CEO Leo’s Baby Mama Is Back

Chapter 75 Her baby father

DESIRE’S MAKE UP STORE, PENNSYLVANIA

Desire gasped in delight as her eyes wandered around the space. “Oh, my gracious God, Chloe. I love what you have done with this place so far and to think you aren’t even done yet. I can’t wait to see the finished space.” She squealed like a child at a candy shop unable to contain her excitement.

Chloe on the other hand looked lost as she followed her godmother around. Her week has been going very fine with the renovation going smoothly and her communication with Leo doing just fine. She didn’t think there would be anything to soil her good energy. She had been expecting Desire to land in Pennsylvania by noon, however she had woken up early to get prepared and check for anything to be noted before her godmother arrived.

Everything went south when she felt all round dizziness and almost collapsed to the floor. Fortunately, one of the men around had taken quick notice of her staggering and held her in place. She has been noticing that her body was experiencing more fatigue for the past two weeks but she though it probably has something to do with her daily work which doesn’t really make sense since she only instructs the workers what to do.

Everyone advised that she sees a doctor and at the doctor’s insistence she let them run a quick test on her, only to find out she is six weeks pregnant. She was almost excited at the news until her memory juggled back to the conception time. Her world has been upside down since then.

Desire paused abruptly, turning to her. “Are you okay, Chloe? Why do you look so pale?” She asked in a worried tone while guiding her to a chair to sit.

“I am okay.” She said in a shaky tone. Her words sounded far from okay.

“No, you are not. I understand if you don’t want to tell me what it is but don’t lie to my face that you are okay. And if you are missing Leo, you know he would be here in a twinkle of an eye.”

“Please don’t. I don’t think I can face him right now.” She sniffed back a tear.

“I really don’t understand you. Since when did you not want to see Leo? You practically drool over the thought of being on a video call with him so what’s with the sudden change?”

Fear suddenly gripped at Chloe’s heart as she stared into her godmother’s eyes. She could almost see her entire world falling apart. Her parents especially her mother would never forgive her for being such a disgrace to the family. And Leo; what would he think of her? His friend would definitely have a filled day when the news get to him. Her thoughts caused a fat lone tear to roll down her face.

“Oh my!” Desire exclaimed moving close to her. “What’s going on with you?”

“I’m pregnant, godmother.” She announced, sobbing.

“That’s a good news. A fantastic one at that, you are going to be a mother. I see why you are in tears, it’s probably the hormones.” The older woman said smiling widely.

“It’s not Leo’s!” She blurted, dropping the bombshell without warning.

Desire’s breath hitched as she stared in disbelief. It would have never crossed her mind that Chloe would be involved in such scandal. “Talk to me, how did this happen? You are always glued to Leo’s side. Also who is the father?”

Chloe threw her head to the back as the tears fell uncontrollably again. “It happened on the night I had a misunderstanding with Leo. I had walked out on him at a party and he didn’t even notice that I was gone. I got drunk and involved in sex with my neighbor. But it didn’t end there two nights to my wedding I went to knock on his door to find solace. I should never have. You must be so disappointed in me right now.” She sobbed.

“I would never judge you, Chloe. You are nothing short of a wonderful woman. I know you would never do something out of being insensitive there must have been a misunderstanding along the line. I would really like to know who the father of your child is?”Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

She kept mute for a long while, “Zac.” The response came out in a whisper.

“Zac who?” Desire asked. When Chloe’s response didn’t come and the look in her eyes clearly stated guilty. She gasped. “Zac the fashion stylist?!”

“Yes.”

“What? I didn’t realize you both are neighbors.”

“I only just found out recently too. What do I do, godmother? My mom is going to kill me. Leo would never forgive me.”

“Can you forget about any of them for now? What matters right now is you and also letting the person responsible know about it.”

“But I am married. How can I do something like that?” Fresh tears rolled down her eyes again.

“It’s clearly out of your control my dear. You don’t have any hold over this situation. It’s not like you slept with him when you were officially married.”

“Still I cheated on my man few days to our wedding. That is just so despicable, no one would ever want anything to do with me. All of the gossip blogs and tabloids would have a fill talking about me.”

Sighing, Desire didn’t try to stop her from crying. She could tell it’s a whole lot on the mind of the youngster. Even though she would never say it to anyone. She loved the fact that there is a way out for Chloe to get out of the loveless marriage. If this wasn’t the case, Chloe would never try to leave Leo alone. The universe had heard Desire’s silent prayer, she would definitely make sure the right thing is done.

“What will happen now, godmother?” Chloe gasped as she controlled her tears.

“What we have to do now is look after you. You would get done with your job here and act like everything is normal. When we get back to LA, I promise to sort this out.”

“How about Zac? I don’t know if I can face him, would he ever respect a woman like me who sleeps around and cheat on her fiancée.”

“Whatever they think about you is none of your business! All that matters is me being here for you. And if you want me to speak to Zac I will gladly do that. Will you be fine by yourself? I need to return to LA today.” Desire said caressing her hair.

“Don’t you think it’s too early to speak to Zac?”

“If you keep pushing it back, you will have a problem letting it out eventually. We need to know on time if he is the reasonable type. So will you be fine alone?”

Chloe wiped at her tears nodding, “I definitely can. Might just have to cry myself to sleep tonight. If Leo calls I have no idea what to say to him.”

“Then you don’t have to say anything. Just act normally like you would and if you don’t feel like talking send him a text that you feel too tired to talk.”

“Thank you so much, godmother.”

“I made a promise on the day you were birthed, Chloe. And that is to always be by your side. I have no plans to back out now.” She said pulling her into a tight embrace.

The private jet was ready for Desire to board by the time she was done looking around. After countless assurance to Chloe, she finally let her godmother off. The moment the plane landed in LA, Desire did the first thing that bothered her. She called Zac to meet up at the cafe opposite essence’s building. Luckily he was still at work when she called.

Zac couldn’t hide his surprise when he saw Desire, it made him wonder if something happened between her and Darby, considering the fact that she is Darby’s client.

“Hey, Desire. I hope this is a safe space?” He asked laughing nervously.

Desire chuckled. “You don’t have to worry. I just needed to see you for something.”

“Okay.” He drawled.

She huffed holding his gaze. “Chloe is pregnant.”

“Oh, congratulations to her. I’m happy for her. But how does this concern me, shouldn’t you be telling this to her husband?”

“Well that is because the baby belongs to you.” She stated unblinking.

Zac chuckled awkwardly. “What are you playing at right now, Desire? Why would I be responsible for the pregnancy of a married woman?”

“I could ask you the same question. Didn’t you sleep with her about seven weeks ago?”

He gulped hard, shifting uncomfortable in his seat. “How… how did you know that?”

“Actually, Chloe doesn’t keep anything from me. I am not telling you this for you to be afraid. I just needed to keep you in the loop. If I know Chloe well she might never mention it to you. You can decide on whatever you want with the information. Do have a nice day, Zac.” She didn’t wait for him to get over his confused state before taking her leave.

Zac sat there dumbfounded, his world went from white to multicolored in an instant.