Valerie held her breath as she bowed her head, so she wouldn't make eye contact with President Ethan, who was glaring at her like he was going to tear her into pieces.All she could perceive was the perfume President Ethan was wearing. It was quite unique. “What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I thinking of such a thing when I'm in trouble?”.President Ethan stood in front of her for a few more minutes before turning to little Audrey, who was in tears, staring at him sadly.Audrey sniffed, and burst into tears again. Then said to her Father, “Daddy, trust me. It was Miss Old-fashion's fault. It was I was the one who told her I wanted rice cakes”.“You're not allowed to go near the kitchen, Audrey. Why did you disobey daddy?” He stared calmly at Audrey.“I'm sorry, Daddy. Please don't terminate the nanny's job”. President Ethan stared at her for a while, and exhaled deeply, “Let good, baby”. Both of them held hands and walked out of the kitchen.Valerie exhaled deeply in relief. For
Confused and shocked, President Ethan stared at his little daughter. He couldn't believe his ears. “What conversations was she having with the new nanny who brought about me falling in love with her?”“She promised me, daddy. I trust her, she's not going to flirt with you just like the other nannies who had come to work in the villa” Audrey smiled, and President Ethan forced a smile at her.“But Audrey, you shouldn't talk about things like this. Only adults are allowed to speak of falling in love. You're just a child” Her Father patted her hair. Audrey grabbed his hands, and stared into his eyes, then said, “Daddy, I'm wounded and hurt. Do I still need to get tutored by that boring teacher, Vicky?”.“Audrey?” He narrowed his eyes on her.Audrey bowed her head in guilt with her mouth pouted. “Sorry, daddy”“Good girl! About that, there'll be no need for it. I'll tell your teacher that you can't go to class today” President Ethan heaved a sigh, and Audrey grinned from ear to ear.“Than
At the Watson's Residence, Mr. Edmond had just returned. He turned to his wife, who was watching TV on the sofa. With a smile, he sighed and said, “Claudia, you won't believe the good news I brought. Guess what?”“What?” Claudia looked at him curiously.“I finally got Valerie's contact. I couldn't believe it. For the past six years, she's been at Northridge. I heard that from an old friend, and she gave me the mail address” Mr. Edmond said happily.He didn't realize that his wife's facial countenance had suddenly changed and the resentment in her eyes grew. “Why are you still talking about her? Didn't I tell you how she left this house on her own without trace? She shouldn't be let back into this house after leaving without trace”“Claudia, I've been thinking for some time. She's my daughter, and I should have gone searching for her even if she left. You know what transpired between us in the past, no one would feel good after such happens”.Anger engulfed Claudia, but she had to get
Valerie and her father came to a conclusion that she would come over to the Watson's Residence for dinner together with her family.Mr. Edmond had specially informed the cook in the Watson's Residence to prepare dinner for Valerie's arrival. Luckily, Valerie was off work, so she went to the mall to get gifts for her father. But Claudia made sure that the cook prepared only her daughter's favorite dishes. Not sparing the thought of Valerie at all. Soon, the cook came over and asked, “Ma'am, Master Edmond said rice cakes are Young Ms. Valerie's favorite, which is why he asked me to buy them. Are you sure you really don't want it to be cooked?”“No. You can go ahead and buy them. Cook them, but make sure it's tasteless such that the little witch Valerie would wish she never ate it at all” Claudia said in between her gritted teeth. Immediately the cook left to do as she ordered, Claudia fumed with anger. Her resentment for Valerie was growing even more. The fact that Valerie was going to
On seeing that their secret was about to be exposed, Claudia interfered sharply and said, “Valerie, dear, I know that you are upset with us for letting you become a surrogate mother at such a young age. But we had no choice, child. It was because we wanted to save your father, and to better the family finance”.Valerie scoffed in disgust, and shook her head. “What does that have to do with driving me out of the house? I was left in the streets for days. I had nowhere to go, and no one to ask for help”.“I need an explanation, Claudia. What exactly does Valerie mean when she said that she was thrown out of the house? Didn't you tell me that she left the house on her accord?” Edmond narrowed his eyes on her.“Dad. We didn't drive her out of the house. She's just making this up” Patricia snapped.Valerie wasn't surprised. Just as she expected, they were never going to admit to the truth. Seeing both of them shattered her health, and she realized she was much happier being away from them.
It was a Saturday morning. Valerie was prepared for work, and walked out of the room. She had turned down her father's offer of her living with them at the Watson's Residence. Apart from the fact that she was comfortable living with her friends, she had fallen in love with her work. Of course, she wouldn't want to leave the little, adorable child.She took some bites of the toasted bread before picking up her purse, and rushing to the door. “I'm off, guys”.“Alright. See you later”.Luckily, she got a cab on stepping out of the apartment. “The Davison's villa”“Okay miss” The driver zoomed off.In a few minutes, she was already in the mansion. She walked straight to the servant's quarter where she changed into her uniform, and folded her hair in a bun. “Good morning, Val” The voice made her flinch, and turned swiftly.Valerie smiled nervously and said, “Good morning, Clara. You startled me”.“Oh, I'm sorry about that. I think you should go to work immediately so that you wouldn't get
At the sight of her, the President couldn't hold himself back. The glass fell freely from his hand, and shattered.Audrey gasped, and ran to him, “Daddy, are you okay?” Feigning a smile, and trying not to glance at Valerie, who was already feeling uneasy. Her cheeks had already gone pink as she blushed. “Was he mesmerized by my beauty?”“Yes, baby. Where have you been? Where did you go?” The President patted her hair, and walked upstairs, holding her pinky finger. He wouldn't dare steal a glance at Valerie again, probably because he would rather not drool. She can't catch him drooling at her… how off! He wouldn't risk his reputation for anything. He's known as the cold President, that's who he is.Valerie, on the other hand, was struggling to walk on her heels. She felt like she was under some kind of punishment. Walking into the servant's quarter, she quickly took the heels off, and exhaled deeply in relief.“What the hell? I felt like I was going to break my legs. That little girl,
“Oh my God!”Valerie's eyes flew open as she screamed, and she turned around immediately. She wouldn't dare face the half naked President who grabbed the towel, covering himself. Valerie ran out of the room, panting heavily.The President clenched his fist in annoyance. “What the hell? That lady has been nothing but trouble ever since she set her foot into the mansion”.He locked the door, and sat heavily on the bed. Was she actually sleepwalking? What kind of person is she anyway? She's barely a week old in the job, and she's already getting into trouble.Valerie stormed into the room at the servants quarter. Beads of sweat rolled down her face. She thought of how she'd be punished. “I'm doomed! I'm definitely going to lose my job”.“Valerie, are you okay?” The voice startled her, and she shivered in fear. Turning swiftly, she saw Clara, who was about to go to bed, staring at her with narrowed eyes. How the hell is she supposed to explain to her that she actually saw the President ha
Walking out of the prison with her hands cuffed together and led by the police, Claudia approached the visiting room.She grinned maliciously the moment she saw Valerie and her husband, President Ethan, seated, waiting for her. “Why are you here, Valerie? I'm sure you are here to mock me, but you shouldn't rejoice yet.”Trying hard not to burst into tears, Valerie held Ethan's hand tight. “What have I ever done to you, Claudia? Why do you loathe me so much?”“Ridiculous! Do you expect me to love you? You must be stupid to think I will love you. All you ever did was take everything that I wanted for my daughter and myself. I wish you'd die, Valerie Watson.” She spoke with so much hatred.President Ethan smirked at her. “Before you can kill her, you'll have to get through me first. I, personally, will make sure that you rot in jail.”“President, it's my daughter who you should have gotten married to. She's the one who would have become your daughter's mother, but this thwart took that a
Claudia's eyes widened in shock. She wanted to speak, but words refused to come out of her mouth.“So this is what you've been planning, Claudia? You just want to kill me and take everything I own away from my biological daughter?” Mr. Watson blurted out.Patricia sniffed hard as she rushed to Mr. Watson. “Dad… Dad… I've always loved you as my father. I have never colluded with her to hurt you.” “Get your filthy hands off me, you daughter of a bastard! I have lived with you for so long without knowing that you're not my daughter.” He continued.With that, Claudia went on her knees, sobbing helplessly. Of course, she knew her little show was about to go down. “Eddy, you heard wrong. I didn't mean it that way… I… I…” “Shut your mouth, you chronic liar! You think I wouldn't find out, right? All you've ever done was tear my family apart, and give your bastard daughter a place where she has no place. How dare you, Claudia?” He yelled at her.Sobbing uncontrollably, Patricia rushed to hol
The gate flung open, and a sparkling sports car drove into the magnificent mansion of the Davison's.Immediately the car halted in the parking lot, the door was opened and Rebecca got down from the car.She blew the gum she was chewing noisily as she approached the entrance. The guards standing at the entrance greeted her in chorus. “Good day, ma'am.”Ignoring the greetings, she turned to one of them. “Get my luggage from the car trunk immediately.”“Yes, ma'am.”She walked into the house. Her eyes caught Valerie's figure seated in the sitting room and watching television. She fluttered her lashes in disgust.“What's that b*tch doing here? I thought Ethan would have annulled their freaking marriage.”Walking to the sitting room, she picked up the remote control and turned the television off, before turning her gaze to Valerie. “Why are you still here, you thwart?” “Rebecca, why did you turn off the television?” Valerie asked curiously.Rebecca scoffed. “I see you've got guts, right?
Valerie couldn't stop sobbing. Tears kept falling down her cheeks. “Val, will you stop crying? Do you think crying will solve the issue? You're only going to fall sick if you keep this up.” Susan tried to console her.She shook her head, sniffing hard. “How do you expect me to react? Susan, how do I face the public? Did you see the scornful words I'm getting from people on the internet? What have I done to deserve this?”“Listen, I know that whatever it is that was seen on that movie projector, it must be a plot.” Susan told her.Breaking into tears again, she continued lamenting. “How do I face the world, Susan? And Ethan, how is it going to face the public after the kind of shame that I rubbed on his face? Have you forgotten that all his business partners were present? Most of all, how is my daughter going to see me? Susan, I don't think I can take this anymore. All I want is to go far away from here, I can't stand it any longer.”“To go far away from here? You must be kidding me,
The car drove into the church, and Valerie got down from the car with Susan. Immediately President Ethan sighted her, he ran to her with smiles all over his face. “Hey! Are you okay?” “Yes, I am. Why do we need to switch to another car on our way here? I mean, we were supposed to drive in with a Lamborghini, but we took a bus instead.” Valerie stared at him confused.President Ethan smiled. “Actually, I just had a bad feeling about it, which is why I had you guys switch to another car. I just got a call that the car you were in was ambushed.”Fear gripped Valerie as her jaw dropped in shock. She stared at her friend, who was also as gobsmacked as she was. “Ambushed? Someone got shot, huh?”“Apparently, the gunners thought you were still in the car, which is why they ambushed the car in the first place. Smart enough, I figured out that something bad might happen.” Ethan smiled.Exhaling deeply, Valerie bit her lips. She just couldn't stop herself from panicking. “Ethan, are you sure
“No, you listen to me, Ethan.” Mrs. Davison yelled at him angrily.Calmly, Ethan sipped from the glass of orange juice and replied. “For the past few years, I've always listened to you. Mom, I practically do every single thing that you've ever wanted. This is the only thing I've decided to do, and you're not going to support me, really?” “Ethan, you're my son. I can never deceive you. That woman, you see that Valerie girl, she's not the one for you. Have you forgotten that you have been engaged to Rebecca for almost three years?” She continued ranting.Ethan scoffed. “An engagement that I've already called off, or is there any other one that I don't know of?” Raising her brows in surprise. Mrs. Davison asked. “I beg your pardon.”“That's true, Mom. I already called off my engagement with her. Likewise, I told her that we were done.” Ethan replied.Visibly shaking in annoyance, Mrs. Davison couldn't stop herself from giving Ethan a deafening slap. “How dare you, Ethan?”Without sayin
"Oh, my God! Girlfriend, this is screaming luxury. I don't know how to thank God for uplifting you like this. I'm so happy for you, Valerie. Who could have imagined that you will not only have everyone's dream wedding, but an expensive car and a beautiful daughter. Of course, your handsome husband to be.” Susan shrieked in delight as she ran around the luxurious car parked in front of their apartment.Valerie didn't even know how to express her excitement. “In my entire life, Susan, I've never dreamt of seeing such a car, talk more of being the owner. You know how wretched I was, right? I don't need to tell you how I lived from hand-to-mouth just to be able to feed. What would I have done without you and Andrew?” “Val, you don't have to tell me. I know every f****** thing that happened. Actually, you know my favorite color, right? That's going to be the color of my dress.” Susan chuckled.Valerie giggled. “Come on, Susan. I'll do that and more for you. You deserve the best after trea
Tears circulated in her eyes. It was tears of joy, definitely. She never dreamt, or even thought, that she would see herself being engaged in such a romantic way. Being a surrogate mother was undoubtedly the best decision of her life. She couldn't help but jump in excitement as the man of her dreams knelt right in front of her with her beautiful daughter.The servants and some of Ethan's friends were cheering her. “Say yes! Say yes!! Say yes!!!”“Please be my mommy. This has always been my dream, I've always wanted to be with my mother. Make my dream come true, Mom.” Audrey held her pinky finger as she handed the banquet of flowers to her.Valerie sniffed hard, and nodded in agreement. “Yes… Yes, I will marry you.”Immediately she said those words, Ethan slipped the diamond ring on her finger and quickly carried her up. Everyone cheered in excitement.As soon as he dropped her, they locked their lips together, making their little daughter blush. Audrey quickly covered her eyes with h
Audrey was seated in the dining room, eating hungrily, when she sighted her mommy and daddy walking downstairs. Her eyes bulged out when she noticed her daddy holding Valerie's hand so tight.“Good morning, baby.” Valerie smiled at her as Ethan helped her draw the seat out and she sat down.Audrey gulped. “What's going on, mommy and daddy? Why are you guys holding hands?”“Isn't that what you've always wanted? We are together now, which means you'll be getting a complete family soon.” Ethan snapped at her.She gasped with smiles all over her face. “Really? This isn't a joke, right, mommy?”Shyly, Valerie nodded her head in agreement. “Yes, Audrey. This is not a joke. Your daddy and I are officially dating.”“Oh my God! That means I'm getting a younger sibling very soon, right?” Audrey jumped for joy.Upon hearing Audrey, Valerie choked as she turned to look at Ethan. Surprisingly, he was smiling broadly and nodding in affirmation of what Audrey had just said. Valerie twitched her brow