All Chapters of Winning Her Back : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

By nine o’clock the next morning, the office was already unusually busy.Ann sat behind her desk, staring at the reports spread before her. She had barely slept the night before. And it was all because of the rumors she had overheard that kept replaying in her mind.Daniel and Olivia are back together? Why else would he bring his ex into his home?The rumours has spread all over the Internet just that yesterday it came out and it made her question herself. “Maybe I'm really is difficult.”She had tried to push the words away, but they followed her everywhere.Ann placed a hand gently over her stomach as she forced herself to concentrate.She had a son waiting for her at home, another child growing inside her, and work that refused to disappear simply because her heart was hurting. She couldn't afford to fall apart. Not now.Suddenly, The entire office seemed to go silent as the sound of heels clicking across the hallway suddenly caught everyone's attention and it caused Ann to look up

The next morning, Ann woke before everyone else. She remained in bed for a few minutes, staring at the ceiling. The house was still asleep. For once, she didn't feel the urge to rush downstairs.She didn't want to cook. She didn't want to clean. She didn't want to think about Olivia. Most importantly, she didn't want to argue with Daniel. She simply wanted silence.Ann carefully got out of bed and walked toward the small desk near the window. She opened the drawer. Inside were old receipts, pens, hair accessories, and forgotten pieces of her life. As she searched through them, her fingers touched something hard.She pulled it out. A small brown diary. Ann stared at it. She had bought it years ago, before she married Daniel. She remembered writing in it during her younger days. Dreams. Plans. Little secrets. Things she couldn't tell anyone. She smiled sadly. She hadn't written in it since her wedding.She sat down and opened the first empty page. For several seconds, she held the pen w

The next few days passed quietly. For the first time in a long while, Ann tried to follow Mr. Samuel's advice.She rested whenever she could. She ate when she was hungry. She stopped forcing herself to respond whenever Olivia made a provoking remark. But peace was difficult to maintain in a house where everyone seemed determined to test her. It was a lot on her but Ann kept on pushing. On Thursday evening, Ann returned home from work feeling unusually weak.Her little boy ran toward her the moment she entered the house. “Mummy!”Ann smiled and opened her arms. He hugged her around the waist. “I missed you.”“I missed you too, sweetheart.” She kissed his forehead. Normally, she would immediately go to the kitchen and begin preparing dinner.But that evening, she couldn't. Her back ached badly, and there was a strange heaviness in her lower abdomen. She placed a hand over her stomach and Daniel noticed. “Are you okay?” Daniel asked from across the living room.Ann looked at him. “I t

Daniel had never been afraid of hospitals.He had always seen them as places where problems were solved. Doctors examined patients, medicine was administered, and eventually, people recovered and went home.But that night, sitting beside Ann's hospital bed, everything felt different.The quiet beeping of the monitor filled the room. The IV attached to Ann's hand slowly released medication into her body. Her eyes remained closed, and her face looked unusually pale against the white pillow.Daniel stared at her. He didn't know what he was supposed to feel. He was worried. That much was obvious. But beneath the worry was something else.Confusion.He had spent months convincing himself that Ann needed to change. She had become distant, stubborn, and less attentive to him. He believed she no longer cared about being a good wife.That was why he had brought Olivia into their home. That was why he had decided to make Ann understand that her behavior could have consequences.But now she was

The hospital was quiet that night. The lights in the hallway had been dimmed, and most of the nurses moved silently from one room to another.Ann lay awake. She couldn't sleep. Her eyes were fixed on the ceiling, but her thoughts were somewhere else. She thought about Daniel. She thought about Olivia. She thought about her son sleeping at home. And then she thought about the baby growing inside her. Her hand slowly moved over her stomach.“Please be okay,” she whispered. A tiny movement answered her. Ann smiled weakly. Tears filled her eyes as she turned her face toward the window. For the first time since she had arrived at the hospital, she felt completely alone.Daniel had gone home for a few hours to check on their son and collect some clothes for her. Her mother-in-law had promised to stay with the boy.Ann reached for the diary on the bedside table. She opened it. She had written many things in it. Things she couldn't say to Daniel. Things she couldn't say to Olivia. Things she