Chapter Four Proud Peacock!

She opened and saw Linton, staring back at her. “Good morning, young lady!” He greeted. “Good morning” “what’s good about the morning anyways” she grumbled. “Mr. Trenton ordered me to prepare the Ford villa for you, you would move in there for now” Linton explained. “I have a place I stay, I don’t need him to keep moving me here and there!” She said in an annoyed tone. “I’m sorry Miss, you have to comply, there’s no other choice for you” he said to her. “If I don’t go there, what will he do?” She asked. “Well, worse case scenarios, he’d find you and lock you up in….Ahem…a room” Linton replied. “What?” Angela was surprised.

How ironic.

He doesn’t love her, but wanted to keep her locked up if she ran away.

“Is that all?” She asked. “Also he said you mustn’t take any form of contraceptives” he answered. “Alright!” Angela accepted her fate.

Linton had told her what he was sent to tell her and left. Angela went back in the room and had her bath, while drying her hair, she picked up her phone and called Janet, after seeing all her messages as she hadn’t seen her the through out the night.

“Angela! Are you okay, where are you? I was really worried!” Janet’s voice came through. “I’m fine, but not so fine!” Angela answered. “Are you hurt?” Janet was even more worried. “Yes, emotionally!” She sighed and told her how she spent her night.

“Is Trenton even human?” “Are you a sex toy?” Janet was boiling. “So what’s gonna happen?” She asked. “I have accepted it, I have nowhere else to go” she answered. “You’re just going to accept it just like that? If you eventually get pregnant and put to bed, this self centered man will dump you!” Janet told her. “I’ll work towards building myself and come back for my child” Angela became determined. “What are you even saying and let another woman raise your child?” Janet’s head scrambled in frustration. “That’s true, I didn’t think of it that way!” “But, for now I have to do as he says, until I come up with something!” Angela rubbed her forehead. “The elites have their way of dealing with average citizens like us” she added.

A week passed and Angela had been staying at the Ford villa.

She heard some noises downstairs and peeped through the window. It was Trenton with some other people. “What does he want now?” She muttered to herself. She ran downstairs to the living room. Trenton saw her and shot her a cold glance, “Go back to your room, the doctors are here for your pregnancy test!” His voice was deep. Angela gave him a once-over, she seemed uninterested. “I was about to have a cereal or won’t you let me have breakfast first?” Angela said, taking bold and careful strides to the kitchen.

  “Do whatever you want, we’re waiting!” He said and sat on the couch, he relaxed his back and signaled the doctor and nurse to sit. Angela’s plan to annoy him, failed. She felt frustrated and sat in the dining area, eating sluggishly. Trenton saw all her mischievous moves, but ignored her.

After she finished having her cereal, she felt nauseous and ran out of the living room to the bathroom, she threw up and rinsed her face. Trenton and the doctor had followed her inside. When she got out of the bathroom, she sat on the bed. “Doctor, begin the test!” Trenton said, with his hands in his pocket. The doctor took his test kits and began the test on Angela. After a few hours, she was confirmed pregnant. Trenton ordered that she gets the best follow ups and nutrition for her and the baby, in order to have a safe delivery.

Angela was happy to be an expectant mother, but she wasn’t happy with the father of the child and the life he planned for the baby. She called Janet and informed her, she was happy for her, but felt unhappy about the real reason for her pregnancy.

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There was a party at The Edward family house and obviously Trenton was going to attend. He was doing some paperwork in his office, when Florence walked in. “Hello son! Still working today?” She asked and sat on the seat opposite him. “I can’t just leave work” he replied with a soft smile. “Anyways I’m heading to the airport to pick up your dad, I thought of stopping by!” She said with a bright smile. “Mother, I know you want a favor from me, what is it now?” He said, putting his papers aside. “You’re too smart, my boy!” She laughed. “I want you to bring Angela to the party today, you don’t bring her to the family house with you, I want to see you both at the party” she added.

“Mother?” He said, feeling exasperated at the thought of attending a party with Angela. “She’s your wife!” Florence thought she needed to remind him. “Fine!” He finally agreed. “Thank you! I’ll leave, tell her I’ll prepare some arrangements for her” Florence was delighted and left. He obviously wouldn’t tell her that.

At 6pm, Trenton went to his Ford villa to pick up Angela for the party, he had instructed Linton to inform her and prepare her a dress, hair and everything she needed to dress up. “Where are we going?” She asked as Linton drove them to the event. “The Edward family house!” His cold voice made her feel disgusted. “Proud peacock!” She muttered to herself. “Are you aware that I can hear you?” He said, not sparing her a glance. “I didn’t say anything!” She glared at him. Trenton decided to drop the topic, he fell silent, till they arrived at the Edward Family Mansion.