Chapter 83 It took the unknown caller to speak and when he finally did, he said. “Grandma, it's Michael, your son.” “Michael? Oh, thank goodness you called. There's something important I want to tell you.” Grandma Isabella said, feeling a flush of excitement and urgency. “You wanted to talk to me? What for? Please, go on.” Michael was surprised because he had only called to know about Grandma Isabella's well-being at the moment. Meantime, Rose was calm, looking at her grandmother to see if she was frankly going to tell Michael about her pregnancy just in that way, even when the DNA test hadn't been checked. “Michael, I want to tell you that R….” Grandma Isabella had nearly told Michael that Rose was pregnant with his child but Rose's voice overpowered hers. “Grandma, please stop what you're trying to do. I don't need him to do anything. He isn't useful for goodness’ sake.” Rose dominated. Hearing Rose's dominating and cruel voice, Michael, from the other end of the cal
Chapter 84 Sandra took a seat beside White, her husband while Cordelia sat opposite them. “Were you able to get him?” Sandra asked again with a frown expression. She hated it when she'd been snubbed. “I wasn't but I have a plan on getting him,” White replied swiftly. Sandra sighed and wrinkled was visibly clear on her forehead. “There's no point in wasting your time on someone like that. He is not even worth your time. Besides, he has no evidence that we did what we have done.” White's face remained furious. “I understand where you're going but I have to teach him a lesson. Even Stephen is in support of this.” “He is?” Sandra's brows furrowed. “I thought Michael is his live-in-son-in-law, why then does he also want him arrested?” “That's because Michael is no longer part of the family.” Cordelia chimed in for the first time since she had arrived. “And even if he still is, they don't give a damn care about him.” Sandra turned and focused her gaze on Cordelia. “Does th
Chapter 85 “Aborting the child of course.” “No, no, no. Please, don't do that, Rose.” Ella was troubled, “I'm coming to see you right away.” She hung up the call immediately. Meanwhile, as they drove, there was brief quietness in the car. Joseph was quiet, focused on the way, having his hands placed on the steering wheel as he drove at a gentle, low speed. On his right-hand side, Stephen remained calm and focused, watching the front. Just suddenly, Joseph took a glance at Stephen and immediately remained concentrated on driving. Clearing his throat, he became the first person to break the long-time silence in the car. “Dad, I have got something I want to tell you.” He said but never looked at Stephen again as he stayed focused. “What's that?” Stephen asked, sitting up well in his seat, letting his eyes be on Joseph. Joseph, pleased with the answer he got, replied. “Firstly, I want to thank you, Dad, for believing in me that I can handle this. It means a whole lot t
Chapter 86 Good morning to you all,” Stephen responded before he announced. “I want everyone to gather in the hall. I want to make a crucial announcement and it's for everyone.” Back at Stephen's house, Ella arrived there not up to the hour that she had promised. She knocked on the door before twisting the knob and walked in. That moment when she walked in, she saw no one in the living room and she became worried, afraid that perhaps Rose had gone out to abort her pregnancy as she had said earlier. She scanned everywhere but couldn't catch a glimpse of anyone. It was not just Rose that she found missing in the house but everyone- Grandma Isabella, Rose's mother, Maria, her father, Stephen, and even Joseph, her brother. “Where could they all have gone?” Ella muttered but her concern was for Rose. “Rose, I hope you haven't taken that wrong step?” She panicked. Not too long, her words dropped; she overheard familiar voices up the stairs, and without thinking much, she raced
Chapter 87“Yes, here it is.” Grandma Isabella called out the new number of Michael to Ella for her to call him.Picking up her phone, Ella dialed the number and the line began to ring. It continued to ring but there was no response. Ella didn't give up as she continued to call but after several attempts, there was no answer. Sighing deeply, she gave up and dropped the phone. She was dazed as to why Michael didn't pick up. “Rose!” Ella let go of the frustration that had birthed her. “You shouldn't outdo yourself.” Ella began with emotions filled in her words. “Let's keep Michael aside for now, don't you know there are many consequences of getting an abortion?”Ella paused and Grandma Isabella smiled, feeling a wash of felicity. She knew that Ella was definitely going to win Rose over with the direction she was going. Ella continued while Rose was beginning to get cold. “If in the process of abortion and you lose your life alongside. Who will you blame? Or will that still be the be
Chapter 88The delivery man instructed, politely. “Ma'am, your signature is crucial. Please, sign here.” He handed the document to Rose.But Stephen turned and glared at him in rage. He rushed over instantly and dragged the document from Rose's hand as he thundered. “Give that to me.” Stephen yanked the paper from Rose.“Hey, Stephen. What's that for?” Grandma Isabella began to be annoyed. And every other person was stunned.“It's nothing, Mother,” Stephen responded, still with a piercing look at Rose. “You should know why I did this.” He added and turned to the delivery man with a smile, lighting up. “Don't worry, my son here will sign it.” He said.Overwhelmed with confusion and bewilderment, the delivery man asked, trying to be clear. “But Rose is a female name, isn't it? Why would your son be the one to sign it?” He asked, boldly. Stephen groaned inside of himself but answered politely. “That's because he's now the new leader of the company and his signature should be the one to
Chapter 89Michael sighed with a chuckle and was about to say that the price wasn't any problem to him when the man that the barber was currently barbing, yelled with annoyance.“Now, you inform him that this place isn't for rags like him. Can you come and continue with my hair?”“I'm sorry, sir.” The barber responded, rushing back to resume the barbing.Taking a deep breath of respite, Michael walked further inside the Salons, and humbly, he sat down on one of the chairs.After taking his seat comfortably, Michael glanced at the men who had earlier mocked him, and he greeted them. “Good afternoon, sirs.” But there was no response from any one of them to him so he sighed softly and minded his business. Meanwhile, the men mumbled with themselves. “Is he really sitting down? Does it mean he can afford the pay?” One man's curiosity peaked as he raised his brows at Michael in loath.“Oh, wave that off. He can't afford it.” Another replied, his voice adorned with sarcasm. “He just wanna
CHAPTER 1 It was 5 am inside the bedroom. A man in his mid-twenties was seen lying on a mat on the floor beside an elevated bed. His name was Michael Robinson and he was the live-son-in-law of the Stephen family. On top of the elevated bed was his wife, Rose Michael. She had long brown hair and cold green eyes. Also, her appearance was amazingly beautiful like that of an angel which made Michael count himself a lucky man on earth to have gotten married to her. However, Michael and Rose had never slept together as a couple even though they were legally married because Rose disliked him due to his poor status. Just then, Rose rolled herself on the bed, facing the direction where Michael was lying. As she opened her eyes, her eyes suddenly glanced down on her worthless husband lying on the cold-tiled floor, snoring that got her provoked.“I don't just know why this thing won't let me sleep in peace in my own house again. All he does is snore, snore and snore.” She muttered to herself