“Oh my goodness! You are not serious, Val.” Susan gasped in shock with her jaw dropped. Valerie sighed sadly. “Honestly, Susan, I really don't know how to show myself again in that house. I mean, I saw the sincerity in Nicole's eyes but…”“You are not to blame, Valerie. It's a good thing you told him the truth about how you feel about him, or do you love him?” Susan raised her brows.She sniffed. “The truth is, I don't even know whether I have feelings for him or not. I've never thought about that, that was the reason when he popped the question up I was so confused.” “What are you going to do now?” Susan inquired.“He left the house early in the morning, and he's not back yet. I know that he must be very upset and disappointed, but I just also hope that he understands me. No one in my predicament would want to fall in love.” Valerie shook her head.“You know you can always come back to the house if you feel uncomfortable staying at Nicole's, right?” Susan held her hand and she smil
Valerie's eyes narrowed immediately. “What?”With that, Ethan gulped hard. He immediately regretted confessing to Valerie. That was definitely the wrong time for him to tell her that. “I… You…”“What are you talking about, Sir? I don't understand you.” Valerie snapped at him.“Are you dumb, or are you just playing dumb? Do you think I will like someone like you? Of course, I only like you because you are my daughter's favorite.” He quickly covered up.With a mixture of disappointment and relief, Valerie nodded her head. “Why are you here, President?” Ethan scoffed. “Are you disappointed that I just interrupted your special moment with your dear Nicole?” “I don't get you, sir. Nicole and I are just good friends. We are not a thing, at least not yet.” Valerie sat on the chair.“What? Not yet? You really intend to date him, right?” Ethan sounded extremely jealous.Valerie sniffed. “I'm finding it hard to wrap my head around why you are so concerned about my relationship with Nicole? I
“Valerie, I'm the one who is hurting here. Have you forgotten that I'm wounded?” Nicole feigned sadness.Ethan scoffed. “ You're not a kid, are you? Can't you at least consider little Audrey?” “What does age have to do with the fact that I'm wounded? Valerie, I'm your good friend, right? Ethan can always get a new nanny for Audrey. That shouldn't be a problem, but I can't entertain a stranger in my house.” Nicole continued.“That's enough! Nicole, I can't leave Audrey anymore. Look, she almost died because her nanny added fish powder to her food. What kind of nanny doesn't care to know a child's allergies?” Valerie held Audrey's hand, and Audrey smiled.Nicole freaked out. “Are you choosing Ethan over me?”With that, Valerie snorted. “Ethan? Of course not. I'm only choosing Audrey's welfare. President Ethan is only concerned about Audrey.”“Unbelievable! You already forsake our friendship.” Nicole continued mumbling.However, Valerie beamed with a smile as she patted Nicole's shoulde
Susan couldn't stop smiling. Excitement was an understatement of how she felt. She kept on glancing at her cell phone on the table. Each time it beeped, she'd rush off to pick it up. Likewise, she was still staring at the phone when Andy walked out of the kitchen with a pack of chips that he munched noisily. “Suzy, would you like to see a movie with me on Saturday? I had two tickets, but my crush Katy turned me down. I just can't let my ticket go to waste.” Andrew asked and sat on the couch, but Susan kept silent. Andrew turned his gaze to her with twisted eyebrows. “Susan! Susan!!” “Yes… Yes… What is it?” She flinched, scratching her head. “Susan, what's on your mind? I've been talking for some minutes now, but you've not been listening. Why the heck are you smiling?” He asked curiously. “Not… Nothing!” She stammered. Andrew tuts loudly, shaking his head in disbelief. “Of course, there is something. Why do you look so happy? Did you win the lottery?” Andrew asked. Then, he not
President Ethan walked into his office, and dropped the suitcase he was carrying on the table as he adjusted his tie.All of a sudden, the thought of what happened that morning flashed back into his memory. He couldn't help but smile crazily.“Valerie and I actually slept on the same bed, and we even cuddled.”Just then, he heard a faint knock on the door. “Who is it?”“It's me, Sir. Claire.” The tiny voice said. Claire was actually his secretary.With a deep sigh of relief, he deeply replied. “Come in.”The door swung open and Claire walked in, panicking. It was obvious that she was scared. “President, I apologize for not sending the PDF of the document. I know that I'm going to lose my job because of this, but I just wanted to apologize.”Ethan stared at her for a while and smiled. Claire was shocked to see him smile at her because he rarely does. She could even tell how many times he had smiled in front of her since the two years that she had been working as his secretary. As a mat
“Are you sure of what you're saying?” Ethan asked with his eyes narrowed. Shock was an understatement of how he felt.The man nodded and handed some files to him. “I'm good at my job, Sir. Actually, I found out that she was thrown out by her father's wife after she had the child.”President Ethan sat heavily on the chair. He couldn't even say another word. What a small world! Who would have thought that his daughter's beloved nanny was actually her mother.“Thank you! I'll have the rest of the money transferred to your account as soon as possible.” He said as the man walked away.For a reason he couldn't figure out, he felt so elated to know that Valerie was the surrogate mother who had his child. He was going to tell Audrey and Valerie the truth once he got home.…“What do you intend to do, Nicole? Are you going to continue sulking?” Gabby snorted loudly.Nicole rolled his eyes. “What will you have me do? You don't expect me to force her into doing something that she doesn't want to
“It wasn't from you?” Valerie gulped hard.President Ethan tried hard to get a hold of himself, but he couldn't help it. The thought alone that it was from someone else made him very furious. Then, he thought.“Who dares give a gift to my daughter's mother? She's my baby mama, and I'm the only person who is allowed to do that.”On noticing how furious he was, Valerie stepped backwards. “I'm sorry, Sir. I mistook you for the one who sent me this gift.”“Are you accepting this gift?” Ethan raised his brows at her.Valerie nodded her head in agreement. She was confused why President Ethan would want her to reject the gift. “ Of course, I mean, this is my favorite color. And the shoe is very nice, it would be so ungrateful of me to reject this gift.”“For goodness's sake, Valerie, you don't know who the sender is, do you?” Ethan couldn't hide the jealousy written all over his face. Valerie was marveled. Why would the President keep interfering in her affairs?“I… I don't know but…” Valeri
“How dare you, Justin? Why are you finding it difficult to understand the fact that I am your wife? You are married to me legally, don't you get it?” Patricia broke into tears as she threw the parcel at him.Actually, she had just gotten the parcel from the delivery man. It was the parcel her husband had sent to her stepsister.“She… She returned it, huh? Didn't she like the color? Does that mean that her leg got bigger, and it doesn't fit her?” Justin sprang up from the couch with his eyes widened.Patricia sniffed hard in heartbreak. “Excuse you?”“Why did she return it? Did you ask the delivery man?” He anxiously inquired.“Damn you, Justin! Damn you! I'm your wife, for goodness's sake. You just cheated on me by sending gifts to your ex-girlfriend who happens to be my stepsister, and you have the guts to ask me that?” Patricia cried out.Justin bowed his head. “I… I only sent a gift to her. Not like I've seen her for god-knows-how-long.” “Are you supposed to send a gift to your ex