"I promise you, I will not touch you until I am free from Amanda," Aiden said. "If you feel uncomfortable I can sleep in the chair," he said."I am fine," Ana replied after looking at the small chair. They both lay down and slept. At sunrise, Aiden was the first to wake up. He called the restaurant and placed an order for breakfast. He requested variety as he was not sure what Ana would like. He put the handset back on the phone and turned to look at Ana who was still sleeping. He had fought his feelings for her for a while. He had thought he could send her away so he wouldn't have to give in to his feelings but upon hearing the news from Dr Jerome about her health, he felt bad. If he had not turned her into his surrogate for a woman who didn't deserve it, she would not be in such a situation. "I will fix this problem. I will marry you and even if you never have a child, it is okay by me. I would love you until my last breath," Aiden thought and frowned, surprised by his thoughts an
"What is it?" came Aiden's unwelcoming voice as he sat behind his desk in his office. "You have a visit from your mum," Amanda announced and Aiden frowned. "Are you coming home?" she asked. "I am at work and my mum knows that. I will be home after work," Aiden replied and ended the call before Amanda could say anything else. "What does she want? I thought they cut me off?" Aiden thought. "This looks like troubles ugly head," he thought rolling a pen through his fingers. A gentle knock on his door interrupted his thought. Aiden's gaze focused on the door waiting to see who would enter after he invited the person in. "Good morning, sir. The meeting room is ready for your 8:30 and the clients have arrived," Ana reported holding a file close to her chest. "Thank you," Aiden acknowledged and stood up from behind his desk. "How does my day look?" he asked walking towards his tea table. "After this meeting, you have another at 11 a.m. with the senior management team. You have a 1 p.m
Back at Aiden's, Mrs Scott was on the balcony, talking to her husband on the phone. "I have a better plan," she said. "Tell me about it," Mr Scott said. "No, not on the phone. Walls have ears. I will tell you when I return home tomorrow," Mrs Scott said. "You plan on spending the night at Aiden's?" Mr Scott asked, sounding unhappy. "It is only a night. And it is important I stay," Mrs Scott said. "Okay," Mr Scott accepted reluctantly and the call ended. At Aiden's office, Ana did her best, coming up with excuses, and rejecting all of Mr Harper's suggested time for a chat over food. She did recall what happened at the company's celebration time If Aiden had not intervened, she was not sure what would have happened. With this in mind, she knew she needed to be careful around Mr Harper. The day slowly passed, with Ana moving in and out of Aiden's office, carrying a file or her laptop. Aiden went for the meeting with the project team with Ana and Mr Harper and attended his other me
"Look, you are not our son but we didn't love you any less. We raised you like our own. That you know," Mrs Scott said and Aiden knew she was right about raising him with love. "What do you want?" Aiden asked wondering what was the purpose of Mrs Scott's visit. "To make amends," Mrs Scott replied. "How do you intend to do that? End this marriage you have tied around my neck?" Aiden asked. "Is that what you want? To end this marriage?" Mrs Scott asked but Amanda entered the living room at the time Mrs Scott said to end this marriage. "Good evening," Amanda greeted to announce her presence. Amanda left the living room for her room after staring at Mrs Scott for a while. Mrs Scott felt Amanda had heard something which she was interpreting wrongly. Aiden was still with her, there was no one she could attend to Amanda and explain things to her. Aiden paid attention to Mrs Scott and Amanda and knew something wasn't right. "Aiden, your marriage is not six months yet. It is your marriag
Meanwhile, outside the study, Mrs Scott, who saw Aiden coming down the staircase and in a few minutes also saw Ana heading in the same direction was now standing behind the study with her ears pressed against the door as she listened to their conversation. "Hmmm, So Aiden does have a thing for this Ana lady," Mrs Scott thought as she could hear titbits of the conversation because Ana and Aiden were not so loud. Inside the study, Aiden kisses Ana's neck moving down to her chest. Ana's hand hugged Aiden's body as she struggled with her confused emotions. Next, she felt Aiden's hand on her chest under her clothes. "No, if I don't stop this now, I will end up sleeping with him again," Ana thought as her desire battles with her senses. "Aiden," Ana whispered against Aiden's ears. "Please, I... please stop," she managed to say. "It wouldn't be our first time," Aiden whispered back staring at her beneath him on the sofa. "I know but it doesn't make it right," Ana replied. "I under
Aiden was still in his study when an email notification popped up on his screen. He heard the living room front door opening and he knew Amanda was back. He opened the email and inside was a link. He clicked on it and another window opened. It was a video titled Porn Star. Aiden looked at his time seeing the length of the video. An hour and 15 minutes. It was half an hour past 11 p.m. If he wants to watch, it only means, he will go to bed after midnight. He picked up his laptop and exited the study heading for his bedroom. Inside his bedroom, he looked out his window and the compound was silent. He sat on his bed and placed his laptop on the side table. He clicked and saw a curtain slowly parting revealing a red decorated stage. Aiden frowned watching the video on his laptop. Next, a blurry image of two people came up and gradually, the image became clearer. It was Amanda and Marcus. Aiden put his earpiece on and listened to the conversation as he saw Amanda's lips moving. The convers
Ana left the house with Perez still trying to reach Dr Jerome. Back at home, Alice called her mother. "Mum, we just hit the jackpot. Ana is having an affair with Mr Scott," Alice said on the phone. "No way," Mrs Morrison said. "It is time to reveal your true colours. Find concrete evidence and we can use that to get money from her. This house is expensive to run and we are running out of money," Mrs Morrison said. "I will mum," Alice said and ended the call. Meanwhile, out on the main street, Ana was praying silently in her heart that nothing bad would happen to Aiden. The Tesla entered Scott's family apartment compound and Ana got out of the car. Ruth was outside waiting for her. "Thank you for coming Ana," Ruth said looking worried almost about to cry. "What happened to Aiden," Ana asked as her heart raced praying it was all in her mind and nothing serious had happened to Aiden. Ruth led her through a different route into the house. Ana could hear music coming from the othe
"I was a fool. He wanted to get rid of me so he would not pay the balance from the surrogacy contract," Ana thought and frowned as she cried at the same time. "How can I be so stupid to fall in love with him forgetting who he is? A rich man. Bullies, that is what the rich people are. Bullies," Ana thought as her tears streamed down her face in the lonely cell. The night was very long for Ana as she was left with nothing to provide her warmth in the cold weather. Mr and Mrs Scott were happily celebrating their success cleverly reducing Aiden to nothing. Amanda had the whole of Aiden's apartment to herself so she celebrated her victory in bed with Marcus. "Did you get the protection?" Amanda asked and Marcus smiled. "It is my time of the month. Did you get the protection," she asked again sounding a bit angry. "Why would I want to do something my queen is not ready for? Yes, I did. Let me get it," Marcus replied and got down from the bed wearing just shorts. He removed a condom fro
He recognized her immediately and hugging Ana, he called out to the woman. "Monica?" Aiden called out causing Monica to freeze in her steps. Monica turned slowly to face Aiden. The two guards who were following her just moved to the side. Aiden was surprised to see Monica with guards and wearing expensive clothing complimented with expensive jewellery. Last they spoke on the phone, she had only confirmed she took money to divorce him. Was it because she found someone richer than him? This was the thought on Aiden's mind as he stared at Monica while hugging Ana with a cold expression. "Mr Scott, I understand you hate me right now. All I can say is that maybe we were not meant to be. In front of you right now is a woman with a heart of gold. Please take good care of her and protect her from your enemies," Monica said and Aiden frowned. He was with Monica and knew her very well. He understood the meaning of her statement despite the obvious and he frowned. "Are you saying someone thr
"Ms Ana boarded a taxi. They have picked up the details of the taxi. They will contact the driver and find out where he dropped Ana," Mr Jayson said and Aiden ran his hands through his hair. "Just calm down, we will find her. The good news is those who would want to harm her are all in prison. She is safe," Mr Jayson assured. "No, I have one more enemy walking free. Even if there is enough evidence to put him in prison, he is still walking free," Aiden said. "How dangerous is this person?" Mr Jayson asked and Aiden gave the question a thought. Mr Harper may be cunning and a pervert but aside from stealing money, he will not really consider him as one who will use knives and guns. "Never mind. I think I am just worried," Aiden replied. Mr Jayson's phone rang again and his gaze shifted to the phone. He answered it and brought the phone to his ears. "Great," he said and ended the call. "They found the driver. He dropped your wife off at the park. They are on their way there," Mr Ja
Meanwhile, Ana after resting for a while, packed her stuff and left Aiden a note as she made her way towards the exit. She then gave the apartment one last look and rubbed her belly as she walked out the front door. "I stayed back in your time of need to ensure you're restored to your former glory since it was at my side you lost it all. Now that you are back to the level where we met, you don't have to guilt yourself into being with me. I hope you will understand," Ana whispered to herself as she walked towards the gate. She checked her bag to ensure she had enough cash on her. In her mind, she was planning how she was going to live on her own. No job, no roof over her head. Well, this was her life before she met Aiden except she had the woman she thought was her mother and a little sister. They all lived in a small apartment but now she was all alone. She walked out the gate but stopped when she heard someone calling her. "Ma'am, do you need me to help you with your bag?" aske
"Let's get out of here before the media gets here," Aiden said and got behind the wheel with Ana sitting next to him. They drove out of the compound and Aiden took Ana to his private apartment downtown. He parked the car in the garage and walked through the front door into the apartment. The last time they were there, they had to come through the back door and hide in the underground apartment. "A lot of work needs to be done here," Ana said. "Yes, but we will not live here. I prefer the apartment on the hill. It is close to my estate business," Aiden said. "So what is going to happen to this apartment?" Ana asked leaning on the side of Aiden and Aiden's hand was wrapped around her. "Clean it up and put it on the market. I already have too many apartments. I reduce them to two," Aiden said. "Okay," Ana said and Aiden walked Ana to the sofa. "I need you to get some rest. Some people will be here in the next 10 minutes to put the house in order. I have to take care of something
"Now all I need is a good lawyer to wiggle my way out of this mess and leave this state after I have united Aiden with his parents," Mr Scott thought. Aiden returned to Mr Jayson's office and closed the door behind him. He walked towards his desk and made himself comfortable with a smile plastered on his face. "You got a confession out of him?" Mr Jayson said looking at Aiden. "I told you I would get a confession out of him," Aiden said. "My father was right, he only learns and becomes smarter after multiple fails," he added and pulled his phone out of his breast pocket and played the recording to the hearing of Mr Jayson. "We don't need the results from that DNA. This confession is perfect. Great you thought fast. If not we will have to start a search for Mr Andrew Scott's body," Mr Jayson said. "I am surprised though how he managed to bury the wrong body in the presence of all," Aiden said. "That is easy. The body was carried from one point to another in a vehicle. Within that
"We have the world's attention. We can go out now. We go to court with the rest of the evidence to claim what is rightfully ours," Aiden said holding Ana's hand in his. The two exited the underground apartment and went out of the building. Aiden requested a ride to the courthouse. At the court, Aiden filed the case to begin the lawsuit. Aiden requested protection following the multiple attacks on his life and that of his wife and it was granted. At the president's office, Mr Scott was sitting on the sofa with the president who was not at all happy with what was going on. "Mr Scott, do you mind explaining what is going on between you and Aiden Scott?" he asked. "Mr President. Believe me. It is just a family misunderstanding which had gone out of hand," Mr Scott said. "If I remember correctly, Aiden Scott's name was dragged all over the internet, losing his business, his marriage in shambles and some rumours that say he is not your son. Now you are in the news and you have been ca
Mr and Mrs Scott's eyes widened as they listened to the news. The news started spreading like wildfire and everyone asked where Mr Jeremy Scott was if he was still alive. "No, no, this is not good," Mrs Scott said with eyes widened. Mr Scott fetched his phone, dialled a number and waited for the call to connect. "I thought you said you were controlling the media space," Mr Scott said through gritted teeth. "Yes, but believe me. I don't know how this got out there. I have my eyes everywhere but I didn't see this one," the person replied. "I am working on it but someone is posting the story when I take it down," he added. "Do something about it," Mr Scott said and ended the call but his phone rang. "I am going to the office. I will get this taken care of before it gets out of hand," Mr Scott said and exited the room. "As usual I have to take care of everything," Mrs Scott scoffed as soon as her husband exited the room. She fetched her phone, dialled a number and waited for the c
A medical practitioner who was at the entrance saw Mr Jayson falling to the ground and he ran to him calling for help. "He had been shot," the man shouted as held Mr Jayson in his arms. A stretcher was quickly brought out of the hospital and he was carried into the emergency. Meanwhile, Aiden and Ana were both waiting for Mr Jayson to return. After waiting for a while, Aiden decided to go look for him. As soon as he opened the door, the doctor who had provided them the space was standing behind the door. "Mr Jayson was just shot outside the hospital," the doctor said. "What?" Aiden exclaimed "By who?" he asked. "We are not sure but we are suspecting a snipper," the doctor replied. "Stay here, it is not safe outside," he added and left. "They know we are here," Aiden said to Ana. "We can't stay here. It is only a matter of time before they find us. Let's go I know what to do," he said and they both stepped out of the storage room and headed in a different direction. Aiden saw
"When and how?" Aiden thought as he walked towards the bed and sat on it thinking of what to do. He exited the room and went to the balcony. He held the railing and stared ahead of himself. He leaned on the railing and turned to look at the space behind him. He looked briefly at the light bulb hanging from the roof and he realized it had been changed. The bulb had a camera now. Originally, the bulb had that black ring at the base but it was just for decoration. Now the black ring appears to have a focus. "So this is how the person is watching us," Aiden thought and exited the balcony and saw Ana entering the living room from outside. "You went for a walk?" Aiden asked. "Yes," Ana replied. "Without me?" Aiden asked walking towards her. "I am sorry, I didn't want to disturb you," Ana replied and sat down on the sofa. Aiden stood behind her and massaged her shoulders for a while. Ana immediately felt relaxed. Aiden's phone buzzed with a message and he stopped massaging Ana's sh