Trinity's Pov “I'll relay your message to the officers, sir. We will be in the hospital in about ten minutes.” The assistant waited till the line disconnected before replacing the phone back in his suit pocket. The hospital? I thought the Chairman wanted me to go to Rodri's place, why then did he ask for me to be brought to the hospital? Before I could make my enquiries, the assistant turned around and walked towards the officers who had gone back to their desks. I could hardly make out what their conversation entailed but he returned shortly with the two officers from earlier. Confusion masked my features as I stared at them with wide eyes. “You're free to go, ma'am.” One of them announced stiffly while the other nodded in agreement. Of course I was free to go, there was no way Rodri could have kept me here against his father's wish. What I didn't understand was why I was being sent to the hospital. Did the Chairman know I lied about my pregnancy? As soon as the thought app
Trinity's Pov Pain. Excruciating pain. Horrible, horrible pain was all I was feeling as I turned from one end of the bed to the other. I could feel my insides ripping apart and with each movement came pain like I had never experienced before. As badly as I wanted it to end, it just kept going octaves higher. “No!” I yelled out as another contraction tore through me, hitting me harder than a truck would. “I don't want to do this!” My voice resonated across the room in a guttural scream that came from deep within me. I was ready to do anything to put a stop to the torture I was going through. Anything at all. Was this what labour was like? Why had I voluntarily signed up for something as terrible as this? Couldn't someone had talked me out of it? Why, just why?! Why did I have to suffer this much to win Rodri? Why had my beauty not been enough to trap him?! Why?! Gibberish kept spilling out of my mouth along with all the multiple questions that were piling up in my head. I drag
Vanessa's Pov Is this what motherhood is like? Will I get it right and not end up feeling like I have ruined my child's life? I had questions but I couldn't risk asking mum anyone even though she was seated right next to me. How could I do that when I’d successfully ruined the image of what a good mother should be for her? Finding out I was pregnant had not shaken mum as much as finding out how I got pregnant had done. If I could avoid talking about it for the rest of eternity, I would have. But the time for secrets and lies was long gone. Everything was out in the open, wasn't it best for me to give them the right version? The whole truth without any lies. My eyes slowly shifted to mum's face as tears welled up in my eyes. I couldn't forget how guilt engulfed her face when I told her the reason I hauled my ass to a club alone. She believed the only reason I ended up having a one night stand with a stranger that led to my pregnancy was because of her. And she wasn't e
Rodri's Pov I listened attentively with my hand clasped around hers as Vanessa took me on a trip down memory lane. The more I listened to her story, the more I felt bad for doubting her and even wanting to leave her. Whatever she had done, she did it because she was left with little to no choice. How could I still feel anger towards her? The woman's life had been sort of a living hell for way too long and the last thing she deserved was for a stranger to get her pregnant. Not only had the bastard taken advantage of her innocence, he had disappeared from her life. How could someone leave this kind of woman? Anger started to seep into my veins as I watched tears form a pool in her eyes. “It wasn't entirely the man's fault, Rodri,” She brought her teary eyes to rest on my rigid face. “I could have said no, I could have pushed him away or better still, resist his advances from the onset. But I did none of that, it was also my fault.” She added. “When the man caught me in
Rodri's Pov “I refuse to have this conversation with you, dad.” A sigh of exasperation followed the statement. For how long were we going to go back and forth about Trinity's child that was obviously not mine? It was becoming a pain in his spine and along with the pain came a long chain of days filled with annoyance. For one whole week, the phone calls were unending. Dad kept insisting I pay Trinity a visit at the hospital and I kept refusing to do so. I saw absolutely no reason for me to show up for a woman that was hell bent on ruining my life. Instead, I was channeling my time, attention and love towards the person who deserved it. Vanessa and our baby were still in the hospital but she was getting better with each passing day. I spoke with the doctor yesterday, and he told me they would both be discharged soon. That was the only reason I finally decided to heed my mum's words and paid my father a visit. What a wrong decision I had made. “Trust me, I am way more
Trinity's Pov The real father? Why isn't anyone paying any attention to what I have been screaming for the past ten minutes? My eyes darted to the chairman's face as Rodri kept bombarding me with questions. Was it so hard to believe me? I have been trying to get him to understand that the child had to be a Darnell, he just had to be. “Stop lying, Trinity!” Rodri's voice thundered in the room, startling me—just a little bit. I saw his mother take cautious steps towards him and place her hand gently on his. “I am sick and tired of hearing you say the same lines over and over again. Why the hell would the doctor tamper with the result?! What will he gain from doing something like that?!” As soon as Rodri drew attention to the doctor, he came into our line of sight. “Miss Trinity,” he addressed me like I was a child who he needed to be soft with. “The Chairman was very clear on the importance of this test's accuracy. My license was placed on the line also, there is n
Rodri’s POV It was so unbelievable that dad would stoop so low to sleep with Trinity, even though I was trying hard to get a grasp of the situation. Trinity actually slept with father and son? “What are you saying Angela, I have never cheated on you since our marriage, I’ve never even looked at another woman with the aim of having anything to do with them...” Dad started to defend himself, but mum wasn’t interested in whatever he was saying. She opened the door to walk out when I held her hand. She turned to me and I could see her eyes glistening with unshed tears. “Just hear him out.” I whispered to her. “What is there to hear?” Mom flared, snatching her hand from me. I knew everything that was happening was my fault, if I hadn’t started anything with this bitch in the first place. If only I left with my family after seeing the results of her lies. If I didn’t start exchanging words with her and concerning myself with the father of her bastard. But it wasn’t time f
Vanessa’s POV It’s been more than two weeks since I came to this hospital and had my baby. It was high time I left here, but mom wasn’t seeing things from my perspective. She was scared something might happen to me or the baby if I left before the doctor’s approval, but my mind was made up, I would leave here today, come what may. If not because I couldn’t sneak out with my baby, I would have left here ages ago. What were they keeping me here for? Was Rodri doing this because he was scared of what his father might do if he took me to his house? Even at that, I still had mom’s house to stay. I’d seen in the movies where patients sneak out of the hospital and still survived, but I hadn’t seen anyone sneak out with her new born baby. It would have been helpful in this situation. “Vanessa, you’re being stubborn.” Mom said again. Wasn’t she tired of using the same lines over and over again? “You told me yesterday that today you’ll talk to the doctor and let me leave here