“Single but pregnant… with my child! ”
Ella was already lying down but she repeatedly heard in her mind what Damian had said. She would have liked to slap the man’s face that a real McBride was inside her womb but it favored Monique more. If he hadn’t been able to control himself earlier, the three of them might have gotten into trouble! Plus, he knows Damian and it’s not just to believe him without evidence.
The next morning, he caught up with Monique, and the woman was sitting comfortably in the living room. Her legs were crossed and he had a mug of steaming coffee in his right hand and his left was busy with a magazine. She was even more annoyed when she noticed her dress. Does it really need to wear a gown even just at home? The art really is! “Hey,” he called to the woman.
“Why?” Monique replied but didn’t even look at Ella.
“I’ll be grateful if you leave my house right now,” Ella said and she imitated her style when the woman kicked her out.
When Monique heard what Ella said, she closed the magazine and put it back in the pouch, then leaned back on the sofa. “Why would I do that?” He asks Damian’s half -brother who has done nothing but be the villain in his life.
“Are you going to ask that? You know it wasn’t Damian who got you pregnant,” Ella’s voice was calm as she told Monique what she knew. The woman’s face lost color and the blush on was not applied. “Oh what, you slept there! Because, am I right? ”
Monique’s eyes narrowed as she listened to what Ella had to say. He suddenly stood up and pulled the woman out because it had no right to ruin his plans! He doesn’t know how he found out his secret but the truth can’t reach Damian because his plans for his son and for him will be fulfilled.
Ella was shocked when Monique suddenly attacked her but she was stunned for a moment and when she recovered she retaliated against the woman. It hurt her tweaking and she couldn’t forgive it. With all her strength, Ella lifted her left hand onto the woman’s neck and choked it tightly. Monique’s eyes widened at what she had done and the woman let go of her hair. “So what? Are you brave? ” He glared at Monique who was trembling with fear. Monique probably thought it would kill her. “Now show me your courage!” said Ella, and when Monique began to cry, her forehead furrowed.
“Ella!”
Ella turned to the screaming man and Monique’s body fell to the floor as she released it. “Damian!” he said and addressed the man. “Monique just fooled you,” he added, but Damian suddenly pulled her and carried her out of the house. Even though the man hadn’t spoken yet, he seemed to already know what it would say to him.
“What happened to you? I can’t understand you anymore, “Damian said.
“Someone else got Monique pregnant,” Ella told the truth but Damian just laughed at her. She doesn’t want to tell the man what she knows until she has no proof but she needs to know the truth that Monique just cheated on her!
“I never thought you would be like this, Ella. Maybe it’s better for you to leave this house first, then go to Trinidad first. ” Damian’s suggestion.
They have a bungalow in the town of Trinidad and only the caretaker is there because they have paddy fields in that town. But what was he going to do there? He’ll just get bored. “Are you driving me away? What is Damian? Do you believe more in that woman’s lies? You didn’t get her pregnant! ” he raised his voice to Damian because he didn’t want to believe him.
“First of all, you are the one who wants me to hold her accountable, and now you will tell me that the child in Monique’s womb is not my child. Don’t worry because I will go to Trinidad and I won’t leave you, “Damian promised.
The house is in Ella’s name but she will not claim the property even though she knows that she is just a member of the McBride family. Just so, he was hurt by what Damian did. He favored Monique even more. “Why did you do this to me?” He asked the man.
“You can’t be stressed and until Monique is here, you’ll just be stressed, so you’ll be in Trinidad first, okay? All right, go upstairs and fix your things and I’ll take you there. ” Said Damian.
Ella raised her eyebrows and glared at Damian. It’s nice to talk but it’s very offensive! “Never mind! I can handle myself, “he said and quickly walked away from Damian before he could stand in front of it. The man didn’t even ask if he was hurt by Monique’s tweaking. He didn’t even ask if he was okay. He smiled bitterly as he climbed to the top because it was even brighter in the sunlight that Damian only remembered the child. As the CEO of the vulnerable, he immediately believed its sweet words when he picked her up.
As she packed, her tears flowed steadily. She promised herself that she would never really send Damian’s sweet words in case he planned to seduce her one day. The crow will turn white before he is allowed to eat it again!
Carrying his pink suitcase, he went downstairs with his forehead high and saw the two traitors sitting side by side on the sofa. He was overwhelmed with anger and prayed that Monique would be struck by lightning!
“Have a safe trip, Ella.” Said Monique.
He smiled at the woman and winked at her. “You bet I will,” Ella said and she even managed to smile before walking out the door.
Her car was about to leave the gate when she remembered what she and Rebecca had talked about before. Why did he forget that? He maneuvered the car back to the garage and in his mind he saw Rebecca smile. “I changed my mind,” she artistically announced her return to the two and Ella saw Damian’s lips move as if laughing but Monique’s eyes widened.
Damian stood up and blocked Ella from going up to the second floor. “What are you doing? Don’t you understand me? I said, stay in Trinidad first! ” Damian said angrily.
“I do not want!” Ella stubbornly obeyed the man’s command.
“It’s up to you,” Damian said and let the woman climb upstairs. He went to the bar and chose a wine. He sighed repeatedly as he pondered what he would do next. He recognized the shots when Monique approached and took the glass he had used. “What?” he rebuked the woman for interfering with it.
“Do you have a problem? Ella, what? I told you it would be better if he wasn’t here at home. ” Said Monique.
“Stop it,” Damian warned the woman.
“Damian! Do you know that I am already hurt by what you do to me? I feel like I am the third party in your relationship! ” Monique’s voice rose because she could no longer hold back and keep quiet.
“So what do you want me to do?” He asked Monique.
“Make me feel again that you love me, that I still own that in your heart, as before!” Monique please.
Monique has a hard time making her do it and she wants to tell the woman that it won’t happen because someone already owns her heart-Ella. “We’ll take it one day at a time,” he said and forced a smile on Monique.
Monique nodded because she understood the man even though she wondered why his speed had moved on since their separation. She wanted to ask the man if he had really loved her before. “Hmmm about what Ella said earlier that you’re not the father of the one I’m bringing, do you believe her?” Earlier he wanted to ask the man but when he saw Ella revolting, he decided to keep quiet.
Damian frowned as he stared at Monique. “Why don’t you tell me if what he accused you of is true or not?” Damian challenged the woman and he no longer wondered why it suddenly turned pale.
It hurts her pride to return home after Damian kicks her out but she can’t afford to leave the man in Monique’s arms. He can’t let the woman continue to cheat on Damian.
When dinnertime came, he didn’t give up and went with Damian and Monique. “Good evening guys,” he greeted the two before he sat down next to Damian and he knew Monique was not happy that he sat next to Damian.
Damian knew what Ella wanted to happen so he thought of moving a chair and standing next to Monique. Ella looked at him badly but he just ignored the woman. Then he took some rice and put it on Monique’s plate. “Eat well,” he said to Monique and he heard Ella sigh.
Ella tried to ignore the two kissing in front of her but she was blessed with big eyes so she could clearly see what was happening unless she closed her eyes. “Damian, I have a walk tomorrow, and maybe I’ll spend the night again.” Said Ella.
“Okay, be careful.” Damian replied.
He saw Monique smirk at him so he raised an eyebrow at her as well. “Of course. Don’t worry because the police will be with me tomorrow, eh. ” He raised his voice so that Monique could actually hear the word police.
“A cop? Who? ” Damian was curious because he had no known police friend of Ella.
“You don’t know him but he was the one with me at the mall before,” Ella explained as if it was normal for the two of them to talk about her walks.
Damian was stunned when he remembered the handsome man he had seen with Ella before at the mall. “What’s the name?” Damian asked the woman angrily.
“Ah well, you’re not there anymore.” Ella said and she focused her attention on the food.
“Won’t you really tell me who?” Damian’s voice rose.
“Julius,” Ella replied and as she mentioned the man’s name, she didn’t look away from Monique, and she was right in her suspicion that Monique had dropped her cutlery.
“Julius? Where did you meet this person? I just heard her name, “Damian continued to ask Ella.
Monique sneezed to get Damian’s attention because she had been out of place in the conversation between the two. “Damian, leave Ella alone. He has grown up and he already knows what is right and wrong, “said Monique.
“So? Where did you meet this Julius? ” Damian asked the woman again.
“Online dating site,” Ella restrained herself from laughing when Damian’s face suddenly couldn’t be painted.
“Online dating site? What’s that?” Confused by what Ella said.
“It’s like facebook, just.” Ella refused to explain properly so that the man could understand her better.
“Will you meet a guy you just met online?” Damian continued to tease the woman.
“Damian, what is it? Let Ella do whatever she wants! Give her space, “Monique suggested in an angry tone.
“What if this Julius is a serial killer? What if Ella just gets hurt? No, I will not allow you to meet him outside the house. If you want, send that Julius to us! ” Damian orders.
“All right, I’ll tell him later when we chat.” Ella calmly answered the man and then resumed eating dinner. “I really miss Rebecca’s cooking.” She said and listened to Monique that she preferred the dishes their cook cooked to the woman’s dishes.
Monique took offense at Ella’s statement and asked, “What’s wrong with my cooking?”
“I don’t like your cooking,” he answered Monique’s question directly and Damian looked at him wickedly. “Is it forbidden to tell the truth?” he asked Damian when he noticed it was frowning.
“I don’t know about you,” Damian gave up talking to Ella.
After they ate, the two brewed coffee and ordered one of their assistants to deliver the coffee to the garden. He was left alone at the table when Damian and Monique left at the same time. He wanted to annoy the two even more but he was not allowed to drink coffee so he just fit in the juice and then went upstairs.
He changed into a cropped top and short shorts, then went back to the living room and tried to make a video for the knock. He will do it for the first time but he will not lose anything. “Rebecca, please hold my cellphone.” He called Rebecca.
When he made five videos he stopped and thanked Rebecca for assisting with it. “Look,” he said to the old man and showed him what he had done to Tiktok. Rebecca’s laughter was steady and that’s what Damian caught up with in the living room.
“Damian, come on. Look at what Ella did, “Rebecca called to Ella.
Ella scolded Rebecca because the man might just refuse and embarrass her but she didn’t expect Damian to come over and take Rebecca’s cellphone.
“What is this?”
“Knock,” Ella replied.
“I mean, what did you do? Are you videotaping just wearing that? Are you crazy? ” Damian yelled at Ella.
“You’re just jealous,” Ella said and grabbed her cellphone from the man and climbed upstairs and didn’t say goodbye to the man.
When he entered his room, he immediately changed his sleeping bag and turned off the light. He was lying down when he heard a knock outside but he ignored it.
He was just scrolling through his facebook when suddenly a message popped up on his messenger from a man named Michael Ragusta. He said hi and because he couldn’t do anything because he replied to its message. He looked at the man’s profile to have an idea who he was talking to but only screenshots of the ML game were there. But infairness, his name is his idol basketball player.
When he called the messenger to make a video call, he didn’t shy away from answering its call. He turned on the light so that his room could be lit up and his messenger could see him.
She waited to see the man’s face before she spoke and when she saw it for the first time, she didn’t expect her idol basketball player to be her video call partner! Ella was dumbfounded and couldn’t speak as she just stared at the man’s face and seemed to faint with joy when Michael smiled. Shit, the man’s dimples really make his heart beat!
“H-hello. I am your fan, “she said, her fanfare for the man automatically came out and she smiled at him, and she almost fainted when he smiled as well. Gosh, those dimples though!
“Really?”
“Yes,” he replied cutely to the man. Haler, it’s not so easy to get him lucky every day. “How are you?” She didn’t know how to talk to the man even though her admiration for it was beyond the flagpole.
“It’s OK. I noticed your name on my page that always left a comment, so I tried to contact you. Thank you for the support, “said the man and smiled again.
Ella pinched her side to prevent herself from giggling in excitement. “Mmmm little thing,” his voice was weak as he answered Michael but the truth is, he wanted to shout and shout to the whole Victorias that he chatted and video called Michael Ragusta!
“You’re pretty,” he said.
Grabe! He really wanted to shout because his idol praised him. “You too, your pogi.”
“Yes? Am I old? ”
Ella was momentarily upset because she seemed to have offended the man. “Of course not, that’s why it’s embarrassing for you.”
“You are my number one fan so it’s okay for you to talk to me like your friends. Where do you live? ” Michael asked.
“Victorias,” Ella said.
“Really? I’m also in Victorias now, eh. Do you want to meet me? ”
Ella’s brain suddenly worked and she doubted. What if he idolized a bad person? “Where?” He then asked the man and his desire to see it in person prevailed.
“It’s up to you where you want to meet,” said the man.
Ella was almost convinced but it also occurred to her that if it was too good to be true, then it couldn’t be true. He took a deep breath before answering. “Come here to the house,” he said to try it.
“Sure. Text me your address and I will come to you, “said Michael.
“Okay. You are welcome here at home tomorrow anytime, “he said after the man, but as their conversation lasted, he didn’t seem to believe Michael. He felt like it was just playing with him.
“Really? So what do you want me to bring as a greeting? ”
Does he seem to have a meeting? She took a good look at the face of the man in the video and Ella was just shaken because from any angle, it really looks like her idol. Maybe it’s impossible for two people to have the same dimples and then look alike? Also the shape of the eyebrows and the tip of the nose, really the same, eh. “Hmmm, anything with your name and signature.” He says.
“Okay, noted on that. Anyway, I have to go now, thanks for your time, and see you tomorrow. ” Michael said before the video was disconnected.
A few minutes had passed after they had talked to the basketball player but he still hadn’t sent the man his address. What if the man is an impersonator and a thief or a murderer? Ella was about to sign out when she received a message from the man.
“Don’t forget your address. Send it before eight in the morning. ”
Because of such a message from Michael he did not fall asleep immediately. She wanted to reply to the man but fear stopped her. Before turning off the lampshade to sleep, she quickly chatted with the man.
The next morning, he woke up at noon and he couldn’t keep up with Damian for breakfast. Ella rubbed her eyes before she went to the bathroom to take a quick shower. He still needs to contact Julius so that he doesn’t look like a liar to Damian.
Usually, after she took a bath she would just tie her hair even if it was wet or let it loose, but since Monique lived with them. When she came out of the bathroom, she applied two layers of body skin softener to keep her skin soft, and then she sprayed perfume. From her shower gel up to the body mist, she used the same scents to make it last longer on her skin. Then, she applied a barely there make-up on her face before choosing her outfit. He hadn’t finished getting dressed when there was a knock on the door.
“Why?” he asked Rebecca when he could open the door.
“Someone is looking for you at the gate, and Damian is very angry so hurry up there and get off.” Said Rebecca.
“Who is it?” Early in the morning, Damian has a bad trip right away, and Ella thinks that her beauty effort will be ignored again.
“I don’t know, as long as you go to the gate.” Said Rebecca and quickly left.
She didn’t have time to shop for a nice ootd so she took a white blouse and covered it with a jumper dress. Then immediately left the room and went to the gate. The gate was slightly open and whoever was outside he must have scolded Damian for it.
“Damian, someone is looking for me. Who? ” He asked the man when he reached the gate.
Damian turned to the woman who spoke and looked at her wickedly. “If only you had given our address to anyone!” He scolded Ella.
He wasn’t afraid of Damian’s sigh. “Why? Who is that?”
“So we really gave you our address?” Damian asked Ella carefully.
“There is,” he said because there really is. “Who came and are you so angry?” he was sure that Julius wasn’t outside because he hadn’t called the man yet.
“Michael Sofia to be,” Damian said.