The Secret affair of the young CEO

Breaking the Ice

'I'm, I'm Agnes, do you remember me?' Agnes asked Jude nervously. All the rehearsal she had in the past, in preparation for this moment fizzled out of her mind. Two things took her breath away. The first one was obvious, how will Jude react when she broke the ice? The second one was the heat that oozed out of Jude's looks. He was a real stud. She imagined the amount of women he had at his beck and call. They most certainly will come after her if they found out that she was claiming to have been impregnated by their lover, Jude. She most definitely didn't feel like she stood a chance.

'Remember you? no I don't ma'am' Jude replied honestly.

'Please state your reason for the visit quickly, I have a very busy day' Jude said, still maintaining a peaceful demeanor while glancing at his wrist watch.

'Okay, I'd go straight to the point'. Agnes replied. After a few seconds of silence between them, she let the information roll out of her tongue as if someone literally pulled it out.

'This child belongs to you'. Agnes said, her words came out so fast, Jude almost didn't hear her.

'Excuse me?' Jude asked, bending his head towards her mouth for her to repeat what she just said right into his ear so that he won't be mistaking concerning what he heard.

'The kid, he's your son...sir' Agnes repeated. Jude was confused out of his mind. He looked at Agnes as if she had said the most ridiculous thing he had heard all his life.

'You are kidding, right?' he asked her. 'Who are you by the way?' he added, his anger slowly building up while he stared Agnes down angrily.

'I said my name is Agnes. Do you remember the girl you were with on the night of your party, celebrating your achievement as the CEO of this company?' Agnes asked, her voice trembling with each word she spoke to him concerning the issue at hand. Jude thought for a second, and then his face lit up.

'Oh wait, I think I remember I was with a random broad, my friend had me do it with some girl hanging around the club' Jude said. 'Just for fun' he added.

'Exactly' Agnes told him. 'I am the random broad, I got pregnant after that night with you' she said, looking down at her feet, anticipating Jude's reaction in fear.

Jude started to laugh hysterically.

'My enemies have come for me' he said, laughing so hard and taking a seat on top of his office desk. He assessed Agnes carefully, and then chuckled sarcastically at her claim.

'Who sent you?' he eventually asked the dreaded question.

'What? I'm telling the truth, I got pregnant after that day, and gave birth to him two months ago' Agnes said, motioning for Jude to look at the baby boy.

'So you expect me to hug and kiss you and say welcome back and thanks for having a baby for me, one that I know nothing about?' Jude started to bark at her.

'If your claim is true, why didn't you try to contact me while you were pregnant? why wait for now of all times, to contact me about it. You even gave birth two months ago, so it's not about you waiting it out until the baby was born, you probably need some money, and this is the best way you could think of raising money for yourself? by laying false allegations on me?' Jude ranted.

'I'm not laying false allegations on you' Agnes whined, the tears were already filling her eyes while she tried to explain how true her claim was.

'Oh there you go with the fake tears' Jude said, nodding aggressively and starting to clap his hands at Agnes.

'Great actress, great actress indeed' he added. 'You should be in Hollywood, trying to achieve your dreams there' he told her. 'Don't waste this tremendous acting talent you have been blessed with' Jude said sarcastically.

'Now get out of my office' he suddenly changed his demeanor, staring at Agnes angrily.

'Please, I'm not telling lies, he's your son' Agnes started to plead with him.

'Get out!' Jude barked. 'Now!' he added.

A devastated Agnes started to back out of the office. Tears rolled down her cheeks while he stepped into the elevator that took her back down to the ground floor.

She tried to hide the fact that she had been crying. By the time she stepped out of the elevator, there were more people in the front office than there were when she was waiting for Jude to allow her access to him. She walked past the rude receptionist Jane with brisk steps.

'Is everything okay?' Jane asked her, the scorn in Jane's voice was rather obvious so Agnes didn't turn to give her any audience: she just wanted to be out of that miserable office and back to her small abode where she would cry her eyes out. As if the baby boy she had wrapped around her arms knew what was going on, he slowly started cooing uncomfortably, and then broke into a loud cry soon after. Luckily Agnes had stepped completely out of the office, so she had not much to worry about him being a nuisance.

'It's okay son. It's fine, you'd be alright regardless, my love' Agnes said, rocking her baby boy in her arms until he became quiet again. On second thought, Agnes thought why not go ahead and give the boy a name. Jude, her son's dad had indicated that he was not interested in her claim at all, so she was free to name him.

'Jake' she said. 'Your name is Jake' she repeated while she stared lovingly at her baby boy who happened to smile back at her just at the right time. And that was how Agnes left Jude's office with the intention of carrying on with her life, determined to give her son the best she could afford him, without a dad.