Forgotten Romance: Take Me Back To You

"Damn that woman! I will definitely destroy her!" 

Zenia is unaware that she had crumpled the report that she is supposed to hand to Marcus tomorrow morning. It was a very important report yet she only destroyed it in a second!

That evening while preparing to leave the company premises, her phone was bugged with a lot of notifications. She then tried to check it but the latest notification she got was an email from a close friend working at a magazine company. 

"Did you know about this? Can you confirm if your boss is truly the child's father?" Her friend messaged her, along with a photo of Rachelle holding a cute little child wrapped in a blue blanket.

As soon as Zenia read the message, she clicked on the attached link and was immediately routed to a website where a complete article was posted about Rachelle's interview.

"CONFIRMED! The LONE HEIR of the ENCHANTEUR CHEMICALS COMPANY has a CHILD!" It was on the first paragraph of the article. Another linked article was entitled, "SECRET CHILD, REVEALED!" ---- and so on....

There are a lot of different articles about Rachelle and her son claiming Marcus as the father and that irritated the young woman. She had warned her but she disregarded it and now she lit a fire that cannot be easily quenched. 

"I won't hold back any longer Rachelle. You brought this upon yourself!" She gritted her teeth in frustration then picked her phone and dialed a number.

"The things I told you to keep, send them all to me this instant!" With trembling hands, she disconnected the call and went straight home. 

Ah, how she loves to call Marcus and asked if he already read the articles spreading all over the internet as well as the newspapers and magazines but she tried to calm herself and decided to see it to herself early morning tomorrow. 

He might not know about it yet because this very moment, he is in a virtual meeting with some clients abroad. And since there is a big time difference, he might go home at midnight making him unable to see the news. Unless, if he checks his phone before going to bed then he'll definitely finds out about it. 

What will he possibly do? Will he acknowledge Rachelle and the child? Will she exposed Rachelle's lies so that Marcus won't be able to make mistakes of taking them in? But Barry won't approved of this! Ah, come what may, no matter what the results, Zenia needs to protect Marcus out of all his troubles--- including Rachelle's lies.

MEANWHILE, Barry saw the news and he knew instantly that Rachelle had planned all of it. It was too obvious. Although Rachelle did not acknowledge it verbally but her actions speaks it all. Anyone who sees the scene will definitely think that it was Marcus' child!

"Rachelle, what do you think you're doing?" Barry slightly slap his forehead in disappointment.

"Would you like me to call Miss Henry for you?" His ȧssistant asked.

"No, its late. Besides, I've already warned her. Whatever she does now is out of my business. She dug her own pit and her father won't blame me for the consequences of her daughter's actions right now. I hope he will understand what I am about to do to protect my son."

"I understand, master." The man replied before leaving the old man's room. 

"I will protect you, son, I will protect you." He mumbled while looking at the article in his phone.

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She finished cleaning the last hotel room ȧssigned to her when her phone suddenly rings. She jerks in surprise since her mind was from a far. 

"Are you done with your chores?" A female voice asked on the other line.

"I am about to leave the last room. Should I prepare more rooms?" Jade responded respectfully.

"No, that's fine. Just come and pick up the newspapers in the lobby and make sure you put one in each room." The manager commanded. 

"I'll be there in a minute!" She enthusiastically answered before the manager hungs up. Finally, her last shift. Since it's her last shift, she swiftly run to the lobby and carried the pile of newspapers on the table. One newspaper in each room. After a long hard day, now she can go home and rest. There are three copies left so she decided to bring it back to the lobby. Who knows, some guests might give an interest in reading  while waiting so more copies might be needed in the lobby. 

Jade went back to the lobby and placed the three extra newspapers in the magazine rack. She was right, there are some guests who loves reading news . Although the one who took a copy of the newspaper was an old man, she still appreciates his time to read. 

"Enjoy reading!" She voiced softly when her eyes met the old man's eyes. 

He didn't say a word in response but quickly turn the pages. It was obvious that he is searching for a particular page. Maybe he was looking for the puzzle sections. Jade smiled within her and was about to turn her heels and leave when he heard something that caught her attention. 

"Hey, isn't this the young CEO of the Enchanteur Chemicals?" The old man tapped his wife who was busy looking something on her bag.

"Do you know him?" The wife answered without looking at the old man.

"Personally, no. But I have seen him once with his wife."

"Then what's the problem?" 

"I was just wondering... the article says he has a child." The man creased his brows in confusion.

"Isn't that a good thing?" His wife finally looked at him. 

"I guess. But the woman in the photo, this is not the woman I saw that time. I could hardly remember her face now but I'm sure it's not this one either."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know. I guess he divorced his infamous first wife and had a child with this celebrity."

"Celebrity? Rachelle? Could it be my beloved Rachelle? Wait, let me see!" The old woman immediately grabbed the newspaper from his hands. And when she saw Rachelle on the picture, she laugh out loud and gave the paper back to the husband. 

"What are you so happy about?" The old man creased his brows in confusion. 

"Well, this is a big news and I am going to tell it to my friends. I told them, Rachelle is definitely the one for Marcus!" She blurted out happily.

Turned out that the old woman fancies the young celebrity and she was well aware of her long term relationship with Marcus.

Jade, on the other hand, heard Marcus' name and was unknowingly frozen on the spot. She didn't move a little until she heard the old woman. 

"They have a son?! Whoa, this is good news!"

A SON? Rachelle and Marcus have a son? Jade couldn't help but tear up. It pains her to hear it. She thought she has completely forgot about Marcus but hearing the good news feels like a third death for her. 

"Jade, are you okay?" Her manager was passing by when she saw jade in tears at the lobby. "Are you crying, my dear?" She was worried.

"N-no.... My eyes... something entered my eyes. Please excuse me." She lied and run towards the helper's lounge. As soon as she locked the door, she clenched her burning ċhėst and beats it over and over again. 

She can't breathe... It hurts... There's so much pain within her and it's killing her.

How happy could they be... Marcus and Rachelle to have a son. If only her child was alive... If only that child lived, how happy could she be even the fact that Marcus chose Rachelle over her.

Ah! the thought of her dead child increased the pain and bitterness in her heart. "Omo, my poor child!" She cried in despair.