Author's POV"What video? Show me," Anne requested.Daisy handed the phone to Anne and she played the video. There was a young man being interviewed by the press. His face was blurred so they couldn't tell who it was."Are you trying to tell us that the baby Lucian's wife, Anne Baker is carrying is not Lucian's but yours?" The reporter asked."Yes it is," the man said."And how sure are you?" The reporter asked."I am a 100 percent sure. You see, after becoming Lucian's One-night stand, she realized that she needed a rich man in her life so Anne approached me and begged me to make her pregnant. She wanted to use the pregnancy to extort money from Lucian," the young man said."And why are you only just coming out with the truth now? I'm sure the viewers at home want to know," the reporter asked."She paid me to be quiet and not tell anyone about it but I've not had peace since then. I don't want my fellow man to suffer in the hands of that nasty woman no more. Lucian deserves to know

Author's POVAfter leaving for work the next day, Anne called her friends over and they helped her pack. After about an hour when they were done packing, they set out to leave the house but then the house staff began to ask her questions like where she was going with her boxes. But Anne didn't answer any of them.After loading all her bags into Kiama's booth, Kiama drove Anne and the other ladies to the airport where Anne was going to board a plane out of San Francisco, California.Anne was preparing to leave the life she had created with Lucian. She struggled mightily with her choice, but the onslaught of criticism and scrutiny from the public had grown intolerable. Her feelings were a tumultuous combination of anguish, relief, and uncertainty as Kiana drove towards the airport. When Anne arrived at the airport, her friends volunteered to support her and assist her with her luggage. After exchanging tearful goodbyes, Anne moved toward the exit, leaving the life she had known behind.

Author's POV“Anne, wherever you are, I want you to know that I love you and I’ll always love you,” Lucian added. “And I love you too, my love,” Lucian heard a familiar voice say.Lucian turned to look in the direction in which the voice had come. He didn’t see anyone there. All of a sudden, a heavily pregnant Anne walked into the hall. All eyes and attention were turned to her. Lucian, amongst all people, was surprised to see her.“Anne?” He said, to be sure he was hallucinating.“Lucian,” Anne said.“Your friends told me that you travelled outbid the country and I looked everywhere for you but I couldn’t find you,” Lucian said, his eyes tearing up.“Yes I went to the airport that day and I even entered the plane but it didn’t feel right. I felt uncomfortable watching the people I loved the most be in pains. So I left the airport and stayed with Kiama. I was at her house the day you came to look for me. I’m sorry I caused you so much pain,” Anne said, tears freely flowing down her c

Author’s POVAnne looked between her best friend, Kiama and her husband, Lucian curiously. She looked at Gemma and Daisy giving them a sign to tell her whether they knew what was going on. The two signaled her back that they knew nothing of what was going on.“Go ahead you two, you’re scaring me with the looks of your faces,” she finally said to Lucian and Kiama said Kiama took a deep breath before speaking,“A of days ago, someone called me telling me she was your mother…”Anne burst in to a fit of uncontrolled laughter. When she saw that Kiama wasn’t laughing back, she stopped and said,“Kiama, I don’t believe that as a lawyer, you’d fall for scammers. Everyone in this room knows how I lost my mother when I was pretty little so whoever called you must want to scam you or something.”Kiama looked at Lucian who then encouraged her to keep going.“The day you and the babies moved back home, I went to meet this person. Although she looked older than the picture you used to show us but

Author’s POV“Mrs. Baker, please may I have a word with you?” Lucian asked Anne’s mother one evening.Anne was in the babies’ room, giving them their evening baths and that was why Lucian had the opportunity to get to talk with her mother, Rachel. “Is anything the problem?” Rachel looked at him, worry etched on her face.“No, I just wanted to speak to you about something really important,” Lucian said.“Go ahead, I’m listening,” Rachel said.“The first day you came into this house, you asked about how Anne and I met and I don’t think I have given you an answer yet,” Lucian started.“Oh, I was curious then but I don't think it's necessary now. I see that you’re a good man and my daughter deserves you and you deserve her too. You both are just too good for each other so I don't think I want to know that story anymore,” Rachel said.“There is something I want to ask of you but I cannot ask it if I do not tell you the history between your daughter and I or how we started,” Lucian sa