Ashley slumped on the sofa, rubbing her head lightly she wondered when all this would end.“It won't be long before he finds out, what do I do?” Ashley thought, blinking back her tears.“Ashley is hiding something from me and I wonder what it is, she is also behaving strangely,” Alan thought pacing to and fro in his room.Putting on his office shirt “It better not be a huge problem because she will hate her whole existence” Alan bellowed.“I made you breakfast,” Ashley said to Alan who was about to leave for work.“I am not hungry” He mumbled.“Alan, listen, I am sorry for sniffing you like that and I know I have been acting up lately. I will come around please” Ashley pleaded, holding his hands.“Ashley listen very carefully to me, if you are hiding anything from me you better start talking because if I find out on my own you will hate your whole existence” Alan warned coldly while Ashley went rigid at the spot.“A…Alan what are you saying?, I am not hiding anything from you” Ashley
Drea clutched her phone tightly as she devised a way to walk into Alan’s mansion and help Ashley without any suspicions.“Ohh my goodness, what kind of problem is this?” She groaned, picking up her car keys and rushing out of the house.She walked towards the front door and muttered prayers, hoping the door would be open and she wouldn't have to knock.“He would be at home by this time, I need to be careful,” She said, she didn't get many queries from the bodyguards because she was known here but if Alan saw her here by this time it would raise questions.Tiptoeing to the front door, she clicked the doorknob, shutting her eyes tightly and hoping it would open. “Ohh my goodness, it opened” She squealed before pushing the door lightly to avoid any noise and she walked into the house slowly.Clicking the door closed, she turned and saw Ashley lying lifeless in the corner close to the wall. Holding her mouth tightly to avoid screaming, she rushed towards her.“Ashley, Ashley” She whisper
“Thank you for spending the day with me, it means a lot” Ashley declared, hugging Drea who smiled in return.“Take care of yourself and my unborn godson” She whispered, breaking from the hug.“What makes you think it's a boy?” Ashley asked, scrunching her eyebrows.Shrugging “Well, only a boy can be this stubborn” She chuckled.After seeing Drea off she walked back inside to meet the lonely house, she was already getting tired of being a housewife.Ring ring “Who could it be?” She groaned walking towards her phone which was lying on the couch.“Good evening mo…” “Ashley, is that how you treat your mother?” Her mom yelled over the phone while Ashley pulled the phone from her ears.“Mom, I can explain” She began to talk.“Ashley how can you forget your mother?, it's been a long you called or even visited me that's very wrong of you” Her mom chided her.Rubbing her forehead, she sighed “Mom I don't even have an excuse for that, I am sorry”Being pregnant and preoccupied with how to keep
“Are you okay?” Alan asked, patting her back softly.“Yes, water please” She mumbled, causing Alan to head to the fridge to get a bottle of water.After cleaning herself up, she and Alan headed back to the dining room where her Mom was waiting for her.Folding her hands “Ashley you are pregnant” Her Mom announced glancing at her while Alan who was supporting Ashley tightened his grip on her making her whimper.Freeing herself from his hold “Mom what are you saying? I am not pregnant” She laughed nervously, glancing at Alan whose jaw was tightened.“How many times have you experienced this?” She asked, shooting her a quizzical look.“I…I” “A couple of times, I thought she was under the weather” Alan interrupted, eyeing Ashley.Chuckling “Young couples don't know anything, your wife is pregnant. I am having a grandchild” Her Mom exclaimed excitedly unbeknownst to her that one figure in the room was boiling in anger while the other figure was frightened to death.“Mom I can't be pregnant
After Alan left Ashley’s room, she sat still in that corner crying profusely. She had expected this outcome from him but she refused to acknowledge that he would act this way.Ring RingAshley stirred turning towards the other side and continued sleeping but the ringing tone became much louder waking her from her sleep.Stretching, she searched for her phone using the direction of the sound, clutching her phone she sat up to answer it.“Hello,” She replied groggily, groaning silently in pain because of the stiffness of her body.“Thank goodness you picked up, I have called you over twenty-fives times and if you didn't pick up this one time I was going to storm into that house,” Drea said sharply.“I was sleeping, I didn't even know my phone rang,” She said sluggishly, yawning.“What happened Ashley? you don't sound good” Drea asked, concern laced in her tone.Ashley chuckled sadly “Well, everything happened. He knows now, "she said.“How did he find out?” She probed further.“I should
“A..lan, you are back” Ashley trembled, disengaging herself from Sean's hug.“So now it's my friend you want to seduce, what do you want from him? his property?” Alan asked with disdain on his face, while Ashley bowed her head in embarrassment.“Alan that's enough, what are you insinuating?” Sean asked, glancing hard at him.“You should stay out of this, she is a sly” Alan warned.“She is not a sly and she is pregnant with your child, how can you starve her?” Sean asked disappointment etched on his face.“Ohh, she told you that I am not feeding her, well for the record I didn't ask her to get pregnant so I can't be feeding her and that thing” Alan yelled.“Alan!!” Sean bellowed furiously.“What? Has she seduced you? Do you suddenly fall in love with her? Shelly would be heartbroken..” A punch from Sean interrupted his words while Ashley gasped.“I can't believe what you are saying, Ashley is like a sister to me and all you could do is stand here and accuse her of seducing me. Alan, yo
“Ashley, why are you crying?” Her mother asked, looking worried.“Babe, what’s wrong?” Alan asked Ashley, pulling her into a hug.Whispering he said “If you say anything to your mother you will hate me” This made Ashley tremble.Breaking from the hug Alan smiled saying “ She has become very emotional since she became pregnant” Alan's mom smiled and said “ It is normal to be emotional when you are pregnant, it comes with the hormones” Wiping her tears and smiling “ I don't know it happens most times” Ashley pouted.Ashley's mom scanned her for a while. She knew that there was something wrong with her daughter but she could not pinpoint what it was.“I will speak to her later,” Ashley's mom thought.“Mom, what's all these you both brought with you?” Ashley pointed, disrupting her mother's thoughts.“Oh we brought food and some baby clothes,” Her mom said“Mom, we don't know the gender of the baby yet,” Ashley smiled.“Yes, they are unisex clothes,” Her mother said, bringing out the b
Ashley quickly hid the food in her closet and rushed to the bathroom to brush her teeth before heading to the door to open it.“What took you so long?” Alan asked, scanning her with suspicion.“I…I was sleeping, I didn't know” She faltered.“It's only sleep that you can do. My room is dirty and I need it to be cleaned right now” Alan indicated.“I.. Okay” She nodded.“Wait what's that?” Alan asked, looking behind her.“W..what,” She asked, trembling. Alan shoved her aside and walked into her room, Ashley shut her eyes tightly praying he didn't find anything.“What is this doing here?” He asked, pointing at the bottle of water that she forgot to hide.“I..I, this is the water from yesterday. I am only taking a few sips so I don't run out of it” She spoke hurriedly clutching her dress tightly.Alan held her gaze for a while “I am waiting in my room don't be clumsy” He warned and walked off.Ashley released her breath shedding tears of victory “Thank God he didn't notice anything” She mu