A Plaything For CEO Blackwood

# 115 The DNA Results

Three days had passed and the long awaited day had finally come, the tension leading up to this day between the two parties was so high that Maxwell decided that they should not open the results in the hospital.

They first visited Anna’s choice of hospital and from there, they drove to the second hospital in the heart of the city. The whole time, Anna was anxious, she kept glaring towards the envelope, curious yet scared to know what it said. Maxwell as usual appeared confident but within him was turmoil, he was however worried for different reasons.

Unlike Anna, Marshall already knew what those results would say and he had dreaded this day for so long, he had purposely delayed this test because he feared what would happen after the truth was out.

After picking the second result, they drove home in total silence. Anna would not stop fiddling with her fingers and breathing nervously, it felt like her final exam day all over again.

Arriving at home, Annabel and Maxwell went straight to his room with the results, Anna couldn’t wait anymore. “Okay, we are inside now, please open them already.” She pleaded.

“Okay, chill.” He smiled, trying to look confident. “Have a seat,” he added quickly and pointed to the bed.

“Oh God please…” Anna whispered to herself and made the sign of the cross before sitting down, she wasn’t even that religious but in moments like this, she finds herself at the mercy of the almighty.

“You open it!” Maxwell suggested and handed the envelopes to her.

“No, you do it.” Anna replied sharply, refusing to accept them.

“Come on, this was your idea to begin with, didn’t you say you wanted to know? So do the honors?” he smiled wickedly.

Anna huffed and took the envelopes, she tore open the first one and pulled out the neatly folded paper. She was about to unfold it when Maxwell suddenly halted her.

“Wait!” he said and her heart skipped, as she immediately looked up to him.

“What?” she asked nervously.

“Listen Love, I just want you to know that no matter what you read in that paper, my love for you would never change, it would rather grow bigger,” he announced with a smile.

Anna smiled warmly, “Thank you, but I better open this now and be done with it, I can’t handle this anxiety anymore.” She confessed.

“Haha! Of course, go ahead.” Maxwell said and bit his lips nervously.

As Annabel unfolded the first result paper, Maxwell fidgeted around, trying not to look at her. He had a feeling that this was going to be the end, he had seen the look in her eyes, what she would find in that result would be her worst nightmare.

Anna read through the results, most of the English there was not English for dummies, she didn’t understand the terms used and inscriptions so she just rushed to the simple paragraph where the sample testing results should be laid out in words that a ten years old can understand.

“Oh my God! Yes!!” Annabel screamed excitedly when her eyes found it, happiness spread all over her face.

Maxwell turned to her and stepped closer immediately. “What does it say?” he asked with a bit of confusion etched on his face, it was like he had expected a different reaction from her.

“The samples are a match! The Baby is yours!!” she screamed in excitement and jumped up from the bed, running into his arms.

Maxwell was dumbfounded, he stood there like a statue when she hugged him, cold as ice. “Wait, no… that can't be.” He muttered.

Anna pulled back from him, her smile slowly fading. “What do you mean? Look, that is what it says!” she exclaimed, pointing at the paper as she showed it to him.

Maxwell takes the result from her, he took a quick glance at it and shook his head. “No, this doesn’t make sense. Let me see the other one.” He requested immediately.

At this point, Anna was confused. She had no idea what was going on. “Max? What is wrong? Aren’t you happy? I thought this was what we both wanted?” she queried.

“It is not it, Anna… Just give me a second,” he muttered as he tore open the second envelope. Anna was more concerned about his reaction than what the envelope said.

“How is this possible?’ Maxwell muttered to himself as he read through the second test results. “There has to be a mistake somewhere.”

“What do you mean a mistake? Both results say you are the father, do you have a problem with that? It is okay if you don’t want this child, but you don’t have to insult me like this.” Anna uttered, her little moment of happiness fading away as sadness took over.

Realizing what he had done, Maxwell held her shoulders immediately. “No Love, why would you ever think that? I am sorry, of course I want more than nothing to be the father of this child, but something doesn’t make sense here, you don’t understand.”

“So make me understand! We both had unprotected sex, so why is it difficult for you to believe that this child is yours even when both results from different hospitals say so? Why are you saying all this to me?” she questioned sadly.

“Because I cannot make babies!!” he retorted.

“What?” Anna muttered, her face a mixture of shock and confusion.

“Yes Ann, I got a Vasectomy a few years back, I cannot have children right now, not yet until the next two years.” He confessed.

Anna stood there in disbelief, a lot of thoughts running through her mind. No! This cannot be happening, why is this happening?

Anna took a step closer to him, her eyes locked on his face like a hawk, trying to read his expressions. He was joking right? This had to be a prank, was he trying to play her?

“Max, are you trying to tell me that the whole time, you believed that this child wasn’t yours, and yet you played dummy along?” she asked in a whisper, afraid that he would answer in the positive.

“I am sorry, Anna. Since I couldn’t have an offspring yet, I was sure that the baby belonged to Jimmy but I didn’t want to hurt your feelings. I know how much you dreaded the possibility and so I tried to keep the truth away from you for as long as possible, I did it to protect you, Ann. I don’t know how it is possible that I am the father, that is why I reacted the way I did.”

“I don’t care how it happened, it doesn’t change the fact that you have kept a secret and lied to me the whole time! Why did you not tell me about the Vasectomy? To even think that you got so mad when you found out about this baby because we believed that there was a chance it could be yours and I didn’t tell you. What did you say about me keeping the first three months of your unborn child from you?” she yelled.

“Anna, please just calm down, I am sorry, okay? Believe me, whatever I have done, I have done out of love for you.” he begged and tried to hold her shoulders but Annabel pulled back immediately.

“No, don’t come close to me, you are a liar, a manipulator and a deceitful man.” She spat in a rage.

“Oh come on, you don’t possibly mean that, you are saying it out of anger, Ann. Just let me explain, I didn’t want to hurt you with the truth, my only intention was to keep you and the baby safe, I was scared you would try to take it out if you were certain that it belonged to Jimmy.”

“And that would have been my Decision to make, you said you didn’t want to hurt me, but it looks like you ended up doing it anyway. I hate you Maxwell Blackwood, I hate you!” she yelled at him and ran out of the room in tears.

“Anna, wait! Please come back!” Maxwell tried to stop her, but she zoomed out. “Ughhhh!! Fuck!!” he yelled and kicked the air in frustration. This didn’t play out the way he had expected.

Maxwell didn’t chase after her, he understood she needed space right now to think clearly. He quickly left the house, leaving instructions to his servants to see that she doesn’t leave. He couldn’t trust her on her own in this state of mind.

Maxwell got into his car and headed for a hospital, he needed answers. How was this possible? His vasectomy was successful or there would have been different women carrying his child right now? He had been with other ladies before Anna and he had never used a condom with them, there was never a genuine case of pregnancy except for the Gold diggers who tried fooling him once or twice, so why now?

What went wrong?

TBC!!