Chapter 4 4

"But if I remember clearly, you said that you would take the pill?" Damien asked, and Stella cringed at what she said to him that night.

"Well I did take it, it's just that I don't know what happened." Stella said, then let out an exhale, "Look, let it be known that I am only here because I feel obliged to tell you about the pregnancy. Don't think I want to use it as a way to get you to give me money or anything. Plus I have plans on aborting the pregnancy now that it's at it's at an early stage."

"What!? Why?" Damien asked.

"Getting pregnant at this stage of my career is a terrible thing, plus I didn't work 10 years of my life only for it to be ruined by a fetus growing inside me." She said dramatically.

Damien suddenly had a worried expression etched on his face, as he opened his mouth to talk, suddenly the door opened and in came the woman that Stella saw at the front desk.

"Um sir, there is someone of high importance here to see you." She said.

Now that Stella, looked at her properly, she had an hour glass figure, and a dress that hugged on it. Plus it had a plunging neckline that dipped very low and showed of the middle of her cleavage.

She began to wonder that if the secretary was dressed like this, imagine how the other workers dressed up as well.

Damien looked at Philip and asked him if he had any meeting today, and Philip shook his head no.

"Alright, tell the person that I would see them in five minutes."

"Ok sir," her voice came out in a flirty way, as she closed the door shut, the sound of heels clicking on the tiles could be heard till it was gone completely.

"Ok, so, you said that you are pregnant and have plans on aborting the pregnancy, due to it being in the way of your career, right?"

Stella nodded in agreement, "that's just about it."

"How about I tell you not to abort the pregnancy."

Stella tilted her head to the side, tongue in cheek as she stared at him with narrowed eyes.

"Look, I know some moments ago I asked how that's my problem. But that doesn't really matter, me some moments ago is different from the me of now."

Anna let out a snort, which made Stella realize that Anna was still nearby.

"But I don't want to keep the pregnancy. Being pregnant means that I would add weight, my feet would get swollen and I would have stretch marks on this skin that I spent thousands of dollars to take care of."

"There are creams that prevent pregnancy stretch marks. Look how about I tell you this, you get to live with in my house for the next nine months, give birth to the baby, and I get to keep the baby and you go about your career."

"What about me? What do I get after the pregnancy."

"I would write you check of 1 million dollars, get you an endorsement deal as soon as your have delivered the baby, and get you an all expense paid trip to the Bahamas."

Stella looked at him with her eyes widened. Of all the things she was expecting, this was the least of things that she did not expect.

She looked at Anna who's eyes screamed at her that she should take the deal, and then she turn back to Damien, nodding her head in agreement with the deal that he was offering to her.

"Great, you would move into my house by tomorrow. Whereby you would be given top class treatment by the best maids and eating the best food handcrafted by the best chef in America. You would also get state of the art medical facilities by the best doctors out there."

"I agree to all this, on the account that you keep my pregnancy a secret from the news. I don't want anyone knowing about me being pregnant."

"No problem," Damien said, then look at his watch, that probably cost thousands of dollars. "If you ladies would excuse me, I have someone to see."

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"So, how do you plan on keeping this whole a secret from the tabloids?" Anna asked as soon as they got inside her car.

"You are my manager aren't ya, you should be able to help with things like this."

"Um okay fine. What about your job, what do you think Mr Lancof would say about you going MIA for 8 months?"

"I don't know, tell him I got sick, I got abducted by an alien life force and won't be back till 8 months elapse."

Anna let out a chuckle, then put her key in the ignition and started up the car.

"Look, you were the one that came up with the idea that I should meet him and tell him about the embryo growing inside me, and I told him. Now he wants me to give birth to the child along with other things that he wants to add to me for giving birth to said child for him."

"I know, I would try my best and think up of something to use as an excuse for Mr Lancof."

"Thank you so much, you know I wuv you right?"

Anna rolled her eyes at Stella, and muttered underneath her breath. "The things I do for this girl."

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Before Stella started packing her things, she quickly handed Mr Cuddles to her next door neighbor, Alicia, who gladly accepted him with open arms.

She gave her detailed instructions on how to take care of Mr Cuddles and a list of things he should eat and things that he should not eat. She then told her that she would call her every now and then to check on how Mr Cuddles is doing.

"No problem Ms. S, I would make sure to take good care of him." Alicia said holding Mr Cuddles and rubbing the back of his ears.

"Thank you so much, I would also send you money each month for you watching over and taking care of my beloved cat for me." She then bend down and look at Mr Cuddles, while patting his head softly. "I won't be gone for too long now Mr Cuddles, Alicia here would take good care of you ok. By good to her now."

With one last fluff of his fur, she went back to her apartment to finish up her packing.

She took in a very much needed deep breath. Then her phone lit up, signalling that the driver is here to pick her up.

She walked with her luggages in her hands, and looked at her house one last time, before she locked the door and head out of the apartment complex.