“Isn’t this too early, what the fuck?” Emily felt disheartened, Amelia was her sister but this was becoming so irritating. Sam sighed, took another sip at the coffee and started walking towards the lobby. “Are you gonna go see her like that?” Emily asked, following behind him hastily. “There’s no time going up to the room again, the fact that Amelia is here means I own that child,” Sam dried his body with a big white sparkling towel as he walked. His words made Emily speechless, she just followed him quietly with the coffee mug in hand. ….Amelia was surprised to see Sam entering the lobby with just a pair of moist shorts and a white towel around his neck, his physique was one of the things that made her fall in love with him and seeing it now, she shivered, but recomposed herself. When she saw Emily coming in behind him, the feeling disappeared entirely and was replaced by jealousy. She was wearing a white robe, which meant that they had enjoyed themselves the previous night d

“How’s that even possible,” Amelia laughed, but it didn’t get to her eyes; it was a kinda mocking laughter. Emily was a little surprised, but she knew Derek; she just didn’t know his name, she had seen him once in Ethan’s corporation, it was all going around a circle. “Derek is the son of the former owner of Ethan’s corporation, I’m sure you know who Ethan Cole is; Derek Cole is his son and I’m his son as well, but from different mothers,” Sam furtherly revealed, a small grin curling up his lips. He wasn’t supposed to be revealing this to Amelia, but he had to because of the situation. Amelia was utterly dumbfounded, she never even thought of it; Derek had his own company so she didn’t think he’d be the son of Ethan Cole. In fact she was too engrossed with his wealth that she didn’t even have time to think who his father might be. It wasn’t just Derek being Ethan Cole’s son that made her starstruck, Sam was always the son of one of the most influential and wealthy people in Los A

Derek eyes stood wide, he was expecting something violent but not to that extent, wasn’t Elena going too far? “It’s the only way, Derek. Sam wouldn’t give up that property as far as he’s alive, especially now that the two of you have an history,” Elena persisted, fixing her gaze on her son. She was skeptical, but she just had to say it; this was the only way out at the moment and they had to act quickly before Ethan dies. “Hurting Sam might put the both of us behind bars for the rest of our lives, mum. I don’t want to take that risk,” Derek said, staring at the whiskey inside his glass cup. Now that they just had a fierce encounter with each other, any slight violent incident that happened to any of them; they would both be the first prime suspects, especially him because he was the one trying to get something from Sam at the moment. Elena idea was good and seems like the only way, but it wasn’t very ideal at the moment. “Not if we make it look like an accident,” Elena probed, g

Derek was flabbergasted, what was going on? Amelia and Sam at his house at the same time? And who was the woman clinging on to Sam? Derek held the glass cup filled with whiskey with both of his hands, so it wouldn’t fall out of shock. “It seems you do not like your job anymore,” Derek's gaze went to the butler who came to announce their presence. He had told Amelia never to come to his house unless she removed the child inside of her; and still his butler allowed her in. “I….I…..didn’t,” “Hear us out, Derek; aren’t you surprised it’s not only me this time, fucking take a chill!” Amelia was getting annoyed with his behavior, even if he wanted to discard her, at least he should hear their side of the story. The butler was kinda glad that Amelia interrupted him, he actually had no answer to that question, but the fact that his job was still on the line hadn’t been resolved; Amelia just bought him some time. He quickly left their midst before Derek could ask him another question he

“I cannot accept a woman who Carries the child of an enemy, the only way out of this, I’ve told Amelia before; get rid of that thing and I’ll gladly welcome you back into my life,” Derek released his verdict which wasn’t different from the one he had given Amelia some days back. He made it seem like he was about to agree to their proposal and shattered their hopes at the last minute. Sam sighed, he wasn’t the type to probe, not even in this kind of setting, so he remained mute. “I never knew you were this heartless, Derek. Is all these not enough to show that I love and want to be with you?” One could hear the frustration and anger in Amelia’s voice. She felt like pushing Derek down that veranda and watching him shatter his skull on the concrete ground.“It is not, Amelia, what is enough to me is what I’ve told you to do, now if you’d leave my house. I’d be fucking glad,” Derek wasn’t even moved a bit, despite Amelia’s sober state. Sam moved backwards and went and stood next to Emi

“Are you out of your mind, Amelia? This isn’t what we planned.” Sam was the first to retaliate, with a shocking frown on his face. He couldn’t believe that Amelia would be influenced so easily by Derek’s offer, what could he have said that made her change her mind so quickly, right on the spot. Emily was also shocked by Amelia’s sudden move, did she plan this all along? Cause it was looking like something that was perfectly preplanned. “I’m in my right senses, Sam. Can’t you see I’m in a dilemma? What would you do in my position Emily?” Amelia fired the words to Sam but glanced at Emily at the conclusion of her statement. She was looking sober like she was going to burst out in tears any moment. Emily wasn’t expecting the question, but she thought about it; Amelia was either obsessed with the wealth of these men that she chose one of them or she loved Derek genuinely and would do anything to be with him. But she really can’t say if she would kill a child for Sam, she had to be i

Going to the authorities right away wouldn’t be a great idea. Maybe talking to Amelia’s mother would do the trick, Sam thought, luckily; Emily was Amelia’s sister so Sam didn’t have to start searching for Amelia’s house without asking her. Sam never knew Amelia’s house or family throughout all the time they dated, that answered why Laura didn’t even recognize him when she came to his Villa together with Amelia. Sam knew nothing about Amelia’s family, and he didn’t try to find out since they were still dating. He had plans to ask Amelia about her parents if he had gotten the opportunity to propose to her and she agreed, but that wasn’t destined to happen. Sam didn’t waste time, he was supposed to come see Laura the same day, but he had to get to the office and sort out some paperwork and instate the new secretary who just started working at Ethan’s corporation as his secretary. All that took most of his time and he couldn’t think properly, it was after this that he had the time to

Laura’s face reverted into a sudden shock as she sat on the sofa opposite Sam and Emily. “Abort? I thought she wanted to confirm if the child’s yours, what’s abortion got to do with that?” Laura was confused, since they went for the test, Amelia hadn’t given her feedback of the result she had no idea if it was really Sam’s child or not. Sam sighed, he wasn’t surprised that Amelia hadn’t said anything to Laura concerning the result and all what they went to do at Derek’s. She was doing everything on her own accord, leaving her mother out of it. “So she didn’t tell you the result was out?” Sam asked, his eyes wide as he gazed at Laura, a little stunned. “I’m still expecting the news, that’s why I’m astonished about what you Just said.” Laura’s voice was starting to sound shaky, she still had a very confused expression on her face.“I’m the owner of the child, Laura, seems your daughter has left you out of the picture; like I promised I had accepted to take responsibility of the chi

Derek hit the brakes again, but this time it was in front of a small duplex in one of the residential areas in Los Angeles. Derek had never been to Amelia’s house, just like Sam, he knew nothing about her parents either and this was the first time he would be meeting Amelia’s mother. Amelia alighted from the vehicle herself, she didn’t even wait for Derek to come help her like they usually do some few weeks back before the discovery of her pregnancy. They just got back and weren't in sync with their romantic routine and lifestyle. And the worst part was, Amelia really wanted to see her mother, the way Laura sounded on the phone made her heart squeeze. Derek followed Amelia as she walked hurriedly to the front door of the duplex and pushed it open without knocking, stepping into the sitting room, Amelia’s mouth fell agape and as Derek entered to, he regretted the fact that he listened to Amelia. Right in front of them was Laura, Emily and Sam standing near the sofas in the sitting

Emily quickly went and held her mother, making her sit on one of the sofas in the room. “You’ve made your point, Amelia, you’ve broken the heart of your own mother, it’s time for you to go.” Emily frowned, patting her shoulder. She was way disappointed in her sister for choosing a man over her mother’s wishes. Amelia felt a sharp pain across her chest, but she didn’t care; she had gone so far that there was no turning back, in fact she didn’t even want to come back. “Let’s go, Derek.” Amelia ordered, despite the heaviness she was feeling in her chest. She had no idea when she’d see her mother again, but in order to stay in the wealthy family game, she had to take this difficult decision.Derek glanced at Sam for a few seconds before turning to leave, only if Sam knew what was coming, he thought. Sam sighed, watching his step brother and ex girlfriend leave the room; knowing fully well what they were about to do, he was hurting so much deep down because he had no idea how to stop