"Thank you for saving me, gummy bear. I will repay you after all this is done," Carlton promised. "I have told you not to call me that again. I am now a woman," Stacy frowned deadpan to his face. She didn't like that Carlton could not acknowledge her as a woman, could not see her love for him, and could not decipher that she wasn't doing him but herself a favor. She married him because she wanted it! ********* Despite being aware that he was out of her league, Stacy had been in love with her elder brother's friend, Carlton, for a long time. She was determined to make him hers at all costs, without the knowledge of anyone around her. Unfortunately, Carlton's announcement of his marriage to another lady shattered her heart mercilessly. One thing led to another, and she was the one standing on the altar to say the vows as his wife without the knowledge of her family. It was to save him, and to save her desire too. However, he could never look at her with affection. Could not love her no matter how hard she tried, and could not fully accept her as his wife. And they ended up divorcing bitterly despite Stacy's pleas because he wanted it. His ex-girlfriend was back! Picking her life from scratch after a stormy divorce, a miserable lady who became a Certified Physiotherapist is finally healing from disownment from everyone. Stacy Hall had now become the most sought-after. ********** "My heart is broken, Stacy. I have not been able to breathe since you left," He begged with tears. "Mr. Howard. My job is to fix broken bones, not hearts," Stacy replied to him curtly.
View MoreThe air that filled the space of Carlton's office crackled with tension, as he stood up from where he was sitting, and strode elegantly with his hands tucked into his pockets with a wicked smile dancing on his lips towards Alison, who was sitting comfortably on the deluxe couch that no one showed her, while sipping from the sizzling cup of coffee in her hand with so much confidence. Though she had made it so difficult to get to the bottom of the truth concerning his company funds, he was far smarter than her gimmicks and the stunts she pulled. However, it was quite puzzling for him to know that the two persons she had used as her tools were merely driven by instigation, and had been sabotaged by her in the long run due to their loose tracks. Therefore, they were not able to rope Alison into their mess after they were caught. After all, the two had no idea who had been giving them orders for months because they were getting large deposits from the supposed person who was driving them
Stacy stood transfixed in a spot with trembling hands, with her eyes fully dilated as a result of the stunning state of disbelief she had been plunged into. Her heart raced with excitement and tears at the same time as she continually stared at the two red lines on the pregnancy test kit she had used. To be sure that she was not mistaken when she first saw it, she repeated the process for two other kits, and it all appeared with two stripes. ‘What?! She was pregnant?!’ She had been feeling weak and dizzy for the past few days after the ruckus at the hospital started to dissipate into forgetfulness, with another nurse's secret affair with the head of her department the next talk of everyone. However, thinking it was stress and the aftereffects of her endless tears and sadness, she didn't think of such at all. After Carlton returned, they spent the weekend together, even with his hectic schedule, and spent the entire night in each other's arms to make up for the short time that they
It had been days since Carlton left on the short trip that he had gone on with James, and Stacy had been trying to maintain her sanity even if it was so hard to do that. She had not been able to reach him ever since he left, through calls, text messages, or even emails, and it was hard to hide the rising tide of panic that threatened to engulf her. Desperate to hide that she was fine, she forced a bright smile whenever she was with her patients, while trying to hide the fact that she had been overthinking a lot about what was going on. Though she landed two nice paying gigs which she finished in two days to keep her busy, she could not be happy, considering how things had fallen apart for her too. “Are you fine, Stace?” Fiona, who was a new doctor that was assigned to work with her, asked, her voice frail and thin in its usual way. “Yes. Why do you ask?” Stacy answered her with a smile, even if she knew what the lady was talking about. However, she was scared of showing her weakne
“Is that not the billionaire that was on the news?” Nadia whispered as she dragged Stacy to the other side of the room, after Carlton had taken his seat in their living room. “Yeah,” she responded, with a modest smile gracing her lips. “What is he doing here?” Nadia whispered, still not grasping what was going on. “Because this is the only safe place he can be that no one would know about,” Stacy chuckled, trying hard to keep her laughter in check because of how her friend was freaking out. “What?! Do you know him from somewhere?” she questioned again, while trying to understand what a man like him was doing in their house. “Yeah. He was my outpatient,” Stacy answered lazily, while trying to keep Nadia from squirming uncontrollably. “Wow! Your outpatient? So that means…….” That was when realization hit Nadia, the moment she comprehended the information that she had just been told. “He is your boyfriend?! This is the man you are dating?!” She half-yelled, losing herself already
Reporters are waiting everywhere outside the hospital. What is going on?” One nurse questioned the other person sitting beside her, as her eyes focused on the ruckus that seemed to be going on outside the hospital with reporters struggling to enter when it was barely noon. “I guess it has to do with the news that came out this morning about the Howard conglomerate,” she answered, as she sorted out the patients' charts she had been asked to bring information about. “What has that got to do with the hospital? Did they fund the hospital too? Are we going to be investigated? Gosh, what would I do if we lost our jobs?” The one who had asked, panicked, which made the other one roll her eyes in irritation. “Would you catch your breath and listen? Or I leave?” She hissed, and the other one composed herself instantly. “Apparently, the CEO , Carlton Howard, was one of our VIP patients in the hospital, and news came out that he had been getting treatment in our hospital for the past years, w
“Hi, Hudson,” Stacy called sluggishly as soon as she sat in front of her brother, at the restaurant he told her that he was going to meet her. She had been restless ever since he asked if she was at Carlton's, and there was no way that she could deny it even if she wanted to. And she agreed to meet him and talk about it, knowing that he must have been something enough to be convinced. She never thought the day they would have to speak about her and Carlton would come that briskly. “Hey, kid sister,” Hudson responded with a dry smile, even if he had so many ideas and thoughts going on in his head. He had too many questions to ask his sister, and he was not even sure he would know where to start. “How have you been?” Stacy asked him, as she ordered just wine instead of food, knowing that there was no way that she would be able to get food into her stomach, with the nauseating feeling that tension had spread over her body. “Been great, sis,” Hudson answered, “Trust you have been too,”
“Yeah. You said it was urgent,” Liam affirmed as he gazed at her too, with great curiosity lurking in his heart, while trying to get it in control of its rapid beats that awaited the words he had imagined over and over in his head that she would say to him. He had wondered endlessly what she wanted to tell him. “Marry Evelyn, and take over the hospital. It wouldn't be nice if you lost your inheritance,” she muttered briefly as she carried her eyes away from him, her words skipping so fast, like it would hurt her to say them slowly. “What are you talking about?” Liam questioned, his eyebrows jumping in surprise as his forehead knotted in confusion. Immediately, he realized that Evelyn had informed her again of the threat his father had made to him, so that she would pressure him to obey. “Don't you want to take over your inheritance? Do you want to lose what is rightfully yours over something so trivial?” Nadia asked him sternly, her heart beating so erratically, and her voice tre
On the rooftop of the towering heights of a city skyscraper, was Nadia, standing and staring at the beautiful night scenery from that height, while allowing the cold breeze of the night to tousle through her long, flowing hair. Rather than the sight she was gazing at, her mind was ladened with the thoughts of the unexpected encounter that she had with Xander, and the overwhelming emotion that she was yet to get over from the thought of meeting him in that manner at her favorite café. “Fancy meeting you here,” he drawled, eyes gazing at her with so much surprise because she was the last person he would ever have thought to meet.Her head banged at the sight of him and her heart began to beat so fast like she was running out of breath, the more she gazed into his eyes and remembered the torment and pain he had put her through. “How have you been?” He asked her with a smile curving his lips, and her words hung up her throat in disbelief. Her jaw clenched so hard and her fingers tighte
Julius and Carlton had not spoken to one another for a while because of their constant misunderstandings with one another, and his strong disapproval of the supposed doctor he said he was dating. However, he didn't believe the part where he said the lady was his ex-wife, and had even intentionally omitted the information from his head, believing that Carlton said that just because he was enraged. Still, he couldn't help but be subconsciously bothered that his grandson was dating the person who treated him, because he believed it was a mere attraction that sprouted because of his longtime loneliness without a woman, and dependence on the so-called doctor. But with how everything had turned out with the emergency shareholder meeting they had without him, and Carlton returning to the company so abruptly, because of everything that had happened in his absence. He had been trying hard to reach Carlton, but it had not been easy for the past few days. And finally, his beloved grandson was
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