"How is my niece doing today?" Albert pulled Lilian in for a hug.She smiled, "I'm fine uncle, Happy Birthday to you. Long life and prosperity.""Thank you, dear. I'm glad you're here.""You remember your cousin, Sebastian?" Albert said, gesturing at Sebastian who was standing beside him, holding a glass of champagne.Lilian took a glance at the asshole who hurt her best friend. As usual, he was looking very handsome despite the fact that he had a stern look on his face.Lilian had never seen him smile, perhaps he would be more handsome when he smiled. Sebastian was the total opposite of his parents and twin sisters, it made Lilian wonder what planet he came from."I do remember him" Lilian mumbled, looking back at her uncle."Good. I was just asking him when he was going to give me my first grandchild." Albert said which made Sebastian groan."We've agreed not to talk about this Dad.""I'll keep on talking about it until you give me a grandchild. I want to have one now that I'm still
"I was going to stay mad at you forever if you didn't show up tonight." Grace, Jayda's mom smiled before pulling her daughter into a hug."Good evening Mom." Jayda chuckled."I missed you, Princess" Grace mumbled before she pulled away from the hug."Mom, I'm 29." Jayda groaned playfully."I'm aware. Even when you're 90 you will still be my little princess." Grace smiled."You look different." Her mom commended her."Mom, I'm still the same. I think what makes me look different is because the last time you saw me I was an associate and now I'm a partner.""No, not that. There's this spark in your eyes and I think you've lost a tiny bit of weight. But thank God you're here for the weekend. I will make sure I feed you well.""Where's Dad?" Jayda asked as she reached for her luggage."Your father is in with your brother and nieces," Grace replied as they made their way into the house."Aunt Jayda." Two voices screamed and hugged Jayda's legs tightly.She crouched towards her brother's dau
In as much as Jayda was going through something delicate that made her want to spend all day in bed and continue crying where she left off, she had a job to attend to so that alone made her reluctantly get up from her bed as soon as her alarm buzzed. She did her morning rituals, changed into professional wear and exited her apartment.Jayda was mute all day. She only opened her mouth to give one-word instructions or one-word answers. She was happy the work she had to do made her forget about the pregnancy, even though it was only for a while.She had her cousin order lunch for her. Fortunately, she had some appetite today and she shed a tear when she remembered the food she was eating would be split into two. Half would go to her and the other half would go to the little human growing in her. She could not believe a baby was growing inside her and most of all, she knew nothing about being a mother.After lunch, Jayda buried herself with work-related matters and eventually left the offi
The next morning, Jayda woke up with the need to throw up. She rushed into the bathroom and emptied the contents in her stomach.She felt dizzy after she was done so she sat on the floor for a while to regain her lost energy.Feeling a little better, Jayda cleaned up, did her usual morning routine and got ready for work.Jayda considered today to be one of the days where she woke up on the wrong side of the bed so she was not in the mood to do anything extra. She settled for a simple knee-length official dress and brushed her hair. She decided to go makeup-free today. She reached for her hand and laptop bag, then made her way out of the room."I was about to call you down for breakfast," Lilian said, pointing to the pancakes on the table. She was already dressed up for work too."You look pale this morning." Lilian closed the gap between them.Jayda nodded. "I just had my first-morning sickness, I feel so weak."Lilian pulled out a chair for Jayda and made her sit on it and then took a
Getting drunk and occupying himself with work has been Sebastian's routine for the past weeks. Jayda's face hunted him every now and then. He gets angrier when he remembers his conversation with Lilian, his cousin. 'about her colleague dating the girl he had a one night stand with.' He was totally convinced Jayda was just like the other women. All the tears she shed were fake and most importantly, what they had meant absolutely nothing to her. He was hurt and dying of jealousy. The thought of another man having what he had with her was making him go crazy and because of his Ego, he couldn't reach out to her. Seb couldn't believe he had been celibate for over a month now. "Yes," He said as soon as he answered his intercom. "There's someone here to see you, sir." Maria, his receptionist said over the intercom. "But I'm not expecting anyone." "She said it's urgent Sir." "She?" Sebastian groaned, hoping it wasn't one of his ex flings. "Yes sir, her name is Jayda." Sebastian's eye
Lilian could not pick Jayda up from work so she took a taxi home. Jayda showered, changed into her comfy nightwear, proceeded to the kitchen to look for something to eat. She didn't feel like eating what she had so she ended up ordering pizza.The delivery guy came ten minutes after she ordered. Jayda reached for a bottle of coke in the fridge and settled on the sofa to enjoy her pizza while going through the handbook Doctor Davis gave her earlier today.Soon enough Lilian walked in."Hey, best friend." She greeted as she placed her handbag on the table, then settled on the couch beside Jayda."Hi. Dinner is ready, I ordered pizza for you.""Thanks." Lilian smiled. Her smile grew wider when she saw the book Jayda was reading. An introduction to motherhood kind of book."So how was your visit to the Doctors?" She asked.Jayda finished chewing her bite of pizza before she answered. "It was fine. We talked, and she gave me some prescriptions and this book to read. My next appointment is i
The Next DaySebastian came back from a meeting at the conference room and met a white sealed envelope on his desk with the print 'Saunders and co' on it.He called his Secretary via the intercom and requested her presence. Jessica came in immediately."When did this get here?" He asked, gesturing to the envelope on his desk."Maria said it was delivered this morning by an intern from Saunders and Co.""Did the intern tell Maria the person that sent him or her to deliver this?" He asked curiously because he has never had anything to do with anybody from Saunders and Co."No sir,"Sebastian sighed, "Okay, you can go."Seb removed his suit jacket, rolled up both sides of his sleeves to his elbow, then settled down on the chair behind his desk.He reached for the envelope and opened it. He came across some papers which were directly addressed to him. Sebastian took pains to go through the papers. He was shocked after figuring out what they were all about.The papers required him to tender
After what seemed like forever, Sebastian calmed down a little. His eyes were puffy as a result of the tears shed. Vanessa wiped his tears with some tissue paper she got from her nightstand. Then she handed him a glass of water which he refused.Vanessa took her son's hands in hers. "You can tell me everything now." She persuaded."I messed up Mom, I fucked up really bad." He said. Vanessa nodded, encouraging him to continue."I met Jayda five weeks ago, we met in a bar and ended up having a one night stand. She was different. I felt with her things I never felt for anyone; not even Susan who I thought was going to be the mother of my children.""After that night I was cold to her, we had a fight the next morning. Up till today, a day has never passed that I haven't thought about her. Caleb advised me to go after her, apologize and make it up to her but I refused because I convinced myself that she was just like Susan.""Jayda came to see me at the office yesterday. She said she was pr