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
Patrick brought the wine together with a glass cup and handed it over to Chris, while he also went back and got a drink for himself, and he sat down on his executive office seat opposite Chris to discuss it with Chris while opening up his drink too."So how have you been? Did you travel home?" Patrick asked as Chris Conk opened his bottle and poured out some of his drink from the bottle into his glass cup, while Chris watched Patrick open his wine too as he drank from his own cup."I'm fine, doing great, as you can see," Chris answered while he poured out another bottle of wine to refill his cup, and Patrick did the same too, taking some sip from his own glass cup."I hadn't heard from you in a while. Did you travel home?" Patrick asked Chris again, finishing his own glass cup drink, and he met Chris, who gazed at him, relaxed, and smiled at him."Yeah, I did. I traveled home, though, for my sister's wedding," Chris replied, and Patrick frowned."Your sister's wedding? And you didn't i
Patrick sat down in his office thinking about the advice Chris gave him before he left, telling him not to leave Anita and advising him, "You should try and settle back with Anita, while you can adopt back your son to come live with you both if you still want your child with Tina."Patrick shook his head, remembering Chris's exact word of advice to him, and he obviously hadn't even dialed Anita's phone number ever since Anita lastly walked out on him for telling her about Tina and his child.Patrick dismissed all his next business appointments for the day, and he told his personal assistant, Dave, to, "Take control of everything while I'm away. I'm leaving for home as I've got some urgent matters to deal with." And Patrick left his office.Patrick's personal assistant at his office, Dave, knew Patrick so well that Patrick has been facing some relationship issues, and he said, 'Matters of the heart probably."Dave shook his head, pitying his boss as Patrick had already left for home whi
"What happened to you, Anita?" Max asked, holding Anita up as he sat on her bed and helped her sit up gently on her bed, and he asked Hailey, "Did mom or dad know she's like this?.""Yes, they know," Hailey answered while she covered up Anita's food, which Anita has refused to eat, and Hailey took it along with her, wanting to go warm up the food again to heat and preserve it, but then Max called her back, "Hailey, why's she like this?."Hailey sighed as she wasn't the one who was supposed to explain Anita's situation to Max, and she wondered if Max even knew who Patrick was or if Anita had been in a relationship with Patrick.Max didn't like to be kept waiting like his mother, and he asked Hailey impatiently again, "Can't any of you say something? Did Anita fight with anyone?.""No, brother. Anita broke up with her boyfriend, Patrick Scott."Hailey dropped the bombshell, the room fell into awkward silence, and Max finally spoke."You mean Patrick caused her to look these messed up?."
"Hello?" Tina voiced again, and Chris finally came back to reality, and he quickly answered her, "Yes, babe, I am all here. I will accept you and your son; that isn't a problem at all," but Tina still didn't really feel satisfied with Chris's answer, and she asked him, "What now took you so long to answer me?.""I'm sorry, babe. I was just wondering why your mother would ask you for such?. Off course I know about you having a child before I propose to you, so automatically I already accepted you and your child; that was what I was thinking about; don't be offended by me, okay?" Chris apologized to Tina sweetly on the phone to calm her down, and Tina sighed."Okay, my love, do take care. Goodbye" Tina bid Chris goodbye on the phone, while Chris sent her kisses too on his phone.Tina has been wondering if what Chris said to her was the truth, as she felt maybe he wouldn't even accept her son, but she calmed down and let it slide, knowing she still loved Chris.***As the month passed, Ti
"Thank God I am even with her phone; Patrick cannot continue to mess up my daughter's life. If he doesn't love her, then why waste Anita's time?" Mrs. Bright questioned herself, and her big sister heard her and asked, "Whom was that?."Mrs. Bright turned to face her big sister, and she replied, "It's just some guy who wants to ruin my daughter's life, and I can't let that happen.""Calm down, sis," Mrs. Bright's big sister smiled at her, and she spoke, "Vivi, you never change. Why not allow them to be? Aside from that, I heard you mention love right now. I'm sure it's Anita's boyfriend who's calling her phone."Mrs. Bright frowned, not knowing her elder sister heard her conversation with Patrick, as her elder sister laughed out contagiously."You won't understand." Mrs. Bright spoke while frowning, and her elder sister replied, "Sure, I won't. Just be easy on your daughters, that's all."Mrs. Bright sighed while she continued with her chat with her elder sister, and they discussed oth
Patrick went in with his parents, and Amanda, who came to welcome him as his elder sister, had gone back to school as she was still studying at a university in City A. So only Amanda was home with their parents.Mama-Patrick spoke to Patrick as she welcomed him inside, "Which food should we serve you?, We just finished cooking your favorite meal, pounded yam and white soup, but we still have rice, in case you aren't ready for the pounded yam yet?."Mama-Patrick smiled, and Patrick replied, "Mom, you know I just came back home; don't stress yourself too much; I will eat later, but first let me freshen up."Patrick stood to go into his chamber to freshen up before he came out back to eat the special delicacy that his mother had prepared for him, but just before he could walk into the passage leading to all the rooms in the new mansion he built for his parents, Amanda stopped him."Big brother.. I have already packed my bags to follow you back."Patrick paused and stared back at his baby
Tina's madam handed over Godsent to Patrick as she assumed Patrick was Godsent father, and Patrick carried Godsent up in his arms to his chest and smiled to Godsent, who wanted to cry as Godsent wasn't familiar with Patrick. Just then Tina's madam spoke to Patrick, "Your son really looks so much like you than Tina. Why does he not want you to carry him?."Patrick didn't say anything in response, as he was anticipating Tina's reaction when she stepped out and saw him. Then Tina's madam stood up and gave Godsent his stick sweet so he would stop crying in Patrick's arms, while she asked one of her apprentices."What's Tina still doing inside?."Hearing her Madam's voice, Tina stopped all she was doing inside and immediately rushed out and apologized, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I was just finishing.""It's okay, someone is here to see you." Tina's madam dismissed Tina from apologizing to her, and she pointed at Patrick, who stood out facing backwards, as Tina didn't see his face when she stepped o
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