Holding my breath, I waited for Bright to spill the beats he spoke seriously.
“Drielle, please check your emails.”
This prolonged suspense twisted my pots. I picked up my cell phone with trending hands to see the latest odohrring my world. My heart thumped as I clicked the very first email, a detailed message from a reputable news peory turned my world pride does
“This email is to inform you that based on our resources, we are publishing a dark secret of your life, Miss Driele,
As a responsible media company, we believe in transparency and truth delivered to the public. That’s why, please accept our irritation to a TV show our channel
I couldn’t read the time and place of the invite as Bright’s doubtful tone made me flinch, he asked me
“Brielle, who is the father of Jane
Bright direct approach wasn’t just a question, but an initiation of a bombshell of revelations. I found out that my illegitimate daughter was trending across all the social media platform
After commenting on Fel’s top at length people fixated their attention on my personal life, targeting me as a single mother. This new uned Booze, immediately actividing our defensive stance. Henry spoke to my behalf.
“Please give me a moment, Bright. I will explain everything in decal”
My brother made some calls to hand the uuation, but I was rated to my spot, buried deep under the weight of pain and desolation
The decision of having a child through IVF wasn’t easy for me, idea came to my mand
| consequences such as slot–shaming and public humiliation were there when t
But thankfully, Jane was the special lessing of nature, filling my life with rainbows of love. I never faced a moment of discontent atter her birth, let alone regret my decision. But this sudden shift of public interest left me at a loss for words.
I was carefully picking appropriate words to share the news of Jane’s paternity, when I received a
“Aren’t you fond of displaying evidence in public, Miss Drielle?
phone call from a private number.
at malicious tone paralyzed my body, its menacing aura held me captive in a tightening grip as that man said,
The threat concealed in that i
the record file of your illi daughter, Miss Drelle. In the next Eve hours, I will send this file to the TV channels who have broadcast this news
Get ready, Miss so called honorable lady Drielle. Soon, everyone will see your true face.
That blackmailer threatened to accept my promiscuous nature public; otherwise, the headlines of my child out of wedlock would be “everywhere, caring our lives for good.
Henry, who was already vexed by this entire catastrophe, growled in frustration
“It’s all my fault. This important file was safe in my office’s locker
neone must have stolen a in my absence.”
Athief or not, the pressure of the blackmailer grawed on my bram like a hungry predator, washing a wave of terror over. I raised my head and looked at Bright, bamboodled by this tangled situation
His unwavering trust and support urged me to gamble on bis trust, perhaps he could accept me after this truth Calming any thundering heart. I decided to tell am about Jane,
“There’s something you need to know about my daughter, Bright _”
Drielie’s P.0 V.
Chapter 81
“So you mean to say that Jane is my biological daughter, and I don’t know about her?
Blimey!”
Although Henry broke this news in a subtle way, explaining the whole background, Bright was pissed, his initial reaction was quite predictable. Be flipped out, not believing a word, until Henry showed him the file in question. Bright was aghast by this revelation.
He kept asking irrelevant questions impulsively,
“How? Why?”
Waiting for him to process this shock, I was struck speechless, standing like a criminal. It was so difficult to face him now. Whereas, Bright stared blankly in the air, his expressionless face didn’t let me guess what he was thinking.
Henry got
a call from his assistant, so he excused himself, leaving us alone. The privacy of the room forced Bright to speak his mind.
“After my girlfriend’s death in a car crash, I haven’t really ever thought that one day I will have a family too.”
His voice was laden with grief as he walked towards the window, lighting a cigarette.
“Business, money, my family’s expectations, there was so much on my plate that the idea of marriage never crossed my mind, let alone having a child of my own
And now, I am a dad all of a sudden”
