One night stand with her boss brought Anabelle to her downfall. Secretly crushing on her boss for years, Anabelle took advantage of his drunk state and had sex with him with the hope that he would finally notice her. Her hopes were shattered when in the morning of it all, he threw her out and offered to pay for her services like a random whore he had just picked from the street. Unfortunately, her actions got her pregnant and to add to her sorrow, she was kicked out by her parents. Anabelle thought she would struggle and Carter for her baby alone. Five years later, her son's life hung in the balance and there was only one person who could save him and that was the man who had hurt her so deeply years ago and also the father of her son, Hazel De Valle, president and CEO of De Valle's corporation. Will Anabelle put her hurt aside and seek the help of her baby's father? What will Hazel do when he suddenly finds out that he has a son with a woman that he doesn't even remember? Hazel had vowed never to fall in love or ever get married, will that vow be broken or will he just take his son away and use his power to silence Anabelle? Read more to find out.
View MoreAnabelle stood still for two seconds as she stared at the bright red two lines on the pregnancy kit in her hand, pregnant, she was pregnant, her world was over. How could that be? She only did it once and it was her first time and she landed with pregnancy?
Tears filled her eyes as a cry wrenched from her lips, what would happen to her now?
She was just an intern and has not even graduated from university, she has only her mother who works her ass off just to see her through school and she ended up pregnant
She has been impregnated by a man who doesn't even know her. A man who threw a cheque at her face and asked her to leave after taking her virginity
A knock sounded on her door, "Anabelle, are you okay?" Her mother's voice sounded and she quickly shoved the pregnancy kit away, she was not ready to tell her mother just yet
"I...I... I'm fine Mom" she answered in a shaky voice
"Come downstairs, I need you to go to the grocery" her mother's voice echoed
She will have to find a way to tell her mother about the pregnancy.
(One week later)
"Mom, I have something to tell you"
Anabelle shivered Her mom strict eyes met her face
"You are so pale Anabelle, are you sick?" Her mother asked as she frowned impatiently
Elizabeth Gideon seldom has time for her daughter, she does all kinds of odd jobs just to put food on the table and send Anabelle to school, it is just the two of them and Anabelle doesn't even know who her father is as her mother never spoke about him, she always have hope that one day, Anabelle would finish her studies, get a job and take up responsibility in the family
"What is it Ana, spill, I have to go to Mrs Jones's house to do their cleaning, God knows we could use the money" her mother frowned impatiently when Ana didn't say anything else
Anabelle took a deep breath and let out the bomb
"I'm pregnant mom"
A second ticked by, then two, the silence in the room was deafening
"What did you just say?" Her mother whispered and Anabelle shivered at her tone
"I... I'm pregnant Mom" she repeated
Slap! Her mother's palm connected to her cheek
"How dare you?" Her mother's voice dripped with so much rage
"Who is the father" Her mother asked coldly and Anabelle flinched,
No! The father of her child must not be disclosed, Anabelle was still reeling from the hurt of his spurn, it was better that no one knew him
"I said who is the father?" Her mother yelled and Anabelle shivered
"I don't know" tears streamed down her cheeks as she replied to her mother
Slap! Slap! Her mother's hand connected her cheek again but this time, it was both cheeks, her whole body shook with rage
"How could you be pregnant? Do you know how I toil day and night just to put food on the table and send you to school? And all you can do is to get pregnant?" Her mother, Elizabeth Gideon fumed
"How could you be such a disappointment?"
"I'm sorry Mother" that was all Anabelle could say, she knew she had disappointed her mum, damn, she felt even disappointed in herself
"You obviously do not value my hard work, now, go in there, pack your things, and leave" Her mother's tone was cold and she pointed at the door
Shock reverberated through Anabelle and her eyes widened as she stared at her mother, she could not possibly kick her out with pregnancy, right? How would she survive? She has no money and nowhere to go, not even a relative, the only one she had was her mother.
Quickly, she went on her knees and grabbed her mother's legs, tears were flowing down her cheeks
"B...but where do I go, mother? Please, don't kick me out"
"I don't care, since you did not care how I was suffering for your sake, why should I care about where you will go?"
"Please Mom... don't do this to me, please forgive me, I need you more than ever Mother. I know I have disappointed you but I ask you to forgive me"
Her mother pushed her off her legs, her voice filled with scorn as she glared at Anabelle
"If you think having a child is so easy and sweet, why don't you go and do it on your own, I have toiled for you, go do the same for your child"
"No, Mother, I can't do this alone, please forgive me" She tried once more to knee at her mother's feet but her mother swiftly moved away
It was beginning to sink in that her mother meant every word and Anabelle's body shook with fear, she would definitely die out there without her mother's help
"Mother please"
"I said get the hell out of here" Her mother strode to Anabelle's room put the few clothes she had in a bag and came right back, "I don't want to see your face again, you are nothing but a disappointment," her mother said and threw the bag at her
"This is a few cents, I am kind enough to give it to you, now leave, I won't keep a daughter that is so disappointing in my house" Her mother dragged her out of the house and shut the door against her
Anabelle banged at the door until her hand hurt, she cried until her voice croaked but her mother did not bulge, sniffing, she picked up the small bag that contained her clothes and wandered off
Great! Now she is pregnant and homeless all thanks to Hazel De Valle.
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[SIX YEARS LATER]
"Happy birthday sweetheart," Ana said as she kissed her son's sleepy face and his eyes snapped opened
"Mom, I'm five years old today, you promised to get me a cool gift on my fifth-year birthday"
Anabelle laughed as she stroked her son's head, "Of course I did and you will get it but for now, I have to be at the office, I promised to come back early for your birthday, now, hop, hop to the bathroom" she tickled her son who laughed and skidded to the bathroom"
She smiled as she watched him run off. Her son Melvin looked like his father, his grey eyes were a testament that Hazel De Valle was his father.
Years ago, she was shattered at the news of her pregnancy, she was just twenty-one then and thought that the world had come to an end but right now, her son is the source of her joy and she would give absolutely anything for him.
She had no regret keeping that pregnancy even though it took a lot from her
Soon, Melvin was dressed and she took to her friend, Stella who lives just next street from hers.
Stella was Melvin's Godmother and she adored him, she had helped Anabelle in her lowest moments.
Anabelle had slept on the street after leaving her mother's house, she had looked for stores that were closed for the day and hurdles beside them to sleep.
She had begged to have food on her table while searching for a job.
She washed dishes and did laundry but still the money she had earned was never enough to rent her a house, it could barely feed her and her unborn child.
On one of those days, she had slept outside a small shop that was closed down and the owner of the shop came early before she could wake up, the owner was Stella, she had pitied the pregnant lady and had taken her in but Stella parents refused to harbor a stranger and would not let her in, so, Stella let her sleep in her shop and their friendship blossomed, now they are more like sisters than friends.
Stella had taken Anabelle off the street when she got married to a photographer and moved out of her parent's house
Now Stella is happily married with a baby girl whom Melvin adores and sees as his little sister.
Soon after, Anabelle was able to save a little from doing odd jobs, and with the help of Stella's husband, Eric, she got a job in a small firm as an office messenger.
Although the pay wasn't much, it was enough to pay her rent and put food on her table so she moved out of Stella's house to where she now lives.
She kissed her son goodbye and quickly rushed off, her boss is someone very strict and she wouldn't want to get into trouble with him.
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"I want to give my mummy a present on my birthday, I want it to be a surprise for her when she gets back"
Stella raised her brow at Melvin, "really? What do you want to give her?"
"This" Melvin replied and whipped out a flyer
Stella frowned at the flyer and frowned, "Is that not Hazel De Valle and his fiancee?"
"My mum is a fan of Ms. Joelle Viscount, she makes sure to listen to all of her music and always buy any newspaper that has Hazel De Valle or Joelle Viscount"
"So, what gift do you want to give your mum then? Do you want to give her that flyer?"
Melvin shook his head, "Hazel De Valle is going to commission a new project here and he is coming with Ms. Joelle, I want to get their autographs for Mom"
"That's so thoughtful of you" Stella replied and collected the flyer from him, the address where the commissioning would take place was not that far from her place
"Please" Melvin begged, thinking that her prolonged silence meant she was going to turn her down
Stella stared at those piercing grey eyes and for the millionth time, wondered who Melvin's father was, her friend had never spoken about the father of her child and she hadn't pressed, those eyes would certainly be that of his father because Anabelle's eyes were calm turquoise.
"Alright Melvin, let's go, although, the place will be crowded so, you kids have to stick close to me at all times"
Melvin yipped in joy, he had taken one of his mother's pictures, and
he would have them signed on it. He could not wait to present her picture signed by her favorite actress to her. His mother will be very happy.
Joelle screeched in anger as she flung her phone across the wall"How could he not care despite the fact that he thinks I was kidnapped?" she was so angry that she felt that her heart will explode from the anger, "he must be with his damn baby mama" The thought of that got her more upset, she poured herself a drink and finished it in a gulp.She had her plans mapped out before that woman showed up and right now, she just wished that Anabelle would disappear.A knock sounded on her door, "Hazel" she muttered as she dashed to the door, he came after all. She paused at the door for a brief second to adjust her dress, she wanted to appear sexy to him.His knock came again and this time, it sounded impatient, she smiled, he was always impatient and hated to be kept waiting. Hurriedly, she opened the door but the smile fell from her face as soon as she opened the door and it was replaced by anger and fear."Richie, what the hell are you doing here? The police are all over looking for you a
Anabelle was frantic as she held an unconscious Melvin in her arms and raced down from the rooftop. His body was so cold and the only indication that he was still alive was the faint raising and falling of his chest, he must have been on the rooftop all this while and caught a cold, she had to get him warm.She almost collided into Mason on her way to her room"Anabelle, I have been trying to reach you but..." His voice trailed off when he saw Melvin's limp form in her arms, "goodness, what happened to him?""I have to get him warm, please help me" was all Anabelle said before dashing inside and throwing open the duvet so as to wrap her son in it"What the hell happened to him?" Mason asked as he searched around her house for anything to use "He has been on the rooftop all these while and has frozen from all the cold" Anabelle replied as she snatched a balm from Mason's hand and started to rub her son's palm with it"This won't do Anabelle, we need to take him to the hospital," Mason
Anabelle was frantic and she ran around the junkyard in desperation and called out to Melvin but there was no response neither did she see him anywhere, hurt pierced her heart but she refused to acknowledge the fact that Melvin was nowhere in that junkyard, she skidded to a stop when she realized that she had gone round the place and had arrived back to where she started off the search. All of a sudden, the world was coming down on her and her knees buckled as she watched the car sped away with the cops hot in pursuit, she felt the life drained out from her and she fell on the ground, how could things just go wrong? She was hoping that she would get her son back but now, that's impossible. A whimper escaped from her mouth and for a moment, the world blanked out on her"Are you alright?" Hazel asked with a worried frown marred on his face, he was standing in front of her, his length casted a shadow over her as he gazed down at her.Slowly, as if in slow motion, she gazed up at him and
Joelle banged on her steering for the umpteenth time, pressing the honk while she sped to the address that the idiot had sent to Hazel.She had visited Hazel the previous day and had spent the night in his house, she had been angry that Hazel had refused to touch her and was preparing to leave while he was in the shower when a message popped up on his phone, she had at first ignored but her eyes caught the number that had sent the message and her heart took a dive, she knew that line and it was because she had been using that line to communicate with the person that she had hired to act as Melvin's kidnapper, her brow furrowed as she nervously glanced at the bathroom door that was still firmly shut.Why has that number sent a message to Hazel and what was the content of the message, she was the only one that was supposed to have that number for communication purposes and now the dimwit used it to send Hazel a text message.She quickly reached for the phone and her palm immediately gre
"What are you still waiting for? Give them what they want and bring my son back to me" Annabelle cried as soon as Hazel dropped the news on what the kidnappers wantHazel had gone to her house to give her the latest update about Melvin's disappearance but for the life of him, he could not fathom why he did it."Ten million dollars is quite some money" he replied even though he knew he could comfortably afford the money. He just felt uneasy about the whole thing, what if someone was trying to take advantage of the situation and demanding money from him, for all they knew, his son might not be kidnapped but lost somewhere and he just needs to find out where he is. He didn't hesitate to let Anabelle know about his thoughts.She jutted her chin forward, and she felt anger gripping her chest, this was their son that they were talking about, her son, and instead of bringing out the money immediately, he was still wasting time contemplating nonsense in his head. "I do not care what you thin
"You caused all this, you put my son in danger, we were living fine until you showed up in our lives now my son is in danger because of you" Anabelle raged as she jabbed her finger on Hazel's chest.Hazel had taken her home in his car and the ride to her house had been a silent one but he had packed in front of her house expecting her to get down, she finally bursted out.Hazel frowned at her words, "how is this suddenly my fault?""Isn't it obvious that he has been kidnapped? You are very rich and influential, anyone associated with you is in danger, oh! My poor baby"Hazel narrowed his eyes are her, "you ain't even sure if that is the case""If not that then what? You came into my life and put my son's life in danger, I'll never forgive you for that" she screeched as she jabbed at his chest.Hazel caught her hand to stop her from jabbing his chest one more time, "stop it" he growled and she struggled for a moment to pull her hands away, "I said stop it" he barked and forcefully pull
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