Chapter 81(An agreement between Aria and Alina)

Alina's POV… I went back upstairs and started packing my things and arranging them. I didn't bring much clothes and items, so I only packed my makeup things and other stuff that I had removed. My phone started ringing again. It was Miriam calling. I saw several calls from her I had missed. Even Darren had called me. “Where have you been? I've been calling you since forever and you didn't pick up. Anyways, what's with these pictures you sent me?” “Those are my parents” my voice broke as I said that. “Are you crying? What's wrong? Did Aria or your family do anything wrong again?” She asked in one breath. It seems she didn't even understand what I just said. “Miriam” I closed my eyes. “I'm not okay… but that's not important for now. Those pictures I sent you, the couple there… are my parents… myself and Aria's parents” There was silence. It seemed she was processing what I said. “I don't understand. The people in the pictures I see here are Stephanie's parents. How can you say the

Last Updated : 2025-10-12

Chapter 82(Pregnancy hormones)

Darren's POV…Four months later…“Easy. Easy” I said as I helped Alina down the stairs. She was seven months pregnant. We were heading down to the living room. I put one of my hands around her waist, while the other was holding her hand.We got down and I helped her sit on the couch.“They've been kicking a whole lot now” she said as she touched her protruding belly.“I wish I can take the pain away when they kick, because I'm the architect of it all” I said with remorse. If I hadn't gotten her pregnant, none of this would have happened.“I said it's not your fault” she relaxed on the chair and placed her legs on the table.“Do you need anything? Just mention it and I'll get it for you” I said.“No. I don't need anything. I have fruits here” she gestured to the plate of fruits on the table and smiled.“But I need you to come sit with me here” she said and tapped on the space beside her.I smiled with the corner of my lips and went to sit beside her. I put my hands around her and was l

Last Updated : 2025-10-17

Chapter 83(Baby shower)

Darren's POV…Miriam came by later that evening. Alina hasn't spoken a word to me since that morning when I announced to her that I'd be leaving. She didn't even ask for my help when she was making dinner. She always asked for my help, but this time around, she didn't ask for my help. Even when I tried helping, she told me plainly that she didn't need my help.“Thank God you're here” I sighed in relief when Miriam came towards me. She laughed briefly and asked. “Let me guess, she's been giving you an attitude?” “You know her so much. After I told her that you'll be coming and that I was leaving, she hasn't spoken a word to me” “That's tough. Anyways, good thing I'm here. I'll serve as an intermediate between you two so that I wouldn't have to be a witness explaining to the police why a wife killed her husband”I frowned when she said that. This better end well unless what Miriam said could actually happen.I scratched the back of my head and looked up. I screamed in shock when I s

Last Updated : 2025-10-22

Chapter 84(Baby Shower gone wrong)

Alina's POV…For a moment, I was speechless. My mouth just hung open as I looked at Darren.“What's this all about?” I asked, but soon regretted it. That wasn't the right question. His smile fell and was replaced with a feeling I would call sadness.He looked at Miriam whose hands were midway in the air and she too looked confused.“Is that all you have to say?” She asked in a stern voice.“No. No” I shook my head. “I'm sorry. That came out wrong. That wasn't the response I intended. I was just too surprised that I buffed”“So…” Darren asked, looking at me expectantly.“It's beautiful. How did you plan all these without me getting a hint that you were arranging something nice?” I asked as I walked around and admired what he had set up. A grass carpet was spread on the floor and balloons were scattered on it, together with some shining things.The carpet led to the sit-out. It was decorated in a way that once you come out from the house, you'll walk on the carpet and then the carpet wi

Last Updated : 2025-10-25

Chapter 85(Aria didn't make it)

Alina's POV…“We were short on money that period. We were just two lovebirds who didn't know anything about parenting. We just fell in love and the next thing, I got pregnant with you and your sister. We were too young and naive, but we loved you both so much, even though we didn't have any finance for taking care of you”“Why didn't you ask your parents for money? They would have helped and then you wouldn't have to sell us out?” I asked without any respect.After much deliberation and advice from both Miriam and Darren, I decided to give them a listening ear and hear what they had to say.“We had eloped. I came from a wealthy background and my parents weren't in support of me getting married to your father, because he was from a low income family. I found out I couldn't change their minds, so I ran away with him” my mother explained.“It was very difficult for us to survive, because my father blocked my accounts and restricted my access to anything he owned. We lived from hand to mo