Claire stirred in her sleep as she felt the morning sunlight hit her hard in her face, she turned to her side and stretched her hands feeling Bruce beside her. Her eyes widened.She did it. She quickly opens her eyes and sees Bruce who is up and seated with an unreadable expression written all over his face.“ Good morning Bruce" she greeted sleepily.“ What happened yesterday? Why am I naked and what are we doing here?" Bruce asked. He had woken thinking it was his room back home, only to find Claire naked beside him and clothes on the ground. He looked dazedly trying to recall what had happened but couldn't.Claire looked at him and knew the drugs had made him forgetful of last night's incident.“ Well, you got what you always wanted. You got me here because you wanted a child and that's what we did. We had sex last night as you can see" Claire answered carefully." We did what? What did you do to me?” Bruce questioned eyeingly.“ We made passionate love and you want to ruin the mo

“If this is true, Hugh Steele won't see what will be coming. It will hit so hard on the face that he won't get to rise again. I see he is playing smart. Planting a spy right under my roof to get something on me. He should have known that I don't play dirty even though I did. I wouldn't be so stupid to have it under my roof” Bruce said with a hoarse voice after assimilating the information on the phone." I had my suspicions against her right from the time I heard she came in the same day the previous maid left. It was all too coincidental and she has this special aura that gives me the feeling of a bloodbath and I knew I had to do some digging. Well, Hugh Steele was very careful to clean up any traces left and leave the simplest and unimportant information on her. But he should have known that nothing stays hidden for long at least not in this case” Claire responded evenly." Hmm, you did a good job on this. For the first time, I got fooled by a mere worker and gave her a free pass to

“No, we need to be prepared for everything. We need to make sure the child has everything. We would get both a girl and a boy baby things. You are going to be the mother of a child who would own all of Bruce's belongings with time. Isn't it great?” Claire's mother smiled." Mom, you are so happy. Okay, fine we will go with whatever you want” Claire replied, succumbing to her mother's suggestion." Okay, you rest up and I will have the maid bring up some cake and fruit juice for you. Be careful when walking. We wouldn't want to be careless and make any mistakes”. “Mom, I can walk down to get it. You don't have to send the maid up and especially if it's that Maria of a girl. I wouldn't want that Maria girl around me. She might use the opportunity to use it to her advantage".“I know my dear and she will soon be out of this place, just take care of yourself”.************Bruce on the other hand had gone downstairs for a drink after the news had hit him hard.“Surprisingly, I can't rem

"What about another bottle?""Alcohol is not good for you."On Claire's request, Bruce took a drink with Claire. She was carrying his baby. Despite the fact that things were not going as he planned, he was still ready to at least be accommodating. Plus, Claire turned out not to be too bad after all.Before, he could say any more word, she got a bottle of whiskey and some ice and yogurt for herself.“Since I have to minimize my intake of alcohol, I would take yogurt instead. So, you continue taking your whiskey while I take my yogurt and we will both talk."Bruce nodded.“Don't hesitate to let me know if you want anything. I want you to be happy and content. Be it cravings or your desires. Let me know and I will make it available for you. You let me worry while you take care of yourself and the baby."Claire smiled. She liked the sight of him being kind. This was the first she would be seeing this side of him in a very long time. Bruce hurriedly poured in a drink for himself and too

"Where is the sl*t," Bryan spat in disdain as he sat on the cold concrete floor of the prison Bruce had thrown him to years ago.The past few years was hell for him. Bryan clenched his fists. He had promised himself to get out of this place and make Bruce Ace suffer triple of what he had to suffer.Knowing that he would be locked in here as long as Bruce wanted him to be in here, he knew that waiting to get out to teach Bruce a lesson would be futile. He had to use someone outside the walls he was confined in.His best bet was Claire, the sl*t he had snatched from Bruce the day he was supposed to marry her.He knew that Bruce would not easily accept Claire. He knew Bruce would trust no one and would not let his guard down easily after how much he was betrayed in the past, so he decided to have Claire win his trust back slowly even if it took years. The plan was to make Claire strike when everything seemed rosy."I'm a genius," He praised himself, recalling how he had drafted his plan