked with mum's. Every fiber of my being was screaming at me to rush into her arms, to have her hold me again after so many years but my feet were ignoring the command my brain was shooting out. All the thoughts I had struggled to shove to a side of my mind started to resurface as I stared at her. It felt like I was seeing her for the first time when all I had done ever since the accident was spend hours looking at her face. Her brown eyes were exactly the same and I had to admit I had started to forget how brown they were. The brown orbs were staring right into my soul as I stared back at her, tears streaming down my face and blurring my vision terribly. I had spent countless nights dreaming of this particular moment and now, the moment was here. My mother's eyes were finally open and she could see me. "Am I not going to get a hug?" Mum's voice floated towards me and as if it was what I needed to
TRINITY'S POV While I waited for the engineer—the receptionist had directed me to after her failed attempt to strike up a conversation with me—to complete the finishing touches on my brand new phone, I felt the anger returning back. It wasn't as if my anger towards Vanessa had left but at least it had subsided after I had ravished a box of doughnuts and two large glasses of milkshakes. But sitting in a room, bored to death as my feet swelled was not the way I had expected my Saturday to go. "Aren't you done yet?" I inquired firmly, making sure my voice was loud enough for him to hear over the annoyingly loud music that was blasting through the speakers in the room. If there was one thing I hated more than Vanessa, it was noise and waiting followed closely by and annoying as the situation was, both of them were in full motion. The man reduced the volume of the music, gave me a cheeky smile before answering in a way that made my skin crawl, "Yes, ma'am." He gave me a quick wi
TRINITY'S POV "What's going on, Samira?" I demanded, fixing a glare on my face when I noticed she was intentionally stalling. "You know I don't like waiting." It was something she was very much aware of but as usual, her stubbornness wouldn't allow her to adhere to the not so simple rules that surrounded our agreement. "Alright, fine," She finally said in resignation. "I'll tell you about the magnificent discovery I have made." Once again, I felt the cockiness in her tone but I decided to not say anything concerning it. The last thing I wanted was to rile her up before the information I clearly needed had gotten across to me. Resisting the intense urge to yell at her to hurry up, I got out of bed instead and made my way to the kitchen. Pregnancy cravings were something else and at the moment, all I wanted to do was to pop bread filled with peanut butter into my mouth. As I prepared my makeshift sandwich, I noticed Samira was taking her time with the disclosure and as displeasi
VANESSA'S POV "Thank you so much, Vanessa," The chairman echoed his wife's words of appreciation as he moved closer to where we both were. "You've been a blessing to me and my family, Vanessa," he reached out to enclasp Rose's free hand with his as his eyes held mine. "I honestly don't know how to repay you for all you've done." I was about to tell him to stop thanking me that I had not done anything significant when the door creaked open and the doctor walked into the room, wearing a broad smile on his face. "How are you feeling, Madam?" He beamed at her, with pride fixed all over his face. Rose smiled weakly, peeling her eyes from her husband's face and directed her attention towards the doctor. "My family is here with me, doctor," She answered softly, "There is absolutely no reason for me to feel anything but complete gratitude and I’m perfectly fine." The chairman leaned forward, planting a kiss on her forehead as I moved to the side to give them some space. It felt goo
VANESSA'S POV I had no idea I was squeezing the phone in my hand until a warm hand circled around mine and I lifted my head up to meet Rodri's face, which had concern plastered all over it. "Are you alright, Vanessa?" He quickly asked, as he propped himself on top of the pavement, staring at me. "Yes, I'm fine," I hastily responded, withdrawing my hand from his, while I used the other hand to tuck the phone back into the bag. "Are you?" I asked instead, attempting to shift the conversation away from myself. I didn't feel good about lying to him but I couldn't also tell him what was actually going on. The look on his face was screaming doubt but he didn't probe and I silently thanked him. "Yes, yes," he finally said, leaning forward to grab hold of my hand again. "Everything is fine, mama," He added with relief all over his face. "Everything is fine." I placed my second hand on his and gave him a light squeeze. There was no doubt that there was a lot going on for me with the
RODRI'S POV The moment I pulled into the driveway and switched off the ignition, Vanessa reached for the seatbelt and unclasped it, swinging it off her body in quite a haste. Removing the seatbelt and helping her out of the car was my job but it seemed like she had no need for my services at the moment. My eyes followed her movements in surprise as she propped open the car door a few seconds after she had rid herself of the seatbelt and carefully placed one foot out. She swung her bag over her shoulder as she attempted to move out of the car's confinements all by herself. "Let me help you." I called out gently as I hurriedly opened my side of the car and jogged around to her own side of it. "Why are you doing this all by yourself when I'm here?" I asked with confusion masking my face as I made to help her but retracted my hand when she gently shrugged it off. "It's fine, Rodri," Vanessa answered firmly, balancing both feet on the ground as she finally but carefully got out o