Jessica's loud cackle filled the dinning room as the Chairman left with James
"What are you going to do now Blaire? You have no boyfriend to bring before the Chairman" Jessica mocked
"You shut your mouth Jessica!"
"No you shut yours Blaire" Ryan countered standing up "Enough of your rants and nonsense, I've had enough of you trying to constantly put everyone down with your words since we began to live together again, we are living under the same roof once again and there has to be some established respect!"
"Established respect?" Blaire scoffed "It's okay for you all to try and trample over me but it's a crime if I retaliate? Oh please have a sit Ryan, only thing raising your voice does is raise your blood pressure along with it" Blaire jeered leaving Ryan speechless as he darted his eyes round the room thinking of a befitting response to the jab his younger sister just threw at him
Linda patted Ryan from behind signifying him be to calm, she got his back after all
"Always the loud mouthed one Blaire but you are not to blame, I mean what is one to expect from a child that grew without the training of a mother" Linda retorted, an attempt to get back at Blaire for putting down her husband and Linda knows quite well that the mother's card always works efficiently on Blaire
"Don't you dare mention my mother Linda!" Blaire fumed
"Oh please, calm down Blaire, raising your voice like this might make you loose your precious pregnancy, that's if you are really pregnant" Linda said standing up, trudging closer to Blaire till her face was just inches away from Blaire
"I have no idea what ever plan you've concocted in your head but you better delete it this instant because I'll never allow father hand over his companies to you, the companies will be mine and I do not gamble nor fiddle with what is mine" Linda vaunted and looked back at her husband
"Let's leave Ryan, we have somewhere to be" Linda said and Ryan stood up
"Of course" Ryan plodded over to Lydia and they exited the dinning room
"Oh my God, it's so loud Mom do you hear that sound?" Liam asked, forehead creased, placing his on his pinna as if to concentrate on listening to the said sound
"What sound son?" Jessica asked trying to listen hard too
"Blaire's sound of defeat" Liam snorted and they both burst into laughter as the room was suddenly filled with glee as though Blaire isn't right there in the dinning room with them
Blaire felt trampled upon but this feeling was a norm for her, being away from home for three years might have made her loose focus on how callous her siblings are but if only they know, putting her down like this only increase the size of her ego making her requital to be much more on the greater scale
Blaire fisted her hand and walked out of the mirthful atmosphere created by Liam and his Mum
"Okay enough, she's gone now" Jessica said and Liam immediately ended the guffaw
"I think we really put her down today Mom" Liam uttered, a proud feeling resonating in his being
"That's not of importance now Liam, I can tell Blaire has some kind of plan up her sleeves and I know Ryan and Linda are also going to come up with something too, everyone is working towards getting the company Liam, we must not let them get the company before us, I told you before didn't I? You have a lot of girls you hang around with, take one of them and just get her pregnant, how hard can that be?!" Jessica queried
"I told you Mom, I can't get just any random lady pregnant" Liam protested
"Why? You don't want the companies anymore?" Jessica asked
"Of course I do, but that doesn't mean I'll be sharing my sperm around like it's a freebie" Liam protested and Jessica stood up, spanking his back
"Mom!"
"You already sleep around like there's no tomorrow so what the hell is your problem?!" Jessica voiced
"I might be a playboy but I'm always careful when I have sex Mom, I don't ever plan on getting any random girl pregnant" Liam announced and Jessica sighed
What is she to do with this boy that seems to not understand the gravity of the situation at hand, they could loose the company because of his reluctance
But Jessica knew she must not let that happen, she wants the company and she'll do practically anything to make the Chairman hand over the company to Liam
"Olivia!" Jessica pronounced as the name suddenly popped up in her head
"Who's Olivia?" Liam asked
"You know damn well who Olivia is, she's your childhood friend and you two dated for a while before she travelled for her studies, I spoke with her Mom recently and she said she's back here in London now, you said you don't want to impregnant just any girl but Olivia is your friend and you loved her, she's the perfect candidate for you to get pregnant" Jessica coaxed and Liam's countenance changed from carefree to a straight face with creased forehead
"That is never going to happen Mom and do not ever mention Olivia to me again" Liam warned, storming out of the dinning room
Jessica was left speechless, Olivia used to be Liam's best friend, what must have transpired between them for him to get so angry just by the mention of Olivia's name?
Jessica heaved a frustrated sigh, if Liam isn't willing to do what it takes to get the companies, then she'll just have to step up and make him do what it takes to get the companies, by whatever means necessary
...
Blaire called Sarah as she drove to the hospital
"Hey girl, are you done with the pregnancy test already?" Sarah asked on picking up Blaire's call
"Have you boarded your flight yet?"
"We will in about five minutes, the flight was actually delayed for thirty minutes" Sarah said and Blaire heaved a sigh of relief
"Do not come with the fake husband Sarah, he is no longer needed" Blaire uttered
"I don't understand, what do you mean he's no longer needed?" Sarah was obviously confused, bringing in the fake husband for Blaire to present to her family was the plan
"It's just like you heard, we'll talk more when you arrive in London" Blaire said and ended the call
She stepped on the gas, her eyes laser focused on the road, if things go according to her plan, she just might still be able to make this work
Blaire got to the hospital and met with the manager to get her pregnancy blood test carried out
The test was carried out and Blaire had to wait for two hours to get the result
Those two hours were the longest two hours of Blaire's life, everything is riding on this pregnancy, her whole plan is riding on this pregnancy, if she isn't pregnant then she's not only going to loose her chance at getting the companies, her siblings are also going make ludicrous comments about her and ridicule her, putting her down for the rest of her life and Blaire definitely isn't signing up for that
"Mrs Granger? Mrs Granger? Is something wrong?" The manager had being standing right in front of Blaire and calling out her name for about a minute now but Blaire seemed to be lost in a muddle of her own thoughts, finally being revived and brought back to the real world by a tap from the manager
"Oh I'm sorry, is the test result out?" Blaire enquired as her heartbeat increased and droplets of sweat began to form on her forehead, she has to be pregnant, she must be
"Yes Mrs Granger and congratulations, you are pregnant" the manager announced
Blaire heart immediately lit up with excitement, like a caged bird finally let free, she jumped up with joy and embraced the manager, her joy knew no bounds, yes! She's pregnant!
But Blaire knew she had to focus cause her problems were far from being over, her father wants to carry out a DNA test when the child is birthed so she has to get whoever owns the sperm that was injected in her to act as her husband, she must
"Apologies for my outburst doctor and thank you" Blaire said to the manager
"But I do still need a favor from you"
"Ask away Mrs Granger" the manager cajoled
"The owner of the sperm used for my insemination, I need to know everything about him, his name, age, address, everything" Blaire demanded
"I'm sorry Mrs Granger but that's against our....."
"I never take no as an answer doctor, I need that information and I'll do anything to get it cause my life literally depends on it, so it's either you let me know now, else I'll have to ask Mr Carter directly and you'll end up being scolded for disrespecting a special guest" Blaire threatened
"But ma'am...."
"When I find him, I'll not be mentioning how and where I got his information from, I promise" Blaire assured and the manager heaved a sigh
"I will get the form he filled out" the manager said, walking out of his office to get the form
Minutes later he returned and handed the form to Blaire
Blaire immediately collected the form and skimmed through it
"His name is Nathan, Nathan Bailey" Blaire said as her eyes darted through the form, face creased in concentration
"He doesn't seem to have an interesting resumé, it says here that he works at an auto repair shop" Blaire uttered and scoffed
She can't believe she's going to make someone so below her status her fake husband, but she guess the financial state of this sperm donor will only make it easy for her to be able to hire him, this might actually work out after all
Blaire's ringing phone interrupted her train of thought
"Hey Sarah, are you in London yet?" Blaire enquired
"You do remember I am on my way yet I do not see you at the airport, where the hell am I supposed to go from here? Your Mansion?" Sarah asked
"I'm sorry Sarah, I'll come pick you up right away and I have good news" Blaire said ending the call
"I have to run along now doctor, thanks for helping me out and I'll definitely pass some good words about you to Mr Carter" Blaire stood up and began to walk out as she spoke
She ran to her car with the form her sperm donor filled and drove quickly to the airport
She sighted Sarah standing right outside the airport with her luggage and she stopped the car right beside her
"Get in girl" Blaire said, her lips curved into a big smile, the biggest smile that's ever appeared on her face since she's arrived in London, almost three weeks ago
Sarah placed her luggage in the back seat and sat in the front seat
"Now tell me what's going on Blaire, you asked me to hire a fake husband for you, I did and then you asked me to ditch him at the last minute? I spent about half an hour explaining to him that his service isn't needed anymore! Poor guy asked why but I didn't know why too!" Sarah vented immediately she got seated in the car
"My plans changed Sarah, I just got my pregnancy test done and I am pregnant so I decided to not go for a fake husband anymore, I'll marry the real father of my child"
"I'm glad you are pregnant Blaire but do you hear yourself? I was already on my way with the fake husband I hired from New York, why did you suddenly want to make things complicated?" Sarah queried and Blaire had to explain to her, the reason that drove her action, the DNA test to be carried out on the birth of her child
"Well I suppose you were somehow able to get your sperm donor's information from the hospital manager" Sarah uttered
"Yup, his name is Nathan Bailey" Blaire handed the form to Sarah
"I see his address is here, let's go pay him a visit then and get this done with as I am famished" Sarah said and Blaire agreed
Blaire drove to the address written on the form but surprisingly, there was no house on the said address, only an amusement park filled with children
"What's going on? His house is supposed to be here!" Blaire said as she got out of the car with Sarah
Blaire ran around the amusement park but only found parents playing with their kids, no one knew no Nathan Bailey
"He's not here Blaire, I saw a chicken shop on our way here, we should go there and discuss on the next step to take" Sarah suggested hopefully as her stomach rumble
"Did he write a fake address for the hospital?" Blaire asked ignoring Sarah, all she knew was she needed to find her sperm donor
"It seems to me that your sperm donor doesn't want to be found by anyone" Sarah shrugged
"Well I am not anyone Sarah, I am an ambitious, greedy businesswoman with a goal and as such, this Nathan Bailey shall not evade my grasp" Blaire said as she brought out her phone to make a call
"Who are you calling? The chicken shop?" optimistic Sarah said
"A private investigator" Blaire stated
.....
.... Present Day...
"How do you know all those informations about me? Who the hell are you?" Nathan enquired with surprise written all over his face
"That's a very rude way of speaking, especially to the mother of your child" Blaire vouchsafed
"Mother of my child?" Nathan scoffed
"I have no time to spare for this" Nathan said and climbed up his bike again
He was already having a bad day and he wasn't going to allow this expensively dressed lady that seems to be having some mental issues add to it
"Patience Nathan, it took me a lot of effort to finally locate you and I've come here with a deal for you, I would like to hire you as my husband for nine months" Blaire said....