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CHAPTER ONE

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Tears clouded in Charlotte Walker’s eyes, her vision became blurry and she shook her head hoping it’s not what she’s thinking, she held the test results tenderly and fearfully.

She lifted her head up and looked at the doctor, “Dr. Sean, it’s not what I’m thinking right? Tell me this is a typo, it isn’t mine right?” She asked as tears dropped on the paper.

Dr. Sean breathed out and lean forward to her, “I have been your family doctor since you were little, I can’t give you a wrong results- it’s yours, You’re 3weeks pregnant,” He confirmed once again.

Charlotte felt her walls broken down, her eyes flood with tears and her head bangs continuously, this has to be a dream. She can’t be pregnant!

“Dr. Sean, I-I can’t, I can’t keep this baby, doc. I barely had three square meals daily…talk-more of feeding a baby, doc,” She shuttered with trembling lips.

Dr Sean furrowed his eyebrows, “Charlotte, Don’t tell me you’re thinking about aborting it?” He asked and Charlotte quickly cleanse her tears, she lean forward.

“Will that work? I,,I don’t want a child now, doc,” She instantly said.

“No, Charlotte. You can’t abort it. Remember you got an appendix surgery recently and it’s way too dangerous to do anything for now,” Dr Sean finalized..

Dragging her feet out of the doctor’s room, tears were flowing out of her eyes so freely. Nothing prepares her for this. Not after she has just divorced her husband, Williams.

“I no longer need you, lotte. Let’s divorce and part ways. You’re useless and so dumb. I never loved you,” That were his words a month ago. He sent her out of his home out of the blue and that night turned into a nightmare for Charlotte.

She got into a club, stupidly threw herself at a man in the club, begging him to sleep with her and ended up having a one night stand. Now, the result are visible in her hands. She’s pregnant for a stranger !

Just last weekend her landlord had said, “Pack out of the house! Your rent is due!”

With no where to go, Charlotte stood at the hospital entrance feeling nothing but void. Her last hope was her friend, Elaine. She picked her phone and called. “Can I stay with you please?”

“I’m sorry. I have to decline, my parent won’t allow a pregnant person in our home,” That was Elaine reply.

Charlotte Walker felt broken. Shattered. All she dreamt of is to be a well known cook. Why is all of this happening to her? Even her stepmother don’t want to see her anywhere around her father’s house.

“I’m leaving. Leaving this country! I want to come back better!” She told herself, packed her bags and left.

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SIX YEARS LATER.

“Is this where you grew up mommy?” Little Jasmine screamed standing beside her mommy. Her smile could brighten up one’s day.

Charlotte smiled weakly at her, “Yes dear.”

“Is this where Dad lives too?” Jasmine questioned, her curiosity visibly on her face like a plaster.

Charlotte smiled awkwardly at her child. “What do you think? Yeah…”

Jasmine didn’t hear the rest when she spread her arms into the air and giggles, “Yayy! I’m finally meeting Daddy?”

Charlotte shrugs her shoulders, “If Daddy agrees to meet us. Always remember mommy loves you more than anything Huh? Now, let’s go to Elaine’s before we get late,” Charlotte simply said taking the child’s hand.

She can’t believe she’s back here in the city that ruined her. Williams never reached out to her ever since then. Elaine kept in touch and through her Charlotte got a job as a cook. She sworn to love her kid wholeheartedly.

A soft knock landed on Elaine’s door, “Yes?” She answered from inside. Opened it and welcomed Charlotte and her daughter into the house.

Elaine pulled Charlotte into a hug. “I missed you! I’m sorry for the bad-”

“Let’s forget about all that. Let’s talk about the new job you got me. Who am I working with?” Charlotte jumped in.

“The Harringtons. You know Astor, don’t you? The multi-millionaire,”

“Astor?”

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(Stonegazer Estate-Harrington Villa)

Fourteen maids lined up in respective order, in a neat black and white uniform with sparkling black baby shoe.

“Is Young master back?” One of them whispered to another lady beside her.

“Yes, he came home early this week,” The other lady replied and they both hissed.

Then the front door opened and the young master walked in majestically, his blazer suit glamouring of wealth, his pouty lips were enough to turn the heads of the maids, His blue dazing eyes matched the blazer suit on him. That’s who he is, Astor Harrington.

“Tell Brandon to meet me in my study room,” With that he went into his study room.

Astor was flipping through the magazine when Brandon walked in.

“I’ve been trying to reach you! Where did you go!” Astor snapped dropping the magazine.

“I was hiring the new cook as instructed.” Brandon answered diligently.

“Tsk. That’s a piece of cake. There’s a bigger problem. Find that lady from the other night, the one I had a one night stand with.”

Brandon raised his eyebrows, “What-? Why now? Erm..if I may ask, why now?”

“I want to marry her. I have a feeling she’s with my kid. I saw her and a kid few years ago. I need her and that kid now.” Astor instructed.

“Why—”

“Thats the only way to get my inheritance from father. He wants me to marry and give him a heir,”