Nancy was literally frozen where she stood. She had no idea what the cause of her increased heart rate was. The fact that he was standing too close to her enough to make her forget everything else? The fact that his sister saw them in this position and assumed she had feelings for him when all she wanted was for him to let her be or the fact that he just said something which made her doubt if she heard him well.Connor held her hands, staring deep into her eyes, with the hope that she was going to give him the response he wanted to hear."Say something!""What?" She snapped out of her fearful thoughts"Tell me to call off the wedding.""Why?" Her voice came out hoarse."Because you want me to.""Why?" She said again since that was the only thing she could think of."Stop beating about the bush, Nancy. I know you heard me well.""I just wanted to be sure I heard you well. Why would you want me to say something like that?""Because only you have the power to stop this wedding.""How? I
"Where have you been?" Lilian asked her daughter the moment Nadia approached her at the reception."I'm good. You're enjoying the party?"Lilian frowned. "Where have you been?""Come on, Mom. You worry too much.""Oh please!' Lilian rolled her eyes. "One second you were with Maliya and the next minute, She came asking me for you.""My cousin is a pain in the ass. You know how clingy she can be. So I took some time off. I was in the kitchen."Lilian chuckled, "I know Maliya is a talkative but really? You only get to see your extended family once in a while and you avoid them?""Lenora's keeping them company so it's all good.""Yeah, sure! My grandbaby is the star of the night. I can't wait for her to have little cousins so they will start running around the mansion together.""Good thoughts," Nadia mumbled, nodding."But Mom, are you happy?"She frowned. "What do you mean?""About the whole thing?""What's with the question? Of course, I am. This is really a dream come true for your Da
Four weeks later"Stop being lazy, Ivan. It can't be that bad. Just check out a few more stores. I'm sure you will find something that matches my taste." Connor sighed, plopping down on the chair behind his desk with his phone glued to his ear."I'm going to curse you if you keep telling me what to do.""Isn't this your duty?""Oh, now you know it's my duty. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't do last-minute, errands, runs, or favors.""Come on dude," Connor groaned."No. I'm not going to let you manipulate me. Not this time. It's high time you started facing the consequences of your rude decisions.""You've literally shut me out since your engagement party. You ignore me every fucking time I reached out to you. Dior sent four freaking staff to come over to take your measurements since you wouldn't show up for your scheduled appointments, you literally told your security to chase them away, and here you are, bugging me for an emergency outfit?!""Dude, I don't care if I look like
"Why are you furious? Not that you are a saint or whatever!""Right?! My fault for having a fling with you in the first place.""Come on, Connor. I saw how you were stealing glances at me this morning at the meeting. Being a married man doesn't mean we can't be a thing and have our own fun.""You need help, Alicia.""No. I know what I'm doing and I feel you should commend me for being sincere.""Why would you even think I would sign these papers?""You find it hard to come close to me again so I felt having a prenup like this would put your mind at ease. That way we can have our fun while you stay married and wouldn't have to bother about anything.""It's okay if you need more time to go through the agreement. I made it really flexible but you are free to suggest any changes as far as it benefits the two of us."Connor picked up the few pages document on the table along with the envelope and tore them into two pieces."What the heck, Connor?" She rose to her feet."Do you know how muc
"Whatttt?" Nancy stared in shock at Rita with her heart rate brutally going up and down."Oh please, spare me that crap and stop behaving all innocent!" Lilian's voice came through."Sis," Rita tried to caution Lilian upon seeing how scared Nancy was."What? Let's call a spade a spade, Rita. What the hell is all of these? I can't believe I have to deal with all this bullshit right now!!!""Stop panicking, we still have to take the test to know the way forward.""Come on, what fucking test? You know your onions well enough for me to start doubting you.""Just calm down. And please stop walking up and down." Rita turned her attention to Nancy, still holding her hands, she could see the terrified look on Nancy's face and apart from that, she could see unshed tears in her eyes which made her give her hand a light squeeze."How.....www come?" She found herself whispering, finding it very hard to wrap her mind around what Rita told her."Dear God, please save me from murdering someone today
Nancy nodded, not looking into Rita's eyes."We all have sex, Nancy. This isn't a topic you should be shy about."In my case It is. I really don't know how it happened. We used protection." She sniffled."Those things aren't 100% guaranteed. I would advise that we go for the test, then we know what to do."Knowing she didn't have much of a choice, She nodded."How long will it take?""To get the results? Just a couple of minutes. We would be going to the family hospital and because you're from the Matins, I'm certain you'll be instantly attended to. Plus, I can also pull a few strings."......................Never had Nancy been so scared in her life. With the way her heart was pounding and with the way so many thoughts were going through her head, She had no idea how she got into the car with Rita. They occupied the back seats while the driver drove.They got to the hospital in no time and just as promised, Rita pulled a few strings. The doctor received them, he took her to the lab
Lilian knew it was probably irresponsible of her to be drinking in the garden at this hour of the day when she ought to be preparing to welcome her visitors who were arriving for dinner in a few hours, but she couldn't care less as her brain was frozen, and mind was all over the place.She gulped down some liquor from her glass cup, loving the strong feeling it had on her throat, trying to shake off all the strange thoughts and conclusions she was having in her head.Her phone rang beside her. She sighed, looking at the caller ID to see who it was. She heaved another sigh seeing that it was her daughter. But she picked up anyway."Hey, Mom. I know I promised you I was going to come earlier but something came up but I should be with you by 6.""Mom...!!!""Are you even listening to me?""Yeah, yeah, I can hear you.""You aren't going to scold me about it? Is anything the matter?""You sound disturbed.""The dinner isn't going as planned?""No, that's not it.""Then what is it?""Nadia,
"Connor's the father?"Nancy looked away in shame, slowly nodding her head.The silence between them was up to a minute.Nancy was looking down at her hands with unshed tears."So you're the one Maliya and Natasha were referring to at the engagement?"If there was anything, Nancy wasn't expecting Rita's voice to be this calm and that made her look up.The expression on Rita's face was normal."Re....referring to me?""About the lady Connor couldn't stop looking at. So it's you?""I don't know what you're talking about.""Really? You feel it's cool to hide information away from me at this point?""I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. It could be me they are referring to. I'm not sure.""Could that be the reason Lilian was really upset?""I don't know. I have no idea if she knew anything about us.""According to what my Girls said, with the way my Nephew's eyes were all over you, it's pretty difficult to convince anyone that there's no spark between you both."Nancy sighed."You're mad