All Chapters of The CEO'S Secret Child : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Before her mirror, she stood, Ella Jameson, looking at her reflection. The dress she had picked out was a simple yet elegant deep blue which fitted correctly in all the needed positions. She applied makeup to her face with an experienced hand and tried to paint away the butterflies in her stomach.Tonight was the charity gala at Waldorf Astoria and it was destined as a social calendar’s highlight for many people who were to be present there. As a journalist, Ella has been through similar events before this time though this time around felt differently. It was like floating between something that could make or break my career.His leather seat was cold against his tailored suit’s skin so Alexander Knight sat at the rear of his limousine. He peered through his window for the landscape moving by him and buildings reaching into the darkness of the twilight sky. He had gone to many galas before but he didn’t find any happiness in them; they were obligatory things that a role of an untoucha

After the gala was over, Ella had been an array of tasks accumulated that she simply could not catch up with the flow of work and countless sleepless nights. She had blamed it on job stress, but now weeks have turned into days her body is telling things her mind can’t; comprehend. It dawned on her one morning upon waking and, struggling with severe vomiting, the date staring at her from the calendar. She was late.Ella lost the blur of each key, every breaking news story that she was hunting for; she sat in the doctor’s office listening, listening for the doctor to tell her the truth she knew all along. Posters of smiling infants and happy families clad the walls, yet they only brought out the loneliness that she had to encounter every day.“For the last time, it’s miss Jameson?” Dr. Harper said kindly to break through Ella’s chronic copy-like state. Afterward, the nurse pronounces, “The test is positive” you are approximately three weeks pregnant.These words she repeated and sang in

There was a topic that filled the newsroom with discussions and debates about the current political crisis; however, that did not occupy Ella’s thoughts. She was seated at her desk, with her hands resting on the computer keyboard yet her mind seemed to be somewhere else. His hopeful eyes filled her mind and the secret she had to swallow weighed her down greatly.“Ella you been looking at that screen for an hour now” A voice interrupted her day dream. She glanced up and saw Michael Thompson a seasoned reporter who is both wise and kind and always ready to make a quip. "You okay?"Ella forced a smile. That she was only thinking about her next piece, a lie she uttered.'Well,’ if you ever need to ventilate, I am here.’To that Ella only nodded, though she cannot accept the offer anyway.That very evening, as the lights of the city came on, Ella peeled potatoes on the chopping block which was in front of the kitchen stove and Lily was playing around the legs of the table. The sudden ringi

Ella’s heart beat like a drum, loud within the stillness of the room. The message on her phone was a snake, with words that tightly encircled the girl’s determination. She had to go and see whoever sent it but every ounce of instinct in her body were saying that it was a trap. But what other choice did she have? Ella knew that Lily’s future hinged on this decision. Alexander, however, faced his challenges. The board meeting had been brutal, with accusations flying around just as fast as coffee from the teapot at the center of the table. They required answers and solutions to a leak that could sink business, and Alexander was going to be the one who will plug it. But sitting within this tumultuous noise of unhappy directors there was an annoying thought niggling at him from behind. Lately, Ella had been distant, her smiles too swift, her laughter too bitter. Was she hiding something? He shook the thought away and turned to what was at hand. Alexander recommended one of the boldest m

Ella was standing at the outskirts of the newsroom which was filled with phone rings and keyboard clicks that were like a symphony for finding the truth continuously. Being an experienced journalist in the media house, she had handled scandals and successes gracefully. However, there has never been as personal or hurtful a situation as this one that involved Alexander. Previously confidante but now CEO of his own tech company, Alexander used to be her lover. He was no longer anything more than just another headline in the news cycle; an enigma cloaked with corporate secrets. Ella’s path and his differed much further than distance between their offices could account for. Ella’s last assignment entailed writing a profile on some of the most influential technology company CEOs within town. The irony was not lost on her that this list included Alexander. She approached it professionally, but her heart knew how hard it would be. During this time, Alexander had gotten wind of Ella’s new