Lahat ng Kabanata ng Sassy Orphan and The Twin CEOs : Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Chase sat on the polished, exquisitely made bar stools in his mansion, barely able to hold himself. He looked at the bar, his sight blurry, searching for another strongest drink there was. Unanswerable questions swirled in his mind, “Why does Chris always have a way to take everything that is mine? Why is my twin brother so wicked? Why is he snatching my woman away from me?Fairly though, Chris wasn’t taking Valerie from him. Chase had messed up big time, treated Valerie like trash and was quick to discard her. Now he understood more the depth of her pain, seeing the one he desired in that ungodly position hurt him to the core. “So is this how Valerie felt when she found me in the act with Dora? Did the pain have to hurt so bad?”, he wondered. He’d been unapologetic, he’d snapped at her, reminded her that his house was his and he could bring anyone he wanted to. Still, Valerie had been willing to make things right.However, he went on to break up with Valerie and chose Dora, but all t

Valerie watched as Chris walked out of the office and banged the door behind him. She was unmoved, her eyes cold and devoid of emotion. All Valerie could think of was how immaturely Chris had misunderstood their sexual encounter the previous night for love. Her clarification was they were two starved adults and they had found a mutual ground. That’s all it was. Or that’s all she wanted to believe. Frankly, by then Valerie had grown much fond of Chris. She could feel her heart slowly creating space for him. Nevertheless her worry and fear made perfect sense to her. It had only been a few months since she had gotten over Chase, and she felt unprepared to give her heart to another once more. She didn’t want to be quick to give in. Valerie wasn’t ready for the attention, the complications and the possible betrayals and heartbreaks love came with. She admitted Chris was good, better than Chase, best of them all and she too could not have enough of him. Whatever the misunderstandings, she kn

Days became weeks and gradually months without Chris’ return. He still kept his location a secret. Frankly, Valerie’s life had become a misery, a living nightmare. Despite being financially well off, she was emotionally and physically strained. Her life became a basic routine of prenatal appointments and work. It wasn’t long until she realized that living without Chris was so much worse than she thought. She eventually found a friend in Gracie, one of her workmates, she found her very entertaining.One Tuesday afternoon as she sat in the office lost in thought, she suddenly heard a bang on her desk, it was Gracie.“Gracie?” she shrieked, surprised.“Jesus Christ! Where the hell are you?l got in here and I called you a million times already. l was right in front of you but you were just…frozen,” Gracie complained. “Valerie, are you alright, darling?” “Oh? Yes l am fine.l just got a little off-guard,” Valerie said, rubbing her eyes.“A little off guard?” Gracie asked dubiously.

“She has not regained consciousness yet and the doctor said her chances of waking up are low, they said she has four hours to wake or she will never wake up again,” Gracie said, crying.“She will wake up, don’t lose hope, ” he said and hung up.“No! Valerie! You can’t do this to me, Valerie,” he said as he recalled the dream he had had the previous night. He drove off to Grange hospital. He saw Gracie sitting on a bench, eyes swollen. She was a mess.“Sir?”she said, tears rolling down.“Valerie will be fine, pull yourself together,” he said, trying to comfort her.“How can l pull myself together, Chris? It’s only hours she has to wake up or she will…” she couldn’t say it. She couldn’t say that Valerie will die.“Let me take care of the situation here, go home and freshen up,” he said.“No l can’t! I need to be here for her, ” she refused.“Gracie, calm down and look at me…you’re a mess. Please go and rest. Valerie will wake up, I promise,” he said. She finally agreed to go hom

As soon as Chris stepped out, Chase shaking his head, he said “Uh-uh…I need a DNA test,” suddenly handing the baby over to Valerie as if it had burnt his palms. Barely a minute before he had taken the baby from Chris and asked him to step out. Even though Valerie was still weak and in immense pain for her Caesarean, she somehow found a bit of strength to sit up on the hospital bed, her eyes wide open in disbelief of what she had just heard. “A DNA test? I’m sure it’s another one of your childish tricks to just get attention because we both know this baby is yours,” Valerie told him calmly, holding her baby. “No! I don’t know that. This baby could be Chris’. That’s what I have to be sure of , if this baby is mine or Chris’ or somebody else,” Chase claimed. “Have you completely lost your mind? Chris has been nothing but …” “You know what the tragedy is, Valerie? You just forget too soon. That’s your problem! I rescued you from Chris’ snipers when they had almost killed you. It is