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
After breakfast, Claire walked into her room and laid her back against the bed stand. She took out her phone and swiped slowly, clicking on her mail. She saw she had a new mail, and she hurriedly clicked on it, her eyes bulging out as she had her face dazed at the screen.“I knew, she was up to no good. She is a spy like I thought. Working for him. Bruce would be amazed at this information" Claire smiled, delighted at the discovery of the information gotten from her Intel. Sliding into her slides which a squeaky mouse when she moves. She liked the softness of the shoe and found it adorable and had to purchase it. She wore it and walked down to her mother's room, where she finds her almost every time of the day either on her gadget or reading a magazine.“ Mom, sit up. I have something to share with you" Claire said, making space for herself on the bed.“What could that be? I thought you'd gone up to rest”.“ I'll do that later after I have told you what I came here for. Read this for
“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
It had been a month. And, in just one month, Bruce and Clare got closer as they work towards eliminating Hugh Steele. Bruce had found ways to get at him. He was able to play a spy in his office who provided him with information on his underhanded means of business. Bruce had painstakingly gone around buying all the shares from Hugh's stakeholders and he was currently the biggest shareholder of Hugh's company. Claire saw that their plan was going on smoothly and Bruce was more gentle and forthcoming in their relationship. He made time to sit out with her and didn't act indifferent to her questions or topics.Claire saw this as a good sign and was happy as her plans were moving in her favor.“Ahhhhhhhhhh".“What is it? What happened Claire?" Bruce asked as he ran upstairs as soon as he heard her scream. Angela, Claire's mother followed suit, curious to find out what triggered the scream from her daughter.“My dear, what happened?".“ See for yourself," Claire said, handing over the objec
“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
The next morning when Bruce woke up, he saw a file enclosed in an envelope. He quietly opened it, reading its contents. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. He closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath.It was the result of the pregnancy test Claire had done in the hospital.This was a strong confirmation that she was truly pregnant and was expecting his child. He knew he wanted a child but he didn't seem to have the fulfilled joy as other fathers would on hearing such news. He pondered if it could be because it was coming from Claire. He had crossed out the word, family from his life after the experience he had with his love life. He had once imagined his love life with Jade and how they could grow to become a family but fate had things planned otherwise.“ Bruce, are you okay?” Claire called out. She had stirred in her sleep and turned to find Bruce standing beside the bed stool with a lost expression. She had glanced at the file and noticed it had been moved and knew instantly tha
"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
"Claire?"Claire got off Bruce immediately she heard her name. She frowned. Wasn't he supposed to be fast asleep? Claire wondered."Wow! I hope you never have to undergo any form of surgery because anaesthetic would definitely not work on you," Claire said and then she chuckled.Bruce feigned a smile, confused as to why his wife was in the position she was when he woke up."I have had my heart broken in the past few years, so I drank a lot. The upside is that I'm able to tolerate lots of sedatives now."Claire smiled and she relaxed on the bed, ready to fall asleep."Why were you hovering over me with your pillow just now?" Bruce asked. He wanted to be sure of what was going on with Claire."Wild thoughts," Claire said almost in a whisper. "I remembered something and I don't know why I did that. I have another human in me which is not very physiologically normal. My hormones were fluctuating and I did what I did without thinking. I personally don't know what I was doing.""Oh!" Bruce