"I am sorry, Tina; please forgive me. I promise to make amends, please?. I can sponsor you through whatever school you want. Your mother told me then, when I came to ask of you, that you were writing your school scholarship exam; that was why she asked you not to come to the market then, but I didn't know it was precious to you, and you were very brilliant with your academics then. I felt bad for what I did. Please forgive me." Patrick pleaded, but Tina shook her head in disgust, crying."It has already happened. I guess you enjoyed sleeping with me, right?. Just move on with your life, and I won't bother you at all. Let me also do the same with mine.""No!" Patrick stood up, and he sighed."Fine, I will be leaving for the city tomorrow. When I return, I will come to make things right and marry you.""Marry me?." Tina laughed out first, surprising Patrick, and he smiled, but Tina quickly said, "I will not marry you as I already have someone else I am in love with, and I wish to marry,
Matthew chugged down all his wine in his glass cup in one go, stared at Patrick angrily, and asked, "So tell me, Patrick. When you knew from the start that you never truly loved Anita, why didn't you dump her then? Instead, you went on with her, enjoying the paparazzi and media shows, and you didn't even think of the emotional damage this might cause her?. I am highly disappointed in you, man. I shouldn't be concerned about this, but I had loved Anita from the very day I set my eyes on her, and she chose you and rejected me over you. I felt she was still safe being with you, and now you're intending to do this nonsense to her. I cannot believe this."Matthew stood up angrily, surprising Patrick with his outburst, while he cast a single final glance at Patrick and said, "Guy, you should be ashamed of yourself to think of breaking up with Anita. I cannot continue to sit down here with you, so I am leaving."Matthew adjusted his suit and stormed out of Patrick's mansion, leaving Patrick
Tina smiled in relief and continued giving Godsent his food, while Chris wondered in jealousy what was making Tina smile when she heard about Patrick."Why are you smiling?" Chris asked, trying so hard to control his jealousy."Shouldn't I smile?, I am just happy to see you today. How's your mom, dad, and siblings at home? "Brothers I mean, since your only sister is already married," Tina smiled, and Chris replied, "They're all fine, dear."After finishing their foods, Tina stood up and went in, and she told her mother, "Mom, I will soon be leaving for my seamstress workplace with Godsent and Chris.""Okay," Mama-Tina replied, even though she wasn't happy with Chris's visit.Chris stepped into their parlor and greeted Mama-Tina, "Good bye, ma. We're leaving.""Okay. Bye," Mama-Tina replied to Chris before he left and drove off with Tina and little Godsent in his car to Tina's seamstress's place.***Patrick hasn't called Anita for a while since he returned to City A. And he wondered wh
Patrick sat down, shaking his head in regret as he wondered, "Had I made the right choice by opening up to Anita that I am still in love with Tina?. But I like Anita too." Patrick sighed."How I wish I had met Anita long before I met Tina," Patrick murmured, wondering what his fate would be when Mr. Bright finally found out that he had broken up with Anita, and he cried.****Anita got home and rushed into their mansion, and she quickly went upstairs to her room and cried her eyes out as she couldn't believe what Patrick told her. That he actually has a babymama already."Why did he lie to me and say that he loved me from the start?." Anita sobbed as she questioned herself and went upstairs to her room.Luckily, Anita's parents weren't home as they had gone on a presidential invitation to the royal wedding of a politician's daughter to an elite, as Anita had previously escorted her mother for shopping in preparation for the top-notch royal wedding. But Anita didn't shop for herself, ev
Chris stayed back in the village just to stay closer to Tina, as he came early to Tina's village and drove Tina to her Seamstress work place, as Tina was still learning her tailoring.Chris spent most of his time with Tina in her free time and lunch time, and he made his feelings and intentions known to Tina, asking Tina about her educational level and also promising to sponsor Tina through her education to the university level to become a certified graduate in nursing if Tina didn't want to continue with her tailoring again.Tina had told Chris her story, how she got pregnant, and what truly happened between her and Patrick as to why she wasn't able to further her education despite winning the scholarship award to further her into any federal institution of her choice.Tina never knew Chris knew Patrick, and they were actually best friends in the city when they were younger.Chris never also mentioned to Tina that Patrick was his best friend too, and he knew Patrick since his childhoo
Chris smiled. "No, sir; actually, I want to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage first.""Hmph, you know Tina already has a child. I hope you are aware of that." Papa-Tina asked as he stared at Chris."Yes, sir, I am aware. I love your daughter very much, as well as her child, and I want to marry her too," Chris replied, and Papa-Tina sighed."Hmph.. Well, I am not Tina, but did you already discuss marriage with Tina before now?" Papa-Tina questioned again, as he still stared intently at Chris."Well, not really, sir, but I told her about my feelings for her, and she accepted," Chris replied."Feelings and marriage are two different things. And as Tina already has a child, I will still like you to give it proper thought if you really want to marry her or you just admire her, but first let me call Tina for you," Papa-Tina said, and he turned to face his wife, who still frowned, to go call Tina out, and to let Tina know about Chris visiting and his intentions too.Mama-Tina left and
Tina didn't go back into their house straight after Chris left her father's compound, as she knew her mother would reprimand her for disobeying her.She couldn't understand why her mother would tell her not to marry Chris or date Chris either, as to her past knowledge, her mother was the one who used to be on good terms with Chris first, before her. As her mother liked Chris, she wondered, [What changed?.]While Tina stood out wondering what changed, with her mother's change in attitudes towards Chris, and her father calling her from within," Tina!.""Yes, Dad, you are calling me." Tina went back to the frontage of the house and sat beside her father, who had just come out and saw her still standing there, sitting on the bench, while her father talked to her.Mr. Johnson Praise, whose father was Tina, called Tina to give her some advice concerning her decision to marry Chris.Mr. Johnson, who would soon be going out for his village people meeting, decided to spend a few minutes talking
Patrick has been busy with a lot of work and business proposals in City A, as he runs a manufacturing company, and most retail companies and distributors wanted new demands for new golden- and silver-carved furniture.Patrick got international visitors as his brand trademark got more value and requests. He got multiple Noble Awards and tag recognition in City A, as his designs were unique and on high demand.Patrick hadn't had the time to call Anita, as he had been busy, even on the last Noble Awards ceremony, as he met Anita's older brother, who had been schooled abroad in the States before, but they didn't speak to each other at first.Max Bright had seen Patrick with his sister in photos, and he has also searched for Patrick online and discovered that Patrick runs an international company in their city.Max was jealous since Patrick was his agemate, and he hated Patrick even before they met at the Noble Prize Award ceremony for elite and top-notch personalities in City A.Max attend
Mella rushed and drove back to the police station, as Chris was already released, and asked to sign the undertaking papers, saying that he would never do anything to Tina or Patrick again, and he sighed the undertaking note.After Chris was through signing and was giving his clothes and shoes to wear, as the police officers had seized his clothes on the day he was arrested, he just returned back from work and hadn't even gone inside to change his office clothes because he was speaking to Tina before he was arrested.Chris collected his clothes and wore them, then he set to leave for home, as he wondered who granted him bail, as he was earlier told in the morning that he was going to court the new week.Chris brother Evan was called by the police officer who informed him about Chris being released from their station, and his brother prepared to go to the police station with Chris Car to welcome Chris, as he knew how to drive, so he decided to use Chris car to pickup Chris and bring him
Finally, it was Mella's turn to see Patrick, as Mella had waited for almost four hours before it got to her turn, as it was already noon.Mella was led to Patrick's office by an assistant who came out to escort her. And the assistance could tell Mella was a big man's daughter from her prestigious look, as Mella loved putting on suits that exposed her full cleavages, and she liked attracting men's attention to herself.So Mella could tell the assistance that came to escort her was admiring her beautiful look and bossom, as her suit perfectly hugged tightly to her body and brought out her sexy shape."Welcome, ma'am. You may go in now to Patrick in his office," Dave said to Mella."You don't need to knock again; just step Dave said, and Mella replied,"Ooh! Thanks."Mella winked at Dave. As it was part of her lifestyle to wink at people as a form of appreciating them, she gently opened the door, pushing it open, and she walked in.Patrick sat in his executive office seat and was facing t
Mella was happy to know that Chris still liked her, as she had thought that probably if she opened up her true feelings to Chris, he would reject her. And she thanked Evan for telling her the whole story and drove back home.Mella planned on visiting Patrick in his office during working days, as she didn't know his house except for his company, and she has heard a lot about Patrick and seen him on trending hot male celebrities in City A who have money and aren't yet married.Mella sighed as she wondered if Patrick would forgive Chris on her behalf and grant him bail too, or better yet, end the case.Mella decided to visit her family house first to rest over the weekend, so she wouldn't worry much about Chris being in the police cell.Her family lived in the heart of City A too, as her father was a billionaire, so she decided to pay her father a surprise visit, as she hadn't seen him to thank him properly for assigning her as the new CEO.Arriving at her father's mansion, Mella went to
Evan calmed down and said, "Fine, I will explain the situation better to you, for you to understand what I meant." Then he paused and looked at Mella's face, and he continued,"My brother is in love with the same lady, Mr. Patrick, whom his friend is also in love with. My brother and her have been in a relationship for up to a year now, and I am only just getting to realize from the police station that the said lady already has a child for Mr. Patrick before she met my brother, and Chris knew about this and still wants her even though she has a child for Patrick.""What!" Mella exclaimed as she stared at Evan in disbelief."Honestly, the situation at hand now is that my brother kidnapped her from the village and brought her here to live with him in the city, even with her son, and that was why Patrick arrested him. Because the said lady and his son had been declared missing by the lady's parents in the village," Evan said."Hmph..." Mella sighed with a deep frown settled on her face."
Patrick helped Tina strip her of her clothes, leaving only her pants and bra. As the dim lights were still brightly on in his room, he could clearly see her body.Tina didn't seem to have lost too much weight, but she already forgot that her stomach had grown out a little over the past few weeks of staying at Chris house, as her protruding stomach was now visibly showing that she was pregnant.Tina was shy, as was standing to Patrick's view, and she didn't want to turn around for Patrick to see her stomach or to face him either.She already brought her medicine with her, and the pregnancy test result was in it, but she didn't even remember all that when she was in Patrick's car, except now that she was with Patrick in his bedroom.Patrick pulled Tina closer to himself as he had already pulled off his top and was now slightly bare with Tina, with his bare chest facing her.He pulled off his trousers and was left in only his shorts, as he wanted to help Tina take her bath. Then he unhook
Mama-Tina continued speaking to Tina on the phone, and she said, "It's okay, my daughter. I'm just happy that you are found. I hope nothing happened to you and Godsent?" Mama-Tina sounded a bit worried, and Tina replied,"No, mama, we are fine. We will soon come home to see you and Papa. How're Papa, Richmond, and Jude doing?.""They are all fine, Tina, and I am also happy to hear that you were found. Take good care of yourself, and please give the phone back to my in-law."Tina sighed as she heard her mother call Patrick her in-law, while she gave Patrick back his phone and continued feeding her son, as she didn't have the appetite or strength to eat much before, not after all the things that Chris had said to her, but now she felt better and could feed her son.Tina wanted to leave Chris house immediately, so she went in and packed only her things that she used to bring with her the first time Chris brought her from the village, leaving all the things behind that Chris had bought for
"Freeze! don't move!" The police officers ordered Chris to stand up. And Chris was so shocked as he stared at the police officers, wondering what was going on in his home."We're from City A, Police Command, and you are Mr. Chris Douglass. You are under arrest for the kidnapping of one Miss Tina Praise and her son, Godsent, so you have the legal right to remain silent as anything you say shall be used against you in the court of law." The police officer said all in one go to Chris, and Chris stared at him in shock. As he was speechless, he wondered who could've found out that he was the one responsible for Tina's disappearance. Chris thought the last time he had visited Patrick, he never told Patrick anything to make Patrick suspicious of him, and he was still wondering who fished him out as the villain behind the mask and got him arrested.Just then, Patrick walked in just as the police officer handcuffed Chris and wanted to drag Chris out. Patrick stared at Chris with dagger eyes,
Tina stared at Chris in shock. She couldn't believe her ears and thought she was so stupid to think Chris wouldn't know who Patrick was.She never thought of this at first, as she knew Chris was from the same village as Patrick, and Patrick was also well known even in the city. Only by searching his name on the internet did she see him, so how would Chris not know so much about Patrick too?Tina stared downward, as she couldn't meet Chris again. So Chris was even friends with Patrick and close to Patrick; why didn't he tell her all these years?.Chris knew Patrick well and knew everything about her, and as he watched Patrick tell him how he made love to her and how she was craving his touch, Tina felt disgusted as to how some men could boldly tell their friends about their sexual lives.She couldn't even tell her best friend or her mother, as she couldn't discuss something as private as that with anyone."So was that why you brought me here to the city, out of jealousy?" Tina suddenly
Mama-Tina couldn't believe her ears when Patrick told her that he knew Chris well, as Chris was his boss's friend.Mama-Tina was speechless even more when Patrick also said that Chris even visited him last week before he traveled home, and she became worried."What if he is not the one who took Tina away?" Mama-Tina asked Patrick, getting more worried. As she assumed, if truly Chris came to visit Patrick and Patrick told him that his girlfriend and child were missing, then that means Chris wasn't the one behind Tina and Godsent's disappearance.Patrick stared at Mama Tina, and he gave her back her phone and said,"Mama, if Chris is not the one behind Tina and Godsent's disappearance, then we will find out. Don't call his number, as I already left my village and I cannot drive back there to go check in his family house, to know if he took Tina there, but I will go to check his house in the city, even if it means me arresting him. As he can't take Tina away and take my son away too, it c