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For a while, no one made a sound. Alex had to summon the courage to look up and know what was up– why everyone was just so unusually quiet. He saw the shocked expressions on their faces, he almost started regretting why he said what he said because it looked like he had done something wrong."Um… I will just leave." Alex said sheepishly. He turned his back to walk out of the door and then Sophia's voice made him halt instantly."Are you just going to run? Don't you want to hear my response? Or did you not mean what you said?" Sophia threw a series of questions his way. She knew that he was a little bit uncomfortable from the extra eyes on them, but she was determined to make him come out of his shell. According to her, if he can't at least profess his feelings in front of their friends, how was he going to be able to do that in front of other people?"I meant every word I said. I'm sorry that it took the presence of an admirer for me to come to my senses. You guys kept asking me what
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Alex and the others made their way to the parking lot. Cynthia and Jayden decided to see the two lovebirds off. Cynthia decided to sleep over for tonight and go home the next day since it was already late."Um… when do we start with the one-week punishment?" Sophia asked suddenly to the detriment of the losers in the group."I thought that was by the way now. I didn't know that you still had it in mind." Alex replied, scratching his head and smiling sheepishly.Sophia snorted out a laugh, "You wish! Please can we discuss when we are starting and when it is going to end?" Sophia kept her focus on Jayden because he was the only one who won the competition with her.Jayden seems to be thinking of a way to solve the problem, "Um… I suggest that we just give them a day off tomorrow. They will then have to start with their punishment beginning the day after tomorrow being Monday. I'm doing this for the new couple– I just wanted you both to enjoy yourselves tomorrow before the serving duty s
The Adopted Heir Chapter 83
Sophia and Alex were on their way home. There was a comfortable and serene silence between them. Sophia was busy humming and bobbing her head to the sweet melody coming from the radio. Suddenly, just like a flash, she remembered something and decided to ask Alex about it."I've been meaning to ask, why the sudden change of mind? Why do all of a sudden you no longer see me as just a friend?" Sophia inquired.Alex sighed. He kept his focus on the road to avoid any unwanted incidents. "Someone made me see stuff from a different perspective." He answered vaguely.”Mr. Alexander Sterling, this is not the time to be ambiguous with your words. For a relationship to work out, the two people involved should be as open as ever." Sophia admonished."I know, but I'm driving right now. We will have to postpone it till we get home cos I might lose concentration if I start narrating the whole story now." Alex explained."Oh… I thought you didn't want to talk about it. That's fine, we will talk about
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A BRIEF RECAP*"How was Kelvin Grammer able to get your undivided attention? I've been meaning to know how he was able to pull that off cos the Sophia that I know doesn't get herself associated with just any guy. What was just so special about him to have caught your fancy?"*Sophia kept replaying the question Alex asked her a few seconds ago in her head. She couldn't bring herself to break his heart this beautiful night so she did the only thing she could think of. "Ouch…" She groaned in pain. This alerted Alex who held her face immediately to ascertain what exactly was wrong with her."What's wrong Sophia?" Alex asked in a concerned voice. His face was etched with worry."Um… I'm having cramps. I think that I should just retire to bed now, we can always do this some other time. I'm so sorry for cutting such a beautiful night short." Sophia winced for more effect. This made Alex carry her in a bridal style even though Sophia told him that she could walk, he remained adamant about car
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The next morning, Alex went into Sophia's room to discover that she was already out of bed. He knocked on her bathroom door hoping she was there but there was no response. He was confused as to where she could be this early in the morning. He made his way downstairs hoping to find her or at least get a piece of information about her.When he got downstairs, he perceived an enticing aroma from the kitchen. At the back of his mind, he thought that his chef, Anastacia, was already making breakfast. He entered the kitchen so as to inquire about Sophia. He was shocked to see that it was the person he had been looking for for the past few minutes."Good morning Alex. How was your night?" Sophia asked cheerfully, still steering the food she put on the fire.Alex was too dumbfounded to say something. He thought maybe he was hallucinating or something because this couldn't be the same Sophia that was crying just a few hours ago because of stomach pain."Why do you look like you've seen a ghost
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At exactly half past 6 pm, Sophia was already on her way to meet up with Alex. He had left the house for over 3 hours now and she had no idea where he went. Well, she was on her way to go and meet him.Sophia was dressed in an elegant burgundy long dress with a high knee slit by the side. Her back was bare but the front was a turtleneck. She went shopping for a dress and she immediately fell in love with it at first sight. She knows that Alex would definitely love it when he sees it on her.About 20 minutes later, Mike stopped the car in front of Golden Spade Restaurant. Sophia alighted from the car and made her way into the restaurant. At the door, a young guy who looked to be in his early twenties ushered her in. He helped her carry her designer handbag. When they stepped into the room, Sophia noticed that the whole restaurant was empty which could only mean one thing– Alex paid for the whole restaurant for the night. She swooned inside of her cos of Alex's doings.It did not take
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Throughout the ride home the couple didn't utter a word to each other. While Alex was busy looking outside the rolled-down window and tapping his knees in agitation, Sophia was busy fidgeting and looking at him with worry evident on her features.Sophia fished out her phone from her handbag and started texting Jayden. After all, they wanted to know how her dinner date went.'Jay, I think I may have lost Alex.' Sophia sent it to Jayden.Within a few seconds, her phone chimed signaling a new message.'What do you mean by that? Everyone is swooning over the internet about the romantic way he asked you out. Or wait… are you trying to pull my legs?'Sophia snorted silently at the text message.'Everything was going alright up until we bumped into Kelvin freaking Grammer and the fool had to leak the secret. I thought you said he was a professional?' Sophia could feel her hands curling into a fist because of how angry she was.'Oh shit! That doesn't sound good at all. Just try your best to d
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Sophia dreaded going to the board meeting because of so many factors. She didn't want to see the distrust in Alex's eyes cos that would kill her soul and neither does she want to see her cunny father. She had successfully avoided him for the past month. She gave her security personnel strict instructions not to allow her father anywhere near her office. He should always supervise the other staff members but he should avoid her office.Sophia opened the conference room to discover that it was still a little bit empty. She rushed down here as soon as possible after the notification that they all got. She asked Cynthia to wait for her in her office because this sort of meeting doesn't take long to dismiss.She looked around and saw that her father wasn't in the boardroom yet. She almost took in a sigh of relief when the door opened and Alessandro McLean walked in. Sophia huffed and sat down. She took some moments to analyze her father who was making his way towards her. Alessandro looks
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“Please explain what you mean,” Jayden said, still looking a bit taken off guard by her response.“I knew that I was pregnant. Well… I didn't know for a fact because I didn’t do any tests in the hospital but I did a urine test with a pregnancy test kit and it came out positive. I didn't know how to tell my boyfriend because I didn't know how he would take it. I also knew that I would lose the child when I started bleeding out.” She was a bit sceptical about telling him because they had only been intimate just once and that was on the night after his birthday. They had already been aroused even before they went to the party venue, it was only natural that they completed what they started earlier.“I can't believe that you are saying this. Why would you keep something like that away from me? Have I ever given you any reasons to doubt my love for you? It takes two to tangle, have you forgotten?” Alex asked a series of questions. He was bothered that Sophia would think that he would by an
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Sophia woke up to see her boyfriend and her friends surrounding her in their various positions. There was this happiness that filled her soul to know that they slept in the same room with her without considering the uncomfortable position they slept in. The closest person to her right now is Cynthia who was sleeping an inch beside her. She gently tapped Cynthia which made Cynthia open her eyes almost immediately she was touched because she thought that Sophia might be in any form of discomfort.“Sophia, is everything okay? Do you want me to call the doctor?” Cynthia rushed out.Sophia shook her head sideways, “No, I'm fine. Just help me and touch the men.” Sophia requested.Cynthia walked over to them and tapped them. They both woke up with a startle, just like Cynthia, they thought that something was wrong with Sophia. When they looked around, they saw Sophia who already sat up on her bed. In a split second, Alex swiftly rushed to where she was sitting down and engulfed her in a hug.
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The ladies knew that they were in for a lot. They trembled in fear and strikes of tears ran down their faces, “Please spare us.” Cassandra pleaded in a shaky voice. She was against this whole arrangement at first because she knew that there would be no easy way out if they were caught, but they had to emotionally blackmail her into taking part in it, now look where that had gotten them.Cassandra’s answer caused Alex to chuckle in amusement, “I just lost my child because of you guys and for some shitty reason you think that I would want to let you go?” He asked in his newly adapted mild voice. This particular tone of his feared them more than the loud and snappy tone.“We didn't know that she was pregnant, and the poison wasn't even for her,” Clare replied.Alex huffed in disbelief, “Should that make me feel better? If it wasn't the baby who died, it would have been Sophia. And… would it have been better if you guys succeeded in your plans to kill me? There's one particular question t
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‘Kaboom’ Alex's fist lands on Victor Mancini's face.“You had the nerve to try to kill my girlfriend. You must really be fearless.” Alex spat. Over the past 10 minutes after Sophia's call, he had been with the Kingston family, or better put– the notorious four. They were tied up in circles with their backs to each other on the floor. He had the urge to just end them completely, but he knew that the law would take its course no matter his status in society. He had to come home after hearing the news of Sophia's miscarriage. He had to look for where to let out his anger and the only place that came to his mind was the perpetrator's body. He wanted them to feel half of what he was feeling right now. This is very much unlike him but they have done more than enough, whom much is given, much is expected also.“As I said earlier, your girlfriend was not the target. We wanted you to be the one to take the drink but no! Sophia had to get in the way of our revenge. Well, I guess that half-bread
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“Please can you repeat what you said earlier?” Alex reiterated, still shocked by the news.“I said that my team and I are so sorry to announce to you that she lost the baby. We did our best to save her but the poison in her system would have succeeded in killing her if it didn't kill the baby.” The doctor repeated while he thought that they didn't hear him the first time.“Shit!” Alex cussed out and punched the closest wall. This motion startled both the doctor and Cynthia who was too dumbstruck to say anything. “Um… we didn't know that she was pregnant.” Cynthia finally speaks.The doctor looked surprised at this. It was then that he realised that they asked him to recap what he said earlier not because they didn't hear him but because they were hearing it for the first time– they were shocked at the news.“She was a few weeks gone from the scan we carried out on her earlier… precisely 4 weeks gone.” The doctor answered. He saw how the news disoriented Alex– how he was going around
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“Cynthia, please ask my baby to wake up.” Alex strained out from the driver's seat. He looked between the road and at his girlfriend through the rearview mirror. He frustratedly hit his hands on the driving wheel when the traffic light turned red. If he were to be the one in front, he wouldn’t have minded the traffic light at all.At the back of the car, Cynthia was shaking profusely. Her lips trembled and her eyes kept overflowing with tears. They were all to be blamed for Sophia's current condition. If anything happens to Sophia, they will all be doomed.“Is there no other way for you to get to the hospital? Sophia is bleeding profusely– Alex, she's losing a lot of blood.” Cynthia was able to get out of her jittery nerves.Alex looked to his right to see that the cars were moving to the right side, but he was supposed to take the straight road cos that's the road leading to the hospital. It was about 30 seconds remaining for the traffic light to turn to green but that felt like an e
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Sophia picks up a gift card from the list of items lying on the floor, “Oh… this is not for me.” She hands it over to Alex, “This card has your name on it.”Alex took it and looked at it. It didn't go beyond his notice that his girlfriend totally avoided what he said to her earlier, but he would just let it go.They ended up exchanging their gifts. At some point during the process, they all got emotional about the thoughtful gifts they all got. Sophia got a box of diamond pieces of jewellery, a Christmas card, a big teddy bear– that got her cackling though, and a MacBook.Alex got a Christmas card too, some sports attire– he had an inkling that it would be from Cynthia cos that girl wanted him to go boxing on his birthday, he got a headset too because he likes music a lot and he finally got a Rolex designer wristwatch.Cynthia was the only one who didn't get a Christmas card. This made them conclude that the lovely cards were from her. Well, She got some cake equipment like an oven, a
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“Merry Christmas.” That has been what has been exchanged so many times since daybreak. Alex invited all his staff to have Christmas dinner with them. The dinner was to start by 7 pm while the exchange of gifts between him and his friends was to happen by 5 pm. It was half past 4 pm already and they were all now surrounding the Christmas tree. It happened that every one of them sneaked in their Christmas gifts for one another before daybreak. They did it in such a way that the recipient of the gift wouldn't know the giver– the only way to know that the gift is for you is from the name written on it.As for what they had been doing since morning, Well, they all woke up quite late and when they did, they had their brunch and drove to the cemetery where they stayed with Mr Christopher for quite some time. On their way back, they dropped by the orphanage and celebrated Christmas with the children there. They took pictures and played around with the babies. When they were about to leave, th
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It's Christmas Eve and Alex, his girlfriend and his friends went to the movie theater to spend it. They had been outside the whole day, going from one fun place to the other. They already mounted a Christmas tree earlier in the day before leaving the house. They were going to place their gifts on the tree after they got home from the theatre. “This is like the hundredth time I'm seeing this movie and it still ended up making me emotional as always,” Cynthia said dabbing her eyes and wiping the snot running down her nose. “Yeah… Romeo and Juliet always have a way of penetrating someone's heart. Every time I watched the movie, I kept praying that they would live happily ever after while still knowing that they would still die.” Sophia chipped in. They were done watching their movie and they were on their way home. As the women conversed about the movie, the men sat down quietly and listened to them. They don't want to say anything that would make them call any of them inconsiderate or
