🎋🎲 LOVE DIARY OF A PREGNANT CEO🎋🎲
⚜️(Romance:Arranged marriage)⚜️
(Theme:Love, revenge, action)
Setting: England, United Kingdom (21st century)
✍️Written by Richie ayomide ✍️
(CHAPTER 43)
Title:- A new Ethan baker
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(Lauren’s residence)
Ellie walked into Lauren’s bedroom. Lauren was still asleep because she got tired of yesterday’s office work.
“Wake up, wake up, Lauren Baker…
Your date time is nearing soon”
Ellie teased. Lauren groaned and stretched out her stiff hands. She sat up on the bed and faced Ellie.
“What do you mean by Lauren Baker?”
“Isn’t that what you always wanted? Being married to someone you always love, Ethan?
Ellie asked and smiled.
“I remember the first time, you both met… He saved you from your asthma condition when you collapsed gasping for breath at the office”
“Please don’t remind me of that sad situation…
You want me to move on, now am trying to move on”
Lauren replied and got up.
“Okay then…
Get prepared, your date is a lunch date”
Go to work, get some office work done, and prepare yourself for a lunch date”
“Why is it a lunch date?
“Don’t question me, I set up this date so I can decide to make it happen at a time convenient for both of you”
“Alright, fine…
Master date planner, have you seen his pictures?”
“No,
I don’t remember adding him to my list of proposed men but…
Ellie just shrugged.
“And you want me to go on a date with him? What if am being kidnapped?
“You chose this man yourself, Lauren.
There are other men I listed out for you but … ”
“Fine…
Location”
“Well, since it won’t look nice at Linde Plc Cafeteria or NYU’s student cafeteria”
Ellie joked at first.
“Omg, why would you think about having a lunch date at that kind of place?”
“Relax, I was just joking…
Ellie smiled and showed her some Nice restaurants on her phone.
“I looked up some nice, fancy restaurant for you over the night, and I found a good one”
Lauren looked at it and tried to spell the name.
“La Fontaine??
Ellie burst into laughter.
“It’s La Fontana Ristorante Doral, an Italian restaurant in Las Vegas”
“Oh… So we are having our date here?”
Yes”
“Cool
She said and stood up. Lauren seems content with it.
“I need to check up on little Ethan and prepare him for school”
“I already did that, he is having breakfast at the diner table, just get into the bathroom, take your bath, and get ready for work”
Ellie said.
Lauren smile.
“Thanks for helping”
“Just get ready for work”.
Ellie said.
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Harry dressed up ready to go out. He was over the phone with Jemmy.
📞I am scared a little bit actually
Harry said.
📞 That’s nice… We are heading somewhere with this.
So what do we want from them that could help us? ”
Jemmy asked.
📞I don’t know yet, am still thinking am that, but am happy we have leverage.
📞 There is no way we can use it to make them confess their crime, our leverage isn’t strong enough and their father can easily bail them out of the country’s laws
📞I told you we can’t trust the laws again after Ethan’s death.
So we have to exchange what we want currently from them.
Harry said and locked his apartment.
He walked down the stairs still on the phone with Jemmy. He saw Beth and smiled.
“Hi Beth”
He muttered.
Beth waved hello at him before she walked into her apartment.
📞So what are we going to do?
Harry continued the conversation with Jemmy as he unlocked his car.
📞I think we should…
Jemmy couldn’t complete her statement when the phone hung up.
Suddenly, some men walk behind Harry and cover his nose and mouth with a handkerchief, making him unconscious.
A bus came in and they dragged his body into the van and drove off immediately. Everything happened within a minute.
Beth came back outside holding a bottle of wine. She walks to the compound garage where Harry’s car is.
“Isn’t Harry here a few minutes ago?
She asked herself and looked around wondering where Harry could have gone to.
She wanted to walk back inside but the car keys on the ground near his car drew her attention. She walked down the stairs to the garage and picked up the car keys.
“Did he disappear?
Beth muttered still wondering.
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~(Linde Plc)~
Lauren was on a business call when Ellie walked in. She came in with a red long angered dress trapped in a transparent nylon.
“Thank you so much for trusting us”
She said and smiled before hanging up. She drops her phone and faces Ellie.
“It’s time…
You have to dress up now and go, it’s almost 1 pm”
Reservation has been made”
Lauren looks at the dress.
“Am I wearing this?”
“Yeah,… I ordered it from the cloth store a few minutes ago”
“Take, change into this”
Lauren smile.
“Thank you”
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~La Fontana Ristorante Doral~
Lauren wore the dress Ellie ordered. A red dress showing half her average-size Břě@šťs with her long blonde hair and red heels to match. She looks tall and no doubt, she looks stunning.
She drew everyone’s attention as she walked in.
💙Omg, isn’t that Lauren Quinn?
❤️Is she here on a date?
💙She is here to meet a business client?
Lauren put up a smile as a female waiter walked to her.
“Do you have a reservation ma’am?”
She asked.
“Yeah, a blind date…
1 pm today”
Lauren replied.
“Oh, Mrs Quinn..
You’re welcome, follow me please”
The waiter said.
Lauren followed her quietly as they reached a table. A man was on the seat. He is also waiting for someone.
The waiter gestured for her to have a seat and walked away to bring the book menu.
Lauren looked at the man’s behind. He doesn’t seem to look like her own Ethan Baker.
“Or has he changed over the years?
She thought.
“Oh gosh, Lauren… Ethan is dead
Get that to your brain”
She said to herself.
“Why do I feel he is still alive and he is around me?”
She asked herself not until the same waiter brought her back to reality.
“Are you okay ma’am?
She asked.
“Yes, am fine
Lauren replied and walked to the man’s front and sat down.
“Are you Lauren Quinn?
The man asked and Lauren looked up to his face.
A disappointing look suddenly filled up her face. Of course, she wasn’t expecting to see Ethan but was still disappointed it wasn’t him.
“Yes, are you Ethan Baker?
Lauren asked.
“Yeah, Nice to meet you”
He replied.
Lauren looks at him. Indeed, he is handsome and cute, his face looks familiar.
“Am sorry, have we met?
Lauren asked trying to find out where she had seen him.
“I don’t think so… Am always familiar with faces, I would have known you if we had once met”
Ethan replied.
Lauren smile.
“I remember now
You have a kid named Katherine attending West Sussegz High School
You are Katherine’s father”
“Wow…
You do know me, and I haven’t met you”
“Yeah,
Lauren smile.
“Your daughter and my son are friends. Ethan does talk about Katherine a lot”
“Wait a minute, is it that brilliant kid that bears the same name as mine?
Ethan Quinn?
Is he your son?
He was surprised.
“Yeah…
Lauren proudly replied with a smile.
“Wow… What a coincidence.
The main reason my daughter likes your son was because of the similar names we have”
She sometimes tells me he wished your son was her brother”
Lauren can’t just stop smiling.
“I guess the friendship bond between them is now strong”
“Yeah…
So how are you?
I can’t believe I was going to have a date with Ethan’s mom”
“Well, I wasn’t expecting to see Katherine’s father also”
She replied.
“Life is really full of wonders…
You work as the CEO at Linde Plc right?
“Yes”
“That’s one of the biggest companies in the US, I envy you.
“Am also doing well myself, am a professor at NYU
“I respect professors a lot cos my parents were one.
They were business professors before they founded Linde Plc, but now they are late”
“Am sorry about that..
“It’s okay…
So why the blind date?”
Lauren asked.
He sighs before he speaks.
“Am just trying hard to move on after Katherine’s mother died of cancer.
It’s been tough for her and I these days but we are scaling through”
“Your case is similar to mine… I also lost the love of my life at the hands of the corrupt laws five years ago
And have been trying to move on since then”
“I understand your pain, I can relate”
Ethan replied.
The waiter came to them with the book menu.
“Can I take your order now?
She asked.
“Yeah, sure…
Ethan said and they both looked at the menu.
Lauren was confused. She doesn’t know what meal she is going to pick.
It’s her first time in an Italian restaurant and all the name of the meal seems like Arabic to her.
Ethan noticed that and quickly helped her out.
“She is going to have the lasagna”
He said facing the waiter. Lauren wanted to speak but kept quiet.
“You can give me the Spaghetti Carbonara”
“Alright, your order will be ready shortly”.
The waiter said after writing them down before walking away.
“First time in an Italian restaurant?
“I see you are unfamiliar with those names”
He said.
“Yeah, and what the hell is the lasagna?”
Lauren asked.
“Don’t worry, you are going to like it. It’s a common food among the Italians.
It is a classic pasta recipe that seems to give comfort while eating”
Lauren just nodded.
“That’s more of the reasons why I liked the Spanish meals”
Especially their deserts”
“Why?
They began to exchange words and engage in Spanish and Italian meal conversation.
Everyone just watches them and smiles.
💙 It’s a date
Everyone around concluded.
~Thirty minutes later ~
The waiter has packed up their plates for the meal they had.
They found themselves both laughing and an unending smile was on their faces.
This time, the conversation has changed.
“I think Katherine and I should pay you and Ethan a visit later this weekend”
Ethan said.
“Okay?
That’s fine… Am going to inform Ethan his friend is visiting. He will be happy about it”
“Alright,
I guess am seeing you this weekend again”
Ethan smile.
“Definitely”
Lauren said and they both stood up ready to leave.
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~(In a dark room)~
Harry was tied to a chair and his face was covered. He felt some people’s presence in the room and seconds later, the mask on his face was removed.
He smiled as he wasn’t surprised to see Luke and Lucy.
“Nice to see you two again, it’s been five years now”
Harry said.
“Where is the video?
Lucy asked without hesitation.
“What are you talking about?
Harry asked back.
TBC…