“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
Patricia walked downstairs, only to see the food she cooked herself and instructed the chef to serve her husband left untouched on the dining table.“Grace! Grace!!”The young lady rushed out of the kitchen, straight to the dining room. “Yes, ma'am.”“Why is the food still here? Didn't I instruct you to serve my husband the food before he leaves for work?” Patricia yelled at her.Grace shook her head. “Yes, ma'am. I served the food when he was still here, but he said he would rather not eat.”“What… What? Did you tell him that I was the one who prepared this food specially for him?” Patricia freaked out.“I did, ma'am. He was going to eat the food, but immediately I informed him that it was prepared by you, then he said he wasn't hungry.” Grace replied.Upon hearing what Grace said, Patricia clenched her fist in annoyance. Ever since she came back to the house with her child, Justin has been treating her coldly. Obviously, he was only nice to her because she was carrying his child.Te
Valerie couldn't get what Audrey had told her off her mind. Was she really in love with the almighty President Ethan Davison? That's not possible, right?She packed some snacks into her bag, absentmindedly, that she didn't realize when Susan walked into the room. “Wow! So many snacks! Is there a party ?”Still not paying attention, Valerie kept mute. Susan stared at her, and found out she was even listening to her. “Val! Val!! Are you listening?” Susan half yelled, smacking her out of her thoughts.Valerie flinched as she turned swiftly. “Uhm… Have you been there long?”“Of course, it's quite unfortunate that you weren't listening to me. I have been talking, young lady, and I was expecting your response.” Susan snorted, sitting on the bed beside her.Valerie breathed heavily. “I'm sorry. You were saying?”“Where's your mind at? You look absentminded.” Susan asked anxiously.Valerie gulped hard. “I don't know if you are the right person for me to ask this question. I think I should as
Valerie was still staring at him with furrowed eyebrows. What would her ex-boyfriend, who happened to be her sister's husband, be doing in her house?“What do you want, Justin? What are you doing here?” Valerie asked impatiently.He gulped hard and cleared his throat. “I came here to see you, Valerie. I want to know why you sent back the package that I sent for you as a present.”“Why are you making life difficult for me? Is it so difficult for you to understand? You are married for God's sake, Justin. Worst still, you're married to my sister. I've told you that you should stop sending me presents because I just want you to focus on your family and…” Valerie was still speaking, but Justin interrupted.“I don't have any family. You are the only family that I want, Valerie. Don't you understand? I was being deceived by your step-sister. I have no love for her because I never stopped loving you.” Justin replied.Trying hard to get a hold of herself, Valerie freaked out. “You never stoppe
“What do you mean by that, Ethan? Do you really know who you're talking about?” Rebecca scoffed.Valerie, on the other hand, stared at President Ethan with her eyebrows furrowed. “I… I… I don't understand.”“You heard me, Rebecca. She has every right to be here because she's my daughter's biological mother.” Ethan repeated, throwing Rebecca in a trance.Little Audrey quickly got up from the bed where she was seated, and held her father's wrist. “Daddy, is she my real mother?”“Uhm… Sir, I think there is a mix-up somewhere. I mean, I can't possibly be the mother of your daughter. There's no way that we'll be true.” Valerie forced a smile.“I mean every single word I said, and I can't just lie about anything that has to do with my darling daughter. She's too important to me, and I can't lie about her mother.” President Ethan smirked.Rebecca staggered backwards as tears circulated in her eyes. “That's not true. I don't believe you, she can't be Audrey's mother. Have you forgotten, so so
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