2023-04-01 13:36:57Patricia quickly put on the clean clothes the old man had kept for her and proceeded to look for her boy.
She knew she should have not been too trusting with someone that she just meant.
Insane thoughts crossed her mind.
What if the man was a kidnapper? What if he was working with Daniel and only came to her in the guise of a helping hand? Her heart raced at those thoughts.
She searched the entire house. The man did not seem harmless but she feared him. She called out to Declan as though, by the reason of a once-in-a-lifetime miracle, he would answer her with a cry or mutter some gibberish. She did not hear anything.
She heard some sounds from outside a
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Ferdinand could not believe the reason why Declan had called him home. He wanted to propose to Samantha and it was hilarious to see him fidget like it was a big deal."Just get down on one knee and ask her to marry you", Ferdinand suggested. He had called Samson and he said that he could just arrange a small party, invite friends and family and propose to her in front of witnesses.He almost bought the idea when something better popped up in his head.He had finished the setup already. All he needed to do was to place some calls and soon, everything was made available for him. They set everything up for him and he was only left with the right outfit for the occasion.He had sent a message to Samantha earlier telling
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Hannah was the happiest on the day she was to go home. Declan had excused himself from work. It had been the longest two months of their lives, waiting for their babies to develop fully.Declan could count the number of days he had been absent from the hospital in a day. It was his usual run immediately after work and he enjoyed doing it.The feeling that came with having children to protect created a kind of ego on his part. He loved the feeling. It was fulfilling.Doctor Pat came in to do the final checkups and confirmed that she was fit as a fiddle. She no longer experienced pain and she could move without the wheelchair.Everything about it made her happy. She could not wait to get back to her normal life.
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The ride to the highly secured safehouse was long and Abigail had looked out the window most of the time.Declan was focused on work on his laptop. He was in a zoom meeting with some members of the staff, and their new clients.Samantha was present and she scribbled at intervals. He saw the full concentration she gave in the meeting, her forehead was narrowed, and her thin glass frame suited her face.He wondered how she was so perfect. He kept stealing glances at her, and on one or two occasions, he had forgotten that it was his turn to speak.He was lost in her. He would call her later and tell her about how captivating she looked during the meeting, and how he could not take his eyes off her.
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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
