chapter 3
1050 Words
MOVING ON
"Hello?" The voice answered.
Sophia stayed silent for a while then slowly, she took the phone off her ear and hung up. Tears formed in her eyes, the voice on the phone had been the voice of a woman.
"So he has really moved on" she whispered, then she squared her shoulders and took a deep breath, a determined light shine in her eyes.
"Then I should move on too."
She had to get a job, and she knew the best one for her.
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"So, Miss Westwood, you are hired, its my pleasure to have you work in my company"
"Thank you sir, I promise I will work hard.
"I believe you."
"Thank you sir"
"Haa" she sighed as she sat down at her new desk, "I did it. I found a job"
She had been successful in getting a job immediately she had applied, she was a computer programmer and the company that hired her was presently in need of a computer programmer, so she had been hired immediately.
"Hello" a young man who seemed to be in his early thirties greeted her.
"Hi"
"You must be the new employee, the computer programmer?"
She nodded in response, the young man smiled and stuck out his hand.
"Im Ethan Cole"
She raised her eyebrows, "Cole? As in my boss...?"
He nodded his head and smiled, his hand still outstretched.
"Yes, the owner of the company is my father"
"Oh, I'm sorry" she quickly stood up, "Hi, I'm Sophia" she took his hand, they were smooth and warm.
"I know, Sophia Westwood. Your expertise is going to be a great help to this company."
"I'm flattered sir"
"Call me Ethan"
"Um..okay...Ethan"
He glanced down at her noticeable, baby bump, "Are you married? I see no ring"
"Um..." She chuckled awkwardly, "...I'm not married. I'm a..." She sighed, "...single mom to be, at the moment"
He nodded his head, his black eyes shone with understanding.
"I see, well if you need anything, please reach out to me"
"Thank you sir...I mean...Ethan"
"You're welcome"
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"Sophia, are you sure you are alright, you look almost due" Ethan addressed her with worry in his eyes. Sophia smiled at him and snorted.
"Come on, I'm fine. I still have a month to go, the baby is not going to pop out anytime too soon"
"Yeah, but you have been working since morning, go home"
"No Ethan, I still have things to do"
"I said go home. In fact, as your boss's son, I'm practically your boss so I'm ordering you to go home" he told her resolutely. Her stomach was just too big and she had been working without rest, Ethan just couldn't let her keep working.
She huffed out a breath of annoyance, she was comfortable around him now and was used to treating him casually like she would treat a friend.
"Fine, but only because you ordered me to".
"That's why I ordered you. I know how stubborn you can be"
"Fine, fine, I'm going"
"Make sure to rest well, okay?"
"Okay, bye"
She got home quickly and opened the door to her apartment, immediately her phone rang. She was too busy getting inside so she picked it without glancing to check whoever was calling her.
"Hello?"
"Hello?"
She immediately froze and dropped her bag to the floor. The voice was familiar, so familiar that it hurt.
"Hello?" The voice sounded again, "This number called a few months ago, can I know who you are?"
Tears immediately spilled to her cheeks, he didn't even know she was the one. Had he deleted her number? Well, she wasn't anything special to him anyway so why would he keep her number.
"Hello? Can you hear me, is anyone there?"
She cut the call off and went straight to blacklist where she blocked the number and deleted it. He was her past now. She made to close the door but then she felt something wet dripping down her legs, it wasn't until she felt the first pangs of pain that she knew her water had broken. She was in labor.
"Ethan, help....the baby" she gasped out in pain on the phone.
"I'm coming right away"
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"Mommy, can I please get a chocolate?"
"Sure honey, but only a little, you have to go stay with nanny remember"
"Thanks mommy"
She smiled sweetly at the young boy in front of her, he looked just like his father, black mop of curly hair and brown eyes. She had thought that looking at his face would hurt but strangely, she only felt love when looking at his face.
"Bye mommy"
"Bye sweetheart" she kissed him goodbye as the nanny took him with her. He was already five years old and very smart. Her phone rang.
"Hey Sophia"
"Hey Ethan, what's up?"
"Don't forget you are following me to that event okay?"
"How could I? I'm already prepared with my dress. You will come pick me up, right?"
"I won't be late"
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"Wow, there are so many people" Sophia exclaimed worriedly as she walked in with Ethan guiding her. She was wearing a long white, off shoulder dress, the dress had a long slit at the side that showcased her long, toned legs.
"I did tell you this was a high profile event, many people with high end businesses and enterprises will be here. Its basically a place to form and increase your business network" Ethan explained to her, he was also handsomely dressed in a black suit and his light blond hair was neatly cut short.
"Right, interesting" she nodded her head as she glanced at the place, lots of people were mingling about, having conversations, she bit her lips regretting why she had accepted to come here. Ethan was her friend, she was just helping him out because he didn't have an escort and he had literally begged her to follow him. It was a bit funny and disturbing to see a grown man almost beg her with tears in his eyes, that was also why she had hurriedly agreed to come. Suddenly, a voice called her from behind.
"Sophia? Is that really you?"
Sophia froze and stiffened at Ethan's side, he turned to her.
"Are you okay?".
"Sophia!" The voice called her again.
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