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On coming out of the rest room, Clara ran into Anna who just walked out of Ryan's office with a flushed face. The lady was busy adjusting her messy clothes to notice the heavily pregnant woman behind who was already cooking up mischievous comments inside her head.
" Hmm!, I think working for my uncle must be a difficult task," Clara's voice got her startled and she quickly too a step back with a wry smile while trying to avoid eye contact with her, but Clara found her actions to be cute and she took delight in teasing her after all she has been sitting idol all day long, taking a step closer with a thoughtful look on her face she continued, " he must have been very harsh on you dear , seeing how red your face has become, poor thing, now you can't even lift your head and look me straight in the eyes, that's not good of him!, So sorry dear, you see if I weren't pressed earlier I would have saved you from his harsh words, but I just had to visit the restroom at that time. " Clara was having the fun of her life, putting Anna in such a tight corner, she felt satisfied doing this, since Anna has never allowed a day pass without teasing her now it was her turn.
Even though Anna was too embarrassed to talk, she just couldn't keep quiet hearing the guilt in Clara's voice." Well he didn't really scold me that much I just have…. "
" He didn't?! " Clara cut in dramatically , " Anna nodded in response, still too embarrassed to lift her head , "with how red your face looks,one will think you got hit by him,or did you guys do.."
" We didn't! Anna quickly said, this time she was able to see the mischievousness dancing in Clara's eyes and she playfully dismissed her and ran to her office.
" You should take care of yourself. " she yelled before disappearing into her office.
Clara laughed as she watched her flee the scene.
" Baby isn't your aunt Anna cute when she's like that?Mom thinks she will be a great aunt to you , if your granduncle is serious with her or what do you think? "
Clara was busy robbing her stomach while talking to it ,her choppy face glowing with pride.
" At his age I don't think he has time to think of such nonsense. Ryan commented and stepped out of his office .
" shhh, It's called parental education , he needs to know what his uncle is up to. " she joked, placing a finger on her lips to silence him.
" Really ? I can't wait to see that little guy then."Ryan replied walking into her cabin.
" Don't worry, he's growing very healthy so that he can meet everyone looking healthy and handsome. " Ryan watched his young niece in amusement, he has witnessed how she quickly she transformed from a naive little girl in to a courageous mother and the need to protect this cousin of his from the evil hands of this world kept growing.
" Clara, the baby is growing each passing day, don't you think it's high time you return back to the home, so that you will be properly taken care of for the next few months?." Even though he already knows what her answer will be Ryan still refused to give up since he couldn't help but worry about her , he is always the one who gets to be informed last whenever something happens to her , he didn't know the details of what happened between she said Xavier, that monster, but he knows she almost had a miscarriage because of him and he wouldn't want that to repeat itself.
" I'm very okay where I am now, uncle. " she replied .
" What if he comes back and sees you like this, remember you can no longer hide it from others. " He won't give up, will he?.
" Well that's not something to worry about, since he won't be coming back to the country again. "She sounded very confident.
" Yet he hasn't sent you the divorce papers." He didn't know what was in that man's big head and the reason he was still delaying the divorce process.
" I believe he will since his first love is back , so he has no reason to hold back.. .He must be very busy with something, which is why he hasn't sent the divorce papers yet." She said but this time not as confident as before it was as if she was convincing herself.
" Yah, strangely I still found it hard to believe that girl was still alive she shouldn't be." he mumbled to himself
" Uncle Ryan! " she called
" Hmm?" He answered , he was already frustrated seeing the way she is defending that stupid man in front of him .
" You…nothing, I wanted to inform you that I will be going out to get some snacks, want some? "
She shuttles pushing back the question she wanted to ask, she badly wants to know what really happened between Xavier and her family but she just can't bear to ask for fear that she might regret and won't be able to digest the truth .
Without waiting for his response she started arranging her desk ready to call it a day, thanks to her condition she could come to work at any time and leave at any time it was almost time to go home so she decided to leave early today.
" Take care , I'll ask the driver to drop you off at the shop then. "When he picked his phone ready to make the call another call came in, so she used this opportunity and left waving at him .
He nodded at her before answering the phone
"Yes, "
" What do you mean he's back?"
"He just got out of the flight, about to board a taxi. " The caller informed him.
Not waiting to hear the rest of the news,he immediately hung up. If Clara should run into him, what will she do he looked down from the glass window and saw that she just entered a taxi ,so he started chasing after her while trying her number.
" jeez...why isn't she answering her damn call ? ". he yelled, swearing loudly .
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On the other hand, Xavier who just stepped into the country decided to get Glory her favorite snack which she asked for, since they went to the states Glory has badly missed her favorite sandwich and longed for a test, so he decided to surprise her with it. He asked the driver to drive her home and gave Judith a day off but he didn't go straight to get the snacks instead he ordered the driver to drive straight to the seaside Villa and waited at the gate for an hour watching the people going in and out of it those faces were still the same , no changes occurred for the past months and the owner doesn't even stay here , he hit the car roof at the thought that she was still living with and being cared for by another all this time.
" That stubborn woman!She now has a house yet she isn't living in it . " He hissed, kicking the engine back to life.
Clara highlighted from the car with a Satisfied smile, she could feel her stomach groan in delight, she fell in love with one of the snacks Glory forced her to eat now she often come here to get some not because of her love for it but because it reminds her of her best friend, suddenly she stopped walking and gently touched her stomach feeling the movement in it .
" hm, mummy's love, you are also hungry , don't worry we will be eating your favorite sandwich today." She said looking down and touching her stomach tenderly immediately she lifted her head. She came face to face with that face she thought she would never see again for the rest of her life .
" Xavier! "
" When.. What is he doing here?."
Xavier was busy talking to another man in the driver seat, if he should turn she would be the first person he will see , Clara became restless and there was no place to hide .
Xavier felt a familiar aura around him while he was talking to the taxi driver, all of a sudden her face appeared in his mind.
When she thought that it's over as she watched him with enlarged eyes as he slowly turned around a tall figure suddenly wrapped his arms around her and quickly turned around using his body as a shield for her , Xavier saw this and smiled at them.
<That lady looks like her he smiled at the beautiful couple but that can't be her , since the lady looks pregnant but if our baby where to be alive she will be just like that.> He pictured Clara with a round stomach before shaking the thought off.
He Walked into the shop.
" That was so close." Clara was trembling uncontrollably
" It's okay now. " Ryan looked at the little white face of the woman in his arms. If he had been a second late he would have seen her and that would have been a disaster .
" Uncle, why are you here? " She asked before realizing that shouldn't be the question, it should be " why is he here?" .
" That call was from the person I placed to watch him , he called to inform me that Xavier's in town, he just got back , when I found out that you were already gone , I tried calling but you didn't pick so I ran after you. " Ryan explained.
"Oh, I forgot to turn reactivate my phone's sound, it was on silent mode. Thanks for coming, uncle , I really thought it was over. "
" Won't you consider coming back to the house, now? " He's even more worried now .
" No , I don't think there's a need for that Uncle. I've already made it clear to him the last time , we don't have anything together so he won't come looking for me again. "Nothing will happen to her baby even after going through alot her baby is still here, so she won't allow anyone to hurt her baby and her.
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Clara was staring at Tony with an eyes that says " don't even dream of betraying me. ", she won't be coming to the shop again before she mistakenly runs into Judith ,so she had to make sure he didn't say a word to her behind her back.
" Fine, I already promise, I won't tell anyone, okay my mouth is not that big. "
he was restless, he also has his own fears no need to threaten him, this couple will be the end of him .
<'where's even this Judith?> '
Even though he promised not to say a word he can't stop others from seeing it right?, but Judith isn't coming!, she just stepped out and the main character of their discussion walked in , women are such a strange animal always coming late ,
" But since it's not for him, why are you afraid of him finding out ? "He was no doubt trying to buy more time.
" You saw what happened that night , so he won't leave any trace of that around him , he even asked me to abort my baby but after I begged he changed his mind and... "
He did it behind her back but thankfully the baby refused to leave her.
" Why are you still supporting him when you are working for me ?Look if you betray me I will personally tell Judith that you love her!." After saying this she glared at him and stormed out.
<Huh!, who said this woman was brainless?, how can she threatening him with something like that.> He was still pounding when Judith ran in .
" Sorry the boss wants to meet me
, make sure you buy me the drink next time!" she ordered running out, not even giving him time to glare at her.
*****
In his study Xavier pretends as if he was immersed in his work , as he flipped through the file before him.
"Coming from the restaurant?" He asked indifferently, still busy going through the file .
" Yes, I went to visit Tony , after all it's the bestie shop and he's my best friend. Judith replied blushing.
" How is she doing? " he asked, paying more attention to the answer of this question than ever, but as always Judith, being the dummy she was, didn't disappoint her boss.
" The shop is doing just fine and they are making a fortune thanks to Tony , so I don't see any reason why he shouldn't be fine and he is even becoming more handsome. "
She continued talking, not noticing that the man was now glaring at her .
<Calm down boy let's give her some time> ' he kept telling himself trying not to lose control and yelled at the woman before him .
" Is he the only one there ?"
" No, of course they have other workers ,who helped in tending to the customers and I also heard that the madam is busy working for Davis. " finally coming to the point .
He smiled inwardly so she's still working there, that's great news.
" See if there is any project that we can collaborate with Davis on. " Time to make history.
He was going to see his little wife..
"What?!" Judith yelled before she quickly covered her mouth, she was surprised but she couldn't say anything. Maybe it's another way of revenging , yes, that must be it.
