She hasn't heard from Drake for some weeks now. She wanted to see him so badly. Yet, whenever they had a meeting with his company, her father made sure to give her a task in order for her to avoid seeing him. She had been calling him, yet he never answered. Oneday, she was done trying and made up her mind to forget about him.
Not feeling well for a few weeks now, she gave up and went to the hospital after her mother's protests about her condition. She was irritated as hell, but she couldn't ignore that her situation was quite weird and her mother had some suspicions, which had just been proved. What she was in is a very hard nut to crack.
She couldn't believe what she just heard. She became deaf this instinct and dumb at the same time. Just one time she gave herself to him, he impregnated her. Just as she made up her mind to forget about him, she had a being in her that belonged to him. She is carrying the child of the man she now hates the most. How?.
How was she going to tell him? He didn't even want her let alone to want the baby. And her father, what would he do to her if he found out she was pregnant for the guy he warned her to stay away from? Surely, he would think Drake raped her, which she knew he did no such thing. What would she do now? Coming back to the present, the doctor was still talking to her.
He gave her some instructions to follow in order for her and the baby to stay healthy. As she drove home, she was trembling in fear as to what was going on in her life right now. She can't make head or tail of what was happening. Just one time pleasure has turned her life into a living hell. Her mother noticed her pale face and asked if she was alright.
"I'm just having a headache mom, I will be fine", she lied then trailed off to her room. She couldn't sleep that night. She kept on thinking of how she was going to save her and her child's life. She has to protect her child from anything no matter what happens. In fact, the child was completely innocent, she was the one who was guilty.
After having thought for hours, she made up her mind that she was not going to tell Drake about the child. He didn't want her, so she didn't want him either. She can raise this child alone, without his help. It's not like she is poor, no. She knew it will be difficult, but she will stay strong no matter what, for herself, and for the baby.
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Eduardo sat there silently watching his friend go through some documents, but it seems his mind was elsewhere. He knew Drake still had been thinking about Jessica. He wanted to tell him to go to her, to ask for her forgiveness for rejecting her. He wanted Drake to be plain and frank with her, but he didn't dare to open his mouth. He was not ready to lose his head, so he kept quiet.
Eduardo remembered the old days, just a few years ago when he and his friend used to party a lot, get into fights and trouble with their parents. How Drake used to spend a lot of money on buying different kinds of cars. How he spent time with kids in the orphanage, and even paid for the fees of most of them. Those were the days Drake used to enjoy life, smile and laugh, but ever since the tragedy with Jessica, he never smiled even once. He now understood the effect she had on him..
"Okay. Tell them I accept. But wait here, I will be back", Drake said, stood up and walked out of the office. Some few minutes later, he walked in with Gina, his secretary, behind holding an envelope. He sat down then instructed her to give the envelope to Eduardo.
"This envelope has the documents they will be needing to know anything about what goes on in the company. The weekly, monthly and yearly income of the company. However, I didn't add any personal information of the company to it, that is none of their business. And who knows, there might be someone in the White House planning evil against companies by using their personal information, and I won't allow that to happen to my company", he said harshly.
Eduardo chuckled. It seems there was one thing about his friend that hasn't changed, his smartness. When it came to business, Drake was the God in it. He knew everything he should and shouldn't know about business. He has never been tricked before, and would never allow himself to be tricked. That is why he became the CEO at the age of twenty-three.
"Well then, I will be leaving. I have some other things to take care of", he said, took the envelope then left.
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Raphael has become a bit happy these past few weeks since he has no one to stop him from doing what he wants with the company. His sister no longer stays at the company often thanks to his father, and the old man himself has left the country for other important things. What more could he wish for?
Meanwhile, his sister was in a living hell right now. She has lost her appetite these days but forces herself to eat for the baby's sake. Olivia noticed something was wrong with her daughter, but kept quiet. She wanted to see with her eyes what she was suspicious of, and today it just got proven.
"Jessica, you're pregnant", She exclaimed. Jessica just stood there staring at her mother. She didn't know what to do anymore. She had tried to be strong, but deep down the fear kept eating her up faster and deeper. A tear fell down her cheeks, as she saw the disappointed look on her mother's face.
Slowly, Olivia closed the gap between them then enveloped her daughter in a tight hug. Jessica sobbed uncontrollably in her mother's arms. All what she has been keeping, all the pain she had been hiding, she let it all out now. She withdrew herself back as her eyes were as red as blood.
"Have you told him?", Olivia asked. Embarrassed and ashamed, Jessica only shook her head.
"What do you mean by that", Olivia asked calmly "You don't expect to raise this child on your own without the knowledge of his father. Whatever problems you guys had was between the two of you, this innocent child has nothing to do with it.", She said. "You will tell him or I will go there to tell him myself", she chastised.
"Mom please. He doesn't want anything to do with me, so I don't need him also",
"What nonsense are you telling me?. Are you not thinking about the being in you at all?. Do you even know that when your father finds out about this, he will end the contract they have and even sue him for impregnating you. How would you feel when you see the disappointed look on his face?. Would you be more happy when you see a hurtful look on the face of the father of your baby?. Are you just going to sit there and watch an innocent man, a man who knows nothing of what is happening, get sued for millions of dollars and later billions?. Would you be more happy when your father disgraced an innocent man in public", as Olivia kept yelling at her daughter, more tears fell down her cheeks.
Her mother was right, Drake was innocent. He needs to know about this, but where would she get the courage to tell him. She had found out a few days ago that she didn't take her pills after that night, since she was in a hurry to get home. She did this to herself, Drake never did anything.
Now that her mother knew, it was left with her father. Her brother, she didn't care about him. She knew that her father would not only be disappointed, but angry and hurt as well. He doesn't deserve to be hurt because of her mistake. Did she wrong anyone in order for the person to curse her or what? She began to sob again, and her mother pulled her in for another hug.
"I will call your father tonight to tell him you're not alright. He will be here first thing tomorrow, then you can tell him okay." she said, stroking her daughter's hair slowly. She knows that her whole world is going to be in flames tomorrow, but she doesn't care anymore.