Evelyn was besides herself with anger and regret as she was stuck in this forced relationship. she regretted ever knowing him. How can he be so forceful in everything, she did not even imagine how. her kids will suffer if she dares to give him a green light.
She stormed into the house and shut the door heavily. Riya squealed and tried to jump on her but the sour face she wore killed her enthusiasm.
"What went wrong?"
"The whole dinner date was a mistake, damn Trent"
" Okay, can you speak in the language I will understand? "
" You think this is funny? "
" Hey calm down, no need to work yourself up"
" Riya, I can't do this anymore. why can't I have what my heart desires? Perhaps am not meant to be happy", she broke down and sobbed.
" You just need to be patient, the right man that will make you feel like a Cinderella will come by or perhaps you can as well reach out to....."
" To who?", she slowly raised her head
" To the Adrian guy", Eve sighed and ignored her.
" Maybe things are not the way they seemed to be"
" Am done with men, I need a peaceful life with my kids"
" Ok, enough of the discussion, you need to get out of this dress and shower", she guided her to her room as the kids had already gone to bed.
" This is so good, ahh!", she sighed in contentment.
"Hey, open your eyes. Am not a guy, am straight so stop moaning".
"You are a mood spoiler and so dirty minded", they laughed at their silliness.
The warm temperature from the hair dryer made her feel better than before. she snuggled into the bed and Riya covered her with a duvet.
She joined the kids in the other room as she loved to sleep beside them for as long as she could remember.
Her phone rang and she answered the call without checking the caller
"Hey cousin, how are you and the two pumpkins?"
"Hey Noah, we are fine"
"You still have the cheek to call me Noah"
"Come on, am sorry ok"
"I will be coming over to Seattle in the next few days"
"What?", she woke up and was alert
"Why are you surprise?"
'I mean you...uhhh forget it"
" That's settled then, have you called him?"
pin drop silence reigned at both sides she her anger from six years ago reignited.
" I don't care about him"
" The man is dying of loneliness, it's been a long time Eve. let go of these things and move forward"
" Because you were not the one passing through that? you would never know what is it like to bear child without their father?, oh come on", she was exasperated.
" Ok I get it, I get it. don't work yourself up this morning, it's too early for that. see you at the airport the day after tomorrow"
" Jason.....n", she yelled his name and the later has already hung up.
Her mind went back to six years ago.
At the hospital.....
After discovering the huge surprise, she returned to her hospital room and laid on the bed as she contemplated in what to do.
she kept thinking while straining her ears to hear whatever they are discussing.
"We need to allow her to rest, we need till like tommorow untill the operation. we have to carry out series of tests to a certain that there will be no complications during and after the operation".
"If that's the case then hurry up with the tests"
"But the patient is yet to wake up"
"Then wake her up and get it done".
What a heartless man, the doctor's heart trembled. Eve was stunned to hear those words coming from him, how selfish could he have been. so heartless and selfish.
"It would be the best thing to allow her regain consciousness by herself not through use of force. Also sir, I wish to remind you that there may be severe complications if she is operated upon. it's best she put to birth".
coldness of a business tycoon radiated from Edward Williams and he smirked coldly, " I don't care, make sure you minimize damage as much as possible else forget about running this hospital in this place"
The doctor shuddered and gave up on persuading him, it's up to him to do whatever he want.
" I leave her in your hands, do your best to get rid of that thing in her", he turned in his heels.
Eve gasp in fright and clutched her tummy in fright, no, this cannot be real.
The doctor entered her hospital ward and she pretended to sleep.
"It's fine if you cannot sleep then don't pretend to"
Eve sat up and her eyes were watery.
" I never knew that one time sex would land me in this but that doesn't make me give up on these precious gift. Doctor I count on you, please can you help me?"
" Your father is a ruthless business man who will stop at nothing to ruin me, well...", the doctor sighed.
" I cannot afford to abort this pregnancy, what if I never get pregnant?", the thought sent chills down her heart and that made her resolve to keep the pregnancy no matter the hale that will fall
"Ok I will help you on one condition"
They discussed their plans briefly and made sure it's mistake proof. to avoid suspicion from the guards Edward Williams left behind, the doctor came by in pretense to check up on her regularly.
those memories were never good ones to strat with nitro talk about reliving them
She sighed as she felt someone climb the bed, the person turned out to be Mia.
"Sleepy sleepy wakkie wakkie", she messed around as she ruffled the mom's hair.
Eve saw her reflection on the mirror and glared at her who laughed in return.
"Mom, you will be running late for work", she said mischievously.
Eve sprang out of the bed and soon realized she had been pranked.
" Mia", she yelled
"Today is Saturday mom, you got worked up for nothing", Mia laughed and rolled on the ground.
Eve felt stupid after realizing how naive she was.
They mother daughter duo played around for sometime before showering and taking their breakfast.
Somewhere in Seattle....
Trent could be seen smiling sheepishly and caressing the photograph in his hands with a dangerous glint in his eyes. He is so obsessed with Eve.
"You can only be mine in this life and next", he murmured like a maniac.
He had specifically locked this photo in the innermost part of the drawer in his study. His family runs a small advertising company and he is the CEO but his emotions had taken over him till he lost out on most deals.
Eve had no idea that her photo had gone missing, and the family photo of the mother children trio had the picture if the two kids crossed. the photo of her daily life was also plastered all over the walls of his study room except her nude photo.
Eve shuddered where she was and felt uneasy like someone somewhere was watching her every movement.
She planned to take the kids out, she was just about to text Trent to find out if he would like to join in the fun she realized her phone is missing.
"Mia, have you seen my phone"
"No mom", replied Mia who was drawing and colouring her work.
Just right in time, Mark emerged from the passage leading to her room, "I guess Mom forgot her phone in her room"
" Oh, that must be it", she was really muddle headed and never took into account how he knew because the former never liked going into her room.
Mark had a mischievous smirk on his face and the sister caught him doing that and seemed to understand something. The later was warned not to expose him else no more persuasion if Mom to buy her ice cream.
She happily complied and joined the brother to fool the mom.
Eve tried to call Trent but couldn't get through to him, Mia then understood what was happening.
Eve dressed them up in a children- mother outfit and they set out on their journey to the amusement park.
They got tickets and proceeded to try a few swings and games Mia loved, they ate ice cream during the afternoon and played around by themselves.
Mark only had to worry about this sister of his who is easily bought over with few words and gifts. He can't imagine what that Trent of a guy will say to her and he needs to keep them far away as much as possible. this Mia needs a serious lecture.
Mark's intelligence had always been above average and compared with other kids, they paled in comparison but he had to keep a low profile to avoid his mother getting scared and worried unnecessarily. Even most adults would be ashamed to compare themselves to him, he is just a kid but in reality he is a little adult.
He tapped his wristwatch and the footage of where the mother daughter duo were playing came up on it.
"Sir, I got the photos you asked me to get", an ordinary man who pretends to be a photographer made a call to someone in whispers.
"Forward them to me immediately"
"Okay sir, about the payment sir ...", the call ended abruptly and he flushed red.
He needed the money to save his only child in the hospital who is hanging on a bare thread of life . He doesn't know what the man wants to do with the photos but the lady and the kids look really good in the photos well that's not his business anyway.
Trent got the photos and was about to open them when he realized that none of the keys worked and when they finally worked the photos had already disappeared. Indeed all Eve's photos on his computer had disappeared. he tried calling her but couldn't get through to her. This couldn't be, he smashed the phone on the wall in fury.