2023-06-19 15:31:45Hannah lazily got up from her bed when her alarm went off. She needed to get her kids ready for school and still rush off to work in the nick of time.
She was intentional, carving out a new path for herself after all that had happened.
To distract herself from everything, Hannah immersed herself in work and got along better with her colleagues.
Her job seemed more intriguing to her as she put her mind to it consciously this time.
She was seeking an opportunity to get to the peak of her career and had even applied for an opportunity to further her education.
Her superiors had taken note of her dedication in the past months and she was soon
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"Sam," Hannah called out to Samson who was smiling down at her. She did not believe she would ever see him again. He had not come to the island in a long time, probably because they were not an item any longer.She thought about him on some occasions and wished she did not treat him unfairly. What she still felt towards him was remorse for what she had done and she only sought an opportunity to apologize for everything.He had changed phone lines too, and she never bothered to ask Declan about his new numbers. She did not want to seem thirsty and desperate.Looking at him now, he seemed different, more handsome, and looking more fulfilled. A pair of glasses covered his eyes. She had never seen him in those before.
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Declan knew that it was a serious affair when a woman said they needed to talk. He wondered what had prompted her request. Samantha could not have possibly found out about the ploy they intended to carry out.He packed up the few things he had come to Abigail's place with and alerted Jason, his pilot, that he was ready to go back to the island. He told Abigail that there was an urgent business meeting at home and his presence was required.His phone rang when he arrived at the airport. It was Samantha and he dreaded answering it. He answered however on the second ring."I've been waiting at the hotel for over an hour now," she said once he pressed the phone to her ears."You know there is no need for that," he
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Declan was not sure he heard what she had just said properly. He turned sharply to look at her."Are you sure?" He asked her. She nodded."I thought you would want to have that with Anthony instead," he said to her.Samantha was quiet as though she was thinking deeply about it. Anthony was a good man, no doubt, but he was still hung up on his last relationship and was a mummy's boy. She did not think she wanted to raise a son with someone like that. She needed a man to handle that aspect of her life, and Declan looked like one.We've always wanted a child together and I was thinking why don't we do this together too?" She asked him, not willing to taint Anthony there and then. "I was thinking of presenting you with that offer some time ago," he said to her. "But you were insisting on leaving me," she added.She turned to look at him. "I want us to do this together," she said quietly. "Co-parenting with you does not sit well with me. I want you to remain my wife," he said to her as
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Samson arrived just in time to pick Hannah up for their date. He missed the evening session because he had another meeting. He was such a busy man these days that she wondered if he had time for himself. He would have no time to simp over her again. She had informed Kennedy and told him not to come to pick her up as she already had a ride. He insisted that he was told to take care of her, but she asked him not to worry about anything. Samson was waiting in the car when she came out of the hall. She entered the car immediately and he gave her a warm embrace. "I hope I'm in no trouble with your bodyguard, right?" He asked her in an amused tone as he began to drive. She looked at him. "Are you by any chance talking about Kennedy?" She asked him. "Of course," he replied and they both laughed. "Come on, he is just doing the job he was paid to do," she said to him. "And I must admit that he is very good with it," he replied. He drove on as they talked about other things. Whenever
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As Declan stepped into the party arena, his eyes scanned the whole place for Samantha. He needed to especially appreciate her for what she had done for him.She helped him save face with Louis. He knew that she said she was going to do her research, but she had not been joking about it at all.She had dug out his records, including his dubious business deals. The amazing part was that she had it all on paper, which she duplicated and shared with all members of the board when she came in.They were surprised at it all and they all came to an agreement that Lucas be sanctioned.Declan thought about how much he had been sabotaged in the past. To avoid that sort of event, he made a final decision that Louis
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Hannah was looking forward to seeing Samson later in the day. She no longer anticipated seeing Kennedy and she had told him not to bother about coming to pick her up until she asked him to."I will keep looking after you nevertheless," Kennedy said to her. His words were thoughtful and as he walked out of her room that morning.She had not taken out time to take in the handsome man that was her bodyguard. He was tall, well-built, and overprotective of her. Something about the way he carried out his duty, always in a pair of shades fascinated her. He was also a gentleman to the core and she wondered if he had someone he was with already.She called Samson after the morning session but he was not answering his phone. She tried three more times but he would not answer. It left
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Hannah jumped off the bed immediately and it startled Kennedy who stood up and began to get dressed."Get out of my room," she shouted at him."Can you calm down?" He asked her gently. She would not hear of it."I said get out," she shouted again, pointing at the door.Kennedy seemed embarrassed as he walked out of the suite not fully dressed. He could probably use a bathroom nearby.She headed into the bathroom immediately to have her bath. Her flight was in an hour and she did not want to miss it. She would find something for her throbbing headache on the way to the airport.As she got out with her bag, Kennedy rushed
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It had been over two months since the doctor told them that their babies had high chances of survival as they showed massive improvements with their treatment. Samantha had stopped going to the office totally, and Declan had requested that an office space to be set up in the executive ward for him. Lucy was getting so much better and she was able to breastfeed the children as Samantha had required of her. It was as though they were living in the hospital with their children. Declan's heart swelled with joy with every inch that was added to their height, and every iota of flesh they put on. He would spend most of his time looking down on his boys, wondering if it was the same way his father looked at him and Daniel when they were babies. As he thought about Daniel, the events of the court's final verdict the previous week all came rushing back to him. He had always dreamed of the day Daniel would be sentenced to prison, and he would rejoice and rub it in his face. But on
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Samantha was the first to notice his dazed expression once he was done with the phone call. He entered the private chamber of his office and stayed there.When she saw that he was not going to come out anytime soon, she went in there to search for him. "A celebrant can't leave his party, you know," she began in an attempt to lighten up his sour mood. He looked up at her and would not say a word. "What is going on?" She finally asked him. He dreaded saying anything to her. The news that he had just heard was capable of breaking her, and he did not want that for her. "You don't need to worry about it. I will fix it," he replied. "I did not ask you if you could fix it," she said. "I asked what was the matter," she was insistent. "Abigail just called me and she informed me that Lucy was rushed to the hospital," he finally spilled. "What are you talking about?" She asked, very bewildered. "Lucy was rushed to the hospital," he repeated. "And what are you doing about it?" She asked
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The news about the court case had spread like wildfire, but Declan was not disturbed because he was on top of the case, gaining some level of victory over Daniel. The best part of it all was that he now had the judge on his side without having to try so much. It was in the course of these coincidences that he learned of the good legacy that his father had left behind because of his good deed. The judge had told him how he knew his father. When he kicked off his career as a barrister, he encountered different types of attacks from his rivals on the court. It was very unsafe for him and he was always running. One particular night, some armed men attacked him and beat him up so much that one could hardly recognize him except if they looked closely. He went about, knocking on doors and asking people for help, but no one would attend to him, especially because it was very late at night. They thought he was a thief or killer in disguise.Ferdinand was the only one who opened up to him.
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Declan's eyes did not leave Georgina as she walked up to the witness box. He wondered what it was that she wanted to be a witness to. He saw the way she quivered as she stood there and he suspected that she had been coerced into doing what she did. He listened closely to her as she spoke, saying her vow on the holy book, even though everything that would come out of her mouth was all going to be lies. She did what he least expected. She said to the hearing of everyone in the court that she was raped by Declan the first time she came to be a surrogate for them.Declan was too stunned to say a word at all and just kept his eyes on her. She was crying bitterly. Looking intently at her, he was forced to wonder if these were just fake tears to back up her lie, or if it was a sign that she regretted betraying him. Daniel could have been the one coercing her to do this, but he did not say anything. His eyes still followed her as she walked down the witness box. She glanced at where Dan
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If Declan could have collected all the pieces of evidence and witnesses he wanted in just a week or a month, it would not have been sufficient. But it took him three months, with Samantha solidly behind him. Micheal was not left out of the entire planning process for Daniel's court case. All they wanted to do was get him out of the way as soon as possible. To take down someone like Daniel, who hardly left any stone unturned or left loose ends, they needed to be well prepared, and Declan insisted that they were going to prepare well. The surrogacy plan kicked off in the second month. Lucy was giving off so many dangerous side effects at first that they kept wondering if her body could hold a child. She knew what she had gone through to produce a child that her body did not agree to. The one time that she thought she was close, was when the incident with Daniel happened. But Lucy's body adjusted afterward to the treatment. She began to respond positively and soon, she fell pregna
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Declan paced about in the bedroom endlessly and Samantha was beginning to get dizzy from following him with her eyes. "You are going to bore holes in this floor if you don't stop pacing so much," she said to him. "That boy is making me go crazy," Declan said as he rubbed his forehead in exhaustion. Samantha wondered if it was Daniel he was calling a boy, but she resolved that there was no better way to refer to someone so petty than a boy. "What did he do this time?" She asked him gently, not wanting to piss him off further."He fired the entire members of the accounting department before I could come to the office," Declan complained. Samantha was left to wonder if Daniel was going insane or not. She had never seen someone that acted so much on impulse in an instant. He was so quick to act that one would think that he was not thinking at all. "I thought he was no longer CEO.""I nullified what he did immediately after I got the notice.""Then what are you worried about?""Don't
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Samantha had never been pleased to hear the news before. Declan's agreement to still go ahead with having a child despite the Georgina drama was like music to her ears. She had not bothered to pester him about it anymore, as she did not want him to say he was right after all about Georgina. Instead, she had been more intentional about living her best life. She thought of the children back at the country home. They were enough to suffice for what she could not have. "Do you want to do an adoption or should we still search for a surrogate?" She asked him, deciding to lay all the cards on the table so they could deliberate together. She was not going to be selfish this time. Having a child was going to be a big step for them. It was not the financial aspect that bothered them. Declan's companies and businesses were worth an amount that could feed an entire city comfortably."We are both hoping to carry our child in our hands someday, so I guess surrogacy would not be a bad idea," he
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"I will have to leave very early today," Micheal informed Declan ahead of time. He did not want to be faced with the challenge of having so much work that he could barely manage any spare time. "You have a date with your girlfriend, I guess," Declan said as he looked up at Micheal."Let's not say it's a date," Micheal began, blushing lightly. "It's just a little thing that I do with her every month," he explained. "What is that?" Declan asked, not feeling bad about prying. It was the same thing Micheal did as well. He could swear that Michael knew so many things about him that Samantha had yet to find out. He was very observant and he loved that about her. "We go to the prison for a visit before we head to the orphanage," Micheal said. "Shonda said she wants to own an NGO in Africa in the future, so this is a good start for us."Declan was highly impressed by this agenda. His father ran several orphanages and charitable homes before he died. It was conferred on him in the will. He
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Daniel had been very cranky the entire week. First, all the money that he stole from the company's account had magically returned to it, and it still surprised him that they found out about the offshore account. He also received news that Declan hosted a birthday party over the weekend. He had not been invited nor did he have any knowledge about it. He knew what he could do with the knowledge of such a gathering. He was angry because, after months of being CEO, he had still not successfully convinced the board why he should take over the house. The will stated that it was primarily Declan's inheritance, and there was nothing that he could do about it. Declan, on the other hand, had suddenly banned him from entering the house. The security around it was toughened up so that no matter how much he tried to meander his way in, he would not succeed. This morning, Declan called for a board meeting that he said was going to be used to pass some information. He wished he could stop De
