Anita Baker doesn't expect for the cold heart CEO, Liam Jackson to fall in love with her and choose her over her best friend. After her encounter with him in his office, she ran away, now she must face the consequences. Read more.
View MoreAnita Baker just graduated from the university. She's a 24-year-old lady and the first daughter of her parents. She has five younger sisters. Her father is a banker, while her mother is a trader.
She's fair in complexion, beautifully shaped with curvy hips. Among all her sisters, she's the only one with fair skin, as the rest are darker, with some being a fair brown.
She resembles her mother but is more beautiful, which sometimes causes her father to accuse her mother of infidelity. He doubts he is truly Anita's father because of her fair complexion, but her mother has always remained silent about it and tells her not to mind her father, assuring her that she is indeed his child.
Her father even threatened to run a DNA test on her because he couldn't understand why she's so different in appearance from her sisters.
Her immediately younger sister, Flora, who is a dark-skinned beauty, dislikes her, even though Anita is two years older.
Four of her sisters harbor resentment towards her, except for her youngest sister, Glory Baker, who genuinely loves her.
They say blood is thicker than water, but in Anita's case, it seems water is thicker than blood.
Anita's father, Mr. Joshua Baker, continues to send her to school, although he accuses his wife of forcing another man's child on him to marry her in the past. Nonetheless, he supports Anita's education in Business Administration.
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Anita is delighted as she just completed her final exams, and her results came out with flying colors. However, due to her father's constant accusations towards her mother, Mrs. Tonia Baker, Anita has refused to entertain any romantic relationships. She goes on dates but always ends up rejecting love proposals.
Her best friend in university, Temisa Patrick, has advised Anita to give love a chance, but Anita remains wary. She says, "My father constantly accused my mother of cheating, yet he still returned to her, and she bore six children. My mother says Dad loves her, but his daily insults don't reflect that love." Anita shared this with Temisa during their second year in the private university.
Handsome guys are eager to date her, but she feels they only want to use her, fearing they would change and accuse her of cheating, as her father does to her mother.
Anita sits on a chair in the private room she shares with Temisa, preparing for their final convocation.
"Anita, I'm so happy. Finally, we're leaving this school. I can't explain how much I miss home already," Temisa says. "Me too," Anita replies faintly, though she knows it's not entirely true, as she dreads returning to her father's insults and her sisters' torment.
"What's wrong, girlfriend? You don't seem happy, even though you're graduating among the top students today?" Temisa asks. She approaches Anita, knowing well the struggles her friend faces.
"Don't worry, dear. When I get home, I'll talk to my mother about you coming to live with us during your internship," Temisa offers.
"No, thank you, Temisa," Anita smiles faintly, appreciating her friend's concern but reluctant to impose.
"You know you're like a sister to me. Don't worry, graduating with a first class is no joke, and you should be happy. Today is your special day. Let me help you with some makeup," Temisa insists.
"You know I don't like makeup," Anita protests as Temisa leads her to the mirror.
"I know, but today is special. You'll look great collecting your awards. No more excuses," Temisa says, starting to apply makeup.
Anita is amazed at her reflection, having never worn makeup before. She realizes why Temisa, a billionaire's daughter, has so many admirers. Despite being tempted to ask Temisa for help joining the Benson Group, a prestigious company, Anita decides to apply on her own to avoid seeming like a gold digger.
"All done. Don't you look sweet? I'm the best makeup artist on campus!" Temisa jokes.
"Don't over-praise yourself, Temisa. You did well, but I still don't like makeup," Anita admits.
"I hope a handsome man sees you today!" Temisa giggles, always thinking about relationships. Although Temisa is not serious about love, Anita admires her confidence.
Temisa, despite her many relationships, maintains she's a virgin, which Anita finds hard to believe given Temisa's outgoing nature. Still, they're best friends, sharing the same department and course.
"Let's go outside. Our families must have arrived," Temisa suggests, packing her things.
As they leave for the graduation ceremony, Anita prepares to say goodbye to university life. She receives her first-class award and recognition for academic excellence, with Temisa proudly cheering her on.
Liam doesn't say anything as he stands watching the two friends reunite and forgive each other. They finally stand up, and Temisa walks over to see the twin babies in their little baby bed in the living room."Wow, they look so much like Liam, but my baby resembles me more than Alfred," Temisa says, while Anita only smiles at her."It's all good, girlfriend. I wish you both a happy married life, and I will be your bridesmaid on your wedding day," Temisa proposes, and Anita shakes her head."Flora already filled that position. You will only join the train.""Okay, dear. I have to be on my way now. You know I just darted out from the house as soon as Alfred told me about your babies and that you're here with Liam. Take good care of yourself, girlfriend, as you look slim," Temisa says, while Anita nods to her."I will. Let me escort you," Anita feels all the previous heaviness in her heart disappear, and she walks out of the mansion with Temisa.They walk to the garage where Temisa's car
Mrs. Tonia quickly greets Mrs. Juliet, "Good evening, ma'am.""Yes, welcome. Let's go in first," Mrs. Juliet ushers them into her living room. Just then, Mr. Taiye walks in too and sees the visitors, noticing Liam carefully carrying a baby in his arms. He recognizes the familiar lady as his son's secretary and immediately knows the babies are the result of the encounter they had in Liam's office."Good evening, Father," Liam happily greets his father. Mr. Taiye nods to all their greetings, while Anita nervously stares downward, feeling uncomfortable, remembering Mr. Taiye had warned her to stay clear of his son and never show her face in his company again."Mother, here are your grandkids," Liam walks over to meet his mother, who is sitting on the living room couch. He carefully places the baby boy in her arms, and Mrs. Juliet is still in shock as Liam never told her his secretary was pregnant or that he was bringing his babies home.Mr. Taiye is the most confused as he remembers he w
"Are you married?" Liam finally asks, sounding hurt. Anita shakes her head and replies, "No.""Then how come the babies?" Liam asks as he finally saunters over to meet her. He has missed her so much, and he doesn't look himself because of her."Anita," Liam finally approaches her, and she turns to face him, and he sees she's crying."I'm sorry," Anita cries, and Liam crosses the thin line between them and hugs her warmly."It's okay. I've missed you. I do love you," Liam comforts her in a hug, hoping whoever got her pregnant or married her doesn't step in and catch him hugging his wife.Anita wants to pull away from Liam as she inhales his cologne, realizing she's crying into his chest, but Liam hugs her tighter and raises her chin to face him."Don't you miss me?" he asks, and Anita sniffs."I do," she replies."And you don't want to kiss me or welcome me?"Anita finally raises her head properly and looks up at Liam's face.He looks sick too, so unlike him, and his beard is overgrown
Anita doesn't say anything as she watches her mother dress up in a green gown while she breastfeeds her little daughter, who sucks a lot, wanting to drain the remaining energy she has left."I have to go out now and buy everything we will need to eat tonight. There's no food in the kitchen, and I don't want to disturb Mama and her in-law.""Okay, Mom."Anita watches her mother walk out of the room. She carefully places her little girl down and walks to her phone to see all the text messages Liam sent to her. Her heartbeat increases as she unlocks her phone screen.She sees a lot of texts from him and love emojis and she smiles, staggering backward to sit on her bed to read his texts."What happened to you? Your mom said you got discharged from the hospital. Are you alright now? Not to worry, I will be coming down to your village to see you. But why did you shut us all out? I have really missed you. Honestly, I cannot stop thinking about the love we made, and I'm glad your mom finally
Mrs. Tonia pulls away from the mother-to-daughter hug and stares at Anita's face."It's okay, stop crying. Why did you run away, and who did you sleep with?" Mrs. Tonia questions as she walks to look at her grandkids.She stares at the two cute babies who are also awake and staring at her. She gasps in surprise as she isn't mistaken—the babies look so much like Liam, the CEO of Benson Group. She stares back at Anita, who’s also looking at her, and then back at the twin babies in their baby bed."Anita, who got you pregnant?" Mrs. Tonia asks again while Alice finally walks over to hold her hand."We can discuss this at home. Let it rest while we leave the hospital first."Mrs. Tonia sighs and looks from Alice to Anita and back to her grandbabies.They're so cute and fair, and now she knows why the CEO has kept on asking her about Anita.So he's the one that got her daughter pregnant and slept with Anita the very day he delayed her at work and made her return home late.Mrs. Tonia tries
Anita wakes up that evening with a light headache. She sits up in her bed and eats the dinner Alice brought for her from home."How are you feeling now? You need to breastfeed your babies and not starve them," Alice says. Anita finally looks at them as her eyes clear, and seeing one of them crying, Alice speaks to her."She's a girl, while the calm one here is a boy." Alice hands over the baby girl to Anita, who stares at her beautiful daughter's face.Her baby girl looks so much like Liam; even though she's very fair like her, her baby's short curly hair and round cute face resemble Liam so much. Anita's heart skips a beat as she keeps staring at her baby instead of breastfeeding her."Why are you still staring at her? Give her your breast milk" Alice finally yells at Anita, snapping her out of her daze. Anita opens up her shirt and breastfeeds her baby.The little girl in her arms stops crying after a while as she sucks on her breast. As if the second baby is aware, he resumes cryin
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