NATASHA'S POVI was in a state of rage, a very intense one, and no number of congratulations from well-wishers was helping. The look of excitement on that woman's face as she announced that her child will be marrying Raymond still taunted me.My devilish glare fell on my mother-in-law to be, she caused all of these. When I called her that one fateful night to know how Raymond was doing, as usual, she told me he wanted a bride. Someone to give him a child that would enable him to take over the Company. At that time, I was set to marry Damon, the only man I dated throughout my stay in France. Good thing I didn't blurt it out to her, that I was getting married. A few days to my supposed wedding, I found my best friend in bed with the man I was about to marry. And that's how I returned to Georgia to marry Raymond, after kicking against a surprised encounter to no avail. The dramatic Matilda felt meeting in a regular manner would make our reunion boring and awkward, which, I believed, was
POLLEN'S POVWith a loud bang, the door was forced open, and my mother appeared. I let the red baggy shirt that was hanging above my chest fall quickly. I was wearing my usual black shorts under the red shirt. She walked toward me with her back straight and a serious expression on her face. Her short brown hair swayed slightly as she went. “ What are you doing?” She inquired. Her eyes darted from one side to another, hoping to find what I might be hiding.“ Nothing” I mumbled and left the dressing table for the bed.When it dawned on me that she didn't knock before walking in, I spun to call her out on it.“ Aren't you supposed to knock? Coming in like that isn't acceptable” I stated calmly.However, she seemed too engrossed in looking around my room to notice my presence. She stood by the edge of my bed for several seconds. Seeing how nonchalant she was towards my complaint, I left her to slump onto the mattress beside me. All of a sudden, she gasped, and it startled me.“ What is
POLLEN'S POV I was awoken by the savoury aroma of sausage and eggs cooking. I rubbed my tired eyes and looked over to the clock on my nightstand: 7 am. A gasp left my mouth as I sprang up, the noise I made must have woken Laura. Her sleepy voice called out from her bed, “What’s wrong ?” She mumbled and went back to sleep.“ Wake up, Laura” I tapped her gently and rushed to the closet.“ What is it?” She kept grumbling until her eyes fell on the clock. “Oh My God!” Laura exclaimed and threw the duvet off her body“ We are late”“I know” I responded, bringing out the dress I had arranged last night for church.Suddenly, our door burst open, and our mother popped her head in.“ Be in the kitchen,now” She commanded and left Without shutting the door back.“ What's going on? She has been moody since last night” Laura came to my bed to whisper.“ I don't know,” I shrugged.“ We need to find out, or else we will suffer the consequence of keeping quiet and acting nonchalant” She said and dash
NATASHA'S POV“ What is happening to us?” I found myself asking.The words left my mouth before I could stop them, and I ended up feeling like a clingy fool. Who was doing everything within her power to keep what wasn't hers. But this was different, Raymond was mine, he has always been. Even at that, I still didn't like how I was handling the situation.“ Nothing is happening to us, I had a lot to take care of at work and got absorbed. I'm sorry” He responded, but his voice sounded more like he was trying to convince me.“It's okay” I tried to smile, it seemed to be the right thing to do at that point. “I had a few designs to go through, it wasn't that lonely” I lied, hoping it would atone for the desperation I exuded earlier.“ That's great” “ How about we go on a date later this evening?” I asked, changing the topic completely.“ That would have been great, but I have to attend a family dinner.” He said blatantly, and then there was silence. “ That's great, I can as well join you
POLLEN'S POVFrom the corner of the living room where I sat, I watched my mother and younger sister dance about. The DNA result was out, and my baby's father turned out to be Raymond, as expected. What I didn't understand was their jubilation. What exactly were they celebrating? Was the fact that I was going to be yoked with a total stranger, or that my affiliation with an icy douchebag like Raymond would cause money to rain in their lives? It pissed me off even more as I thought of it. None of them were this happy when I graduated from college, neither was there a trail of excitement when I got my first job.My mother must have felt my eyes digging holes in her back because she stopped in her tracks and spun to meet the look of unaltered disgust on my face. Slowly, she walked to me whilst her grin faded.“ What is it?” She asked, drawing Laura's attention as well. “ I don't understand you people. What is so great about this?” I whined.“ You wouldn't understand” A big smile adorned
POLLEN'S POVMy gaze was fixated on the papers in my hands as tears freely seeped down my eyes. One of them was another rejection letter I found in the mail when I returned from the Beckham's, the other was the marriage contract. I didn't want to believe it could get this bad, but the papers were staring right back at me, a glaring evidence that everything I badly wished wasn't happening was my new reality. I wasn't a good writer, at the same time, pregnant.I squeezed the contract I was supposed to sign angrily and tossed it in my bag, then neatly folded the rejection letter and added it to the collection. My eyes were very blurry from crying, so I went to the bathroom to wash them before heading towards the door. But I stood there as a series of events from the last time I had an altercation with my mother over the blind date fluttered in my head.FLASH BACK:That night, my mother was coming out of her room when I stepped out of mine.“ We need to talk” I said to her, but she threw
The only thing I could do at that moment was to stare at him, speechless. My mouth parted, but no words came, so I just stared. “ What do you mean by that? You gave me your words, Raymond!” I said in a stern voice that sounded more like a cry for help than anything. I wanted to say something else, some other hurtful thing, but my brain couldn't seem to figure out what to say next.“You assured me that there was no way the baby could be yours? Now what?" He continued to glare at me with those piercing green eyes that seemed to pierce right through me. Then he started talking again, “I am truly sorry, Natasha. Everything that happened that night was fuzzy. That was why I was certain, I trusted myself so much, "he said.“ Don't give me that bullshit!” My heart was thumping hard as I looked around, not sure what direction to run towards. “None of these things you just said will change the fact that another woman is carrying your baby” I started to cry. “ How do you expect me to feel?” H
MARK'S POV"Mum, I told you I'm not interested in that girl" I whispered into the phone, as I walked through the automated door at the end of the hallway that would lead to my office, "And she's clearly into someone else, I don't want to be a bad guy." I sighed when I heard the sound of my mother's voice get progressively louder and more shrill on the other side of the line. " We don't have time, Mark! Your cousin is already engaged" " To a girl whose sole aim is to ruin him" I mumbled as I unlocked the door to my dark office, which I bare use."Besides, it's just an engagement. Not like they are married yet, I can always find someone and marry immediately." My words were interrupted by my mother's scream again,"That's what you've been saying ever since you went to that blind date! Did that girl bewitch you?"" Mum" I tried to explain calmly. " I will get a girl sooner than you think "" You better do. Or else you are marrying whoever I pick!" With that she ended the call.I sighed,