President Ethan walked into his office, and dropped the suitcase he was carrying on the table as he adjusted his tie.All of a sudden, the thought of what happened that morning flashed back into his memory. He couldn't help but smile crazily.“Valerie and I actually slept on the same bed, and we even cuddled.”Just then, he heard a faint knock on the door. “Who is it?”“It's me, Sir. Claire.” The tiny voice said. Claire was actually his secretary.With a deep sigh of relief, he deeply replied. “Come in.”The door swung open and Claire walked in, panicking. It was obvious that she was scared. “President, I apologize for not sending the PDF of the document. I know that I'm going to lose my job because of this, but I just wanted to apologize.”Ethan stared at her for a while and smiled. Claire was shocked to see him smile at her because he rarely does. She could even tell how many times he had smiled in front of her since the two years that she had been working as his secretary. As a mat
“Are you sure of what you're saying?” Ethan asked with his eyes narrowed. Shock was an understatement of how he felt.The man nodded and handed some files to him. “I'm good at my job, Sir. Actually, I found out that she was thrown out by her father's wife after she had the child.”President Ethan sat heavily on the chair. He couldn't even say another word. What a small world! Who would have thought that his daughter's beloved nanny was actually her mother.“Thank you! I'll have the rest of the money transferred to your account as soon as possible.” He said as the man walked away.For a reason he couldn't figure out, he felt so elated to know that Valerie was the surrogate mother who had his child. He was going to tell Audrey and Valerie the truth once he got home.…“What do you intend to do, Nicole? Are you going to continue sulking?” Gabby snorted loudly.Nicole rolled his eyes. “What will you have me do? You don't expect me to force her into doing something that she doesn't want to
“It wasn't from you?” Valerie gulped hard.President Ethan tried hard to get a hold of himself, but he couldn't help it. The thought alone that it was from someone else made him very furious. Then, he thought.“Who dares give a gift to my daughter's mother? She's my baby mama, and I'm the only person who is allowed to do that.”On noticing how furious he was, Valerie stepped backwards. “I'm sorry, Sir. I mistook you for the one who sent me this gift.”“Are you accepting this gift?” Ethan raised his brows at her.Valerie nodded her head in agreement. She was confused why President Ethan would want her to reject the gift. “ Of course, I mean, this is my favorite color. And the shoe is very nice, it would be so ungrateful of me to reject this gift.”“For goodness's sake, Valerie, you don't know who the sender is, do you?” Ethan couldn't hide the jealousy written all over his face. Valerie was marveled. Why would the President keep interfering in her affairs?“I… I don't know but…” Valeri
“How dare you, Justin? Why are you finding it difficult to understand the fact that I am your wife? You are married to me legally, don't you get it?” Patricia broke into tears as she threw the parcel at him.Actually, she had just gotten the parcel from the delivery man. It was the parcel her husband had sent to her stepsister.“She… She returned it, huh? Didn't she like the color? Does that mean that her leg got bigger, and it doesn't fit her?” Justin sprang up from the couch with his eyes widened.Patricia sniffed hard in heartbreak. “Excuse you?”“Why did she return it? Did you ask the delivery man?” He anxiously inquired.“Damn you, Justin! Damn you! I'm your wife, for goodness's sake. You just cheated on me by sending gifts to your ex-girlfriend who happens to be my stepsister, and you have the guts to ask me that?” Patricia cried out.Justin bowed his head. “I… I only sent a gift to her. Not like I've seen her for god-knows-how-long.” “Are you supposed to send a gift to your ex
“Aww…. Patricia, my darling. You have the cutest baby boy.” Her mother hugged her as the nurse carried the baby.Forcing a smile at her, Patricia replied. “Thank you, mom. Where's Justin, by the way?”“Oh, I only saw him when I arrived, but I couldn't find him later. I was told he paid the hospital bills, and left.” Claudia, her mother said.Upon hearing that, Patricia flashed back to the incident that happened before she went into labor. “Mom, may I ask you a question?”“What is it, baby? I can see bitterness in your eyes. Today is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, you just got yourself a sister.” Claudia held her hand.“Should I be happy? Should I really be happy after finding out that my husband is still seeing his ex?” Patricia sobbed.Claudia boiled in anger to see her lovely daughter so sad. “Pat, you shouldn't cry. You just gave birth, and the least of the things you need now is worrying.”“I'm trying not to get worried, but I just can't get over it. Mom, I just fou
“Your daughter?” Lisa's mother mocked.Valerie smirked with an affirmative nod. “You heard me. She's my daughter, and you have no right to bully her.”“How is that possible? The Audrey I know doesn't have a mother, you're an imposter. Or probably she hired her to pose as her mother.” Lisa scoffed.With that, Audrey shook her head with a calm smile. “Are you so blind that you can't see it? Is there anyone who doesn't have a mother?”Lisa glared at her, and turned swiftly to her mother. “Mommy, don't believe them. Throw them out of here. Audrey can get anything she wants, but there's no way I'm letting her and her imposter of a mother ruin the party.”“Isn't that what we call partiality? Everyone was told to come to this party with their mother, and just like every one of you, Audrey came with her mother, and you want to throw her out? What makes you so sure that I'm not her mother?” Valerie snapped.“Young woman, we all know that she doesn't have a mother.” Lisa's mother snapped.Tears
Valerie was wheeled to the emergency room on the stretcher. She was unconscious as they wheeled. “Sir, I'm sorry you can't get into the emergency room. Please stay in the lobby.” One of the nurses restricted him.President Ethan scratched his head, confused. Valerie was obviously poisoned, but who could have poisoned her? Thoughts kept running through his mind.Shortly, Susan rushed towards Ethan. She quickly grabbed his shirt, wailing sadly. “Where is Valerie? Where's my best friend?” “Oh! Thank goodness you're here, she's in the emergency room. The doctor has yet to tell me what's going on.” Ethan replied.Susan continued sobbing. “Tell me, what happened? Did she get into an accident? We spoke this morning, and she was hale and hearty.”“I really can't say. The only thing I know is that she rushed downstairs, vomiting blood.” He explained.“Blood? Oh, God! Why is this happening to my friend? I hope she's okay. I don't know what I would do if something happens to her.” They were s
“What?”Valerie struggled up from where she was seated. She felt like she didn't hear what the servant said. “Yes… yes… it's her.”Snorting in disbelief, Valerie continued. “That's not possible. Clara can never do that to me. Why would you be lying against her?” “Valerie, I think you should let her speak. We have to find out who poisoned you and why.” Ethan said as she sat down reluctantly.Valerie gulped. “I just don't believe this. I can't believe this. Clara and I are best of friends, there's no way she would have poisoned me, right?”Just then, the guards dragged Clara to where President Ethan and Valerie were. Pushing her to her feet, she panted heavily.“Tell them, Clara. Tell them that she's lying against you. I mean, you can't possibly be the one who wants me dead, right?” Valerie rushed to her and helped her up.Suddenly, Clara slapped her hand away and snorted. “Stop acting like you're my friend, you are nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing. How dare you pretend like you