《The Billionaire鈥檚 Ex Wife》


 Divorce

    I was on my way back home after seeing the doctor. I have been vomiting for the past few weeks. I wanted to give the happiest news to my husband, that we are expecting a baby. I am very excited!


    When I walk into the house and call out his name, hees out from the dark and stares at me with disgust. He points toward the table where some papers, holdup, the divorce paper, lies.


    ¡°Ethan, honey, what¡¯s going on?¡± I ask with tears brimming in my eyes.


    ¡°Sign Those Divorce Papers You Whore! How Could You? I Trusted You But You Go Around Sleeping With My Best Friend!¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± I ask bewildered. I feel my heart shattering into pieces. How could he use me of doing such things? Why would he say that to me?


    Ethan and I met in high school, we fell in love, went to the same college, he proposed to me on our graduation day and we got married three monthster.


    ¡°l-I didn¡¯t c-cheat on you,¡± I said but he didn¡¯t listen. He was so blinded by rage that he took hold of me by my neck and threw me out. I covered my stomach in time so my baby wouldn¡¯t take the hit.


    It was heavily pouring outside and I was drenched. I asked him to let me stay but he outright refused me and said,¡± a slut like you does not deserve to be in my house¡±.


    So here I was walking down the street in the middle of the night with a broken heart, a small jelly-bean size baby inside of me, and nowhere to go. My parents were miles away from me and I don¡¯t even have the cash in me to hail a cab.


    I have been walking for quite a long time. My legs feel like jelly and I don¡¯t know where I am. It¡¯s too dark and I¡¯m wet and cold. My bones feel like metal. Just as I was about to pass out, I saw a womanly figure heading in my direction.


    She said something but all I could hear were his words which were pricking me like needles. Then she slowly picks me up and looks like I have fallen on the pavement, I hope my baby is alright. She supported me on her shoulder and walked a few steps and we entered a small house.


    After drying myself up and changing into a fresh set of clothes she leads me to the couch and says, ¡°I¡¯m Margaret dear. I don¡¯t want to pry for the reason you were out there. I¡¯m a single mother and I just don¡¯t want you to end up hurt.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m Raven. And-¡± I tell her my entire story from this morning till where she found me. ¡± That¡¯s so sad, dear. Your husband doesn¡¯t deserve you. You are most wee to stay here.¡± she offers kindly.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to intrude. I¡¯ll just get going.¡± I reply looking at the storm raging outside thisfy home. Home. Something I don¡¯t have at the moment.


    ¡°Nonsense! I have a daughter in Mexico. She stays with her husband. I¡¯m all alone here. I wouldn¡¯t mind somepany. I insist you stay here dear¡± she says.


    I stayed the night there. We exchanged our numbers and I left in the morning heading to my parent¡¯s abode. She gave me some money to take a cab home. I was so grateful I thanked her for everything, she gave me her number in case I needed help with anything.


    I left her house, boarded a cab, and went to my parent¡¯s house. I realized how much I missed this ce. As usual, my dad was in the kitchen making food because my mom was and still is a bad cook.


    I have an older brother and a younger sister. I was close to my brother. While growing up he was always there for me when I needed him, not to mention is also very very protective. He only allowed me to date Ethan, because he was his best friend, but not after threatening him.


    Coming back here brought back happy memories. I saw my mother watering her nt with a pleasant smile stered on her face. But the moment she saw me, her face morphed into disgust. She came and pped me. I was so shocked.


    ¡°You foolish girl, how could you do this to your husband, I raised you better than to cheat.¡±


    I tried talking to her but she didn¡¯t listen. I even tried talking to my father, but the look on his face told me he was very disappointed in me, for something which I didn¡¯t do.


    Mom said, ¡°Leave my house, you are not wee here anymore¡± I felt so helpless. My parents don¡¯t trust me. They disowned me.


    I went to my brother¡¯s ce. He would trust me. He would believe me. He would never let me down. But what my brother said shocked me the most.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe you could be such a dirty whore, sleeping with your husband¡¯s best friend was so low of you¡±, he said pointing his finger at me. I tried exining but he didn¡¯t let me exin instead he said, ¡°You are a stupid bitch. If I was Ethan, I would have made your life a living hell¡±.


    I tried talking to him, even begged him to listen to me just once. But he pped me, my brother, who had neverid a finger on me. I never thought he would do this to me.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    I left that ce and sat on a nearby bench. What is the point of living when the ones you love don¡¯t want you anymore? Here I was thinking of killing myself but that would be unfair to my unborn child.


    I remembered Margaret gave me her number so I called her and I told her I needed help, she came and picked me up with her car and took me to her house.


    When we got home I told her what had happened, she was not happy about the way my family reacted and treated me.


    ¡°They are your parents, they should believe and trust you more than your husband, I mean they should have asked you what happened instead of reacting like that,¡± she said in anger. We sat in silence for a few minutes. I decided to tell her that I was pregnant.


    ¡°I knew you were pregnant. I saw the way you protect your stomach. I can already say you¡¯re gonna be a great mom!¡± I was stunned. She promised she would help me with anything I needed, I was so grateful.


    ~A Few Dayster~


    I have been with Margaret for some days now and everything has been going great, though I was still sad, I had to think about my baby.


    Here I am making lunch thinking about the message I got from my husband¡¯swyer telling me toe to his office to sign the divorce papers and finalise the separation.


    I told Margaret about it and she advised me to go sign the divorce papers since he won¡¯t change his mind.


    So here I am in his office with my ex-husband to be, hiswyer asking me if I needed anything from my husband.


    I replied, ¡°No! A whore like me does not need his money. I can survive on my own¡±. My ex-husband seemed shocked by my outburst, even hiswyer was.


    He told me to think about my decision but my answer was still the same. I asked him where to sign . He showed me and I signed it and Ethan signed his as well.


    As I was about to leave, Ethan said, ¡°So you are going to stay with those fools you slept with?¡±


    I turned to my ex-husband and told him ¡°You will regret this, what you did to me, turning my own family against me, I will never forgive you¡± and I left.

 Moving

    Leaving his office I saw Margaret waiting for me outside. I was so d she was here. When we got home she made dinner and I did the dishes and told her goodnight.


    When I woke up Margaret was not at home, but she left me a note saying ¡°I¡¯m going to the market to get some groceries¡±


    After taking my bath I went downstairs to eat only to hear the doorbell ringing. I went to open it and thedy standing there turned around and asked


    ¡°Hmm, who are you? ¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m-I¡¯m-¡± I stuttered.


    ¡°Who the hell are you?¡± she asked again.


    I just stared at her, ¡°I¡¯m a friend of Margaret¡± I replied.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    ¡°My mom has no friends¡± she sassed back.


    She asked me where her mother was and I told her she went to get some stuff from the market.


    She looked at me and asked, ¡°What¡¯s your name? I¡¯m Amanda by the way¡±.


    ¡°I¡¯m Raven¡±


    ¡°Wow you have a pretty good name and you are very beautiful.¡±


    ¡°What are you doing here if I may ask?¡±


    ¡°Well-¡°, I started, but Margaret came in.


    She was so happy to see her daughter. They hugged and cried and they talked for hours. I was staring at them.


    I envied their rtionship. Because mine was gone for good.


    She told Amanda why I was in her house.


    Amanda was furious when she found out about my family and what they did to me.


    She came closer and held my shoulder saying ¡°Your ex-husband does not deserve you¡±. Yeah, right he didn¡¯t, I nod.


    The next day I went to the hospital for my check-up and everything was alright. When I got home I noticed that Amanda and her mom were arguing about something.


    So I asked them what was going on. Amanda said, ¡°I want my mother toe to stay with me in Mexico but she refused,¡± she said ring at her mother.


    Margaret replied, ¡°I am not going anywhere, I cannot leave Raven in this condition¡±. They continue to argue. I was just staring at them.


    So they concluded that I should go with them to Mexico because I needed it but I was reluctant to go so I told them I would think about it.


    The next day I went to visit my brother again, to exin everything to him, but he shut me down and told me he doesn¡¯t want to have anything to do with me. I tried calling my friends for help but no one was picking my calls, no one wanted to see me, I even went to see my parents, my younger sister was there but my parents refused to talk to me.


    My sister did talk to me, we went to a caf¨¦ and I exined everything to her. She believed me and told me toe to stay with her in her apartment. I refused. I told her I wanted to leave town. I needed to clear my head.


    She said, ¡°It¡¯s your life I can¡¯t dictate how you live it¡±.


    She made me promise to call her and tell her what was going on in my life, she even said she woulde to see me off when I was leaving.


    I was so happy that my sister was going to be in my life. When I got to Margaret¡¯s house. I told her what had happened. She was a little bit sad but still happy that at least someone in my family still wanted me around.


    When Amanda came back from visiting her friends, I told her everything she was happy about. I thought about it hard. There was nothing left for me here, so I turned to them ¡°I would love to go with you to Mexico¡±


    ¡°Yeah!!¡± they both shouted.


    They were very happy about my decision, so we started preparing for our journey.


    I invited my sister over, she met both Amanda and Margaret. She immediately hit it off with Amanda. They talked about fashion and design.


    Well, I did find out that Amanda is a fashion designer and my sister wished to be one. They talked about it and I was delighted to have my sister here with me. She came to see me throughout the week before we left.


    We had fun. I also told her I was pregnant. She was so excited and scared for me.


    shback**


    ¡°I¡¯m pregnant,¡± she gasped.


    ¡°Really


    ¡°Yes really¡±, I nodded.


    ¡°Oh my gosh, this is amazing, best news ever. But you will be alone, why don¡¯t you stay? I can look after you and the baby¡± she continued to ramble.


    Amanda was busy ring at her, she cleared her throat saying, ¡°You forget she¡¯s going to stay with me, so you don¡¯t need to worry about her¡±.


    ¡°Of course, I¡¯ll worry she¡¯s my sister after all,¡± she replied.


    ¡°I¡¯m so happy for you¡±, she hugged me and started screaming, ¡°I¡¯m going to be an aunt¡±.


    shback over**


    I went to see my family onest time. It was like they didn¡¯t give birth to me, they took my pictures down, threw my cloth away from the way they stared at me like I was disgusting to them.


    How could my parents treat me like this? l am starting to think they are not my real parents, maybe they adopted me or something. I wish they could hear my side of things, I mean am I their daughter right? Why will they just believe what my husband said, sorry, I mean my ex-husband?


    So I also decided since they disowned me, I changed myst name, I did not use my parent name anymore I changed it to ¡°Raven Carmichael¡± at least this way nobody would be able to find me, well except for my sister, and by the way, she is very good at keeping secrets.


    My sister came to see us off, she started crying before we even went to the airport.


    ¡°Why are you crying?¡± I asked, she held me and said, ¡°I am going to miss you so much¡±.


    I started crying as well. I think the pregnancy hormones are kicking in. We held each other onest time.


    Has a vista baby! Hello Mexico! Here¡¯s to new beginnings.

 Happy

    ~4 Months Later~


    Being in Mexico is exciting, I mean I had fun going to ces. I met Amanda¡¯s husband Matt, he was so nice I wish he was my husband just joking.


    Matt and Amanda made sure I felt at home. They made sure I was happy and what can I say I am happy. I mean very happy I meane on, I am with a child so why won¡¯t I be happy?


    I started looking for work but Amanda told me not to stress that they were going to take care of me but I refused as I was bored being cooped up in their house.


    So I started teaching in this school, though the pay was not much. I was okay with it, I mean teaching kids was fun and I was happy seeing them smiling and happy.


    I was beginning to forget about my ex-husband which was great I mean I also want to be happy so I started going out on dates, but once I told them I was pregnant, they made up stupid excuses to leave.


    I mean why will they even stay with someone like me, I was broken but I was d to be here. Have been here for four months and it is great but I need to make more money, don¡¯t get me wrong. I love teaching but I can¡¯t stay with Amanda forever.


    I needed to start making ns to open my restaurant. I love cooking, I was good at it. I meane on even Ethan enjoys my cooking.


    When we were together I told him I wanted to have a restaurant but he refused and said, ¡°You don¡¯t need to work. I have all the money and I don¡¯t want any man staring at my wife¡±. Always possessive and jealous. I¡¯m thinking of him again.


    I told Amanda and Margaret about the restaurant idea, they told me it was a good idea and Matt told me his friend loves cooking so maybe the two of us could start the business together.


    After my appointment to check on my baby, who is very much healthy, I¡¯m 6 months now, I met up with Matt. He wanted me to meet his friend so we can start up the business together.


    We went to this cafe down the street. I ordered my drink and so did Matt. We talked a little and he got a call from his friend that he will be there in a minute.


    I was so shocked to see who came in it was Dave!


    ¡°Dave! Oh my God! What are you doing here?¡± I hugged him.


    I was so happy to see him, he was shocked as well. I mean we were best friends, still friends though we lost contact.


    I and Dave go way back. We are childhood best friends. He was so handsome, his tall, brown eyes, he was so cute. When we were in high school, I always had a crush on him so one day I told him about my feelings but he said that I was like a sister to him.


    I was crushed, I wanted to run away. He held me and told me he would be happy to date me if he was into girls.


    To say I was shocked was an understatement but what can I do? I always knew he had a thing for guys, but I had my doubts I was happy for him.


    He made me promise not to tell anyone, that he wanted to tell his parents first which did not go well.


    His parents disowned him immediately, he had to leave the state to stay with his aunt.


    That was thest time I saw him.


    Although we did talk for a few months, I lost contact. Seeing him here, I was so happy. I mean we had so much to talk about, and we did. I told him everything that was going on in my life. He was angry. He knew Ethan. It was because of him pleading with me to give Ethan a chance, if not I don¡¯t think I would have dated him.


    You need to see Ethan then, he looked like a yboy. A lot of girls were crushing on him, even the most popr cheerleader Violet was also crushing on him so I did not think I had a chance.


    Even when he asked me out I refused thinking he just wanted to sleep with me. Dave made me understand that Ethan was not like that and he had only had sex with one girl which was his girlfriend who cheated on him.


    Who would cheat on someone like Ethan, he was so handsome and caring. Well, look where that got me.


    We started making arrangements to open our restaurant as business partners. I was really happy to see Dave, he told me that his parents came back to apologize and epted him the way he is. He told me he was married and had two kids. I was really happy and wanted to meet his family but he said they were not in town.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    Then we started talking about opening our restaurant and we agreed tobine our money. We started small which was great, we rented this small ce and started it, in no time the ce was booming with people.


    We met business people who helped us with loans and we started making ns to build the restaurant in a different country like I said the business was roaring.


    ~3 Months Later~


    I gave birth two weeks ago. Yeah, it was not easy. Thank God my sister came to visit else, I would have given birth at home alone.


    shback**


    I was so happy that my sister came to see me. We were talking about my work when I felt something wet on the floor.


    My sister asked, ¡°did you just wet yourself?¡±


    ¡°Haha, very funny dumbass, my water just broke¡±, I retorted.


    ¡°Oh my gosh!¡±she started screaming, moving up and down.


    She turned and asked me, ¡°Why are you so calm?¡±.


    ¡°Oh If Only You Know How Am Feeling Right Now You Won¡¯t Say That Shit To Me! Just Fucking Take Me To The Hospital You Little Shit!¡± I screamed in pain.


    ¡°Geez ok calm down¡± she replied.


    It wasn¡¯t easy but I finally did it, I gave birth to a baby girl.


    My baby girl is so cute, I named her, ¡°Blue Crystal Carmichael¡±.


    Yeah, she has these gorgeous blue eyes that always seem to sparkle when she is happy. I know what you are thinking, why didn¡¯t I give her Ethan¡¯sst name, hell no I will never do that not after what he did to me.

 Meeting Again

    I did move out of Amanda¡¯s house. They had to relocate, Amanda¡¯s husband got promoted to work in another branch but he had to leave his country to work there and the pay was better so his family had to move with him.


    Amanda begged me to relocate with them. But I didn¡¯t want to intrude in their lives anymore. I have Blue with me now.


    Ever since Amanda got pregnant, she has been causing problems. she cries when her husband tells her she is getting huge, you don¡¯t want to be there when it happens.


    Don¡¯t get me started when she needs food in the middle of the night and her husband is not around. I became her second husband. She will cry telling me to get her Ice cream in the fridge, when I get it she will start crying telling me she wanted juice, not ice cream. She was a pain in my ass.


    Weter found out she was with twins, and maybe that¡¯s why she was too emotional.


    Amanda gave birth to two girls and a boy, yeah it was shocking.


    I mean her husband fainted when the doctor told him there was another baby inside her Amanda. Iughed at him.


    It was so funny he was like that till the third child came out which was a girl. I was so happy for her she even told me to be their godmother which was great. My daughter liked ying with them


    Amanda named them,


    Daniel Alexis Mateo


    Danielle Alexander Mateo


    Danie Alexandra Mateo


    When I heard their names I was shocked I couldn¡¯t say anything. It was so alike but can you me her. She wanted them to have simr names to confuse people¡­


    Seven Years Later


    It¡¯s been nearly seven years since Istid eyes on my family and ex-husband. My life is great. I am happy my daughter is happy.


    Blue did ask me about her father and my parents since she has only seen my sister and I don¡¯t like lying to her. So I told her what happened.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    My child may be young but she is very mature and smart. Sometimes I wonder where she got it from. I told her the truth and she said she did not need anyone and that she was okay with only her mother.


    I still see my sister sometimes. She¡¯s a graduate and has her own business and she is getting married to one of Ethan¡¯s friends.


    I haven¡¯t met the guy since she started dating him, but have seen his picture and I know him from college. Although he had to relocate because of his father¡¯s business.


    He is one of Ethan¡¯s good friends and business partners, we kind of bump into each other when I was married to Ethan. He did not attend the wedding so he came to apologize, he is very nice and friendly.


    I¡¯m contemting going, my ex will be there with his family, my parents will also be there with my brother, I was thinking of not going but screw them.


    I am going for my sister, not them.


    My business has been going well, but nobody knew I was Dave¡¯s partner. People know he was not the only one running the show and that he has a partner, but nobody knows it¡¯s me, heck they don¡¯t even know if it¡¯s ady or a man.


    I mean our restaurant ranked #3 in Europe. We got an award for it and I was so proud of everyone working for us.


    Also, I had to move to America three months ago because the business there was not going well.


    Although that was not the only reason, Amanda and her family also moved to America two years ago which was hard for my daughter because she was so close to the triplet.


    They were and still are best of friends. So when I told her we were moving to America she was so happy and excited to reunite with her friends.


    I was happy as well, I miss Amanda and her family. So I told her to look for a ce for me but she said I should just move in with her because her house was big enough for which I refused.


    But she, being Amanda, did not listen. So I rented an apartment close to her house so that it will be easier for us and our children to visit each other.

 Wedding

    My sister¡¯s wedding is in America, more reason for me to be here. I was looking forward to it. She also invited Amanda and her family.


    It was the day of the wedding, Amanda was the one that designed my dress and my daughter¡¯s too.


    It was so beautiful. Amanda and her kids came with us, we got to the reception a little bitte.


    My name was called out, I had to make a speech for my dear sister, people were shocked to see me especially my family.


    What did they expect, did they think I was dead or something. I mean my family and Ethan were shocked to see me. I finished my speech.


    My sister came to hug me and told me, ¡°I am so happy you came. I thought you changed your mind¡±.


    I held her, ¡°I would never miss your wedding, even though I don¡¯t want to see some people but you are more important to me¡±.


    Ethan Pov


    shback


    After my divorce from Raven, I was not myself. I was so angry and hurt that she would do that to me


    I loved that girl.


    I told my parents about the divorce and what she did. My dad was furious with me. My mom was disappointed in me.


    She asked if the pictures were real because to her eyes they didn¡¯t seem so. I told her I found it on my office table. I was too damn angry to check if it was photoshopped.


    She called her PI to check it, which came out to be fake. We tracked it down and found out it was my assistant that did all this simply because she was in love with me.


    Like what the hell, I would never go for a girl like her, she was too fake.


    Oh, God! What have I done? I didn¡¯t trust my wife enough. I believed some stupid photoshopped pictures and that cost me the love of my life. How could I be so stupid?!


    I went to her parent¡¯s house to apologize to her since that was where she would be. But they told me they disowned her.


    I told them the pictures were fake. How could they not trust their daughter? Well, I¡¯m not the one to talk about trust.


    We searched for her but it was like she did not want to be found. But I was a little bit suspicious that her sister was behaving somehow like she knew something, but didn¡¯t want to say anything.


    But who was I to question her? My family was disappointed in me. If only they were around when all this happened.


    They were celebrating their thirty years of marriage on a remote ind and I did not want to disturb them.


    They were disappointed and told me that what I did was wrong and that I am supposed to trust my wife. Now she is nowhere to be found.


    Seven Years Later


    It¡¯s been almost seven years of searching for Raven but nothing. My life has been miserable but nobody knows how I feel. My business has been going well because all I do is work, work, work, and work. I hardly go home why should I even go home when no one will be there waiting for me


    So when my friend called me and told me he was getting married, I was so happy for him, he told me to be his best man which I epted.


    I told my parents about the wedding and they said they were going toe since my friend was like a second son to them and it was Raven¡¯s sister that he was getting married to, she¡¯s a nice person.


    During the reception, I was told to make a speech which I did.


    They announced somebody from the bride¡¯s side to make a speech. They said, ¡°Raven Carmichael¡±. Waiting for the person toe up. But what I didn¡¯t expect was to see my Raven there.


    There she was looking more beautiful than thest time I saw her. I thought she would be broke because she didn¡¯t take a penny from me during our divorce.


    Right since she had nowhere to go, I mean her parent practically disowned her, her brother did not even listen to her, I for one chased her out of my house and I know she had some friends but most of her female friends always tried to seduce me, she always caught them flirting with me and I did not like any of her male friends, yea call me jealous but I don¡¯t care I loved that woman and I still do.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    But she still trusted me and stopped being friends with them or hanging out with people she met.


    Her speech was good, what am I saying, like I was even listening to what she was saying.


    I was busy staring at her, her lips, her body. Call me a pervert, I don¡¯t care. Gosh, she was just so beautiful, I could not stop staring at her, I mean she got bigger in the right ces if you know what I mean.


    I couldn¡¯t take it anymore after her speech. I approached her while she was talking to her sister. I was nervous, what was I even going to say to her, so I said the first thing that came to my mind.


    ¡°You look beautiful Raven¡±.


    Raven Pov


    After my speech I was busy talking to my sister. I was so happy for her.


    I heard someone behind me saying, ¡°You look beautiful Raven¡±.


    I was about to reply, when I saw it was no one other than my stupid ex-husband.


    Is that something he can say to me? What was I even expecting him to say anyway?


    I just gave him my stone-cold face which he knows very well is what I do when I am angry or when I don¡¯t want to talk to someone.


    I ignored him. He can¡¯t expect that I should turn and kiss him, smile at him after what he did to me.

 Surprise

    He was about to say something else when his family appeared from nowhere.


    His mom was the first to hug me. I was shocked. His mom, Sydney, never liked me. She was always looking for a way to get me out of her son¡¯s life telling me I was not good enough for him.


    Her husband, Peter, was always looking at me like I was some gold digger or something. I only got along with his younger sister, Avery, who was still in boarding school. The rest we had issues, I mean big issues.


    Like his sister Adrianna, we went to the same school, but she hated me telling me I was the reason why her boyfriend broke up with her when she found out I was dating her brother.


    She was angry, I mean the bitch didn¡¯t evene to our wedding but who cares she was just so childish. I did try to be friends with her but it was like I was making things worse so I just let her be.


    Then there is Nathan, the man whore, yeah I called him that because he sleeps around with any and every girl.


    Even some of our female teachers were sleeping with him so when he asked me out, I refused him. He was angry because no one had ever rejected or refused him, he nearly made my life a living hell.


    I told him I was dating his brother but he said, ¡°So what I just want to have sex with you nobody will know, we can keep it a secret¡±, stupid boy.


    Iter found out he made a bet that he was going to have sex with me. Thank God I refused him like I was ever going to ept him, but he¡¯s very very handsome, oh my, what am I saying!


    So to see all of them here smiling at me like, we have got along so well earlier, was so surprising.


    And to add up all the surprises and shock Blue ran up to me and said, ¡°Mommy I¡¯m tired. I want to go home ¡°.


    This is not how I expected all of them to meet. Especially Blue and Ethan.


    Ethan Pov


    I know Raven was mad at me with that face. I was about to say something else when my family came from nowhere and hugged her.


    My mom was the first before the rest. Raven was too shocked because my mom and I never got along.


    Even the rest of my family never liked her but when I told them about the divorce, I was surprised by what my family had to say about it.


    I mean I was thinking they would be happy that I ended things because she was cheating. And since they never liked her I was expecting them to say ¡°I told you so¡±, but that was not the scenario.


    My mom never liked Raven and for her to say that was very surprising. And there was Adrianna. She just looked at me and said, ¡°You are a big fool.¡±


    I was angry. I mean why will she say that to me. She said, ¡°If you didn¡¯t trust her then why the hell did you marry her? Someone like Raven is not even capable of cheating¡±, I wanted to speak.


    She just looked at me and sighs, ¡°I know me and Raven don¡¯t get along, but I came back to make things right and now you have destroyed my chances of making things right between us you dumbass¡± she said staring at me.


    And also Nathan, when he came back and saw us sitting as if someone had died, he asked what happened and I told him Raven was cheating on me, he justughed and told me that, ¡°Dude it¡¯s not possible, Raven would never cheat on you¡±, he said.


    ¡°I asked her out and even seduced the bitch no offence bro but she did not ept me. Why do you even think I hate her? She was the first and only girl to reject this body¡±, I rolled my eyes at him.


    When I turned to my dad he just said, ¡°Fix this son¡±. That was how the search started and up until today.


    When my mom was about to talk to her, a little girl ran up to Raven and said, ¡°Mommy I¡¯m tired. I want to go home¡±.


    To say I was stunned was an understatement. Does Raven have a child? When? How? Why? She¡¯s married?


    I looked at her again, but there was no ring on her finger, I looked at the girl very well she had my eyes and hair I turned to Raven and asked,N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    ¡°Raven, is she mine?¡±.


    Raven Pov


    When Blue told me she wanted to go home and I saw the way Ethan was looking at me, then Blue and he asked the question I was not ready to answer ¡°Raven is she mine¡±.


    ¡°Mom, is he my dad?¡± Blue asked.


    I looked at Blue and said yes. She looked at me and then back at Ethan and said, ¡°So he is the one that left you¡±.


    I just nod my head. Then she asked again, ¡°But who are they?¡±.


    I just pointed and said, ¡± They are your grandparents and aunts and uncle¡±.


    ¡°So I have family from his side and they are good¡±, she questioned. I just nodded.


    She looked at them and turned back to me, ¡°Mom can we go home now?¡±.


    ¡°Sure baby, but won¡¯t you like to talk to your grandparents or your father?¡±.


    She just looked at Ethan and said, ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk to him¡±.


    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s alright. But what about them?¡±. I looked towards Ethan¡¯s family.


    She walked shyly to Ethan¡¯s parents and said, ¡°Hi, my name is Blue!¡±, she turned to Peter and said, ¡°Grandpa, can Ie and visit you and Grandma tomorrow?¡±.


    Sydney and Peter were so happy and started crying. Gosh, the drama, what¡¯s with the tears.


    They were so happy that they had a granddaughter, they just nodded their head saying ¡°Yes love you cane and see us tomorrow¡±.


    She hugged them and turned to the rest and hugged them as well before saying, ¡°I don¡¯t know your name yet but I hope we will see each other tomorrow since you are all my family now¡±.


    They just smiled at her and nodded their heads since everyone was still shocked to see that they had a niece and granddaughter.


    Even my parents, who were sitting a little bit far away, were surprised to see I had a child. My parents and brother were in shock, denial and then tears started pouring from their eyes. So was I, a few years back. But did they care? No, so do I.


    I just held my daughter¡¯s hand and said goodnight. I left with my chin high.

 Shocked

    Ethan Pov


    I have a child, a daughter and she hates me. I guess Raven would have told her what happened


    The way she was smiling and talking to my parents and siblings but, when she looked at me with her mother¡¯s face, I knew she was angry at me.


    Raven¡¯s parents were crying even her brother was also crying. His wife had to console them, what a good daughter-inw. It was sad since their daughter did not say anything to them but they understood why she was angry, they did hurt her after all.


    When we got home my family was just busy talking about how cute Blue was.


    ¡°Whoa I can¡¯t believe she has a daughter and she still looks sexy as hell,¡± my pervert brother said while wiggling his eyebrow at me. ¡°Now that she¡¯s single, maybe I can finally tap that¡±, he continued to anger me.


    I got angry, ready to hit the dumbass.


    ¡°Whoa calm down dude I was just joking¡±, he said whileughing and others joined him. I looked at them and said, ¡°It¡¯s not funny guys. She didn¡¯t even talk to me, only you guys but I¡¯m her father¡±. I sighed.


    My mother just turned to me and said, ¡°What did you expect? I¡¯m sure she asked about you and we both know Raven, she will never lie to her, I just hope she didn¡¯t say any horrible things about us to that little girl¡±.


    ¡°Mome on, stop it. Raven wouldn¡¯t do that, if she did, she would not have introduced her to us, Adrianna insisted.


    I just looked at my mom and asked, ¡°What should I do mom, I have a child and she hates me!¡±.


    My mom says, ¡°They wille tomorrow. You will do everything you can to get to know your daughter¡±.


    ¡°But what about Raven? I want her back¡±, I whined like a little child.


    My mom just red at me and said, ¡°Try working things out with your daughter first before you talk to Raven. We all need to apologize as well. I hope she forgives us¡±, my mom said.


    The next day


    I woke up very early. I could not even sleep. I was going to see my daughter and Raven today.


    I went downstairs for breakfast. I didn¡¯t even go to work. My parents told me they wereing over for dinner. I was so happy.


    I heard the doorbell. I knew they were the ones that came, I opened the door for them.


    Blue ran to my parents and hugged them. Even my siblings started talking. She was talking to them happily. I turned and looked at Raven. She was smiling at Blue but she did not even look at me.


    After dinner she continued talking about her friends and school, I tried asking her questions but she did not even acknowledge me she just continued talking to my family


    I was angry.


    I turned her chair to face me and asked her, ¡°Why are you not answering me¡±, I pouted.


    ¡°Geez what a baby!¡± I am pouting in front of my child.


    ¡°I am your father you are supposed to talk to me¡±.


    She just looked at me and said, ¡°You are not my father. I don¡¯t even want a father, I¡¯m happy living alone with my mom. I don¡¯t need you in my life¡± she stood up and ran outside.


    Raven just looked at me and said, ¡°A nice way to start a conversation with your daughter¡± and she left.


    I turned to look at my family. They were angry so I went outside to apologize but they already left. What have I done?N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    Raven Pov


    Today we were going to see Ethan¡¯s family and I was nervous and happy that they were willing to get to know their granddaughter.


    And Blue was so happy that she was going to see her grandparents again.


    I told Amanda about it. She was more excited than I was, she wanted me to get back with Ethan telling me he was too damn handsome.


    I had already told my sister what was going on. She called letting me know that ¡°our parents¡± were angry that she didn¡¯t tell them where I was. Like it¡¯s none of their business to ask such irrelevant things after what they did to me.


    When we got there she was so excited to see them, she talked to them even after dinner she was still talking, that girl sure loves talking but when her father tried talking to her she just ignored him which made Ethan angry.


    After what he said Blue was so angry and ran outside she was crying she told me she wanted to go home so we got in my car and I drove off.


    When we got home she was really angry, she went inside her room and was crying. I tried cheering her up by ying our favourite cartoon after she stopped crying but it did not work. So I went out and bought her ice cream, yeah which brightened her up.


    I asked her why she was so angry with her father she just said, ¡°He left you, mama, he did not even look for you why will he want me he doesn¡¯t even love me¡± I sighed.


    ¡°Honey, don¡¯t say that, your daddy loves you and he wants you in his life, why don¡¯t you give him a chance honey?¡± I requested.


    ¡°OK mom I will try¡±, she replied.


    ¡°Thank you, baby. Alright, go to sleep. I love you!¡± I said


    ¡°I love you too mama, goodnight¡± she replied.


    The next day


    Amanda came to my house as early as possible, telling me she got my message that girl loves gossip or whatever you want to call it.


    So I told her what happened. She was angry but then she started saying I should try talking to him and forgive him.


    I went to take my bath as I told you Amanda came way too early, when I was done I heard her talking to someone so I came down to check who it was, to my surprise it was-

 Apology

    Raven Pov


    What was he doing here? It was too early for any nonsense argument. I was about to ask him what he wanted but Ethan was staring at me with lust.


    I realised that I just came out of the bathroom with only my towel on and my hair and body. Water was dripping and the idiot was busy gaping at me.


    Ethan Pov


    I could not sleep at all that night so I decided to apologise to Raven and my daughter. I left my house very early, when I got there I was so nervous.


    I mean I am early, if she is still sleeping, maybe I should call her, or I should just knock. I knocked and this unknowndy came out, she was just smiling at me.


    ¡°Oh, you must be the infamous Ethan! I¡¯m Amanda. I¡¯m sure you-¡± before she could finish what she was saying Raven came down asking who was at the door.


    She looked shocked to see me but I was staring at her body. She was just in her towel and it looks like she just took her bath but, damn she looks beautiful.


    How I wish the towel would just fall off, I¡¯m such a perverted man, but I just love what I was seeing.


    Her friend had to whack me on my head to snap me out of my dirty thoughts.


    I turned to Raven and squeaked out a Hi. ¡®Damn hormones!¡¯


    ¡°Sorry foring to your ce so early, I just wanted to apologize for what happenedst night¡±.


    Raven looked at me and said, ¡°You don¡¯t need to apologize to me but your daughter.


    Before I could say something else Blue came downstairs and saw us. She went to her mother and greeted her with a kiss on the cheek.


    ¡°Good morning mama¡± she greeted.


    ¡°Morning dear, how did you sleep?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Like a baby mom¡±. She then turned and greeted her aunt.


    She turned to me and suddenly said, ¡°Good morning daddy¡±, smiling.


    Hearing her say that I couldn¡¯t help but smile at her in love. She just called me daddy, that¡¯s right I¡¯m your dad sunshine!ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    I looked at Raven who was smiling as well. She looked at me waiting for me to reply to her. I got on my knees and said, ¡°Morning sunshine! Sleep well?¡±.


    She smiled at me and replied, ¡°Fine daddy¡±


    ¡°Sunshine Daddy¡¯s sorry for what happenedst night¡±.


    She just looked at me and said, ¡± I forgive you, daddy.¡± She hugged me.


    I was just smiling. I looked at Raven. She was crying and smiling at the same time.


    ¡°So does anyone want breakfast?¡±, her friend asked us. Blue was the first to say yes we ate together as a family without arguing and I got to know more about my princess.


    Raven asked me if I was not going to my office and I told her no and that I wanted to spend some time with my daughter if that is alright with her and she could also join us.


    She looked at me and said no, she has to go to work. Work! What work? When did she start working?


    She was staying alone she had to work to survive stupid me. I hit my head then she left us to get dressed and said bye to us.


    I looked at my daughter and asked her if she wanted to go to the park. She was so happy, then I got a call from my office telling me I had toe to the office because of an important meeting.


    I told my assistant to cancel it but it was very important. I looked at my daughter. She was sad thinking I was not going to the park with her, but I had a better idea.


    I was going to my office for an important meeting and took my princess with me. I am taking her to my office since she is the heir to my empire and I wanted to show her where I work.


    When I got there people were busy staring at me and my princess, talking among themselves like:


    ¡®Who is the little girl?¡¯


    ¡®Why is our boss smiling like that?¡¯


    ¡®She looks exactly like him!¡¯


    ¡®Is she his daughter?¡¯


    I just rolled my eyes. These people can gossip. I took my daughter to my private elevator and she started asking, ¡°Daddy, why are they looking at me like that? Is there anything wrong with what I am wearing?¡±


    I told her, ¡°No princess, you look beautiful in what you are wearing¡±.


    When we got to my office I told her to sit down and wait for me while I attended the meeting. I told her that if she needed anything she should ask my assistant.


    I went for the boring meeting and have been sitting here with different CEOs trying to make an important deal. Some of them here are my childhood friends (Samantha and Theo) since their parents gave them theirpany to run. They have been trying to make deals with otherpanies including mine.


    Then the door to the conference room burst open. Blue ran, crying her eyes out. My heart constricted in pain seeing my daughter cry.


    She ran to me and jumped on myp. Her little hands winded around my neck and her cute head rested on the crook of my neck.


    ¡°What happened to you sunshine?¡±I whispered, afraid she would run away from me too.


    ¡°D-daddy she called me a batthad (bastard). Mommy said it¡¯s a bad word!¡±, she whispered in my ear pointing at my assistant. White-hot rage filled me.


    ¡°How dare you talk to my child like that! YOU ARE FIRED!¡±.


    Everyone in the room was shocked. I might have forgotten to mention that I have a daughter.


    My friends gave me a look saying they wanted to know more about it. I just nodded and continued cuddling with Blue.


    I told my princess to sit with me during the meeting. After the meeting everyone was tired and hungry.


    This is what my assistant is supposed to do, to book a ce for us to eat andplete the contract by signing. Even the meeting was not supposed to be in mypany. Since she forgot to do her job well, more reason for her to be fired.


    My daughter, who was cuddled in my arms, looked at them and said, ¡°Well I know a ce where you can eat. They have the best food ever! If you all like to go, it¡¯s not far from here¡±.


    They just grinned at her and told her to take them there. We all went in our separate cars. I was staring at my daughter, she was smiling.


    ¡± Sunshine, do you and mommy go there quite often?¡± I asked.


    ¡°Yes, daddy! Mommy takes me when I¡¯m a good girl¡± she said with excitement evident in her voice.


    When we got there I was amazed by the ce. It¡¯s very beautifully decorated, even the others can¡¯t argue about the ce. If the outside of the restaurant is on one level, the interior is just on a new one!


    We sat down and were ready to order when I saw who was taking our order. I was shocked


    It was Raven. With a badge that said ¡®Owner¡¯. What the heck?


    She was equally surprised like me. I asked, ¡°You work here?¡±.

 Hurt

    Raven Pov


    Blue called him daddy. Finally, she has a father figure in her life. I just hope itsts. I don¡¯t want my daughter to be hurt. And at the same time, I won¡¯t fall for Ethan¡¯s charms again.


    But I had to go to work. Got a text from work that we had customers and just a few employees were avable and he needed my help.


    I told the father daughter duo I could not go to the park with them. It was upsetting seeing them both sad but I had to work.


    I left with Amanda telling her to drop me off since she wanted to see someone around there. During the car ride, she was just smiling and chatting about how cute we were.


    I just gave her a deadpanned look and said, ¡°Not going to happen, Amanda. Don¡¯t even think about going there¡±.


    ¡± Why not? He¡¯s single and not to mention hot!¡±, she said, pouting.


    ¡°Come on Maddy you can¡¯t just expect me to forgive him just like that after what he did to me.¡± I snapped my fingers for effect.


    ¡°But that was a long time ago, Raven. I just want to see you happy.¡± She said dejectedly


    ¡°Just drop it okay, I am very much satisfied living with my daughter ALONE,¡± I said angrily.


    ¡°Okay, whatever,¡± she said, rolling her eyes. ¡°But just remember, he is the father of your child, you will surely forgive him eventually and who knows, maybe have sex with him!¡± she said, smirking.


    ¡°No! It will never happen¡±, I said sternly, getting out of her car.


    ¡°You are going to have sex with him!¡± she screamed. People were staring at us, embarrassed, I had to walk faster into the building blushing.


    I went in to see Dave. He told me he needed help with the restaurant. And I helped him serve the customers since we were short of employees today. And people came from different ces to check out the ce so it was a very busy day


    As I got to the next table to ask what they wanted I was surprised to see Ethan with Blue. I thought they were going to the park and, now he knows I work here, that is thest thing I wanted him to know. He will not agree with what I am doing.


    He just looked at me. ¡°You work here?¡±


    ¡°Yes, I work here, any problem?¡± I sassed.


    ¡°You can¡¯t work here! No way! You need to quit this job. I don¡¯t want you working Raven¡± he said angrily.


    See what I was saying, a control freak, I just looked at him and said, ¡°You don¡¯t own me, neither are you my husband. So please stop trying to control me. I¡¯m not that girl anymore. I do what I want to do so fuck off¡±, then I left him there and told someone else to serve them.


    I¡¯m done with his nonsense. He can¡¯te back into my life and boss me over just because we have a kid together. No, I will not let him try and control me again. Never!


    Ethan Pov


    She works here? Why would she even work in this kind of location? How did she even get the job? And when I asked her to quit, her reply was surprising.


    I just don¡¯t like her working in this kind of environment where men can stare at her and do things to her and what not?!.


    I have the money to take care of her and our kid. She doesn¡¯t need to work.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    Okay, she¡¯s right, I¡¯m a little controlling. I¡¯m the reason she is here in the first ce. If I hadn¡¯t filed for a divorce, all this would not have arisen. I¡¯m at fault.


    I hurt her again. I should try thinking about how she feels about it and stop making decisions for her.


    God, I¡¯m so fucking stupid.


    I looked down at my daughter, she was ring at me. Oh, I¡¯m dead!


    ¡°Go apologise to mama now!¡± she said, pointing her finger at me. Damn, she¡¯s so little yet so scary.


    I should apologise to Raven. I ran after her only to see her hugging a guy and he was consoling her, with his hands all over her.


    Now I¡¯m green with jealousy. Who the fuck does he think he is? He touched my woman.


    I was livid! I moved toward them and blew up again, ¡°Raven who is he? Is he your beau? Is he your sex pal or som-¡°, before I couldplete my sentence Raven pped me.


    ¡°You disgust me. Why will you say that to me? Yet again you¡¯re jumping to conclusions. You know nothing about me. I don¡¯t want to see your fucking face again unless it¡¯s about Blue¡±, then she stormed out of the room.


    Oh my fucking God. That was FALSE on so many degrees. But I just couldn¡¯t hold my dialect. I was feeling angry and jealous at the same time. I just-Ugh!


    The guy looked at me and I was outraged to see it was Dave.


    He threw daggers at me with his eyes, ¡°I thought you have changed Ethan, but you¡¯re still the same. Most importantly, insecure and doubtful. That was the reason your marriage fell apart,¡± he said. He was just about to leave the room when he halted and said, ¡°Just so you know, Raven and I are just friends and I¡¯m happily married to my husband.¡±


    I think he is right about my behaviour and attitude. I do have some anger issues, that was the reason why my first girlfriend broke up with me. I got so furious and punched her when she was talking to a guy, and I didn¡¯t know it was her brother.


    After that day she got so scared of me and broke up with me. Even though I tried to apologise to her she wouldn¡¯t let me close to her without looking so scared. I have to work on that if I want things to work out between me and Raven.


    And especially if I don¡¯t want to lose my girls.

 Forgive

    Raven Pov


    I was angry and crying. Dave was just consoling me, only for that idiot to insult me. I am so done with him. I can¡¯t even believe I was thinking of forgiving him and trying to work out our issues.


    Then I got a call. Checking the caller id, I was shocked. It was from the people who practically disowned me. I don¡¯t even want to pick their call. I¡¯m so mad right now, and picking this call will just add fuel to my raging fire.


    I need to talk to Amanda right now so I left. I know Ethan will bring Blue home when she is ready toe.


    I called my friend and we met up. I told her what happened and she just looked at me and said, ¡°Let it out¡±. Immediately I started bawling my eyes out till they felt dry like the Sahara desert.


    ¡°I loved him so much. Why does he like hurting me?¡±, I started dryly, ¡°You need to see the way he was talking to me, Maddy. I¡¯m so angry and I guess I was too hopeful, I thought we could work things out. I guess I was wrong¡± I finished with a little hup.


    ¡°Oh, honey. Don¡¯t give up on him. I know you are angry and I¡¯m sure he feels bad for what he said¡±, she said.


    ¡°Why do you keep supporting him?¡± I let out in frustration.


    ¡°I¡¯m not Raven. Look, things will be alright. Just don¡¯t be mad at him. But I can go there and break his car if you want¡±, I started smiling.


    She knows when to make me happy when I am sad. I¡¯m d I found a best friend in her.


    So I told her about the call and showed her my parents text messages saying they want to have a family get together with their children.


    ¡°Now they consider me as their child. They are trying to contact me as if they never even disowned me in the first ce!¡± I spoke in exasperation.


    ¡°You do know you have to forgive them right? And you must attend this get together¡±, Madison asked.


    I looked at her as if she grew 2 heads. ¡°Are you crazy! After what they did to me? No way, I¡¯m not going anywhere¡± I stated firmly.


    ¡°Come on Raven. They are your family, you have to talk to them, you can¡¯t stay mad at them forever. You know everything happens for a reason, you need to let go of that anger and forgive them alright?¡±, she tried convincing me.


    ¡°I guess you are right¡±, I sighed.


    ¡°Babes I¡¯m always right,¡± she said cockily, ¡°Now call them back or send a text message telling them you will be there for dinner. Now go clean yourself up. I will call Ethan to bring Blue to my ce.¡±, she said in one breath.


    ¡°Alright thanks and how did you get Ethan¡¯s number?¡±, I asked quizzically.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    She just smirked and winked at me saying, ¡°I have my ways¡±. With that said we both departed in our ways.


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    Here I am at my parents house, thest ce I wanted to be, but I think I needed this. We all need this. I knocked and my sister opened the door. I am d she came cause I¡¯m gonna need all the support right now. We sat down and ate after that the apology started.


    ¡°Raven, we are so sorry for what we did dear! Please find a ce in your heart to forgive us!¡±, mom said.


    I just looked at them and said, ¡°You¡±, I pointed at my brother, ¡°you pped me and sent me out after all the promises you made to me about always being there for me and protecting me¡±.


    ¡°As my mother and father called me names and even disowned me and you want my forgiveness after everything you did to me you did not even trust or believed your blood why should I even forgive you¡±, I continued.


    My mom knelt crying. ¡°I know we hurt you, sweetie¡±, I can¡¯t remember thest time she called me that. ¡°We are so sorry, please forgive us, ¡± she said, bowing her head.


    I just can¡¯t watch my mother kneel and beg me, making me look like a bad person. I held her hand. ¡°Please get up, mama,¡± I said, pulling her up and hugging her.


    We all started crying but what can I do? I need to forgive them but it will take a lot of time to forget what they did to me so I just told them, ¡°I forgive you, after all, you are my family¡±.


    They just cried more and smiled at me and thanked me then they introduced me to my brother¡¯s wife. She¡¯s so beautiful and heavily pregnant, it¡¯s their first child. She seemed delightful and weing.


    They asked my daughter if they could see her so that we could have dinner again, and I coulde with her.


    Now they are pushing their luck!


    I told them I needed time to think about any family bonding. Right now I just want to go home to my daughter, and so I left.


    Ethan Pov


    Iter got a call from Amanda telling me to drop Blue at her ce that Raven went to dinner with her family. I went to the club to see my friends and drink. I needed to drink so I told them everything that happened.


    ¡°Dude, I can¡¯t believe you have a child but what you did to Raven was bad. You need to work on your anger issue and try doing little things to show her you still care for her and ask for forgiveness, roll on the floor if you have to!¡± my friend said dramatically.


    I just hope she finds it in herself to forgive me.


    I went over the next day with chocte and flowers to apologise. Raven opened the door and looked at what I was holding.


    she won¡¯t be able to resist it. It¡¯s her favourite chocte and a card I wrote: ¡±¡¯ I¡¯m sorry my love. Please forgive me. <3''''''                         She took the chocte and told me toe in. We sat down and I started apologising.                         "I''m sorry about what I said yesterday, I didn''t mean that, I guess I was jealous. I-i still have feelings for you Raven", I confessed.                         "Why would you be jealous of Dave? The guy, he''s gay, and I didn''t know you still had feelings for me I thought you moved on" she said.                         "How can I move on? You were my everything and you still are. I know I hurt you, my love, and I''m very sorry. No word could describe how sorry I am and I know it''s gonna take a lot of time for you to forgive me. I just want you to know that I still love you. I always will and I will do anything for you to forgive me. I''m so-" before I could finish my rambling, she did the impossible, the unimaginable!                         Raven kissed me! She kissed me! Oh my God!

 Betrayal

    Raven PovText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    I went to pick Blue up, but she was already sleeping so I left her there and went home. I was so tired since I had a stressful day so I just slept with my work clothes on, too tired to take them off.


    I went downstairs to make breakfast when I heard a knock, only to open it and see Ethan with flowers and my favourite chocte.


    Wow so he did remember what I liked. I told him toe in. He started apologising and he told me he loves me. My heart started beating rapidly. He still loves me.


    That is all I needed to hear. I kissed him.


    ¡ª


    Sexual content ahead!


    His lips felt the same as all those years ago. I couldn¡¯t stop my moans. We stopped for a second then we continued, he kissed me so hard. I started feeling tingles down there.


    He lifted me and I jumped and wrapped my legs around his waist. His one hand supported my neck to dive his tongue deeper and his other massaged my ass cheeks arousing another breathy moan from me.


    He carried me up to my room and kicked it close and locked it. He threw me in the bed looking at me with lust-filled eyes. I¡¯m sure my eyes were the reflection of his.


    He tore open my shirt and started kissing down my neck leaving love bites in his wake. He pulled down my skirt and stared at my body.


    ¡°So fucking beautiful¡±, he whispered huskily. That sent shivers to my core and I felt myself getting wet.


    He ripped off my bra and panties, and I gasped as his warm breath locked my naked skin. He didn¡¯t waste time sucking my left nipple and twisting and tweaking the other one. He went on till he paid the same amount of attention to my right breast.


    He slowly moved down kissing and sucking my navel. I could stop the moans from my mouth. Then he stopped right above my core. He lifted his head and looked me in my half hooded eye.


    Without any warning, he plunged two fingers into my wet, dripping pussy. I screamed out in pleasure.


    He didn¡¯t go slow. It felt like he was making up for all those years of pent up sexual frustration.


    His hands were hard and rough and fast, not giving me time to hit my first orgasm, making me ride the pleasure for a long time.


    He pulled out his fingers and used his tongue to slowly circle my clit and shoved his tongue into my sensitive hole while his thumb kept circling my clit. He made me ride my second orgasm making my legs feel like jello.


    ¡°Ah, Ethan, so good! Don¡¯t stop please¡± I begged him. He responded by going faster and it wasn¡¯t long he had me calling his name as I came hard the third time.


    Once I felt my breathinge to normal, I flipped us and I kneeled in front of him. I removed his briefs and started working him up. I began massaging the tip before sliding my hand down his length.


    Ethan moaned loudly as one of my hands slowly caressed his dick while the other massaged his balls.


    I was straddling him. I kissed down his chest until I reached his hard dick. I kissed around it, I moved up towards his dick slowly taking him into my mouth as we made eye contact, he let out a husky moan as I started to twirl my tongue around the tip of his dick.


    I bobbed my head feeling him hit the back of my throat as I sucked him till he came in my mouth. I swallowed every drop and smiled at him. He groaned and lifted me impatiently.


    I pressed his manhood against my soaked core and his breathing hitched, ¡°Love, are you sure you want to do this?¡±, he asked hesitantly.


    I just nodded as he lined up his dick at my entrance. He groaned as his massive dick continued to stretch me out, he pushed his hips thrusting into me hard and filling me. He started moaning and moving fast his name was on my lips as I moaned uncontrobly


    ¡°Fuck Ethan, faster¡±, I breathed as his hand started to massage my breast and started to pound into me relentlessly as his head dipped down and his lips crashed onto mine.


    I started shaking the familiar sensation starting to course through my body. Ethan continued to pound me, I clenched around him as I screamed his name as the most powerful orgasm ripped through me.


    ¡°Holy shit Raven¡±, Ethan breathed as I pulsed around his dick, he quickened his pace and his dick hardened inside of me and twitched. He let out a long husky moan before he thrust hard filling me as he came inside me, cursing while we climaxed together.


    After he finished, he copsed down onto me and nuzzled his face in the crook of my neck. He kissed my neck softly as he wrapped his arms around me tightly. Weid for a moment both breathing as we tried to catch our breaths.


    ¡ª


    Then there was a knock on the front door! Holyshit Blue! Wait! We just had sex! I had sex with Raven!


    How badly I want to go back there and do it again. It was so beautiful, I can¡¯t even call that sex, we made love. Yeah that the right word for it


    Raven Pov


    ¡°Holy shit Ethan! I forgot to pick Blue and Amanda is here with her, you need to leave¡±, I ranted as I untangled myself from him.


    ¡°But why?¡± he pouted like a baby, why should I leave? I¡¯m not going anywhere! I want to be here with you!¡± He whined like a baby.


    ¡°You have to leave, do you want our daughter to see you like this? Please let¡¯s go down. You pass through the back door.¡± I said.


    He wore his clothes and looked at me, ¡°Promise me we will talk about this?¡± He asked.


    ¡°I promise, just go!¡±, I eximed.


    Nope, kiss me first and I will leave¡±, he said.


    I kissed him and he smiled, ¡°I will see youter babe¡±, he kissed me again.


    Amanda has been knocking at the door for a while now, I checked myself again before opening the door. Then her children came in and greeted me with Amanda behind them but she was not looking good nor happy.


    ¡°Amanda are you alright? What the matter? she just looked at me and started crying.


    ¡°Kids go upstairs while I talk to your mom okay?¡±, I said gently.


    ¡°Yes, aunt Raven¡±, they replied in chorus.


    ¡°Amanda,e on talk to me. what is going on?¡± I said hugging her.


    She just looked at me and said ¡°Matt is cheating on me¡±, what! ¡°and he wants a divorce!¡±, she broke down.


    ¡°What the fuck? Why would he do that? How did this happen? I am so sorry babes!¡±, she just cried more. I tried to console her, this is so heartbreaking, he hurt her.


    How could he do this?


    Who the hell would cheat on Amanda? I mean the girl is smart, beautiful, a wonderful mother who the hell would cheat on her or even divorce her.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry babes! What are you going to do now? I mean what about the kids, what are you going to tell them!¡± I asked her.

 Truth

    Amanda Pov


    ¡°He said he doesn¡¯t want to see them anymore, that he just wants a divorce, he even called them bastard Raven, that idiot called my kids bastard¡±. My God, how did this even happen?


    ¡°Well, you see¡±, I said nervously, ¡°Matt and I have been having issues for some time now¡±.


    ¡°What! Why didn¡¯t you tell me, Maddy, I am your friend?¡± She asked, hurt.


    ¡°I know I know, I wanted to, but you have been dealing with your problems with Ethan and your family so I thought I should just handle this by myself¡±, I said.


    ¡°Butst night he didn¡¯te home, he has been doing this for some months now always traveling, saying his boss sent him to this country or that for one stupid business and you know me well Raven, I always know when someone is lying especially Matt, I mean being married to him and he is always nervous when he lies and he won¡¯t even look me in the eyes to tell me where he was going to¡± I continued.


    ¡°So I called himst night asking him where he was. He told me he was at this hotel for some important work that he will get homete but my mom came to see the kids so I told her to watch the kids. She told me she wouldn¡¯t stay long because she has a date with her boyfriend but I will put them to sleep before I go. Which she did because she sent me a message¡± I continued.


    ¡°When I got to the home, which I know he goes to often, I asked them for his room number, which they refused to give me. I paid them to tell me his room and I¡¯m his wife and I wanted to surprise him. So I went to the room that he was using and the door was not locked because I know Matt does not like locking his door even though our room door is always open. I heard moaning so I thought maybe he was, you know, ¡®masturbating¡¯.


    ¡°I went in only to see him having sex with his boss, that bitch, that fucking old bitch. I was so speechless Raven. I couldn¡¯t say anything, I was so angry I left, I wanted to call you but I knew you would be asleep.


    ¡°So he came home and saw me in the living room. Instead of apologising to me, he started asking me, ¡± What were you doing at the hotel?¡±.


    ¡°Is that what you have to say to me Matt, you were sleeping with that old bitch, how could you do this to me?¡±


    ¡°We started yelling at each other and the next thing he said was, ¡°I don¡¯t love you anymore Amanda, I want a divorce¡±. ¡°What! bu-bu but what about the kids? What about them?¡°Look Amanda it¡¯s over, this marriage is over and the kids, I don¡¯t want to see again. I will sign any papers just for you to have them. ¡°I don¡¯t want to have anything to do with those little bastards¡± and I pped him. ¡°This is what happened.


    Raven, he looked me in the eyes and told me to leave his house with the kids.


    ¡°But Raven the kids saw everything. They haven¡¯t said anything since we left the house, I don¡¯t know where to start from babes! What am I going to do?¡± I was confused.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry you have to go through this¡±. She hugged me and asked, ¡± What are you going to do?¡±.


    ¡°I am going to sign those divorce papers Raven. But I need a ce to stay with the kids, I don¡¯t want to stay with my mom and her boyfriend¡± I said confidently.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Babes you don¡¯t need to ask furthermore! You can stay here as long as you want!¡± She smiled.


    We shared our friends¡¯ moments and the kids came down for food. They all came down and ate their food. My kids were very quiet. They were not happy with what was going on so after breakfast I sat them down and told them what was going on.


    ¡°Kids, your father and I are getting a divorce and I¡¯m so sorry you had to see us yelling at each other¡± I apologised.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay mom, we understand,¡± Daniel said.


    ¡°Dad is always busy and he doesn¡¯t want us anymore,¡± E said shortly Danie).


    They started crying, ¡°I¡¯m so sorry kids¡±.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to apologise, mom, dad is a jerk¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t say that word Dani(Danielle) he is still your father¡±? I said sternly.


    ¡°He is not our father, mama. And we just have to get used to it¡±.


    ¡°He was never around after we moved from Mexico, he missed our games, birthday party so we will be okay right mom?¡±, they asked.


    ¡°Yes kids we will be alright because mommy is here to protect you¡± we hugged.


    ¡°But mom, where are we going to stay? I want to stay here with Blue¡± Daniel said, ¡°and with Aunt Raven too, ¡°but there was something about how she said Blue¡¯s name that she was blushing.


    I knew she liked Blue more than just friends. ¡°Don¡¯t worry kids, you all will be moving in with us. I mean this house is big enough for all of us so you guys will be staying here from now on¡± Raven said.


    Time skip -5 monthster-


    It¡¯s been over five-month now since I and Matt got divorced and to tell you the truth I was not happy about it but I had to let him go and move on.


    But I am so done with dating men, yeah I know what you are thinking and it is true I always had a thing for girls. I remember kissing this cheerleader when I was in high school, she was my first kiss and I liked it. And there was Viv my best friend when we were in high school, we got drunk at a friend¡¯s party and we woke up naked the next day, I wasn¡¯t that drunk so I remembered what happened but when she woke up and saw us naked she started screaming, I even screamed as well it was so hrious. So I guess all I need is to move on.

 A Fresh Start

    Amanda Pov


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    She looked at me, ¡°Why the hell are you blushing Maddy! I¡¯m not gay! And this¡±, she pointed at the both of us, ¡°never happened¡±.


    She wore her clothes and left. I was so devastated. But guess what? She¡¯s now married to a female and has two kids together. Bitch if only she had epted her sexuality then, I would have been her wife now, I loved her but I just couldn¡¯t tell her.


    When I met Matt, I didn¡¯t know, I just fell for him. He was everything I always wanted in a man so I guess I just didn¡¯t explore my sexuality buttely have been thinking about it I think am bisexual.


    How did this happen? It was that stupid party Raven asked me to go to with her that I needed to have fun that is how it started, now am having a crush on that green-eyed girl.


    A few days ago


    Raven Pov


    I have not been talking to Ethan, not picking up his calls for weeks now and he thinks I¡¯m avoiding him which I am. Gosh, we had sex and I don¡¯t know what to tell him. It was a mistake, but was it a mistake? I¡¯m just so troubled.


    He came to my ce of work to talk to me but I told him it was a mistake, what happened between us was a big mistake. I can¡¯t just forgive him like that, he hurt me. I shouldn¡¯t have had sex with him. Damn it.


    Blue had been pestering me, wanting to see her father, asking questions about when we¡¯re moving in together. I don¡¯t know what to say.


    Sometimes I just tell her, ¡°Soon¡±, which makes her sad. I want her to be happy, maybe giving Ethan a chance to be a father to her and a boyfriend to me, is that what he¡¯ll be to me? This is so frustrating.


    A lot of things have been going on here but he won¡¯t understand. I mean my best friend is going through a divorce but that is over now thank God and the restaurant has been really busy so I don¡¯t have a lot of time to even think about him which is good, I should focus on my work and Blue that¡¯s all that matters.


    My parents also got to meet my Blue, it took some time for me to agree, hell it took months for me to even pick their calls, if not for Amanda and my sister pleading I don¡¯t think I would be here right now watching this.


    It was really funny to watch them being scolded by my daughter. It happened when I got a call from my parent¡¯s begging me toe to see them. Yes, I avoided them a lot, I was still a little angry about what happened.


    So I made a surprise visit today. I know all of them were home. I still don¡¯t understand why my brother was staying with our parents. My sister told me it was because he was nervous and scared for the baby, why would he be scared? Well, you see this is the third time Riley is pregnant, she had a miscarriage, twice and this is the third time so he believes that it because they are staying alone that why she¡¯s having a miscarriage.


    Like what the hell, it¡¯s because of stress and maybe him making her scared as well, dumbass, I felt sorry for Riley, she was really sweet to hang out with. She came to see me, we got along, she never for one day asked if I had seen my parents since that night. She was helpful and tried to cheer Amanda up. We had girls¡¯ nights sometimes where we just sat and watched movies and sometimes talked about life. Soing here to my parent¡¯s house was a surprise for them, I mean they were not prepared at all to see me even though I brought Blue with me.


    ¡°Hey mom!¡±, I said, hugging her and my dad. I guess that brought them back from their shock. ¡°This is my daughter Blue,¡± I said to my family. My child was just staring at them.


    ¡°Baby, greet your grandparents,¡± I said. ¡°No!¡± She grumbled.


    ¡°Why not?¡±, ¡°Because they hurt you,¡± she said while ring at them.


    ¡°Please forgive them, baby,¡± I said, pecking her cheek. ¡°Okay but I want to talk to them¡±.


    ¡°Sure, no problem¡± I smiled with nervousness. I looked at my parents and brother. They followed her, they all sat on the dining chair and my daughter started scolding them.


    ¡°You broke mama¡¯s heart, I will only forgive you if you promise not to do it again, ¡± she said, folding her arms together and ring at them.


    I think my parents got scared of the way she was looking at them, they nodded and promised not to hurt us again. ¡°Pinky promise?¡± she asked, holding her pinky finger out, pinky promise, my parents did what she did.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    After that, she started entertaining them. She loves them so much she has been spending time at Ethan¡¯s and mine and she doesn¡¯t go alone, Amanda¡¯s kids are always with her because Maddy has been very busy and a little depressed with the divorce. So the kids had been going to school from there but now all that is over.


    Ethan sent me a message telling me toe for this birthday party and I think this is what I and Amanda need after all the stress so I told her about it and she said yes.


    So here we are at the house party. How will I ever find him but that was taken care of because someone directed us to him. I was so happy to see him. He hugged me, kinda awkward, and excused himself from our friends.


    We started talking. I apologised and told him what had been going on. I was even surprised he was listening to what I am saying, he has changed a lot!


    The old Ethan would not be interested in what I was saying. 2e talked a lot about work, family, and our child then we started talking about us and the elephant in the room.


    He said ¡°Raven I know it was too soon to have sex but I don¡¯t regret it and I want you back in my life if you still want to¡±, He said nervously.


    ¡°I do want you Ethan, but I can¡¯t be with you, I don¡¯t want to get hurt¡± I replied with grief.


    Then I thought about my daughter and the time I made her cry for refusing to see her father. ¡°Well, we can but let¡¯s just take this slow okay?¡± I said cautiously.


    ¡°Sure Raven, anything you want¡± he smiled and he pecked my cheek.


    I¡¯m doing this for my daughter, all this is for her, anything to make her happy.

 Moving On

    Amanda Pov


    I don¡¯t even know why I agreed to go to this party with Raven. Okay, I remember I want to start again, I mean start dating and having a lot and a lot of sex, what? Do you expect me to keep crying over that idiot? Nah I can¡¯t do that.


    I have been drinking since all the guys that approached me are not my taste. As I was taking my drink this girl appeared from nowhere, ¡°Hey are you okay, you are just sitting there and looking bored¡± she said snarkily.


    ¡°Yeah that¡¯s because I¡¯m bored,¡± I said like a smartass.


    ¡°Okay so let me keep youpany¡±. I stared at her and said, ¡°I would love that¡±.


    We started talking before I knew it, I followed her to this room and then the next day I¡¯m sleeping naked with this girl!


    I don¡¯t even remember what happened or her name but I¡¯m sure we had sex because I¡¯m sore and this girl got a dick which is a surprise because it¡¯s huge.


    I stood up, wore my clothes and left the room quietly. Then I saw a text message from Raven telling me Ethan dropped her offst night and I must tell her what happened between me and that dude I was going up with. She did not know it was a girl. I went to my car and drove off.


    Since that day I have been thinking about that girl and her sparkling green eyes. I smiled thinking about her. How I wish I could remember her name but I know it started from S but that all maybe it¡¯s because of the ne she was wearing it had a symbol S on it but I don¡¯t remember her name.


    Raven has been asking me about what happened for a few days now, the kids are home. Gosh I miss them. We have been going out and having fun but that did not stop Raven from asking me who the dude was.


    I told her I don¡¯t remember but she knew I was lying but I don¡¯t even know how to tell her that it¡¯s not a dude that it¡¯s a girl. A very beautiful green-eyed girl, I think I¡¯m crushing hard on this girl¡­


    Raven Pov


    I¡¯ve been asking Amanda to tell me about this dude but she is saying she doesn¡¯t remember. I know she is lying anyway. Ethan told me he has this get together thing with his friends that I shoulde with Amanda to his house so that they will just have some drinks, talk about each other, y some games.


    I knew it was going to be fun so I told Amanda about it and then we were on our way to Ethan¡¯s ce. I wanted to ask her about the dude but I know when she is ready she will tell me.


    When we got there Ethan and I started talking, he started introducing us to his friends then we got to these guys that were standing talking to each other the first one already noticed us but the other.


    The other turned to see who she was looking at and it was a girl but she was not looking at me or Ethan, she was staring at Amanda and what was more surprising was how Amanda was looking at her shocked as well.


    Oh my gosh, the dude Amanda slept with is a girl, and not just any girl but Samantha!


    Samantha Pov


    ¡°Amanda, what are you doing here? Wow, I can¡¯t believe I am seeing you again. You just left without a note or something. I thought I would never see you again¡±, I said, smiling at her. Amanda was still looking at me, shocked.


    It is good to see her again, I mean she is the first girl I had sex with and wake up to her gone. I¡¯m always the one leaving but there was just something about her that made me stay.


    She is very beautiful and I like her smile, the way sheughed and talked that night even though I knew we were both drunk. I just wanted to see her again. I didn¡¯t get herst name so it was hard to find her but I¡¯m so happy to see her here.


    Amanda Pov


    What is she doing here? I can¡¯t even say anything! She is here, my green-eyed girl is here! What should I do? Should I run and leave the ce? That is a good idea. Maybe that¡¯s what I should do but she is just standing there smiling at me like I am the best thing she has seen today.


    Just seeing her I remembered everything that happened that night. The moaning and the screaming and the sex was fucking mind-blowing! Now I am blushing!


    ¡°Hey, Sam! How are you doing?¡± Did I ask casually? See, don¡¯t sweat it! ¡°I am good,¡± she replied. ¡±Can we talk in private?¡± She asked. ¡°Sure, let¡¯s go upstairs¡±.


    We left Raven and Ethan but when I looked back I noticed Raven was giving thumbs up and just smiling at us like an idiot. Now she knows, God, I¡¯m not going to hear the end of this.


    Raven Pov


    Amanda and Sam?! Wow! I¡¯m surprised she even had sex with Sam. Don¡¯t get me awry, that girl is very hot! But she sleeps around and I know that because she is Ethan¡¯s friend and her family is very wealthy and distinguished.


    But the way she was staring at Amanda, I know that she likes my friend. I knew Maddy always had a thing for girls but I didn¡¯t want to ask her if she was bi because she was married. But now I¡¯m sure she is, she and Sam will be so good for each other, they will make a very cute couple.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    Amanda Pov


    When we got upstairs she led me to this room and said, ¡°this is where I will be staying for a few days¡±.


    I was just looking around the room, I didn¡¯t even know when she got close to me and held my waist, I turned around and now we were staring at each other.


    I felt the room¡¯s temperature rise. ¡°It¡¯s so good to see you again Amanda, I miss you¡± and she started kissing me and I kissed her back.


    ¡ª


    Mild Sexual content ahead


    She lifted my dress and slid aside my line. Her fingers teasing my folds. I couldn¡¯t control my meowls.


    ¡°Can I? ¡± she asked. I just nodded. And she pushed a finger into my hole. She slowly brought it out and roughly pushed it in again. She kept the pace slow and annoying.


    ¡°More!¡± I begged. She then thrust two more fingers stretching me apart and pushing them at a vigorous speed.


    I was close to my climax but she went slow. Even more annoyed I started to pinch her nipples through her dress. She gasped.


    Unexpectedly sheid me down on the table with her fingers inside of me and pushed her whole fist in.


    I screamed in pleasure which she swallowed with her kisses.


    She kept moving her fist at a great rate. I came to see stars behind my eyes.


    ¡ª


    We stopped and she was just smiling at me. ¡°I thought I would never see you again but it¡¯s good to see you. I was looking for you but I didn¡¯t get yourst name so it was very difficult for me to find you¡±.


    I was confused, ¡°Why would you be looking for me?¡±. ¡°Well, I want to ask if you would like to go out with me?¡±.


    Oh my God, she just asked me out! What am I going to say? What should I say, I have kids. What will she say if she finds out? Let me just tell her now so she knows what she is getting into if there will ever be something.

 Kids

    Amanda Pov


    ¡°Look I would love to go out with you but I have kids, I just got divorced¡± I said honestly. The way she was looking at me, I know that look, men do it all the time when you tell them you have children they won¡¯t be interested again.


    So I just looked at her and said


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we can just be friends. I know you don¡¯t want to date someone with kids, especially someone with not only one but three kids¡± I was walking out when she held me back and kissed me again. This is so confusing.


    ¡°Amanda I am shocked


    okay because after having three kids you still look so beautiful and who in their right mind would divorce someone as beautiful as you¡±, she touched my cheek, ¡°I like you a lot and I would love to take you out, I mean if you still want to go out with me¡± she said nervously. I just smiled and kissed her. I would love to go out with you Sam.


    Raven Pov


    When Amanda got home I didn¡¯t even let her take off her shoes. I dragged her to the couch since the kids were at my parent¡¯s house and we had a lot of time to talk.


    ¡°So are you ready to talk now?¡±


    ¡°Okay, it was Sam I had sex with¡±.


    ¡°Yes! I knew it!¡± I started screaming. ¡°I knew you had sex but why didn¡¯t you tell me? Is it because it was with a girl¡±.


    She looked down, ¡± I don¡¯t care who you like and have sex with. I¡¯m happy if you are¡±. She just smiled and thanked me.


    ¡°So how was it? How was it?¡± I stared at her. ¡°Come on how was the sex because from what have gathered she has a dick, so how good is she?¡± I smiled cheekily.


    ¡°Seriously Raven! I¡¯m not telling you about my sex with Sam¡± she blushed.


    ¡°Come on Maddy! You gotta tell me and I will tell you about me and Ethan¡¯s sex months ago¡±.


    ¡°What! You had sex with Ethan?! Why am I just hearing of this now?¡± She eximed.


    ¡°I know I know I wanted to tell you but you were busy and so was I, I could not tell you¡± I apologised.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, all is forgiven, so how big is she?¡± I insisted.


    ¡°Oh my God no Raven,e on!¡± I pouted.


    ¡°Ok! Ok, it was good,¡± she said.


    ¡°No, how big and long is her dick Maddy?¡± I Asked shamelessly.


    ¡°Alright, Sam is very big and huge. I think her dick is eight inches, she is so good babe I mean the girl got me sore for days¡±, we startedughing.


    ¡°What about you Raven?¡±.


    ¡°Well I will say six and a half since I was not that sore but it was so good it made me realize how much I miss sex and miss him. I¡¯m still scared of him Amanda, what if he hurts me, what if one day he wakes up and says I am cheating on him again. What will I do?¡± I said worriedly.


    ¡°I thought you¡¯re still in love with him?¡± she asked.


    ¡°I am, I think. I don¡¯t know how I feel anymore, there¡¯s no more spark between us. I¡¯m just doing this for Blue, if this is what she wants then so be it¡± I shrugged nonchntly.


    ¡°You want to stay with Ethan just to make your daughter happy?¡± she asked.


    I nod.


    ¡°Don¡¯t do this Raven, don¡¯t destroy your life just because you want to make her happy?¡± she said seriously.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know Amanda¡± I sighed.


    ¡°Alright, but don¡¯t forget I warned you against this. Although I have to tell you something Raven¡± she said nervously.


    ¡°Okay what is it?¡± I asked. ¡°I have a date with Sam tomorrow,¡± she said sheepishly.


    ¡°Oh my gosh! Why didn¡¯t you say this? Since this is the best news, but I have a better one to tell you, it is good news I think¡± I said.


    ¡°Alright I¡¯m listening,¡± she said intently.


    ¡°I¡¯m pregnant,¡± I said excitedly.


    ¡°Oh my God, this is the best day of your life! Blue is gonna have a baby sister or brother now! Have you told Ethan yet?¡± She rambled.


    ¡°No, I just found out this evening, I bought a pregnancy test. The symptoms were too hard to ignore¡± I said.


    ¡°How many did you use?¡± She inquired.


    ¡°Five! just to make sure it¡¯s positive,¡± I said proudly.


    ¡°I¡¯m so happy for you babe!¡±, we hugged, ¡°you need to tell him. Come on, call him and tell him¡± she insisted.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t I surprise him, I mean his birthday ising up in two weeks so that will be a delightful birthday present! What do you think?¡± I suggested.


    ¡°I love the way you think Rav. Who knew you had it in you¡±, she startedughing while I chased her around.


    ¡°Come here you bitch¡± I yelled.


    Few hourster


    ¡°Raven, I am freaking out¡±.


    ¡°Why what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°I have a date with Sam tonight¡±


    ¡°Yeah that¡¯s wonderful, so what¡¯s the problem?¡±


    ¡°The problem is that I don¡¯t even know what to wear. She told me to wear something casual, casual! I don¡¯t even know what that means right now¡±. She dramatically said, waving her hands standing.


    ¡°Calm down babe, breathe in, breathe out, I know you are nervous and I know it¡¯s been a while you have done something like this so tell me why you are so nervous,¡± I said. ¡°You have been on dates but have not seen you this nervous before so what is this really about?¡±


    ¡°I think I¡¯m in love with Sam,¡± she said after a huge deep breath.


    ¡°You think or you know you are in love with her?¡± I smirked, wiggling my eyebrows at her.


    ¡°Alright! I am in love with her and I know it¡¯s too early. I don¡¯t even know if she feels the same way about me, have not even introduced her to the kids yet, my kids don¡¯t even know I am dating a woman. How will I exin this to them? I don¡¯t want them to hate me¡± she eximed at bullet-train speed.


    ¡°Amanda, your kids can never hate you, they love you so much they only want to see you happy and if Sam makes you happy then go for it. I know Sam likes you a lot, alright. Why don¡¯t you ask your kids about it? Let them know before it starts¡± I suggested.


    ¡°Kids get in here your mom wants to tell you something¡±, I screamed to get their attention. They all ran in like it was something serious, shit I guess it was a little serious.


    ¡°Mom, is everything alright?¡± Daniel asks.


    ¡°Yes, everything is fine dear. Oh, why am I so nervous around my kids?¡± she eximed.


    ¡°So what do you want to tell us, mom?¡±


    ¡°W-well I don¡¯t know how you guys will feel about this but I am seeing someone and she is a girl, I mean a woman,¡± she said in a breath.


    ¡°A girl?! Mom, are you a lesbian?¡± Danielle said.


    ¡®How does she even know that word?¡¯Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    She must have noticed the way I was looking at her. she just rolled her eyes and disclosed, ¡°Mom, I know what it means. My friend has two mothers and she told me¡±.


    ¡°So, are you okay with it? I mean you don¡¯t hate me?¡± She asked nervously.

 Date

    Amanda Pov


    ¡°Mom, we can never hate you, we are okay with you liking girls but we want to see this woman you are going on a date with tonight, ¡± Daniel said.


    ¡°How did you know I was going on a date?¡± I was surprised.


    They just looked at my bed. ¡°You always scatter your clothes when you want to go out, and we might have overheard you saying you have a date to aunt Raven¡±, before I could say something else someone knocked, ¡°don¡¯t worry I will go check who is there why don¡¯t you get dressed¡±.


    Samantha Pov


    I asked her out finally, I was so nervous she makes me nervous but am calm now, like hell I am looking at me it¡¯s just six and am already on my way to her house when I told her I will pick her up around seven


    I knocked on the door and Raven opened it


    ¡°Hi Raven, how are you?¡±. I asked.


    ¡°I¡¯m fine Sam,e in, Amanda is still getting dressed¡± she said with a smile.


    ¡°Well I brought chocte for the kids and flowers for Amanda¡± I said sheepishly.


    ¡°That¡¯s nice of you. Let me call the kids¡±, she left me with the kids telling me that Amanda needed her help with something.


    Why am I so nervous around these kids, yea they are Amanda¡¯s kids and I¡¯m trying to impress them. What should I even say to them?


    ¡°Hi, I¡¯m Sam. What¡¯s your name?¡± I asked.


    ¡°I am Daniel, this is Danielle and Danie, it¡¯s a pleasure to meet you, Sam. He said.


    Wow what a polite kid, ¡°I bought this for you guys I hope you like choctes¡± I said.


    ¡°Yes! Chocte Thank you, Sam¡± they cheered.


    ¡°You are wee kids¡± I smiled with reliefcing through my voice.


    ¡°So what do you like about my mom?¡± They asked.


    ¡°Well, your mom is beautiful, she¡¯s smart, and I love her smile,¡± I said smiling.


    ¡°Well, we love you already Sam but assure us you won¡¯t hurt mom?¡± they asked seriously.


    ¡°I guarantee, I won¡¯t hurt her¡±, then they hugged me I was shocked.


    ¡°Looks like my kids like you¡±, I whirled and I was stunned by what she was wearing. I was just gaping at Amanda. She looks so striking in that short gown. I was speechless until I heard her kids giggling at something their mother told.


    I didn¡¯t even know when she got close. All I could say was ¡°Hi, how are you?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m fine,¡± she said.


    ¡°Can we go now?¡± I asked. She replied ¡°sure¡±.


    ¡°Bring her back by eleven,¡± Daniel said when I opened the door for his mother.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry kids, I will bring her back before that¡± I smiled.


    Amanda Pov


    The date was great. I mean we had fun. I was thinking she was taking me to a restaurant but nope we went to have fun at this park where we sat and had our date.


    We talked and got to know more about each other and I liked the fact that she was asking about my kids. She even said ¡°Maybe on our next date we can all go camping or fishing.¡±


    I was like ¡°We?¡±


    ¡°I mean you, me, and your kids if that is okay with you¡± she said shyly.


    Woah! My ex-husband never wanted to do that with our kids but she does. That is so thoughtful of her. But I did tell her I will ask the kids about it.


    She dropped me off before eleven and she gave me a goodnight kiss on the lips which got me smiling like crazy.


    When I got in, the kids were already sleeping, even Raven. I got dressed into my night wear and jumped into my bed head first into the pillows. Later I got a message from Sam


    Samy boo?


    I hope we can do this again soon. And of course with your beautiful kids.


    Ps: Dream about me love! ?


    Me


    I¡¯m waiting too! ?


    Samy boo?


    Why aren¡¯t you asleep yet?


    Me


    I was just about to. But I got your message.


    Samy boo?


    Sleep tight!


    Me


    You too?


    My ovaries just bursted reading that message. Yup, I¡¯m in love.


    Raven Pov


    Ethan¡¯s birthday wasing up. Nobody knows I am pregnant yet except Amanda and she has been helping me n his birthday. They all seem very happy that his birthday is tomorrow.


    My parents and Ethan¡¯s parents have been smiling like there is no tomorrow, it¡¯s like they know that I¡¯m pregnant. I hope that they don¡¯t.


    Lately Ethan has been acting strange, I mean he gets angry at every little thing I asked him, maybe he¡¯s stressed or something.


    Ethan Pov


    I know it¡¯s too soon but I just want to spend the rest of my life with her. I am going to propose to her again.


    I know it¡¯s soon but I love Raven and I want us to be together as a family with our daughter. I already have the perfect ring. I told my family during dinner that I wanted to marry Raven.


    My mom said, ¡°Finally! I thought you would never propose¡±ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    ¡°I know mom but I love Raven so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with her¡± I replied smiling.


    Today is my birthday. I hate celebrating it hence the reason I have been at work since morning but I got a call from my daughter telling me toe home.


    She was even crying! God I hope everything is alright.


    I rushed to the house and it was all dark. As I got inside all I saw was people singing a happy birthday song to me. I was shocked everyone was here, even my siblings. I am so happy right now I just dragged Raven and kissed her.


    ¡°Thank you baby for this¡± I kissed Raven passionately.


    ¡°It was no big deal, I had a lot of help,¡± she shrugged, smiling.


    Everyone was giving me a present even my little angel got me a teddy bear,st but not least was Raven she gave me a card and told me to open it she was just smiling,


    Inside the card was a write-up saying ¡°You are going to be a daddy again¡± I just looked at her and started crying. Tears of joy.


    ¡°Are you serious?¡± I whispered, leaning my forehead in hers and my hand rubbing her tummy in circles.


    She just nods her head crying too.


    Everyone was just wondering what was happening before I shouted,¡±I¡¯M GOING TO BE A DAD, RAVEN IS PREGNANT, WE ARE HAVING A BABY!¡± Everyone was so happy to congratte us.


    ¡°Son, I think this is the right time for you to propose¡±, my dad said.

 Good News

    I went up to Raven and knelt and said ¡°Raven I know it¡¯s too early but I love you so much, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?¡±


    Yes, oh my gosh yes I will marry you I said, and he slid the ring into my fingers. Oh my, I started crying. Are you okay dear? I¡¯m fine, I¡¯m just so happy I said hugging him. I went to my friends and family to show them the ring. What do you think? I asked my friends, ¡°It¡¯s beautiful,¡± Riley replied. Amanda, why are you being so quiet? It¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s just that isn¡¯t it too early to propose? I mean you just got back together.


    What the hell Maddy, you should be happy for me, not questioning my decision I said ring at her.


    She held her hands up okay sorry it¡¯s your decision am happy for you.


    Congrats dear she said hugging me. It was the best day ever.


    I am so happy that I am getting married in a few weeks.


    Everything is going great but I just don¡¯t get Ethan¡¯s mood swing, I mean what the hell is going on with him.


    One minute he¡¯s happy, the next he¡¯s yelling at me over little things I do, what the hell is going on? I thought he was seeing a therapist or something.


    Maybe it was about what I told him, about losing his first male child, shocker right.


    it¡¯s happened the very day I spent the night at his ce, it was after the celebration and I was so tired to leave, Ethan suggested I should stay over.


    I mean it okay, this way we¡¯ll get to spend more time with each other. I told Blue we were staying over but she refused to say she wanted to stay with Dani.


    Gosh that girl, I had to let her go with Maddy.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    You see I wasn¡¯t just having a child that day, I was having two. We didn¡¯t know I was having twins.


    The child was hiding


    On the day of delivery, Blue was the first one out she was so beautiful kept crying, and all I just wasn¡¯t expecting that there was another child in my womb after delivering the second child I was so happy Ethan but all of a sudden no cries was heard from the baby the doctors tried everything they could to bring him back but he was dead, I don¡¯t even know why or how but he was dead Ethan, l said crying on Ethan¡¯s shoulders while he held me close to him, it was emotional. I shouldn¡¯t have said this to him, this was supposed to be a happy day now that I have ruined it.


    I just wanted him to know That he had a very beautiful son, ¡°David Ethan Carmicheal¡±


    I moved in with Ethan a few days after he proposed to me, and after all the emotional talk, I guess I was just so excited to be his wife again. I miss staying with him.


    Ever Since we moved in, Ethans has been behaving aggressively, sometimes I get scared that he might hit me or something. I hope he never does that, though he had held my hand a little tight which caused some bruises he had apologised for holding tight.


    I remembered the first time he pped me, yes our very own Ethan. We were attending this family party and Ethan startedining about what I was wearing.


    Look, Ethan, nothing is wrong with this dress, I said before I knew it he pped me, I held my cheek now go inside and change this, you look like a whore. Am so grateful my daughter was not here to witness this.


    I changed and got in the car with him then he apologised ¡°look am sorry Raven I didn¡¯t mean to do that I was just angry, something happened at work, am so sorry forgive me, baby¡±.


    This was what had been going on for a few weeks now one minute he will but the next he will apologise, I think he¡¯s bipr or something.


    On this fateful night we got into another argument he was flirting with the waitress while I was sitting there, ¡°why do you keep flirting with the waitress Ethan?¡±I asked ¡°Babe am not flirting with her¡± he denied I got angry and told him I wanted to leave we got into his car and he became angry ¡°why the hell would you do that Raven, why would you embarrass me in front of those people you bitch¡± he sped up.


    Me! a bitch, I couldn¡¯t even say anything and the idiot wasn¡¯t looking at the road.


    Next thing I know I am bleeding and am being pulled out of the car. That was thest thing I remembered before I fainted.


    I woke up in the hospital only to look around and see my daughter and Amanda all cuddled up on the chair sleeping, when I moved my body to sit up I felt pains all over I think I woke them up because Amanda was next to me asking how I was and how I was feeling before going to get a doctor


    Two weekster


    I was discharged from the hospital. Ethan was by my side. He even apologised for what had happened. We lost our baby. I cried for weeks.


    I couldn¡¯t even look him in the eye, he disgusts me, when I found out I lost the baby I was devastated.


    I moved out of his house even though we were not married yet.


    He begged me to move in with him and blue wanted to live with her dad so I agreed thinking it would make us happy only a monthter, Ethan started going to work anding homete, sometimes drunk.


    Always giving stupid excuses telling me he has a business deal, he leaves andes back in a week sometimes months and when he¡¯s back he doesn¡¯t even check up on me or his daughter was that too much to ask.


    I spent day and night crying over him.

 Different

    Raven POV


    I was fed up with this shit, today he came back drunk as always. I confronted him, talking to him calmly. Ethan you have been ignoring me, forget about me, your daughter, you stopped talking to her, you yell at her when she tries asking you to y with her I said starting to cry, what he had been doing was affecting his daughter and me very much. I think you need to see a therapist before I know it.


    Ethan pped me, I held my cheek.


    He started saying stuff to me and ming me for losing his child


    You bitch! It¡¯s because of you we lost our baby, not just one but two kids. If only you had behaved none of this would have happened to me. But no! You just had to make me very angry and we lost the baby. I tried talking but he pped me again and I fell before I knew it.


    He tore my cloth, you know what? We¡¯re going to have another baby.


    One way or the other I want another child in your womb.


    Please stop, I screamed


    I don¡¯t want this Ethan, I begged but he did not listen, he raped me, my fianc¨¦e raped me I cried and begged for him to stop but he wouldn¡¯t listen.


    After he was done he left me there and went out.


    I had to call Amanda that night to take me to her ce.


    I haven¡¯t told anyone about what was going on but am sure Amanda had noticed my behaviour.


    I just couldn¡¯t take it anymore, I had to leave. It wasn¡¯t the first time he was hitting me.


    He had done it several times even in the presence of his daughter.


    I was just staying because I didn¡¯t want Blue to be sad, I just want her to be happy but I couldn¡¯t take it anymore.


    I had to leave.


    Amanda


    I knew something was wrong with Raven, every time I tried asking her about it she refused to tell me.


    During our girl¡¯s night, she was always jumpy like she was waiting for something bad to happen.


    I just didn¡¯t understand but when I got a call from her telling me toe over I was surprised when I saw her on the floor naked.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    Oh my, what happened, I had to take her to her bathroom to change and get cleaned up.


    She wouldn¡¯t say anything. Raven, please tell me what happened.


    ¡°You were right Maddy I shouldn¡¯t have epted the proposal.¡±


    I don¡¯t get it, wait, you mean Ethan did this to you? She nodded.


    What the hell! I got so angry, but I heard Raven whimpering.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    Am sorry if I¡¯m scaring you.


    I am just so angry.


    How can he do this to you?


    Please just take me away from here she said crying again, my poor baby I hugged her.


    Few dayster


    I went back to staying at my apartment.


    I had to leave him


    He will never change, he won¡¯t change what was I even thinking, how did I let him in so easily, and to be hurt like this again I will rather be alone than be in a rtionship with him.


    Even though his ex-girlfriend warned me about his behaviour I didn¡¯t listen


    I mean during our marriage I never experienced it this bad.


    I met his ex-girlfriend when I was still pregnant with the baby.


    I was going shopping for some baby clothes when I saw someone familiar


    I tried avoiding her but I guess she remembered who I was and she shouted my name


    Raven! Oh my gosh, is that you?


    I smiled oh hi, it¡¯s good to see you again


    She hugged me which was surprising


    Oh dear, I heard about your divorce from Ethan, I am so sorry about it


    Oh, we did divorce but we¡¯re getting married again


    She was surprised


    wait!


    You want to get back with that monster


    What do you mean I said getting angry


    She rolled her eyes, please, like I don¡¯t know about Ethan¡¯s temper what made you think I broke up with him


    I couldn¡¯t say anything because when I asked Ethan about it he had told me she was cheating on him. But I couldn¡¯t confront her because she left the country the following week after they broke up.


    How do you know that?


    My dear, you better run away while you still can unless you will regret it she said leaving me there.


    I wish I had listened to her then, maybe all this wouldn¡¯t have gotten this far.


    When I got to Amanda¡¯s ce I told her what had been going on before I knew it she started calling everyone, my parents, Ethan¡¯s family. It was a big fight and everyone was screaming at each other. I was so tired of it, I am just grateful the kids were not home to witness all this.


    They had gone camping with Sam, they got close to her, she is nice and yful.


    We talked for hours, and Ethan¡¯s family apologised for what their son did to me. I mean they didn¡¯t need to confront him, the proof was all over


    my body.


    It¡¯s been a week now and have not heard or seen Ethan, my baby girl was so happy I wasn¡¯t staying with her dad, I was thinking she would be mad that I left her father she just said: ¡°mom I know dad hit you a lot so please don¡¯t go back to him he-he his a monster¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t say that about your father dear¡± b-but he hurt you, so much please mama don¡¯t go back to him let stay like this only us I don¡¯t need him, I have you, and that is okay. I just held her while we cried.


    A few dayster, Amanda came over to check on me, we got talking about her and Sam. I needed to get my mind off Ethan and I guess hearing my friend talk about her rtionship with Sam makes me happy.


    Then I heard the door being banged by someone and the person shouting


    e out Raven I know you¡¯re in there¡±

 Decision

    I should open the door I know it¡¯s Ethan maybe he wants to apologise I told Amanda


    ¡°don¡¯t open it¡± she said but I did not listen. The next thing I heard from him was


    ¡°you whore, you left my house to stay alone so you can sleep around¡± thank God I didn¡¯t marry you. I just want my child. Where is she?


    No! You know what? I am going to file for child custody. You just watch how I take everything away from you.


    I have the money to do so but what do you have, then he left I just stood there crying. I don¡¯t want him to take my baby away from me. I said crying on Amanda¡¯s shoulder while she held me.


    The jerk did what he said but guess what? I won the case if not for Amanda.


    She took pictures of my bruises and I had videotapes. Thank God he installed security cameras both inside and outside his house.


    It was presented to the court and I won even though he bribed the judge I still won. I mean the judge was shocked when I presented my case, who the hell would allow Ethan to take care of a child if he can¡¯t even treat his wife well, but I think Ethan¡¯s parents talked to the judge about it, I mean he knew the judge so it was easy to convince him to let me have the child even though he is Ethan¡¯s godfather and family friend he still did the right thing.


    After I was given full custody of my child, Ethan got so angry saying that everyone was against him even his parents.


    I am so happy that I didn¡¯t lose my child to that bastard. His parents apologised and begged me to let them still see their daughter. Am not a monster, I will never do that to them.


    To take Blue away from them. I could never do that. I love them so much as if they were my parents I would never let them stop seeing her.


    That evening, we were told that Ethan got into an ident.


    He died the next day everyone was so heartbroken but he did ask for forgiveness before he died. I mean when we heard the news we all ran to the hospital even though we were angry with him.


    He is still a son, a brother, and the father of my child. When we got there we were so heartbroken, what we saw was heartbreaking, the doctor told us to have our final moment with him.


    Ethan


    I stared at my family, they were all weeping, I know I won¡¯t make it but I just needed to apologise to everyone especially to Raven and my daughter.


    Am sorry mom, dad I said looking at all of them, they were all here.


    I am so sorry Raven I didn¡¯t know what got to me. I just, please forgive me I know I hurt you so much I said crying in pain, she held my hand I forgive you, Ethan, please don¡¯t leave me. I smiled, I¡¯ll always be here but in your heart, I love you so much my Raven.


    Raven


    ¡°I love you so much¡±  That was thest thing he said before he closed his eyes. We all cried for him. It wasn¡¯t easy but we pulled through, together, as a family.


    A few weekster I found out I was pregnant again due to what happened that night. I named him Nathan, he is so handsome he looks so much like his father.


    Ten yearster


    I can¡¯t believe it¡¯s been ten years already, I am alive and happy, so grateful for life. How time flies so quickly.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    Am not dating anyone it¡¯s just me and my kids maybe I should switch sides you know start dating girls¡­.. just joking, am happy that¡¯s all that matters.


    Before I forget Amanda and Sam got married. Yep, it was one hell of a wedding, and Sam¡¯s parents, before they had epted for their child to marry Amanda, it wasn¡¯t easy.


    They wanted her to marry their family friend¡¯s daughter.


    They didn¡¯t want Sam dating someone like Amanda, someone that is divorced with kids.


    It was really hard to get them to ept their rtionship and it mattered to Sam that her parents epted who she wanted to be with.


    They even introduced them to Amanda¡¯s kids and they loved them immediately but they still refused to ept Amanda. Like what the hell, if not that Sam ckmailed her parents telling them she would kill herself if they did not ept Maddy. Yeah emotional ckmail it¡¯s what I called it.


    It was really funny to watch them begging her toe down, that she should not jump. Amanda was just sitting down and staring at Sam while she was disying her madness. But in the end, they epted her as their daughter, they got along, especially Maddy¡¯s mother Margaret and Sam¡¯s mother. Those two in a room together is so much fun


    Imagine, her ex even came back to apologise to her the look on his face when he saw her with Sam by her side holding her waist, he was dumbfounded, I was just sitting there smirking. The idiot had the gut to say ¡°Amanda are you a lesbian now?¡±  He smirked, ¡°no dicks for you to fuck than this¡± he stared at Sam with a look of disgust on his face. Geez, homophobic much I rolled my eyes.


    ¡°Look, Matt, you can¡¯te to my house and insult my wife like that¡±.


    That my girl!


    What! What do you mean your wife, check her finger you dumbass I said silently while ring at him.


    ¡°I have moved on Matt and I love my wife very much¡± so please leave my house before he could leave the house Amanda turned to him and said oh just so you know she does have a dick and it¡¯s bigger and longer and more satisfying than yours now get out.


    Oh my God, the look on his face I couldn¡¯t hold it back any longer. I startedughing. It was just so funny to see his reactions.


    Some monthster Amanda gave birth to twins gosh if you see that girl she doesn¡¯t look like she popped out five kids that momma is still sexy as hell.


    What! Can¡¯t I admire my friend, though I was surprised when she told me she was expecting twins I was so scared for her she just said ¡°babe don¡¯t worry about me¡± am an only child and I promised myself I would have more kids after this two I might add one more to make it six, we justughed about it?.

 Proposal

    Mama, what is this? I held the paper up for her to see. She took it from me and sighed. I¡¯m sorry honey, I just saw it as well, your grandparents brought it to me. I red at her.


    Who signed this? It¡¯s y-your father she stuttered.


    So I can¡¯t even be happy even as he¡¯s dead, why the hell would he do this to me mom. I will not marry that good for nothing Harry. I said tears falling from my eyes as I walked away.


    I went to my room and scattered and broke some things. I am so angry right now. I guess I have my father¡¯s temper. Why would he do this to me? Why can¡¯t I be who I want to be? Me, and that good for nothing Harry. Never!


    Hi, it¡¯s me, Blue Carmichael, daughter of Raven Peterson and Ethan Richards. I guess you would be wondering why my name is different from that of my father¡¯s, well it because I didn¡¯t take up hisst name after what he did to my mother, have been using the name Carmichael since I was born and I love it, makes me feel like a normal teenager not someone¡¯s whose father is a Billionaire.


    Yes, I know you remember, my father is dead so it¡¯s just me, my mom and my younger brother.


    I love the fact people don¡¯t know who I was or who my parents were. They tried to bully me saying I was an orphan but what the hell do they know? My mom went back to using her family¡¯s name while my brother uses my dad¡¯s surname and we look nothing alike.


    While I had these gorgeous grey eyes from my mother, my eye colour changes. I don¡¯t really know why but I love it. my brother had blue which of course he got from his father, the hair, nose, most of it was just like his father¡¯sConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    He¡¯s known as the son of theteBillionaire in my school at his age but me, they thought I worked for his family. I¡¯m an orphan who works as a maid for my younger brother, can you imagine? It¡¯s not their fault it¡¯s not like I tried to correct them I told my brother to just go with it we make fun of them when we are at home, dumb people.


    When we started this school we drifted apart, me and the triplet. I don¡¯t even know what happened. They stopped talking to me since their friends told them I was a bad influence


    Especially that fool Harry Samson. He¡¯s the Devil incarnate, I hate that bastard. He has made my life hell since I started this school. I just kept quiet, letting him do what he wanted


    He is proud, arrogant, and a big fool I just feel like killing him, have been controlling my anger but now finding out I am supposed to marry that bastard. Over my dead body will I marry that good for nothing Harry.


    Are they trying to ruin my life or something? no, I will never ept this. What kind of father would sign a contract marriage for his daughter stating that we should be married at the age of eighteen.


    Me, marry that bastard.


    They must be joking. Everyone knows I am not into boys and even if I was, Harry would never be the man I would want to spend my entire life with.


    Raven POV


    My daughter just started her senior year and she came back with bruises on her face and hand, she looks very angry.


    My gosh honey what happened to your face? Who did this to you? I tried cleaning her face but she wasn¡¯t having it.


    Mom I am okay, you need to see the other guys¡¯ faces, she smirked.


    What happened dear?


    That stupid dumbass was busy flirting with my girl.


    Your girl? Do you have a girlfriend and why am I just hearing of this?


    No mama I don¡¯t but nobody flirt with my Dani she is mine


    I won¡¯t let him touch her, he can bully me all he wants but I will never let him touch her,  that bastard! You know what mama, I¡¯m tired of hiding who I really am, I want everyone to know who I am


    I¡¯m going to make them so scared of me that they would shit their pants when they hear my name mama


    My real name, Blue Richards

 Chapter 21

    When they got to the meeting ce, Daisy was already nervous, hoping that she wouldn¡¯t be surprised again as she wasst night. She can¡¯t bear another day of surprises in her life.


    ¡°What is the problem, you seem tense,¡± Amanda observed, as they walked into the hotel.


    Daisy didn¡¯t want to tell her her worries because she didn¡¯t want her friend to think she was sounding crazy. This appointment she was certain it wasn¡¯t supposed to be a man. How did it turn into a man? awed her. She never knew thepany¡¯s owner was a male and now thinking about it, she would fault herself for not doing adequate research on thepany before now.


    ¡°I¡¯m fine, I¡¯m just nervous with the whole thing, you know it¡¯s our big deal.¡± She chuckled anxiously and sashayed forward to avoid further questions from her friend, leaving Amanda and her assistant looking after her in worry. Amanda knew the impact Daisy¡¯s ex-husband was having on her and didn¡¯t want to appear too nosey. She just hoped she would be able to pull through.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Do you have the file from Elemis?¡± She asked the assistant.


    ¡°Yes, ma..¡± The girl hurried forward to meet up with her.


    They soon got to the reserved booths where Daisy was already seated, clicking fastly through her phone that she didn¡¯t even share a look as they sat down and the waiter came to wee them. The assistant left with the waiter to lead the investors in when they came.


    Amanda left her seat and went to sit down close to Daisy which garnered the other¡¯s attention at once. ¡°What?¡± She asked with a crooked brow.


    ¡°I am worried. I understand the entire Ethan dilemma but you said you will be fine for this,¡± She demonstrated with her hands.


    ¡°I am ready, Mandy. I promise,¡± She said and sighed. ¡°This mean a lot to us and I will not let some stupid mistake in my part to ruin it, okay? So calm your tits.¡±


    That got Amandaughing. ¡°That¡¯s my girl right there. So I did a little digging into the man, it appears he has a fleet of fashion industries in Europe as well as the Southeast. He is a big one in this game and trust me, might prove a little tough, but we got it.¡±


    Daisy was focused on her solely, ¡°You saw his pictures?¡± She asked her with a wide eye. ¡°Like, you saw him?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, what¡¯s the problem?¡± Amanda asked with a furrowed brow. ¡°You didn¡¯t do any background check?¡± That was disapproval Daisy could spot right there and suddenly felt overwhelmed by guilt. She pouted and slouched back to show she was guilt-ridden and at once sat up when they heard the click of heelsing towards them.


    ¡°They are here!¡± She yelled and stood as the man and ady came into view with her full face beaming assistant talking to the man about something which stopped when they neared the table.


    ¡°It¡¯s nice to finally meet you in person, Daisy and Amanda,¡± He greeted smoothly and from his behavior, they could tell he was either a member of the queermunity or a core supporter. Either one, Daisy was thrilled. It would make business smoother, plus, she was relieved now that it wasn¡¯t what she was thinking. She had thought it was Ethan. With thetest development, there is nothing he can not pull off.


    The meeting went smoothly from there and just as she envisaged, they didn¡¯t talk for long as he was very pleased with their portfolio and sealed the deal there and then. The two friends couldn¡¯t believe it. Usually, deals are not sealed this fast. There will be a design presentation and about two extra meetings with more design to convince the other party that they were worth being given a shot and here he didn¡¯t even seem too invested as though he was 100 percent certain of their proficiency.


    Either way, Daisy and Amanda were pleased, and from there they left for the favorite spot to celebrate their victory. This is one of the thousand deals they have sealed but it was the fastest and for whatever reason that made the man decide so fast, Daisy hopes he doesn¡¯t change his mind along the way. That was why the entire process was worth it, as they will have so many instances to know what they are going into.


    ¡°Girl, he came with his eyes straight out of the water!¡± Amanda red as they clinked their sses. ¡°I knew that design would kill it. It was made from raw blood and silk!¡± She was so excited and Daisy knew they deserved the happiness. Particrly Amanda. She has so much faith in the uing show and has been putting in so much effort to make sure things go smoothly unlike her who has been going through several distractionstely.


    ¡°Thanks for all you do, Mandy,¡± She said sincerely and tipped her ss to her.


    Mandy boons her head at her to refuse her apuse. ¡°You do more. Have you forgotten this show was your idea? The nights you stayed creating designs?¡±


    It was so vivid to Daisy. She knows the new kvek this show would take their brand and she can¡¯t wait for everything they both satte at night in the office envisioning toe to pass. It was a dream with extra effort and they deserve to make it happen for them.


    ¡°I think we should start heading home, it¡¯s almostte¡­¡± Amanda looked at her phone. ¡°I have intentionally been avoiding Becky¡¯s call since the meeting.


    ¡°Why?¡± Daisy picked up her bag and her assistant picked the other items and hurried out ahead of them. ¡°Getting tired already?¡± She hardly thought so. She sees the way her friend looks at Becky. She had never looked at anyone like that in a long time.


    ¡°No, that¡¯s not it. I know she would haunt me on my destination and indigent want to have to exin this to her through the phone.¡±


    Daisa never thought she would do this but she smiled and came close to Amanda ri say, ¡°You know I think she¡¯s the one. She¡¯s kinda¡­ Sweet.¡±


    Amanda¡¯s eyes widened as she rounded on Daisy. ¡°You said that?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, I did!¡± She broke outughing loudly. It would be unfair to say that the brte was anything different to what she just said. She might have disliked her at first for being the girl her ex-husband was about to get married to had she not stopped it, still, but now, she could see better and knew the girl didn¡¯t deserve it. It was all on Ethan.


    ¡°I think she will need to hear this,¡± Amanda said and hurried to the car that was in front of the bar, its doors already open to them. They slid in and the door closed as the car zoomed off the parkway.


    ¡°So the next thing is to start the production. We will have to make sure we have the floor managers making sure that the girls are up to both in their work every day, what do you think?¡±


    Daisy smiled. ¡°Yeah, but as for that particr design, I kinda think I would want to handle it myself.¡±


    ¡°You want to?¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­ I want to oversee its production in every way down to the best day and its debut. Babe, that design took me a week to produce, I don¡¯t want anything to ruin it!¡±


    ¡°Yeah, you are right,¡± Amanda said in a distant voice. There was a moment of salience as the car rode with each engrossed in their thought. Then Amanda said, ¡°You know I was thinking. ¡®Maybe after the show, we should go to Paris for a vacation, to rx and start afresh by then Danny will be back to to school¡±


    Daisy thought about it. It would be a good idea. She needs to recover her head on so many things and it would afford her time to deal with her demons far from here without finding her heart skipping each time she thinks of a certain someone. ¡°Yeah, I agree with you. I would want to unbox too,¡± She snickered and reached out to take her friend¡¯s hand. ¡°If you like her, then keep her, okay?¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­¡± Amanda muttered nervously.


    It made Daisy recall that day that they wrecked the wedding and she giggled at the memory collecting exactly what she said before they went in.


    ¡°What?¡± Amanda asked.


    ¡°You remember that day I had said you could snatch the bride from the groom?¡± Iughed out at the end of the statement and she joined in.


    ¡°It turned out your statement came to pass. I have indeed snatched her from the groom and this time¡­¡± She smacked her lips, making up her mind. ¡± I think I¡¯m going to marry her!¡±


    Daisy¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°That¡¯s great news, Mandy. I¡¯m with you all the way¡­ Have you introduced her to the kids?¡±


    ¡°She hasn¡¯t met them yet but once they get back from visiting their granny, I will formally introduce them. They already know of her and she is dying to meet them.¡± She was truly happy that things were working out for Mandy after so long. ¡°And you know what else?¡± Daisy shook her head. ¡°I¡¯m telling them.¡±


    ¡°Mom and Dad?¡± Daisy couldn¡¯t believe it. Those were her greatest fears.


    ¡°Yeah¡­ I can¡¯t hide it from them anymore. I already gave them grandkids, it¡¯s time I do my thing my own way.¡± Her voice dimmed at the end.


    ¡°I¡¯m so proud of you, girl!¡± Daisy hugged her from the side and kissed her hair. ¡°We will do it either if you want.¡±


    ¡°You wille?¡± Amanda asked in an exciting voice.


    ¡°All the way, bitch! Don¡¯t forget this is my dreaming true for you!¡± And theyughed all the way home.


    If only Daisy knew what awaits her at home.

 Chapter 22

    They dropped Daisy at home, and without waiting, Amanda left for home. She was very exhausted and needed rest before the driver would bring Daniel and E back to the house. At least she will have about one hour to herself before they will get here.


    However, as she turned the knob and went in, the first thing she heard was the loud shrill of her son¡¯s voice, from somewhere around the house. She was surprised. How could they be back before her?


    Did Becky get fed up and sent them home? all these thoughts swirled in her head and she hastened in the direction of the voice which seemed from the outer part of the house she seldom used. The pool area. She has learned Daniel never to use the pool when she isn¡¯t around or his nanny. His nanny had gone for her annual leave which was why Daniel had to be registered in the kiddies.


    So why would he defile her? No, her son never defiles her, unless he has someone that encouraged him.


    Woof!


    Her dog came barreling down through the door connecting the backside where the pool is located to the inside. She stopped in front of Dais and wiggled her tail exuberantly, raising on her back hinges, yearning for a rub.


    ¡°Why are you this excited, E? What are you guys doing at the pool? Daniel!¡± She barreled, dropping her bag on one of the settees end, stooping to scoop the dog who showered her with passionate face kisses in response. ¡°Not now, E, uuuugh!¡± She twisted her face from side to side as she made her way outside.


    When she managed to tame her at the dog, and raised her face, she turned pale, her body going stiff. Ethan. She should have known only him would make her son go against her word.


    ¡°Mom!¡±Daniel rushed out of the pool, her heart skidding when she struggled to jump out before his Dad helped pull him up. ¡°You are back! Look, Dad came to pick me!¡±


    So I see,¡± She put out through tight lips, ring at Ethan whose only response was to smirk at her from the pool. She brushed her hand through her son¡¯s wet hair and dragged him to her as though for protection. ¡°I thought I told you not to use the pool alone, Danny?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I was feeling hot and then Dad offered to take me swimming, and then I told him we have a pool.¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡± She feigned faux amazement. ¡°Now, isn¡¯t he such a good father?¡± She sniped, hoping Ethan would break his leg as he exited the pool, to prove to him how much venom she harbors in her heart for him.


    ¡°Yes, mom!¡± He scooted out of her arm and Impulsively, she reached out to grab him and quickly withdrew her hand, and pped it. Her dog yelped and then before she could rte, she jumped off her arm, making Daisy squeal in fright that she would break her short limbs. ¡°E, be careful!¡± But the creature had a mind of its own and was bounding towards Danny, even though when thetter jumped into the pool, all the dog cuis di was holler but couldn¡¯t enter the pool.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    Daisy rolled her eyes, exhaling stifled air. Of course, the dog can¡¯t swim. She was still teaching her.


    ¡°C, mon E, let¡¯s go in, you are still recovering,¡± She cooed to the dog, shing Ethan an evil eye to inform him he wasn¡¯t wee to her household.


    If he got her gesture, he didn¡¯t budge. His facial features remained nonchnt as he yed with his son, making Daisy¡¯s heart boil. E, seeing that they weren¡¯t paying her any attention, eventually came to Daisy and she picked him up and with a final nce at the two, made her way out. She had a mind to tell Daniel to leave the water so he wouldn¡¯t fall sick from the cold, but seeing how happy he was ying with his father, she didn¡¯t want to take that away from him.


    Entering inside, she dropped the dog and picked her bag and started going upstairs, her head sounding with diverse obscene sceneries. She didn¡¯t know what she was going to do. She didn¡¯t want to appear like the kik of might her mother was to her. The type that doesn¡¯t let you breathe. Always expecting too much from you. She was that kind of person and would not for anything make her son see her in that light.


    Sometimes she wonders if her parents thought of her after what they did. Initially, she used to speak to her younger sister, but with time, it seemed they banned her from talking to her and so, her sister stopped calling her or picking her calls. At the beginning, Daisy felt bad and missed them, but with time, she realized she was better off without them.


    Everything she is today, they never contribute to pay for it. Well, apart from her education. But, from the moment she told them she was going into fashion, she looked down their nose at her choice of career and her father told her that she was wasting her time in doing something that might never be productive. She didn¡¯t take it to heart and worked hard to prove them wrong.


    But, after the divorce, they used that opportunity to tell her she had indeed brought their greatest fear to fruition and didn¡¯t waste time ejecting her from their lives for good. It irks most times to think of them, but Daisy has learned to live with it and forge on.


    To her, it was for the best. All that matters now is living a life worthy of emtion for her son. How was she going to make that happen now with his father trying to ruin it afresh for her?


    ¡°I¡¯m going up, E wannae with me?¡± She asked, the Collier who whimpered and sat on her back, eyeing her with watery eyes. ¡°What?¡± She asked and it whispered again.


    Most times Daisy can¡¯t help but wonder if her dog was human. She is nothing short of demanding. She knew she wanted her to carry her up, rather than walk by herself. So she stepped down and came to scoop her up. ¡°You know the doctor said you need exercise, you will have to start doing this simple task by yourself¡­¡± The creature whimpered and ced her head on Daisy¡¯s shoulder.


    Getting into her room, she dropped her on the bed and made her way to the restroom to freshen up. Today was very stressful albeit very productive. She has to get into work as fast as possible. So many designs will be produced for the uing show. There would be several people present and many pickers, if they are lucky, they might be able to bag a position in Forbes list as they have been chasing for sometime now.


    Just as she was bathing, her dog started barking hysterically. Daisy jerked up from the tub, ¡°E, are you okay?¡± The dog was still barking, not stopping for a minute. Daisy was concerned. It was hard to see E go berserk like that unless she was in difort.


    Could it be that Ethan was in the room? But if so, E would bark like that because they were cozy before she came in. She quickly left the tub and grabbed her towel to wrap around her.


    As she opened the door, her eyes widened and as they went to the man, trying to force it open. ¡°Arrrh!¡± She screamed so loud her lungs gave out. ¡°Who are you?!¡± She pointed at the man, and crunged back towards the bathroom door. She heard footsteps running upstairs and was somewhat relieved that Ethan was here.


    ¡°Shit!¡± The stranger hissed and made for the window, and started fiddling with it.


    ¡°I¡¯m fuxken calling the cops if you do not tell me who you are!¡± Daisy was still screaming and her dog going mad as she jumped from side to side still barking. Daisy has never seen her like that. She didn¡¯t even know her dog could be that active.


    ¡°Fucken open the door this minute, bitch!¡± The man saw that there was no way he could leave through the window due to how high it was from the floor. Going through it would mean suicide for him.


    ¡°Daisy!¡± Ethan banged at the door.


    Now, here was the thing. Her door was opened with a card. In fact every room in the building was. When she came in, she must have forgotten to ce the card back to keep it open which was why it banged shut. It would need her Boeing it again before anyone leaves ores in. Normally she leaves it open because of E or her son, in case they decide toe to her room.


    ¡°Who the hell are you?!¡± She repeated, her eyes skidding between the door where Ethan banged and the stranger. Then, she noticed herptop was open. How?! ¡°What do you want? Who sent you?!¡±


    ¡°Open the fucken door and tell whoever is there to back out!¡± He saw that he was caged in and now he was frustrated. How did he evene in the first ce? Daisy wondered. Nobody has ever entered her house before without her knowledge unless someone in her house let them in. Those swinney maids of hers! She would get them all fired if she came out here alive.


    ¡°Daisy, are you okay?!¡± Ethan asked frantically.


    ¡°No! There is a guy in my room and I don¡¯t know who he is!¡± Daisy let out to Ethan for the first time.


    ¡°What!¡± Ethan huled. ¡°A guy in your fucken room!¡± He was going mad. ¡°Okay, wait there, baby. I¡¯ve called the cops, they are on their way¡­¡±


    ¡°Tell him not to fucken call the cops! Ouch!¡±The man screamed when E rounded on his legs and bit him. ¡°Hold down your cringy little monster  or I swear to God I will kill it!¡±


    ¡°E!¡± Daisy cried and when she made to go to her, the man took that opportunity to make his way to her. She screamed and ran for the door and he was in her in no time. As he grabbed her, E grabbed his legs and they all struggled.


    ¡°Let me go, Ethan!¡± Daisy screamed, never knowing she would ever need his help again.


    ¡°Mom?¡±


    Shit! Her son!


    ¡°Let me go, please, I swear I will give you any amount of money you want,¡± She begged the man, whose hand was going all over her soapy body, unaware of what he was doing as he doughy to keep the dog from biting him.


    ¡°Daisy,¡± Ethan started banging on the door again.


    ¡°I will surely kill this little shit!¡±


    ¡°Please let me go¡­¡± Daisy fought and when he wouldn¡¯t let go, she grew furious and without thinking, she turned back with every strength in her, she elbowed him, and when he didn¡¯t move, her knee rode up and connected with his groin and at once, he shrieked in pain andnded on the floor. Her dog was on top of him the next minute crawling her paw across the man¡¯s face.


    Daisy used the opportunity to rush to her bag, grabbed her card and rushed back. When the man made it to her, she lifted her legs and connected with his groin again.


    ¡°Arh!¡± He cried, almost at the point of passing out.


    Daisy opened the door and Ethan and her son rushed in, both looking very concerned. Without thinking it, she crushed herself on Ethan who held her so tight, saying soothing words to her.


    Their small reunion was broken when E whimpered.


    ¡°E!¡± Her son cried and rushed to the dog who the man had swung off him to the ground harshly.


    Ethan tackles him to the floor once more and starts delivering t punches across his face. ¡°Who are you, fucker and how dare you think you cane in here?!¡±

 Chapter 23

    After the cops arrived and had the guy apprehended, they asked Daisy a few questions before taking the thief away.


    She sat in her living room now fully dressed up, wondering who could have done that to her. She can¡¯t recall making any enemies but mentions ones that would want to harm her.


    ¡°Hey,¡± Ethan strutted to her, and she jumped away, turning to meet his gaze.


    ¡°Hey,¡± She mouthed, thankful that he was here to save her today. Only God knows what that man came for but now, she was very scared.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry about that,¡± She looked at him, and smiled as he rocked on his feet, his hands in his pants pocket which were molded to his skin. She looked away, ridding her mind of such mundane thoughts when he was only concerned about her.


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t your fault,¡± She shrugged and stood from the couch, walking towards the bar. She didn¡¯t call Amanda because she knows if she does, she would have to leave her house and rush down here at once thereby obstructing her evening with her girl. Daisy didn¡¯t want that.


    ¡°I should have been here to protect you,¡± He insisted.


    ¡°You did that¡­¡± She mouthed sincerely. ¡°I don¡¯t know what would have happened if you weren¡¯t around to call the cops. I don¡¯t even know how he got in here,¡± She looked around. ¡°It¡¯s impossible for anyone to get in here unless someone aids them.¡±


    ¡°I thought so too¡­¡± He forged, striding after her.


    ¡°I think it¡¯s one of the maids¡­ I will have to fire all of them. I can¡¯t work with betrayers!¡± She reached the bar and sat down on the stool. Her son has been sent to bed on time and E was curled on his feet in his room. They both had a rough evening and deserve the rest.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think you should take that, Daisy.¡± When she fired him with a dark eye, he lifted his hands, ¡°maybe a little, if you want.¡± He corrected.


    She ignored him and poured a wholesome amount into her ss. This thing was used to be her onlyforter and no one, absolutely no one would tell her otherwise. She brought another ss and dropped in front of him if he wanted to indulge.


    Seeing that she wasn¡¯t going to adhere to his admonition, he drew the second stool closer and sat on it, taking up the unpacked invitation. Silently they drank from their sses, none knowing what was going on in the head of the other. Sometimes, the best remedy to despair is silence.


    When Ethan checked his phone, it was gettingte, and he should get going. He didn¡¯t want her to think he was trespassing by wanting to stay maybe till tomorrow when she was safe by herself so, he dropped his ss and jumped down.


    ¡°I have to start going,¡± He said slowly, ¡°will you be okay?¡±


    Daisy sharply looked at him. It¡¯s not like she wanted him to stay, but she was still shaken from what just took ce and knew there was a slim chance of her getting any sleep tonight, so she looked at him imploringly. ¡°Why are you leaving? I mean, you can if you want but I was thinking¡­¡± She paused, her lips quivering. She didn¡¯t know what she was doing..


    ¡°Yes, I will stay if you want me to,¡± Ethan quickly chipped in, before she changed her mind.


    ¡°Okay,¡± She mouthed, ¡°thanks.¡±


    He nodded.


    She looked around, realizing they should probably have their dinner since it¡¯s alreadyte. ¡°Let¡¯s head to the dining room. I think they have served the food by now,¡± She pointed in that direction.


    He made way for her as she jumped down from the stool and they began making their way out of the room. Entering the room, the scintiting scent of macaroni and goat sauce went through Daisy¡¯s nostril, informing her of how hungry the event of this night had made her.


    They sat down and she dished their food into their tes and started eating. Often he found her eyes trailing to him and when he looked up, she looked down. Ethan caught her on not more than one asion doing that and she equally caught him sneaking unbeknownst peeks at her.


    The air was very dense. She didn¡¯t even know that she asked him to stay back. She could very well sleep by herself without his protection and now he must be thinking he was weak and can¡¯t stand a bad night with some stupid list sheep that might have probablye to¡­ ¡°My design!¡± Her eyes widened.


    ¡°What?¡± Ethan asked in confusion..


    ¡°I think that guy was sent by someone to steal my design!¡± She jumped up and started dashing out of the room. Ethan caught up with her at the stairs and they finalized the remaining rungs.


    ¡°How could you be certain?¡± He asked out of breath.


    ¡°When I came out of the bathroom, I saw myptop open. Normally, we designers often try to steal our designs so as to replicate them. The best way is to steal the blueprint. That way they would replicate it without being pointed at.¡± She entered her room and went to herptop. There is no way that guy would have collected it because her blueprint was on herptop. They were in her iPad that she often carries in her bag. ¡°With the showing up, they wanted to steal it so as tounch it before us! Gosh!¡±


    ¡°Does that even happen?¡± Ethan found it very appalling.


    ¡°It will shock you how much people are willing to do for the spotlight! I worked hard on that design, I swear I won¡¯t let anyone do that to me!¡± She clicked through herptop, confirming it when she logged in and saw that the pages he opened were all where her initial designs were stored. Suddenly she startedughing and fell onto the bed.


    Ethan was bemused. ¡°What now?¡±


    She tapped his shoulder as she reeled with moreughter and when it receded she said, ¡°I find it so amusing myself that someone would go to this mile just to get our samples. Do you know what that means?¡±


    ¡°I swear I still can¡¯t rte. I only know ofpanies stealing other best workers just to make them use their ideas to bring more productivity to their ownpany, not for someone trying to steal others¡¯ creativity! That guy must say who sent him!¡± He stamped and Daisy was surprised at how resolute he was for something that doesn¡¯t concern him at all.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, they didn¡¯t get it ¡±


    ¡°They didn¡¯t?¡± His belly knitted in relief.


    ¡°Yeah, they didn¡¯t. Let¡¯s just say, we anticipate these things and make sure I work towards avoiding them.¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡± He fell beside her in recourse. He thought someone had taken her hard-earned design. He would have made sure they paid earnestly for it.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay¡­¡± She told him. ¡°I¡¯m sorry I made you leave your dinner.¡± Concern touches her forehead.


    ¡°It¡¯s not a problem. I wasn¡¯t that hungry,¡± He said. ¡°Maybe we should go down so that you can finish up¡­¡±


    ¡°No! I¡¯m full. The entire race and adrenaline rush has engulfed my belly.¡±


    ¡°Oh, okay¡­¡± Silence.


    ¡°So what now?¡± He asked her. ¡°I mean, what are you going to do with the guy?¡±


    Daisy thought about it. ¡°I don¡¯t know for now. I guess I will leave him there until I decide what to do with him.¡±


    ¡°What? You know that¡¯s not possible,¡± He told her and she broke outughing again. Ethan watches her, saving this moment of freedom with her before she remembers she hates him and turns cold towards him again.


    ¡°I¡¯m just kidding, I will go there tomorrow and make sure he says who sent him. That way I can know who to avoid in this industry.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s the smart thing to do. Maybe it might even be someone you are least expecting.¡±


    ¡°Very true.¡± Daisy quickly agreed, her eyes stylishly taking him in. The best thing would be for them to leave, but no, here she was carrying on a discussion with him as if they were best friends!


    As though reading his mind, he jumped up and pointed towards the door. ¡°I think¡­ I should go to the guest room now.¡± She jumped up and nodded.


    ¡°Yeah, let me show you to the room, I still have to do a few things before I head to bed.¡±


    He cocked his brow, his lips twisting to the side. ¡°Like what?¡±


    ¡°I have to work, Ethan. I have a mega runway showing up, I have to be up to the booth if I need things to go smoothly. No sleeping!¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­ Kay!¡± He quipped and they walked out of the room. She showed him to the room that was next to hers and then came back to her room when he was settled in.


    Entering her room, shepped against her door, her hand going to her heart to quell her breath at her wild thoughts. God, why was her body betraying her like this? After everything that Ethan did to her, just one night with him and she was feeling this hot in his presence. As she stood there, the only thing going through her head were the images from the other night.


    Her hand went lower to rest on her center and when she pushed it into her pants, she felt how wet she was. Lord! She needed immediate release. Work indeed! As if she was ever going to concentrate and get any work done with him sleeping under the same roof with her.


    She pushed away from the door and made for themp stand to retrieve herself and for the first time, doubted it was going to do much for her tonight. She needed something real and if she goes on with this, it will be like telling herself a lie.


    Annoyed with herself, she fling it back in and went to her wardrobe to pick out her swimming gear. It would do her well to use the swimming pool. When she exhausts herself, she wille up and find sleep, she told herself.


    ¡°Just tonight!¡± She meditated, changed into a bikini and wore her robe to leave her room. Everywhere was quiet which was what she needed as she made her down.


    Somehow she reached the living room, she nearly changed her mind and went back to the room in fear that the hoodlums might find her in the pool and choke her. But, the need to forget her present torment overpowered her fear and finished what she started.


    Disrobing the bathrobe, she dives into the pool and proceeds to swim. She swam from one end to the other, her body getting familiar with the cold liquid.


    ¡°And I thought I was the only one who needed this,¡± She heard Ethan¡¯s voice and surfaced with dull force.


    ¡°Ethan!¡± She reeled. ¡°What are you doing here?¡±


    ¡°I couldn¡¯t sleep and thought instead of disturbing you, maybe I could get a swim¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡± She fought for words. ¡°I.. I kept thinking of the incident and decided to, you know, swim to get it off my head,¡± She lies through her teeth. She would rather eat her eyes than tell him the true reason for her swimming.


    ¡°Then, you don¡¯t mind if I join you?¡±


    Oh, God, that would be the worst. She mused.


    Imagine her going through tough space thinking of him and then he appears by the poolside wearing a robe and to worsen it, he removed it to expose nothing but a short brief underneath his brief. ¡°Daisy?¡± Ethan purred, relishing in the way she was rendered speechless by him.


    ¡°Yeah! I mean, of course! I was just about to leave¡­¡±


    He delved in and swam to her, stopping her before she would leave. ¡°I meant with you¡­¡±


    ¡°Ethan¡­¡±Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Shhhh, it¡¯s okay¡­¡± He circles his arm on her waist and tugged her close, every form of reasoning leaving Daisy¡¯s head.


    ¡­.

 Chapter 24

    She tries to have a little reasoning, but he didn¡¯t seem to want to allow her that liberty, his hand was still around her, drawing her close.


    ¡°We both know we want this, why shy away from. it?¡± He asked in a cloudy voice that made Daisy¡¯s head spin. She was trying to fight him but the daft man was bent on making her continue doing this thing that would only make her feel regret at the end.


    ¡°Ethan¡­¡± He didn¡¯t allow her to finish and sealed their lips once more, his hand tightening around her as he was hypnotized by her fragrance emanating from her hair. She thought she could resist him, wanted to resist him but when it came to Ethan, with his hand about her, the devil could easily see heaven than that happening.


    He twirled them around to rece her in his former position, leasing her back until her back grazed on the body of the pool, his warmth encircling her and making her forget about the challenges enveloping her.


    She shuddered, but it wasn¡¯t from the cold, it was from a more dominant need beckoning greedily from within and striving to destroy her in the hands of this man. Without meaning to, her hand found his neck and curled around it as their lips fought an endless battle with each refusing to yield to the dominance of the other.


    His right hand journeyed to her neck and massaged back and forth, undoing a knot there and making her cry out between their kisses. She was still swimming from the euphoric sensation when she felt the water directly on her nipple and knew exactly what had happened. She was naked to him. Again!


    His finger yed with her hair, dying and documenting her as she reacted like a lion watching its prey. He tore away from her, their breathsing in slow gasps, her eyes as dark as the night cloud, roving around his face. His hand was still missing her neck, and his equally dark eyes were still examining her.


    The next time he captured her lips, this time, he didn¡¯t mean to go easy on her. He meant to im her, to make sure that even when she was not there, she would be paralyzed with the memories of tonight. Of him. All over her. She wouldn¡¯t be able to function without thinking of him, his touches and the sensations he drives in her. That is his Daisy, the one he knew before who wouldn¡¯t go a day without seeking him and demanding he take her. Anywhere, anytime!


    He growled into her lips, the knowledge alone seemingly backfiring and throwing him to the brink of his sanity! Is he teaching her a lesson or teaching himself because this is pure torture! He kissed her, kneaded her, but avoided the ces where he knew she most wanted him.


    In a sh, he reced her front with her back to him, her frontpping on the cold marbles and causing her to hiss in chill.


    He grabbed her neck and his lips took abode, kissing, sucking, kneading and folding, while she writhed, making animalistic sounds that alone satisfied him, informing him he was close to achieving his aim. God have mercy!


    ¡°You are mine, Daisy Raven Richard! I need you to know that!¡± She pushed at him, he pushed back, and at once, captured her breast from behind, and squeezed gently. She cried out and bucked her back to his front, her head falling back to his shoulder and her front pushing out.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    He continued kneading it, missing the sweet molds that used to be his favorite when they were still married. He didn¡¯t let go, not even when she begged him. He knew she loved it, and went on molding it. He held her neck with his left hand, still massaging, while his left, fondled both breasts.


    If Daisy could tell anything, she knew he was a mess as her. He was panting very loud like an Injured wild animal and his manhood that was poking from behind her, was as hard as stone. She needed him badly inside her but each time she wanted to ask him, his hands on her would muddle her words, rendering her speechless and a victim of his mental assault.


    She missed this, missed him more than she could admit! He knew her like no one and knew just where to touch her to make her feel good. Whenst did she feel this way? she can¡¯t remember. Only Ethan knew and now, she knew that she will never remain the same ever again.


    ¡°Say my name louder, baby!¡± He purred, then concentrates his torture in her nipples, clicking his thumb on it and making Daisy tremble, almost releasing even when he hasn¡¯t touched her down there.


    That ce was an entirely different story. By now, she could feel her sticky wetness between her thighs and tried to conceal it by knotting her two legs together, which had bucked twice now as though she was about to pass out.


    ¡°Say my name!¡± He flipped her about, meeting her challenging eyes. It maddened him, driving him to the point of jumping off a bridge that she was still feisty even when her body was telling a different story. He was my ore hand willing to meet this challenge. ¡°Bring it on!¡± He coursed, andtched his mouth to her neck, kissed it to her cleavage, and before she would say ado, he took a pebbled nipple in his mouth and twirled it.


    ¡°Ethan! Please,¡± She grabbed his head, bucking into him and thrashing, one of her hands locating her aching center to administer self help but he saw her on time, grabbed her hand, and dropped it by her side. He would not allow her that privilege. That is why he was here.


    He grabbed her waist, hoisted her up and dropped her off the pool, the night light in collision with the neon lighted pool light to cast an alluring glow on her . At this point sitting there so hungry for him, all he could see was the Princess of Haniba, the goddess of everything seductive! Dang that! He would even wholehearted agree that she was hotter by far than that wretched goddess. If only true historians had seen her like this.


    Her chest was heaving up and down as he slowly traced her naked thighs. Her sexy lips were half parted and inaudible breath emitting from it as she blearily checked him out. She was so vulnerable, and he caused it.


    Seeing that she would cry if he didn¡¯t do right by her, he gently took her legs, bent down and ced them on his shoulders, then he buried his head on her honeypot.


    ¡°Yeah, Ethan, that feels so good!¡± She grabbed her breast and fondled them, her other hand supporting her on the cold marbles, as her legs quivered.


    He started kissing, his finger starting her fold seeking for that pebbled spot to lick off, knowing how much she liked it. He captured the bud between his lips and started sucking vehemently and without ado, Daisy knew she was almost close to paradise.


    She let go of her breast and fell back, her breast adorning spacing and paying reverence to the night stars up above.


    ¡°Yeah, I swear I love it! Ethan, Ethan!¡± Yeah, he was getting there! He knew when he got exactly where he wanted her and right now, he hasn¡¯t!


    While ducking her clit, he joined two fingers and pushed them into her.


    ¡°Yes! I love it! I love you, Ethan, I swear to God!¡± She shook and squirted her cum all over her face and he smiled while licking off every of that sweetness, feeling very proud of his handiwork. If he didn¡¯t get to that apex, he wouldn¡¯t have slept well tonight and maybe every other night from now. Because he knew her, and knew she always reached there with him.


    This means home, he had taken her there. He felt so proud of himself that when he slid her back into the water, he took her lips and smoldered her with kisses. ¡°You are so sweet, baby,¡± He mumbled.


    Daisy couldn¡¯t say anything in shame. She knew she had messed up. He would never take her seriously from now on because he now sees her. He will now think all these while she has been pretending to him. How could she?


    He massaged her neck, and while kissing her, her body was still responding even after her major flop. What is wrong with her? How could she tell him she loved him? That was so stupid of her!


    She stopped moving her lips and started pushing at his chest. She pushed until Ethan got the message and let her go.


    ¡°I have to go in. I feel cold,¡± She let out, not meeting his eyes and letting him see how vulnerable she felt.


    Ethan knew what was going on, and wasn¡¯t willing to let her back into that shell aftering this far. This night wasn¡¯t his best. He isn¡¯t supposed to touch her after what happened, but just the way she is much to his touches, that is the same way he is powerless to her.


    Whenever she is around him, he seems to lose his sense of reasoning and all he would think about would be her. He can¡¯t let her shrink back now. It would injure his heart.


    ¡°Let¡¯s talk about it. p me, kick me, do anything but do not walk away from me, Daisy, please I beg you.¡± He implored, holding her elbow.


    ¡°I just want to go to bed,¡± She argued.


    He snorted. ¡°You and I both know it¡¯s not true. You are regretting what we just did and while that hurts, I do not think I will me you for it.¡± He twisted her around and extended his hand to her face, ced his index on her jaw and tipped her face upwards. Her eyes were red rimmed with so many swirling emotions. But mostly of pain. ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, Daisy. I swear if I could take back the old times I would but please do not do this to me.¡±


    ¡°I just want to go to bed, Etha¡­¡± She repeated.


    ¡°You hate me, you resent me so much even though your body still wants me¡­ I get it, I am still a ve of your body too.¡± His voice was so low and broken. ¡°I can¡¯t stop thinking about you, Daisy. I tried but I couldn¡¯t. All I want is you, everything!¡±


    ¡°Then you shouldn¡¯t have hurt me,¡± A tear fell down her face. ¡°You made me go through hell, Ethan, each time I try to forgive you, it keeps resurfacing as though in mockery. I can¡¯t stop thinking about it. I can¡¯t help it, I¡¯m sorry¡­¡±


    ¡°You wanted me to stay tonight, that means deep down somewhere you still remember¡­ you still remember what we shared.¡±


    ¡°That was a mistake¡­¡± She sniffed.


    ¡°It¡¯s not Daisy, please don¡¯t say that. I fucked up everything, but I¡¯m willing to go back and make everything.¡±


    ¡°You can¡¯t¡­¡± She countered, tried once more to take her hands but he held her hostage. ¡°You can¡¯t do that, Ethan. You ruined everything. All I want now is¡­ Is for you to be a father to my son, Ethan. And that is only because for some reason he seems to love you. But that is all you can get from me. I can¡¯t do this with you, please don¡¯t make me.¡±


    ¡°Daisy¡­¡±


    ¡°ept that or you forget everything. I will take him and leave and you will never see him again. So, now that I am willing topromise, please don¡¯t make me take it back.¡±


    ¡°What about us?¡± His eyes watered, and she looked away forcefully.


    ¡°It¡¯s over between us, Ethan. Forever!¡± With that she left him at the pool and hastened out, tears of pain cascading down her face.


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 Chapter 25

    Ethan thought his world was over. Like everything was crushing beneath him and that continued even after a week that he left her household.


    He has seen his son twice this week but not her. She was always working and the second day that he had taken his son home from the kiddies and used that excuse to see her, as though envisaged that, she crept up to her room before he would see her and didn¡¯te down, not even when his son went to tell her he was leaving.


    His heart was broken. When she said she didn¡¯t want anything between them again, he thought it was just a fib. In the past, she got angry and she would say mean things, including not going to be with him, but at the end it was all words of anger. But this time, this time he feared it was different.


    ¡°Dad, are you okay?¡± His son asked, jumping on his couch where he was watching him and the dogs y before he drifted off.


    ¡°Yeah, son, I was just thinking about your mom..¡± He said honestly.


    ¡°My mom?¡± The bit sat properly on the couch, his little legs sticking out in front of him as he appraised his father. ¡°Is she still mad at you?¡±


    ¡°It appears so, boy. What has she been up totely?¡± He asked the boy, who has been his intel for the past month.


    The boy¡¯s curly tresses fluttered as he folded his mouth and thought of his father¡¯s words. ¡°She has been up to a lot of things, Dad. The other day this man came to take her out in the night, and Aunty Amanda had toe pick me up to her ce¡­¡±


    Ethan¡¯s heart skipped. ¡°She slept out?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, she did¡­¡±


    It was like a knife was pierced in his chest. She was with another man? He has never been with another woman and would never think of it and she was going about with other men? This is so unfair! He had tried calling her on so many asions but they all entered voice mails. So this was why? She now has another man..


    ¡°Dad¡­¡± The boy went on his knee and shook his fathers arm.


    Ethan met his son¡¯s simr orbs, only realizing then he might be freaking out. ¡°I¡¯m okay, son¡­ C¡¯mon enjoy your animation,¡± He pointed at the wild screen.


    ¡°I hate those¡­¡± The boy folded his arm under chest definitely. ¡°Mom said they were for losers¡­¡± Quite like her to say that to a five year old.


    ¡°Hey, did you tell your mom I will be picking up today?¡±


    His curls went in diverse directions as he shook them. ¡°Nah.. m why?¡±


    ¡°Nothing, just wondering if maybe we could surprise her¡­ What do you think?¡±


    He thought about it in his little head and then smiled and nodded fervently. ¡°I like it! She would like it. Maybe we can get her choctes, she likes them especially when she is cold¡­¡± Ethan¡¯s heart melted at his words. If there was something he hasn¡¯t thanked Daisy for, it was for the way she brought up their boy. The kid was too smart for his age and said highly sensible things.


    Which kid at his age hated animation?!


    Only his son.


    ¡°C¡¯mon, boy,¡± He jerked at the boy who squealed loudly and jumped off the couch. He ran after him, ¡°I will catch you and feed you to Tarant!¡± The boy ran towards the stairs, his hair bouncing and the dogs enticed by the game ran after them, barking all the while. The house was on fire.


    That evening, he brought him back home and when he died the engine, he sent a little prayer to the one up there asking for his help on this one. And then he went to help his son down and the dog jogged down boisterously.


    The front door snapped open and his present fantasy stormed out, and she wasn¡¯t looking receptive at all.


    ¡°Mom!¡± The boy  ran to her and she stopped to examine his arm as though expecting him to be iplete. She crushed the boy to her, her face so red with worry and it made Ethan more nervous. The front door opened again and two women walked out. One was Amanda and the other, Becky.


    Amanda met his gaze and made the death gesture on her neck to him. Then she mouthed. ¡°Why did you pick him without calling?¡± She gestured to her ear.


    He pinched his eyes close, realizing that was true. He was so busy yesterday and had the mind to tell her he was picking their son but when heter called her, she wasn¡¯t picking his damn calls. How was he supposed to tell her then?


    Daisy eventually released the boy and stood up at him, ¡°Danny go inside, I will meet you. It appears I will have to speak with your father¡­¡±


    ¡°Daisy..¡± He raised his hand in defense and Amanda came forward seeing the fire brewing.


    ¡°¡­ To rify some things¡­¡± Daisy finished and the boy turned to his father as if knowing he was in danger, smiled weakly, and dashed inside with E.


    ¡°Daisy I can exin¡­¡±


    ¡°Of course you will exin because this might be thest time you will see him!¡±


    ¡°Oh, c¡¯mon!¡± He cried.


    ¡°Daisy, please hear him out¡­¡± Amanda came to touch her. ¡°Please¡­¡±


    ¡°He took my son!¡± She pointed using fingers at him.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    ¡°I swear I didn¡¯t mean it like that. I called but you won¡¯t pick up your damn phone!¡± He was swearing now and it was from frustration. Daisy was doing this intentionally. She wanted to hurt him and he was very well damn hurt more than. anything. The thought of bearing her resentment was much more torture than he bear.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t pick your calls because I don¡¯t owe you a damn thing! You brought this upon yourself while ming it on me?¡± She stamped every word with her finger. ¡°If you called and I didn¡¯t pick, then you shouldn¡¯t have taken him! Did you know how scared I was?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry! Okay? I¡¯m sorry for doing that, Daisy, please, please, stop! You have done enough. What else can I do before you will forgive me? You want me dead? Then go in there, bring a knife and kill me so that you will finally be happy!¡±


    ¡°I will never do that! How about you just get lost and nevere back into our lives?!¡±


    ¡°Daisy, stop, please¡­¡± Amanda implored, tugging her hand, her heart melting for Ethan despite knowing what he did was wrong. Everyone makes mistakes and if God could forgive, who are we not to?


    ¡°Stop, stop taking his side, Mandy. Did you remember when he cast me out like I meant nothing to him? Did you recall that day under the rain and with this same son he rejected, staying under that rain and shaking, thinking my life wille to an end¡­? So you remember?¡± She jabbed her finger at Amanda, tears pouring down her face. ¡°You saw me, you saw what I went through but I can¡¯t expect you to understand when you weren¡¯t in my shoes?!¡±


    ¡°I understand, Dee. I am your best friend and I went through that period with you, I saw everything and I do not take his side, but I need you to calm down, please for the sake of Danny.¡±


    ¡°I was hungry, I was rejected by the very people who were supposed to love me! He told the press I was a whore, he lied to everyone about me, ruined my life, my everything! He even lied to her!¡± She indicated Becky who was overpowered with emotions watching the scene before her and had joined in the rain of tears. ¡°He lied to her that I cheated on him to get a contract, didn¡¯t you?¡± She was at Ethan¡¯s face at once.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Daisy. I was foolish, and deserves it but please forgive me,¡± Ethan fell on his knees. ¡°If I could do anything to rectify this, I swear I will.¡±


    ¡°Oh, you can Ethan¡­ You can start by staying away from me! Go back to your mother and leave us alone!¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t do that¡­¡± He mumbled, knowing he can¡¯t even though he tried. As for going to his mother, he was very well going to go to her, but this time it¡¯s to vent his anger on her.


    ¡°Just get out!¡± She red, pointed at the gate and twisted and matched to the door, leaving everyone behind. She wiped furiously at her face, mming the front door behind her.


    Amanda didn¡¯t know what to do. For the past month, Daisy has been like a snail, crawling all over the ce mindlessly. She knew it had to do with Ethan but each time she brought it up, she would shun her and tell her never to bring up his name. Right now, his name was like an abomination in their household.


    She didn¡¯t know what happened becausest month she could swear the two of them were starting to cuddle but then one day she came to work and told her someone broke into her house and tried to steal the blueprint of their samples.


    She mentioned Ethan helping her but then the next thing, she started cursing him and told her never to bring up his name again. Since then, nothing has been the same. Today when she came from the house telling her, her son had gone missing, Amanda knew that wasn¡¯t possible. She has asked for Ethan¡¯s number but Daisy told her she had deleted it.


    Amanda was mad at her for doing that but held her tongue and now here they were. Whatever happened, must have been serious because even she didn¡¯t think she could do anything about it.


    Ethan slowly stood up from the ground and dusted the knee of his jean trousers, his face a mask of emotions. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mandy, I know you too hate me, but you are the only one that can help me¡­¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t do anything, I¡¯m sorry, Ethan. You just have to heed to her and stay away for now. Maybe you cane aroundter but for now¡­ Please just respect her wishes¡­¡±


    He took her in for sometime, reflecting if he could stay away longer but then if it would mean that Daisy would allow him in once more, then so be it. He didn¡¯t know what changed. She was beginning to let him in, and then, she twisted around like a cobra and struck. It all started after she confessed her feelings for him, that was where the entire problem emanated from.


    ¡°Thanks,¡± He mouthed and with onest look towards the front door, he made his way to his car, entered and zoomed out. He would keep trying. More months, more years, one day she would surely forgive him. He knew it.


    Amanda went inside back to her friend to see how she was fairing. She found her in front of the liquor section as anticipated, drowning herself in alcohol.


    ¡°You know,ing to take this each time you are mad at something won¡¯t help anything. I have watched you drool around the ce for the past month and I must tell you it¡¯s started to get on my nerves, Dee.¡±


    ¡°Well, you can get out if you are tired of looking at my face¡­¡±


    ¡°Excuse me?¡±


    ¡°I said get out of my house if you are tired of looking at my face, what¡¯s your problem? I am sick and tired of everyone trying to tell me how to act!¡± Her nose red. She snorted with a sad smile, lifted the bottle directly into her mouth and then when she dropped it, she said, ¡°I am used to everyone leaving, Mandy, so if you also want to leave, then kick the door behind you¡­¡±


    Mandy knew she was high and mad, she didn¡¯t take her words to heart despite feeling offended. She only scoffed, went to take her keys and matched to the door. ¡°Let¡¯s get out of here, Becky¡­¡±


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 Chapter 26

    The following days were very grimed for Daisy. She didn¡¯t go to work, all she did wase down in the morning to make sure her son and E were prepared for the driver to take them to the kiddie¡¯s house so she could have space for herself.


    She switched off her home because she didn¡¯t want anyone to reach her. All she desired was quiet and to think. She messed up. She messed up badly and she was trying to rectify her mistake. We were not supposed to make out with Ethan after everything and even when it happened the first time, she was supposed to avoid it the next time but she allowed him into her house and allowed him to touch her. Again. And this time, she allowed her feelings to spill to him, proving to him that he had power over her.


    This morning, she woke up very early and sent off herpanions very early so that she could attend to some personal business. It was intentional. She needed to go through the design sent by her assistant three days ago and make sure that they got the major arches in the seams. She wouldn¡¯t want anything to ruin, not even her stubbornness.


    She was intentionally avoiding her office. She didn¡¯t want to look at Amanda after asking her out of her house the other night. Amanda is the only friend she had and was more than a sister to her. Oftentimes when they had an issue, it was still Amannda that came by. They had never had any issue that persisted past twenty-four hours before thetter came barreling through her door to check on her. For her not toe up to now means that this time, she crossed the line.


    So the best thing was to avoid her all together.


    Since she turned on her phone this morning, she has ignored all the messages that came in, and went straight to her mail where she saw the message from her assistant. Having finished, she reclined back on the chair and deliberated whether to check her messages or not. She was about to give up when the phone started ringing. It was her assistant. Now that it is ringing, she has to pick it.


    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡± She asked as she picked up.


    ¡°Good afternoon, ma..¡± The girl greeted. ¡°How are you doing? I am calling to tell you that I¡¯m on my way to your house and wanted to know if you will need anything..¡±


    ¡°Go home, Mildred, I¡¯m not ready to see anyone..¡±


    ¡°¡®I¡¯m already in front of your gate, sorry,¡± The singing sound of the girl¡¯s voice pissed off Daisy but since she was already in front of her gate, she couldn¡¯t turn her out. She has already done enough harm.


    It wasn¡¯t long, the front doorbell rang, and then she had to leave the study and sauntered down the hall, wrapping her Kimono around her to cover her bum shot and crop top from showcasing any part of her body.


    The girl¡¯s face lit up when theynded on her. ¡°You look well¡­¡±


    ¡°You were in front of my gate asking if I will need anything. Since when did they locate a mart in front of my gate?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I just wanted to make sure you are good,¡± The girl bent backward, squeezing her face humorously. Then she extended her right hand bearing a package. ¡°But I bought you chocte, I heard it helps when you are moody..¡± Daisy had no option but to smile. Just be from Amanda.


    ¡°Come in and stop bbing¡­¡± She trudged towards her sitting quarters. ¡°The kitchen is in that direction..¡± She pointed to a door which the girl whirled and ran to.


    In the living room, she turned on the TV to restore life into the room and make it look like humans actually lived there and just some depressed woman. There was nothing fun going on so she dropped the remote hoping when the littledy came she would choose what she wanted.


    Thedy soon returned after scooping arge quantity into a te and a spoon. Daisy epted it with thanks and rxed back on the couch. She knows the mousydy doesn¡¯t just drop by. Amanda must have sent her.


    There was stretched silence as they watched the boring program going on on the tv, while Daisy ate her ice cream quietly.


    The girl cleared her throat. There she goes, Daisy thought. ¡± How have you been doing, Ma¡¯am?¡± Daisy rolled her eyes.


    ¡± I have told you more than once to stop calling me ma¡¯am, Mildred. It makes me feel like an old mean boss.¡±


    The girl chuckled. ¡°Okay, I¡¯m sorry, what is going on, Daisy? It¡¯s unlike you to stay away from the office, especially in a time like this¡­¡±


    Daisy shrugged her shoulders, spooning ice cream into her mouth. ¡°I just wanted to rest from everything. I have been so stressedtely. By the way, that¡¯s why I am employed right? To help me out in times like this¡­¡±


    ¡°I know and I¡¯m notining¡­¡±


    ¡°Then why worry?¡±


    Her eyes twitched and her fingers on herp fiddled with the hem of her gown. ¡°It¡¯s just that I noticed thattely, you have been distant. And Amanda has been too. She quarreled with Becky so she has been aloof too.¡± What? Daisy sat up.


    ¡°What happened?¡±


    ¡°I dunno. Though from what I overheard, Beckyined she has not been giving her any attention since you two quarreled so she said she will go back to Argentina till she wants her again.¡±


    Oh, my. Daisy surged within. She has ruined their rtionship! And here she was thinking it was Amanda that had sent Mildred to her house to check how she was fairing. ¡°How is she?¡± She asked Mildred.


    The girl bounced her shoulders. ¡°Been moping around the office. The other day she fired Amani for notpleting work that was supposed to be done three days ago¡­¡±


    Daisy gasped. Amani was one of their best hands, he can¡¯t be fired just like that. She has to do something.


    ¡°I think you should speak to her¡­¡± The girl suggested. ¡°Another thing¡­¡±


    What more could be greater than this?


    ¡°I think she traveled to her parent¡¯s house yesterday, and now there is no one to supervise at the office. With the showing up, it¡¯s a very bad time for this to be happening¡­¡± Daisy was no longer listening.


    ¡°Amanda traveled?¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­ Her assistant told me this morning.¡±


    ¡°Shit!¡± Daisy was already up from the couch. She dropped her cream cup on the table and statutes making her out.


    ¡°Where are you going?¡± Mildred asked.


    ¡°Book me a ticket to New York at once, Mildred. I have to go to her.¡±


    ¡°What? I came to tell you toe back to work and you are going to New York?¡±


    ¡°Hurry up, Mildred. I pay you to obey me, not question me!¡± Daisy sniped from upstairs, hurrying to her room.


    ¡°What if the order might ruin things?!¡±


    ¡°Just do it dammit!¡± She snapped and banged the door closed.


    She hastened to her closet and started flinging clothes as she looked for what to wear and things to go with. She has never traveled like this in a long time. She can¡¯t believe Amanda would go to her parents house without telling her. Could she be that mad at her?


    She promised she was going to be there for her when she told her parents about her sexuality and she was damn keeping to her promise because that is exactly what Amanda would have done for her. She has been so saturated in her own problems that she might end up losing the very people who care for her!


    Done arranging, she picked up her car keys and grabbed her bag as she made for the door. She didn¡¯t even have her bath! Who cared?


    She came down and her assistant was speaking to someone on the phone. Once she saw her boss, she ended the call.


    ¡°Have you booked?¡± Daisy asked.


    ¡°Yes, ma¡¯am. It¡¯s thest ticket I was lucky to get. Though there is a little problem¡­¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Daisy arched her brow, dropped her bag to rearrange her bra cup that was poking at her. She might have worn it wrongly in her haste.


    ¡°It¡¯s not first ss. ..¡± Daisy halted her movement.


    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me it¡¯s the economy¡­¡± She shook her head, already frightened.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­.¡±


    ¡°Damn!¡± She shouted and made for the door.


    The girl rushed to pick her bag and went after her.


    Daisy hated using the economy ss so much but for her friend, she was willing to sacrifice that if she would get to her.


    ¡°Get the damn car ready!¡± She ordered the driver and waited for him to drive out before she suddenly recalled she had responsibilities. Damn it! ¡°Mildred, I need a favor.¡±


    ¡°Whatever you need, Daisy.¡±


    ¡°Can you help me pick up my son and my dog from the kiddies?¡±N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    The girl¡¯s face fell. ¡°I-I might be able to pick them but I can¡¯t take them to my house because my sister just came around with her kids so¡­¡±


    ¡°Fuck!¡± She cursed. How could she not have thought about this? There is only one thing left for her to do..


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 Chapter 27

    Ethan was in his ck SUV driving back from work that evening when his phone started ringing. He wanted to ignore it. In fact, recently he hasn¡¯t been picking calls. After that day with Daisy, he had traveled to New York to visit his mother and they had a long talk. She was repentant and asked for his forgiveness, but he wasn¡¯t ready to listen.


    When he walked out that day, he left her with the words that until Daisy is ready to speak to him, he was never going to talk to her again. And he meant it. So now apart from his clients, and of course his assistant from the office, he never answers any calls from anyone.


    He turned to a corner and the phone went off again. In the process of turning, his eyes briefly fluttered to it and came to a screeching stop.


    ¡°You son of a devil!¡± the drivering directly behind him cursed and sped off. He wasn¡¯t listening and wasn¡¯t in the mood to respond ¡®because he knew he was wrong plus at this point even though he wasn¡¯t, the only thing he cared about was the name disyed on the phone.


    He rapidly grabbed the phone with quivering hands and picked up. ¡°Hey¡­¡±


    There was momentous silence but he knew she was there, obviously regretting calling him. ¡°Hy, Ethan¡­¡± Daisy¡¯s raspy voice filtered through the phone.


    ¡°Hey, are you okay?¡±


    ¡°Yeah..¡± Daisy tried to stay normal. because she needed a favor from him. ¡°Hey, I¡¯m calling to ask for a favor¡­¡±


    ¡°Whatever it is, baby¨C¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t fucken call me that, Ethan! You know what? Forget I called¡­¡±


    ¡°Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Please don¡¯t cut the call, I¡¯m sorry, I won¡¯t call you that if you don¡¯t want me to


    ..¡±


    ¡°Good¡­ Okay, the thing is, I have this impromptu trip to make and I was wondering if you could help me bring my son and E to your home till I get back, please¡­¡±


    ¡°Of course I can do that, Daisy. He is our son, why won¡¯t I?¡±


    ¡°Okay, thanks!¡±


    ¡°Wait!¡±


    ¡°What?!¡±


    ¡°A-are you okay?¡±


    ¡°Of course, what are you expecting? That I will die?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± she hurried amid a nervous chuckle. ¡°I mean the impromptu travel¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh, it¡¯s kind of personal,¡±


    ¡°Okay, safe trip¡­¡±


    ¡°Bye!¡± She cut the call on him and held the phone to her mouth to inhale deeply. There, she didn¡¯t die.


    ¡°Yes!¡± Ethan yelped with a sharp fist bump in the air and did a mad reverse toward the kiddies where his son was with the little nippy.


    This was a way at least for him.


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    Daisy couldn¡¯t believe she called him but she didn¡¯t have a choice. She has to go to New York today and she didn¡¯t want to leave without making sure her boy is good with her dog. She wouldn¡¯t be at peace. What kind of mother would that make her?


    The trio was smooth, despite having to be cramped up with so many bodies but she made it out softly without breaking a neck. She arrived in a cab and gave the man directions to the house of Amanda¡¯s patents.


    The house was just as thest time she came there. Nothing much has been done to it aside from the minor renovations. She sat in the cab for a while looking at the environment, her mind going to thest time she was there. It¡¯s been upto four years now since then.


    ¡°Ma¡¯am, we are here,¡± the cab driver said as though in reminder. She nodded, opened her bag to give him some bucks and stepped down. After her family kicked her out, she hasn¡¯t seen Amanda¡¯s family and doesn¡¯t know if her family told them what happened and how they will look at her now. She was here for her friend and even though she didn¡¯t think this part through, she was d to be here.


    She pressed the doorbell and waited by the porch. There was no sound at first but after a while, feet padded on the floor down to the door and then the key rattled and the door opened open. It was Mr. Hond, Amanda¡¯s father. His eyes lit up in surprise.


    ¡°Raven!¡± He called her by the name they all used to call her. Well, till after the divorce when she settled for her middle name instead. It kind of made her forget her past and embraced her new life. A new life that wasn¡¯t so new anymore.


    She smiled, sincerely happy to see him. ¡°Hy, Mr. Hond. It¡¯s been a while¡­¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­ Come in,¡± He made way for her and she went in. ¡°Amanda your friend is here, howe you didn¡¯t tell us she wasing?¡±


    She shook my head, meaning to tell him she didn¡¯t tell her when she heard someone running down the stairs and what she was about to say halted in her mouth.


    Amanda came into view, her hands in the pocket of an old jean trouser and a shirt that was too big for her petite frame. ¡°Hey¡­¡± She appeared tense, surprised to see Daisy.


    ¡°Sorry, I didn¡¯t call beforeing, I hoped I would give you a surprise¡­¡± She used her eyes to ry a message to Amanda who shook her head, sucked in her lips and smiled at her.


    ¡°It¡¯s no biggie,e on in,¡± She came to take Daisy¡¯s bag from her and they walked ahead while her father flowed behind, seemingly confused.


    ¡°Are you guys doing well together?¡± He had to ask because since these two came to know each other, they are hardly inseparable. But, since his daughter came back, she hasn¡¯t said anything about Daisy and has been moping around the house.


    ¡°Yes, Dad, why do you ask that?¡± They reached the living room and Daisy located one of the leather couches and flopped down..


    ¡°Nothing, just that I¡¯m flummoxed you didn¡¯t know she wasing¡­ That¡¯s hard to imagine¡­¡±


    ¡°Okay, Dad cut it out,¡± Amanda said and made her way to the stairs. ¡°I will put this in your room and mom is in the kitchen. Mom! Daisy is here!¡± She called and hurried up the rungs.


    The kitchen opened and banged close and Mrs. Hond rushed out, her eyes widening as  theynded on the youngdy on the couch. Daisy was thest to see her and quickly stood when she did. ¡°Mrs. Hond¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh,e here, my little girl, it¡¯s been so long¡­¡± Daisy went to ept her hug and the woman did crush her, sniffing into her shoulders. ¡°We thought we were never going to see you again after what happened¡­¡±


    ¡°That is in the past,¡± Daisy said lowly.


    ¡°Your mother has been miserable, she hasn¡¯t been the same since you left, especially when the papers traveled to this ce carrying stories of your sesses.¡±


    Daisy snickered, albeit sadly. She was unfazed one bit by her statement. To her, she had no parents. The moment they kicked her out in her condition not caring that she was in a delicate state, that was when they became dead to her. So she won¡¯t even talk about them.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°How have you been, Mrs. Hond?¡± She asked instead.


    The woman pulled away from her and cradled her face in a demure state, teatt shimmering in her aged orbs. ¡°You won¡¯t even talk about them¡­ You have to go see them, my girl, they are still your blood.¡± Daisy didn¡¯t want this, she didn¡¯te here for this but she won¡¯t argue with the old woman.


    ¡°I will, someday. But for today, I came here to visit you so let¡¯s not talk about them, okay?¡±


    ¡°Okay, okay, look at me, I haven¡¯t even served you bay leaf and here I am making you ufortable!¡± She dragged her off to the kitchen. Amanda mom believed the bay leaf was a symbol of good luck, so,  everytime anyone crosses her threshold, she serves you the bay leaf tea to purge you of very bad energy and give you luck. Daisy has never believed in the gibberish nor has she argued with her about it. Amanda has the same mindset.


    ¡°So how has it been over there?¡± she asked Daisy, who epted the ss and slipped from it. Well, there seems to have been an improvement from how it used to taste in the past.


    ¡°Work has been great, just the bustle and stress but it¡¯s what we love doing so we ept it!¡±


    The woman smacked her lips and went back to stirring the stew. ¡± I knew you girls were going to be very sessful one day right from the first time I saw you two together!¡± At least she has a brain, Daisy thought. Her parents never thought so. They thought she was bound to fail in her choice of career from the onset.


    ¡°Thank you¡­¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know what is wrong with your friend though,¡± She proceeded to talk back to Daisy¡­ ¡°Since she came in yesterday, she hasn¡¯t said anything more than a word to anyone. She didn¡¯t even tell us she wasing¡­ Just came in and that was when I knew something was wrong somewhere¡­¡±


    Daisy confirmed then that Amanda hasn¡¯t told them anything. Well, she came early. ¡°There is nothing to worry about Mrs. Hond, we have everything under control,¡± She sighed.


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 Chapter 28

    Later when Daisy managed to escape from the sp of Amanda¡¯s parents and ran upstairs, she didn¡¯t see her in the room where she ced her bag, so she went in search of her in her room which was the second one after her room. She knocked and pushed open.


    Amanda was sitting there, her head bent on her phone typing furiously. She looked up when Daisy entered, and looked down at once. Daisy sensed the tense air, and knew something was off.


    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡± She went closer and plopped down in front of her friend on the bed. ¡°What¡¯s going on, Mandy?¡±


    ¡°I should actually be asking you that, Dee. You just showed up without telling me and now you are asking me what¡¯s going on?¡± Her voice sounded bitter


    ¡°Whoa! Calm down, girl. I didn¡¯t know I needed permission toe here, okay? I only came because I know I fucked up back home. I shouldn¡¯t have channeled my anger at you when I was the one who fucked up.¡±


    ¡°Obviously,¡± Amanda rolled her eyes downward, and shifted away.


    Daisy knew she was going through something and knew it was her time to be by her friend¡¯s side as she knew she would have if she were in her shoes. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mandy. I missed you so much and I knew no matter what, I had to be here for you because I promised.¡±


    ¡°You didn¡¯t have toe,¡± Mandy said, stood up and went to the window.


    ¡°Well, toote.¡± Daisy said, stood, and went to her. ¡°If there is something I have learned in our friendship, it¡¯s the fact that friends stay when things go rough so I¡¯m sorry, but I am not going anywhere. Especially now that I know you need me the most.¡±N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    ¡°I don¡¯t need you or anyone, Daisy.¡±


    Daisy exhaled, stopping directly in front of her. ¡± I heard about Becky.¡±


    ¡°You are happy now, ain¡¯t you?¡± Amanda asked, meeting her eyes.


    ¡°No!¡± Daisy cried out. ¡°Why should I be?¡± She disyed her two arms. ¡°I was happy for you when you were with her, I swear it! I don¡¯t know what happened but if you think she is the right one for you, then I think we should¡­¡±


    ¡°Stop talking about her!¡± Amanda snapped, meeting Daisy¡¯s eyes squarely. ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about her anymore. She made her decisions and for her not to pick my calls up to now? I think it¡¯s for the best. I came here to tell my parents about us but now she isn¡¯t even here to fight with me. At the slight storm, she runs. Is that what I¡¯m going to put up with?¡±


    ¡°She ran because she was scared, Amanda. You were not being fair to her by being a scent minded.¡± Daisy stated not wanting her friend to make a bad decision as a result of something which wouldn¡¯t have happened if not she messed up. ¡°I think you should fight for her, Mandy.¡±


    Amanda exhaled dejectedly, her shoulders sagging. ¡°What am I going to do?¡±


    Daisy smiled sadly and dragged her into her arms to squash her. ¡°First of all, we tell your parents so that next time shees back, you are bringing her to meet them. And then hopefully, pops the question.¡±


    ¡°You think so?¡± Amanda jerked away, her forehead furrowed in worry.


    ¡°I know so,¡± Daisy pulled her back. ¡°Aww, I missed your hugs so much.¡±


    ¡°I do too. I was so miserable without you that I brought it out on her,¡± She mewled, her hands going around Daisy and they indeed squashed each other.


    When they pulled apart, they went to flop down on the bed with their faces to the decked white ceiling, their hands behind their head, the fluorescent light in the room reflected off their faces. ¡± How has it been here with them?¡± Daisy asked.


    Amanda puffed out exasperating air and shook her head with her eyes closed. ¡°It has been terrifying, I must tell you. Particrly mom! Yesterday I considered leaving twice!¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t say¡­¡± Daisy agreed. ¡°I¡¯m justing but I am already feeling the heat.¡±


    ¡°Can you imagine she told me about the new Pastor son in her parish?¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Daisy howled withughter. ¡°How could she?¡±


    Amanda made a funny face. ¡°I told her point-nk I¡¯m not interested and would never be! In fact I refused to go to the evening service with them yesterday to avoid any unwanted attention or introductions.¡±


    Daisy was still rolling withughter. When theughter eventually receded, they bothid there in silence for a beat, each having their own wild thoughts. Then, Daisy broke it. ¡°You know, you are lucky to have another who cares so much about you like that.¡±


    Amanda looked sideways at her wryly. ¡°I¡¯m d she cares for you too. Wait till we are down for dinner.¡±


    ¡°If you mean she would match make me to the Parsons younger son, thanks. I will rather pass and cheer for her matchmaking with you.¡±


    Amanda shook her head, deciding to forget about her mother¡¯s trouble. She looked to her side, her hand going to her hair to stare intently at her friend.


    Daisy blushed ¡°what?¡± She waved her hand around Amanda¡¯s face. ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that, you know I hate it. And if you are considering begging me to help you¡­¡± She gestured to Amanda¡¯s short knickers and thetter fell back on her back inughter.


    ¡°No!¡± Amanda cried. ¡°You are so gross. That is thest thing on my mind, eww! What do you think of me? A wild animal?¡± Daisy shrugged. ¡°You know, I will never see you like that! I have my picks.¡±


    Daisy¡¯s nose red in embarrassment. ¡°What do you mean by that? I¡¯m not that attractive for your fantasies?¡±


    ¡°Not like that¡­¡± Amanda came back to her position, eyeing Daisy. ¡°Just that you and I are more like sisters, so I don¡¯t think anything can ever make me see you like that.¡±


    ¡°Whatever! That¡¯s so gross by the way¡­¡± Daisy agreed.


    ¡°Very,¡± Amanda shook her head, offsetting her hair from the pony bundle. ¡°Why are we even talking about that? I meant to ask you about Ethan. Have you heard from him?¡±


    Daisy took in a steady breath and nodded. ¡°Today.¡± She started. ¡°I didn¡¯t have a choice but to call him to take care of Danny and E while I fly here.¡± She shrugged, releasing her arms that were starting to ache from under her head.


    ¡°Aww, that¡¯s so sweet. You know he called me many times, begging me to talk to you.¡±


    ¡°He did?¡± Daisy asked, unknowingly eager. Then realizing herself, she cleared her throat and averted her gaze, hoping her heart wasn¡¯t showing in her eyes. But, Amanda has already seen it, and only smiled. ¡°So this is a moment of truth and I am going to tell you one thing, Daisy, you only live once.¡±


    ¡°I know that.¡± Daisy shone her eyes impishly, her shoulders rising and falling in nonchnce. ¡°I own that line.¡±


    ¡°Amanda fell on the bed on her side, her hands going to support her head. ¡°I¡¯m only saying that you shouldn¡¯t throw it away because of the past. Ethan messed up, I agree, yet, he is remorseful about it.¡±


    ¡°That doesn¡¯t change it.¡±


    ¡°Still, it changes everything.¡± Daisy red at her. ¡°Calm down, let me exin,¡± pleaded Amanda. ¡°You recall back then I¡¯m college when Lupita the girl from Phdelphia said she slept with another girl in their matrimonial bed and then instead of apologizing, he locked the doors and made her watch?¡±


    Daisy cringed, recalling the story vividly. How could she? She was one of those that had to console the poor girl. ¡°Well, what you ain¡¯t know is that she divorced him after, and then ten yearster, after she moved to San Francisco, he looked for her, and their daughter, bought her a house without her knowledge and made her live in it.¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Daisy asked, sitting up. ¡°That prick!¡±


    ¡°Yeah, he is¡­ But here is the main story¡­ Ten monthster, she started digging in who bought her the house and and found out he was the one, and he begged for her forgiveness, slept in the twin for a week in front of her house just to get her attention, and then when she saw he was not going anywhere and her daughter ran out of the house threatening to die with her father if her mother doesn¡¯t forgive him. She had no choice but to forgive him. He was admitted to the hospital but he died of pneumonia. She is presently in rehab because she mes herself for killing him.¡±


    ¡°My God¡­¡± Daisy mouthed, full of emotions. ¡°That¡¯s¡­ Not fair¡­¡±


    ¡°Exactly, Daisy. It wasn¡¯t fair. Sometimes we are so mad at people that we do things, very horrible things to them, but then haven¡¯t we all sinned? Everyone deserves a bit of forgiveness. Isn¡¯t that what the holy book preaches.¡±


    Daisy nodded in agreement. It was her turn to say, ¡°What should I do?¡±


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 Chapter 29

    ¡°Amanda! Raven! Come down, dinner is ready!¡± Amanda¡¯s mother called them from the down and they had to suspend their discussion and left the room.


    In the dining room, Mrs. Hond served the sumptuous dishes which only by its aroma, had Daisy¡¯s stomach somersaulting in hunger. ¡°Thanks, Mrs. Hond.¡±


    ¡°I have told you on more than one asion to stop calling me that and call me mom, Raven. Yin makes me seem old.¡± Daisyughed.


    ¡°I will remember that next time, mom.¡±


    She hummed in response and went to serve her husband before returning to her chair to sit down and started eating the sweet porridge she made.


    They are utterly silent that Daisy was for once happy in this new development in the Hond family. She was enjoying herself so much and didn¡¯t want any distraction while at it. That was until¡­


    ¡°So, Daisy, who is the man in your life now?¡±


    ¡°Mom!¡± Amanda cried. ¡°I thought we discussed this. No more talking about men¡­¡±


    Her mother stoned her a murderous re. ¡°I am talking with my goddaughter and just because you have decided to die single doesn¡¯t mean she did too, am I right, Raven?¡± she asked her.


    ¡°I am not dying single, ma¡­¡± Amanda muttered through a tight lip, her eyes meeting Daisy who stuffed her mouth with food and looked down at her te.


    ¡°We are not dying single, I can assure you, mom.¡± She finally answered, picking up her ss of wine after emitting her te. There was something about mom¡¯s food as they say. ¡°We are just¡­ trying to make sure that we make the right decisions. Well, for me, but Amanda has found someone¡­¡± Amanda choked on her food as her eyes snapped to Daisy and thetter bounced her shoulder, meaning Why wait for the inevitable?


    ¡°What!¡± Her mother¡¯s spoon fell on her te, her eyes dancing in merriment. She looked at her daughter. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell us? No wonder! I told your father that your homing had something attached to it. You nevere like this.¡±


    ¡°What Daisy is trying to say, mother is that¡­¡± Amanda hesitated, wordscking in her throat. Daisy smiled to encourage her. ¡°That I might be getting married!¡± She snickered wearily.


    ¡°That¡¯s the same thing, isn¡¯t it, Rnd?¡± She asked her husband.


    ¡°Exactly the same thing,¡± He confirmed.


    ¡°Mother, I¡¯m not exactly what you think I am, I can¡¯t, I haven¡¯t been honest with you two from the start,¡± Her hands fell on herps and Daisy took the right one to squeeze gently. Tears shone in Amanda¡¯s eyes. Daisy knew she was deeply afraid. How did she think she could do this on her own before? ¡°I don¡¯t think I can do this!¡± She let out, shaking her head at Daisy as a tear fell.


    ¡°You can do it, Mandy. C¡¯mon, you can!¡± She encouraged her, looked up at Amanda¡¯s parents who were looking verily out of ce.


    ¡°Mom, Dad, what Amanda is trying to say is that¡­¡±


    ¡°I love women!¡± Amanda blurted.


    Her mother startedughing, and her father joined in. The girls looked at themselves in awe. What is going on with them? Daisy mused.


    ¡°What¡¯s so bad about loving women? I am your mother, you love me. Daisy is your best friend and you love her too. There¡¯s definitely nothing wrong with that. I mean, I recall when you were in college and your lecturer reported you were cheerleading a faction for the women¡¯s revolution and all that gender equality bullshit! If that doesn¡¯t convince me that you love the women¡¯s race, what else?¡± The older woman rambled on, her misty eyes racking about.


    Daisy knew now that she probably knew what Amanda was talking about and was trying to pretend it wasn¡¯t, or this was another major fluke. ¡°What she is trying to say is that¡­¡± She looked at Amanda and swallowed, their fingers tightening in each other. ¡°She is into women like she¡­ she finds pleasure with women¡­¡±


    ¡°That is the same thing!¡± Mrs. Hond howled, her husband deciding to have no say in the matter. He might have grasped the situation by now unlike his wife.  ¡°My daughter has always been¡­¡±


    ¡°A lesbian!¡± Amanda blurted energetically, her face turning pink. ¡°I have always been a lesbian, mom, dad.¡±


    Her mother¡¯s eyes were saucers, her mouth open l, no wording out. And when it did, it was a voiceless, ¡°how?¡±


    ¡°Since I came to know the difference better homosexual and heterosexual, mom. Dad?¡± She looked at him, and to the greatest chagrin, he was smiling. Like, deadbeat smiling. He made them all baffled.


    ¡°Rnd, what¡¯s funny with anything she said?¡±His wife asked. ¡°Our daughter just confessed to being a lesbian, our only child, do you understand what the means?¡±


    He nodded and dropped his ss that had been perched in his hands for a long time. ¡°I have always known, darling,¡± His timbre voice ryed. ¡°I just didn¡¯t say anything because I know you will be mad and of course also because if there was anyone supposed to say anything, it should be her.¡± He indicated Amanda.


    ¡°Dad!¡± Amanda mored and rose from her chair and ran to hug her Dad. ¡°You should have confronted me.¡±


    ¡°Why should I? It¡¯s your life, baby. I wonder how you endured being with Rolex like that¡­¡±


    ¡°I wanted to give you grandchildren so mother doesn¡¯t live out her life bearing grudges against me,¡± She said and sniffed, lifting her arms. Daisy wiped a tear that had fallen on her cheek. It was so sentimental.


    ¡°I still don¡¯t believe this! Daisy you too?¡± She pointed at her.


    Daisy¡¯s eyes widened and she lifted her hands. ¡°Uhmmm, if you mean if I am also a lesbian then I will tell that I I¡¯m not. But I have no problem with her being one since it makes her happy and she has someone she loves so much and is likely to marry anytime soon.¡±


    ¡°Ohmygod. What is going on? How am I going to be able to have two females in one house answering husband and wife? And who will impregnate the other! I was hoping for more grandchildren!¡±


    ¡°Mom!¡± Amanda screamed while leaving her fathers seat. ¡°I have already given you two!¡± She gestured with her fingers. ¡°If you need more, then, we will happily adopt. This is for me, please, ept for me the same way I endured getting married to a man just to make you happy.¡±


    Her mother¡¯s eyes misted and when she looked at her husband, he nodded, his face scrunched in deep passion.


    ¡°Okay! But you will give me time to think about this, baby. It¡¯s not every day one learns their daughter¡¯s love for the femininemunity goes beyond the need to feel seen!¡±


    ¡°Mom!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m serious. I was hoping deeply for a husband for you and poor me,¡± She tapped her temples. ¡°I have even gone to tell the pastor about my daughter who just arrived in town.¡±


    ¡°Maggie!¡±Her husband cried. ¡°I told you not to¡­¡±


    She jutted her chin out. ¡°Well, you didn¡¯t give me any reason not to¡­ Forgive me for looking out for my daughter¡¯s happiness. Happiness which she has found in the arms of the same gender anyways!¡± From the way she sounded, Daisy didn¡¯t think she could ever be cool with this. She might y along, but somewhere down, she will still look down hershes at the idea.


    ¡°So, since Amanda is unavable, and God knows I don¡¯t have the heart to lie to them about my daughter or break their heart when like me, they are so passionate about getting him married off¡­¡± Her eyes rounded on Daisy who was drinking from her ss and at once, Daisy¡¯s juice went the wrong direction in her throat and she choked on it. She started coughing fervently and Amanda, who was trying to roll in mirth, stretched a ss of water to her.


    ¡°If it¡¯s my proposition for you to meet the Parson¡¯s son that made you choke on your wine, I¡¯m so sorry, Raven, but once you are recovered, we will continue from where we stopped. You are my Goddaughter and I should like to think that I have some right to fight for your happiness.¡±


    ¡°Mother, just stop,¡± Amanda chided her mother as she was on the brink of dying from excess excitement. ¡°Daisy¡¯s heart is already imed.¡±


    ¡°What! By who? I will rx from thinking she is also like you, since she denied it before, so who if I might ask and why haven¡¯t you said something?¡± She asked Daisy.


    ¡°Well,¡± Amanda surged since Daisy was tongue-tied and was still recovering. ¡°The father of her child came back.¡±


    ¡°What! That loser!¡± She cried. It appears Amanda¡¯s mother always took the side of Daisy, knowing she never cheated on Ethan. And had been cursing at him from day one. ¡°How could you allow that cow dung back into your life after everything he did to you!¡±


    ¡°Mom, you of all people teach forgiveness, so it¡¯s time we all practice it, don¡¯t you think so?¡± She asked a hint of usation in her voice.


    There was a knock on the door getting all their attention at once. ¡°Did you invite anyone over, Rnd?¡± She asked her husband.


    ¡°No, I think it¡¯s one of the fieldmen. I told Robert to send someone over with the report from the day¡¯s work.¡±N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    ¡°Oh, okay..¡± She sighed.


    However, that wasn¡¯t the case. The voice they heard the next minute made Daisy nearly faint from anxiety.


    ¡°Monica, Monica, my dear friend, where are you?¡± came the voice of Daisy¡¯s mother from the sitting room,ing towards the dining room. And Daisy, even though wanting to hide, had nowhere to hide.


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 Chapter 30

    When Daisy¡¯s mother came into the dining area and saw her daughter, she was shocked to the marrow and stood there like a moment was paused, staring at her with a wide eye.


    Everyone was equally mesmerized that none said a word. It has been so long since they saw each other that Daisy had made peace with the fact that she doesn¡¯t have any other family apart from her son. Years might have mild the pain they caused her, yet, nothing could make her forget. And she doesn¡¯t think anything can.


    Even now as she looked at her mother, all she could see was that woman who watched her child being kicked out without verifying the story they were told, into a cold rain, in a delicate condition, and now without being told, she knew that seeing her alone was her closure.


    That is because so many times she had told herself that she might feel differently if she met her parents after everything, but all that were lies. She doesn¡¯t feel anything. Instead, the hatred she brewed inside of her, bobbed out. She dropped her spoon loudly on her te and stood, and at the same time, whatever force was holding her mother¡¯s feet still released her and she surged forward.


    ¡°Raven!¡± She called out, her voice full of raw emotions. ¡°Raven, wait!¡±


    Daisy didn¡¯t listen and walked faster until she was out of the room and ran straight to her room, her breathing in gasps. She dropped down behind her door, covered her face, overwhelmed with emotions. She didn¡¯t expect this. There she was thinking so many things, but it didn¡¯t cross her mind that Amanda¡¯s mother and her mother might still be friends. She wouldn¡¯t be surprised if it was Amanda¡¯s mother that had told her mother she was present.


    She jutted off in panic as someone knocked frantically on the door. ¡°Daisy!¡± It was Mandy. ¡°Babe, open up, let¡¯s talk about it.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk, Mandy. I want that woman out of here, or at least I don¡¯t want to see her,¡± She shook her head, stood from the ground, and made her way to the bed. The door opened and Amanda came in.


    ¡°Babe¡­¡±


    ¡°I swear, I never thought that she woulde here¡­¡± Daisy said through tight lips. ¡°How dare she call my name?!¡±


    ¡°She is still your mother,¡± Amanda came to her as she flung towards her best friend in disbelief. She had the mind to call that woman her mother. That woman is not her mother anymore. They Disowned her and she has made peace with that. She doesn¡¯t even deserve to be called anyone¡¯s mother. In the past, Daisy used to feel depressed thinking about it, but then she realized that it was actually a favor God did her by riding her from her parent¡¯s mps. She saw herself most times pitying her sisters who were still with them suffering all their excessive discipline.


    She sighed, deciding not to argue with Amanda. Not about someone she had long forgotten about. ¡°I think I will retire now, help me tell your mom and dad I¡¯m sorry about the way I left.¡± She went to pick up her bag, starting to sort through her clothing.


    ¡°I won¡¯t force you if you don¡¯t want to talk about it, Daisy. I swear if I was the one I might do worse, so take your time, okay?¡± She came to peck Daisy¡¯s hair, smiled and made her way out of the room. At the door, she turned and said, ¡°Goodnight, momma.¡± Daisy beamed at her dryly and she shut the door.


    Daisy took her dress and fell back on the bed, brushing her fingers through her hair. She has a lot going for now that thinking of people she considered dead was thest thing on her mind.


    She unpacked her bag into the wardrobe and went to shower and came back. She was tying her hair into a ponytail when she heard another knock. She rolled her eyes. She should have known she couldn¡¯t dislodge Amanda that easily. ¡°Mandy, I told you to let it be!¡± She called, eyeing the door as it opened. But instead of her friend, it was her mother that walked in.


    ¡°What the hell are you doing here?!¡± She careened, letting go of her hair to cascade back down on her body. ¡°Jesus Christ, what¡¯s your problem?!¡±


    ¡°Raven, hear me out!¡± Her mother cried, lifting her hands up, and Daisy shook her head in irritation. This is not happening, she mused, standing there and watching her mother nkly, her lower lip in her mouth as she worked hard to hold herself together. ¡°I have been the worst mother to you, my child and I must tell you that I have paid the price gravely. I don¡¯t deserve a child like you, for not standing up to fight your father when he made such a stupid decision five years ago¡­  I am sorry!¡± She broke down in tears


    ¡°Are you done?¡± Daisy asked emotionlessly. ¡°If you are done, then please shut the door after you because I need to go to bed¡­¡± She indicated the entrance.


    ¡°Raven, please¡­¡±


    ¡°I do not want to speak to you!¡± Daisy cried, her face a pile of stone. ¡°Why should I? You disowned me and now you are asking me to forgive you?¡± Her voice fell. ¡°I do not fucken care what you want, apart from the fact that I need you to piss off!¡±N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    Her mother fell on her knees, her hands gesturing in front of her in a plea. ¡°I looked for you, Raven. I tried my best so I can give you something to take care of yourself¡­¡±


    ¡°Really?¡± Daisy¡¯s hand found her waist. ¡°When exactly?¡± She took a step closer. ¡°After you supported him to call me a slut? Or after you two of you asked me to get out? When exactly!¡±


    ¡°Please let¡¯s not go back to the past, Raven. I am your mother despite saying indignant words in anger, I still love you.¡±


    Daisy¡¯s head kept bobbing as her eyes skidded about, still trying to hold herself back. This woman sure has nerves. ¡°Well, I don¡¯t love you anymore, whoever you are, because you are not my mother. I do not have any mother! I hate you so much, all of you that even the sight of you makes me want to throw up!¡± She went and grabbed her phone and jacket, rushed past her mother, and made for the door. Her mother tried holding onto her and fell to her forth in the process, but Daisy didn¡¯t stop. She even hopes the woman dies if only it would make the ache in her heart go away.


    She didn¡¯t know where she was going as tears fell from her eyes clouding her vision. She just needed air, and to be away from that woman. She was hurrying so fast that she didn¡¯t see Mandy until it was toote and she collided into her. Thetter grabbed her body and hugged her.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, I tried to stop her but she won¡¯t listen,¡± Amanda soothed.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to see her, can¡¯t she understand? What is her problem?!¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay¡­¡±


    Daisy peeled away and sniffed loudly. ¡°Can we go outside to hang out a bit, please?¡± She asked Amanda.


    ¡°Of course, lets go,¡±


    They left the stairs and walked down, making their way to the door. Fortunately, Amanda¡¯s parents who were presently still in the dining room, didn¡¯t see them leave and so didn¡¯t hamper them.


    Outside the House, they made their way to the open, the fast breeze billowing angrily and whooping the hairs up. At once, Daisy wrapped her hands about herself, her mind so muddled up to think straight. They don¡¯t say anything to each other until subtly they reach the end of the mansion overseeing a vast grasnd lined with beautiful flowers.


    Then Amanda brought out her cigarette and lit it, took a puff and handed it to Daisy who took it and inhaled. This is the one ce they have amon ground, whenever they find themselves in a state like this. They just smoke it away.


    Not only does it help them clear their head, in cases like this when the weather is very harsh, as though in agreement with whatever turmoil was going through tenor heads, it helped keep them warm. That done, by the time thest puff was inhaled and the stars disposed of, they were ready to share.


    ¡°You know I will always support you in whatever you say or do, don¡¯t you?¡± Amanda asked her.


    Daisy nodded, her head to the East of their environment. ¡°Things like this are not supposed to bother me, Mandy. The only thing I¡¯m thinking of right now is that I want to go home to my son and dog and if I were you, I would also fly to Argentina to get your girl.¡±


    Amanda nodded, looked down her feet and then up, took Daisy¡¯s hand, and conceded, ¡°You are right, our happiness is what counts.¡±


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 Chapter 31

    Very early the next morning, they were ready and down for breakfast with the luggage heaped in the living room, for the maids to take to the car. Even Amanda¡¯s parents were amazed when they came down and met then already in the dining munching their meals, fully dressed


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it too early? It¡¯s not like you are going to another continent,¡± Mrs. Hondined, her face sullied with concern. It not every time she gets to see her daughter and now that she is here, because of her busy body, she has helped quicken their dismissal.


    She had been the one to inform Daisy mom that her daughter was at her ce yesterday. She couldn¡¯t hold back from blowing the horn on the kid because all these years since she left, Mrs. Hond saw the emptiness in her friends anytime she saw any picture of Daisy on television or anything concerning her was mentioned. She knows what it means to lose a child because she lost one too. Though through death. She wouldn¡¯t want that for any mother not to mention someone dear to her.


    So, she had sneaked to her room to tell her friend toe and see her daughter and maybe try to get her to forgive her for her dissertation when the girl needed her most. However, from the look of things, she didn¡¯t get her wish.


    ¡°Mom, we have to leave now so as to get there early. We have programs to attend that involve the uing show.¡±


    ¡°But that¡¯s why you have assistants, Daisy,¡± The woman rushed to her and Daisy as if just seeing the woman reclined back in her huddle to look up at her. ¡°Is it because of your mother that you two are running away?¡±


    Daisy¡¯s mouth pulled in, to hold back from telling the olddy to stop calling that woman her mother but she didn¡¯t because she knew that would necessitate more arguments. Arguments as the least of the things she yearned for right now. ¡°No, mom, it¡¯s just that we have never been away from thepany like this. It¡¯s either I¡¯m around to take care of things or she is¡­¡± She smiled to apany the statement and hoped the woman would drop it or at least leave her out of it.


    ¡°Okay, if you say so..¡± The woman uttered but from her drab tone one could tell she wasn¡¯t fully convinced.


    Amanda¡¯s father came down to join them and they are in silence. After that, Daisy checked through her emails while waiting for Amanda to finish up. She was such a slow eater and eats much too.


    ¡°So, Dee, I hope you will be able to forgive your¡­¡±


    ¡°Mother,¡± Amanda called slowly, her eyes trained on the woman. ¡°Drop it.¡±


    ¡°Why? I¡¯m only saying¡­¡± Amanda stood abruptly.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    ¡°Thanks, Dad, thanks ma¡­ We will be leaving now.¡±


    Her mother sighed in defeat, knowing this one is beyond her. Even her daughter now thinks she is being too nosey. ¡°Alright, I will not talk about it. Try to take care of yourselves and if someday you decide that you want to change your taste in a partner, let me know¡­¡±


    ¡°I will put that under consideration, mom. For now,¡± She went to kiss her cheek and her father¡¯s. ¡°He will see you guys.¡±


    ¡°Okay, Pincho,¡± Her father called her a name he used often when she was little as a result of her petite nature. ¡°And Daisy, please do take care.¡±


    ¡°Thanks, Mr. Hond, thanks for having me.¡± She went to kiss the cheek of Amanda¡¯s mother who patted her shoulder mildly, and then Mr. Hond.


    They apanied them outside until they got into the car and zoomed off the garage. That was only when Daisy exhaled and so did Amanda.


    ¡°Those two can be so annoying!¡± Amanda careened, bringing out herptop. She ced it on herp and sorted through her emails.


    ¡°I thought I would never make it out there with my headplete,¡± Daisy confessed.


    Daisy knew what Mrs. Hond did and knew she was the one that called her mother yesterday. She wasn¡¯t angry with her at all, and knew she meant well, still, she would have preferred if the woman would learn to mind her business at times. She neverined to her about wanting to meet her family again and now going home for a moment, she feels bad with the way she acted.


    Maybe she is not better than her parents after all. They were stone hearted people and growing up and making sole decisions, she found out that she also had that character trait. She hardly let people walk on her and go scot-free. In one way or the other, she is bound to make them pay.


    She shook off the awful thought and twisted to the side to face Amanda and asked, ¡°so now what¡¯s up? ¡±


    ¡°How?¡± Amanda asked to sample a design her assistant sent her.


    Daisy¡¯s head craned into theptop, the design making her mouth water. Seeing shits like this makes her retake her vow of dying a designer. Mehn! They are so beautiful.


    ¡°I mean, about Argentina..¡±


    Amanda snorted. ¡°I¡¯m serious, do you know her address and all that, so you don¡¯t get stranded when you get there.¡±


    ¡°I have made a reservation and I will be fine. Don¡¯t worry about me,¡± She smiled at Daisy.


    ¡°Okay¡­¡± Daisy smacked her lip and shifted back to her former position to look outside the window. Hopefully, her friend would finally settle down and that would leave her¡­


    ¡°Have you called Ethan since you got here?¡± Amanda startled her back, and she fluttered her eyes, her head working to piece words together.


    ¡°No,¡± She informed the other, then went further to ask, ¡°why should I?¡±


    ¡°Because he is with your child, don¡¯t forget he is doing you a favor.¡±


    Daisy paused before responding, her forehead furrowed in a puzzle. ¡°How is he doing me a favor considering I just granted his wish of wanting to be with his son?¡±


    ¡°Because you called out of the blue and asked him to help and he epted. Many men despite the child being theirs would havee up with an excuse, particrly after what happened.¡±


    Daisy knew she was right still, she couldn¡¯t ept Ethan was doing her a favor. ¡°I¡¯m not calling him to be honest. I will go straight to his house to get my boy and dog, and then I might tell him thank you!¡± She pped her hands deliriously and bobbed her shoulders. Amanda knew better than to convince her it was wrong.


    ¡°I just hope you do the right thing, Dee. I want you to be happy.¡±


    ¡°Thanks, baby. I got this¡­¡±


    The ride to the house was perilous. Daisy had to sleep for a long time  because her period chose that day toe and she had serious cramps. After she departed from Amanda at the airport, which made the entire thing very stressful. The lunch she had was that it was first ss which afforded her enough space for herself and asked for extra tampons from the hostess.


    Reaching home, she couldn¡¯t go to Ethan¡¯s house and had to go right to bed after ordering her maid to prepare something very delicious for her.


    Three dayster, her cramps developed into fever and kept her bedridden. She had called her assistant to tell her what was going on as well as demand feedback on the design¡¯s progress as well as book a doctor¡¯s appointment with her.


    Today¡¯s morning, the doctor came to check her and told her it was stress and demanded she stay home to rest for some time, hence returning to work. She didn¡¯t agree with him but had to agree with him. She nned to leave tomorrow for the office to check her progress. She isn¡¯t and hasn¡¯t been a fan of letting other people handle her job, not when ites to matters that concern herpany.


    Amanda was worried too and had suggested to Daisy that she fled back to take care of her but Daisy refused. Now, here she was on the third cup of ache soothe but the only progress she had gotten so far was the hurried need to close her eyes to the world.


    She dropped the ss on hermpstand and climbed into the bed, her eyes swinging to herptop on the mini table, wishing she could get any work done. Lying down would only make her sick, plus she was feeling deep chills.


    Her eyes started fluttering close when a knock came at the door, and she was snatched back from sleep as if the person outside, who when the door opened, was Ethan, didn¡¯t want her to sleep.


    ¡°Hey,¡± He greeted.


    ¡°Hy,¡± She said, wondering what he was doing there. How he knew she was back was something she didn¡¯t want to think about.


    He came to stop in front of her bed directly in front of her. ¡°I¡¯m sorry about your health,¡± He said.


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing,¡± her eyes skidded about. ¡°Did youe with Danny and E?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± He looked like he was conflicting with himself on what to say¡­ Then went ahead to say it, anyway. ¡°My mom is taking care of them¡­¡± Daisy didn¡¯t know what propelled her fast from the bed, her eyes ring daggers at Ethan.


    ¡°What did you say¡­?¡±


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 Chapter 32

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Daisy,¡± He said to her, holding out his hand as though afraid she might meet the floor in her haste. ¡°I had toe see you after Amanda called and told me you weren¡¯t feeling well and she wasn¡¯t around to take care of you.


    Daisy hissed under her breath. She should have known Amanda would call him! ¡°Well, as you can see I¡¯m doing well,¡± She flopped on the bed as her vision tittered. ¡°I don¡¯t want my son close to your mother, Ethan,¡± she said lightly,cking the energy to howl at him. ¡°She hates me, what if she hurts my son?¡±


    He took a light to her, still deliberating if she was totally okay with him being here with her. ¡°It¡¯s okay, Dee. I wouldn¡¯t have left them  with her if I knew they would be in any danger.¡± She hardly believes that. ¡°If it would ease your mind, she wants toe and see you and ask for forgiveness.¡±


    Daisy, huffed, none of what he is saying is sitting well with her. She was still dying going to get her son now because her head was spinning. She didn¡¯t know what was wrong with her. She thought by today, her body would slow down and allow her to breathe but from the look of things, any chance she made to leave the bed, provoked whatever was wrong with her anew.


    ¡°I am still not¡­¡± She faltered, and held her head at once. ¡°Ow¡­.¡± She fell back on the bed and hot tears poured from her eyes.


    ¡°Daisy!¡±Ethan was by her side the next time. He took her in his arms and started touching the confidential parts of her body for something he couldn¡¯t even tell. ¡°Shit!¡± He slowly dropped her and brought out his phone and started dialing 911. ¡°Hang on there, baby!¡± He surged and ced the phone on his ear. When he was done talking to them and giving them the house address, he hurried to the bathroom to bring a bowl of water and a towel which he ced on her forehead.


    ¡°My baby¡­¡± She said even while in pain. That was all that upied her mind


    ¡°He is fine, my love, I assure you.¡±


    He proceeded wringing the towel and recing it on her head as he had seen them do in the movies. He can¡¯t lose her. He was grateful to havee in time. What if there was no one here and she had fainted? He refused to think of the oue.


    Daisy didn¡¯t know what was going on. It was as if there was fire inside her burning so hot. She had taken the drugs the doctor prescribed for her this morning. This was something new for her. She has never felt this way before. Except when she was pregnant with her son. And she wasn¡¯t pregnant.


    Soon, the ambnce sounded in the distance as it drove into her gate and the people came in. When they found them upstairs, Daisy wasmuting between staying awake and allowing darkness drag her in. She opened her eyes and saw them hooting her away into a car and when she made to stand in protest, ady upied her vision soothing her in a tranquil voice and then her hand came down on her chest and soon she was strapped into the gurney and they have gone into motion.


    ¡°Ethan¡­¡± She muttered, and heard his voice from a distance. He took her hand and massaged it and very soon, everything turned dark.


    ¡­..


    When she woke upter, it was absolute tranquility. There was no sound except the oneing from a nearby machine. She panicked, her eyes flipping around the unfamiliar room until theynded on a lean figure huddled in the corner, his head bent into his arm as his bulky form took half of the couch.  Without being told she knew who it was.


    ¡°Ethan?¡± His head flew up; she feared it would fall off his neck. ¡±


    ¡°You are awake¡­¡± He was by her side in an instant. ¡°I was so scared¡­¡±


    ¡°What happened to me? Why am I here?¡± Her eyes were still skidding about in fear. ¡°Where is Danny? E?¡±


    ¡°They are fine, Dee, rx.¡± He messages her fingers. ¡°You were very sick, I had to bring you here.¡±


    ¡°I know I was sick, but the doctor said I will be fine when he came by the house earlier today¡­¡±


    ¡°Unfortunately you weren¡¯t and then when I found you yesterday, Dee..¡±


    ¡°Yesterday?¡± She inquired calmly.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright now, Dee. I¡¯m d you are awake. Are you thirsty? You must be after all those injections¡­¡± He seemed nervous.


    ¡°What is going on, Ethan?¡± She asked, unable to bear the suspense. ¡°Do I have a terminal disease?¡± His eyeballs grew in his sockets.


    ¡°No!¡± He chuckled low and released her hand to scratch his hair that we¡¯re strung at the end in a disheveled fashion. ¡°Dee, I don¡¯t know if you will forgive me if I tell you this¡­¡±


    ¡°Dammit, Ethan! Tell me whatever it is, it is my damn body!¡±


    ¡°You are pregnant!¡± He blurted, his face turning red. Even he was bbergasted when the doctor told him. And from the calction he did, the baby was definitely his.


    Daisy was dumb, and couksnt utter a word. Her body cked in fear, and uttermost irritation. She was pregnant? How could she be so stupid? She was reeling from the consequence of giving birth to Daniel and now she is pregnant again for the same man? What the fuck is wrong with her?! ¡°No,¡± Was all she could admit. ¡°I can¡¯t be pregnant.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Dee. I swear¡­¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t be pregnant, again!¡± She reeled. ¡°I am so stupid!¡±


    ¡°No, you are not, Dee, please don¡¯t say that¡­¡±


    ¡°But I am¡­¡± She veered. ¡°Only a stupid person would make a mistake twice! Where is the doctor, I think there is a mistake somewhere.¡±


    ¡°He did the test twice, Dee ¡±


    ¡°But I was asleep, how can it be right?¡± It can¡¯t be right, the doctor must have misinterpreted her result. She knew she can be very fertile which was why she dosed herself with birth control pills even when she isn¡¯t active.


    ¡°Dee, take a slow breath in and try to call down¡­ please¡± He admonished her, and gradually Daisy¡¯s eyes found him. His face was so dull, as though he has had his own share of affliction while here with her. She closed her eyes as tears stung her eyes. She had given birth to Daniel because she couldn¡¯t kill something so beautiful. Because despite telling herself she hated Ethan, she needed something to remind her of him. Maybe she now knows why.


    But what excuse does she have to keep this child? ¡°I can¡¯t keep it, Ethan..¡±


    ¡°You can¡¯t do anything to the baby, Dee,¡± There was desperation in his voice.


    ¡°It¡¯s my body, Ethan,¡± there was a slight edge to her voice as she said it. ¡°I can¡¯t be pregnant for now. I have a career. I¡¯m working hard to keep afloat the sea. Plus, I have Daniel to worry about, I don¡¯t think I have the emotional strength to do this¡­¡± A tear fell down the corner of her face and she sniffed in, averting her gaze from his troubled ones.


    He didn¡¯t say a thing and went to fall back on the chair. He didn¡¯t have a right to tell her to keep the child if she didn¡¯t want to. He wasn¡¯t a good father to her the first time so why should he tell her to? Still, Ethan wished he could stop her. Anything thates from Daisy was a blessing to him. A blessing he made a mistake of preserving the first time but was willing to go the extra mile now. Why can¡¯t she see it?


    ¡°Ethan¡­¡±


    He stood, knowing he had to go and clear his head. He didn¡¯t want to force her to do this, so he has to go somewhere to forget. ¡°I will be back in a while.¡± He told her and made his way out. On his way out he notified the doctor to check on her, then went into his car and zoomed off.


    He went to a bar close to the hospital, he ordered for a strong drink to quell the anger inside him, yet, it did nothing to help his state. He has to call someone. Maybe someone can talk to her. ¡°Hy, Amanda,¡±


    ¡°Hey, Ethan. How is she?¡± Amanda went off the minute she picked. She was already preparing toe back after calling Daisy¡¯s phone and no one picked it.


    ¡°I¡¯m not doing too good, Mandy. I think I will need your help now more than ever.¡±


    ¡°What happened? Is she alright?¡± There was panic in her voice.


    ¡°Yeah¡­ She is fine and¡­ Pregnant.¡±


    ¡°What!¡± She thundered. ¡°How? I thought you guys¡­ Shit!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I know, we totally forgot.¡±


    ¡°How is she taking it?¡± Amanda knew without being told her friend would not be okay with that.


    ¡°She wants to terminate it.¡± Just as she thought.


    She sighed, dropping the cloth she was holding into her bag and falling on the bed. ¡°I know she would do that¡­ She went nning on having another kid for a while. So what¡¯s going on now?¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t bring myself to allow her to do it, Mandy. I love her and I want us back together, is that too much to ask? Please, you have to talk to her. She can¡¯t kill our baby!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Ethan. I don¡¯t think I can help you on this one. This is something personal and I don¡¯t think Daisy would want me interfering.¡±


    ¡°You and I both know she wouldn¡¯t think that.¡± Amanda knows but she wouldn¡¯t let him think he is off the hook for now. He still deserves to suffer some more for being a senseless prick the first time.


    ¡°Daisy can be stubborn, Ethan. Sometimes no one talks to her when she makes up her mind. So let¡¯s just hope she changes her mind, okay?¡±


    Ethan sniffed, and she knew she had to do something. He portrays a strong man to the people outside, but anyone close to him knows Ethan is soft loaf. Sometimes she used to wonder how he pulled off the brick facade being so emotional. ¡°Okay, fine, Ethan. I¡¯m on my way home now. I will call you once I¡¯m on my way to rue hospital.¡±


    ¡°Thanks, Amanda, I really appreciate it.¡± He sniffed again and downed his drink, standing to make his way out.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t promise you anything, man. Let¡¯s just keep our fingers crossed. Bye!¡± She cut the call, exhaling in worry.


    ¡°What is wrong with her,¡± Becky asked,ing to stand in front of her.


    ¡°She is pregnant.¡±


    ¡°Wow!¡±N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    ¡°Yeah¡­ It appears we have to go to the hospital once we get to the airport.¡± She stood and began pushing her clothes into the box without bothering to hold them. She knew Daisy would be going through a lot by now and has to be there tofort her. If only life would not be moreplicated.


    ¡°Do you think she would be alright?¡± Becky inquired, having soaked in some of the friendship worry pills from Amanda.


    ¡°Yeah, I believe they will get through this.¡±


    ¡°But if you ask me I will say it¡¯s kind of sweet, you know,¡± Becky giggled, her head cocking to the side.


    ¡°Who is that?¡± They started leaving the room.


    ¡°If she is pregnant, that means this is meant to be. She should just forgive him and then maybe they can get married.¡±


    Amanda shook her head. If only Becky knows how hot headed Daisy can be. She might as well die of loving Ethan than willing to ept him hacking into her life after what he did. Anyways, Becky was right. That is why she is here. She would have to do something, lest her friend drowned in her own bile.


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 Chapter 33

    Daisy was close to going mad from lying down on that hospital bed when the doctor came in, growing from ear to ear.


    ¡°It¡¯s good to have you awake, Mrs. Richards.¡± She rolled her eyes inside. Ethan must have told them they were a couple. The asshat!


    ¡°Please, can I leave now? I¡¯m good,¡± She protested, folding her face.


    ¡°You have to stay a night longer, ma¡¯am, so we can make sure you are good to go¡­¡± He informed her in a soothing singing voice.


    ¡°Were you the one that carried out the  test on me?¡±


    ¡°You mean the pregnancy test?¡±


    ¡°Of course!¡± She bit out. What other test could there be?


    ¡°Oh, yes¡­ Congrattions anyways.¡±


    She didn¡¯t reply. Sheid patiently while he ran his equipment through her, making happy faces. She wondered where Ethan must have gone. Did she annoy him that bad when she said she was removing the pregnancy? Well, he should be as disturbed as she is.


    Pregnancy wasn¡¯t in her budget for now. She had Daniel to take care of, what else would she do with a child? Not that they were married. She would be the one to bear the burden so why is he bothered? She might not have made up her mind to do it, but she knew she was definitely doing it, which is why she is not going to tell anyone, not even Amanda.


    Yeah, as hard as it would seem, the minute she tells her best friend, that would be the end. Amanda would never let her terminate the pregnancy. So there would be no need for that.


    ¡°Okay, I¡¯m done now. You are good.¡± He secured his stethoscope on his shoulders and entwined his fingers in front of him, his eyes darting delightedly about her. For a man of his prime age, Daisy thinks he smiles too much.


    She didn¡¯t exactly like the way his gray eyes stripped her. It was as though he was seeing through her inner turmoil. And if she tries to ask him about termination, he seems like one of those that would bring in the guilty drips on her.


    ¡°Anything else?¡± She endured asking.


    ¡°Nothing at all. I am checking out your pallor changes,¡± He smacked his lips. ¡°I think it¡¯s normal.  I will go now. If you need anything, just press the red button¡­¡±


    ¡°Have you seen Ethan?¡± She asked abruptly.


    ¡°Your husband?¡± She hesitated and gradually nodded her head.


    ¡°Oh, he told me he would be back in a while when Ist saw him¡­.¡± The door opened and the said man peeked in. ¡°Oh, here he is¡­¡± The doctor pointed to the door and walked to it. ¡°Your wife was just asking about you¡­ She is good.¡±


    ¡°Oh, thanks.¡± Ethan shook hands with the doctor and waited till the door closed to make his way in. ¡°How are you doing?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m fine, you?¡± She asked him mildly, already deciding from his disheveled outlook, that he wasn¡¯t.


    ¡°I¡¯m¡­ Living.¡±


    ¡°Ethan¡­¡±


    ¡°No, I¡¯m good,¡± His face stretches in a wild smile as he hunched down and took her left hand. ¡°Whatever you want to do, Dee, I want to stand by your side even though I don¡¯t want it.¡±


    She was moved by his honesty. This wasn¡¯t about him but her, and still when he puts it like that, she can¡¯t help but feel guilty about her decision.


    ¡°Thanks,¡± She mouthed.


    ¡°It¡¯s fine¡­ So, his other hand came forth, showcasing a package he came in with. ¡°I thought you would love some chips.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, I will,¡± She took it and tried to stand. He stood and helped her up, propping the pillows behind her back from support. ¡°I love chips. I can¡¯t believe you still remember..¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I forgot anything about you, Dee.¡± He confirmed. It was like music to her ears. So many things to make her think twice about her decision.


    She started matching away on her food and she truly loved the taste. ¡°Where did you get this?¡± She grogged, pointing inside the te. ¡°It¡¯s so tasty.¡±


    ¡°At the corner of the street. There is a restaurant there.¡±


    ¡°Oh, thanks for getting it for me.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing at all, babes.¡±


    He went to sit down and watched her eat. These little things made him crazy about her. The way she ate, her hand movement, her mouth, and the way she smacked her lips involuntarily. It was a far cry from the everyday Daisy and gave him another perspective of her personality when she is not being a sophisticated fashion Queen.


    Suddenly the door busted open and Daisy¡¯s mouth fell open, her eyes shing at Ethan in usation.


    ¡°Babes¡­¡± Amanda crude, hurrying to crush her in a bear hug, her te nearly crashing out of hand if Ethan didn¡¯t hastened to help take it from her. No wonder he was so cool. He had called Mandy! The lout! ¡°I¡¯m so sorry I wasn¡¯t here, baby,¡± Amanda said, kissing her cheek.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay¡­ I¡¯m happy you got what you went for¡­¡± Her eyes zeroed on Becky.


    ¡°Hy, Dee,¡± Becky Voice sailed forth.


    ¡°Hy, Becky. Thanks foring.¡±


    ¡°Ohmygod, babes, you ding look sick at all!¡± Amanda pitched, her finger locating Daisys cheek.


    ¡°You are not serious! I feel like I have been crushed by a trailer!¡± See argued, rolling her eyes.


    ¡°You still look lovely, Dee, believe me.¡±


    ¡°Well, what do I say? Thanks¡­¡± She giggled.


    Ethan came forward, his hands in his overall sweater, looking like a rat in the midst of rabbits. ¡°Ladies, I will have to excuse y¡¯all. I wille inter to see how you are doing, Dee.¡±


    Daisy¡¯s heart fell. Is he leaving already? She began missing him even before he left. ¡°Thanks for everything, Ethan,¡± She uttered.


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing. I will see you.. .¡± He came and dropped a kiss on her hair and with a single nce at her, made his way out.


    ¡°Awwn, that was so sweet, Dee, ¡°Amamdamented, fully facing her. ¡°Tell me everything!¡±


    ¡°As if he hasn¡¯t already told you¡­¡± She snapped


    ¡°What is she talking about, Becky?¡± Amanda denied, sparing an innocent at Becky who shrugged her shoulders agreeing with her.


    ¡°Okay, then, nothing much has happened around here¡­¡± Except that I am pregnant by my ex-husband! She screamed inside her head.


    ¡°Okay, before we get there, I got you some Argentine goodies!¡± She red her hands in the air and Becky stood and went to give her the flower she has been holding since she came in.


    ¡°Awwn, Lc!¡± Daisy took them and inhaled deeply. ¡°They are so lovely.¡±


    ¡°I thought you would like them after so long,¡± Mandy whipped, dropping another package by her bedside.


    Becky cleared her throat, intending to leave both of them. Something tells her Daisy doesn¡¯t want to talk about her pregnancy to Many because of her presence. ¡± I will leave you two for now. I think I need fruit juice.¡±


    ¡°Okay, sweet, don¡¯t venture far,¡± Amanda kissed her when she made her way out.


    Amanda didn¡¯t ask Daisy about the pregnancy at once, she allowed her to drool at her flowers after which she sampled the beautiful dresses she bought for her from Argentina as though she didn¡¯t have more fancier stuff.


    After that, there was a stretched silence. Daisy knew Ethan had told Mandy about the pregnancy that would be the only reason she would be here now. It couldn¡¯t be an emergency. After all, he was the one that gave Mandy the direction of the hospital.


    ¡°Just say it, Mandy. I know he already told you,¡± She blurted when she couldn¡¯t take the silence anymore.


    Amanda exhaled and went to take the smallest chair by the side and came to ce it close to Daisy¡¯s bed and took her hand. ¡°I was waiting for you to tell me yourself.¡±


    ¡°Well¡­¡± She bobbed her shoulders.


    ¡°He told me everything, Dee and I know right now you are not ready for the baby but you know I can¡¯t let you get rid of it. Look at Danny!¡± She chuckled silently. ¡°Recall you wanted to get rid of him too? Then see how he turned out?¡±


    ¡°I know but this is different, Mandy¡­ I don¡¯t know if I¡¯m emotionally ready to go through with it.¡±


    ¡°You are the strongest woman I know, Daisy. You can do anything you set your mind to.¡± She squeezed her hands


    ¡°This is different, Mandy. Ethan is here and he wants it but now, I don¡¯t know if I want to carry his child. I feel so stupid!¡±


    ¡°You are not, Deee. You are human and what you share with him should not make you think bad about yourself. When he called me I swear I felt something pull inside of me telling me if I don¡¯t talk to you about this, I might regret it myself.¡±


    ¡°He can be maniptive, you know that?¡± See revolted, thinking about his pretense to ept her decision moments ago.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    ¡°Yet, he loves you.¡±


    ¡°How are you so certain!¡± Dee took her hand away, her voice having an edge now. ¡°Don¡¯t forget he denied my baby the first time, how am I sure he wouldn¡¯t deny this one too?¡±


    ¡°He won¡¯t,¡± Amanda vouched for him.


    Daisy exhaled, knowing Amanda¡¯s aim ofing to convince her can never be defeated. She had convinced her to Daniel and she wasn¡¯t it once underestimating Mandys ability to make her change her mind the second time.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, Mandy. Can I think about it?¡±


    ¡°Of course, baby!¡± Amanda kissed her knuckles. ¡°You have all the time in the world to think!¡±


    Their giggles assailed down the hall and they started chatting about other things including how Amanda¡¯s trip to win back her love went. Amanda told her how Becky nearly gave her a heart attack by refusing toe back with her.


    Then, she had no choice but to propose to her there and then, and Becky with heart in her eyes had epted her and that was how she won her back. Becky had introduced her to her parents and they were more than happy to have her despite their im of being mad at her for ruining their daughter¡¯s wedding.


    ¡°So, now, I have a wedding to n?¡± Daisy asked her, unable to contain her joy anymore.


    ¡°Of course, we have a wedding to n!¡± Amanda pped.


    The next day, the doctor came to check on her and dered she was fit to leave the hospital and Ethan was there to take her home. When he came that morning, he was looking very delighted and positive which heightened when Amanda met him outside and told him Daisy was willing to keep the pregnancy but had asked for time to think about it.


    However, she threatened him of having his baller roasted if he so much as made her friend cry even a tear ever again. That promise he was more than willing to agree to, and when he went back in, he was literally floating in glee.


    He took her home, and left afterward to his work promising to drop by in the evening with Daniel and her dog. Daisy to an extent felt loved.


    ¡°I¡¯m seriously positive that Ethan is here to stay, Dee,¡± Amanda confirmed that evening as she stood by the window looking outside with a ss of wine.


    With the evening wind blowing across her face and making her feel a certain aura, she couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°I feel the same way too.¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­ Maybe you should give him a chance now. I mean a man that took care of you while you were sick and cared so much about what happens to the child you carry, I will say he is a changed man.¡±


    ¡°I know, Mandy. I just don¡¯t want him to think he has gotten out of this easily¡­¡±


    ¡°So what are you going to do now?¡±


    ¡°Nothing actually. Just tease him a bit more¡­¡± There was a note of mischief in her voice and Amanda knew what that meant.


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 Chapter 34

    That evening, they were in the pool areaparing designs sent by their assistants as well as checking out the immune samples of the otherpanies that would be present in the show, when there was a knock Daisy¡¯s maid came to tell her that they were cops at the door who insisted on speaking to her.


    Daisy was shocked because she didn¡¯t book any appointment with the cops and hasn¡¯t seen any since she closed the case against the intruder thest time. So why were they here? She wondered.


    ¡°Send them in,¡± She told her maid and climbed out of the pool to tie her Duffy towel around her and waited in the pool chair.


    It want long, two men walked into with anotherst by their side, and Daisy stood and met them halfway with a broad smile. ¡°You are wee to my home, gentlemen and ady,¡± She addressed them, ¡°how may I help you?¡±


    ¡°Good afternoon, Mrs. Richards, we will like to feed you in on the investigation that was carried out about the invasion of your homest month as we found it had something to do with one Mr. Richards¡­¡±


    ¡°Wait, what?!¡± She shouted. ¡°Mr. Richards? You mean, Ethan Richards?¡±


    ¡°Exactly, ma¡¯am..¡± The first man with a dark shade and his hands positioned on his guns on its holster acquiesced. ¡°After a thorough investigation we found out that he was your ex husband and when we apprehended the dude that carried out the invasion, he said it wasn¡¯t anything serious. ording to him, he said it as supposed to be a set up and nothing dangerous¡­¡±


    Daisy¡¯s ear was busting. Ethan nned such a stunt on her? He was there that night and so how did he do it?


    Amanda appeared beside her, seeing how pale she had gone from afar. She touched Daisy¡¯s elbow to bring him back and at that, Daisy suddenly notes outughing which distressed Amanda. ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± She asked them.


    Dais touches her shoulder, her face still bearing her mirth of derision. ¡°Can you believe it was Ethan that set me up the night? He hired that bastard that invaded my house!¡±


    ¡°What?!¡± Amanda reeled, finding it hard to believe. ¡°Are you sure, officers? There must be a mistake somewhere. Ethan can¡¯t stoop so low¡­¡±


    ¡°Stop defending him, Mandy! You have no idea what extent people can go for a selfish motive. Bute to think of it¡­¡± She faltered, her right hand going toe through her head in dismay. ¡°Howe the idiot was going through myptop? Is Ethan working with the enemies to steal my designs too?¡±


    ¡°Everything was nned ma¡¯am. I think he wanted you to think so, so he told the guy to pretend to go through your design file¡­¡± The Auburndy among them inferred.


    Daisy touches her mouth, releasing a mild chuckle. She still can¡¯t believe that Ethan would do this. ¡°Then you have to arrest him!¡±


    ¡°Ma¡¯am, we would have but we have no evidence to prove this¡­¡± The man that spoke first confirmed.


    Daisy was puzzled. ¡°But the boy can testify¡­¡± She yed with her hands.


    Amanda interrupted. ¡°Officers, we appreciate your effort towards the case but can you allow us to talk about this and get back to you at the office? Please¡­¡±


    Daisy red at him. She knew Amanda would find a way to justify the most season for Ethans actions and she wasn¡¯t willing to let him out on this one. Here she was thinking of how to give him a second chance and now this?


    ¡°Mandy, I think¡­¡±


    Amanda grabbed her hand and drew her to the side. ¡°Dee, I canprehend the level of your anger towards Ethan for this stunt he pulled but try to be in his shoes¡­¡± Daisy¡¯s eyes widened. It was just was she envisaged. Amanda lifted her hands in defense. ¡°I¡¯m not trying to say what he did was right but at least hear him out. For the sake of Danny.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want my son with such a conniving bastard! He keeps showing me his true colors for as long as I can remember!¡±


    ¡°He just wants to be with you¡­¡± Mandy persisted. ¡°What he did was wrong and you should give him an earful for it but still¡­ I don¡¯t think¡­ Shit! Here he is¡­¡± Daisy whirled around toward the entrance where Ethan walked in with her version and dog who at seeing her baked and ran to her. She missed them so much but right now all that upied her mind was dealing with the rotten man before her.


    At full speed without thinking she stormed towards him to the dismay of Ethan and before he could grasp the situation, delivered an ear-ringing p across his cheek. He held his cheek for a long time, his face to the side, unable to understand what was going on. He thought they were good thest night he left so what now? He mulled in his head.


    ¡°You are nothing but a traitor!¡± Daisy screamed.


    ¡°Mom!¡± Her son screamed and rushed to his dad.


    She hurried and grabbed him, yanking him away from Ethan. ¡°Stay away from him, he would bring you no good!¡±


    ¡°Ms. Richards, maybe you should calm down!¡± The female officer came to hold her back. All this while Ethan has said nothing but simply nced at her.


    ¡°No!¡± Daisy was yielding to them. ¡°He is the one you should take away from here and lock up in a cell. What were you nning, huh?¡± She tried to jump on him. ¡°You think you will conspire with some lowlife to scare me so I will run into your arms? You are such a fool and I thought you have changed and wanted to give you another chance, but you know what? Fuck you, Ethan! Leave me and my son alone!¡±


    ¡°Mom!¡± Her son cried again.


    ¡°Shut up, Daniel!¡± The boy flinched.


    ¡°Daisy, stop!¡± Amanda came to take the bots hand. ¡°You¡¯re scaring him.¡±


    ¡°He should be scared, Mandy. I am trying to protect him from a man that never wanted him but he is too little to understand so if scaring him would put some sense into his head, then so be it! Inside now!¡± She pointed inside the house and without a word, her son ran inside, the dog on his heels. It appears their momma was pissed.


    Ethan took a step forward. ¡°Daisy¡­¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t fuckene close to me or I swear I will¡­¡±


    ¡°Maybe you should stop being a vixen for once and listen!¡± He thundered and at once, Daisy paused, her hand balling by her side. She was seething in rage for something he did and he thinks he has the right to be angry? This Infuriated her more. She opened her mouth to say something but he beat her to it. ¡°I am tired of doing this with you, okay?¡± He took another step closer. ¡°I understand that I was a fool, a big, big fool for what I did in the past and there is nothing that can change it.¡±


    ¡°You are a fool, I know¡­¡± Daisy mouthed, tears poking her eyes. Amanda was by the side, the situation beyond her.


    ¡°But I¡¯m done.¡± He eventually said. ¡°I¡¯m done begging if it would make me do shits I wouldn¡¯t have thought of ever doing, or make you more mad at me. I love my son and I will always love him and maybe¡­ I might never stop loving you¡­ But I will no longer chase you¡­¡± He clenched his jaw and the veins in his face moved. ¡°All I want is my son. Just to spend time with him, nothing else. I admit I make a mistake by conniving with that boy to carry out such a stupid act but it was so I can get your attention¡­¡±


    ¡°A,¡± The female police officer mouthed and sniffed. Daisy red at her and she quickly regretted herself.


    ¡°It appears what I did has made you stronger and it¡¯s okay¡­ I have learned my lesson and maybe I deserve you contempt. If you want to arrest me, you can send the officers to my house to do it properly but please do not take out the anger on our son. He is just a kid.¡± His eyes were misty, his jaw working as he looked around until his eyesnded on Amanda and Becky that were cuddled together now.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, Ethan,¡± Amanda mouthed and he nodded.


    ¡°Thanks, Mandy. I don¡¯t deserve your kindness. It¡¯s for the best. I might be leaving for New York the next week to round up a project, so officers if you want to arrest me, don¡¯t worry I will not stop you, just try to do it before this weekend so I will know if to reschedule my ns for next week.¡± He stepped back and then decided to add. ¡°And Daisy, I am not running again. I will set up an ount for the care of my son, he is my blood and even though you hate me, you can¡¯t take that away. The ount officer would send you the details¡­ Bye¡­¡± With that he spun and marched out.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    Officers were still standing, their eyes misted in emotion.


    ¡°Well,¡± The female said croakily, ¡°no man had evere close to saying that to me¡­¡± She wiped her eyes and left the others behind.


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 Chapter 35

    Daisy thought the weeks that she spent alone without her best friend or any one to speak to were the worst, well, this time it was worse because her son hasn¡¯t been speaking to her.


    All he does ise down for his meals and that of E and then they will retire back to his room, not even bothering to check on her. His time was so nned so he doesn¡¯t meet her in the dining room when he descends or on his way up. And when she goes to his room, he would either be asleep¡ªif he wasn¡¯t pretending, or he would have his head deep in his books.


    Including E who was snobbing her!


    Daisy was miserable, and wished she had taken time to think about her actions the other day beforeshing out. She agreed Ethan was wrong, at the same time, she thinks she went overboard with her wordings. Now, he is gone, and since then, he hasn¡¯t evene to check on their son. The only thing he did was the ount he opened and sent the details that were registered under the name of Daniel and the new baby.


    Someone knocked on her office door and even before the door opened, she knew who it was.


    ¡°Dee, what are you doing? I thought by now you should be through with the second design?¡± Amanda asked, getting angst at her friend for dawdling these days.


    ¡°He didn¡¯t even care to ask about the baby?¡± Daisypalined. ¡°How am I supposed to give birth to a child when its father is no longer interested?¡±


    ¡°Daisy, can we concentrate on our present problem? We have a show which we have been ignoring recently and huge amounts have been invested into it. Can we please focus for now? The baby would be alright with you and I know that¡­¡±


    Daisy couldn¡¯t me her friend for refusing to talk about Ethan since that day. ording to her, Mandy said anything that concerns Ethan, he was washing her hands off it because it seems it¡¯s only what was in Daisy¡¯s mind she does. And true to her words, she has been keeping to her promise.


    ¡°Mandy, I¡¯m sorry, you can¡¯t continue¡­¡±


    ¡°Daisy, stop¡­¡± Mandy came in and closed the door firmly. ¡°I told you this isn¡¯t always about you, okay? You have a son from this man and you are expecting another one. You have to be very rational about certain things. You chased him away with your harriadna behavior and now you think I want to go down that¡­¡±


    ¡°You say my harridan behavior, Mandy?¡± Daisy asked, a little irritated. ¡°He was the cause¡­¡±


    ¡°Then let it be,¡± Mandy insisted. ¡°He is a fool, a bastard! A good for nothing, so let it be. Let¡¯s not talk about him. Instead let¡¯s think of the way forward for you and your kids or are you going ahead to terminate the pregnancy?¡± She cocked her brow, with her hands on Daisys desk, scrutinizing her intently.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I want to anymore, Mandy¡­¡±


    ¡°Fine, then the future is what we are supposed to be talking about,¡± She pushed off and picked up a Forbes magazine on Daisy¡¯s table and tapped in the picture on it. ¡°This is the future. So focus!¡± She dropped it loudly and pivoted around to leave the office. ¡°Please, check some of the designs sooner, Dee, I need to round up and move to the next one.¡±


    However, three dayster, the design wasn¡¯t handled and Amanda had to send it to Daisy¡¯s assistant to finish up as well as n on getting another assistant to make the work easier on Mildred. These designs were delicate and Amanda didn¡¯t want anything that would make them turn out adverse to what they have in mind. It would determine their next level in the fashion world. And must be treated appropriately.


    She knew what was wrong. Daisy was regretting making Ethan stay away but she didn¡¯t want to admit it. And she has decided not to interfere anymore. She would be a friend to her but when ites to heart issues, she would leave her to sort things out by herself.


    No one can really help us make that decision, so to Amanda, it was best if Daisy took the ropes.


    A weekter, the police called and told Daisy they have closed the case against Mr. Richard since it wasn¡¯t a threat to life and even though he pleaded guilty, that they time given for theinant to officially file a case against him has been released and so he was off the hook.


    Daisy singrly thinks the female officer would have a hand in the fast closure of that case but did not dwell on it. After all, after how that issue ended, she didn¡¯t think to proceed. Not if she envisages having her son love back.


    One evening, she woke up very early and came down for breakfast, having decided the night before to intercept her son by all means and make sure she talks to him. He thinks she is the bad guy but she has to prove him wrong. Somehow.


    She was in the dining room when she heard his tiny feet cluttering against the stairs as he raced to the dining room followed by barking of the tiny man. They soon reached the dining and he came to a screeching stop, the dog merely colliding with the back of his feet.


    He swung around to go back and Daisy jumped up from her chair. ¡°Danny, sweet, wait!¡± She called and hastened from the chair to him. She stopped in front of him at a reasonable distance and wrung her hands together, her face furrowed. ¡°Baby, I¡¯m sorry¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not mad at you, mom,¡± He said, not meeting her gaze.


    ¡°Then why ain¡¯t you speaking to me?¡± She asked, a little relieved.


    ¡°You ain¡¯t speaking to dad, that¡¯s why..¡± He deadpanned.


    ¡°But he did something wrong to me¡­¡±


    ¡°And you preach forgiveness, mom. Dad loves us and only wants our family together,¡± He sniffed, shouting he was crying. Something pierced her heart that she who has worked so hard to put smile on his face was true same person making him cry. All her life she kept trying to push him away and even sent him far away to study just to make sure he didn¡¯t remind her of his father but now, she was so scared of losing him. .


    ¡°I know, Danny,¡± Her voice broke and she hunched down and made to touch him. He allowed her, his misty eyes lifting to meet hers. ¡°I want to have aplete family like the other kids, mom¡­¡±


    ¡°I know, baby¡­¡± He pulled him close. ¡°And I¡¯m sorry for hurting you badly. I¡¯m so sorry, baby.¡±


    ¡°Then forgive dad, mom. Please for our family¡¯s sake. He might have done something wrong in the past but no one is above mistakes¡­¡±


    For a little child to be teaching her about forgiveness Unsettled Daisy so much. What would her son be seeing her as? He would possibly think she was the devil himself. ¡°I will try my love. Please, don¡¯t ignore me anymore. I promise to try and forgive your Dad, okay?¡±


    ¡°Okay¡­¡± His little raspy voice that calms her assured and his tiny limbs wrapped around her shoulder, his head falling on her shoulder. She held him so tightly as they wept into each other arms, time flitting by. The dog soon rubbed herself against them and Daisy reached a hand down to rub her furs. At least she now has her family back. She can conquer the world!


    That day at work, she was happier than normal.


    ¡°What has you smiling so brightly, dude? This is the happiest I have seen you in thest two weeks!¡±


    Dais chuckled. ¡°Well, let¡¯s say I woke on the right side of the bed today¡­¡±N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    ¡°Well, I have a bit of bad news to share with you¡­¡± Daisy orbs flicked up to her quizzically.


    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡± She disyed her hands.


    ¡°It might not be bad news to you anyways, judging as you have hardened your heart¡­¡± She stated as her eyes dulled, looking downward.


    ¡°Just spill it, Mandy. What¡¯s going on?¡± Daisy prodded. She racked her head for any possible oue she was expecting that might go wrong. Nothing.


    ¡°Ethan called me this morning¡­¡± She flopped down on the chair and picked up the pen on the desk to twirl in distraction, Daisy desiring to shoot daggers at her for wasting so much time. ¡°He is leaving tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­¡± Daisy mouthed slowly, her face bing sullied. She almost forgot about the desk he was handling in New York. ¡°Did he say when he would be back?¡±


    ¡°Nah¡­ Just wanted to bid her farewell and to promise to take care of you which I did¡­¡± He bobbed her shoulders


    Daisy was lost for words. She had promised her son she was going to reconcile with her father, but to be frank, he didn¡¯t know how she was supposed to. ¡°Well, I guess that¡¯s sad indeed¡­¡±


    ¡°Are you being serious?¡± Amanda hissed.


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 Chapter 36

    ¡°What?¡± Daisy asked Amanda, feigning unperturbed when inside, she was hurting. He was leaving for real? And she had promised her son she would try to forgive him. But how can she?


    ¡°Dee,¡± Amanda started in a low tone, stopped, and bit down lightly on her lower lip, her eyes going from looking down at the desk to meeting the eyes of her friend calctingly. ¡°I made up my mind never to intrude in anything that has to do with you and Ethan because I wanted you to take whatever decision you want by yourself without feeling that anyone cajoled you into it¡­¡± She tapped mindlessly on the desk. ¡°But for thest time I¡¯m going to say this, don¡¯t let this opportunity pass you by just because you are being stubborn.¡± She stood and picked up a file off the desk, flippered through it, hesitated as she gave Daisy a small smile and walked out.


    Daisy sat there, thinking about what she said. She wanted so much to go to Ethan and stop him, but she didn¡¯t know if he would still want her back. Thest time before he left her ce, he was already looking defeated . She didn¡¯t want to go there and end up heartbroken. It would kill her more than anything.


    She pushed herptop lid further up, ced her palm under her jaw and with the other hand adjusted her spectacle as she assessed the design on the desktop mindlessly. She was here in body, but her soul and spirit is elsewhere.


    Throughout the day at work, he couldn¡¯t concentrate. The little work she has managed to get now has all vanished with what Amanda said to her and so by exactly four o¡¯clock, she told Amanda she was going to pick her son and go home to rest. She lied her pregnancy hormones were catching up with her but from the way she was hurrying out, Amanda knew she wasn¡¯t being entirely truthful.


    Getting to the kiddies, she picked up Daniel and E and took them home. Danielined about bedding to go for a walk in the Park that weekend and she promised him a walk. He had be like that since she came back from New York. It was probably his father that spoiled him. She called the nanny that usually took care of him when she wasn¡¯t around and gave her instructions on his diet and that of E and went to her room to pace for a good ten minutes clenching and unclenching her fists to gain courage.


    She picked up her phone to call Ethan but after dialing the number two times, she didn¡¯t think she would be able to rte the message he had in mind to him through the phone and opted for physical meetup.


    Then she made up her mind. He still has until tomorrow so she ns on visiting him that night to surprise him or was it just that she was dying making time to make up her mind? When it grew darker, she turned on herptop she had turned in and took her phone to call Amanda.


    ¡°Dee?¡± Amanda who was just done from eating out her partner¡¯s pussy replied. ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not, Mandy¡­¡± She covered the terrace with her hand, taking in a sturdy breath. ¡°I think you are right. I have to stop him¡­¡± She waited for the other to say something. She didn¡¯t. Well¡­ ¡°Can youe over, please?¡± She asked Mandy in a small voice. ¡°I think I need moral support, plus you are my best friend and you promised to stand by me¡­¡± Her voice broke down as she looked at her finger where the being of promise between her and Ethany¡­ ¡°I¡¯m just scared, Mandy. I don¡¯t want to get hurt anymore. I don¡¯t want to relinquish the body of my emotions to any man again, particrly him¡­¡± She cried.


    ¡°Shhhhh, baby¡­ Ok on my way there, okay?¡± Mandy soothed and was off the bed towards her closet to start dressing. Becky stood and syed her hands for her in askance. ¡°Let¡¯s prepare, and go to her.¡± She mouthed to Becky and went on racking through the wardrobe for what to wear. ¡°Hold on, Dee, I will be there in five.¡± She cut the call.


    ¡°Is she okay?¡± Becky asked in worry.


    ¡°Yes, baby. I think we are about to have another wedding¡­¡± She quipped, whipped around and dropped a loud kiss in Becky¡¯s lips before making her way to the bed to pull on her undies.


    ¡°I just hope they mend things already¡­¡± Becky was beside her, tugging on her petticoat.


    ¡°I hope so, kittie.¡± They finished and made their way to the door.


    It wasn¡¯t long before they arrived and Daisy was still sitting in front of her vanity table, looking at herself, not knowing what to do with herself. She heard the front door open and close and started wiping her eyes with wet wipes before she stood and waited for her to open, hence hurrying into the arms of Mandy.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, baby. You are going to be alright,¡± Mandy stroked her back gently. ¡°You just need to breathe in and out and everything will go back to normal. We are doing this!¡±


    Becky giggled from behind. ¡°After this maybe we will have a get together with everyone, what do yall think?¡± She inquired, hastening to the bed to sample the dress Daisy had brought out before.


    ¡°I think that¡¯s a dope idea, Kittie,¡± Mandy agreed. ¡°But for now, we have to prepare someone to go catch her Prince charming!¡± She lifted her hand and twirled it in the air hysterically and Daisy beamed atst.


    They started with her makeup to her hair and down to her clothes. By the time they were fine with her, she was looking like she was ready to hit the runway.


    ¡°Are you sure you don¡¯t want us to take you there?¡± Mandy asked her.


    ¡°No,¡± Daisy shook her head, smiling widely now. ¡°I think I will have to beat this one by myself. I¡¯m grateful that you came anyway¡­¡±


    ¡°Of course, you will always have us at your back¡­¡± Amanda dered and went to hug her once more. They apanied her down the hall to the outside where he ck Chevroket was parked out ready to leave. The doors slid open and she climbed in, and the driver zoomed out.


    On her way there, her heart was beating fast. She didn¡¯t know what to expect and hoped Ethan wouldn¡¯t turn her down. What if she is toote? Maybe he had left today or even yesterday.


    She shook her head, refusing to ept that. He called today, there is no way he would have left today or yesterday. ¡°Can you drive faster?¡± She urged her driver, unable to bear the suspense anymore.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    ¡°Of course, ma¡¯am,¡± The driver elerated the car speed in response to hermand.


    They drive for another twenty minutes before he arrives in the Ptial building in the middle of the city, standing tall and dwarfing every other building as though it was the god while the others it¡¯s dependents.


    Once the car drove through thewn and stopped in front of the house, she slid out with her course secured in front of her, her eyes skidding about the yard, the initial confidence she used ining out dying immediately. She rushed back inside the car and palmed her chest.


    ¡°Are you okay, Madam?¡± The driver queried, twisting a little to nce at his employer.


    ¡°Yes, thank you¡­. Just give me a minute to recoup¡­¡± She mouthed, breathing rapidly. Her heartbeat was thunderous now and if time was not taken, she might just ask him to take her back home.


    No! She climbed out again. This was Ethan not someone else. It¡¯s either he takes her back or casts her out. Either way, she would be d she made an attempt, rather than to chicken out. After all, if he casts her out, she would deserve it. Didn¡¯t she do the same to him? She bent to address her driver. ¡°If I don¡¯te out in twenty minutes, you can leave.¡±


    He nodded and she stood and made her way out of the area towards the portico. She reached the front door, knocked and waited until she heard someone¡¯s footfall hurrying to it. The door swung open and standing on the other side is none other than the miss from the other day.


    ¡°Hy,¡± She smiled, ¡°I¡¯m here to see Ethan.¡±


    ¡°Okay,e in,¡± She swayed aside for Daisy toe in, and closed the door before facing her with a weing smile. ¡°Come this way¡­¡± She started walking while Daisy followed. ¡°The problem is that you have to wait or probably call him because he isn¡¯t around right now.¡±


    ¡°He has left already?¡± She asked him frantically. ¡°Like New York?¡±


    ¡°No, ma,¡± The maid replied as they entered the spacious living room. As she was about to sit down, the front door yanked open and she heard Ethan¡¯s voice. But he wasn¡¯t alone. His voice was apanied by a cherry female voice.


    Her heart lurched. He has moved on already?


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 Chapter 37

    She stood there frozen, her legs unable to live from it¡¯s position or her ears hearing whatever the miad proceeded talking to her. Her eyes were in the direction of the entrance to the living room, waiting to see them enter.


    How could he live on so fast? She was close to tears but held back, desiring nothing more than to see for herself that truly he has gotten over her.


    When Ethan came in, with thedy hanging in his arm, he was stunned when he saw Daisy standing by the side of the couch looking adorable in the finest silky wear he has ever seen, and his maid saying something to her which she was obviously not paying attention to. He cursed and closed his eyes, willing her image away if it was an imagination.


    He has been having silky imaginations about her since thest time they met and it wouldn¡¯t surprise him if this was one of those imaginations.


    When he opened his eyes, she was still standing there, looking at him, her faceforting into a painful mask, and when he stepped closer, her body was shaking. ¡°Daisy¡­?¡± He mouthed, and stopped.


    ¡°Who is she?¡± The girl he was with asked, pointing red long nails at Daisy, her face masked in a snarl.


    ¡°You are with her now?¡± Daisy finally found her voice to ask, the tears she had been holding in, escaping her eyes to fall down her face. ¡°I- I thought you said you loved me and you have already moved on?¡± Her face fell to her hands to hide away the pain she was feeling and not allow him to see her that vulnerable.


    Ethan was confused, and couldn¡¯tprehend what she was talking about. He stood there and simply stared at her, unable to believe that this was happening. When he opened his mouth to talk, the girl came to stand by his side and held his arm in her own intimately. ¡°Yeah, he is with me now, and who are you, bitch?¡± She snarled sassily, her koal painted eyes spitting fire.


    ¡°Stop it, Mode!¡± Ethan shut her up and withdrew his hands and moved closer. Daisy hasn¡¯t moved.


    She was trying to control her tears but it was bent on humiliating her and each effort she made, ended up in creating more mess on her face from her makeup. Eventually she gave up. After all, after today she won¡¯t see him again. Why try to hide her emotions from him? ¡°I came here because- because I thought we still had a chance¡­¡± She tilted her head to the size and gave him a small sad smile. ¡°And to tell you that I¡¯m sorry for everything. I was bitter, dejected and full of contempt for you after everything you did you did to me¡­¡± She looked away to regain her bnce and burst there like a child


    Ethan was crushed from the enormous pain in her face and just wanted to go to her. He wanted to hold her and tell her that it was alright and that he regrets every pain he made her go through due to his insecurity. But¡­Property of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.


    ¡°I missed you every day, Ethan,¡± She chuckled lightly as a boo to herself. ¡°I thought I was strong and would eventually get over you¡­ But the first day I saw after so long, I knew I was the most stupid person ever and knew all along, I had only wasted my time¡­¡±


    ¡°Daisy¡­¡±


    ¡°I just wish we could start again, Ethan¡­. For Daniel, for our baby¡­¡± She touched her obscure bump and Ethan fogged brain couldn¡¯t have known anything better that would make him sober than what she said. ¡°I want the same thing, babe¡­¡± He covered the distance.


    Daisy was astonished and shared a baffled look with the girl behind.  When he took her hand and kissed her knuckles, ending by looking up at her so intently, enough to freeze ake, she had to ask, ¡°what about her?¡± some he nodded behind him.


    ¡°Who?¡± He twisted about to eye his sister Mode¡­¡± Mode?¡±


    ¡°Oh, you son of a gun!¡± Mode screamed. ¡°You couldn¡¯t even y boyfriend with me to make her jealous!¡± She folded her hands on her chest and stuck her tongue out at him.


    He smiled at her juvenile behavior and pivoted back to the still puzzled Daisy and his hand reached out to draw her by the waist close to him. ¡°That is Modell, my sister. I told you she went to Iraq for military training. She finishedst month and came down here to visit¡­¡±


    Daisy exhales loudly, only realizing then she has been holding in her breath in fear that she has lost him. ¡°I thought¡­¡± She blushed. ¡°I thought you two were¡­¡±


    ¡°Of course not!¡± He squeaked and leaned into her, but his sister squeal stopped him frompleting what he was about to do. ¡°Mode, c¡¯mon¡­ Get lost already!¡±


    ¡°You two should get a room, duurh!¡± She flew down to one of the couches and picked up the remote. ¡°And this time you better make it work or God help me, I will make sure I deal with your ass, elder brother aside!¡± She winked at Daisy who started smiling broadly, her heart soaring higher.


    ¡°Come on, let¡¯s get out of here, I can¡¯t let this beautiful gown go to waste!¡± He began tugging her away.


    ¡°You are tipsy, Ethan, don¡¯t go out! It¡¯s an order,¡± His sister flew off the couch. ¡°Don¡¯t forget the rules, bro. She is pregnant with your baby and you are tipsy. No going out!¡±


    ¡°Mode, I¡¯m still your elder brother and just because you are some goddamned military Superintendent doesn¡¯t give you the¡­¡±


    ¡°Whatever!¡± She rolled her eyes at him and Ethan could only swear under his breath and decided to treat his love to a home date.


    ¡°I will get back at you for this,¡± He called after her as he tugged Daisy to this private conservatoire which he had ced there for special asions like this. He didn¡¯t see his sister flip him the bird as he was in a haste to get in private with Daisy.


    ¡°I still can¡¯t believe this is happening,¡± Daisy said, almost running after him.


    ¡°That lines belongs to me, Mrs. Richards,¡± He swung around and grabbed her around the waist, pushing her against the wall and observing her intently. ¡°Thanks so much, Daisy. I swear you won¡¯t regret this¡­¡±


    ¡°I hope so¡­¡± She snickered when his mouth located her mouth and started nibbling. ¡°Stop! Anyone could see us! Your sister!¡± She pushed at his muscled chest which didn¡¯t budge under her efforts.


    ¡°She would either let me breath or I will kick her out!¡± He said out of breath, finally pulled aeay when she was almost melting in his arms and tugged her forward.


    ¡°I totally forgot about her, you know¡­¡± Daisy said when they entered the room of diverse nts and artificial lightning.


    ¡°That is because we hardly some about her. I was her closest buddy being that my parents never supported her line of career. Today they are happy about her prowess in the war won¡­¡±


    ¡°She looks good,¡± Faisy confirmed.


    ¡°Very good, but for now, wifey, I¡¯m not here to talk about my lost but found sister¡­¡± He pulled her into his arms, forging ok without waiting for the so -called date.


    And Daisy was more than willing to patronize him. She melted into his arms once more when he took her lips in a slow kiss, and they battled for dominance. ¡°I missed you so much¡­¡± She breathed out loud.


    ¡°Not more than I do, babes. I thought I was gonna die!¡± He slid down her body and lifted her gown, pushing her slowly until she was sitting on one of the sofas situated there for leisure. He knelt down and started kissing her thighs to the inner centre, while Daisy¡¯s head fell back, her eyes closed as she moaned his name.


    ¡°I tried so much, Daisy, but I couldn¡¯t get you off my mind. It was as though I was under a spell,¡± He kissed her centre, his finger shifting her panties aside to inhale her pussy. The sensation of his breath made Daisy topple back and grabbed her breast. ¡°I love you so much.¡±


    ¡°I love you too, Ethan. More than life itself!¡± She cried as he slid a finger in and started working her up.


    One hourter, they were served the best aromatic dish under special request from his cook, and they were in silence, each eyeing each other momentarily.


    ¡°Are you still leaving tomorrow?¡± Daisy asked him.


    ¡°Nope,¡± He shook his head. ¡°I changed my mind,¡± He shrugged and picked his wine to sip. ¡°What¡¯s the point when my heart is here?¡±


    Daisy stared at him through hooded eyes, knowing that atst, things might have actually worked out for her good. With him by her side, she might as well conquer the world.


    The door to the conservatoire snatched open roughly and his sister stood there, her eyes taking in the scene with a smug smile and her hands on her waist.


    ¡°Mode!¡± Ethan thundered in misery.


    ¡°What?¡± She took a step in. ¡°I¡¯m here to rain on your parade!¡±


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 Chapter 38

    Epilogue


    Three monthster.


    ¡°Girl, you look spiffy!¡± Amanda grinded, hugging Daisy from behind. She kissed her hair from behind and came forth still holding her. Daisy¡¯s eyes shimmered with unshed tears as she willed them back so as not to ruin the morous makeover she had managed to allow the makeup artist put on her.


    ¡°I¡¯m so nervous, Mandy,¡± She conferred with her, shaking her head. ¡°If anyone had told me by this timest year that I would be remarrying the same man I swore never to do anything with ever again, I would never have believed. Yet, here I am!¡± She whipped, smiling slightly at the end.


    Mandy nodded and started fixing a russet tendril that had fallen to her face, and uttered heartily, ¡°That is because we never know what lies ahead so sometimes we can never say never.¡± The door opened and Becky rushed in looking frantic.


    ¡°What is it?¡± Mandy asked, looking at Becky with wide fretted eyes.


    ¡°It¡¯s Ethan!¡± she eximed, bending over as she fought to take in air. ¡°He just barged in and is threatening to break down the ce if they don¡¯t allow him to see the bride!¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Daisy was up from the chair, a slow smile breaking through her face.


    At the same time, Mandy started moving to the door. ¡°Doesn¡¯t he know it is bad luck to see the bride before the wedding?¡± Just as her hand rougher the doorknob, it flew open, and there stood Ethan looking like a demigod donated down to earth from heaven in his five-piece ck tuxedo and white shirt, and red bow. The suit hugged his figure, as though he has been working out now following the days to the wedding.


    ¡°Ethan!¡± Mandy shrieked, going to block him when he tried to push through the door. ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    ¡°What does it look like, Mandy?¡± He retorted, his eyes bing hazy as theynded on his bride. He couldn¡¯t believe this was happening. His dream wasing true for the second time. Isn¡¯t he the luckiest one? Daisy tilted her head and at once the tears she had been holding came trickling down. She couldn¡¯t believe it either. It was as though their hearts were speaking to each other.


    ¡°Go away, Ethan!¡± red Mandy, not giving him any chance. ¡°You have from now till eternity to spend with her. So go so we can prepare her for the wedding unless you are not ready to be married today¡­¡±


    ¡°Baby, tell them to stop,¡± He pleaded with Daisy who only smiled through her tears but didn¡¯t say anything. Seeing that they were not going to give him room to enter and that he was keeping them from rounding up, he stepped back nodding his head.


    Frantic footsteps echoed down the hall as they ran towards them. Then, Luther, his best man arrived, breathing hard and his eyes narrowed as they rounded on the groom. ¡°Man, what the fuck?¡± he  thundered, his hands going to his waist as he spit daggers at his friend. ¡°We have to leave for the church now! Have you checked the time?¡± The guy asked and started pulling him away.


    Ethan spared a single look with so much longing in his eyes before he faced forward and went with his friend.


    ¡°Aww, that is so sweet,¡± Becky cooed and made went to hold Mandy who quickly pecked her hair and swerved to take he friend¡¯s hand and began pulling her away back to the make-up artist who has been silently watching ten from across the room where the held the veil ready to pin it to the hair of Daisy.


    A few hourster, they arrived at the church and made their way in. Once they got out of the car, and Mandy was helping her pack her gown, from her peripheral view Daisy caught a movement from the side and quickly looked towards a ck Range Rover which the door opened and to her chagrin, her mother and father came down and hastened to her.


    The church door opened at the same time and Mandy¡¯s mother came out smiling broadly, her face stilling when she saw her friend and husband in front of their daughter. Daisy was raging inside and if not for the love she has for Mandy¡¯s mother and the respect for their rtionship, she would have chastised her for informing her mother about her wedding.


    Today was her special day, and she wouldn¡¯t allow anything to dampen her mood so she quickly bent to take her gown and proceeded towards the church after giving Mandy a single look.


    The n was that Mandy was to walk her to the isle since she was now an imposed orphan and not even the arrival of her estranged parents are going to stop it.


    ¡°Raven!¡± Her father blocked her, his face ridden with enormous guilt. ¡°I¡¯m sorry for what I did to you. Even if you do not want to talk to me, please talk to your mother,¡± He indicated his wife behind him, whose tears were pouring in tides.


    ¡°I do not have a mother and if you think you wille here to ruin my day, you lie!¡± She red and tried to pull through but at once he fell to his knees before her and his wife joined him. ¡°We are the worst parents alive and what we did can never be justified, please forgive us!¡± he sped his fingers together, a single tear falling down his face.


    Daisy shook her head, believing this was a nightmare. This can¡¯t be happening today of all days. She looked towards the door of the church, praying Ethan doesn¡¯t grow agitated thinking she might have chickened out. ¡°I have to go now!¡± She said snidely, eyeing them murderously. ¡°I have to get married today to the same man you rejected me because he told you I was a whore! I was your child and I was pregnant with your grandchild, still you cast me out under a heavy rain and didn¡¯t care if I died!¡± Which of what she went through should she start enumerating to these people?


    To her utter bewilderment, Mandy¡¯s mother hurried forward and fell on her knees with her parents and like that, Mandy joined them. Daisy¡¯s head was pounding.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    Mandy said, ¡°Dee, they deserve everything you want to dish to them and more. In fact, they don¡¯t deserve to call you a daughter as far as I¡¯m concerned. But, they still remain your parents no matter how you want to see it. Please forgive them for the sake of your children. Please¡­¡±


    ¡°I want to be the one walking you down the aisle, my child,¡± Her father went closer on his knees to her and reached out to touch her hand. ¡°I promise you that I will never make the mistake of doubting you ever again in this life or next. Allow us to stand by your side under any circumstances henceforth and please forgive us so that your mother can smile once more after many years.¡±


    The church door flew open to Ethan looking like he was going to faint until his eyesnded on her and rapidly turned to relieve. But it becamedled with fear once more when they traveled to the kneeling party before her and he rushed to her.


    ¡°What is going on here?¡± His sharp emerald wound on her parents. ¡°Babe?¡±


    ¡°I forgive you,¡± Daisy said slowly, looking at her parents. ¡°I forgive you but I may never forget. So I¡¯m going to allow you to walk me down the aisle because maybe it would help fasten the recovery process of my heart,¡± She broke down and her parents flew up and came to crush her in a hug.


    Mandy came to tug Ethan to the side, the knowledge that they werete dissolving into nothingness, the only thing that matters being that finally, forgiveness was abounding


    ¡°What are you still doing there, Ethan?¡± His mother snapped from the door. ¡°Come in, so your wife can enter, let ¡®s get this thing over with!¡±


    ¡°Mom, Dad?¡± Daniel appeared by the side of his grandmother at the church door, garnering the attention of everyone.


    Daisy¡¯s mother¡¯s cry intensified. ¡°He looks so much like his father! How could we believe him?¡±


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    After the reception and couple left the church with Mandy and Becky as they had nned, for their vacation_which they opted to use to rece the honeymoon, their on the yacht, while Becky was facing away and the sea wind was whipping air around her face, the loud chatter behind her made her twist about and her eyes widened in her sockets, her hands flying to cup her mouth.


    ¡°Will you do me the honor of marrying me, Sweetheart?¡± Mandy asked in a voice that was far from hers and a look of longing lingering in her eyes.


    ¡°Yea!¡± Daisy cried from the front of the yacht where she was nuzzled in the arms of Ethan.


    ¡°Dee!¡± Mandy sted and eyed her. ¡°Can you allow my moment?¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡± Becky fell to her knees with her and cupped her face, crashing her lips on Mandys. ¡°I have been waiting like forever for you to ask!¡±


    They all chuckled, including Ethan who was having the best time of his life. Due to their  imminent departure, they had to leave the kids with their grandparents, not knowing when they wereing back.


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    The show run month was amazing and so many investors have taken interest in their designs and want to be a part of it while the designs they created were all sold out and more ces under quick demand.


    Things were going fine for them which is what the girls always wanted and knew they rightfully deserved.


    ¡°So what next?¡± Daisy asked Ethan in a small voice.


    He ced a light kiss on her lips and smiled, looking at her small bump to say, ¡°We wait for the arrival of our baby.¡±


    The end!


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