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Vanessa’s POV
Three years has passed since I had an encounter with death, that I survived a near death experience and three years, nine months, three days and two hours since I vowed never to have anything to do with the Prince or his family ever again.
After I was rescued that night by a God sent friend, I moved to Philadelphia with the little money I had, even t
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Richard's POV“The next step to take now is sue her, Richard. You need to take the custody of your child, you can't sit here all day and mop over the loss of a child to her mother who is refusing to let you have her. You're more than this Richard and you deserve better too. Sue Vanessa Decruz and get your daughter out of there”After she had slammed the door in my face the previous day, I walked away from the house with all the strength left in me. Suddenly I felt too weak to drive home, too weak to sleep through the night, too weak to carry my office documents and take a look at them, too weak to attend the board of directors meeting, too weak to carry on wi
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RICHARD'S POVWithout thinking twice or thinking about what the outcome will be, I stood up from my seat and ran outside to meet up with Vanessa. Taking hold of her hand, I turned her to me to see the surprise on her face and the next thing I knew was her hand meeting my face: she slapped me.I didn't flinch because I know I’ll still get kicked too and I don't care, all I want right now is to clear all this between us.
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Vanessa's POVIt's been seven days since I last saw Richard, a week of freedom from his trouble and visitations and one part of me is really grateful for this.But the other part of me is really worried, not like I care though but because of the last thing he said to me before leaving that day.“Promise you'll visit me in the prison after I'm done with them” Those words kept on ringing in my head over and over again and getting it out is really difficult.
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Vanessa's POVRECAP“Where's Richard?” I asked“He came back to town five days back and hadn't moved an inch from his house, he's not picking our phone calls and the worst part is our fear, we don't know if he's dead or alive because he can't get to forgive himself for everything that happened” My heart crushed at his last words.PRESENT“That's really scary, what do you think we should do about this? I mean we can't just keep watching him this way, he might harm himself or something”“Exactly and that's where you come in. The Queen
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VANESSA'S POVMy heart froze at the scene that unfolded before me, I was surprised and amazed at how soft Richard could become because of his daughter.“I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when you always need me. I know I'm the worst father in the whole world but I promise to make it up to you from now on. I'm sorry baby” He said while hugging his daughter tightly to his heart.“She can't breathe properly Richard, you need to let go for a minute” I tried taking the child out of his hands to prevent her from suffocating. He didn't release her, he only reduced the tightness.
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Vanessa’sPOVWhat in God's name did she just say?I looked in bewilderment at the figure before me, someone I called a friend for years and confided in for everything that happened to me. Dae, a name that became a past tense. The last time I heard that name was the day Richard's mom fell off the stairs and after that, I lost contact with her and no matter how much I tried to get to her, it was all in vain.Watching her stand in front of Richard's door and telling me she was his girlfriend got me in a mold. I'm beyond surprised and amazed, this
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Vanessa’sPOVThat morning, I decided to drop Rachael off at Richard’s place.“Hey”“Hi” he replied from the other end of the line“I’m on my way to your place, where are you?” I inquired because I didn’t want to stay too long at his place. I have other plans for the day.“I had to go to the office for an emergency board meeting, I’ll soon be home” he replied and also told me the password to his luxurious apartment.On getting there, we settled in his living room as I put on the Disney kids Chanel for Racheal while I go into his kitchen to fi
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VANESSA'SPOV“Do you Michael O'Brien take Stephanie Smith as your lovely wedded wife, to love and to hold, to cherish and to respect till death do you part”“I do” Richard replied grinning and the priest turned to the bride with a wide smile on his face.Michael had managed to get me to understand the reason why he made his marriage a silent one. He had met Stephanie at a restaurant and they fell in love.Can you believe it? Love at first sight and it took me months before I could fall in love
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