《The Unloved Billionaires And I》


 Chapter 1 EVIL VERA

    LUCAS POV


    You need to get married, find yourself a woman, or man whichever you prefer. I really don¡¯t care; you can¡¯t remain single for the rest of your life. I will not ept it! She yelled. When I was your age, I was married and giving birth to you guys and here you are telling me you are too young to get married at the age of twenty-five, it is uneptable. He sighed, ¡°first, I like girls, and I already said that I don¡¯t want to get married to anyone,¡± is it so hard for you to respect my decision mother. Sure, let us respect his decision, he is always right.


    Dear, you should get ready to hand over your shares to your favorite cousin. Wait, what? ¡°Why will you give my shares to Derek,¡± getting irritated by mother¡¯s choice of words? Well, he is married and has two children already, so he is going to get thepany since he has his life nned out. Of all people to give thepany to, you decide that Derek is good enough for the position.


    Well, he deserves the position since my son refuses to get married, what does marriage have to do with this mother. If you don¡¯t get married thepany has to be given to someone else that is what my father, your grandfather told me. When did grandpa say that? Justst week, why do you think your mother has been pressuring you so much? Well, why can¡¯t you just hand over thepany to Reba, she has more rights to thepany than I do, I mean she is perfect at it, she will be good for thepany.


    He scoffed, you think we haven¡¯t tried, we begged but she doesn¡¯t want anything to do with thepany, but she loves thepany, she loves what she does, it makes her happy and has seen her happy when a business is finalized. Son, your sister hates thepany, ¡°what? That¡¯s not true,¡± she does son.


    She¡¯s only doing this for you, she only signed to work for thepany until you were done with your studies, which you had finished for two years now but I wanted you to start from scratch and see how well you get and you¡¯ve aplished that, but to fully give you thepany you need to get a girlfriend, even if it means you don¡¯t like each other just find someone to help you and your mother has found someone for you, though I don¡¯t know who she is, she wouldn¡¯t say.


    Mother, I turned and stared at her, ¡°who is this unlucky girl you think is good enough for me,¡± I was smiling already making ns on what to do to her. Vera, she answered. ¡°what? Which Vera are you talking about?¡±


    You know her dear, you both went to high school together, and you were childhood friends. Remember when she always followed you everywhere you went, you guys looked cute together, and when you went to high school, she made me beg her mother to let you attend the same school. She made my life a living hell and this is all my mother¡¯s fault, if she hadn¡¯t sent her to my school, I would have had female friends, I wouldn¡¯t be hiding in the school library at lunch break just to avoid her.


    Oh, I know Vera okay, that bitch did not just torment my life throughout high school, she made me be a germaphobe


    You might be wondering who Vera is, well let me tell you, Vera Collins aka evil witch aka my tormentor, where should I begin, right I still remember that night, I was seven and never had friends, I only ever yed with Derek, he was my best friend, we did everything together not until a new neighbor moved into the neighborhood, we got so excited to check out who just moved in, we walked closer when we heard an older woman telling someone to get her toys ande in, yep it no one other than Vera Collins, she look so cute, she smiled and waved at us with her missing teeth showing, she was so beautiful I had a crush on her immediately. We started hanging out, the three of us, we did everything to impress her like she was the only girl in town but she was very beautiful.


    This made me and Derek grow apart when she yed with him. When I wasn¡¯t around, I got jealous and vice versa. This faithful rainy day, she took me to her yard, it was muddy and my grandfather was watching over me and Derek for the night, but Derek was ill so I took this opportunity to get closer to Vera, her cousin where at her house, we all went ying and running around through the muddy ground.


    Vera and her cousins kept whispering among themselves, I didn¡¯t know what they were saying, Vera walked closer to me and smirked at me which made me scared, it was a different kind of smirk. Lucas can¡¯t you see how dirty your hand is from ying with mud, you are infected. What no am not, my heart was beating rapidly I tried brushing it off but she kept yelling ¡°Lucas has been infected¡± she pointed at me and everyone keptughing.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    I ran home crying, went to my bathroom, and started washing my hands. I looked at it and it looked dirty even when I had washed it five times. I couldn¡¯t breathe, my grandpa tried to touch me but I didn¡¯t allow him to, I kept screaming and shaking. After a long time, I calmed down and exined everything to my grandpa. He tried tofort me, which I epted, clinging on to him and not letting him go. When I went to bed alone that night I felt restless, everywhere in my room looked dirty, I cleaned and made sure it was spotless, grandpa must have heard the noise I was making, he told me to go back to bed, I tried I really did but I couldn¡¯t, I cling to him that night.

 Chapter 2 OBSESSED

    LUCAS POV


    The next day, I stayed in not wanting to go out, I refused to y with Derek or touch him, and when he touched me I got so angry and washed my hands. My grandpa called our family doctor to check on me, they confirmed I have OCD which I shared from my mother¡¯s side of the family, never noticed it, I thought my mother hated me when I tried to touch her especially when my hands were dirty, I didn¡¯t know she was germophobic while her mother, my grandmother had OCD, but I still med Vera till this day for triggering it, they tried exining to me that she wasn¡¯t the cause of it, saying it was gics but I never listened, I would still be normal if it wasn¡¯t for her.


    When my parents got back, grandpa told them everything, mom med herself saying it was her fault that I was like her but I never med her, I med Vera, it was her fault. I stayed with my grandfather since my parents weren¡¯t always at home. I thought they would understand that I needed care, especially my mother but she was never here.


    I stayed at grandpa¡¯s home, he noticed I didn¡¯t do things that people with OCD do like redoing tasks, spending a long time toplete things either by getting dressed or eating meals, or hiding objects to use and hurt myself, I wasn¡¯t always aggressive maybe a little, so, he called the doctor again to check on me and he gave a wrong diagnosis, I didn¡¯t have OCD, I had germaphobe which is closely rted to OCD. It was treatable with psychological treatment such as cognitive behaviour therapy, the basis of this CBT is gradual exposure to feared situations and anxiety management strategies such as rxation and breathing techniques.


    I went through this for years, I never had any friends not until I met Tobias, Derek stopped ying with me and started calling me a freak at school, telling everyone that I was a freak and had to see the doctor everyday which everyone believed andughed at me but I didn¡¯t care, Vera tried to protect ne but I didn¡¯t need her protection because I hate her and stopped talking to her.


    When I started high school with my best friend Tobias, everything was good, I wasn¡¯t called a freak here, Derek went to another school with Vera, I talked a little everyone understood what I had and were patient with me but not until my senior year, I saw Vera again, I didn¡¯t know she was the one at first, the school she went to was a boarding school and I hardly see her during the holidays because she was always grounded. I can¡¯t believe she wille here, she tried talking to me but I refused to talk to her.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    She became friends with my other tormentor Regina Phillips. Regina had a crush on me all through my junior year, it became worse in senior year that most girls avoided me instead of the other way. They stopped talking to me anytime they notice Regina around, I don¡¯t know how they got together and became best friends, one was enough but the two of them together was torture for me.


    One time they put snakes in Sandra¡¯s bag because she asked me to give her my pencil, the second time was Susan who said ¡®hi¡¯ to me, they put cockroaches and bugs in her locker. When I yelled at them thinking they would stop, the next day when I opened my locker I found a dead bird.


    I was so scared of even leaving my house so how can my mother think that I would marry or date someone like Vera Collins. If she was thest woman on earth, I would rather kill myself than to spend a second with her.


    My parents never knew about it. They were never around. The fallout with Derek, I found out he told Vera he liked her but Vera rejected him saying ¡°you are not good enough for me, Lucan is perfect for me¡± that made my own cousin to hate me even when I exined everything to him he never believed me, he said his parents likes me, grandpa likes me that he was like the ck sheep of the family that he will do everything he can to ruin my life.


    I can¡¯t believe my mother would invite her here, that girl is fucking insane. Why am I so nervous about this meeting? I shouldn¡¯t be scared of her. I am not that little boy and when I see her, I will give her a piece of my mind. I keep thinking back to this morning when my mother said she wasing to my ce today. What if shees and tries to kill me, will shee alone or with her friend Regina, are they still friends? Last I heard of them they had a falling out during prom night. ¡°stop overthinking¡± I scolded myself. My parents are here so she won¡¯t do anything stupid. My butler invited her in, wow she looked more matured, I looked at her slim figure, deep brown eyes that still mesmerised me and nice ck hair, long and straight, plump lips and button nose. She looks perfect for sure but crazy all the same.


    ¡°Why are youte?¡± I questioned her. Today is our first meeting after years of not seeing each other. Lulu dear, that is no way to greet your friend that you haven¡¯t seen for a long time. I cringed when I heard her call me that name, I used to fill on top of the world when she called me that when we were little but I hated it after what happened and I hate her, I was getting furious, I couldn¡¯t do anything since my parent were here and I don¡¯t want to disappoint them. I didn¡¯t even know when they stood up and left. Son, that brought me back, they were all staring at me, um yes? Why don¡¯t you show her around, yes sure I stood up not even waiting for her to follow, heard heals behind me, walking faster, lulu boo slow down so I can catch up with you, I got very angry and pushed her to the wall, well, if you wanted to touch me all you had to do was ask, she smirked, I was so disgusted by it. I want you to leave my house, what? Don¡¯t you hear me, I hate you Vera, you are a bitch, I don¡¯t want to see you in my life again, I yelled at her, she looked so scared that she burst out crying and walked, running away. My mother tried to stop her, ¡°what have you done?¡± She asked.


    What I should have done a long time ago.

 Chapter 3 FOUND A BRIDE

    I have found a bride for you! my friend said with excitement. ¡°dude, who the hell is going to marry him?¡± No offence dude but you might be the number one hottest man in this country but your attitude is so awful, like I said dude no offence. None taken, am just too hot for you to handle and that just makes you jealous. ¡°Please who is this unlucky girl that agrees to this n again?¡± My ex, her best friend, who is also my friend is in need of money to treat her brother. ¡°She agreed to marry him?¡± Tobias asked, ¡°You do know how he is with women in general right?¡± Yes, he treats them like trash you don¡¯t need to remind me, I remember what he did to my sister. ¡°Do you still agree to help him?¡± He is my boss remember and he is also your best friend he can¡¯t just tell you what to do and you do it.


    Tobias and Lucas were childhood friends, they met Fernando while they were in college and they all clicked, though Lucas was the quiet one while Tobias was the outgoing one.


    I can¡¯t believe I agreed to this, to marry a stranger, I have no choice, I need to save my brother, he is the only family I have left. I took a taxi and got to the address that my friend sent to me, he asked me toe here and finalised the deal and also meet the man I would be married to.


    ARYA POV


    After some hours, I arrived in front of a huge mansion, but gosh my ass hurt from sitting down for so long. I looked at the building and it was so beautiful.


    I rang the doorbell and a man came to me, ¡°madam, he stared at me from head to toe making me nervous. Who the hell is he staring at? He might wear expensive clothes but that doesn¡¯t mean he should look down on me. Are you Arya Silvia? Yes, I answered. He is waiting for you.


    Finally!  you are here, Fernando hugged me, yeah, I know him, he is a childhood friend of mine, he wanted to help pay for my brother¡¯s medical bills but I hate owing someone, so instead he told me about his boss wanting a bride to introduce to his family so they can stop bothering him about marriage and I agreed, I don¡¯t want to owe him, he has helped me a lot and his family has been going through some crisis, I don¡¯t want to add mine to it.


    Come! Let me introduce you, this is my friend Tobias. Wow, if I knew he was this pretty I would have told Fernando to introduce us earlier, you are so beautiful. Thank you, I blushed.


    This is my boss¡­.


    Who the hell is this? Why is she so dirty, my gosh when was thest time you showered? I can¡¯t stand this, take her away, I can¡¯t marry her. He shoved her away, she smells worse than a skunkText ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Excuse you, yes, you are excused


    She scoffed, I can¡¯t believe this is what am dealing with, a self-centred over pompous selfish brat


    Who are you calling a brat, do you know who I am and what I can do to you


    I know who you are, you are one of those arrogant prick who thinks the world revolve around them


    Oh my gosh, this is so entertaining, ¡°where have you been all my life?¡± Tobias burst outughing, breaking us from our piercing gaze we were giving each other. I think I rendered him speechless


    This is the first time someone would put him in his ce, no one has ever done that, not even his mother.


    If this is what I am going to deal with, then I refuse to be stuck with this, I stood up about to leave¡­Please don¡¯t leave, you need this and I need your help, Fernando held my hand keeping me in ce.


    She looked at his eyes and it held anger, disappointment, she looked at what he was staring at to make him like that, she realised it was the way Fernando was holding her. Is he jealous or something? ¡°Are you guys dating?¡± He asked us. We looked at each other and burst outughing


    No! we say at the same time. ¡°I can¡¯t marry her, she¡¯s not my type.¡± excuse you, ¡°I¡¯m too gorgeous for you,¡± she flipped her hair, got it, you are not together, and we will never be together, she added. Why are you bothered by it though, Tobias can¡¯t help but ask, because she is not just my best friend but also my¡­


    I don¡¯t want to hear any more of your rubbish. Sign here and follow these rules, don¡¯te to my room, bathe and brush your teeth three times a day, do not ever repeat clothes, I hate it. ¡°Don¡¯t touch my spoon, cup or te, the maids will show you what you will use to eat.¡± Got it, I replied. Oh, and also if you think I will fall in love with you after everything is over then you are wrong because I will never love you because you are nothing to me, he yelled at me storming out. I think this dude got is mood swing or something, I murmured to myself.


    Don¡¯t listen to him, he is just like that, but do listen to thest part, don¡¯t fall for him or you will regret it for the rest of your life. ¡°Why?¡± Lucas is not programmed to love. Is he a machine or something? Yeah he is a robot, don¡¯t listen to Tobias, he has never felt love since he was born.


    His parents never showed him what love was. They were always busy making money and traveling. He grew up with maids who his parents told not to y with him only teach him how to be perfect and learn about business. If you think he is his worst, wait until you meet his hot, arrogant, egoistic sister.


    ¡°Do I smell a crush?¡± Tobias blushed. She has been my crush since forever but she will never notice me. Why? Am too young for her, even though it is just five years, that is what she told me. ¡°When did you confess to her? How old were you?¡± I was fifteen at that time and she embarrassed me, she told me ¡± how can you be thinking of love, when I was your age, I was making my first billion¡± I am one of the most sessful women in the world. I was so embarrassed, I couldn¡¯t go to their house for weeks. When she is there I make sure she doesn¡¯t see me.


    She is still single till today, at first, I thought she was waiting for ¡°the one¡± but all she thinks about is how to make more money. So please, do not fall in love with Lucas, you will regret it if you do. I should have listened to him when he told me but the heart wants what it wants.

 Chapter 4 UNHAPPY

    ARYA POV


    We lost our parents a few years ago and have been supporting us, we have been staying with Fernando¡¯s parents, they were our parent¡¯s childhood friends, they thought we would grow up and one day marry each other, sometimes I wonder how the grown-ups think, just because we y together doesn¡¯t mean we will end up together, all this happens in movies. I have a lot of things to think of and marriage is not one of them. He is not my type.


    I moved in with Lucas a few days ago, my little brother has started his treatment, the surgery was sessful and he is recovering. Have been living with Lucas but he Is never around, dude is a fucking workaholic but I don¡¯t care, as long as I don¡¯t see him at home, am alright with that. I hate looking at his gorgeous blue eyes and his dimples get me even when he doesn¡¯t try so hard, it shows and I have a thing for blue eyes.


    Well, at least I found a job, this way I can save more money and maybe I can pay him back for the surgery. I went down to make breakfast and I found Lucas having dinner, drinking coffee and working on hisptop. ¡°Good morning. I greeted, hurrying to make my breakfast since I amte for work.¡± Although, am a morning person, I wake up early because of the work I used to do. It demands me to be on time and It¡¯s far from where I live.


    Morning he answered, his face still on the screen. Oh, my colleague is getting married, and you are invited. It is not his colleague, it is his cousin, Tobias saysing down from taking a shower.


    ¡°Is that my robe? You slept here?¡± Lucas and I asked at the same time. Who should I answer first, yes I slept here and yes, it¡¯s your robe. Why are you wearing it? because it looks good on me. Larry! Yes, sir, ¡°I want that robe thrown away once he leaves my house.¡± I don¡¯t have germs on me, you know. I don¡¯t care, I want it outta here.


    Then you should change his bed sheet then while you are at it, change the pillow as well. You know what, change everything with the bed, I don¡¯t want to perceive his cheap¡­ fuck you! it¡¯s not cheap, his cousin is getting married in their family house which will be perfect for him to introduce you to them. ¡°You want me to meet his family?¡± She choked on her coffee. ¡°Are you okay?¡± Tobias asked. I nodded. Just be prepared, by seven he will pick you up, and you can meet my crush, the woman of my life.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    That¡¯s enough, I don¡¯t want to hear you talking about my sister like that. ¡°You know about my crush on her?¡± Tobias asked. ¡°I saw your confession and you looked pathetic, I can¡¯t believe you think my sister would date you.¡± Lucas replied him. ¡°One can only dream, and I will continue dreaming until it turns to a reality.¡± Tobias answered. ¡°It is foolish to dream about love that will never happen.¡± Lucas says.


    ¡°Why would you say that he is your friend?¡± Well, my sister is bringing her fianc¨¦e and might I add he is better than you. His face paled. Why are you friends again, I can¡¯t be friends with someone like him, he doesn¡¯t deserve you, none of you, I said to Tobias after Lucas left.


    You know I was always chubby, and was bullied when I was little, he was the only one that didn¡¯t bully me and one day he fought with my bully after he heard they took the book he gave me. It was the first time someone stood up for me you know, I never believed he would but he did.


    Enough of the sad story!  let¡¯s get you ready. ¡°B-but I need to go to work and my boss would hate it if I miss my job when I just started.¡± Well, good for you, I am your boss and I demand you to stay at home and prepare yourself. ¡°It¡¯s still early, so why should I start all this now? I don¡¯t even have a dress,¡± I whine.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about that, just sit and rx and let them take care of you.¡± I saw beautiful womening in, then I know my torture has just begun.


    It was torture, the make-up, jewelries, my hair, my nails but I do look beautiful not that I wasn¡¯t but I looked different, more matured, the clothes, so beautiful. We waited for Lucas but he never came. Instead, he sent Tobias a message to bring me over. Why will he keep us waiting for so long only for him to send, am so done with him. I got into the car and Tobias drove off.


    I kept reminiscing about my past with my family. I miss them. If they were alive I wouldn¡¯t be in this predicament. I wouldn¡¯t have been humiliated by the way I was today. He didn¡¯t even stand up for me, he watched as his parent stared me down, murmur among each other and talk about how poor I am, Lucas didn¡¯t say anything, he just drank his champagne and kept talking with this very beautiful blond girl, she kept smiling, but he didn¡¯t look like he was enjoying himself he didn¡¯t even introduced me, I think everyone just made a guess when they saw me.


    I felt like crying, everyone talking, pointing their fingers at me making it obvious they were talking about me. I hate all the attention given to me and it wasn¡¯t a happy look either. I guess you don¡¯t need to know how my night, it¡¯s obvious it was terrible, I didn¡¯t even wait till the end of the party, I had to leave I just couldn¡¯t take it, I know it¡¯s disrespectful to leave before the guests but am also a guest, so I didn¡¯t care, I was angry and hurt that Liam didn¡¯t care even when Tobias told him, I knew he told him but he wasn¡¯t concerned.


    I cried myself to sleep on the couch, when I woke up, I found myself on the bed. I am sure it was Tobias that took me in, Lucas will never touch me, I am too dirty for him to touch. I need to get ready for work. I don¡¯t like staying at home. At least I have this job to keep me busy. I am not a graduate so it is really difficult to find a higher paying job but I am content with what I am doing.


    Once my brother gets better, I will further my education. He has stated his treatment and that makes both of us very happy. At least something is going well for me. I worked at Tobias restaurant as a waitress, I still don¡¯t believe this is his. He told me no one knows about it, not even Nathan or his parents. I was happy for him. He tries as much as he can to fend for himself.


    Lucas¡¯s birthday ising up, I don¡¯t really know what to get him, he has all the expensive things he needs in life, so what can I get him. Tobias already bought a bicycle for him. At first, I was confused when I saw it, not until Fernando exined to me that they do this every year.


    During their birthday, they get themselves something they have never done or are scared of doing. Last year Lucas put a snake in his room and Tobias was so scared, he fainted, it was hrious. Fernando got Lucas his favourite pen, they didn¡¯t buy him anything expensive. I heard his sister sent him more work to do as his birthday present and Lucas actually smiled when he saw it.


    I asked Tobias, he told me it was the first time his sister was sending him a present. How can he call that present, I thought about it and decided to get Lucas a novel, a horror novel is exactly what I got him he was so happy about it, ever since I started living with him, today is the first day he has talked more than he usually does which made me happy that I was one of the people that made him happy, not until he saw the gift Tobias got him, then he became angry, mood swing activated.

 Chapter 5 DRUNK

    ARYA POV


    I like living here, it is so calm and peaceful. I am someone that likes a ce that is quiet. All my life, I have been living in a noisy environment, not that I amining but sometimes it bothers me. I need a quiet ce to think. Nothing has really happened between me and Lucas, it¡¯s not like I want something to happen.


    ¡°Do I really want something to happen?¡± Yes, but I don¡¯t think it will. He is never home and when he is, I am either at work or am tired or he is tired. Our schedule doesn¡¯t allow us to spend time together but Tobias spends a lot of time with me in his restaurant. He actually works there, no one knows he owns the ce, so we all work and talk about ourselves.


    He was good to everyone, because of his kindness, one of the waitresses had a crush on him after he saved her from falling on the slippery floor. I pitied her, I tried discouraging her not to confess to him but everyone kept saying I was just jealous that he liked her instead of me. I gave up on doing it, let her face it on her own. I informed Tobias about it, and told him to go easy on her which he agreed but that didn¡¯t go as nned.


    He yelled at her and called her cheap, I was annoyed by the way he spoke to her, he would have said ¡°no am not interested or you are lovely girl but I like someone else¡± that is what guys tells me when I ask them out, especially if I have a crush on them, well I did give up on anything associated with love, crush and stuff like that, I mean for me to ask you out doesn¡¯t mean am desperate, I was just trying my luck anyways, I stopped doing that when my crush in high school embarrassed me, I cried for weeks and refused to school, so I understand how she feels right now. I have never heard or seen him get angry or raise his voice at someone before.


    Something or someone must have annoyed him so bad but I didn¡¯t want to talk to him. I ran after Irene. Yes, the girl that confessed to him since her friends didn¡¯t follow her, I had to. ¡°Irene, are you okay?¡± You were right Arya, he doesn¡¯t like me, I should have listened to you, no one likes me. No, that¡¯s not true, someone out there likes you, I like you and I know you will find someone that will love and cherish you for who you are but that person is not Tobias. She nods, ¡°yes I know.¡±


    Am sure something happened at home, he never yells or gets angry, am sure he will apologise when he calms down. How do you know him so much, are you guys dating because that would exin a lot, no! we are not, we are friends, good friends, am actually dating his best friend.


    Oh, I didn¡¯t know you had a boyfriend. ¡°Why will you say that?¡± You just look so innocent, like someone who hasn¡¯t been kissed or touched before, am so sure you are a virgin. What! No, I have been kissed and am not a virgin, I said actually blushing about it. It is not a bad thing for a twenty-four years old woman to still be a virgin, is it? You are blushing, you really are a virgin but that¡¯s okay.


    Look, virginity is a personal thing, I can¡¯t judge anyone on it. ¡°A lot of women feel they want to save themselves for the man who they think they will love forever¡± how do you know when it is the right person. Are you asking me, I don¡¯t know what to tell you, I just went to a club, followed a guy home and we had sex, I didn¡¯t really care about that stuff, I wanted to just do it and be proud of it. ¡°How was your first time?¡± It was horrible, we were both dead drunk, I don¡¯t even want to think about it, but the second time was interesting. ¡°Did you do it with the same guy?¡± What! Fuck no! It was someone else entirely and it was incredible, that¡¯s all I can say. ¡°Don¡¯t be scared, nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood¡± now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less. Such encouraging words, thank you Irene, no thank you. Friends she brought her hand out for me to shake, sure friends, I shook it. Also, Tobias will apologise ¡°and if he doesn¡¯t?¡± oh trust me he will.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    When I got home, Tobias told me what had happened earlier today. He met Reba with her fianc¨¦e Brandon at Lucas¡¯ office. He was giving him an invitation card, they had already picked a date which was in two months or so. He got jealous and tried to confront Reba about it but she wouldn¡¯t listen. Lucas had to call security to send him out, sometimes I wonder how they are friends, it is quite embarrassing to be sent out like that.


    I sat with him trying to be a good friend, he brought out the drinks and we started drinking until we became drunk. Tobias cked out, while I was still awake, then I got a call from Lucas, I thought he didn¡¯t have my number, I picked the call only to hear the man saying I shoulde pick him up at the bar, he didn¡¯t go out with the driver today, so I told the driver to take us there.


    Tobias couldn¡¯te with me since I tried to wake him but he didn¡¯t wake up, I did tell him to apologise to Irene, what he did was very wrong. He was about to order another round of drinks when I took him by the arm, calling the driver to assist him into the car. I helped him upstairs to his bedroom, he kept kissing my shoulder and I did not stop him, I was actually enjoying it. I think drinking alcohol made you bolder, my fingers moved on his chest raking over his suit, pulling it down. His huge hands closed over mine on his chest, he smiled, well that¡¯s a first, lifted his hand and held my cheek ¡°you are beautiful¡± he murmured making me blush, he held my waist, drawing me closer to him. I smiled, lifting my face so he could kiss me, which he did, I snaked my arms around his neck, a soft moan escaped my lips. I tried to deepen the kiss, his lips moved to the soft flesh of my neck. I groaned and kissed him harder, more demandingly.


    My breast aches when I feel his hot breath on my neck again. He cupped my breast with his palm making me gasp. He kissed my throat, my shoulder, his mouth moved to my cleavage until his tongue was on my nipple. He lifted me and walked towards his bed, he unzipped my dress, his hands traced a path over my waist, he took down my panties, his hand moved between my thighs, his fingers ying with my clit making me shudder. He undid his boxers and leaned over me. He thrust,pletely filling me, my eyes shut, I clenched my teeth. I tangled my legs around his hips, pulling him closer, my hips rising at every thrust until I came and he followed after, falling asleep after I untangled myself from him.

 Chapter 6 MADE A MISTAKE

    ARYA POVText ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    In the early hours of the morning, Lucas woke up and reached for his ss only to find a body beside his bed, he jerked up and found Arya on his bed, he tried to remember what had happened, then he took off the bedsheet and the result was there. He was getting scared of the sight of blood stains on his bed, he screamed which woke Arya up, making her scared, while his bodyguard rushed in to check if he was attacked. ¡°What the hell happenedst night?¡± He screamed at Arya who blushed confirming his fear. ¡°We had sex!¡± You mean I slept with you, he says with so much disgust.


    ¡°You know It takes two to tangle and what happens between us is normal.¡± I could never touch you if you were thest woman on earth, ¡°please take yourself out of my room, I don¡¯t ever want to set my eyes on you again, this contract is fucking cancelled, I can¡¯t believe you raped me. I know your type, you want me to impregnate you so you can take my money, no that is not true.¡±


    ¡°Just leave before I hurt you.¡± he screamed. I stood up, limping to my room not really caring about my state, Iid on my bed crying. How can he do this to me, why did I even do that, I was getting annoyed of myself, I am to me if I had controlled myself this wouldn¡¯t have happened.


    It¡¯s been a week and I haven¡¯t left my room. I kept to myself, only going out to eat. I make sure I don¡¯t bump into Lucas, it¡¯s a big mansion anyway so I avoided the ces he goes to when he is at home, which is the dinning and his room. I haven¡¯t set my eyes on him, Tobias made sure to visit me every day, when I told him what happened, he was so angry and left my room in a hurry only for him toe back with bruises on his hand. I asked what happened to his hand and he said he punched the wall, I shrugged not bothering about it.


    On this particr day I went down to make my breakfast. I found Lucas sitting and taking his coffee. He wasn¡¯t working, well that¡¯s a first but I didn¡¯t care, I didn¡¯t utter a single word, I worked past him not even looking at his face to notice his bruised lips. We kept silent, just passing by each other for three days and I was getting more frustrated on why he hasn¡¯te to apologise to me and angry when I think about what he said to me. I kept tossing and turning around to sleep but no matter how hard I tried I just couldn¡¯t fall asleep.


    After a long time of trying to fall asleep I got up from my bed and decided to head on the terrace to clear my mind and get some fresh air. When I got to the entrance of the terrace, I noticed the door was open, thinking it was one of the maids or bodyguards roaming around. I entered the terrace area only to see a tall figure standing near the railing, who else would be standing and making a conference call if not Lucas. I tried to leave before he could notice me but I heard him saying I love you too.


    Whoa, I thought he was making a conference call or something since he had an earpiece on so I couldn¡¯t hear or see who he was speaking to. Does he have a girlfriend? Who could she be? Maybe it was the girl from the party, I didn¡¯t notice he had turned and walked closer to me until he waved at me getting my attention, ¡°um why are you waving your hand at my face?¡± have been calling your name but you never answered.


    I didn¡¯t know someone was here, I will just go back now, sorry for bothering your call, I said hurriedly and turned to leave. No worries, you can stay here if you want. I am done here. His deep masculine voice came from behind me, stopping me from moving, not until I heard him walk past me that I woke from my shock, what the hell is wrong with me.


    ¡°Wait, you have a daughter?¡± Why didn¡¯t you tell me he has a daughter? I red at Tobias and Fernando, who were shocked as I was. ¡°I swear he did not tell me.¡± did he tell you Tobias asked Fernando, no, he didn¡¯t, we are just as surprised as you are alright. ¡°Can you exin to us, at least who is her mother? How old is she? She looks so much like you?¡± She is Regina¡¯s kid. Regina? You mean your psycho girlfriend from high school. You had a girlfriend? I and Fernando asked at once.


    ¡°No, she is not my girlfriend, more like a stalker and yes it is¡± Tobias, ¡°do you have a problem with it?¡± Lucas did you forget what she did to Reba when she saw you guys talking. Stop talking, I know, and for your information, she is dead, huh? Regina is dead okay, she died of leukaemia, when she first told me about the baby I did not believe her because I can vividly remember not touching her throughout high school, only for her to tell me she drugged me and slept with me, I still don¡¯t understand why I did not feel anything though.


    I took the test and found out she was mine. I avoided picking her calls for months but I went to visit her and get to know my daughter. She wanted me to take her home, introduce her to my family but I refused. She was safer with her than with my parents. I know my parents would be disappointed, and you know how much I hate children but when I saw her, I knew I wanted to be in my daughter¡¯s life as long as she wants me but from faraway. I visit her as much as I can.


    So when you said you were going for a big meeting you were actually with her? He nods. Why didn¡¯t you tell us, we would have helped you, I wanted to but I didn¡¯t know how you would take it, I know you won¡¯t believe me because in your eyes am so perfect and I can never make a baby from a psycho like Regina, so I had my doubt, but Regina is gone and am the only family she has unless I want her to be taken to the orphanage and be adopted by someone else. You wanted to do it didn¡¯t you? guilty, I did but I changed


    my mind.


    ¡°How long have you found out she was your child?¡± Two years now and you kept that from us for that long, how could you dude? Why bring her in now when you know you are always busy with work. Well, I thought since Arya is here she could watch over her, do I look like your nanny, I have work to do so get a nanny or rather take her to your parents or something. I know, I know, I don¡¯t trust her with my parents the way I trust you with her he said staring at my eyes, well this is awkward, I just nodded not knowing what to say.


    ¡°Are you ready to meet her?¡± Yes, bring her in. Hey princess,e say hello to my friends, this is uncle Tobias, Fernando and Arya. Say hello to them, she was still hiding behind her father, I think she is shy. I went closer and smiled at her which she returned with a shy smile. Am Arya and Tobias but as your father said uncle Tobias which is too much just call me uncle T. Father is this the friend you said always dyed his hair yellow? Yes, baby, he is the one. He looks funny with the purple dye on his hair. I couldn¡¯t hold it in. Weughed at Tobias who pouted and whined saying he looks handsome with his purple hair, that we were just jealous of his hair.


    ¡°What is your name dear?¡± ¡°Honey¡± she said in her baby voice and looked up with questions filled eyes ¡°what is it Honey?¡± I asked her as she stopped pulling her cloth which I notice she does when she is nervous.


    She didn¡¯t say anything then I asked again ¡°do you want to ask me something?¡¯ she nodded, go ahead dear I told her with an assuring smile, encouraging her to speak up. She was silent for a few seconds but then she asked something I also don¡¯t know how to answer.


    ¡°Are you my new mommy?¡± How do you answer a little girl who looks at you with such hopeful eyes? I gulped at her question ¡°what do I say to her? Am I her mother?¡± She kept looking at me waiting for my reply. I tried to look around for help but no one was saying anything. I thought about it very hard then decided to ask her if she wants me to be her mother, was I doing the right thing though. I sigh and smile at her ¡°do you want me to be your mother?¡± I asked her, she looked like she was thinking about this, which made me sad for not considering she just lost her mother, but she said something that lifted my mood ¡°yes, I want you to be my mother¡± she replied shyly. Awn you guys are so cute, Tobias says wiping fake tears from his eyes, I looked at Lucas and saw how he clenched his hands, did I say something bad.


    Arya, can I see you in my office¡­

 Chapter 7 AVOIDING HER

    ARYA POV


    Sure, let me just take¡­ I mean right now!! he yelled which frightened the little girl. Sure, let go, I walked slowly behind him feeling that I had done something wrong, he noticed how slow I was walking, he held my wrist and pushed me in. ¡°What was that?¡± he asked when we got into his office.


    ¡°What was what?¡± You tell her you are her mother, he said getting irritated. You didn¡¯t say anything when she asked so I thought¡­ ¡°you thought what?¡± That I would marry you and make you her mother uh, you think you deserve to be her mother or even my wife, you seem to forget what you are doing in my house, all this is signed but that doesn¡¯t give you the right to tell my daughter to call you mother he said through gritted teeth squeezing my hand tight. Stop, you are hurting me, he quickly let go of my hand.


    I don¡¯t know what your problem is but don¡¯t you ever talk to me like that again, you also forget that you actually need my help as well, so stop trying to think you can control me and am sorry for trying to be a mother to your daughter, I promise I will stay away from her, that is not what I¡­ I closed the door on him. Tobias came running to ask what happened since I am sure they all heard us yelling at each other but I was just too angry, ¡°not now dude¡± he immediately stopped when I red at him and walked away. I noticed the little girl getting sad but I was too angry tofort her.


    I felt guilty for avoiding the little angel, I just don¡¯t want to confuse her. She might think I hate her. This is all her father¡¯s fault. Have beening homete and going to work earlier than expected so as not to bump into her. Every weekend, I make sure I am with my brother and I return on Sunday evening when she is asleep or I just stay in the hospital until Monday and go to work.


    Unfortunately, today I wasn¡¯t so lucky, she waited for me to get back. I tried to walk past her, thinking she was asleep with the way she wasying down on the couch, not until I heard her say ¡°did I do something bad mommy¡± she caught me.


    I turned and saw her cute little face which broke my heart and made me feel guilty. How can I avoid such a sweet little girl, ¡°do you not like me mommy?¡± she spoke again when she saw how silent I was. No, no sweetie I don¡¯t hate you, mommy has just been so busy,e and give mommy a hug, I notice her frowning face turn into a huge grin when she hugged me, I have missed this little girl so much. ¡°Why are you still awake dear? Is your daddy not home yet?¡± ¡°No, daddy is never at home, and neither are you too, so I thought if I did not sleep early and stay awake until you got back then you would tuck me to bed.¡± Oh baby, why don¡¯t you just sleep in my room tonight, we can have a sleepover, really! Do you mean it? I can sleep on your bed every day? Sure, I watched her running upstairs heading to my room. I followed her, tucked her in and sang to her. She fell asleep immediately. The little angel must have been very tired.


    The next day


    I didn¡¯t go to work today, I slept in and we both woke upte. The butler knocked on my door and told me breakfast was ready. When I woke Isadora up, I found out her name is Honey Be Isadora, so I called her Isa which no one did, not even her father. We took our bath, I helped her get dressed, we went down and lifted her and ced her on myp. I ignored him, filling my te and giving a bite to Isa. I could feel eyes on me but I ignored him. After breakfast, I turned on the television and watched Frozen. I got a message from the hospital, ¡°honey I will be going now¡­ I will be back ok? I kissed her cheeks.¡±


    ¡°Will youe back?¡± I live here, Isa, I promise I will be back soon. I tried to convince her and she looked at me with a pout. Why don¡¯t you take her with you? Really, can I go daddy? You can go if that is okay with Arya they both look at me, sure why not. I picked Isadora up, hurried and strapped her in thinking her father would sit with her. I sat in front waiting for the driver to get in, only for me to see Lucas opening the car and sitting there with the keys in his hand, busy strapping in the seat belt.


    ¡°um, what are you doing¡± why are you here, go sit with Isa while we wait for your driver. Don¡¯t worry, I will be the one driving Frank is on break today. I started feeling scared ¡°do you know how to drive¡± yes, how hard can it be, I just need to put the keys here and we start moving. We heard someone knocking, Lucas tried to find a way to whine down the ss, can drive my ass I chuckled. I pressed it and saw Tobias ¡°need help¡± yes please, he pulled Lucas out ¡°go sit with the kid, driving is for grownups¡± that cracked me but I held it in. you are a lifesaver T I kissed his cheek when he got on. ¡°No worries girl, I got you¡± I smiled. I do know how to drive Lucas grumbled at the back, ¡°it¡¯s okay daddy, you can sit with me while the grownups drive¡±


    Where did you hear that word ¡°uncle T just said it she rolled her eyes at him, that¡¯s what everyone says now. Who told you that, I got curious, uncle T said so, we all looked at him. You need to stop teaching her all these words Lucas said, what she is not a child, is she not like nine or something, am six uncle T. Wow, you are so tall, I wonder where she got that from, oh yes, from your sexy sister Ba. ¡°Daddy has a sexy sister?¡± yes, he does and she is hot as fuck, I hit Tobias on his head, ouch what was that for. Language T a child is here you know. ¡°Dad, what does fuck means¡± Lucas got paled. Well, it means, Tobias tried to exin, I covered his mouth thank goodness we are in the parking lot already. It is a bad word honey, don¡¯t ever say it. I opened the door for her, what is wrong with it she is nine you know. Tobias the child is six, oh I forgot, sorry, he smiles sheepishly.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.

 Chapter 8 A MOTHER

    ARYA POV


    Doctor, ¡°what is wrong with him? Is he okay, what happened?¡± It was nothing serious, your brother just wanted to see you, why didn¡¯t you say that, I did. No, you said ¡°emergency¡± oh did I, he scratched his head, sorry, made a mistake. Look here young man, you made her very restless you know? T said to the man, he was very young though. Am sorry, it won¡¯t happen again but your brother wants to see you. ¡°Mama, are you sick?¡± She said getting scared, she must hate hospitals. I looked at Lucas. He looked so pale. No baby, am not sick, T, can you get them out, he looks like he might faint anytime now     Tobias says, hurrying to take them both out. I want to go with mama¡± Isa struggled in her father¡¯s arms. Don¡¯t worry dear, I won¡¯t be long, wait for me outside, I kissed her cheek while Lucas dragged them out.


    Finally! You came, of course I would, I thought something bad had happened to you, I kissed his head, am okay sis, I just wanted to see you and check up on you. you looked sad thest time you were here but now, you look better, so I guess everything Is okay, right? ¡°You were worried about me?¡± I am always worried, I am your brother I need to be? You don¡¯t have to, am okay, good to know, he said, already starting to fall asleep. Take care sis, I love you, love you too. ¡°mama, uncle T bought me ice cream, that¡¯s nice of him but where is mine, oh, I ate it all she looked down. No problem dear. Uncle T is my favorite uncle in the whole world, I like him very much. You only like me because I bought you ice cream and you want to ask for more, ¡°will you buy me another ice cream so I can share with mama¡± she says pouting making her look so cute. Oh who can refuse that baby face, get in, let¡¯s get more ice cream, yeah¡­ ice cream! Ice cream¡­. She kept screaming


    Few Days Later


    It was finally the time for me to pack up and head back home. Although I love my job as a waitress, it was tiresome. A sigh left my lips as I removed my shoes. It was around nine pm and I was longing to just fall face t on my bed but I was toozy to climb the step not even noticing the people looking at my movement until I raised my head and heard whisperinging from Lucas and a woman I recognized as his mother.


    Hi I said awkwardly, running my hand through my hair, a gesture which seems to calm me down. I went into the kitchen and saw some leftover pizza. This is definitely Tobias and Isa work written all over it.


    I can¡¯t believe this is who you want to marry, what is wrong with her mother. Well, she dresses like a pauper, and what she is eating is pizza, she needs to be fit and eat healthy food.


    Mother! You asked me to find myself a girlfriend of my choice, and I did. Son she is not¡­ mother it either her or no one at all, so please respect my decision on this matter. What are you even doing in my house, you nevere here, I just came to see you, can¡¯t I visit my son.


    Mother, thest time you were here you said my house was too dusty and it needed to be thoroughly clean even though it was already clean the way I like it. But son, I still smelt the dust. Can someone actually smell dust? These people are actually clean freaks, I didn¡¯t say anything, I just kept eating my pizza, watching the two of them argue back and forth.


    Her husband was also quiet, he looked cool to me so I offered him my pizza and he ate with me while we watched his wife and son argue about whose home is cleaner, such petty matters shouldn¡¯t be so heated.


    We both got fed up and moved to the living room to watch movie, while they kept arguing at the dining, I wonder when they will stop not until we heard a little girl saying ¡°mama, can¡¯t sleep¡± she rubbed her eyes yawning which made her look adorable


    Oh my God she even has a daughter, I told you son, you don¡¯t need her, she is not the right woman for you Vera is, she is perfect, has a nice work and will take good care of you. Mother, I already told you I don¡¯t want to marry Vera, please respect my decision and just so you know this little girl here is my daughter, not Arya¡¯s child.


    His mother was so pale that I thought she might fall and die while her father was smiling, a glint of approval shed across his eyes. A small grin etched in the corner of his lips


    You have a daughter? And you didn¡¯t tell me? Why is she calling her mother if she really isn¡¯t the mother? So many questions were asked by his mother. Her mother is Regina, who the hell is Regina. Language mother, a child is here. Sorry dear but who is Regina? Is it crazy Regina his father asked? He nodded covering his daughter¡¯s ear not wanting her to listen to this conversation. I quickly got into action not wanting to stay there for another minute.


    Let¡¯s go to your room and leave the grownups to talk. I carried her, she put her head on my shoulder. ¡°Are you sleepy honey?¡± I asked her, and run my hand through her hair. She nodded in my neck. I opened her door and went toward her bed, I put her down and covered her. I stayed there for a few minutes running my hand on her hair and humming. She slept off immediately and I started humming. I got up from her bed and went to check on them but they were already done, how easy he dismissed his parents. I was tired and sleepy, so I slept off on the couch. When I woke up, I found Lucas working on hisptop again. Is that all he does? What do you do for fun? I asked him, and he answered ¡°work¡± . Yes, what else do you expect me to do?


    What did you y with when you were a child? Am sure Tobias would have made sure you had some fun. This dude, he never ys, even when I force him, he didn¡¯t budge, did you sleep here again? Yes, why didn¡¯t you wake me? You were snoring, no I don¡¯t snore, whatever now listen.


    One time when it was snowing, I made the snow into a ball and threw it at him. He yelled so loud that his maids came out and took him. That was the day I found out he was a clean freak, he kept checking himself for any dirt, we wouldn¡¯te close to me, saying I was dirty and wet, I knew something was wrong with him. Everyone knew I was germaphobic, I didn¡¯t know, I hate listening to gossip.


    So, he has never had fun, not even when you take him partying. He just sits there and reads on his phone, I don¡¯t really know what he reads though maybe a novel. I looked at Lucas and noticed his ear was red when Tobias said something about the novel. I thought about it. Maybe he likes reading novels but people like this only read horror novels; they are not meant to read anything that has to do with romance.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.

 Chapter 9 CRYING ISA

    ARYA POV


    She needs to go to school Lucas, you can¡¯t keep her in, she needs to associate with people her age. She has to stay at home, what did I achieve going to school? You did achieve something, I mean look how well I turned out, if you had been homeschooled, you would have been worse, you say it as if it is a bad thing to be homeschooled. It is not a bad thing but I know your daughter won¡¯t like to stay at home when she can go to school and learn and make friends, instead of staying at home all day watching Disney. Did she tell you she wants to go to school? I do want to go to school daddy, Isa came out of her hiding ce with Tobias.


    ¡°Let¡¯s the kid go to school dude,¡± where did youe from? and what are you doing in my office? We were ying hide and seek. ¡°What are you, six?¡± Well, I do love having fun, something that you refuse to do with your child. Maybe I can just adopt her and take her home with me. You have no home, you are always here, Lucas replied to him. Well, maybe we can just throw Arya away and be co-parents to this little angel.


    Keep dreaming, Lucas replied. You don¡¯t want to know what I dream about he whispered. Just leave.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Tell your father what you want dear, what makes you think I will listen to her, because she is your child and look at her face, how can you say no to this cute face, Arya replied to him. ¡°I pity all the boys in the future¡± what do you mean by that Tobias. You know, she¡¯s bringing boys home and the kind of father he is, let just say he is going to be a terrible dad not that he is not right now.


    ¡°So, what do you expect him to do?¡± He will protect his daughter, that is what every father does, well most fathers, I guess. If it was you T what would you do? Good question Arya, if it were me, I want to be the cool dad, so when I marry Ba, dude what makes you think she would marry you, she has a fianc¨¦e remember, don¡¯t care, they are not married and if they are, they will get divorced one day.


    Is that what you want for my sister, don¡¯t you want her to be happy? I do, but I don¡¯t think she would be happy with him but if she is, then I will let her go, but if I marry Ba, and we have like four girls, don¡¯t you want boys? Nah they are too noisy and stubborn and I don¡¯t want my son to be like their uncle, always moody and stuff, am not moody Lucas mumbled. Yes, you are a young man, since I know my children will get most of their mother¡¯s genes which is cool by the way, but I don¡¯t want them to be like their uncle. First, I am not going to be your kid¡¯s uncle, yes you are, no I am not dude. You are Lucas, even if he doesn¡¯t marry your sister, you are his best friend so you are going to be his children¡¯s uncle.


    You could even be their godfather you know, but I think they would prefer uncle and I know you will be the best uncle ever. You won¡¯t marry my sister, yes I will but I would want a boy and three girls, so when a boyes to see my daughter, I will be so cool about it, you know let him take her on a date and stuff but do not think I won¡¯t be one step ahead of them, I will always follow them anywhere he takes her, stalk her social media ount, even got a perfect name disguise uncle T, they will never notice, every guy that will go on prom with them will have to take ¡°daddy T test¡± you get it.


    So, ¡°you mean you will basically be a stalker?¡± So, what is the difference between you and Lucas? You see, Lucas will not want to do the dirty work by himself, so he will send someone to do it for him while he stays at his office doing absolutely nothing but I would be there for her. Good thing you know it¡¯s dirty work and stalking your daughters? We are diverting from what we are here for, Lucas? Fine! She can go to school if that is what she wants, I will get it done, I have a few ideas on the school. I thought she would go to a¡­ please don¡¯t tell me you were thinking about taking your daughter to a boarding school? He nods, you can¡¯t send her there, she is too young.


    ¡°Like hell she is,¡±nguage T there is a child here. Oops sorry, it is just funny, he wants his daughter to be like his sister, what? his sister was sent to a boarding school when she was her age he pointed at Isa, well maybe a little younger. You can¡¯t do that to her, she just lost her mother, so? She is not the first child to lose her mother, smack¡­ you know, I thought you would be good for her, a better father but you will never change,e here Isa, don¡¯t cry baby, mama is here. I took the crying little girl and left the room


    Dude that is so messed up, I don¡¯t want to hear what you have to say. Yes, you will, you fucking hurt her, Arya is a grown ass woman she doesn¡¯t need to be hurt by my words, not her you fool, am talking about your daughter. Honey? She is not hurt, she can¡¯t really understand what happened. She was looking at her tablet the whole time, she was basically crying like an idiot. I don¡¯t care what you need to do, just fix it. How do I do that? The door already closed behind him but not before hearing ¡°figure it out.¡± How am I supposed to figure it out when I don¡¯t know a thing about children, this is going to be difficult.

 Chapter 10 DADDY鈥橲 PRINCESS

    ARYA POV


    ~Few Days Later~


    You need to stop avoiding me, you know, I am not. I should be the one offended, ¡°you did p me remember?¡± I sigh. I need your help okay. ¡°Since when do you need my help?¡± I gasp putting my hand on my chest. Very funny Lucas. She won¡¯t talk to me, she has every right to be angry. ¡°I know that now, how do I make it up to her?¡± Well, first try setting up that school I sent to you. ¡°What school?¡± You did not check your mail, have not really checked it, been worried about her, what?  ¡°What? Why are you looking at me like that?¡± What do you mean? You are doing that face thing, what face thing, the judging face thing. I don¡¯t do that, of course you do, I do not, I don¡¯t really want to argue with you right now, what about the boarding school it will be good for her, she doesn¡¯t want to go to boarding school, why can¡¯t you do what she wants, she is too little to know what she want, who told you that? If you send her there you will regret it for the rest of your life.


    He scoffed, why will I regret it am actually doing her a favor, am done talking just listen to this


    ***ys the recording***


    Isa: why papa don¡¯t like me


    Arya: your father loves you


    Isa: Papa don¡¯t like me mama she sniffles


    Arya: No dear, he loves you very much


    Isa: He wants to send me away


    Arya: No, no, he is not sending you away, he just wants to put you in schoolText ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    Isa: If I go there, I will not see you for months, he is sending me away, papa hates me mama, I wish my mama was alive she cries


    Arya: Papa loves you so much


    Isa: I don¡¯t want him to send me away mama, I like living with you and papa and uncle T


    Arya: I will talk to papa okay? he won¡¯t send you away you know why?


    Isa: No!


    Arya: Your papa loves you very much and he will take care of you, you are is only princess, sleep, I will talk to your father


    Isa: I don¡¯t want to talk to papa


    Arya: You have to forgive him, he is your father


    Isa: No! I don¡¯t want to see him mama, he hurt me, mama said anyone that made me cry doesn¡¯t deserve me


    Arya: Your mother said that?


    Isa: Uhm, She nods.


    Arya: It okay, just gets some rest kiddo, love you


    Isa: Love you too mama


    ***End of recording***


    First, ¡°who did the recording?¡± who else if not Tobias, what I did the right thing though, it just saved the little girl, now she can go to the school you want her to, right Lucas? Tobias looked at Lucas waiting for him to confirm his word. How did you get into my house? Dude I basically sleep here all the time, now stop trying to divert the question.


    Fine! She can go there, that will make her forgive me, right? Nah, not exactly but it¡¯s a start though. What? What can the little brats need, that little brat is actually your daughter and you will do whatever she wants until she forgives you, are we clear? Fine, this is why I hate children. Well deal with it, because you have one now. I wish I didn¡¯t, the door opened.


    ¡°You don¡¯t want me papa¡± how long have you been there? She never answered, she ran out, passed Tobias and Arya who were talking, when Arya noticed she was crying she ran after her, after seeing Lucasing out as well, he looked distressed. What have you done now? Arya questioned, still running down the stairs to catch up with her. She heard what I said he yelled after her.


    Where is she? She couldn¡¯t have gone that far, what exactly did you say? Well I didn¡¯t know anyone would hear me since you guys were going out, I didn¡¯t even know she knew my secret door in my office. What the fuck did you say, after you told me to deal with it since I had one, I might have mumbled I wish I didn¡¯t, and she heard me how can her ear be so sharp, smack! Ouchdy this is the second time you are pping me and it hurts.


    Good just imagine how the child must be feeling right now after what you said, I didn¡¯t mean it you know, really! You did not? Don¡¯t get me wrong I do hate children, they are so annoying and dirty and bratty but I love my daughter she makes me happy, she has my temper as well, she is funny and always smells nice, I like when she giggles when you are being annoying to her, am not annoying Tobias answered, I wasn¡¯t talking about you, I love her so much.


    That is the sweetest thing I have ever heard you say, Tobias answered wiping his fake tears, gosh you have ruined the mood, doesn¡¯t matter, this is the best moment of Lucas life. Tell me you got that on camera Arya asked, of course I did, seriously guys my daughter is missing. She is not, when she is sad, she goes up to her tree house.


    She has a treehouse, who made it? We both looked around, you all know it is dangerous. Look at you being a useful dad for one, shut it T, go talk to your daughter, what will I say to her? Have never done this before, I don¡¯t want to mess up, you won¡¯t just be yourself, remember it not a meeting with your client it your daughter you are going to talk to, why will you say that I hit T on his head, ouch Arya that hurt am just giving him some heads up you know. He sighed, alright am going in, good luck.


    Hey princess, ¡°how are you?¡± she sniffles and res at her father, this is so much for me to handle he grumbled to himself. Am sorry princess, ¡°I will go to the boarding school papa.¡± no, no princess you don¡¯t have to go, Arya has picked a school for you and she says you will love it there.


    You mean, ¡°you are not sending me away, you don¡¯t hate me?¡± she looked down, of course I don¡¯t you are my princess and I love you very much, she ran over to her father and hugged him, ¡°I love you too papa,¡± he smiled¡­.

 Chapter 11 FIRST DAY

    ARYA POVs


    So? ¡°mama, papa said he loves me¡± he did? Yes, she giggled, I told you your father loves you so no more crying you need to get ready for school. We need to buy you new shoes, bags, lots of stuff, and am gonna need your card to purchase all the stuff she needs, I said looking at Lucas. Fine, whatever you need, it is not for me, it is for your child, I mean our child, so give me your card and let me get to work, tomorrow we can go check the school I mentioned, don¡¯t push it Arya, just take the card and get what she needs.


    Am so excited, you are starting school today, all through the weekend we went shopping, got almost everything we needed, I allowed Lucas to take care of the admission process but he didn¡¯t, he instead told his secretary to do his job for him, ¡°am happy too mama, just a little bit nervous¡± oh don¡¯t be, you¡¯ll do just fine and if anyone bullies you, punch them in the face Tobias added, I red, what? She needs to be prepared, don¡¯t forget your training dear, what training? I questioned the little girl and Tobias, oh nothing Arya you are runningte, no it is just seven am, oh well amte for work, dude work starts by eight. It does? Hmmm so tell me the truth, uncle T has been teaching me how to hit hard, hit hard? Yes, that is what we call mama. Tobias, don¡¯t tell me you are teaching my daughter how to fight already, she needs to be prepared, we don¡¯t want hering back bleeding, okay that¡¯s true but what if she gets detention or sent out of school? Who would do that to her, anyone that does that will hear from uncle T and her father am sure he will handle it, true!


    The school I picked is one of the best private schools which wasn¡¯t easy to get into. They had to give Isa a test and I am so proud of my little girl. She did well. Let¡¯s get dressed, I said pulling Isa to her bedroom,e on baby, what do you want to wear today? She went through all her new clothes I got her yesterday, she still hasn¡¯t gotten her uniform, ¡°that¡± she pointed at her blue gown ¡°great choice Isa¡± you think so mama? I know you will look good on it, I helped her get dressed and brushed her hair and tied it up. all done let go before we gotte, the car pulled up ¡°hey guys, going somewhere?¡± Tobias asked just to drive, whatever you say babes, he replied to her and drove off while Lucas was driving in. They were driving out, no one noticed the caring in, they had taken the front gate while Lucas took the back wanting to surprise his daughter by taking her to school but they were gone.


    Alright honey, we can go to ss with you so I need you to be brave and get through today like a big girl. Okay, she nodded, biting her lips, which is what she does whenever she is nervous. Don¡¯t worry dear, everything will be okay, what if they don¡¯t like me? What¡¯s not to like, you are a smart girl and tell them you have a cool uncle, ouch Arya stop hitting me.


    Don¡¯t listen to him about the cool uncle part but you are smart, and try to make friends okay she nods, I don¡¯t want you to end up like your father who has no friends I mumbled, hey, he does as friends, who? Are you blind, me of course, you are like his only friend and I don¡¯t want her to be like her father, she does have friends you know, Fernando and uncle T is her friend right Honey? That doesn¡¯t count she needs to associate with kids her age, he gasped, are you trying to say am old Arya?  What, aren¡¯t you like thirty or forty, what! I don¡¯t want to argue with you right now, have fun kiddo, remember to punch anyone that tries to bully you, don¡¯t listen to him honey, but have fun, love you, I kissed her cheek, love you too mama. She got in and waved at us while I waved back holding back my tears, seriously Arya, you think this handsome young sexy man is forty, I sighed getting into the car while listening to Tobias talking my ear off, I hope today goes well for her.


    Few Hourster


    I went to pick Isa up from school, I was so nervous and have been thinking about how her day went, was she hurt? Did she like the school? Did she make any friends? I couldn¡¯t even focus in my ce of work, I kept looking at the time wanting to leave as soon as possible, once it was time I went out immediately to get a cab but Tobias was waiting outside for me ¡°get in Arya¡± let go pick up my favorite princess, she is your only princess and don¡¯t let Lucas hear you say that, what is he going to do beat me? He scoffed, I¡¯ll fucking punch his teeth off.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Yes, you would, I said not believing him at all, you think I cannot beat Lucas? I can and I don¡¯t need to prove myself to you, all you need to know is that I can beat Lucas and have done it before, right? I answered. We got there and waited for them toe out, I greeted some of the parents that were their and actually talked to them some thought Tobias was my husband which got Tughing and felt almost disgusted when they said we looked cute together, we talked while we waited for the kids toe out, when I saw Isa she was giggling and chatting with other kids, three to be precise, two being twin girls who looked so much alike and a boy


    Mama! She screamed when she finally noticed me, hey baby I hugged her, I see you¡¯ve made some friends, yes mama, she waved at them and they came with their parents who I and Tobias actually bonded with, guys this is my mama, mama my friends, Adrian, Alexa and Avery  you remember, of course I did, I know who is who, not everyone does her mother answered when she noticed my confuse gaze, true, I can¡¯t tell the twins apart, they look so much alike the hair, height, eyes. It¡¯s nice to meet you guys. Oh, this is lovely, we can exchange numbers and our kids can have a sleepover together. I suggested that would be wonderful.


    ¡°What do you kids think?¡± ¡°I want a sleepover mama.¡± They all screamed and got excited. Okay whose house first, mine I suggested, alright let make arrangement and I will let you know, I remembered I had to tell Lucas before letting theme since he hated kids I wanted to let him know before anything happened, we all exchanged numbers even Tobias gave his number out made me think what he wanted it for, we said our goodbyes to them and got in, so, what do you think about your school? It great mama, my teacher is so nice when I don¡¯t understand something she exins it to me, one of the boys tried to bully me mama but miss Greene warned him and told him only bad children bully others, then when we went to y, they all yed with me mama, it was fun, thank you for taking me to school, I love you mama she yawned and slept off while Tobias still haven¡¯t gotten home, she must have been tired from ying, aww my little angel, I took a picture of her sleeping when we got home Tobias took her out, when we got in we saw Lucas working.


    Hey,¡± what are you doing here?¡± This is my home. Arya can¡¯te back to my house. ¡°Am I no longer wee in my own house?¡± He questioned angrily, what the hell is wrong with him? ¡°Why are you so grumpy today? What got in your pants?¡± Tobias asked me toe down and go straight to the kitchen to get lunch. ¡°I am not grumpy,¡± I wanted to take her to school today but when I got here you guys already left, you should have called. I would have waited for you to get back, you know? I didn¡¯t think about that, I thought her school start by 8:30 so I thought I was early, nah it actually start by eight, maybe tomorrow you cane with us, sure, I¡¯ll do that, I need to get back to work, ¡°mama, am hungry¡± I heard Isa said,e dear your mama needs to go to work, I¡¯ll fix something up for you, don¡¯t worry I can do that before I go, what about your shift, Irene has that covered for me, so I have time, what do you want to eat honey? Anything mama? Yes, whatever you want mama will make it, well I want pancakes, but I told you only in the morning that you will get pancake and I made it for you this morning, but mama you said anything I wanted, please I want pancake she pouted, alright I¡¯ll make it


    After a few minutes, I was done, ¡°how could you do this to me Arya?¡± what¡­


    ¡°What did I do?¡± You made pancakes for only her, what about me, you just ate but I want pancakes as well, then make it yourself I need to go now honey, see youter I kissed her head, bye mama, hey, Arya before you go I wanted to ask you something, ¡°sure what is it?¡±


    Would you like to go out with me¡­

 Chapter 12 ADVICE FROM FRIENDS

    I heard a ss shatter, I looked and saw Tobias had his mouth opened, just as shocked as I was, didn¡¯t I hear that right you want to go out with me, ¡°like a date?¡± I asked. Yes, he answered. ¡°Why?¡± I questioned getting suspicious, my ear was pounding so loud, what do I say? I just nodded my head. ¡°Is that a yes?¡± He asked, I nodded again smiling. After I dropped Isa at school I went straight to work. Tobias and Irene kept watching me and whispering at each other. I didn¡¯t care. I was just so happy. During break Irene approached me. What got you all smiley, I rolled my eyes ¡°like you don¡¯t know already¡± she sighs, can we talk? Sure ¡°what is it? Is it Lucas again, did he prank you?¡± no is not that, he did prank me but it was nothing serious, this is actually about you, me? Yes, ¡°what¡¯s the matter?¡± I heard you are going on a date with Lucas, yeah I am so excited, I saw Tobias had a worried face on, wha¡­what is it?


    ¡°Do you really want to go out with him?¡± Yeah, it¡¯s just a friendly date T you shouldn¡¯t be bothered by it. Arya, I don¡¯t want you to get hurt, you have to refuse, you don¡¯t have to go, ¡°what?¡± I already said yes and I want to go. You should support my decision and not be against it. You¡¯re my friend and I want you to be happy but that happiness can¡¯t be with Lucas, I held my tears, why? Because i¡¯m not as rich as he is, or am not ssy as the girls that he talks to, or am not beautiful uhm, that¡¯s not true, first all those girls he talked to at the party was for business purpose, and you are very beautiful any guy will be lucky to have you but not Lucas. Why? ¡°Do you remember why his face was bruised thest time?¡± Nah, I didn¡¯t ask him who did it, if that is what you want to ask me, I did it, I hit him.


    ¡°Why would you do that?¡± Because he was talking shit about you, how you raped him and how low you were to drug him that you were nothing but a gold digger and a whore, I hated hearing him say such to you, why would you help me, you are my friend Arya, and friends look out for each other, Lucas isn¡¯t wired to love all he cares about his work and now his daughter, he just want to use you.


    ¡°Use me? For what?¡±


    You know to take care of his child,¡± he will find a way to tie you down to him, think about it Arya who in their right mind would use another after having sex and even insulting you, he didn¡¯t even apologise. True but, there is no but, remember what I told you the first day we met ¡°I shouldn¡¯t fall in love with Lucas¡± and you did the opposite, what am I going to do now, I already said yes and he sent me a text message on the address, why can¡¯t he pick you up if he really meant it, instead he want you to get dressed and meet him there, it sound stupid, you live together and he wille home and get changed so why can¡¯t he take you their instead of asking you to meet him at the restaurant, have said my own Arya, but if you still want to go then go ahead.


    I thought about it and questioned his motives, I changed my mind, got home and went straight to bed but not before switching off my phone and locking my door.


    ***********


    Good morning mama, morning baby I said kissing her cheek, it was time for breakfast again, I kept thinking of what I did to Lucas, I did not go to the ce he scheduled for our date, I had a lot on my mind that day, he never apologized for what happened that night, what if he wanted to apologize? I was getting a headache just thinking about it.


    Mama¡­. Isa put her hand up wanting me to pick her up, alright baby, I extended my hand to pick her, when we got down I notice Lucas was at the dining whose face was nk, no smile, he must be upset, Iposed myself, I made Isa breakfast, I can feel his eyes on me but I kept ignoring, I knew what I did.


    I made Isa sit close to him, I was about to leave but stopped after hearing Isa voice ¡°mama are you not going to eat with us¡± umm am not hungry, where are you going? He asked looking at me, ¡°umm I need to get ready¡± you guys have your breakfast, sit down and have your breakfast Arya he ordered me and looked at hisptop and continued eating, I already had my breakfast I said stubbornly. Arya, you just said you were not hungry and now you have eaten? He really knows how to get on my nerves, he is so annoying, I stood still, not wanting to eat with him


    Arya he said looking at me. His face was like sit or I¡¯ll make you sit, I bit my lips together and sat on the chair next to Isa wanting to stay as far away from him, and served myself. ¡°mama eat more¡± Isa said to me. I continued eating my food when he stood up from his chair and went inside without saying a word, I breathed a sigh of relief but then he came back with something in his hand. He came close to where I was sitting, I had stopped eating, he was towering over me he brought out his hand to me and I looked at the credit card feeling confused, was about to say something but then he said. ¡°take this and go shopping for yourself¡± uhm I don¡¯t need anything. Oh, I thought you didn¡¯t have a dress that why you stood me up. I scoffed, I didn¡¯t want to go out with you Lucas, but you agreed to, have decided we are going to see a movie today, since you love watching movies we can go with Honey and see anyone you like, but you seriously need to get yourself a new change of clothes, my clothes are fine, ¡°you think so?¡± Fine I took the card from him smirking. I¡¯ll use it well Mr. Lucas.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.

 Chapter 13 RAINING

    ARYA POV


    Good thing it Saturday, the week went by so fast, ¡°mama where are we going?¡± I heard my daughter ask, ¡°oh, we are going shopping sweetie¡± and my friend wanted to see you. It was a girl¡¯s shopping day. She looked at me and pped her hands in excitement. Irene met us at the mall, I told you to avoid him, I tried but he gave me his card, he thought I didn¡¯t have any clothes to wear and why did you bring Tobias with you? he wanted toe even though I sneaked out, I followed you, and you are very bad at sneaking Tobias answered back. ¡°What are you doing here T,¡± I wanted to join you girls and I know there is a lot of gossip to share when it you girls, uncle T it for girls only she looked at him and then huffed, which got me smiling, you head the little girl, it for girls only, am not little mama, oops sorry my big girl.


    I want to be here, you can¡¯t send me out. He whined and stomped his foot like a child which made Isa giggle, ¡°mama, uncle T want toe with us, please let hime? Uhm sure why not, and this is my friend Irene, hey there Arya¡¯s baby, you are very beautiful, than you she replied shyly. Alright everyone let¡¯s start shopping, after an hour we got home and I took out everything we bought ¡°mama I want ice cream¡± she said yawning, I nodded at her and went inside, I saw Lucas sitting on the sofa reading a book, I took Isa to her room and she slept off but still demanding for ice cream in her sleep, I was still standing there when I felt a presence behind me, I knew it was Lucas, I felt his warm breath on my neck and his cologne hitting my nose making me stiffen


    I hate this feeling when he was close to me, I was never like this, his gaze sent shiver to my spin, I looked down not wanting to stare at his eyes, my cheeks were so red, uhm i should go¡± I said stumbling and moving a little to give him space, I didn¡¯t look at him, I went to take my bag I was having an evening shift today which start by 4:30, wait! I heard him say, I turned and he was looking at me, why don¡¯t you eat before you go, he saiding closer. No¡­ am not hungry, amte for work, I should leave I denied politely looking at my phone which showed I was going to bete for work if I didn¡¯t leave now, I was quite hungry, my stomach grumbled which was embarrassing e¡± he ignored me after hearing the sound and looked at me weirdly like I did something wrong but he didn¡¯t say anything, he took his seat on the table but not before cing the food close to me.


    I sat far away from him, eat Arya he said calmly making me look at him, I started eating inplete silence, I could feel the tension, we weren¡¯t talking but I could feel him looking at me from time to time, why is he acting strange today, I didn¡¯t look up, I kept my eyes on my food, I miss Isa she would have been talking this is fucking awkward, I wish she was here. Tobias, I really needed him right now, hey guys are you having dinner without me¡± I sigh thank god he is here on time, then we heard ear piercing thunder which scared me after a few minutes its started raining so hard, thank god I came home early before it rained Tobias said while munching on my food when he tried to put his hand to take Lucas pizza he hit his hand away, ouch that hurt Lucas and since when did you start eating pizza, I am not required to answer your silly questions Tobias.


    I went toward the window and looked outside, I sigh, I can¡¯t go back to work again, if you want to go, I can tell my driver to drop you off, go where T asked still putting lots of pizza in his mouth, to work, oh no need the boss asked us to close early, wait you guys work together, yes we both answered. ¡°Howe I did not know about it, my bodyguard did not inform me that you worked together.¡±


    ¡°Wait you sent someone to watch me?¡± I just want you to be safe. ¡°safe my ass, don¡¯t you ever do that again Lucas, I hate it.¡± I looked back at the rain, I was lost in the smell, the drops, unknowingly I went outside in the rain enjoying the water falling from the sky, the rain reminded me of the day I lost my parents


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter dear?¡± mom, it¡¯s my birthday and you didn¡¯t get me a gift,st year you didn¡¯t and now you are doing the same thing. We are busy dear, I heard my dad honking his car for my mother to get in, they were going for an important meeting again and it was raining heavily, ¡°why can¡¯t you stay behind? the roads would be blocked mom, it is raining heavily, don¡¯t go.¡± Honey we have to, the money is for your brother¡¯s medication and I promise to get you a gift when I get back, I love you, and please watch over your brother, she ran out and got into the car, they waved and drove off, which I returned, I turned back and noticed my brother running in the rain ¡°hey sis, look at me am running,e back here, mom said I shouldn¡¯t let you out, he keptughing and running faster not noticing the caring with speed until it hit him, I stood there, shivering before I went closer, I shook him I cried and yelled for help,ter I found out my parents got into an ident and they didn¡¯t make it, my brother, due to the ident, he couldn¡¯t walk again. If only they had listened to me and not left the house, if only I tried harder to stop them from leaving, I would have still had my parents and my brother would still be walking.


    ¡°Arya are you okay?¡± I heard someone ask which brought me back from my dark memories uhm I asked looking at him getting confused. Hey, are you crying? He asked with concern in his face which made me realize that I was crying again, I didn¡¯t say anything and just looked away, I heard him sigh and then grabbed my hand, he dragged me gently towards the door, he was also soaked in water, his hair, shirt was cling on him, I looked at my clothes and noticed the same, did he see me like this? My breasts were showing a little, I hated wearing bras, my face flushed with embarrassment I didn¡¯t realize when we reached inside, not until Tobias gave me a towel to clean myself. I heard him sneeze but didn¡¯t care. I never asked him to follow me.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Dude, ¡°you know how sick you get whenever it rained,¡± he didn¡¯t answer Tobias who huffed when he was ignored, I dried myself shivering a little, I went inside my room and got changed, I came back and he was still in his wet clothes which made me worried, Lucas please go change or you may catch a cold, oh, he will definitely get a cold Tobias replied. He nodded and went inside to change, you are taking care of him tomorrow, what. why? ¡°Dude is too soft, he will get sick tomorrow,¡± I sigh, no he will not, just watch and see then.


    ¡°Mama wake¡± up, Isa kept poking my cheek which disturbed my sleep, I slowly opened my eyes while adjusting to the sunlight and saw Tobias and Isa on my bed. I looked at them in confusion, I sat up and looked around, ¡°God! You are a heavy sleeper Arya¡± am not I was just so tired I answered smiling at them sheepishly. Good morning mama, morning to you too baby I kissed her cheeks while getting up.


    ¡°Mama, can you bathe me today?¡± Sure, why not, this is the first time she asked me to bathe her. You don¡¯t need to ask permission from Lucas to bathe her, you are her mother, he stood up and walked toward the door and went out. I picked her up in my arms, she nuzzled her face in my neck, I kissed her forehead and headed into the bathroom to bathe her. After bathing, she chose her clothes and I brushed her hair and made two ponytails, I smiled at my work and kissed her cheeks, I told her to wait for me while I hurriedly went inside and took my bath, we went out of my room only for me to hear sneezinging from Lucas room, I opened the door and saw him lying on his bed, covered with clothes, he was shivering, he must have caught a cold, I looked towards Tobias whose eyes said I told you so, mama is papa sick? Yes honey, your father caught a cold but he will be okay in a few hours. I felt guilty because it was my fault, he was like this.

 Chapter 14 HIS SISTER

    ARYA POV


    I stayed home, not going to work, we watched Disney movies that Isa picked, Tobias made sure Lucas was okay, I tried to see him but he refused not wanting his daughter or I to see him like this,ter I saw him all dressed wearing a blue shirt and was pitting on his suit jacket he looked so handsome, I stood there watching him, then I remembered I was naked, I only had a towel wrap around me and he was standing just beside the bed where my dress was, Isa had spilled her food on me and I was feeling sweaty, so I went in for a quick shower but what was he doing in my room, I turned to go back into the bathroom but I heard Isa¡¯s voice ¡°Daddy, mama is here she pointed her finger toward my direction and Lucas turned to look at me  uhm Arya-¡± he didn¡¯tplete the sentence when he saw me with only a towel, his eyes ran up and down making me blush harder, I looked down feeling embarrassed, I heard him clear his throat and looked back at Isa, I came to pick Isa shoes but she told me to wear her the shoe here, he said and left immediately.


    I grab my dress and quickly changed, I went downstairs and my heart was beating fast and my cheeks were red, Tobias noticed and he raised his eyebrow at me, I gulped when I noticed Lucas eyes on me, I felt conscious, his gaze was making me nervous, he wasn¡¯t saying anything so I cleared my throat and looked at him only to find him looking at me, my family will be here today as the words left his mouth I stopped ring at Tobias who was making naughty face at me. ¡°His family ising?¡± What do you mean by your family ising? T asked getting nervous as well am sure it was because of Reba, everyone will be here in an our, he answered we looked at him in pure horror, I didn¡¯t want to meet his mother, she hates me and what if his sister hates me as well, I am so done, why didn¡¯t you tell me earlier, well I was sick and I just got the message and they just want to see Honey he said in a bored tone like it didn¡¯t matter. This will be the first time I meet his sister ¡°mama what if they don¡¯t like me¡± they will love you especially Reba, Tobias answer for me which I nodded reassuringly.


    I kept thinking about it what if his sister doesn¡¯t like me, I mean only his father had spoken to me, and his mother is a different case, she hates me, my inner session questioning was cut short when I heard Lucas say they are here, I looked at him and he raised his brows at me, don¡¯t be so tensed, they won¡¯t hurt you, have talked to my mother and she won¡¯t do or say anything bad to you, he said calmly trying to calm me down I wasn¡¯t worried about his mother, I was worried about his sister she was the most important person in his life who he looked up to and I wanted to impress her nut Tobias was against it and told me to be myself that Ba hated anyone that tries to befriend her, I took a deep breath andposed myself, the door opened and they came in.


    I looked at Reba and back to Isa they looked alike almost as if she birthed her, the eyes, hair, the way she stand that was how Isa stood.


    ¡°Brother,¡± sister he replied back, what the hell is that how they greet each other my mouth was opened watching the interaction, who are you she looked at me her voice was just like her brother, controlling and more demanding before I could answer, Lucas did, ¡°Reba meet Arya my girlfriend and Arya, my sister Reba¡± he introduce us, i waved a little feeling nervous, her face was looking pleased knowing I was scared of her, So , ¡°she¡¯s the one?¡± I slowly took a step back, ¡°I still can¡¯t believe he chose her,¡± I have a lot of options his mother said swinging her hand in the air bring a little dramatic as always, just look at her, she is not even up to your standard, I hate when his mother judge me like this, I bite my lips not wanting to cry in front of Isa, ¡°enough mother¡± Reba and Lucas yelled at the same time, I was grateful that she stood up for me, his mother clenched her jaw and crossed her arms around her chest huffing. Am sorry about my mother, she can be so annoying sometimes, Reba said, looking at me.


    ¡°n-no its ok, she just hate me¡± I managed to say after holding back my tears ¡°well, I like you¡± she smiled at me which I returned before she noticed the little girl staring at her wide eyed, she squat down and who might this little girl be she smile reassuringly at her ¡°my name is Isabe, no Honey Isabe, are you my daddy¡¯s sister? She asked, yes she answered, you are very pretty but uncle T said you are hot, she looked at us confused who uncle T was, yes she is little one, Tobias came out from his hiding spot, so you¡¯re uncle T she questioned y-yes he replied stumbling on his word which made me giggled while she smirked at T knowing fully well what it does to him when she smirks.


    ¡°Well, dear it nice to meet you but since I don¡¯t like the name Honey why don¡¯t I call you Be, what do you think?¡± Am Ba and you are Be, that¡¯s so cool, I know right she picked her up smiling at the little girl, so why don¡¯t you tell me about yourself and what uncle T said about me, she giggled andughed at Be who was whispering in her ear while walking away from us, I looked at the boys and noticed them looking dumbfounded watching her chat with Be. I started to talk to Ba but Isa wanted all the attention on her so I sat back and let them talk. I was in my own world not until I felt someone tugging at me, I looked up and saw Isa standing there with a pout on her face. What happened? I asked, am hungry mama, she said in her cute voice, I smiled at her, she said she wanted you to prepare her favorite which is¡­ oh, it just pancake, you know how to make pancake Reba asked, I nod, oh, please make for me, I want one, sure I picked Isa up and went inside the kitchen, I finished making it and gave some to Reba and her father, I tried giving it to her mother she stared at the food, disgusted by it which made me roll my eyes, I want ice cream mama, Isa demanded, ok, finish your food, oh, what¡¯s your favorite vor Reba asked the little girl, I like all the vors but my favorite is chocte, Reba eyes were slightly wide and her mouth were opened ¡°I love chocte too she answered Be, really? She nodded, that made us chocte twins, she giggled, I saw Tobias jotting down something on his paper, what the hell was he doing, he was writing about what Reba was like . Something in my head and smiled a little.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    His mother stood up, knowing she wanted to leave, can¡¯t you stay over Isa pouted at Ba who couldn¡¯t refuse, I saw Tobias smiling proudly at Isa, this must be his n to seduce Ba again, I scoffed at him, he just shrugged his shoulder, I¡¯ll get you a change of clothes she nodded still focusing on what Isa hard to say about uncle T.


    After putting Isa to bed which was hard to do because she wanted to y with Ba, she demanded Ba to sleep on her bed which Ba refused at first but she made that face that on one can refuse Ba gave in, I went out and noticed Tobias was waiting at the door, what are you doing here I questioned his motives, n-nothing, tell me the truth T, I was going to talk to Ba again, you know try to reason with her to give me a chance. I sigh knowing fully well Ba doesn¡¯t want to be disturbed I opened the door to let him in but they were asleep, Ba had her arms around Isa, they looked cute together, Tobias was taking pictures while admiring Ba¡¯s face.


    We went out trying not to wake them up, what are you guys doing, nothing T answered, we tried to leave, hey Arya, ¡°are we up for our date tomorrow, hmmm tomorrow?¡± Yes, we can go to the zoo and see the movieter with Isa, sure, sure as long as she ising with us, no worries it will be a family day. He left smiling, did he just say family day.

 Chapter 15 HAVING FUN

    ARYA POV


    Family? Am I part of the family, I went back to my room,id on my bed thinking about being part of the family, I don¡¯t know when I slept off but I woke up when I felt warmth on my face, I opened my eyes I saw it was sunrays, I checked my time, goodness I overslept again, after dragging myself to the bathroom, I freshen up, I have nothing doing today other than spending my time watching film with Isa until I remembered the date, which made me blush because he said it was a family day, shaking all the negative thought off, I went downstairs only to meet with silence, where was everyone, not until I heard Isa screaming Elsa that I ran to the small theatre that was in the house that I never knew about, not until he showed usst week when we kept singing and disturbing him in the sitting room.


    I shook my head, went to the kitchen and made breakfast for myself, then I heard Isa little feeting closer ¡°mama, you are up,¡±


    Yes I am, ¡°why didn¡¯t you wake me¡± I asked still munching on my toast bread.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    Uncle T told me not to wake you up, that you needed to rest, I had so much fun with Uncle T and Ba, ¡°where are they?¡± She took my second toast and eat it while pointing, I went to check why they haven¡¯te up yet, wow, they were kissing, I quickly left not wanting them to notice me, I went back to the kitchen and continued munching on my food while Lucas came down, he walked close to me and held my cheek lightly, I looked at him and my breath hitched,  he was looking at my cheek and smoothing it with his thumb, he then looked at my face, I gulped when I felt his thumb close to my lips, I closed my eyes at the sensation I felt from his simple touch, he cleared his throat, t-there was something on your cheek, ¡°umm oh,¡± not knowing what to say.


    ¡°Daddy, are we still going to see the animals? I want to see a lion so I can roar like Simba,¡± he looked at her confused, ¡°who is Simba?¡± He asked, causing Isa to giggle ¡°silly, he is the lion king, mama I want to be like Simba when I grow up¡± you mean you want to have paws and run on all four and¡­


    Smack! shit you need to stop hitting me Tobias said. Not when you refer my daughter to an animal, well she does want to be one.


    Uncle is silly, I want to be princess mama, you¡¯re my princess Lucas answered her by picking her up and tickling her while we watched in awe.


    What? Why are you looking at me like that, nothing we answered, so who¡¯s ready to see some animals Reba asked me! We all yelled.


    Today was funny, with Tobias scared and us watching in fascination, I noticed Lucas hand shaking when we got to the reptiles side both him and Tobias stayed back but my little girl wasn¡¯t scared at all Reba called them P****y and Isa heard it when we got back to where they were waiting for us that was the first thing she said ¡°you are all p****y¡± Tobias broke downughing oh my god I love this kid, while I and Lucas red at Ba knowing fully well the word came from her mouth.


    ¡°Mama did I say a bad word again¡± yes baby, it a bad word, don¡¯t say it again okay, ok mama can we go and get ice-cream now, we will, if you promise not to say that word again, I promise mama, am sorry for saying that, now can we go get ice-cream, she dragged me not before saying


    ¡°you are never babysitting her¡± I pointed at both Tobias and Reba, such bad influence I whispered thest part. You know we can hear you, and am not a bad influence Tobias is, like hell I am, we both know i¡¯m not, keep saying that to yourself.


    I can¡¯t believe you are scared of snakes, I said andughed remembering how pale he was when he saw one, I thought you were not scared of it, how did you prank Tobias if you are scared of it, I didn¡¯t set the prank, I paid someone to do it, we kept walking I was holding Isa right hand while he was holding the left hand, we looked like a happy family but we are definitely not a family.


    I looked back and saw Tobias trying to get Reba¡¯s attention but she was not giving in, she must have regret kissing him, once she¡¯s gone, I¡¯ll be the one consoling him again, this is so much hard, why the hell will you kiss him if you don¡¯t want to be with him, I seriously need to talk some senses into her, she can¡¯t keep doing this to my friend, she needs to pick who she likes.


    During dinner I noticed Tobias sour mood, he didn¡¯t speak much, whenever he stared at Ba he became sad, I need to talk to her, after dinner Ba excused herself while I went to freshen up and put Isa to sleep, it took me two hours before she fell asleep, she was just so happy about our family outing, it was the first time Lucas got involved and didn¡¯t leave for any silly meetings of his, he even took pictures with Isa, made silly faces as well, couldn¡¯t believe he could do that, thought his face was too stiff for him to do that, since he hardly smile and when he does it wasn¡¯t a full smile that reaches his eyes and the smirks he gives was always evil.


    ¡°Mama I had fun today, did you see daddy¡¯s face?¡± He looked like a clown. Where did you learn that word, uncle T called daddy a clown, oh, I see. She started calling Lucas daddy this morning. Reba drilled it into her yesterday when she kept saying papa while Ba kept saying daddy to correct her. She likes it when she gets corrected by Ba but when I try doing the same thing she gets angry.


    ¡°Am happy you had fun baby,¡± I kissed her cheek. Can we go out again but just me, you and daddy, if I say yes will you sleep? She nods, alright I¡¯ll talk to your father about it and don¡¯t tell Tobias about it so he won¡¯te with us, now go to sleep, while I read to you.


    ¡°Mama no story tonight, am a big girl now,¡± aunt Ba said stories are for babies and am not a baby she huffed crossing her arms.


    Iughed. She looks so cute. Alright, my big baby, no story. How about a luby? Or did your favorite aunt say something about that as well? No, I didn¡¯t tell her about it. I like when you sing to me mama, alrighty down. I ran my hand through her hair and kept humming, she fell asleep.


    Now, I need to talk to Ba, I closed Isa room door gently not to wake her up and went straight to Ba¡¯s room, I knocked and went in, she was making a video call, I guess with her fianc¨¦e since the person on the phone kept calling her baby and she was smiling a little by what he was saying she looks happy, I waited until she was done, can we talk, she sigh if this is about Tobias, I don¡¯t want to hear it, nothing will happen between us, I don¡¯t do little boys and he is definitely not my type, sorry to disappoint you but I don¡¯t like him like that, when she finish saying it we heard the door open, fuck! I whispered¡­.

 Chapter 16 ISA鈥橲 GIFT

    ARYA POV


    Fuck! I see Tobias, by the door, it was open I must have forgotten to close it, he was crying, he was hurt, I looked at Ba she had a guilty look but it changed almost immediately as it came, I went after Tobias knowing fully well where he would be and what he would be up to at this moment, I hated doing this,forting someone that isn¡¯t my brother but Tobias is like a brother to me and I want to make him happy, I followed after him, curse his long legs he was already at the small bar Lucas had, drinking, what should I say? What should I do? I sat next to him and asked him to pour a ss of whiskey for me. I¡¯d rather be his drinking buddy than to talk right now, at least this way he will know I am here for him.


    ¡°I love her so much¡± he finally spoke after thirty minutes of just sitting there and drinking, ¡°I know,¡± I replied still drinking, ¡°what am I going to do? I can¡¯t just forget about her just like that.¡±


    ¡°I know,¡± I replied again. Will you just keep replying ¡°I know¡± or you will give me advice, uhm I cleared my throat, well you should take time to grieve, I answered him.


    What is that? It not like she¡¯s dead or something, Tobias says and continue drinking, this is why I don¡¯t like giving out advice especially to you, I mutter ring at him, why not just move on from her, Ba is not the only girl in this town that want you, some will even die just to go on a date with you, is she worth the wait? Ask yourself that but if you think she is worth the wait then, find a new source of joy, like what? I thought about it, you did say building things from scratch makes you happy. Why don¡¯t you try that, at least that would get your mind away from all the stuff happening right now.


    ¡°Thank you Arya.¡±


    ¡°Please don¡¯t cry, I hate when I see a man cry.¡±


    ¡± I wasn¡¯t crying you know,¡± I just had an allergic reaction to uhm¡­ to what? To the door, that¡¯s not¡­ a thing to be allergic to.


    It is! you don¡¯t know everything Arya, am allergic to the door and that¡¯s final, fine! Whatever you say I tried to leave but he held my hand, what is it now? Can you¡­ talk to Ba for me.


    You know I won¡¯t do what you are trying to ask me to do, fine don¡¯t talk about me but am sure she needs someone by her side, can you be there for her, he looked at me with his puppy eyes, he does that when he wants something from me, alright I¡¯ll do it but only because you are annoying me right now and you will continue to bother me until I agree to it, oh, ¡°I love how you know me so much, thank you for this¡± he pecked my cheek making me blush, ugh it not everyday you get a peck from someone so handsome, I do admire Tobias a lot, I¡¯ll just talk to her and¡­


    ¡°Is she crying?¡± I opened her door and went to it, she was wiping her tears when she noticed me, ¡°I can¡¯t believe you are seeing me like this¡± she sniffles, I don¡¯t normally cry, I just hate what is happening to me.


    Why don¡¯t you want to be with Tobias, I-I-I d-don¡¯t have a choice, she grumbles.


    ¡°Everyone has a choice,¡± I yelled back at her getting annoyed, then I remembered Tobias saying she needs someone, I sigh, ¡°am your friend right?¡± She scoffed, you are my best friend, I giggled.


    You know he won¡¯t move on. ¡°He has to, he¡¯s no longer a child, he can¡¯t wait for me forever¡± she answered getting frustrated, Ba, it not easy letting go of someone you love, he will wait for you, am sure of that, she sigh, ¡°am leaving tomorrow,¡± you are running away again.


    I can¡¯t¡­ I can¡¯t be here, I nod, doesn¡¯t matter where you run to just remember this ¡°one of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to fall in love¡± I hope we keep in touch, I hope so, I¡¯ll might be busy when I go back, but I¡¯ll make time to call and chat you up. Good, take care of yourself, goodnight.


    Just as she said, the following day, she was gone, Isa cried when she didn¡¯t see her go, thank God she woke me up before leaving, I tried waking Isa but she didn¡¯t wake up, I had to call Ba to speak to her, and when she did, whatever she said to Isa made her very happy that she dropped the phone and ran straight to her room, I followed after her only to see her opening a box that held a ck card, I gasp, mama what is this? Thank God Ba was still on the line, Be, that my gift to you, use it to buy anything you want.


    ¡°Really? You mean if I use this card? I can buy anything?¡± Yes Be, thank you aunt Ba, anything for you kiddo, mama am going to show uncle T what aunt Ba gave me, he will be so jealous she giggled running off to wherever Tobias was, Iughed knowing fully well how Tobias would react to this, thank you Ba, sure anything for her, I need to go now, talk to youter. She cut the call before I could say bye, just like her brother.


    Speaking of her brother, I have not seen him today. I hope he is not nning anything. I am too tired to leave the house. I sigh, finally getting a minute to myself not until I hear loud footstepsing down and Tobias yelling my name ARYA! I groaned, ¡°what is it now? Did you see what Ba gave to Isa?¡± I did and so what? He was surprised by the tone of my voice, she doesn¡¯t need this kind of stuff, she has to be at least fifteen or something, what doesn¡¯t she need Lucas askeding in, oh, you are back? Yes, what is going on here he crossed his arms, your sister gave Isa this card, Lucas took the card from him mumbling ¡°she beat me to it.¡± What?


    ¡°Please don¡¯t tell me you were going to give her one as well,¡± he nod taking out his own as well, what should I do, I¡¯ll just give her the two cards, my princess deserves everything right? he stared at the two card confused, I looked at him as if he was crazy. No, no we are not keeping the two cards, ¡°why not mama?¡± Isa pouted, ¡°you don¡¯t need two cards, but buy it from Aunt Ba and Daddy, it is my gift, they bought it for me.¡±


    If only she understands the use of what she is getting, Isa you don¡¯t need thi-s she huffed ¡°mommy please¡± she said cutely, I sigh, everytime she calls me mommy it makes me happy and want to give in to anything she demands. I looked at Lucas and he wanted to give it to her but Tobias kept mouthing NO, I know he just wanted Ba¡¯s card to keep it in his collection of Ba¡¯s stuff, dude is getting obsessed, just hope he won¡¯t do anything crazy.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Fine! She can keep both cards but you must ask us before you use it to buy anything, okay baby? Yes mommy she got so excited when I handed the two cards to her, I am so going to regret this I mumbled going up stairs to rest, I needed to sleep but some big demons won¡¯t just let me rest.


    Why did you let her keep it Arya? Tobias says, am tired T, I want to sleep but he didn¡¯t care. He kept talking which was bothering me. I got frustrated and threw the vase on my bedside at him, but he dodged it. Are you trying to kill me? what would Ba say if you scar my pretty face, he said moving his hand dramatically, she would be happy to see a scar on your face maybe she will find you older when you get a scar, I heard her fianc¨¦e has one and he looks hot with it maybe if you got one she would consider being with you I chuckled by my idea.


    You mean that? Tobias was getting excited by the offer, ¡°I was just joking T,¡± don¡¯t even think about it, but you just said I have a baby¡¯s face, don¡¯t change my word T, you are handsome the way you are. I knew you have a crush on this my beautiful face, ugh in your dreams, you don¡¯t want to know¡­ dude, seriously don¡¯t finish that word just get out I want to rest, I heard the door closing when I tried to sleep again I heard someoneing thinking it was T again I took my phone and threw it at the person not even realizing who it was, ouch the person says.


    Shit I looked up and it was definitely not Tobias¡­.

 Chapter 17 SLEEP-OVER

    ARYA POV


    ¡°Shit! I thought you were Tobias,¡± well that hurt, he groaned. ¡°Am sorry I hit you,¡± the phone I threw hit  his head and sure he will get a lump on his head, I went down to get ice but he was already down as well, ouch¡­ouch he kept saying like a baby, ¡°it just a phone and he keeps making sound like a baby,¡± I mumbled, well, ¡°why don¡¯t you let me hit you as well so you can feel what am feeling right now.¡± I did say i¡¯m sorry, your sorry is not good enough, what do you want, a date with you tonight by seven, I checked the time, it almost seven I grumbled, then you better go up and change, few minutester I came down and we were about to leave until I hard Isa, ¡°mommy did you forget? What baby? Sleepover mama, oh honey mama is going out maybe tomorrow, no mama, sleepover with my friends, shit I totally forgot was it today?¡± I thought there was school tomorrow I whispered, getting confused, no mama, no school.


    ¡°What sleepover are you talking about princess?¡± Mama said she will tell you, Lucas looked at me, it must have slip my mind, I forgot, well they are not here so¡­ hey guys look who is here Tobias came in with Isa¡¯s friends and parents, hi everyone, wee, I said nervously knowing that Lucas hated peopleing to his house especially children, are you going somewhere, please don¡¯t tell me you forgot about the sleepover, I did not I was just uhm, oh, who is this handsome young man, oh, that¡¯s Isa¡¯s father, ¡°I thought Tobias is Isa¡¯s father?¡± You guys are always together, oh no Tobias is just my friend, it a pleasure to meet you Mr. Lucas she took out her hand to shake him but he didn¡¯t, I¡¯ll be in my room, you have some exining to do he mumbled in my ear which made me shiver a little.


    Everyone settle down, no noise, after talking to the children¡¯s parent, they left immediately, also wanting to spend time alone without their children bothering them, sometimes parents need to rest as well so am happy to help, they kept making noise, running around and breaking things, have tried to stop them but I can¡¯t handle five kids on my own, yes five because Tobias is also ying like the kids not even trying to help me stop them from destroying, he kept putting them on his neck and running, sometimes he will hide and ask them to search for him which resulted in them breaking stuff that was one of the things Lucas hated, breaking of his expensive items, enough! He shouted ring at every child in the room, they all ran behind Tobias getting scared, Arya, Tobias,e to my room now! We stood up immediately, closing the door.


    ¡°You know how much I hate children, why would you bring them here without informing me.¡± I forgot, I wasn¡¯t thinking about that, and I had a lot of things going on, your sister was here and well a lot of stuff, ¡°so I-I am sorry for not telling you,¡± he sigh, ¡°they are so lousy,¡± I nod, and noisy, I nod again not speaking, ¡°you need to make them shut up, I need to work.¡±


    I¡¯ll do that once you let me go, why did you call me here when you just want to talk to Arya, I called you here because you made more noise than those kids there so I want you to stay with me here, what! You can¡¯t do that, either you stay here or you go back to your house Tobias, ¡°fine! I¡¯ll stay with you, I know you miss me so much,¡± Lucas stared at him already knowing how annoying Tobias is. I tried to leave but not before Lucas said ¡°Arya we are going on that date tomorrow, meet me at the new restaurant by 7 sharp, don¡¯t bete¡± he warned me going back to what he was doing not even allowing me to argue with him.


    I went down and they were quiet, so who wants to watch Disney? Me they all raised their hand, so, what should we watch FROZEN they all yelled giggling, alright, I¡¯ll get the popcorn, we watched a lot of cartoons, then repeated frozen again until they fell asleep, didn¡¯t even notice when Tobias got here not until i heard him sniffle when Elsa saved her kingdom. Am not crying, something got into my eyes, right, just help me take them in, the next day each parent came to take their children home, they didn¡¯t want to leave but they had no choice, I did promise another sleepover which they agreed upon but I will make sure to inform Lucas about it, finally, I can sleep.


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    I checked the time again, why is hete? Ugh I shouldn¡¯t havee, I knew this was a waste of time, someone like that can never ask someone like me out on a date, as I turned to leave, hurriedly walking to get a cab home, a deep voice that belonged to Lucas stopped me, ¡°Arya?¡± you came! He was surprise seeing me here  while I was annoyed that he kept me waiting, I spun around and red at him ¡°I waited for a while you know, I thought maybe you actually liked me but how could you, am not worth it anyway¡± i was busy with work, he shrugged his shoulders like it was nothing. Wow, that¡¯s all he has to say, ¡°umm am going home, I shouldn¡¯t havee,¡± I eximed. He grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him ¡°I¡¯m so sorry Arya, I was so busy and when I noticed it was toote but I still came hoping you¡¯ll be here¡± he whispered into my ear, I yanked my arm free and pushed past him to get back inside.


    Once we got to our table I waited for him to pull my seat like the Tobias does when we go out but Lucas was already seated, he didn¡¯t even pull my seat for me to sit, I rolled my eyes, we ordered our food and ate quietly, this is so annoying, is this a silent dinner or something, he cleared his throat noticing the awkward atmosphere, so, I wanted to get you out of the house since all you do is work, take Isa to school which I appreciate so much, I thought about it, my father likes you, even my sister does which surprised me, she called me just to check and you since you weren¡¯t with your phone, you even annoy my mother and am happy about it, at least I won¡¯t be seeing her in my home, you are a great mother to Isa and I know how much you love her, so I want you to sign this papers, what is it? It uhm, everyone down, another day gone wrong.

 Chapter 18 BEATEN

    ARYA POV


    ¡°Everyone down!¡± we ally down on the floor, how can people steal in such a ce, where are the securities, I looked around and noticed Lucas was still seating down on the chair like he didn¡¯t care about what was going on, I moved my finger telling himy down but he refused, instead he crossed his leg and huffed, that was when one of the guys noticed him, I saidy on the floor man he pointed the gun at Lucas, who still refused, ¡°it dirty¡± Lucas replied the thief, and so fucking what, who do you think you are to talk to me like that, Lucas yelled at him, drawing more attention toward us.


    The rest of the thieves came closer, Iid down not even thinking to get involved how stupid can he be. Next thing I heard was someone hitting Lucas. I looked up and they were hitting his handsome face, I smirked a little, loving the fact they were hitting him. An arrogant prick I whispered to myself, who sees a thief with a gun and still has so much pride in them.


    They left after taking all our stuffs, thank goodness I had nothing on me, I looked at Lucas, he was brutally beaten, someone called the police and then the ambnce arrived just in time, they strapped him in after refusing to go with them, kept yelling he was fine but believe me he wasn¡¯t. They had to subdue him and took him immediately to the hospital. I followed, since he also refused to go without me.


    I knew you were bad news the first day I saw you, that was the first thing his mother said to me when she got here, why would she me me, am I at fault, if only he had just did what they asked him to do, nothing of such would have happened to him but he never listens, he think he is always right, arrogant prick, he should listen to me for once, I know better than to argue with someone with a gun.


    ¡°Darling, it is not her fault¡± her husband came to him, holding her, which made me grateful he was here unless I will not hear thest of it. The doctor came out, ¡°can we see him now, is he okay?¡± his mother bombarded the doctor with questions. Yes, he¡¯ll be fine. ¡°Can I see him, am his mother¡± sorry ma¡¯am, he didn¡¯t ask for his mother, he wanted to see Arya, who is Arya? Everyone turned and stared at me, making me nervous, since Lucas¡¯ mother was ring at me with disgust in her eyes.


    ¡°My son would never look for her when I am here,¡± let me see him now! She demanded as if she was the owner of the hospital. Oh, well, they did own this hospital. Am sorry ma¡¯am but the patient demanded to see Arya, just go in before she does something to you Lucas father whispered to me while trying to talk his wife down on whatever she was nning to do.


    Jeez, you look okay, I went in and saw Lucas wearing his clothes, why did you ask for me? I wanted you to tie the rope of my shoes, I can¡¯t bend since I was beating because of you. did he seriously just me me, it is not like I suggested the restaurant or argued with the thieves when they asked toy down. ¡°You can¡¯t ask the nurse or doctor to do that for you, am I your servant? And why are you ming me, you should have done what was asked of you¡±


    ¡°Why would Iy on that contaminated floor? ¡± Well you still did, since you got beaten on that same floor you refused toy on, I mumbled to myself. ¡°What did you say? I can¡¯t hear you. oh, nothing, I just say you¡¯re so stubborn. I calmed down and tied the rope of his shoes. I didn¡¯t want to argue with him right now. Your mother is here ¡°¡±I know, but I don¡¯t want to see her.¡± ¡°You have to¡± I don¡¯t want her ring at me saying I am taking her son¡¯s attention away from her. He scoffed ¡°my mother isn¡¯t a jealous type if that¡¯s what you¡¯re trying to say,¡± how ignorant can you be, just let here inside and Tobias will be here with Isa. She is supposed to be sleeping, what will she be doing awake by this time? The thieves must have hit him pretty badly. ¡°It¡¯s morning Lucas,¡± ¡®it is?¡¯


    They got you pretty bad, we heard Tobias say from the door, I chuckled, and wondered how he got in, I used this little angel and they allowed us in he answered when I kept looking at him. Funny right, she demanded that she want to see her father and the doctor got scared when she red at him, this little demon had her father¡¯s frightening gaze, but at least it got us in, and your parents came in as well, I looked up, since I was kissing Isa cheeks, finally noticing we had an audience, she pushed me away since I was closer to Lucas, ¡°baby, are you alright, are you in pain¡± she asked getting worried when Lucas groaned, I and Tobias held in ourugh murmuring ¡°baby¡± at each other, it cracks me every time I hear a mother calling her grown up child ¡°baby,¡± Fernando¡¯s mother says it all the time to annoy especially when he tries to flirt with a girl and his mother is there, she always embarrass him calling ¡°baby boy¡± people thought she was his sugar mummy or something but only people with eyes will notice the resemnce between, Fernando looks a lot like his mother.


    Anytime someone says that she¡¯s his sugar mummy in my presence I get offended, like are you blind or something, the eyes, the hair, the lips, Fernando has a softer skin, his mother once told me she thought he would be a girl, she bought only female clothes and when he came out as a boy. She refused to wear him boys clothing until he was four, people thought he was a girl though because he was beautiful. She didn¡¯t even want him dating anyone, she didn¡¯t want anyone stealing her son away from her, but she wanted him to have a girlfriend saying he has been single for so long but she won¡¯t let him have one when he tries to get a girlfriend.


    Fernando had a feminine structure, I thought he was gay when I met him high-school before Iter knew we were rted, he was always bullied and I made sure to protect him from his bullies even though it means getting beaten by them I did not care, I promised his parents I would always protect him which I did, I wasn¡¯t really close to his sister, she always had been an annoying spoilt brat who got everything she wanted. Just like the love his mother had for him was also the same love he had for her, she was happy she had a girl and spoil her rotten,st I heard she was in a psychiatric hospital or something, I don¡¯t usually pay attention to the family since I had my brother to be worried about, that was until Fernando brought the idea of me dating his boss in exchange for money, at first he did say I should use him and break his heart but I thought he was joking, since he knows have never being in any kind of rtionship before and Fernando is too cute to do something evil to anyone, well so I thought.


    I shook my head remembering where I was. I know Lucas¡¯s mother is jealous of the closeness between me and her son. Every mother doesn¡¯t want their child to grow up so quickly but they all do grow up eventually. I sat down and just watched them talk, don¡¯t know how long I had been sitting but his parents left and Tobias had to take Isa to get ice-cream before he was discharged. So, you didn¡¯t answer my question, Lucas said to me. Uhm, what question is that? He brought out the paper, will you be Isa¡¯s mother? Officially? He nods, I collected the paper and pen from him, he alwayses prepared even though his on the hospital bed, I signed it already excited, he took it from me, so it official then, yes, he nods, just leave the rest to me he stood up to wear the cloth his guard brought for him, whoa where the hell are you going? Work! He answered. The doctor said you need to rest, fuck the doctor, my body doesn¡¯t need any rest, I need to go out there and make money, have lost twenty million justying here he grumbled displeased that I try stopping him from working, I let him do what he wants, am not meant to question whatever he does anyway.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Oh, he took his keys, ¡°the next paper I bring would be our marriage papers.¡± What!

 Chapter 19 ANNOYING MOTHER

    ARYA POV


    ¡°He wants to marry me?¡± Am sure he¡¯s joking, nah he looked pretty serious to me, what should I do, I need to talk to someone, I thought about who to discuss this with, can¡¯t ask Tobias for advice he willugh about it before considering to give his stupid advice and I need to talk to a girl, right Irene! I left the hospital and went straight to Irene¡¯s house. I knocked and she opened it, she was sweating, I moved inside and she was packing her stuff, are you going somewhere? Yeah, my parents want me home, they say it¡¯s urgent, sorry, I was going to tell you when I was done arranging my stuff.


    You must be busy then, I¡¯ll juste back when you are done, no need. I always have time for my friends, tell me what the matter makes you look worried and flustered, which means it is important and definitely about Lucas. Ugh, you know me so well. ¡°Lucas wants me to marry him,¡± she looked at me surprised, well that was my reaction as well. ¡°You mean the big bad, arrogant billionaire proposed to you?¡± not like he got on his knees and stuff to do that since he was beaten, she gasped this time, ¡°d-did you just say he was beaten?¡± I nodded, she sat down, waiting for me to give her the full gossip on what happened, when I told her about Lucas and the thieves, sheughed so hard that she was actually crying.


    ¡°So, what do you think? Do you want to marry him?¡± I don¡¯t know that¡¯s why I came here for advice, geez you came to the wrong girl for rtionship advice, as you can see, I don¡¯t do rtionship, b-but you gave me an advice thest time, well I was in the mood but right now am not in the mood for giving out advice but all I can say is, ¡°do you want to marry him?¡± he might not love you the way you do Arya. I know, that is why I am reluctant to ept him, how about this, why don¡¯t you go out with him more, get him talking about himself and see how that goes but we both know that won¡¯t be easy. I sigh, you are right, he won¡¯t leave his work for anything, hmmm, why not use Isa, you told me she wanted to spend time with you guys, use her to get him to take you out and get to know him, make sure she¡¯s there at all times so you would know what he likes and hates, and vice versa. I like that, thank you Irene, anything for you, now help me to move this stuff, ¡°when will I see you next?¡± I asked, I don¡¯t know but I¡¯ll find a way to keep in touch but it might be a while, since I did run away from home so I will definitely be punished.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t tell me you ran away,¡± I know, my parents are just so controlling I didn¡¯t want to be around them and they froze my ount telling me I needed to learn how to fend for myself, so I decided to punish them and run away to a ce they wouldn¡¯t find me, I wanted them to see how it feels to not give their daughter whatever she wants. Well, how is that going for you? terrible! I miss my life and am so d they found me, she answered. I promise I will call you when everything has calmed down with my family, Irene says, I hugged her, am gonna miss you¡± miss you more kiddo, hey you are just a year older than me, ¡°doesn¡¯t matter you¡¯re younger,¡± I huff, yfully ring at her.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    Just like she had advised me to do, we went out and did a lot of things together. It took Isa only a puppy eye and a pouty mouth to get what I wanted ¡°clears throat¡± I mean what we wanted. Just like today we were having dinner alone in his house, Isa isn¡¯t around which surprised me, that he agreed to spend this very moment with me, all our date has been with Isa and the little angel never bothered us, it was like she understood what was going on she kept smiling and excusing herself to do something so as to leave us alone which made me happy and proud of her. We were eating and making small talk. I stood up to pour him his coffee but I slipped and poured it on him, ¡°hot, hot he kept screaming¡± shit am sorry.


    I followed him to his room to check if he was okay, when I entered, I found him on only his boxers on, oops sorry to stare but he looked hot like this, must have felt eyes on him he looked back and saw me, he started walking closer, ¡°what her you doing here?¡± he whispered i-I came to check on you, I stuttered when I felt his hot breath on my face, he was so close, I held my breath when he held my face, ¡°w-what are you doing?¡± my lips quiver as he looked at me, he leaned in and kissed me deep causing me to gasp which made him slip his tongue into my mouth, making me let out a low moan.


    ~Smut~


    We kept kissing until he moved me to his bed, I straddle him, slowly pushing him down onto the bed, not breaking the kiss for a second, he flipped me over and continued kissing me, he took off my clothes, brushed his lips on my nipples, teasing it and biting down causing me to whine, he continued to suck on my nipple, never knew he had a thing for boobs, I moaned. He went down and licked my pussy causing me to moan in pleasure, he kept sucking, licking my clit, I was a moaning mess, he slipped a finger into me making me gasp in pleasure, ¡°fuck, you¡¯re so wet for me,¡± he murmured and kept pleasuring me, pushed me over the edge when he curls his fingers on the right spot, ¡°fuck, oh yes¡± I cried out as I came over his fingers, I thought he would be disgusted but he licked his fingers clean. He came up and kept kissing me causing his dick to rub against my socked entrance, ¡°are you ready?¡± he asked, I nod, I held my breath as he rose up and shifted his hips back until I could fill the head of his dick push inside of me, I was so wet with arousal that it slid in with a little difficulty, he continued to push back until he was finally inside me.


    ¡°oh, fuck,¡± he moaned holding onto my hips. It felt better than the first time. My wet pussy wrapped around his dick. I let out a low groan when he moved little, then he thrust faster, ¡°oh God¡± he grunted between thrusts. He kept going faster making me gasp and shudder in his arms but he didn¡¯t stop, our bodies mmed together, causing loud noisesing throughout the room. He moved my hand toward my breast squeezing and sucking it while he kept thrusting, he pinched my nipple and fucked me harder, ¡°fuck you are so big, you feel so good inside me,¡± I moaned, feeling my orgasm rising up inside me, ¡°am going to cum,¡± I screamed out loud, while he grunted ¡°cum with me¡± he kept thrusting, I dug my nails into his back and let out a loud moan and came undone. We bathed together and he told me to sleep in his room. He fell asleep almost immediately but not until he whispered, I think I¡¯m falling for you.

 Chapter 20 ENGAGEMENT

    ARYA POV


    I woke up the next day and found Lucas basically lying on top of me, he looks so cute, i use my finger to brush his hair from his face thinking he would wake up from it but he didn¡¯t, I tried again, but he snored and I was surprise, have never heard him snore before, did I tire him outst night, I quickly shoved him off causing him to groan in response but before he could get mad at me, I climbed on top of him and start tickling him causing him tough like a kid, he flipped me over and Iid down while he was on top of me, he started kissing my neck, he sucked on it making me let out a soft moan. He moved down and reached for my breast, and sucked on my nipple, causing me to moan even louder, I was so turned on and wet down there.


    He kept teasing me by kissing myp, I groaned and pushed his head down to my pussy, heshed onto my clit, he kept licking and sucking, my moan became louder but I didn¡¯t care, ¡°fuck, am close,¡± I gasped out, dug my hands into his hair, he stopped causing me to groan but immediately reced his mouth with two fingers, he went faster curling his fingers right onto my g-spot, my legs shook uncontrobly until I came undone on his hand. I wanted to return the favour but I was nervous, he was in his boxers but I noticed how hard he was. ¡°Let me¡± he understood what I meant. I reached down and he lifted his body a little for me to take his boxers off, my hand cupped his member and he groaned. ¡°Are you okay?¡± I said in a hushed voice, he nods ¡°please continue¡± I slowly started to stroke, he gasped, his hands were on the bed, gripping it tightly, I felt him harden more in my hand, I increased my pace and he moaned continuously, I moved my hand and put my lips on his member, I kept bobbing my head, fondling with his balls, he kept grunting and came inside my mouth.


    I pushed him so he wasying on the bed, and climbed on top of him before taking his dick with my hand to my wet pussy. I lowered myself onto his length, slowly, his hands grabbed my waist, I started bouncing up and down, rotating my hips, moaning loudly. ¡°Fuck! you are so big¡­¡± I cried out as my hand reached down onto the bed for support he immediatelyshed onto my nipples thrusting his hips upwards, ¡°you feel good¡± he moaned, ¡°faster!¡± I panted, I could feel my wall start to clench on his shaft, one of his hands reached down and rubbed my clit making me lose control making me cum but I kept going knowing he hasn¡¯t had his release, I went faster, ¡±Arya¡­ I¡¯m going to¡­.¡± He cum inside me again.¡±


    I flopped down beside him, ¡°you¡¯re so beautiful¡± he said peppering me with kisses, I gave a heartfeltugh and sat up. ¡°We should probably clean up before Isaes back with Tobias, I stood up to leave but he stopped me. ¡°Hey, there¡¯s a charity g tonight, would you like to go with me?¡± I gasp, why didn¡¯t you say anything about this, I have no clothes to wear, no worries everything will be arranged, will Tobias be there? Yes, and my sister. Why didn¡¯t she tell me she wasing? ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± he shrugged.


    A couple hourster, just like he said ady arrived with a few dresses for me to pick, I ended up picking a blue floor length dress, a slit by the side, I curled my hair and applied a light makeup. I heard a firm knock on the door thinking it was Lucas. I got excited. ¡°Come in!¡± I yelled as I was doing the final touches of my make up.


    Tobias walked in, he looked handsome with his suit on, looking all professional, kept smiling as we made eye contact, ¡°what¡¯s with the smile¡± I got nervous thinking he found out about me and Lucas having sex. ¡°Reba will be there¡± I know I answered, must be the reason you¡¯re all dressed up, of course, I need to look good for her.


    Where is Lucas? He¡¯s supposed to pick us up. you¡¯ve probably haven¡¯t checked your phone, he told me to bring you there. Why? He went with his parents and has been talking to some business partners. He asked me to bring you, didn¡¯t you receive his text? I checked my phone but received no text from him. He must have forgotten to text you. I sigh, let¡¯s just go, I don¡¯t want to bete, Tobias opened the door for me, I buckled myself in, and he climbed into the driver¡¯s seat driving off. We pulled up at Lucas¡¯s parent mansion where the g was hosted, we walked inside and were met with several people, I look around, spotting Lucas talking with his parents and sister, his sister was the first to noticed me, she waved me over, I was too scared to approach them because of his mother but Lucas gave me aforting smile, Tobias and I walked close to where they stood, his mother was staring me down but I did not care, I hugged Ba, ¡°you look good, this doesn¡¯t even look like a g¡± I know right Tobias answered, the family stared at each other waiting for someone to say something, ¡°it not a g, it an engagement party¡± his mother answered. Whose engagement, I looked around to spot the couple, it me, Ba answered. I looked at Tobias. He was so pale, I thought he might faint. ¡°oh, congrats,¡± I faked a smile at the family, and held Tobias hand, preventing him from doing something he would regret.


    I walked away from them since they were weing their guest, why didn¡¯t Lucas tell me this, doesn¡¯t he trust me? This is a huge news and I nearly lost my cool, I hated anyone hurting my friends, Tobias had started drinking, I looked around and noticed a girl flirting with Lucas and he was not even trying to stop her, I was frustrated when he refused to look my way, smiling at whatever the girl was saying, I knew she was flirting with him, she whispered something in his ear and walked up stairs, he followed, I looked at Tobias and said ¡°I¡¯ll be back¡± I rushed to catch up with them, on getting there I saw the girl kissing Lucas, and he just stood there doing nothing, she smirked at me when she saw me.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    Lucas! I red at him, ¡°Arya, it not what you think¡± he stuttered, I scoffed ¡°it not?¡± you¡¯ve been ignoring me since I got here and I catch you kissing her, I said in disgust. He held my arm when I tried to leave, my face softened when he stared at me with so much guilt written on his face, ¡°I¡¯m sorry for ignoring you, but there is nothing between us.¡± She wanted me to meet her brother here but I didn¡¯t expect her to kiss me, sorry. I said nothing since we heard ss breaking downstairs, I saw Tobias fighting with some random dude while Ba stood there not knowing what to do, Lucas broke the fight dragging Tobias out, I followed them, I noticed he had a bruised cheek, ¡°what were you thinking?¡± Lucas yelled at him, this is not his fault Lucas, you can¡¯t me your friend.


    ¡°Are you defending him now?¡± Do you want to be with him? Do you want him to fuck you the way I did? Smack! Don¡¯t talk to me like that. I red at him, Tobias is my friend, I can¡¯t believe you would scold your own friend like this knowing how much he likes your sister. ¡°Arya I¡¯m¡­¡± I held my hand up, I didn¡¯t want to hear it, let¡¯s go home, I held Tobias up taking him to the back seat and driving off not even bothering to nce at Lucas, I was hurt.

 Chapter 21 MISUNDERSTOOD

    ARYA POV


    ¡°What happened?¡± The first thing I asked when we got home, took out the first aid box and bandage his bleeding hand and clean his bruised cheek. He sighed, I kissed Ba he answered. ¡°I told her I love her and kissed her without even noticing her fianc¨¦e was there,¡± he said the word fianc¨¦e rolling his eyes, he punched me and I retaliated. I sigh, you shouldn¡¯t have done that, and on her engagement day. I know, ¡°I am so sorry.¡±


    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t apologise to me, apologise to Ba, only God knows how she¡¯s feeling right now.¡±


    ¡°Have tried calling her, she¡¯s not picking my calls, she must hate me now,¡± he looked down with guilt. ¡°Ba can never hate you, just get some rest,¡± he stood to leave, oh, what did Lucas mean when he said he fucked you or something, ¡°it¡¯s nothing,¡± just rest, ¡°I hope whatever is going between you and Lucas would be settled, I hate it when you guys fight, makes everything awkward.¡± We are fine Tobias, now go inside.


    ~Two weeks Later~


    I still haven¡¯t said anything to Lucas, all he does is work, we avoid each other and I know everyone has noticed it, but I don¡¯t care, I wanted an apology but he ims he didn¡¯t say anything wrong. I was in a bad mood, so was Tobias, Ba didn¡¯t talk to him, she left the next day with her fianc¨¦e, she wasn¡¯t picking my calls as well, I was bored and wanted to do something fun, it would lift my spirit and Tobias own a little.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go party,¡± I hate seeing you like this, ¡°why?¡± It looks like someone died or something. So, go change and let¡¯s go celebrate. ¡°What are we actually celebrating?¡± Well, for you actually kissing and confessing to Reba even though she rejected you again, but it was a sess, you kissed her you can scrap that off your list of things you want to do to Reba. He gasps, you went through my list? Of course, I answered.


    ¡°Why would you do that?¡± No one has seen it, just don¡¯t tell anyone about it not even Lucas, sure buddy, now go change. You are right though, I did achieve something even though I lose to that foolish fianc¨¦e of hers, but what are you happy about, did you do the naughty with Lucas again, why do you speak like a child you know you can just say sex right. Well, that won¡¯t get a reaction from you, you are blushing so that means you did it.


    Oh, and I am officially Isa¡¯s mother. I took out the papers and showed it to him. He looked at it and gasped, ¡°Are you guys getting married?¡± When did this happen, why am I just finding out about all this now? He crossed his hand, pouting, causing me to giggle at his tantrum. It not like that, I just wanted to surprise you and the papers came inte, the marriage paper was given to me yesterday right before we had sex, I blushed, he told me to think about it but I saw his signature on it, he already signed it, I don¡¯t know if I should sign it, am not even sure he likes me the way I do, what do you think? I don¡¯t want you to get your hopes up.


    He might be doing all this because of the contract you signed, uhm, don¡¯t tell me you didn¡¯t read the part that says he will marry you and after five years you can both go your separate ways, I gasped in shock. Fuck you didn¡¯t read it? I shook my head. What if he his doing all this because of what¡¯s written on the contract, I smiled, it doesn¡¯t matter, at least I¡¯ll get to be in his daughter¡¯s life for a long time that¡¯s what matters, he smiled a little, so, how was the sex? Way to ruin the mood T, what it was getting depressing and I need to change the awkward silence.


    Yes, Tobias, I admit it, we had sex and it was incredible than the first time. He told me he had feelings for me while I was sleeping. I don¡¯t still know what that means for us, since he thought I was asleep. He screamed so loud, and ran around like a child that was given his favourite candy or something. Am so happy for you, we need to celebrate, what about Isa? Oh, I¡¯ll just call one of her friend¡¯s parents to see if she can have a sleepover at their ce and call Fernando to meet us there.


    Bye Isa, where are you going mama? Am going to celebrate on officially being your mother, she looked confused ¡°you are my mother¡± I know baby, I don¡¯t want to confuse you more just go have fun, I¡¯ll pick you up in the morning, I waved as the car drove off, now, let¡¯s go have fun.


    This ce is nice, it¡¯s a new bar, keep the drinksing my friend, he gave the man his credit card. I don¡¯t want to drink too much Tobias. No, you have to, we are celebrating, remember, so keep drinking. Let¡¯s get this party started. We danced and drank more, Fernando left earlier, he got a call toe and check his sister. We drank so much and cked out. I don¡¯t know how we got home. When I opened my eyes, I saw my head on Tobias¡¯s body. Am I naked? I shook him, he kept mumbling incoherent words, then I heard the door open.


    ¡°You! I knew you were just a dirty gold digger.¡± His mother said, how can you do this to my son?¡± No! it¡¯s not what you think, it didn¡¯t happen, ¡°we didn¡¯t do anything. ¡®Please Lucas you need to believe me,¡¯ we didn¡¯t do anything¡± but he didn¡¯t listen, he kept punching Tobias but Tobias never retaliated.


    ¡°Stop! Please,¡± I screamed, but he refused, ¡°you don¡¯t want me to beat your lover right?¡± He is not my lover, he is my friend, why are you not listening to what I say, we were drugged, I swear Lucas, we did not do anything, you need to believe me on this, I swear to you, Tobias did not touch me.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Wow, you are even trying to cover up for him, how long has this been going on hmmm, tell me! He screamed.

 Chapter 22 DEATH

    ARYA POV


    You are not listening, nothing happened! ¡°You know what, I don¡¯t want to hear it, just pack your things and leave my house before I get back.¡± Please don¡¯t do this. ¡°Do I make myself clear? And you, I can¡¯t believe we were friends, how could you do this to me?¡±


    Nothing happened dude, ¡°don¡¯t touch me, just stay away from me or I will hurt you more than that, and so we are clear Tobias, we are no longer friends,¡± he walked away not listening to what I was saying.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry Arya, I will talk to him and I swear I didn¡¯t touch, I can never, my body belongs to only Reba,¡± he wore his clothes and left hurriedly.


    I went to pack my things only to see it had already been packed by the maids. How long have I been here, never mind, I am not wanted here anymore, he didn¡¯t even let me see Isa, although I did see her struggling with someone to get to me, I tried to go in but his guards stopped me but Isa made it towards me, ¡°mama, pleasee back, I know you didn¡¯t do it,¡± did your father told you what happened? She nods, ¡°daddy said he caught you and uncle T on your bed together¡± I thought he meant you were having a sleepover but he said you were doing grown-ups stuff on the bed that it was a bad thing. This made me pale immediately, how can he say that to a little girl, how stupid can he be, she held my face, ¡°I know you did not do anything bad, I trust you mama, pleasee home,¡± she sniffles causing the tears I was holding back to rush out, ¡°am sorry baby, I wish I could,¡± I hugged her ¡°I promise we will be together, it might take a long time but we will live together¡± I removed the ne around my neck which had a picture of me and Isa, I made it for her so she can keep, ¡°remember to always keep it on and I will be there for you, I love you.¡± I kissed her forehead, she hugged me tight ¡°I love you too mama.¡± I just hope he will listen to Tobias. I guess this is goodbye for now or is it forever.


    I went back to living with Fernando¡¯s parents, they were aware of what was going on, I didn¡¯t have to exin to them again. I like them, they were good to me. I can¡¯t say my life is better right now. I have been stressed and looking for a job hasn¡¯t been easy. I had toy low. I don¡¯t want to continue working for Tobias after what happened. It will look more suspicious and confirm other people¡¯s theories.


    Fernando¡¯s mother did offer a job at her flower shop but I felt guilty of her paying me after living with them for years, for free, even feeding us and sheltering us. Instead, I offered to work for her for free, but I didn¡¯t give up on looking for work though, I just hate staying at home, it will make me think about Lucas and I hate it, it will make me depressed.


    Today, another job search didn¡¯t go as nned. I was so tired, I took off my shoes, went to the kitchen to get a ss of water to drink. Saw a light on in Fernando¡¯s room, he must have been visiting, he is never at home, always working, am sure Lucas had been stressing the poor guy. I went to check on him only to listen to him talk to someone about me. Yes, Arya, that¡¯s her name, yes, she is no longer with him.


    She didn¡¯t ept the deal so I came up with an alternative. I know right, he doesn¡¯t trust her, that Lucas for you, he doesn¡¯t trust anyone. I don¡¯t know what he sees in her, my sister is more beautiful but she is just a girl from the gutter that my parents have been feeding. If it were up to me, I would have sent them out a long time ago but I can¡¯t do anything about it for now. My parents even want us to get married, how disgusting, I can¡¯t marry that trash, that whore, she is so annoying. The ss I was holding in my hand fell off, he turned to look who caught him, when he saw me he smirked, I couldn¡¯t take it, I pped him, how can he do this to me, to us, we are family, am his cousin and Tobias, Lucas they are his friends.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    I raised my hand to p him again, but he held it. What do you think you are doing bitch? How could you, how could you do this to me. He is your friend. How can you do this to him? Well, he shouldn¡¯t have rejected my sister, he will pay for it. I will let him know the kind of friend you are.


    Heughed, he no longer trusts you, what makes you think he will believe you? Go tell him, when you are done, I will tell him how you tried to seduce me while I gave you shelter, and guess what he will say.


    He will want you to leave my house and you will be useless. He wouldn¡¯t do that. Why do you think no one will give you a job in this town? Lucas has ordered everyone not to after all he does run the town so everyone listens to him and only him.


    Also, haven¡¯t you noticed Tobias has been under a lot of stresstely. Lucas is busy buying his family shares, trying to run his family down all because of you. I mean your brother is sick, I won¡¯t be surprised if you caused your parents death. After all, they were on their way to get you cake for your birthday. ¡°Who are you to him?¡± You are a nobody.

 Chapter 23 DEPRESSED

    ARYA POV


    I ran to see Tobias and asked if everything he said was true and it was. Tobias cried with his parents, which broke my heart to see all of them in tears. I tried my best in consoling all of them. This is my fault, I ruined their life, they were just an average family, not very rich but they can eat three square meals a day and that was enough for the family but I ruined them. This is all my fault.


    His younger siblings that were in boarding school have been sent home, his parents couldn¡¯t afford to pay. Nobody wanted to employ them, not their friends, not even their extended family, this is all my fault. If I hadn¡¯t dragged Tobias to the party because he was not happy that his crush would be married in a month¡¯s time. If I had just controlled my drinking and just watched Tobias drink nothing like this would have happened, instead our drinks got spiked and he drove us home and made usy in apromising position.


    ¡°I thought you said he paid everything?¡± it was half payment man, I am sorry but right now, your brother is in a critical condition, you need to make payment so we can treat him, I don¡¯t think he has much time to survive. ¡°Please do anything you can to save him, I will get the money.¡± Who will help me right now? I went to Lucas¡¯ home to beg him for help.


    They were having a big celebration. I saw Lucas, making a call with someone and I heard thest statement ¡°let him die, I don¡¯t care¡± he ended the call. I knew it was my brother. I start crying, I think he heard me, I knelt down and begged him ¡°please Lucas, I know you hate me but just save my brother and I promise I will never bother you again¡± how did you get in here is mother pushed me off her son and kept yelling at me to stay away from him. I begged but he ignored me, I asked people around for help but they sent me out. I ran back to check on my brother only to see his body lying there, he was not breathing.


    My brother is dead and it is all my fault, he was so happy when he started getting his treatment, saying how he will recover soon and help me with everything I needed but he is gone now. My brother is gone. I broke down in tears. I cried and screamed but no one was there to console me, it was not like I needed someone to do that.


    ~Weekster~


    Everything was done, Tobias helped me with everything, he is gone, my brother is dead. Have been walking for hours, and it¡¯s pouring, am close to a bridge, I looked at the flowing water, I wish I could just float away, after much consideration, I climbed and thought about it, I have no one, it just me, myself and, I jumped while I repeated this and cked out.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    I woke up, and found myself in the hospital, am still alive, why am I still alive who brought me here. The doctor came in to check on me. You are awake, I thought you would never wake, how long was I asleep.


    A year and six month, you were in aa. ¡°Why am I not dead? You should have let me die. I have nothing to live for,¡± so I start crying again. ¡°That¡¯s where you are wrong dear,¡± a woman came in, holding a four months old baby.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± My name is La and this is my husband Alonzo, we found you, we thought you were dead but thank God we didn¡¯t just assume. We checked and you were still breathing. Although it was faint, we quickly brought you to the hospital, since no one imed any missing child, we could only assume you were an orphan or something. You look rich, why didn¡¯t you do a background check on me? I did, but nothing came out, Alonzo! I told you to wait until she was awake but she was taking so long to wake up honey.


    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have saved me. I would be better off dead.¡± You can¡¯t say that, at least think about your baby. Baby! What baby? This little angel. I don¡¯t understand why she is not mine. Oh darling, you were pregnant, the child is yours, she is mine? They nodded. I tried to kill myself, oh God what have I done. You didn¡¯t know you were pregnant? What am I going to do, how will I take care of her? I have no one.


    Dear, you should start by telling us your name. Sorry, ¡°my name is Arya. It is nice to meet you,¡± Arya, and see that your son looks so much like you with the green eyes and ck hair. He is such an angel. What is his name? we didn¡¯t give him one, we were waiting for you to wake up, I had hoped you would wake up. ¡°What if I didn¡¯t?¡± what! What if I didn¡¯t? Well, ¡°we would have just called him Angel,¡± that is what we have been calling him since he was born. It suited him. I know right.


    ¡°What will you name him?¡± Angelo. Angelo Diego Rodriguez. ¡°So, your name is Arya Rodrigues?¡± No, ¡°I am changing it, it is always Arya Silvia but I want to be called Silvia.¡± Alright Silvia,¡± you don¡¯t need to worry about anything, we will take care of you and your baby.¡± You don¡¯t even know me. I might be a killer or¡­


    ¡°are you?¡±


    ¡°Am I what?¡±


    ¡°Are you a killer?¡±


    ¡°No, have never even killed anything in my life before.¡±


    ¡°Then you will being with us.¡±


    ¡°Fine, whatever but where the hell am I?¡± I know this is not our town hospital, well dear, the water moved you far away. And when you were in aa, we had to bring you with us, since we were here for a holiday and couldn¡¯t leave you with no one.


    ¡°Thank you for saving me,¡± no problem dear, ¡°we promise to take care of you and this little angel.¡±


    ¡°Mama!¡± Someone yelled which startled the baby. I told you not to yell like that, look at him crying. ¡°Sorry Angel but mama stole you away from me.¡±


    Mama, ¡°you know it is my turn to watch the baby. How could you take him away from me?¡± ¡°You were sleeping.¡±


    ¡°I wasn¡¯t sleeping, I was taking a nap, the baby was sleeping.¡± Well, I wanted him to visit his mother and I didn¡¯t want to disturb your nap. ¡°Look, she is awake, she turned and finally noticed me,¡±


    I looked at her closely Irene!¡± Hi Arya,¡± she waved her hands at me. ¡°Do you know each other?¡± her mother asked.


    ¡°Yes, we worked together when you told me to look for a job and told father to stop giving me money.¡± She said ring at her mother. Her father hit her arm, don¡¯t look at your mother like that princess and don¡¯t forget I sent you money every month.


    ¡°You did what?¡±


    ¡°Nothing honey. I told you not to send her anything, you went behind my back and did this.¡±


    Why didn¡¯t you say anything if you knew her, I tried but you wouldn¡¯t stop gushing on how handsome the baby was and we were all busy so I thought when she woke up, I¡¯ll just tell you about it. ¡°You stupid child she hit Irene on her head,¡± honey you¡¯re hurting her, her husband held his wife away from their daughter. ¡°You know what, you are sleeping with Alonso tonight,¡± he got pale.


    ¡°Who is Alonso?¡± Our dog. ¡°You named your dog after your husband?¡±


    ¡°No dear, the dog¡¯s name has the letter z not s, it doesn¡¯t matter.¡±


    ¡°How can you call your dog that.¡±


    ¡°I did tell her it sounded ridiculous but she never listens to anybody,¡±


    ¡°But he looks so cute just like your father.¡±


    ¡°How can youpare me to a dog he grumbled,¡± oh dear here we go again, ¡°I didn¡¯t say you were a dog dear, this is my little Alonzo while you are my big Alonso,¡± why does it still sound the same to me, they kept whispering, leaving me alone with my baby. I promise you, she looked at the baby, nobody is going to hurt her while I am alive.

 Chapter 24 MINE AT LAST

    A Year Later


    Tobias POV


    ¡°Can we talk,¡± I stood still not even looking at her, I knew who it was, I could recognize her voice from anywhere. ¡°What do you want to say,¡± your brother made it for you to stay away from me, ¡°my brother is an idiot, and am not a child, he can¡¯t tell me what to do,¡± she replies shrugging her shoulder, ¡°what do you want Reba, if you¡¯vee to used me of sleeping with your brother¡¯s girlfriend, then get over with it, as you can see, am starting over again after your brother destroyed my life¡±  I don¡¯t want to be involved in sibling quarrels, ¡°um I broke up with him,¡± I was confused ¡°who?¡± I asked, ¡°Brandon,¡± I broke up with Brandon.


    Why? I thought he was perfect, yes, he is but I don¡¯t want a perfect man, I don¡¯t want someone detecting what I do, I don¡¯t want him telling me when to go to the office or what I should wear and not to, I don¡¯t want someone controlling me. Like you said, I am not a controlling person. What are you trying to say Ba, just tell me, Shut up! She screamed, throwing her arms out in annoyance, how can she be so damn stubborn.


    ¡°Tell me how you feel Ba¡± fine! I like you, happy? I like you a lot Tobias, even though I know it¡¯s not right but I don¡¯t care anymore, I like when you bother me or when you do something stupid to get my attention, I also hate you, you piss me off more than my brother, you are cocky, you call me the most annoying names ever but I love them because I know you only do that because you care about me. I like how you smile every time you set your eyes on me, it¡¯s like you reserved a specific smile for me. I love you because when you look at me, I feel like the most special person in the world. Am terrified of how much I like you, I wish you could kiss me right now. Smiling, I pull her into me and our lips sh together. It feels amazing than the first kiss I gave her, if that was even considered a kiss. It was a peck on the lips. This one is different, it feels genuine, a desire, there is passion and care, fear and doubt altogether. Her arms snake around my neck, lips on mine as our tongues dance in each other¡¯s mouth. We stayed like that until I slowly pulled us apart. I stared at her, softly brushing her hair behind her ear before I spoke.


    ¡°You love me¡± I say smiling, is that all you got from what I said, she scoffed which made meugh at how cute she looked. Chuckling, I cup her cheek with my hand and staring at her, getting hypnotized by her beauty. She is so beautiful. ¡°I love you Ba, so much¡± I can practically hear her heart leap in her chest, only making me smile wider. I kissed her again and picked her up, swirling her while she giggled like a child.


    No one has said something like that to me before, I gasped, not even Brandon, she nods, not even Brandon. ¡°well get used to it, I will make sure to remind you everyday¡±


    ¡°Will you be my girlfriend?¡± she takes in another breath and looked at my eyes, searching for any reason not to trust me but she can¡¯t find one, she smiled ¡°okay, I will be your girlfriend¡± ites out shaky, why is she so scared, I held her close, ¡°you know people no longer care about dating older women and I assure you my parent knows am in love with you¡± they were actually the ones that told me to tell you how I feel before it was toote. Well, that makes me happy that your parents are our biggest supporters and am happy you told me, I would have married Brandon.


    Did you love him? No, I never did, he was just an option you know. Am I, am I also an option to you. God no, you can never be an option to me, have liked you for a long time but my mother said I would not be respected if I dated a young person, I was okay with that, then she said ¡°think about thepany, what would people say?¡± and that is what I did, gave thepany and let you go because Lucas wasn¡¯t ready then to be the CEO but now he is and am ready to hand it over to him and pursue my happiness, which is you Tobias, you are my happiness.


    I blushed. How can you be so cheeky, she held my hand and kissed me, ¡°only for you my love, only for you¡± you don¡¯t believe I slept with Arya right? Like you would sleep with anyone that isn¡¯t me. What? I saw the list Tobias, what list? to do list with Reba and we can cross kissing, and confess out, now what next? Date and sex or we have sex first then dateter? What say you? Is she flirting with me, Ba is flirting with me. Well, I want to take you out first before we do the nasty.


    I trust you Tobias, hmmm? I know you did not sleep with Arya, someone is behind all this, if my brother could just calm down and listen like a matured person instead he throws more tantrums than a child. Where is he? In his room, working, that¡¯s all he does till this day. Have you found Arya though, no, I think she left town, I don¡¯t think she wants to be found after what happened to her brother. Her brother is dead? But I wired the money immediately. I saw her begging my brother, saying something just doesn¡¯t add up. I just hope my brotheres back to his senses before it is toote.


    It been two weeks since Ist saw Ba, she has been busy showing her brother what he needs to know, it was time for her to hand over thepany to him, I didn¡¯t know she didn¡¯t like the job, she told me she hated working for thepany, there is a lot of things I don¡¯t know about Reba. We chat a lot, she is so sweet with her text which makes me wonder if it is really her typing the message, like the message I just got never knew she would be so concerned about me.


    Reba: Hey babes, where are you?


    Tobias: am at work dearN?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Reba: When will you be back, I am so bored right now, I miss you, when will you be back? she whined,


    Tobias: Be back soon


    Ba: About that date, I think we should have it at home


    Tobias: ¡°My ce or yours?¡±


    Ba: Yours, am staying with Lucas and watching over Isa as well


    Tobias: Oh, ¡°how is she by the way?¡±


    Ba: Devastated, she argues a lot with her father, she has decided to go to boarding school, she doesn¡¯t want to see or talk to her father


    Tobias: She finally agreed, after Arya tried everything for her not to go there.


    Ba: It her choice babe, she can¡¯t stand the sight of her father and I think she needs to be away from home


    Tobias: I miss the little brat though


    Ba: She misses you too, maybe our second date I can bring her over to see you


    Tobias: That would be nice


    Ba: So, when will be done so I can freshen up,


    Tobias: In thirty minutes time, I¡¯ll be done here


    Ba: See you soon babes, love you


    Tobias: Love you too

 Chapter 25 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

    TOBIAS POV


    Come in dear, ¡°you look beautiful Ba,¡± thank you. ¡°I was thinking after dinner we watch a movie on myptop, how does that sound?¡± Wonderful. Hmmm yummy ¡°did you make this?¡± She asked him, ¡°Yes I did, wanted to surprise you, what do you think?¡± It¡¯s great, I love it, good thing you know how to cook because I suck at cooking, ¡°I know but It doesn¡¯t matter, I don¡¯t mind cooking for you for the rest of my life.¡±


    ¡°You want to be with me forever?¡±


    ¡°Of course, you all have ever wanted and I will never let you go.¡±


    So, if you hated business so much, ¡°what did you really like doing?¡± I don¡¯t want you tough, ¡°I can neverugh at what you like doing love.¡±


    ¡°Well, I like painting. It¡¯s all I ever wanted to do, got a degree. When I am stressed or angry I paint a lot.¡±


    ¡°Do you want to see my work?¡±


    ¡°Of course, I do and if you want to continue pursuing this, am right behind you on it.¡±


    ¡°That very nice of you to say, you will be the first person to support me on this, what about your parents, my father doesn¡¯t have a problem with it but mother says it stupid to study arts that I won¡¯t get far in life, maybe she is right.¡±


    ¡°Of course, she is not, your mother is a bitch, sorry for insulting her but it the truth, no parents should bring their child down, they should always support their children dreams and I promise to always be here for you, ande to think of it, I do know someone that owns an arts gallery maybe we can send some of your painting to him and see what he has to say about it, I know you have lovely paintings, you haven¡¯t even seen it yet, I know, but I know what you are capable.¡± Should I call him and then it to him, you can pick it for me, sure Ba. ¡°Thank you for doing this.¡±


    ¡°I would do anything for you Ba.¡±


    ~Few Minute Later~


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe you spilled a drink on me.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry but you also did the same to me.¡± Well, you deserve it, I am going to change in the bathroom, alright. ¡°Are you done?¡±


    ¡°No, don¡¯te in. I am naked and I don¡¯t think you want to see me naked,¡± so I tried putting my clothes on.


    ¡°I do want to see you naked Tobias,¡± my body freezes, everything in me heats up.


    ¡°Are you sure? Does she mean it?¡± ¡°what?¡± I asked again just to be sure I heard her right. ¡°I said, I want to see you naked,¡± I hear her feet moving towards me, making me grow even more nervous and hard. I felt her fingers curl over my shoulders, which made me shiver a little. ¡°Are you sure we should do this? Am not sure if I will be able to stop myself.¡±


    ¡°What makes you think I would want you to stop?¡± Reba ces her lips on the nape of my shoulder causing my body to tense on contact, that feels good. She kisses up my neck, sucking on one area of my skin that almost makes my knees buckle. ¡°I know you want me. Have seen the way you stare at my breast and ass when I am not looking.¡± I closed my eyes to keep my ownposure, her breath brushing my ear, sending waves of shiver down my spine.


    She bites down on my earlobe, turning quickly, I grab her and pull her into my lips. ¡°Are you sure?¡± I asked which confused her, she seemed surprised, Ba I need your consent before I touch you. Now she looks even more surprised. ¡°um, yes. I am sure¡± she answered, smiling up at me. I continue to kiss her, my hands grabbing the hem of her shirt and pulling it over her head. Her blue eyes are bright and excited, we part for a moment and she jumps back to my lips, I feel a hand touch me below making me gasp.


    ~Smut~


    Her eyes finally opened after I pulled away slightly. I get hard and groan when she starts to jerk me off, she then reces her hand with her mouth. ¡°f-fuck Ba,¡± I whined. I ce my hand on the back of her head and thrust towards her, she gags on me when the tip hits the back of her throat. I keep pumping myself inside her mouth while she swirls her tongue over me. Pleasure builds second after second until she pulls away which makes me whine more.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    Grunting, she smirks, going back and jerking me off again, I reach down and grab her hand which surprised her. ¡°Let me take care of you¡± something flickers in her blue eyes. I removed her bra, taking in the view, smiling admiringly. She tilted her head up at me when I ced my fingers below her chin.


    ¡°Sit down,¡± she nods, sitting slowly on the bed while I lean towards her, I pull her pants with my hands, sliding them off her legs. ¡°you are so beautiful Ba¡± I kissed her, gently lifting her and lead her toy down on the bed while keeping our lips together, I allow my hand to travel down, once my fingers graze over her already wet center, she sucks in a breath, smiling against her lips, I breathe out ¡°look how wet you are for me¡± I find her clit and start rubbing it in circles, her body jerk making her whimper at the feeling, my dick getting harder.


    ¡°fuck, Tobias¡­fuck¡­¡± I lower my face to her breasts, taking a nipple into my mouth. She groans, gripping the sheets tightly. ¡°Tell me what you want,¡± she stares at me a second. I spread her legs apart, kissing the inside of her thighs before she pant, desperately, ¡°please Tobias¡± ¡°what¡± she looks me in the eyed, ¡°please fuck me¡± not wasting another moment, I push myself inside of her, groaning when I feel how tight she is.


    She moans out loud, and adjusts to my size. I start slowly but gradually pick up the pace, pushing harder inside of her while she moans louder and louder. I lean down to kiss her but shetches her hands onto me, her body grinding against mine while I push in deeper. ¡°fuck, Tobias¡­yes fuck.¡± She digs he nails into my back ¡°FUCK TOBIAS! Oh my¡­¡± I cry out during my own high, panting out Ba¡¯s name and groaning when we start toe down from it. Once we caught our breath, I pulled out and ced a gentle kiss on her.


    ~End of Smut~


    ¡°That was¡­¡±


    ¡°amazing?¡± I finish and she chuckles, shaking her head before turning to me in bed.


    ¡°Not bad for a virgin¡± I gasp, blushing before she stands up and goes to take a shower.

 Chapter 26 TROUBLE

    Tobias POV


    Look who I brought home, Ba said smiling at me when she opened the door, ¡°uncle T!¡± I heard the little girl say running toward me, I held her in my arms, gosh, ¡°I miss this little brat so much,¡± I didn¡¯t even know I was crying, I miss you uncle T she sniffled and whispered on my neck, ¡°I miss you too. Is mama here? have missed her so much, can I see her?¡± She looked so hopeful, I can¡¯t believe am going to crush her hope of finding her mother.


    ¡°Oh honey, she is not here,¡± she looked at me and started crying again. ¡°I am sorry dear but your uncle is here, so no crying,¡± Ba said to the little girl. ¡°Uncle T can we go y?¡±


    ¡°Sure¡± he answered the little girl she was so happy when T chased her around not until they heard a knock, Tobias went to open it and found Lucas, he didn¡¯t get to say a word since he got punched in the face, ¡°what the hell Lucas, why would you do that?¡± Ba yelled at him.


    ¡°Why are you here, don¡¯t you remember what he did with my girl.¡±


    ¡°She was not your girl, you didn¡¯t even like her, you were just using her,¡± I yelled back spitting out blood, fuck that hurt.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Arya loved you but you never felt the same way for her, did you?¡± ¡®I did love her¡¯ he yelled back at Tobias.


    ¡°Lies! I know you Lucas, you just love the fact that she made your life easier with the child you brought in, you knew you would not be able to take care of her, I mean you did try to send your own child to an orphanage him,¡± Ba gasped when he heard it, Isa kept looking at them understanding a little of what¡¯s going on, she knows what an orphanage is, they had visited there once with mama, mama said it was were children that has no parents stays, but I do have parents why did father want to give me up, she wondered, tears falling from her eyes, she wiped it off not saying a word, just kept watching them argue back and fort.


    ¡°Am ready to go to the boarding school¡± she said to everyone which stopped them from there arguing, ¡°princess you don¡¯t need to go to any boarding school¡± he tried to take her hand but she refused his touch. I don¡¯t care what you want, aunt Ba will take me there tomorrow, I don¡¯t want to spend another day with you, I¡¯ll stay here with uncle T and tomorrow they¡¯ll both drop me off at the boarding school.


    ¡°I refuse to let you go there¡± Lucas says, It either that or you send me to the orphanage you wanted to send me too, she yelled back at him, shocking Lucas. ¡°I hate you daddy, I hate you¡± she yelled and hit her father on his chest, Tobias took her in his arms, andforted her, she sniffles and cried more, after a lot of sniffling, she fell asleep on Tobias arms, who took her into his room.


    He came down and noticed Lucas was still here, ¡°bring her to me, I¡¯ll take her home¡± you heard the little girl ¡°she doesn¡¯t want to see you¡± you need to grant her wish Ba says to her brother. This is all your fault, if you haven¡¯t brought her here none of this would have happened, you¡¯re fucking ming me? All this is your fault Lucas, you¡¯re so immature.


    Ring! Ring!


    Your phone is ringing Lucas, stop ring at Tobias and just pick up the call, ¡°yes¡± he spoke up after picking the call, ¡°what!¡¯ he yelled, ¡°how is that possible¡± he screamed, ¡°find this person¡± I don¡¯t care how you do it just fucking find out who did this, he cut the call and smashed the phone on the wall, ¡°what the hell¡± what do you think you¡¯re doing Lucas, I told you to stop smashing things, control your anger damn it. ¡°Deep breath,¡± he did as told, now exin to us what got you so angry¡± he sat up, ¡°someone is leaking thepanytest project, and giving out all the information of our secrets project as well¡± he grumbled out. ¡°fuck!¡± his sister says smashing my poor phone, how did it get into her hand. ¡°who would do this¡± they walked back and fort, I stared at them, not saying anything even though I had an idea who did it, I didn¡¯t say, I wanted them to be ruined as well just as they did to my family but seeing how worried Ba was breaks my heart.


    ¡°Uhm Ba¡± ¡°What!¡± your phone is ringing, she picked it up, ¡°we¡¯ll be there¡± she answered cutting the call, ¡°who was that?¡± ¡°It¡¯s dad, he wants us home¡± don¡¯t worry guys I¡¯ll watch after Isa, ¡°he wants you there as well Tobias¡± ¡°me!¡± she nods, ¡°I¡¯m noting¡± I said, looking elsewhere, not wanting to see the disappointment on Ba¡¯s face, ¡°I know my family has wronged yours, please do this for me¡± she pleaded with her eyes. ¡°Ba i¡­¡± please! She begged, ¡°fine let just go,¡± I walked out moving to her car, oops, forgot Isa, I went back in to pick her up.


    ¡°How did this happen? I built thispany from scratch and have never heard such bad things about it, not even my secrets being out there¡± grandpa says to everyone, ¡°well, this is what happens when you give thepany to him¡± Derek says with much disgust in his voice. We can¡¯t point fingers on anyone right now, we need to figure out who is behind this, Ba says giving them a pointed look, Derek scoffs, ¡°why don¡¯t we ask him, he has made a lot of enemies before even being the CEO¡± he answered, ¡°what¡¯s your problem with me dude?¡± Lucas asked, ¡°you¡¯re my problem, why will they just hand over thepany to you, I have more experience than you do,¡± he huffed crossing his arms. ¡°just because you started two months earlier than me doesn¡¯t mean you have more experience Derek¡± Lucas replied him, I sat still, making sure I wasn¡¯t noticed, well that was until my parents came in, ¡°mom, dad, what are you doing here?¡± I questioned getting confused, wait, are they suspecting that my family was behind this? As if my parents could hurt a fly.

 Chapter 27 CULPRIT

    TOBIAS POV


    ¡°If we are here because you think we did it, then sorry to break your bubbles we didn¡¯t¡± I said to the family getting annoyed that they could call my family here and they actually came after what they did to us, Lucas parents didn¡¯t even care if he knew my parents for long, he sat aside and watched his son destroy my parents little source of ie, am so grateful he didn¡¯t know I had a restaurant since it wasn¡¯t written in my name. ¡°No son, I called your parents here to apologize to them on behalf of what my grandson did to them, he went out of line¡± grandpa red at Lucas who shrink in his chair, trying his very best to avoid his grandfather re on him.


    ¡°All is forgiven sir¡± my mother says, I huffed, how can all be forgiven so easily after he humiliated my family over a girl he didn¡¯t have feelings for, only God knows if she is still alive, I just hope she is safe wherever she might be, I shook any bad thought away from my mind.


    ¡°So why are we here?¡± I grunted out feeling annoyed since we always get involved in their problem, ¡°we need your help, even if he doesn¡¯t say it, my grandson cannot do anything without you, you are one of the best thing that has ever happened to him,¡± why his grandpa sounding like am dating his son I wondered, shivering a little by the thought of me being Lucas boyfriend, I would have killed myself, I wonder what Arya saw in him, he¡¯s so boring. ¡°What do you want from me sir?¡± I asked getting confused, ¡°I believe you have an idea of who is behind this¡± grandpa says with so much certainty, everyone turned to look at me, ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about grandpa¡± I said bing nervous when I felt all eyes on me, I sigh, ¡°I promise, I¡¯ll look for the person behind this,¡± I said, so they could stop staring at me, they went back to making ns but I still felt Ba¡¯s eyes on me, she gazed into my soul like she knew what I saw up to, and she definitely knew I was lying, but she said nothing.


    *********


    Three weeks went by so fast and still no clue who the person doing this was, I suspected Fernando, but I have no evidence to prove it, everyone was panicking, another information about thepany got out, and grandpa called for another meeting. Everyone keeps thinking on who was behind all this, I noticed the person was attacking Lucas parents the most, like his parents were the offenders, this person humiliated them, one time a picture of Lucas mother was posted on the inte, she was scolding a little girl who mistakenly sshed water on her, but this person made the video looked like, Lucas mother was at fault, everyone called her out, saying she was an ¡°evil witch,¡± then came the news on Lucas girlfriend been sent out of the house, they said his mother had a hand in it, and she has been avoiding answering this, I feel she knows something.


    ¡°Maybe your ex is behind this¡± Derek said to Lucas, ¡°Arya doesn¡¯t have the resources to n all this in just one year, this person knows everything about all of you, and have noticed his or her pattern¡± I said watching everyone listening to me. ¡°You think a girl can do all this?¡± Derek scoffs. ¡°didn¡¯t you just made a suggestion, you said it was Arya, is she a boy?¡± I rolled my eyes, knowing he was always dumb. ¡°I meant, maybe she found a richer man and he helped her out with her evil ns¡± the fool said, where does he think this is, a movie, or a romance novel? Sometimes I wondered if he was adopted. ¡°if I hear another word from you, I¡¯ll send you out of here,¡± grandpa finally spoke causing his to shut up, ¡°continue, my boy¡± he calls me that even though I wasn¡¯t his blood, he considered me as part of the family, I smiled and continued, ¡°this person is noting after Ba or Lucas, this person, I believe, he or she is trying to destroy your parents.¡± I finished my statement that was rudely interrupted by that dumbass. ¡°so, you think, I and my husband offended someone?¡± Lucas, mother spoke for the first time, I nod, she chuckled, ¡°is this because I embarrassed you and that whore, you¡¯re now trying to put the me on me,¡± mom! Mother! Lucas and Ba yelled at her, I sat there and watch them argue, I said nothing, until grandpa has had enough of her tantrum, ¡°Eugene control your wife or I will do it for you,¡± grandpa spoke for the first time, Eugene who has been sitting, watching his wife and children argue finally spoke up, ¡°sit down Laura¡± she tried to argue but the look he gave her made her shut up and seat down.


    ¡°Son, if what you say is true, then why is thepany running down, why can¡¯t they just face them and leave thepany in peace? Thispany has already been given to Lucas so this person must also be attacking my grandson as well, do you know who might be behind this?¡± he finally asked the right question, ¡°I might have an idea but I know this person is not working alone. ¡°Well, spit it out boy¡± Laura muttered getting annoyed that I wasn¡¯t saying anything, ¡°mom, please, just be quiet¡¯ Lucas spoke up.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°Fernando is behind any fault that has to do with Lucas but what I don¡¯t seem to know his who is trying to destroy the both of you,¡± they both turned and stare at Fernando who has been quiet all this time, behaving like he knew nothing, he raised his head up and smirked, ¡°so, she told you? that bitch couldn¡¯t just shut up about it, even when she is gone, she¡¯s still giving me problems.¡± Everyone is shocked when Fernando spoke up for the first time, he red at Lucas with so much hatred in his eyes. ¡°Son, why did you do this?¡± grandpa asked quietly, still confused on the matter at hand. He scoffs ¡°am not your son old man, you¡¯re too old to have me as a son, shouldn¡¯t you be dead by now,¡± he uttered, I couldn¡¯t help myself  I stood up and punched the idiot, I knew Lucas wanted to do it as well but he held back when he saw me doing it, ¡°you asshole, because you drugged I and Arya, that¡¯s why everything has been the way it is,¡± I kept punching him, I did heard some of them gasp in shocked, Lucas stood up and pulled Fernando from me, he held him up, ¡°what did you do?¡± he asked him, Fernandoughed like a maniac, ¡°what I should have done a long time ago¡± he replies him causing Lucas and I to be annoyed, he had no remorse for destroying an innocent girl life, his best friend for that matter.


    ¡°Why?¡± Lucas yelled out, ¡°what have I ever done to you, you¡¯re my best friend, why would you do this?¡± he chuckled ¡°best friend? After breaking my sister heart, you think we are best friends, after sending her to the psychiatric hospital because you hurt my only sister and you thought we were friends?¡± heughs, ¡°my n was going perfectly, you know, your mother brought the idea on how to throw Arya out of the house, I was surprised she coulde up with such evil ns and it worked out just fine.¡± ¡°Mom! My mother would never do such a thing to me, tell him mother¡± he turned waiting for his mother to back him up but she didn¡¯t she avoided everyone eyes on her. ¡°Mom, d-did you do it?¡±.

 Chapter 28 A WAY OUT

    LUCAS POV


    Mom, ¡°did you do it?¡± answer me mother did you do it? Of course, I did, she was not good enough for you, you need someone that is rich not that smelly girl with no root, she replies not even feeling guilty about what she did but I wondered why she had to involve me. ¡°I don¡¯t get it, if you wanted to send Arya away, you could have drugged her and made another guyy with her, why me?¡± I wondered, ¡°because I knew my daughter would call of the wedding with her fianc¨¦e, I didn¡¯t want that to happen, I don¡¯t understand what she sees in you, you¡¯re a child for Christ sake,¡± bitch! I whispered to myself ring at her.


    ¡°So, you both ruined my life, you because of your sister and you because you did not like the girl I choose to be with, you made my daughter and I to drift apart because you hated Arya?¡± she looked a little guilty when she thought it through. ¡°Tell me mother, who did you want me to be with?¡± she smiled not even caring how I felt, ¡°Vera¡± she answered getting excited, ¡°Vera, the little demon?¡± grandpa asked Lucas, he nods, ¡°you want your son to be with that daughter of a demon?¡± he asked my mother, ¡°she is not a demon, she is sweet, caring, rich, a perfect girl for my son,¡± she says dreamily making me feel disgusted.


    You want me to not just date but marry a girl who ruined my childhood? I threw daggers at her, already feeling Lucas¡¯s pain, I knew all he went through because of that bitch, she nearly killed Ba and me, thinking I was dating Lucas, even though I told her I wasn¡¯t gay, she never believed me, she said I was too close to Lucas that friends are not that close especially people like Lucas, she warned me to stay away from him which I refused because the issue was just so stupid, I made sure to avoided wherever she was in school, she let me be, I thought she forgotten about me, not until I got into an ident and found out my car was tampered with, I refused to believe she did not, not until going back then she whispered to me ¡°I warned you¡± I felt shivers ran through my spine, I was so scared and stopped ying with Lucas when she was around.


    ¡°Lucas will never marry that little demon, not as long as I¡¯m alive,¡± grandpa yelled out making her seat up. ¡°What should we do with him sir¡± I finally noticed Lucas, security holding his arm, making sure he won¡¯t escape. I do have a question for you Fernando, ¡°why did you do this to Arya? She is your best friend, your family¡± he huffed, ¡°what family? She is not a part of my family, I told her to go with my ns and hurt Lucas but she refused thinking I was joking about it, I even asked her out once, but she rejected me¡± ¡®he is your fucking cousin dude¡¯ like hell she is, we not rted, my aunt found her body and nurtured her, when she woke up, she did not remember who she was, they took her in trying to rece her with the daughter they lost, how did that turn out, they are both dead because of that bitch. ¡°All this because of jealousy and rejection?¡± then who are you working with, he smirked ¡°I don¡¯t know who the hell he is but just know that he ns to ruin you all, especially those two and he will stop at nothing to aplish it, even if it takes him ten years to do it, he will wait and do it.¡±


    Heughed while the securities dragged him out, ¡°you think this is over, it just beginning, he wille for you, he wille for all of you¡± he yelled out. We watched as they pushed him out, everyone sighed. A bit relief, one problem solved. ¡°What can we do now? The business is running down, we need a way forward, we need to do something fast¡± my father spoke for the first time, ¡°I have a suggestion,¡± Lucas, mother spoke up, ¡°speak up woman¡± grandpa yelled getting annoyed by her excitement that she refused to share with us.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Since we are looking for someone that will help us, and we want someone that is rich right? We nod, well, I suggest Lucas marries Vera.¡± we grumbled, ¡°that is your perfect idea Ba asked, didn¡¯t you listen, that bitch tried to kill me, and me I murmured, we can¡¯t ept her into the family, dad speak to your wife, my brother will not marry that witch, she will ruin us. ¡°she¡¯s changed, I promise you, she even agreed to merge herpany and ours together if you agree to marry her, she also told me she will give you seventy percent of thepany when you have a child with her once you¡¯re married, just imagine, all our troubles would be over, she said, looking at her son to give her the go ahead. I shook my head, so did grandpa and Ba, even Derek shook his head saying no, Lucas sighed, ¡°this is the only way, I ept¡± no! we screamed out, ¡°my life will be a nightmare¡± Ba says. I will make sure I avoid going to Lucas house once everything is done, I refuse to step my foot in that house when that bitch is there. ¡°I have to do these guys, I¡¯ll need everyone¡¯s help getting through this marriage, can I count on everyone here,¡± he asked, we all nodded. ¡°What will happen to Isa? I don¡¯t think anyone will rece Arya has her mother?¡± good, I don¡¯t even want her calling that bitch mother¡± Ba says, ¡°By the way, where is she?¡± he sighed ¡°she moved to the boarding schoolst week, she told me never to visit her but you both are wee to visit her¡±. No one said anything for a while, everyone was so quiet and it felt awkward not until we heard Ba murmuring.


    ¡°What will be of me, I refuse to leave in that house with that witch, and am noting back home mom if that is what you are going to suggest, I refused to be mocked and looked down on by you, I refuse to be controlled, I don¡¯t want to stay with grandpa, he¡¯s home is too far, she walked back and forth¡± not knowing she was saying everything she thought out. I cleared my throat, Ba, ¡°why don¡¯t you move in with me?¡±  Suggested, ¡°I would love to but I promised myself the next man I be with, I¡¯ll move in with him when he marries me.


    Well, why don¡¯t you both get married¡± grandpa suggested waiting for our reaction, what! We both yelled, he nods, ¡°marry my granddaughter right now and she can move in with you¡± he answered, I looked at Ba, she was so excited on her grandfather¡¯s idea, I do want to marry her, I just don¡¯t know if she wanted to marry me, ¡°what say you, do you want to marry me?¡± I ask her, she giggled and nodded, finally saying yes! Yes! Am getting married to the love of my life.

 Chapter 29 CHARITY

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    Unbelievable Irene, ¡°why did you do that?¡± ¡°Because you need to move on from Lucas, he doesn¡¯t want you and from what I have heard he is married with kids,¡± will you wait for him forever when you know he does not and will never love you, ¡°why do you say it like that?¡± It is the truth, and you need to start thinking about your child. He needs a father figure in his life. My son is okay the way he is. Why are you bothered about my love when you can¡¯t even date someone for two weeks.


    ¡°Oh that¡¯s riching from you,¡± well at least I get pleasure, something that you clearly need, you have been like this for what?


    Ten years! ¡°Please don¡¯t tell me you are waiting for Lucas,¡± am not fucking waiting for him, and I know he never loved me, I just don¡¯t want to fall in love with the wrong person again, I don¡¯t want to get involve with people and ruin their life, she sighed, ¡°is this about Tobias? Do you perhaps want to see him?¡± I nod and sniffled, ¡°I miss him so, much,¡± I sniffled, ¡°I know you do,e here,¡± she wrapped her arms around me, I neededfort right now, if you want to see him we can just go there and see him, I know for sure he misses you and I won¡¯t be surprised if he is still looking for you.


    He never gives up on his friends, Lucas doesn¡¯t deserve such friendship, I loved him you know? Who Tobias, yeah, I love him like a brother and I fell in love with Lucas but he didn¡¯t feel the same way, I should have listened to Tobias, Lucas is someone that will never fall in love, don¡¯t say that, am sure you had a ce in his heart, he did say he liked you, remember? It was the happiest day of my life, well one of the happiest days and he told me I was going to officially be Isa¡¯s mother, I even signed it, he went to submit it and I just wanted to celebrate it with my friend until everything went sideways. You know, my brother actually has a crush on you, ew no, he doesn¡¯t, he does she said seriously, Iughed it off changing the topic, just set up the date on weekends not while am going to work, oh, I forgot, I will do that now, what are you doing? Am rescheduling your date, fine, whatever.


    Have been learning about the familypany, am part of the family, I had to go back to school and get a business degree, have been Liam¡¯s PA for two weeks now and he has tried to make me feelfortable but how do you go from calling someone dumbass to sir, he has been very helpful and has helped me understand things about thepany, Liam is really a cool boss, although, he his strict but he loves and takes care of everyone in thepany. Hey, how¡¯s it going so far? He asked after he sent me to get some documents for him to sign. It¡¯s great you don¡¯t need to worry about me sir, you don¡¯t have to call me sir when we are alone, I know I am just used to it.


    ¡°I need you to take these documents to my sister,¡± yes sir, I replied. ¡°I still don¡¯t understand why you want her to take over the business,¡± heughed, ¡°she deserves thepany, she works so hard,¡± I know but I like you being the CEO, am not going for good you know am starting up my ownpany, actually I already started it and it¡¯s going great, good to know, I¡¯ll just take this to her then, thank you Arya he said smiling, sure, anything for my friend


    I went straight to her office, have a seat she says getting bossy as always, she moved close to the desk , I handed her the documents and exined to her the details she needed to know, she read through it to make sure everything is correct, she took her pen out and also sign on the areas her brother did, we didn¡¯t say anything, after the signing I stood up t leave ¡°am sorry Arya, I never should have said that to you¡± it okay I deserve it am sorry as well, I hate when we fight, me too. So, friends? Yeah, friends I hugged her and sat down, so how are you faring so far? I know you are doing great, seen a lot of progress and am impressed, can¡¯t believe you¡¯re talking to me with your boss tone right now, snap out of it I need my friend back, oops sorry


    Thanks for asking, so far so good am getting the hang of it, and am loving it here, told you so. There is this charity event organized by thispany, oops have forgotten the name but I will like to go with me


    ¡°Anything for you,¡± thank you, she kissed my cheek, I went home and got ready, thank goodness the babysitter is here, thank you for looking after him Cindy,  she¡¯s young, still in high school, she is eighteen and have been on her own, have been thinking of telling her to move in with me, she lost her only surviving family which was her grandmother, she has been struggling to fend for herself and couldn¡¯t afford to pay her rent, I fed her sometimes, she had three jobs and the pay was less, it couldn¡¯t do anything for her since she had bills to pay, her grandmother hospital bill being the most important, have tried to offer her money but she refused what I will do is to go behind her back and pay it.


    ¡°Mom, I told you I can take care of myself,¡± he whined, ¡°like hell you can,¡± I mumbled, after thirty minutes of getting ready, my phone starts to ring, ¡°hello bitch¡± I immediately knew who it was ¡°how many phone number do you have Irene?¡± I said putting the phone on speaker, that shouldn¡¯t concern you, tell me, are you done? She asked while I was putting on my shoes, yep almost, just putting on my shoes, ¡°well open the door bitch so I can greet our son¡± he is not our son I emphasize on the OUR¡± he is my son, you need to stop saying that, Angelo already asked if you were his second mother, did you tell him yes, I scoffed why should I, we are not dating, good, because you are definitely not my type, I know you have a thing for girls with red hair and blue eyes and boys with blue eyes and ck hair, am still bothered by your choice in men and women, oh, and guess what? Your crush is here.


    Who are you talking about? She asked nervously like she doesn¡¯t know who I was talking about. Cindy of course, she shrieked, why didn¡¯t you tell me, I would have dressed well, bitch get in here the door is open.


    ¡°Did you see her, she looks so hot today,¡± she replied fanning herself, ¡°why don¡¯t you just ask her out?¡± I questioned her, knowing how much she likes her, every time she gushes about Cindy, it so annoying. ¡°Have you seen her, she¡¯s a fucking child Silvia,¡± am so much older than her she is like sixteen or seventeen am I lying, ¡°she is almost neen Irene,¡± *eye roll, ¡°doesn¡¯t matter, still a child and she deserves someone better,¡± I don¡¯t want to ruin her life with my drama, that is the sweetest thing I have ever heard you say about someone, normally, when I say go for it, you just jump into it without questioning it but am so proud of you right now, alright, enough of that, let move the charity is going to start in an hour, we need to get there and mingle with new business partners, I did exactly what she said and tried talking to people and I got four business card already, I can say am proud of myself, I went to get myself a drink then I heard a voice that I thought I would never hear again calling me. Arya? Fuck! What should I do?Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

 Chapter 30 WHO I AM

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    I feel nervous, I turned and looked at Lucas, he looks so angry, why is he angry though, uhm do you need something? I asked with no emotion, ¡°we need to talk¡± like hell we do


    Hey, get your hands off my fianc¨¦e, I looked around to see who this dude was talking to, uhm do I know you? I couldn¡¯t see his face since he was wearing a mask but I recognize that voice, where have I heard it, I was so confuse. ¡°Don¡¯t y dumb with me Silvia, of course you know me, am your fianc¨¦e.¡±


    ¡°What the hell is going on here, am I dreaming or something, maybe i¡¯m dreaming,¡± I kept whispering to myself not until Irene pped me which brought me out of my, I noticed where I was and the dude which was Liam, and Lucas were fighting, Irene dragged me out of there, not wanting to be involved in the mess they¡¯ll leave behind, we got into her car and her driver drove up, ¡°what the hell is going on? Why didn¡¯t I know about this fianc¨¦e of yours? My brother for that matter¡± I don¡¯t know what the hell he was thinking but at least he saved me, she hit my head hard, ouch! What was that for? You¡¯re not even thinking of the mess you just put thepany in, just imagine the headline tomorrow if everyone recognizes it was my brother that was fighting.


    ¡°You¡¯re right I should have stopped them, not run away with you, this is all your fault.¡±


    ¡°Are you fucking ming me right now Silvia, what if you tried to separate and one of them punched you, what will I tell our little angel what happened to his mother, or what if they had pushed you and you hit your head and on getting to the hospital you died or get into aa how will I exin it to that little boy you will leave behind.¡±


    Stop being so dramatic Irene, nothing of such could ever happen to me and all those shit happens only in movies, told you to stop watching that channel but you never listen, she gasps, it happens, things that happens in movies also happens in real life Silvia, I wonder how dumb you are. ¡°Did you just call me dumb?¡± Yes, you are sometimes dumb, and stupid and reckless, look at who is calling me reckless, I might be stupid and dumb, d we agreed on something for once Irene replied smirking, I huffed, I did not agree with you on that, you cut me off from what I was going to say Ireneee, I emphasize on it, doesn¡¯t matter, you already agreed that you are dumb and stupid, fine! Whatever, just take me home, I need to just cuddle my baby, what! What is that face you are making?


    ¡°What face are you talking about,¡± am not making any face, cut that shit out, you make that face when you do something stupid. I did no such thing, this is just my happy face. What did you do? Well, I might have told Cindy to take our son to my parent¡¯s to spend the night there.


    First, he is my son not our son, and why would you do that? W-well I was going to get youid today, I groaned, Irene I told you to stop this shit, I don¡¯t want to date anyone, I went to hit her, am driving Silvia keep your beating when I drop you off unless you want us to get into an ident and die, then you can get to beating me, fine I crossed my arm not bothering to say anything to her, we stayed like that for two minute, I kept looking outside, gosh, so much traffic.


    ¡°Am sorry¡± she whispered looking at me when we arrived at my ce. It¡¯s okay, just don¡¯t do that. When I am ready to getid, I will inform you Irene, seriously! Her eyes got so wide just thinking about it now, I shouldn¡¯t have said that. ¡°No, no, you can¡¯t go back on your word Silvia, I have the perfect man for you to have sex with,¡± she get excited, ¡°not one of the guys you¡¯ve fucked Irene,¡± she pouted, ¡°fine! But he is so good.¡±


    ¡°If he is that good, why are you not with him?¡± I replied with my brows up.¡± You know me, I don¡¯t do rtionships, I just want to enjoy my life. ¡°Right but for how long?¡± Well, as long as I live, she replied giggling, I sigh knowing she hates when I give her advice, I¡¯ll just let it go for now.


    ¡°Goodnight babe, see you tomorrow?¡±


    ¡°Sure!¡±


    ¡°Oh and don¡¯t think I¡¯ll give up on you gettingid, I¡¯ll start looking for the guy immediately,¡±


    ¡°Wait not¡­¡±


    She drove off, ugh she¡¯s so annoying but I love her. I went to open the door with my keys but noticed it wasn¡¯t locked, maybe Cindy brought Angelo back, I got in but no one was there except for¡­.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± I look at his face trying to remember where I met him. His face remains the same, like he has been trained to stay neutral.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    My name is¡­ I am an undercover agent and I work for your family. Iughed and cried, what, it was fucking funny. The next thing I know, he took out a knife and threw it at me but I dogged it. I have good um reflexes, I see, ¡°you never forgot your training,¡± he walked around the counter.


    ¡°Dude, what training?¡± You nearly killed me. ¡°Who the hell are you?¡± I know my parents can¡¯t afford you because they are very poor and very much dead.


    So, unless they faked their own death, or dug themselves out of the grave¡­ ugh, ¡°you are always so annoying,¡± let me finish what I am saying for once. ¡°No more lies, I want the truth,¡± I want to know everything.


    He brought out some files, ¡°you were on a mission to kill Mr. Lucas Xavier.¡± I gasp. Yes, your ex boy-friend. ¡°Do you recognize this,¡± he showed me a man picture and everything came back in full force, I held the picture and red at the man with so much disgust.


    ¡°What do you want from me?¡± You can¡¯t send me back there, I refuse to go and if I remember correctly, that was myst mission and you can¡¯t force me to kill him. I don¡¯t wish to, he is my son¡¯s father and I will not let my child be fatherless, I refuse.


    Go back and tell the boss the next time he tries to threaten me using my son that he should also remember his precious daughter and not even him can save her from me. You want to kill your younger sister for this disgusting man, I don¡¯t care what you think Mateo, but tell my father he should stay out of my way or I¡¯ll hurt him. Yes, I remember everything.

 Chapter 31 GOING HOME

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    ¡°You don¡¯t want to threaten your father dear.¡± He wille for you and you won¡¯t be able to escape from him. I don¡¯t care! ¡°Just ry my message to him and who the hell is that guy, are you trying to force me back home?¡± You know it will never work, I won¡¯te back, nothing will bring me back, I turned to walk away from him, ¡°not even if I told you your twin sister is still alive¡± I froze.


    ¡°She is dead!¡± I yelled, taking the closest item I saw and throwing it at him, which was a knife, it was embedded on his shoulder, he took it out grunting, ¡°I see your aim is still perfect¡± he smirked, impressed by it. I huffed crossing my arms, what do you mean she is alive, tell me the truth Mateo, your father did send people to kill her and your mother, since he knew your brother joined the army and he won¡¯t be back for a long time, he just wanted control over everything.


    I rolled my eyes, but he has everything, not everything, all the properties belong to your mother, your father came from nothing, he was a pathetic poor orphan that your mother fell in love with, I tried talking her out of it but she didn¡¯t listen, she wanted him to be her husband, back then, your mother was tough, she was the leader of the gang, an only child, even though her parents spoiled her, they made sure she was well trained and ready to take over the business, and I tell you kid, your mother, Flores was perfect at what she does, well, that was until her father adopted that little peasant Torres.


    ¡°Your mother said it was love at first sight,¡± Torres controlled and manipted your mother, he killed her parents just like I knew he would, but when I presented the evidence to her in front of him, he denied everything saying I was just jealous of him, where you? of course I was jealous, I grew up with your mother and our parents already agreed we were to get married but I never asked your mother if she had feelings for me. He denied everything and even used me of killing them, Flores hated me, saying I killed her parents, since she couldn¡¯t kill me, she made me promise to work for Torres as payment for her parent¡¯s death, that¡¯s stupid, ¡°how can she trust him, you grew up with her,¡± not that bastard that just came in for how many months.


    I know right, I wanted to leave, but your mother got pregnant and Torres proposed to her, he just wanted her property, I knew about it, he thought since Flores parents liked him that they might have left something for him but they didn¡¯t, everything they had was in there daughter¡¯s name and mine, it made him bitter, to find out I was giving thirty percent of the property while Flores got seventy and him nothing which made me realize, Flores parents didn¡¯t like him the way it thought they did, they were just doing it for their daughter.


    Your mother had a difficult birth with you girls, your father didn¡¯t want anymore, child after your brother but your mother always hated being an only child so she wanted more, the more she got the more gentle she got, she let Torres took control of her empire that her parents built from scratch, every decision he makes must go through Flores, even though he was in charge of everything, your mother was still the head of it all which made him angry. Then came your sister¡¯s unknown illness, he just wanted your mother out but he never got it. Everyone is loyal to your mother, no bribe can stop it.


    So, he wanted your mother out, he knew how much your brother hated this life, killing people just because they offended Torres, your brother wanted something big, he wanted to serve his country, so he applied for the army and got in, when he left that was when your father attacks, I thank God your mother escaped.


    ¡°The body they showed you was fake Silvia,¡± like I said your mother had loyal people on the inside, they already told her what was about to happen, so it didn¡¯t go as n for them but your father doesn¡¯t know that, that just how stupid he is, I know your mother is nning something big so please juste with me and do as he says.


    ¡°Your sister is getting married,¡± she¡¯s my step-sister, doesn¡¯t matter you both share the same father, that makes her your sister, whatever, why does my father even want me back, if this is about me not killing Lucas then he should forget it, I won¡¯t do it. I mean, my mother is dead, everything he ever wanted belongs to him now right? He smirked ¡°your mother signed everything to you¡± what? Why? Because she loves you and you are the strongest, and also her biological daughter. If she gave it to Vivian she would have fallen prey to your father. You know how much your sister loves her father. He doesn¡¯t know this yet, I made everything happen, for now he thinks all your mother¡¯s properties belongs to Vivian, so you are not marrying anyone if that is what you are thinking your father want you to attend your sister¡¯s wedding, but we both know he want something else from you, I need you toe with me, if you can¡¯t do it for yourself then do it for your son.


    ¡°Are you threatening me now?¡± we both know what he will do to him if you don¡¯te with me. I sigh, Is Aliya alive then? Yes, your twin sister is alive and so is Vivian, ugh I don¡¯t want to know about that bitch named Vivian, he sighs, she has gone through a lot when you were missing. She is just so annoying, I feel like squeezing her and I don¡¯t care if she¡¯s getting married, she just wants me there so she can rub it on my face that she¡¯s living her wonderful perfect life. I scoffed.


    You don¡¯t understand, your sister has changed, she¡¯s not the little brat you¡­ I don¡¯t want to hear it, not a word about her from you, when is the wedding? Tomorrow, Mateo answered. I¡¯ll be there, I need to see my son and¡­ there¡¯s no time for that Silvia, we need to go now, it¡¯s urgent. Fine, I¡¯ll just send a text message then, you know how this works, I remember no phones allowed so I won¡¯t be traced, that why am sending a message to them Mateo, I rolled my eyes, am not new at this I mumbled, sending a text to Irene and her family, which saysText ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Take care of Angelo,¡± I have an urgent family matter to take care of, I¡¯ll be back¡­

 Chapter 32 THREATENED

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    We left immediately I switched off my phone, I can¡¯t believe I remember everything. I have been trained all my life for one purpose: to kill, I was never loved by my father; he only saw me as a weapon to destroy his enemies. Thest mission went wrong, someone gave him the wrong intel and I got caught while trying to escape. No, I wasn¡¯t caught, I was shot and fell into the ocean, that should be how I lost my memory, I was sixteen at that time. I can¡¯t believe I am supposed to kill the father of my son.


    Why did he send me to kill an innocent child while he takes care of his little princess at home, my mom was never at home, she had no choice but to leave us in the hands of our father, she was taking care of my twin sister who had a rare illness that demand medical care, she had to leave the country with my sister, we only spoke on video call, I did try to tell her what father did to me but I was never on the phone with her for long, he was always sitting beside me anytime I got a call from her.


    My brother went with her to protect her since he was trained. Every male child of the family was always trained to fight and kill, I still don¡¯t know why he trained me to be a killer. Thinking about it, I have killed people, not a lot though, just three so far. Myst mission was to kill Lucas and he would let me go. Would he have let me go? I know him, he will kill me, my father hates me, I don¡¯t know why.


    It took us eight hours to get there, when I mean there, my home, where I grew up, it was an ind, a very big ind with roughly twenty thousand citizens living there, am not sure if the numbers had increased though, doesn¡¯t matter am not staying here for long, need to get home to my baby.


    We got to the venue of the wedding, shouldn¡¯t it have ended by now I whispered to Mateo, I made sure we camete so why haven¡¯t they started and what¡¯s all this yelling about.


    ¡°where the hell is she?¡± The groom roared, getting frustrated.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Where the hell is my sister?¡± I asked Mateo.


    My father then noticed me. He smirked, ¡°she¡¯s here¡± I looked at where everyone was looking, but no one was behind me, except me. My father came closer, held my arm and whispered in my ear.


    ¡°Just do it or I¡¯ll find your child and kill him¡± you would never! My voice shook with rage, just by the thought of him hurting my son.


    He smirked, ¡°then do what I say¡± he grabbed my arm tight making me hiss in pain but he didn¡¯t care, where is your precious daughter? He never replied, he led me to the altar where I was about to marry someone I don¡¯t know, this is all that brat fault, I red at Mateo as well, this is all is fault.


    Do you take this man to be yourwfully- I wasn¡¯t even listening to what the priest was saying, I kept thinking of my son, I left him, and all for what? For this! To ruin my life, to get me tied down to a man I did not love, a man I don¡¯t know, I looked at the man, I will call my husband and I realize he is dangerous, don¡¯t care if he does anything to me, I¡¯ll hurt him and for fuck sake am not even dressed up to be a bride, I wore a simple ck dress just to spit my step-sister, I knew she made sure everyone wore pink on her wedding day, she already had I life figured out when she was ten, I hated her so much, my mother loved her like she was her own daughter and my father, he gave her anything she demanded for, so why am I being punished for what she did, why didn¡¯t they just wait for her to be found and brought back, why must I pay the price for that annoying little brat.


    Look at me getting married with a ck dress on, we didn¡¯t kiss after exchanging vows, if he had tried to, I would have punched him. No one said anything as we were seated next to each other at the reception, few people came to congratte us, I was so bored and kept mumbling cursing words at my sister and Mateo who I haven¡¯t seen since I stood on the altar.


    I followed him to his house after two hours of saying thank you to the guest. It was so annoying, he pulled into the driveway, a couple of men came out, one came to open his door for him, I didn¡¯t need anyone opening mine so I did it myself. He had a lot of people walking around with guns. I kept checking how many security cameras were in this ce just in case I needed to escape. I looked over and noticed the mansion, it was enormous.


    ¡°Go upstairs, the second door on the left is your room, well more like your sister¡¯s room¡± he mumbled thest part to himself but I heard him, he finally spoke. I didn¡¯t reply, just gave him a nod with my head and headed to the ce he told me, I just hope we aren¡¯t sharing a room, I shook my head as I walked into my room, it was massive and I was surprise to see it had all my sister¡¯s clothes and belongings here, I looked around, moved to the bathroom, decided to take my bath. I took off my dress, folded it and ced it on the counter, I looked at myself in the mirror, I looked stressed, well, I was, I miss my son, I miss Isa, gosh I even miss Irene. How am I going to get out of this mess?


    I sat on the bed, waiting for him toe inside, I noticed we were sharing a room, so I wanted to be awake and warn him before he tried to do anything to him. The longer I sat the more angry I get ¡°what¡¯s taking him so long?¡± I mumbled to myself since I was the only one here. What the hell is he doing this is our wedding night, isn¡¯t he supposed to like spend the night with his wife having a beautiful night, I cringe at the thought of him touching me and doing those stuff with me, I wasn¡¯t ready for that even though Irene would be so happy if I were to have sex with him, but this was a stranger, I scoff at my thought, like I didn¡¯t agree to sleep with a stranger when Irene suggested it.


    I heard heavy footstepsing closer to the room, I knew it was him, I stood up immediately when he got in, he scoffed ¡°we are not doing anything, you are really not my type¡± my jaw cked, I was offended by his choice of word, thank goodness he was standing close to me because I punched his fucking smirking face, shit that hurt my hand, ¡°who would want to fuck you, you stupid brat¡± I replied him. He was stunned by what I did, he took a couple of steps closer ring at me, as if I would back down at this nonsense.


    Don¡¯t you ever look down on me, I might not have a breast like my sister but don¡¯t ever say I am not your type, I hate it when people say that, i would have preferred ¡°oh, am not interested¡± not ¡°you¡¯re not my type¡± it disgust me when I hear such word, makes me remember who thest person was that said it to me, I said thest part to myself. Iid on the bed expecting him to take some pillows andy elsewhere but the fool had the guts toy beside me, I turned and used my leg to kick him down since he was sleeping at the edge of the bed.


    Thump, ¡°shit, what the hell was that¡± he yelled, ¡°you should sleep on the floor,¡± I don¡¯t want to share a bed with you dumb dumb. ¡°Did you just call me dumb dumb,¡± yep! I answered, he huffed, ¡°are you saying you don¡¯t know my name? he asked with his brows raised. Hmmm, I don¡¯t, wasn¡¯t really listening to the priest, what¡¯s your name? he didn¡¯t reply, just took the pillow and left the room while I kept yelling but he didn¡¯t reply. ¡°What the fuck is his name?¡±

 Chapter 33 IN FOR A SURPRISE

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    His rm went off at 5AM, ugh, he should have warned me that he set his time early, I needed to sleep since I didn¡¯t sleep a wink getting here, not that I wasn¡¯t used to waking up early but I was tired. I looked down and noticed he was still sleeping, ¡°dumb dumb,¡± I shook him but he didn¡¯t budge, so much for waking up early, ¡°dumb dumb¡± I shook him harder even going has far to p his face, he started to stir and slowly got up. you didn¡¯t need to p me that hard you know he grumbled turning the rm off.


    I made my way downstairs, my stomach grumbled, I was hungry and exhausted from theck of sleep, I made my way to the kitchen wishing I could just order pizza. I was toozy to make my own breakfast, I searched his kitchen cabs for coffee and made for myself. I made eggs and toast for myself, not caring to make one for him. I am sure he has someone that does that. I would not reduce myself to doing such again. I made a cup of coffee for myself, after a few minutes he came downstairs all dressed up with a shirt and gray pants, wasn¡¯t he going to his office.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Where is my own coffee?¡± I kept eating, not even bothering to answer him. He sighed, and went to make coffee for himself. I was surprised that he knew how to do something in the kitchen. Lucas hated going into the kitchen to make food, all he wanted was to be served. I thought all rich guys were spoiled brat, well not until I met Liam, Irene¡¯s brother, he knew how to do things that always surprises me.


    He leaned against the counter facing me and sigh, he began eating, not uttering a word to me. He didn¡¯t say anything for a few minutes, so I decided to speak first, ¡°so, what¡¯s your name?¡± Reyes he replied while chewing on his toast, ¡°ew swallow your food before you answer my questions.¡±


    Then, why don¡¯t you let me finish eating before you ask me your silly questions, he continued eating, ¡°when your food finish in the house who do you send to buy things, I want to be the one going to buy the stuff needed¡± don¡¯t bother, my fridge is always fully stocked and if you need to add anything that is not in the fridge, just write it down and Iris will get it for you. ¡°Who the hell is Iris?¡± I haven¡¯t seen anyone since I started eating.


    She is the house keeper, she does the cleaning and cooking and goes grocery shopping once a week. ¡°You might want to write that down so you won¡¯t forget¡± just like you forgot my name that was mentioned almost ten times at our wedding. Like I said ¡°I wasn¡¯t really listening to anyone dumb dumb and why the hell are you at home,¡± shouldn¡¯t you be in your office? Are you worried about me? He asked. As if I scoffed, he hummed to acknowledge what I had said and continued eating. ¡°I was given a day off by my father but don¡¯t worry,¡± I¡¯ll be leaving tonight, and just so you know, if you try to escape, you will be caught, I have eyes everywhere. You can go anywhere you want in the house but don¡¯t even think of leaving this building, he said coldly. ¡°what, why¡± I asked not even caring that he was trying to scare me with his cold tone, ¡°because I said so¡± I didn¡¯t say anything, no point in arguing with this dumb dumb, I already knew he was cod and arrogant but he tried to suppress it.


    He put his te on the sink when he saw I was washing mine, I quickly washed it, he said a quick bye but I didn¡¯t answer. After I was done, I wandered around therge house until I found the library. All the time I walked, I found a lot of things, the swimming pool, the little cinema room which had arge projector screen with only three theater chairs, I wondered who owns the other seat. I found the library, at least I won¡¯t be bored since he refused to give me a phone to contact my family, it¡¯s not like he asked for one but he should know I needed one.


    I sat on the floor, reading a book not noticing how long I was there, I looked out the window and it was pitch ck. Sometimes I saw security guards wandering around, I knew they were watching me, seeing if I would try and escape as if the cameras were not enough for them to notice me.


    I finished my dinner and washed the te before heading into our room, shit it our room now, why the hell did I say that, I wasn¡¯t expecting to see dumb dumb here, I mean he did say he was going to work tonight, so what his he doing here, I went to wake him up so he can sleep on the floor but I left him not wanting to bother him, I hope my son is okay, I thought about him until I fell asleep.


    As usual, his rm woke me up again, I tried to move but I noticed a man lying on top of me, ¡°dumb dumb¡± I shook him but he didn¡¯t move, I pinched him, he stir a little but made no movement to get up and he was fuckingying on top of me, I took a deep breath which was hard when you have a big cuddler on top of me, I yanked his hair making him to yell and fall down, well that was easy.


    ¡°What the hell was that?¡±  You were on top of me dumb dumb, I could have died you know, you nearly killed me. That shouldn¡¯t cause you to grab my hair like that you bitch¡± I raised my hand to p him but he held it and raised his to p me but I heard little footstepsing in ¡°daddy! they both yelled.¡± This isn¡¯t fucking happening again.

 Chapter 34 MORE KIDS

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    This is not happening, this cannot be happening again, I shook my head.


    ¡°Idiot!¡± Another came in and greeted him, he smiled and hugged her, I looked at the girl she looked around my age, maybe older, I looked behind her and noticed a couple standing there, thedy must be in her early fifties, she looks so beautiful, she smiled at me, making me realize Reyes has her hair and eye color while the rest was his father, his sharp jaw and cold look was all from him. Reyes picked his little babies up and kissed them causing them to giggle, he brought them down and move toward his parents, he hugged his mother giving her a lovely kiss on her cheek, I watched the scene awe.


    He shook his father hand not even muttering anything or smiling at him, they must have a bad rtionship, but he loved his sister and mother. I kept watching every move they made, not until his sister noticed me.


    ¡°Who the hell are you?¡± she asked boldly. She had a controlling voice like her brother, she stared at me demanding for answers before I could say anything Reyes did, ¡°Anna meet Arya, my wife and Arya meet my sister Anna¡± son, are you forgetting us, she hit his head saying ¡°introduce us¡± right, my lovely mother Patricia, father Sergio and my beautiful daughters Amelia and Aurora, he tickled them, making them giggle again. I smiled at them but a gasp left Anna¡¯s mouth and she took a step back like she was shocked. My smile fades away because of her reaction.


    ¡°Is she the one?¡± she asked in disbelief, her face wasn¡¯t looking pleased, ¡°you said her name was Vivian and have seen her pictures, they might look alike but this is definitely not Vivian¡± yeah rub it in my face that I have small breast, I rolled my eyes. He raised his eyebrows and shrugged ¡°Vivian ran away¡± he finally answered her.


    ¡°Who is this? An imposter?¡± bitch please I murmured to myself. ¡°I can¡¯t believe you choose to marry her when there are so many girls out there that would die to be with you¡± she said swinging her hand in the air dramatically.


    She stared me down and I returned the staring scoffing at her ¡°like I wanted to marry him¡± I muttered thinking about why am even married to him, yes, to protect my son. ¡°Anna, she¡¯s one of his daughter¡± well, have never met her before, she looks so old and fat and ugh,¡± look who is calling who old, ¡°you look like you have three children, look at your breast it looks so saggy and don¡¯t get me started on your make-up, you look like a goat and you¡¯re fucking skinny, I can see your bone from here,¡± I replied her not caring if his parents was here, I refused to be shamed by someone like her, it has happened before, I won¡¯t let it happen again.


    She was shocked when I belittled her ¡°Daddy, is she, our mother? One of the twins asked¡± ¡°Yes¡± he grunted out, she was so happy on the news, she stared at her twins who was happy as well. ¡°You can¡¯t speak to me like that, Reyes why are not saying anything, this, this thing just insulted your elder sister, I want her out of here.¡±


    Am surprise you are the eldest, you behave like a child I said back at her, we red at each other not until I heard another male voice.


    ¡°Is she here? Can we see her? The boy said, I could tell he was excited, I moved to see who else was at the door.


    ¡°Manuel, Enzo, Carter what are you guys doing here?¡± Reyes asked smiling a little, they did their bro hand shake before hugging each other and kept talking, two out of the three guys looked like Reyes, must be his brother, won¡¯t be surprised if they were twins, they had different hair color, one had his mother red hair while the other had his father¡¯s ck hair, same with the eye, one had ck while the other had blue if you looked at them well, you¡¯ll know they are twins.


    Same goes to Reyes twins they had different eye color one had blue while the other has green which am sure she got from whoever was there mother but they did have Reyes red hair, ¡°Arya meet my brothers Manuel and Enzo, and my best friend Carter¡± I waved a them, they waved back, giving me a warm smile, they all seem to have a good rtionship. I noticed Carter staring at Anna, he was a little red, oh, a crush, reminds me of Tobias and Ba, I wonder how they are? Did they get married? How¡¯s Isa? I shook the thought out not wanting to get sad in the presence of my guest.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    ¡°let go to the living room and talk¡± his father finally grumbled leaving first, his wife following after, his sister followed not before ring at me while I muttered bitch to her making sure she heard me, his brothers chuckled following after them with Carter and the twins, I was left with Reyes who muttered ¡°behave¡± he held my shoulders stopping me from walking out ¡°listen to me, I don¡¯t care how you speak to me but when you¡¯re in the presence of my family especially my father you need to watch how you speak, don¡¯t do something stupid,¡± he says, his voice, dangerously low, a chill ran down my spine. ¡°Dumb-dumb,¡± I mumbled as I stormed past him heading downstairs to where everyone was waiting, he followed behind.


    ¡°You are so beautiful, Reyes¡¯s motherplemented when I stepped down, ¡°thank you ma¡¯am¡± I muttered, blushing a little, I looked at Anna with a mocking re she clenched her jaw, huffed, crossing her arms around her small chest, she stood up to leave but her father stopped her ¡°sit down¡± he says she stomped her foot and sat down.


    He clears his throat ¡°wee to the family Silvia¡± I nodded ¡°thank you sir¡± I answered. Such a respectable girl sheughed a little, ¡°please dear call me Patricia, no need for the formality, after all you¡¯re my daughter inw¡± she smiled at me and I nodded ¡°not I wished to¡± I mumbled hoping no one heard me. ¡°Have you had sex?¡± his father asked making me choke on the water I was drinking, I coughed while his mother hit my back a little, ¡°excuse me¡± I said after I stopped coughing, ¡°dad! There are children here¡±


    ¡°So, have you had sex yet?¡± he didn¡¯t care at all about the children listening to our conversation, ¡°we haven¡¯t¡± Reyes answered for the both of us, ¡°why not? You know it part of the deal she needs to have a child with you for this deal to actually work¡± his father grunted his words out like he was forced to say everything that came out of his mouth, ¡°father, I don¡¯t think there is need for a child¡± he says back, I don¡¯t care what you think boy, you listen to me and listen carefully, you need to put a child into her womb right now!¡± if I refuse what would you do?

 Chapter 35 BONDING

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    ¡°She needs to have your baby.¡± If I refuse, what would you do? Reyes res at his father, I was actually disgusted by their agreement but I said nothing, ¡°don¡¯t test me boy,¡± his father stood up pointing at him. Can we do thister Sergio, I haven¡¯t seen my son in weeks and you want to take him away from me am sure his children also miss their father and want to spend some time with him, right kids? Yes, grandma they responded together.


    ¡°Daddy, am hungry,¡± Aurora said in a cute voice with a pout, ¡°oh no, we all know what she wants when she does that¡± Enzo says, chuckling ¡°look away Reyes¡± Manuel muttered, everyone avoided looking at her, even her grandparents and Reyes got scared and look away, what could she want that they can¡¯t give her, she huffed and moved to me but not before whispering to her sister, they both nodded.


    ¡°Mum, am hungry¡± I looked around to see who they were talking to you, oh it me.


    ¡°What do you want to eat?¡±


    ¡°Oh boy,¡± Enzo says, ¡°we want cake!¡± they both demanded showing me their puppy eyes. ¡°Uhm, no! how about I make you cereal¡± they shook their head. ¡°We want cake!¡± they demanded, this time showing me fake tears running down their face, sorry kids, but I¡¯ll never fall for that, my son has done way worse than you girls. They looked cute though, but so demanding like their father, I think it their family thing, they like demanding and ordering someone, his sister has done it, so has their father and mother, I think the whole family just does that.


    I tried my best not to smile orugh at them, ¡°how about you eat the cereal and we will make the cake together¡± I proposed they looked at me ¡°really! You mean it?¡± they said at the same time, still looking at me, I nodded at them smiling. ¡°Finish your cereal, then we¡¯ll get started¡± I pointed towards the te of already made cereal, that was fast, I didn¡¯t even notice the maid had made it. They nodded eagerly and started eating. ¡°This is wonderful, no one has been able to do that¡± I saw Enzo putting down his phone, he must have been taking a picture of us while Manuel was recording the ordeal, the kids kept eating not wanting to be bothered by anyone. ¡°Done!¡± they said again, ¡°well that was quick¡± Enzo says chuckling. Alright let go make the cake. ¡°I want a big cake¡± Amelia says, alright let¡¯s just get to work, ¡°what should I do?¡± Amelia asked, get a bowl and crack the egg, ¡°what about me?¡± Aurora asked, ¡°hmmm, why don¡¯t you choose the vor you want us to use.


    We finished with the baking and am so proud of how beautiful the cake was, now it must be demolished, I took out our fork and we dug in, what I do love cake as well, we didn¡¯t bother to call the rest or even use te.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Guys, you can¡¯t just eat it all¡± Manuel whined, ¡°watch us¡± I say going back to eating it, we kept giggling, Manuel, Carter and Enzo joined us, ¡°ugh, you guys eat like pigs¡± Anna announced herself gagging at the sight, ¡°just get out of here bitch¡± I muttered, she nced at everyone and stomped her feet on the floor when no one said anything, then went somewhere upstairs.


    As she left her mother came in, ¡°you didn¡¯t keep mine?¡± everyone stopped eating, the atmosphere became tensed, ¡°we did!¡± I, Aurora and Amelia said at once, she looked happy when we handed the cake over to her, we reserved this specially for her, her husband came in to take a bit but she hit his hand ¡°you and your son don¡¯t like cake¡± so don¡¯t think I¡¯ll share mine with you.


    ¡°Who said we don¡¯t like cake?¡± her husband pouted, ¡°you do?¡± the nods, ¡°I made you cake, but you say you didn¡¯t like them, even you,¡± she pointed at her children that was busy savoring the delicious cake I made, ¡°grandma, they said your cake tasted bad, that you didn¡¯t know how to bake¡± Aurora answered for them while still eating but stopped when she understood she made a mistake, ¡°oopsie¡± she giggled, ¡°grandpa said not to tell that we don¡¯t like her cake¡± Amelia says hitting her sister on her shoulder, Patricia red at her husband.


    ¡°What else did he tell you to do?¡± she asked the twins who was saying all the secrets, ¡°he told us to pretend to eat the cake, then he will change it for us when grandma wasn¡¯t looking¡± Aurora says, and they both giggled. ¡°Is this true?¡± she asked them, ¡°no mother, the kids are lying¡± Manuel answered, getting nervous, ¡°my children don¡¯t lie¡± Reyes said pping his brother on the back of his head, ¡°is my cake really that bad?¡± she asked Anna who just stepped into the kitchen, ¡°mom, your cake is awful¡± Anna! They all yelled, ¡°what! She needs to know the truth, the truth that baking is not her calling, she should stick to cooking¡± her mother red at her children and husband, ¡°I think this is when you run¡± Carter yelled at them, already running out of the building, everyone did the same while she chased after them, the twins looked around and shrugged their shoulders and kept eating, I joined them while the whole family kept screaming while getting beaten by their mother/wife.


    ~few Hours Later~


    ¡°I don¡¯t like your sister,¡± ¡°step sister¡± I grunted out, he sighs. I¡¯m only doing this because my parents wanted me to marry from your family, they don¡¯t care who it was, as long as it¡¯s someone from the family. This is just an arrangement, nothing emotional, maybe sexual since we are told to procreate, and don¡¯t get it twisted little girl, you mean nothing to me. Did he just call me little, well listen here old man, shush, don¡¯t talk back at your elders, he snarled as he stalked towards where I was standing, I didn¡¯t move from my spot, he thinks he can scare me off with his height that towers over me making me feel small, scoffs, have killed people taller than him *coughs* I mean just two out of the three people was tall and huge, doesn¡¯t matter.


    Without noticing, he grabbed my neck and squeezed it tight, I didn¡¯t flinch, he squeezed a little harder making me pale up, I heard the door opening, ¡°daddy, what are you doing?¡± he quickly removed his hand, ¡°nothing honey¡± he replied with a smile on his face like he wasn¡¯t just trying to kill me, the little girl looked towards me and I gave her a littleforting smile, ¡°daddy, can you read to us, we can¡¯t fall asleep¡± he moved towards her, holding her hand and leading her to her room, I let out a sigh and my body rxed, immediately he left the room, I looked at my neck in the mirror, and sigh, if his daughter hadn¡¯t have walked in, the fool would have squeezed my neck until I passed out, or I might even had died, I need to thank the little girl for saving me, she came at the right time.

 Chapter 36 ANOTHER ONE

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    I mmed the door shut, and locked it, I walked towards the bed and fell back against it, I couldn¡¯t sleep, I thought about my son, Isa, how are they doing right now, I miss them, now am a mother to these beautiful children while their father is so, I don¡¯t even know what to say about him, one minutes, he¡¯s calm and sweet then the next minute he behaves like a girl on her period


    ~The Next Day~


    ¡°I need to speak with my father.¡± ¡°NO!¡± he said roughly, sitting across me in his office, what is it about all these rich dudes with an office in their house, Lucas had one, so does Liam, now Reyes does as well.


    ¡°Why can¡¯t I see my father¡± I said the father part with disgust, ¡°I refuse to let you leave¡± he said tly.


    ¡°I refuse to let you leave,¡± I mimicked him, you sound pathetic, I scoffed, ¡°you don¡¯t actually think I¡¯ll listen to you just because you said so¡±Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    ¡°What is so important that you want to say to him¡± he asked, annoyance clear in his face. ¡°I want to speak to him; I don¡¯t have to answer to you¡± I hissed out.


    ¡°Well, you¡¯re not going¡± he smirked and leaned back in his seat, ¡°you can speak to him with my phone, he says bringing out his phone from his pocket waiting for me to ask for permission to take it. *Clears throat* ¡°what is going on here, what¡¯s the yelling all about¡± his father said as he walked into his son¡¯s office, heposed himself immediately, I used that opportunity to take the phone out his hand, and red at him, ¡°am I interrupting?¡± he watched as we red at each other ¡°No,¡± I replied, I red at him again before leaving his office.


    I hate being around his father, fucking rude and an asshole like his son, I don¡¯t need that in my messed-up life. There are securities everywhere, I have been here for like three days and am fucking bored and tired, I miss everyone back home, I have no one to talk to here, am tired of arguing with Reyes, it useless to argue with him anyway, since he thinks he can justmand me and I¡¯ll do as he says. I know his parents will leave today, and his sister is fucking annoying, I don¡¯t get why she hates me. Lucas¡¯s sister loved me but his mother is a total bitch while Reyes¡¯s sister hates me but his mother adores me, I can¡¯t really say anything about his father, he¡¯s just neutral, I don¡¯t think he hates or like me, he just sees me as a prize. I haven¡¯t really spoken to his children after I made breakfast for them yesterday, I haven¡¯t seen them much, maybe they don¡¯t usuallye out or they¡¯re shy, they don¡¯t look like shy kids to me.


    I spoke to my father and he told me, well more like threatened me to have sex with Reyes or he would kill my son.  That the only thing the asshole knows how to do, threaten, if only I could get to him, I would have killed him but he is heavily guarded, I won¡¯t get out of there alive, if I didn¡¯t have any child I would rather do the mission but need to think about my children, I don¡¯t want them to be motherless just because I want to kill my father to save them, I know I¡¯ll seed in it but I need to be patience and wait for the right time.


    **********


    So, your parents and my father are using each other and we are pawns to them, he nods My father hated the fact that we didn¡¯t consummate our marriage, they want us to have kids which would bind the family forever. I spoke to my father yesterday and he want me to go ahead with it. How do we start, I looked at him, ¡°don¡¯t look at me, it been a while have had sex¡± you look like someone that sleeps around every week¡± for your information, thest person I slept with was the twin¡¯s mother, he huffed crossing his arms. Okay, we should just get this over with.


    Well, since we are getting to know each other, there is something you need to know before we go further. Sure, I try to smilefortingly at her but she doesn¡¯t smile back. You don¡¯t need to use one when we are doing it, I said pointing at the condom he was holding. ¡°What do you mean?¡± he muttered confused, ¡°I can¡¯t have a child with you.¡± ¡°What? How? Why?¡± It um¡­ She sniffles and wipes tears, ¡°after I had Angelo, the doctor told me I won¡¯t be able to have another baby.¡± You have a son,¡± he whispered yell, ¡°you didn¡¯t know?¡± of course I didn¡¯t, have not actually checked your background, I am so sorry.¡± He apologized like it was his fault, ¡°Look, that doesn¡¯t matter to me, we have two beautiful children already, doctors are not God who gives children, so it doesn¡¯t matter to me alright.¡± See he sometimes act so gentle and sweet, thenter turns cold. I nod.


    In that moment, he leaned down and kissed my neck with light kisses, I moaned a little and he kept kissing over my skin, down to my shoulders, my moans grew louder as I pushed my body against him, until my butt was rubbing against him, I felt the girth of his hard cock, he groaned ¡°look how hard you made me¡± his voice dripping with lust making me shudder. He kissed my earlobe ¡°fuck! Yes¡± he cupped my breast underneath my bra, I gasped and he continued kissing the back of my neck. ¡±I¡¯m going to touch every inch of you¡± he moved his hands under my bra and massaged my boobs, pinching my nipples, making me whimper with needs.


    He turned my face to him so he could capture my lips with his, he tilted my head to the side and lightly bit on my neck before sucking, knowing fully well he will give me a hickey but I didn¡¯t care, I trembled, he continued to grope my breasts, my bra had been long gone, I don¡¯t know how he did that but he wrapped his lips on my nipples, I grinned against him enjoying the position we were in, I continued to grind on him, he moved his hand down over my stomach, in between my legs and rubbed it with his finger, I groaned and threw my head back, spreading my legs wider for him, I was so wet, he kept rubbing on my clit, dipping a finger inside me, earning a gasp, ¡°keep going!¡± I said rolling my hips forcing his fingers further inside.


    Quickly, he pushed me unto the bed and tore down the nightgown I was wearing, he dived in and sucked my breast, he lifted my legs up, allowing him to pull my pants down my legs and tossed them away, his tongue quicklyshed on my sensitive bud, I cried out begging for more, ¡°more! More,¡± I begged in a raspy voice, he did, pushing his tongue in and moving as fast as he could, I felt my legs weaken before I came, squirting on his face. Iy back and grabbed his cock and guided him into me, we moaned against each other as his cock stroked my entrance, feeling how wet and hot we both were.


    I hissed as he thrust inside of me, I was so wet that there was no trouble at all fitting in, I threw my head back when he started pumping in, I moaned and wrapped my legs around his waist, he started increasing his speed with every thrust. The sound of skins pping together echoed, the headboard banged against the wall, thank goodness the kids weren¡¯t home, I screamed in pleasure, our bodies glistened in sweat, I felt my walls tighten around his cock, he didn¡¯t stop he grunted between thrusts and moans, I cum heavily, knowing he hadn¡¯t cum yet I guided his cock into my mouth, wrapping my lips around his shaft and sucking it. I bobbed my head faster, ¡°fuck Silvia, ah, yes¡­¡± he couldn¡¯t form a sentence.


    He ced his hand on the back of my head and begin thrusting his hips, filling the room with slick slurping noises from gagging. He thrust harder and I knew his climax wasing, he tried to move his penis put of my mouth but I wouldn¡¯t let him, he got the idea that I want him toe inside my mouth which he did, he came down my throat, I kept sucking everyst drop of it looking like a slut in need.


    Once I let him go, he smiled at me and kissed me, I sighed in relief. Then I heard a noiseing from behind. I was shocked beyondprehension, ¡°daddy?¡± the teenage girl shrieked.

 Chapter 37 SUSPENDED

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    ¡°Daddy?¡± Aubrey! What are you doing here, I thought you weren¡¯t due toe home until next week, we struggled to put our clothes on but the girl had already left, I hit the back of his head, ¡°what the hell Silvia¡± I re at him, ¡°you have a teenage daughter? Why didn¡¯t you tell me? Oh my gosh, she saw us naked, I went pale just thinking what the girl must be thinking about me.


    ¡°I¡¯ll go speak to her¡± he says ¡°aming with you¡± I replied not even waiting for him, I wore my clothes and followed him.


    ¡°Hey honey,¡± I didn¡¯t know you¡¯ll be back today; she took out the earpiece when she saw her father and I inside her room, I looked at her face but she didn¡¯t look angry she just looked a little pale. *Clears throat, ¡°can we talk about what you saw? You know, what happened¡± Reyes tries to form a word but he was blushing and shy knowing his daughter saw us naked.


    ¡°Dad, I don¡¯t want to talk about it, I don¡¯t even want to remember what I saw¡± she shivered whispering, ¡°it was disgusting¡± she finalized. ¡°Is this my new mother then?¡± she asked her father, ¡°who told you?¡± he says surprised, ¡°the twins told me¡± She told her father, ¡°Are you mad that am married?¡± he asked getting worried making me also worried, ¡°what! No, am excited to have a mother, now I can rub it in that annoying bitch face,¡± she smiles alreadying up with a n in her head, her face looking dangerous like her father, whosoever offended her in that school, I feel pity for them, I shook my head, ¡°it nice to finally meet you, although your father didn¡¯t tell me he has a teenage daughter¡¯ I brought my hand out to shake her, I didn¡¯t know what to do, maybe to hug her or something, so I agreed on shaking her hand but she surprised me by hugging me squealing with excitement, ¡°I finally have a mother, I can¡¯t wait to tell you every embarrassing things about my dad and the twins,¡± she released me and pulled me to the living room while her father grumbled, ¡°don¡¯t you dare say anything stupid¡± he mumbled feeling embarrassed.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


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    Aubrey POV


    ¡°Why are you home this early? You¡¯re supposed to still be in school, you have two more weeks before you came back home. What did you do Aubrey?¡± he asked. ¡°i got into trouble and was sent home¡± I answered looking at my shoes.


    ¡°Where you expelled or suspended?¡± he asked out of curiosity. ¡°No, does it matter?¡± of course it matters, I want to know what my daughter did this time to make the principal suspend you, they almost expelled you, ¡°what did you do?¡± he asked again making me nervous.


    ¡°I may or may not have burned someone¡¯s hair,¡± Silvia gasp.


    ¡°Who? Is it that girl that paste gum all over your locker?¡± my dad asked.


    ¡°How did you know?¡± nobody knew about that I whispered thest part to myself. He smirked, ¡°i know everything that goes on in that school,¡± this is yourst year in high school, I thought all this shit would have stopped between you guys, I wish you try to at least be friends with her, she looks like a girl, one which you probably need.


    ¡°I do have friends dad¡± ¡°really, name one?¡± I tried thinking of a name but I can¡¯t, I do have friends in school but I don¡¯t know their names, we call each other by ourst name, sometimes, I just give them a nickname and everyone calls them that in school. ¡°it good to have you back honey and I hope you¡¯ll use this holiday to think about your future for once.¡± he kissed my head leaving me with Silvia, it was awkward for a few minutes, knowing she was new at this, I changed the topic, ¡°oh, look, let go see what my sisters are doing,¡± I didn¡¯t want her to scold me, since I know she was going to, I wanted to spend today with her, having fun and getting to know one another, but I already liked her.


    I looked toward the window and it was raining, I left them in thewn to go rx inside, I shake my head at their childish actions. I walked towards the window and watched as both the twins and Silvia yed under the rain,ughing loudly, I giggled when Silvia fell down. ¡°Come inside guys, you¡¯ll catch a cold¡± I said to the twins who stopped moving on hearing my voice. They huffed at first and then looked at Silvia who nodded at them to do what I say. Since when did they start listening to Silvia, they never listen to my father, unless he uses his authoritative voice on them. ¡°Change into a warm cloth before daddyes back,¡±


    ¡°Okay Aubrey¡± they both said walking past me into the house. I stared at Silvia who was drenched from head to toe, she looks so beautiful, she had no make-up on. ¡°you¡¯ll catch a cold,e in and change into something warm.¡± I said to her.


    ¡°Okay Aubrey,¡± she mimicked the twins voice making me smile as she walked pass me.


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    I stood by the pan watching Silvia fry eggs for lunch, the twins requested for it and they even made their cute baby face Silvia couldn¡¯t say no to that. She ced the te of egg and bacon down, ¡°food is ready,e to the kitchen¡± she said to the twins who were giggling and watching something on theirptop, usually the twins ate anywhere they wanted to, be it their room, sitting room, and when dad yells at them to go eat in the dinning, they get angry and refuse to eat.


    Today for some reason they didn¡¯t argue with Silvia they immediately stood up and went to the kitchen, taking a seat in front of Silvia. They started eating, I kept watching them, the twins are always picky when ites to food. ¡°won¡¯t you eat as well?¡± Silvia asked me when I kept pushing the food around and taking small bites, ¡°is it not to your liking?¡¯ she asked getting worried, ¡°no, it good¡± I assured her, what was she doing to the twins, I thought they would behave bratty towards her even though they told me they liked her, I knew it would notst but seeing her now and her interaction with the kids makes me wonder if she¡¯ll be here longer than the others.

 Chapter 38 WORK PLACE

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    It has been a month since I got married to Reyes and I must say I love his children, they are wonderful kids, makes me happy, I wonder how Isa would look like every time I stare at Aubrey and the twins reminds me of my little boy, they were so cute pranked Aubrey a lot, they would definitely get along with Angelo. Ever since my first night with Reyes, I noticed he never stays at home for long, it like my life was in repeat all over again, Reyes is a workaholic just like Lucas, put those two in the same room and you¡¯ll think they are brothers. I only know for a fact that Reyes is an abusive and possesive person, although he tries to hide his anger but I have always had a kin eye to see beyond and I know there is more to Reyes that nobody is saying.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°Alright, enough with the movie, time to sleep,¡± I said and asked Aubrey to the television causing them to groan and pout a little, I kissed their forehead, ¡°goodnight mama,¡± they whispered as they went upstairs, ¡°goodnight dear,¡± I said. I turned off all the light, with quiet steps, I made my way to the kitchen to make coffee, I was exhausted. I made two cups of coffee and made my way to his room knowing he will be awake and working on hisputer. When I opened the door, I found him lying on the bed, he looked exhausted. ¡°I made you coffee,¡± I passed him the cup, I noticed his hair was ruffled and there were dark circles around his eyes. He took the coffee from me and stood to leave, it has been like this since we had sex, we haven¡¯t been in a room together for two minutes, he sleeps in another room, it was awkward and we haven¡¯t spoken about the night. He picked his pillow and nket.


    ¡°Reyes,¡± I whispered, he raised his head.


    ¡°You can sleep on the bed with me.¡± he sighed, contemting on what to do, I rolled my eyes and get on the bed. After a few minutes, he stood up and climb onto the bed.


    ¡°How was work?¡± I asked in a stupid attempt to break the awkward tension between us. ¡°Exhausting,¡± he said, as it was clear from his tired face and voice. ¡°How was your day?¡± he asked.


    ¡°Fun,¡± I said. His eyes travelled on my body, I pulled the nket closer knowing I was only wearing a sweatshirt and nothing under it.


    ¡°Can I ask you something?¡± he asked. ¡°Sure,¡± I said and sit up. ¡°Do you regret what happened between us?¡± he asked and my eyes widened. My gaze immediately darted to him and he was staring at me waiting for an answer. ¡°Maybe,¡± I replied not sure on what to tell him, I mean it was not something that we wanted to happen but when it did, I liked it, so I don¡¯t know if I regret having sex with him.


    ¡°Okay,¡± he shrugged and looked down, ¡°do you have a boyfriend?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± I said. I had no time for dating and why does he want to know, I thought he already knows everything about me.


    ¡°Are you saying you¡¯ve never been in a serious rtionship?¡± he asked, sounding surprised.


    ¡°Well, it wasn¡¯t that serious.¡± I muttered in a weak voice. What happened between I and Lucas shouldn¡¯t be considered serious right?


    His eyes fully focused on my face, I looked away. ¡°Tell me Silvia, am I your first?¡± I scoff his he stupid or something, just because I wasn¡¯t getting some actions for years doesn¡¯t mean am a virgin. ¡°No, I have had sex¡± my answer amused him.


    ¡°That would exin a lot,¡± he muttered and a corner of his lips lifted upwards.


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± I asked. ¡°you¡¯ve only had sex with one person and if am right that was a long time ago,¡± he said while smirking. I couldn¡¯t bring myself to look at him knowing he was right, I felt embarrassed, ¡°so what?¡± I huffed angrily andy down on the bed, covering the nket over my head. I hear him chuckle.


    The next day, he went back to avoiding me, he left early without having breakfast, the driver dropped the twins at school and Aubrey suggested I made something for her father saying he won¡¯t eat anything, all he thinks about his work. ¡°Aubrey¡± I yelled out calling for her toe down, I went back to the kitchen and packed his food into the lunch box, I went to her and extended the box for her to take, ¡°please take this to your father,¡± she took it from my hand and dragged me by her other hand, ¡°why don¡¯t we take it to him.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t think it a good idea, you go alone,¡± I said worrying of his reaction since I wasn¡¯t supposed to leave his mansion. He would definitely not like me leaving the house and worst,ing to his office. I pulled my hand away from her, she held me back, e on, are you scared of my dad, she teased me. I scoff ¡°as if¡± I mumble out. ¡°Are you not tired of staying inside?¡±


    True, this way I can find out what is going on and how to get back to my family. I look at her wanting to refuse the offer, ¡°please,¡± she pouted. ¡°Alright,¡± I agreed.


    Have never been to Reyes office before, I wonder what it looks like, what does he even do? Maybe he sells humans but that would be an underground business. We got in and everyone was staring at me wondering who I was some greeted Aubrey, since they knew her as the boss¡¯s daughter, whatever he does here looks genuine and legal, I wonder what his reaction would be.


    ¡°Come,¡± she led me to this private elevator that says ¡°for boss only,¡± but Aubrey entered and no one tried to stop her. We got to the Reyes part of the building and everyone was giving me curious looks and I had no idea why, ¡°Ma¡¯am, boss said not to disturb-¡±


    ¡°Am his daughter, and your future boss. Now go away¡± she red at the young girl who looked like she was going to cry any minute now. ¡°Please don¡¯t go inside,¡± she warned us but Aubrey wasn¡¯t having it, ¡°didn¡¯t you hear?¡± she scolded and she immediately moved back.


    She held my wrist and led me inside Reyes office, who was busy doing something I would never expect. ¡°Dad!¡± Aubrey yelled out.

 Chapter 39 BAD IDEA

    ARYA/SILVIA POV


    ¡°Dad!¡± Aubrey yelled out, he was fucking ady, looking at her clothing on the floor, definitely is an employee of thepany, I didn¡¯t take my eyes off him, he struggled to pull his clothes on. How could he do this in his office? After thedy left, he red at his daughter, ¡°what are you doing here?¡± he asked her.


    ¡°We came to see you, clearly you were busy fucking some random whore when you have a beautiful woman at home to do that with. ¡°Mind the way you speak to me youngdy,¡± he pointed at her.


    ¡°What would you do? Torture me the same way you did to my mom,¡± she answered back. Smack! She held her cheek, while I gasp, not believing he couldy his hand on his daughter. ¡°Do not speak to me with that tone, and whatever I did to your mother, she deserved it,¡± he replied. She stared him down, ¡°she didn¡¯t deserve to be killed¡± she whispered thest word to herself, like she didn¡¯t want me to hear it but I did.


    I have a bad feeling about this family, something is definitely happening or had happened that I know nothing about, I had asked the twins about their mom, they both told me she died in a car ident but clearly there is more to it that I don¡¯t know of and they looked so perfect and happy but at times I can see the tension between Aubrey and her father, like she knew his secrets and he looks at her with this eyes that says shut up or I¡¯ll kill you.


    I refuse to believe he will kill his own daughter, he can¡¯t do such to her, I shrugged the negative thought and stared at both father and daughter ring at each other, giving up, Aubrey walked out of his office, while he sat down.


    ¡°What are you doing here, who let you out?¡± he asked me clearly not happy to see me, what was I expecting. ¡°Just came to drop this¡± I ced the food on his desk. ¡°what¡¯s inside?¡± he asked stupidly. ¡°food¡± I answered him. He rolled his eyes, ¡°you know, you¡¯re just my wife on paper, you don¡¯t need to do all this.¡± Ouch that hurt a lot, ¡°I know,¡± I answered back. ¡°Why did you p your daughter?¡± I asked. ¡°don¡¯t put your mouth where it does not concern you Silvia,¡± he answered.


    ¡°She is your daughter, no father in their right sense of mind wouldy a hand on their children.¡± I yelled, frustrated by his attitude. ¡°don¡¯t yell at me!¡± Reyes hisses. I feel anger building up inside me. How can he hit his own daughter like that? ¡°What would you do?¡± Iughed. ¡°Just get out of here,¡± he said walking back to his seat but I pulled him back. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare touch me,¡± he shouted before his hand hits my check. I stared at him with a shock look. ¡°you¡¯re nothing but a whore who your father sold to me and I can do anything I want to you,¡± he walks away and continued typing on hisptop. I turned around and a tear drop fell down my cheek, I quickly wiped it off and walked away.


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    We said nothing to each other since that day, he tried to start a conversation with me which I refused to answer and I get pped for refusing to answer him. He has been getting mad at me for no reason, sometimes he wille home and hit me with his belt while the kids were sleeping, not that they would hear anything since the room is soundproof. I tried fighting back showing I wasn¡¯t a week girl he could torture for fun. little did I know that he had other ns for me.


    I made my way to bed, it was quitete and Reyes wasn¡¯t home not that I was expecting him to be at home, he has been spending his night whoring and drinking but I didn¡¯t care, my focus was on the kids and how to get them out of here. I am there mother on paper, my name was written there. I met with Mateo after leaving Reyes office that day, I couldn¡¯t find Aubrey, I knew she wanted to be alone so I used the phone Aubrey gave to me to call him, he met me and told me some interesting things about Reyes which I find so hard to believe.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    I couldn¡¯t call my family back home, I didn¡¯t want them to be a target, I needed a way out, but I couldn¡¯t just leave this kids with their father, have seen some bruises on them, even though they tried to deny it, I could see it in their eyes how much they wanted to leave this ce and how hurt they were feeling. I wondered if Reyes parents knew nothing about their son¡¯s behavior, I think they don¡¯t, Reyes hides his evil side so much that you would think he was possessed when ites to y. He looked so sweet and cute even though he tried to look tough, he had a cute face but down those cute and beautiful smile was this monster waiting to be let out.


    I covered myself with the nket, my eyes closed immediately Iyfortable on my bed, until I felt someone slip on the other side of the bed. Suddenly, I felt his arm slowly wrapped around my waist, I tried to move his arms away, but he held me tightly and began kissing my neck, biting my neck which hurt a lot, I wasn¡¯t turned on, I was scared. I roughly pushed his arms away when he was getting lost sucking my neck. ¡°Don¡¯t touch me!¡± I said without looking at him.


    ¡°I have missed touching you,¡± Reyes said biting my ear.


    ¡°Stop, we can¡¯t have sex.¡± I am tired and I don¡¯t want to be touched by him again after what he has been doing to me and his children, I refuse to have sex with a monster that has been whoring around, God knows the kind of disease he would have gotten from those whore he sleeps with. He kept kissing my neck and groping my breast, ¡°I said stop.¡± I yelled.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you want to have sex with me? Am your husband and you should give me what I want, I own you,¡± he said getting furious. He¡¯s getting angry again, I need to do something, I can protect myself but I won¡¯t be able to protect the kids if he doesn¡¯t get what he wants from me.

 Chapter 40 SUMMER

    Thest few days I have been more like living, not that I could focus or feel anything. I was more like a walking corpse, seeing while I walked but not taking cognizance of things around me.


    Sometimes I walked down the road, totally forgetting I could easily be hit by cars flitting by until a shitty driver would honk fiercely and threw some invective at me. I am just a shadow of myself.


    True to her words, Irene has been supportive the best she can. She held my hands at day and cuddled me to sleep at night. She helped me get awyer to file the divorce papers and helped me to avoid the asshole, Reyes.


    Of course, he did try to get to me through my father. All the same, I avoided their both calls. They can both go fuck themselves. None of them actually feel anything for me. To them, I was a means to an end. So now that I am learning to stand up for myself, I have be a bad person.


    Eventually, when I have gotten back to my feet after the divorce, life went back to normal. I avoided anything that would make me find myself in the samene with my father and I have been working hard to get a job. Yeah, like a real job. Not the one I get to y nannies to arrogant selfish fathers, or fucken housewife to deceitful baggageful husband with icing of sex on top of it every night.


    ¡°Hey, you have been looking at that coffee for thest ten minutes, what¡¯s the deal?¡± Irene slid into the next seat close to me at the kitchen in her house. I have been staying here for sometime now. To clear my head. I n on getting my own ce soon when I have umted enough sries.


    I bobbed my shoulder, circling my hand on the coffee cup more like a warmer. ¡°I am¡­ good!¡± I smiled sheepishly.


    ¡°I guess so¡­¡± She peered at herptop, pushing out her lower lips as if deciding on something on the screen. After a second she flipped theptop screen toward me. ¡°Look at that,¡± I sneaked an amazing emerald ball gown on the screen. ¡°I¡¯m trying to decide if it would fit for the event this evening. I wouldn¡¯t want to look anything¡­ More like a wallflower. What do you think?¡±


    She shed me her beautiful summer eyes that always get to me. I beamed at her. ¡°You know you will look exquisite in just anything, Irene¡­¡± She rolled her eyes eliciting a snicker from me, ¡°I¡¯m serious! People like you don¡¯t need to put in the extra work. I think that¡¯s for people like us,¡± I fondled with my fingers.


    ¡°Oh, just shut up and answer the damn question!¡± She pried.


    ¡°Fine¡­ It¡¯s gorgeous!¡± I told her wholeheartedly. The gown is elegant and would fit the party in mind. ording to her, a business tycoon she met at a friend¡¯s party, had liked her and invited her to this party for thevidas in the society. I am delighted for her.


    ¡°So, now that we have what I will wear¡­¡± She flicked through theptop, and then her eyes lit up, ¡°I think this would suit!¡± She nudged it to me.


    ¡°Fit for what?¡± I asked, my eyes giving away the warmth towards the gown in question. It was a velvety sequin gown with shiny frills. Very beautiful indeed but would cost a fortune. Maybe I would have considered it while with Lucas or Reyes. But now, I will have to get paid probably five times to afford it.


    ¡°Fit for you, dear friend.¡±


    I snapped my face to her. ¡°Stop messing with me, Irene. You know I can¡¯t go. I love the gown but you know¡­¡± my eyes fell to my hands.


    She giggled. ¡°I love it when you want something but always try to mask it.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not masking anything. I can¡¯t go.¡±


    ¡°Well, you are¡­ This is an opportunity for us. Why do you think I did everything possible to secure our invite?¡±


    ¡°You didn¡¯t tell me I was included.¡±


    ¡°Well, thest time I checked, you are single and ready to mingle¡­¡± she sang, throwing her arm in the air.


    ¡°I am not ready to mingle, Irene. I just suffered¨C¡±


    ¡°A divorce?¡± She bucked her shoulder quizzically. ¡°Look, you are going through shit because of what those douchebags did to you, but think of it this way¡­ What if they weren¡¯t meant to be your happy ever after? Yeah, what if you needed to break up with them to reach him, huh?¡± Her arms were syed out and I more than anyone knows better than to engage in an argument with her now. ¡°So you see, you deserve a second chance and fuck am I letting you submerge yourself in the ocean of misery when you can be happy out there.¡±


    I scoffed. ¡°I¡¯m not as strong as you are, Irene.¡±


    ¡°You are way stronger than I am, I can tell you that, Arya.¡±


    ¡°I told you I don¡¯t want to hear that anymore.¡±


    She scoffed. ¡°Whatever! I am ordering the dress.¡±


    ¡°Even if I want to go along with this silky motion of yours, I don¡¯t have the money for it¡­ Look at the tag! $5000!¡±


    She sniggered. ¡°Rx, babe. I gat you covered!¡±


    ¡°Are you insane? You think I will let you spend that amount of money on me for only a damn dress?


    She had a particr impish grin on her face.


    ¡°What?¡± I prodded


    ¡°He¡¯s paying.¡±


    I cocked my brow. ¡°Who is paying?¡±


    ¡°The man in question. I told him I¡¯ming with you only in the condition that he pays for our clothing, down to the chauffeur that would bring us to the party. Rx my friend. There are men out there willing to pay to get a bit of this sugar¡­¡± She licked her lips with droopy eyes as she picked our cups and walked out. ¡°Come on, let¡¯s watch the tv before the dress arrives. Today is gonna be lit!¡±


    ¡°I just hope so¡­¡± I mumbled.


    And just as I envisaged, I was having a rough day at the party. Not only were the ss of people here of the top echelon in the society, they were snobbish. I was hiding throughout in fear that I would meet someone from my past. I almost considered leaving but thanks to my dear friend_who was having the best moment of her time in the arms of her gentleman, she pinned me with her eyes as though suspecting what I had in mind.


    I tapped my hand mindlessly on the champagne ss in my hand from the corner I was concealed, taking in everybody at the party. I didn¡¯t notice someoneing up behind me until it was toote.


    At the clear of throat, I snapped my eyes around to collide with the most handsome man I have yet to meet in my life. For a good ten seconds, it seems time paused. All that remained was him and me in this imaginary world as I stared at him and him me. I couldn¡¯t say anything. It was just too good to be true.


    ¡°Hy,¡± the words purred from his beetroot lips, ¡°I can see you like what you see¡­¡± I blinked hard out of my fascination and bit my upper lip. I should have known he would be one of those rich yboys. Look at him, all wless and stinking of wealth. There is no way he won¡¯t be.


    His lips quirked. Oh, no, please don¡¯t. He did it. He smiled. And my world tipped. This was a damn demigod.


    ¡°Pardon me, can I have this dance, please?¡± He asked. I didn¡¯t reply or move. ¡°Why won¡¯t you speak to me?¡±


    Again, I returned back, regaining myposure. ¡°Perhaps you should mind your business and leave me alone. I am not interested in your stupid dance.¡±


    ¡°Whoa! Whoa! Calm down, princess. Someone took your pie?¡±


    ¡°What?¡± I asked in irritation. ¡°Are the you gonna act the prince charming and rescue my pie?¡± I inched near, tilting my face close with thest courage I had in me, to whisper in his ear, ¡°and then afterward you demand forpensation, huh?¡± I heard his breath hitch and tore away from him, sucking in harsh breath of my own. ¡°I have to go.¡± I took off.


    I didn¡¯t know where I was going. I just knew I had to get away from him. He was just like them. I didn¡¯te here to be swept off my feet by some prince charming. I just want to have fun and forget my past. I was rushing very fast that I didn¡¯t see the next personing in front of me until I was crashing into a hard chest.


    The hand snaked around and held strong. ¡°Silva?¡±


    Liam? I flicked my eyes up abruptly. What is he doing here? ¡°Liam? What are you doing here?¡± I asked aloud.


    Hebed his fingers through his hair. ¡°I was invited by a friend.¡±


    ¡°Oh, mingling with some big goons now, huh?¡±


    He shrugged and folded one hand under his armpit of the hand holding a flute of champagne. ¡°And you?¡±


    ¡°Me?¡± I looked around to make sure the hot guy from before wasn¡¯ting. ¡°Irene invited me.¡±


    ¡°Oh, Irene. The wild one.¡±


    ¡°Oh, stop it, Liam. She is my best friend and your sister! Don¡¯t forget that.¡±


    ¡°I know¡­¡±


    A disturbing silence reigned amongst us. Liam and I have always had a thing for each other which I often try to deny. I know he feels the same way too from the way he looks at me. But, to me, he is a friend turned brother. Nothing could possibly happen between us.


    ¡°Hey, why don¡¯t we get out of here? You and I?¡±


    I eyed him ruefully. ¡°I can¡¯t.¡±


    ¡°We can. I can see you are notfortable and so am I. Irene doesn¡¯t look like she would be going home anytime soon,¡± I followed his eyesight and stopped on Irene in a passionate position with her partner. I cringed and looked away. Liam chuckled. ¡°I thought so too.¡±


    ¡°Fine¡­ Where should we go?¡±


    He looked up in thought and when he brought his face down, he grinned. ¡°I might have a ce in mind. Let¡¯s go!¡± He grabbed my wrists and tugged me along. That I survived this night without smashing my teeth on the floor from my heels, was a miracle.


    He took me in his car and after a long drive, he pulled up on this cliff, off Hollywane. I smiled as I alighted. It overlooked the city and had a tranquil atmosphere.


    ¡°I like it here,¡± I told him genuinely.


    ¡± I know you will like it.¡± He said.


    I giggled, removed my shoe, and went close until I was at the tip of it. ¡°This is just what I need now.¡±


    He puffed outrge gust of cold air and came to stand beside me. ¡°I am sorry about the divorce.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing. It¡¯s in the past.¡±


    ¡°Still. I feel shitty that I wasn¡¯t there for you.¡±


    I looked at his side. ¡°There is nothing you would have done about it.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, but a shoulder to lean on at least.¡±


    ¡°You are here now. That¡¯s all that matters. After all, I have been the one pushing you away all this while.¡±


    His hands that were folded on his chest fell to his side and dangled closed to mine. It grazed my fingers, sending passionate tingles through my arm. ¡°You are a very strong woman, Silva. You have done things that would have broken down so many, and yet here you are, standing strong. How do you do it?¡±


    I thought of his words. Irene said likewise. Maybe I am not as strong as they think. I might be living. Just flowing with the moment.


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 Chapter 41 CROSSED

    ¡°Yeah that¡¯s the thing. Strong people often don¡¯t know what they are capable of. But, I must tell you, I am proud of you.¡±


    His words melted my heart. It made me feel like the princess he called me a while ago. I sniffed out a choked snicker and turned around to walk back to the car. I sat at the bo and crossed my legs before me. ¡°Where is your brte girlfriend?¡±


    ¡°Really? We were talking about you,¡± He grinned and trudged toward me.


    ¡°Enough about me! Now your turn.¡±


    ¡°I¡­ She dumped me.¡± He scratched the nape of his head.


    ¡°What?¡± I took his hand and squeezed. ¡°What did you do?¡±


    His eyes twitched in embarrassment. I saw it.


    ¡°Tell me.¡± I urged.


    ¡°It¡¯s a little creepy.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s a little creepy talking about my divorce don¡¯t you think so?¡±


    ¡°Okay,¡± He braced himself and came to sit beside me, our bodies touching as we looked out to the wind. The fluttering of my hair about, notified me they were out of the bind that Irene had tucked them into. I liked the feel of it.


    ¡°S-she used me of calling your name while we made out.¡±


    My cheeks turned pink. It was my turn to be embarrassed. ¡°Why would you do that?!¡± I cried in shock.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know¡­ I don¡¯t even know if she said the truth. She has always been jealous of us even while you were with another man.¡±


    My heart stopped. I knew he liked me in that way but I didn¡¯t want us to destroy our friendship by being together. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Liam.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay. I wasn¡¯t bothered. I mean, she became too toxic. Alwaysining. ¡®Hey, Liam you said her name in your sleep¡¯ ¡®Hey, Liam, you did this you did that Why?¡¯ ¡®Hey Liam!,¡¯ It was fucken exhausting!¡± I cupped my mouth, as the sound of his voice while he mimicked his ex was very hrious.


    ¡°What? You think that¡¯s funny?¡±


    ¡°Yeah! I mean no,¡± I leaned over. ¡°But¡­¡± I busted outughing. I couldn¡¯t control myself.


    ¡°Oh, my¡­ Seriously?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡± I vaulted off. ¡± I couldn¡¯t help it. Was her voice really like that?¡±


    ¡°Oh, way worse¡­¡±He stepped forth, with his hands to his waist.


    I shook my head and looked upwards. ¡°Then I¡¯m sorry for being the reason she dumped you.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not like I care. That rtionship wouldn¡¯t havested, anyways.¡±


    ¡°Why would you say that?¡± I took a bold step forward.


    His face twisted downward. ¡°How could it? Unlike you I couldn¡¯t hide my feelings with someone I apparently don¡¯t love.¡±


    ¡°You are an asshole for saying that,¡± I was irritated with him now. Why would he think that? ¡°I did everything I did for my family. I didn¡¯t have a choice.¡±


    ¡°Everyone has a choice. It depends if we are willing to take it.¡±


    ¡°Is that what you think? That I had a choice? My father is a desperate lout! He didn¡¯t care and wouldn¡¯t have minded killing me if I hadn¡¯t married Reyes! And Lucas, I had to for my brother¡­¡± I paused, thinking of how much all that was wasted. ¡°It¡¯s unfortunate it was all in vain.¡±


    He covered the distance between us and took my hands. ¡°I admire your courage, Silvia. But you know I would have done anything for you, if you had asked. I would have given you that anything.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t need anything from you!¡± I snatched my hands. ¡°I didn¡¯t want you to think me a charity case. You have carried the burden of my life for too long.¡±


    ¡°Then, going to be a nanny to some douchebag was the way out? Didn¡¯t you sleep with him? Didn¡¯t y__¡±


    ¡°Enough, Liam! Please! I am trying to forget all my mistakes in the past. Please don¡¯t remind me.¡±


    ¡°Then stop justifying it.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Liam. For hurting you¡­¡± Tears licked down my face. ¡°I-i didn¡¯t want to lose you too. I garnered keeping you as a friend would be better than a lover. If we are friends we can¡¯t hate each other and separate.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t care, Silva. You can never know until you try. Some people are enjoying love with their friends. We are not any different ¡±


    ¡°You are my brother and not a friend!¡± I bit out.


    He chuckled sadly. ¡°Brother? Does a brother¡­ Does a brother have silly wet dreams imagining his sister sucking him off?¡± I gasped, ¡°Yeah.. Or better a brother moans his sister¡¯s name while fucking another girl, yeah?¡±


    ¡°Liam!¡±


    ¡°Or, he imagines what it would feel like bending her over and taking her so hard until she is shaking beneath him,¡± I stepped back, a moan escaping my lips. ¡°I know you feel likewise, Silvia. If I reach beneath your panties now, I am sure you are dripping for me.¡±


    ¡°You are insane, Liam.¡±


    ¡°Yes, I am. Yet, you are the one running from epting something right in front of you! Brother, indeed!¡± He scoffed.


    ¡°I. Don¡¯t. Feel. Anything. For. You,¡± I flicked my tear-stricken face up to meet his.


    I saw fleeting sadness pass his face, to be reced with a devious smirk. ¡°Very well. I think it¡¯s time we get this over with.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    He came at me. I twisted to run off but he grabbed my waist, hauling me across the field until I was on top the bo. ¡°You don¡¯t feel for me, right? This should be easier,¡±


    ¡°Stop, Liam, please,¡± I begged, knowing what he would find.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    ¡°If I don¡¯t see anything, then I will stop. I will go back and beg Regina to marry me and forget you. I swear it.¡± My heart broke. I will never want that. Not after today.


    He drew close until our bodies were mingled. He didn¡¯t need to search too long for the beat of my heart could already be heard and my eyes already dted as my body pulsated in need of him.


    ¡°I thought so,¡± He brushed his lips on mine. I gasped and involuntarily arched forward. ¡°Tell me you don¡¯t want me and I will go.¡± he brushed his thumb down my lower lips and pulled it down.


    In response, I gasped once more, my dark hungry eyes pleading with him to stop at once.


    ¡°You want this?¡± He took my lower lip between his teeth and tugged. I moaned and inched nearer, starting to feel his hardness from his trousers. God, I want him so much. I threw all my restraints to the wind and flung my hands up to cup his neck.


    ¡°Not so fast, princess. ¡± He pulled away, catching me by surprise. My eyes bulged in shame.


    ¡°What?¡± I breath.


    ¡°Tell me you want me.¡±


    ¡°What would be the use?¡±


    ¡°Many things.¡±


    I scoffed and made to jump off but he held me tighter. ¡°Still stubborn, huh? Let¡¯s see for how long.¡± In a sh, he crashed his lips down on mine and imed it in an unholy kiss. I responded rapidly, raking my hand through his hair as my hips rode to grind against him. I wanted him so much.


    ¡°Please,¡± I begged. He took advantage of the time to sneak his tongue down my throat. He sucked every breadth of my mouth until I was gasping out of breath.


    He didn¡¯t let go. It was as if kissing me was for his dear life and if he stopped he would die. I chuckled between the kiss as I returned it with fervor. No one has kissed me like this before. ¡°Liam?¡±


    ¡°Mmmm¡­¡± He tore his lips from my mouth as his hand tipped my head up totch his lip to my neck. I lost my mind.


    ¡°Yeah!¡±


    ¡°You like it?¡±


    ¡°Very much. Lower, please.¡±


    ¡°I know¡­¡± He licked to hole in my neck and sucked in. My eyes rolled back. Suddenly we were overdressed and I wanted everything out. I didn¡¯t care about the tough wind and us catching a cold. I just want his flesh against mine. Skin to skin.


    I grabbed his suit and pushed it until it was down his arms, and then went for his shirt which I began unbuttoning. I pulled it fiercely, causing all the buttons to fly in different directions.


    ¡°It appears someone is desperate to see my body.¡±


    ¡°Please, Liam,¡± I flipped my eyes open to look upon his dark ones. Lust was so etched in them I could see myself floating. How can one¡¯s eyes be so cy like that? ¡°I want you. More than anything. Take me, please.¡±


    He growled like a hungry lion and in the next minute, my gown ripped in two! My $5000 gown!


    He must have seen the rm in my eyes, for he said, ¡°I will get you ten more gowns topensate for this!¡±


    I didn¡¯t fucking care one bit. It¡¯s not like I wanted it anyway. And Irene, I¡¯m sure she would be d I tore it in the race to reach my brink.


    He cupped my breast and molded into them, his other hand going behind me to release it from the sp. ¡°I think this should go.¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­¡± I hurried my hands out and he flung the poor item away.


    His lips came down until they were in my nipples and kissed them one after the other. I was moaning, and grinding myself on him.


    Suddenly he pulled away. ¡°One minute.¡± He indicated and went to the car. I turned to see what he was doing and saw him open his trunk and brought out something that looked like a mat.


    I smiled. It looks like he came ready.


    He spread out the mat on the floor and went back to bring out a pillow.


    Iughed. ¡°Howe all that is in your car?¡±


    ¡°I alwayse here to think, most times.¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡±


    ¡°Yeah. So I have always had that in my boot so I don¡¯t find myself stranded.¡±


    ¡°Nice.¡± He nodded and finished arranging the objects.


    He came back and scooped me off the bo toy me gently on the mat. ¡°You are so beautiful, Silva. You have no idea what this means to me.¡±


    ¡°Shut up and show me.¡± I trailed my hands from his temple down to his lips, then cupped it at the back of his head and pulled him to me.


    The kiss was fast and furious. We each battled for dominance, our moans and groans the only thing to disrupt the peace of the night. When he sank his finger inside of me and pumped, I have never had any moment to bepared to it, and when he hovered over my left ear to ask, ¡°Can I?¡± My head nearly fell off from nodding my ent.


    He mmed into me with so much force I ripped the silence of the night apart. He held my neck and pounded into me, his eyes digging into me, portraying how much love he feels for me. And I enjoyed every moment of it.


    I kept wanting more and didn¡¯t stop to tell him.


    When I shook beneath him and rode to bliss, all I saw was his face and when he followed afterward, he screamed my name over and over again. This is what they call fulfillment. He sees me. And I see him.


    ¡°What would you say if we took this party to my ce?¡± He asked, hugging me to him like a coverlet. I nodded, my teeth starting to chatter from the cold.


    He stood and carried into the car, brought his suit, and wore me, kissing my temples hence going back to pack the stuff. I didn¡¯t recall our ride home, just when I heard a fierce shrill close to me did I open my eyes to see my phone ringing.


    I grabbed it and picked, my eyes washing over the furnished room I was presentlyying on a bed in.


    ¡°Where the fuck are you, Silva?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Irene,¡± I scratched my hair. ¡°I left with Liam.¡±


    ¡°And you didn¡¯t tell me? I was out of my mind. And you would pick your damn calls!¡±


    Shit! ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    ¡°Sorry for yourself. I¡¯ming over!¡±


    ¡°No, no! Wait, Irene!¡± I retrieved the phone to realize the call was gone. Shit!


    I checked my phone. Ten missed calls.


    ¡°Good morning, sunshine!¡±

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    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you wake me?¡± I confronted Liam with narrowed eyes, ¡°Or at least pick the phone call? Your sister is on her way here now,¡± I flung off the covers in irritation.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry. You were so peaceful at sleep I didn¡¯t want to wake you,¡± He dropped the tray he brought in and came to kneel before me. ¡°I thought you would be mad if I took your calls, so¡­¡± His handsome face sulked.


    I took a deep breath. He was so sweet and here I am being a harridan. I looked at him deeply. I can¡¯t believe this is happening. My ex-husband took my calls. He didn¡¯t need my permission to take them. ording to him, he needed to make sure I won¡¯t disperse his asset.


    I cupped Liam¡¯s cheek, leaned in and kissed him. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I¡¯m just not used to all this,¡± I eyed the breakfast. ¡°Is that for me?¡±


    ¡°Of course. I assumed you would be hungry when you woke up. You were very coldst night. I had to tuck in without dinner. I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    ¡°No, I¡¯m sorry for being a nuisance.¡±


    ¡°You are not a nuisance, Silva.¡± He took my hand and brought to his lips toy a quick kiss. ¡°I want to take care of you. Allow me, please.¡±


    A tear slid down. ¡°I¡¯m scared, Liam. I¡¯ve been through a lot in the hands of men I don¡¯t even know if I want to anymore.¡±


    ¡°I know. Just go one step at a time with me, okay?¡±


    I nodded. ¡°It¡¯s okay. I will try.¡±


    ¡°Good,¡± His hands came about me and pulled me into a delicate hug. I held unto him so tightly, savoring his sweet musky scent. So many male.


    ¡°Now, you will eat,¡± He quipped, pulled aside, and brought the tray forward toy on myp.


    He faltered in his movement as he looked towards the door. ¡°I think someone is at the door.¡±


    ¡°Irene.¡±


    ¡°Oh, let me get it.¡±


    ¡°Thanks.¡±


    I started eating, rolling my eyes when I heard her loud voice in the hallway. I knew she would get down here as fast as the wind. It didn¡¯t take that long that she called and she was already here.


    The door flung open. ¡°So here you are having breakfast while I was deprived of mine because of you, huh?¡± I pouted my face.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡±


    ¡°Look, Irene, you can¡¯t just walk in here like that_¡±


    ¡°Or, what will you do?¡± She turned on Liam, disying her fiery fangs. The two of them could match in a false battle.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Hey, I¡¯m right here, you two. I¡¯m fine, Irene. I¡¯m sorry forst night, I swear.¡±


    ¡°Then tell this asshole to apologize.¡± She folded her arm in an intimidating fashion and cocked her brow.


    ¡°What? Are you out of your mind?¡±Her brother asked her.


    ¡°Then I will make sure you don¡¯t see her again,¡± She threatened. ¡°Oh, you didn¡¯t know? I¡¯m her fucken best friend.¡± She chuckled devilishly. ¡°And she listens to whatever I tell her, including when I will tell her what a piece of shit you are¡­ Should I continue or¡­¡±


    ¡°Fine!¡± He rolled his eyes, childish anger passing his face. I was enjoying myself. ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± He muttered, flicking his nails nonchntly.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, did you hear him?¡± She leaned near him while facing me.


    ¡°I said I¡¯m sorry! Damn it!¡± He cursed, close to tears. ¡°I love her, if not I won¡¯t care a shit about you.¡±


    ¡°There you have it!¡± She flung her arms around the unexpecting Liam who nched as she kissed his temple and tore off him, sashaying to me. ¡°Oh, baby. I think you found the one!¡±


    ¡°Oh, stop, Irene. You are embarrassing me.¡± I was red by now.


    ¡°Though I came here angry, I am willing to forgive him. So, tell me everything.¡± She hugged me, then, recalling he was present, faced him. ¡°Oh, I thought men don¡¯t listen to girls gossip?¡±


    Liam sighed, rolled his eyes, and stormed off. I could feel his pain.


    ¡°Tell me everything, you bad girl! So you were still talking with him! No wonder you were turning down all my hookups¡±


    ¡°I swear, I wasn¡¯t. Everything just happened fast. First I was there at the party and the next thing he was sweeping me away to a cool spot and then¡­ it all happened.¡±


    ¡°Awwn, it¡¯s so sweet. I want this to be your happy ending, my friend. I want this smile on your face to be permanent. And from the little experience I have, I saw the desperation in his eyes when I said I was going to make you not date him. I think he loves you.¡±


    ¡°You do?¡± I know but I wanted to be certain.


    ¡°Of course, girlfriend. I know love from lust!¡± I chuckled and swapped her, and we are my breakfast which she was extra exuberant when I told her he was the one that served it.


    When we leftter that day together, I was literally floating. This time for real.


    I went to bed talking to Liam that night who told me he would stop over at my ce of work the next day_which was Monday, and take me to lunch.


    That afternoon, I was expectant. However, my expectation turned foul when he didn¡¯t show up, and wasn¡¯t picking up his calls. I grew weary. What if he realized I wasn¡¯t worth it? It may be that he changed his mind. With every movement, I twisted around, anticipating him.


    By evening, it was obvious he wasn¡¯ting. I swallowed my nerves and tried calling him again. It went to voicemail. I wanted to cry, scream and shout. I was delighted I didn¡¯t have much to do today at work, if not, my boss would have noticed my shift from delight to gloom.


    When I closed that day and left the building, like an idiot I stood in front of thepany, hoping perhaps he would arrive to pick me up. But he didn¡¯t. Neither did he in the next one week. I was dejected, depressed, and lost every hope I managed to regain that night we shared together.


    I was worried like mad. Liam will never do this to me. I went to his house but they said he hasn¡¯t been home for thest one week. I was frustrated. What if something bad happened to him. Even Irene called him but he didn¡¯t pick.


    ¡°It¡¯s going to be fine, baby. Let¡¯s keep our fingers crossed.¡± Irene pulled me to her the next Monday night as I cried under the influence of choco ice cream and pizza which has be mytest addiction.


    ¡°I am so scared, Irene. Did I do something wrong that day?¡±


    ¡°No, you didn¡¯t! By the way, you guys have known each for a long time now, he couldn¡¯t possibly run away because of you. That brother of mine can be a coward most times.¡± I red at her. She chuckled.


    ¡°Yeah! That¡¯s why I¡¯m more worried. What if he had an ident or was arrested? I don¡¯t know¡­¡±


    ¡°Come here, poor you¡­¡± She hugged me to herself while my body shook with sobs.


    The next week, my eyes were trained on theputer trying to solve a problem posted by my boss when my phone chimed. I was so busy and didn¡¯t want to be distracted so I ignored it. My boss has beenining about my distractiontely and I wouldn¡¯t want him to lose his mind and sack me.


    This is the only job I have and I have to keep it or I don¡¯t know what would happen to me when I don¡¯t have anything doing but sit at home thinking of Liam.


    ¡°Ms. Rivera can you be kind enough to take that call, or¡­ TOSS IT TO THE TRASH!¡± Came the voice of my horrible cubic neighbor. Very infuriating.


    I reached out and silenced my phone.


    Afterward, I sent back the report to my boss and rxed back to check the call. It was from Irene. I knew all along. I called her back.


    ¡°What¡¯s up? I thought you are supposed to be working or whatever it is you do,¡± I reclined on the chair.


    ¡°Bitch, listen. Liam came by the house to see _¡±


    ¡°What! When! How?¡± I was shooting upright from my chair, generating enough noise to earn the attention of everyone who stoned me with evil res in quiet, save for one person.


    ¡°Ms. Riv_¡±


    ¡°I¡±m sorry! Just shut your trap!¡± I snarled at him and made for the bathroom, taking pride in the look of dismay that masked his ugly looks. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, it was that annoying neighbor of mine.¡± I told Irene.


    ¡°Oh, it¡¯s okay. He said he was going to see a friend. He came to the house because he thought you will be home due to its public holidays, but then I told him only yourpany thinks they are bigger than the government.¡±


    ¡°Okay. I will go to hi_¡±


    ¡°Er¡­ Come home after work, Sil¡­ No more going to men, theye to you. Okay?¡±


    I scratched my head. I know¡­ It¡¯s just that I missed him.


    ¡°Sil¡­¡±


    ¡°Yeah.. Sure.¡±


    ¡°Good. Don¡¯t worry he will.¡± She cut the call.


    I pray he does. I have missed him so much I don¡¯t care about going to him. He has always been there but I didn¡¯t acknowledge him. But now that we are together, it seems as though every air I breathe is him. If he wants to break up with me after one night, I will very much want him to look me in the eye and do it.


    That night, when our doorbell went off and I stood abruptly to go to it, Irene pushed me back and instead, went to get it. I heard him ask, ¡°Is she home?¡± and she said, ¡°yeah.¡±


    My heart was beating. Is he breaking up with me?


    Then he came into view and I knew I may never be able to make it out of this one if he breaks up with me. I love him so much and I have to tell him. ¡°I love you,¡±


    ¡°What!¡± They both said.


    ¡°I love you, Liam,¡± I stood from the chair, smoothening my sweaty palm in my dress. ¡°I think I always have. I don¡¯t care what you think about me. I don¡¯t care if you are here to break up with me. I just need you to know that if you break my heart, I might fall off the bridge¡­ Cuz I¡¯m tired of feeling this way over and over again without any good results.¡± I broke down and he rushed to me. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Irene. I know I¡¯m not supposed to say this but I can¡¯t hold it in anymore. I¡¯m not that strong as y¡¯all think.¡±


    Irene snorted. ¡°You are the strongest woman I know, Silv, _ and I know you deserve every act of kindness. And to be frank, I wish I can be as strong as you. Face love, ept heartbreaks ¡­ But I can¡¯t. I am a coward.¡±


    ¡°No!¡± I countered.


    ¡°I am, but it¡¯s okay. At least my friend is not. And you Liam, if you break her heart, I swear I will hunt you and kill you, don¡¯t mess with me. I don¡¯t care if you are my brother.¡± With that, she picked up her purse on the chair, smiled at us, and turned around. ¡°See youter.¡±


    We stood watching her go until the door shut behind her. That was when I became conscious of the arm around me. I made to leave but he tightened it. ¡°Off to somewhere?¡±


    ¡°Liam¡­¡±


    ¡°Shhhh¡­¡± He kissed me lightly. ¡°I missed you very much.¡±


    ¡°What happened?¡±


    He brought out a box. ¡°I went away to think so much about this¡­¡± He waved the box about, the thudding of my heart became audible.


    ¡°Liam?¡± My eyes watered.


    ¡°I want us to spend our remaining lives together, Silva is that too much to ask for?¡±


    I shook my head as tears poured, ¡°no, it¡¯s not.¡±


    ¡°Then, say yes.¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡± I cried out.


    He stood from kneeling and hugged me. We were still like that when the door opened and Irene walked in, her face cringing when she saw us.


    ¡°Sorry to interrupt the moment, just that I saw this letter under the door and it was addressed to you, Silva.¡±


    ¡°Aubrey¡± I yelled out calling for her toe down, I went back to the kitchen and packed his food into the lunch box, I went to her and extended the box for her to take, ¡°please take this to your father,¡± she took it from my hand and dragged me by her other hand, ¡°why don¡¯t we take it to him.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t think it a good idea, you go alone,¡± I pulled my hand away from her, she held me back, e on, are you not tired of staying inside?¡± true at least this way, I can find out what is going on.

 Chapter 43 SNAPPED

    ¡°Do you think this is wise?¡± Irene asked me as we approached the giant building that was once my prison. I gathered that since I was getting married to Liam, it would be fair to call a truce with my ex-husband.


    I once used to be a mother to his children so I thought it might be foolish to pretend like there was nothing between us. Whatever he did to me, was in thest and hopefully for the best. If not for him, I wouldn¡¯t have met Liam and these past few days have been great.


    ¡°Yeah,¡± I replied softly, giving her a small smile. ¡°You can stay in the car if you want. This is between me and Reyes.¡±


    She scoffed stubbornly. ¡°As if¡­¡± She got out. ¡°Let¡¯s get this over with.¡±


    We reached the front door and knocked and waited. It was not long before hurried footfalls ambled to the door and flung it open. A woman. She looked at us curiously.


    ¡°Hello,¡± I greeted. ¡°Is Reyes in?¡± I know he hardly stayed home on Saturdays and hope this Saturday will be different.


    ¡°And who are you?¡± Her eyes skipped from me to Irene and back.


    ¡°Just tell the mother fucker that his ex-wife_¡±


    ¡°Irene!¡± I snapped with a slight chuckle and tugged at her hand, flicking an apologetic look at the woman. ¡°Don¡¯t mind my friend. We came in peace.¡±


    ¡°Well, it¡¯s a pity because Reyes is out of town.¡± She crossed her hands on her chest. Why do I feel like she is lying? ¡°You can check on him next time.¡±


    ¡°But_¡±


    ¡°Babe, who is that?¡± The very familiar voice of Reyes came from within the house.


    ¡°Stupid bitch!¡± Irene lurched forward and pushed her before I would stop her.


    I was fast to lunge after her and secured my hands around her waist at the same time I saw Reyes making his way to us. His steps faltered slowly as he saw me.


    I straightened, taking Irene with me. Not breaking eyes contact. He seems to have thinned in these few days. Is he alright? Not like it¡¯s my problem.


    ¡°Silva¡­¡±


    ¡°Reyes¡­¡± I returned, casually.


    ¡°Leave us,¡± he referred to his wife who didn¡¯t move. She appeared indignant. I pity her. She has to put up with a man like Reyes. Well, he might treat her like a Queen if only he doesn¡¯t see her as his children¡¯s nanny. ¡°Go, Manny.¡±


    ¡°She pushed me!¡± The woman snarled in a hushed tone.


    ¡°I apologize on behalf of my friend.¡± I gazed at Irene, warning her with my eyes not to cause any more trouble. She was only willing to agree after giving the woman a dangerous eyes bat.


    ¡°Can we¡­ talk in private?¡± Reyes asked me.


    ¡°The hell_¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡± I quickly cut off Irene. ¡°I can handle myself and my friend will be good by herself here.¡± I looked at her all the while.


    Irene snorted and went to sit down on one of the couches. ¡°Ten minutes and I aming over. I can¡¯t have my brother¡¯s bride talking to some old piece of shit.¡±


    I made a sound down my throat and proceeded walking away to avoid any more brand statements from Irene that might provoke Reyes.


    ¡°You look good,¡± he said immediately we were out of earshot.


    ¡°That is because I am happy, Reyes. I am no longer a baby sitter.¡±


    ¡°Hmm¡­¡± He looked down maybe in guilty. ¡°So, why are you here?¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s cut straight to the chase, Reyes. I know you hate me. I know you lied to my father about us. And I know my father is after me to make mee back to you. But you and I know that is never happening. I am merely here to sort things out with you. I am getting married.¡± His eyes dted in surprise. ¡°To the love of my life.¡± I added it for effect. ¡°I won¡¯t want what we did in the past toe between my happiness. Thank God you have found someone. I am happy for you and I would want you to be for me.¡±


    ¡°You left just like that.¡±


    ¡°You gave me a reason to. You cheated on me.¡±


    ¡°And I am sorry.¡± His foot moved in my direction. I moved back. Any awkwardness and I will leave. ¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s toote, Reyes. I realized toote that I kept making the wrong choice in my bid to stay normal and protect those that I love. But not anymore, Reyes. It¡¯s about me now.¡±


    ¡°I have changed.¡±


    ¡°Good.¡± I sucked in my teeth. ¡°But not for me. I am going to see my father and I am going to tell him you and I agree with the divorce. So he would stoping after me. If he doesn¡¯t, I will have to report him to the police as being a threat to my life. He will call you. You have to agree.¡±


    ¡°Is that what you want?¡±


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    ¡°Okay¡­¡±


    I nodded. I would have wanted to ask about his kids. But that won¡¯t be necessary. I need to be away from here as fast as possible. ¡°Thank you, Reyes. I forgive you.¡±


    With that, I turned and left. The moment I opened the door, Irene jumped back. I rolled my eyes at her stunt and walked past her. She ran after me.


    ¡°That was badass, Sil.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t be deceived.¡± I said, sniffing back humid from my eyes. I hate him passionately, still, I can¡¯t help but feel bad for everything.


    His wife was standing in the parlour when we walked out. She red at us all the way to the door where Irene turned and flipped her the bird hence she mmed the door after her.


    ¡°Did you need to eavesdrop?¡± I asked as I entered the car.


    ¡°Of course.¡± She turned on the engine. ¡°I needed to be sure that son of bitch is not going to do anything nasty.¡±


    I grinned and pped my eyes. ¡°Where are we going again?¡±


    ¡°How about we hang out?¡±


    ¡°I have to meet Liam by three.¡± I checked my phone for any sign of his message or call. Nothing. He must be really busy.


    ¡°So let me get this straight, just because you and Liam are getting married, is not going to stop us from having our girl¡¯s time.¡± I giggled childishly. Irene can be that low if she wants.


    ¡°You know that¡¯s not happening, babe.¡± I reassured her.


    In order not to make her feel bad, I agreed to hang out with her after which we headed back home. I need to see my father by all means.


    I love Liam. And I know he will not wee the idea of us getting married. But I have to try and make him see reasons with me. I also have to find a way to unite with my son and for once live a normal life like every other girl.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡± Irene asked me for the umpteenth time since we got to the house. I nodded and sipped the coffee in my hand.


    ¡°I am just wondering how to reach my father, babe.¡± I voiced my worry. ¡°He threatened to kill me if I leave Reyes. I know him and I know he hardly barbed.¡±


    ¡°He will have to take it.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s my fear. My father can be a snake. He can pretend to agree ande behind me to hurt me.¡±


    ¡°Do you want Liam to speak to h_¡±


    ¡°No way!¡± I stood up, going with the coffee. ¡°He will kill Liam. You talk like you don¡¯t know him.¡±


    ¡°Is there no one who could talk sense into him?¡±


    ¡°There is no one, Irene. My mother fears him. Everyone does.¡±


    She sighed and rxed back on the couch, her mouth twisting in a deep thought. ¡°You know what? Let¡¯s take a deep breath in and rest. This will sort itself out.¡±


    I definitely agree with her this time around. I have been thinking about this for so long since Liam proposed. Nothing hase out of it. Now that Reyes was out of the way, the rest will follow.


    I went to the kitchen to prepare dinner and checked my phone on my way. There is still no call from Liam. I hope he is fine.


    I tried calling him. It rang three times and went off. He didn¡¯t pick up.


    I settled for soulful Chicken wings with sauce and mashed potatoes. It¡¯s his favourite.


    I was almost done when my phone began sting off on top of the cab. I raced to it, wiping my hand off on my apron. I grabbed it, looking at the screen, expecting to see Liam. Unknown number.


    I picked up. ¡°Hello.¡±


    ¡°Hy, am I speaking to Silva?¡±


    ¡°Yes, any problem?¡±


    ¡°Okay, I am calling concerning one Mr Liam. His car lost control and crashed into a roadside dumpster. He is presently un_¡±


    ¡°What!¡± I snapped out of my shock, beginning to run towards the living room where Irene was up from the couch, her eyes finding mine in question. ¡°Oh my god. Which hospital?¡±


    ¡°New York City health facility.¡±


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 Chapter 44 TWISTED

    We rushed into the clinic and I made for the reception to ask which ward was Liam taken to, with Irene racing behind me. I have hardly spoken a word to her since the call as I reeled from shock.


    I can¡¯t believe this. Liam was one of the most careful people I know how could he not have lost control like that?


    Tears poured from my eyes when we were shown to his ward and we stood outside the cubicle watching him lie lifeless while the doctors fought to keep him alive-they refused us entry.


    My hands twitched, my body shaking in grief. Irene¡¯s hand found mine and tightened silently trying to takefort from me even as she gave me one. I was a mess.


    I finally found happiness and like that, fate wants to snatch it away from me.


    ¡°I hate this life so so much, Irene. Everything is a waste!¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say that.¡±


    ¡°God hates me!¡±


    ¡°Shhhh¡­¡± She yanked me to her and buried my head in her shoulders away from the ward. No wonder he doesn¡¯t call. Liam called me every moment for that. Sometimes I tease him for being a pest due to how frequently he calls me.


    ¡°God has a reason for everything.¡±


    ¡°The only reason he punishes me is for why? Because he hates me, Irene. I am cursed.¡±


    ¡°Hey,¡± she pulled me away and looked at my shaking self. My face was bent as tears cascaded unable to look at her. This pain is too much. How can one person be going through so much in her life?


    I have been trying to overlook every thing that hase wrong in my love life. Starting from my first marriage. But it is too much.


    Now, Liam came and for the first time, I feel alive. I feel like something. Not being with someone for anything or anyone. But for myself. And what happens? Life wants to take him away.


    ¡°It¡¯s going to be alright, Sil.¡±


    ¡°When?¡± I whispered, slumping my shoulders in defeat. ¡°When I die of depression?¡±


    ¡°Liam will be fine.¡±


    I shook my head and twisted about to look at him. He looked so helpless lying there while those people prod and poke him with those facilities and needles. I feel so bad that I can¡¯t help him.


    Soon, they made their way out. The one who led them stopped in front of us. ¡°Which of you is family?¡±


    ¡°Both of us,¡± Irene managed to speak. When he hesitated she exined. ¡°He is my brother and her fiance.¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­e along then.¡±


    We followed him.


    We entered an office by the right-hand side of the next hall and he pointed out the two seats situated in front of his massive desk. ¡°I must say our patient was very lucky.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Irene whipped impatiently.


    ¡°He survived a severe haemorrhage to the heart from the shock of the ident. Normally, many die instantly from such an impact, but luckily, he scaled through.¡±


    Without knowing it, I heaved out a sigh of relief from the revtion


    ¡°So what next?¡± I whispered.


    ¡°We have ced him in several supports and will watch him from now till tomorrow to see how he responds to treatment. If he does well, then we will know the next round of medication to administer to fasten the healing process. Plus, once he is fully recovered, he will need to stay indoors for some time to properly heal.¡± He wrote down something on a piece of paper and handed to me. ¡°He will he seeing the dietician for some therapy on healthy feeding so as to help him revive the blood he lost.¡±


    ¡°Okay¡­¡± I took in the name on the paper and nced up when Irene asked the question that as been on my mind since hearing the bad news.


    ¡°How did this happen, doctor?¡±


    He shrugged. ¡°I do not know specifically apart from what we all know. He had an ident.¡± He smiled. ¡°It¡¯s not like I am a mechanic.¡±


    I nodded and stood. ¡°Thank you very much, doctor. I beg that you help my Liam.¡±


    ¡°We will do all we can, ma¡¯am.¡± He stood too and reached out his hand for a handshake which I took before I made my way out.


    We watched him tillte at night. Irene wanted us to go ande back the next day, but I refused. I was not nning to leave his bedside until my Laim recuperated. So, I asked her to go and bring some foods and clothes for me the next day.


    By now, I was permitted to go in and sat by his bedside, holding his cold hand. I couldn¡¯t sleep. I watched the steady stato beat of his heart which somehow gardens me. It shows he was still here with me.


    ¡°I love you so much, Liam. You have to fight for your life. For us.¡± I kissed his hand. ¡°I am fighting for us, you need to do the same. Please, don¡¯t leave me.¡±


    I continued talking to him throughout the night, not for once feeling sleepy. It was almost daybreak before my eyes drooped and I ced my head in the bed beside him and allowed my eyes close.


    ¡°Sil¡­¡± Someone tapped me.


    ¡°Hmmn¡­ mmm.. Liam.¡± I scrunched my nose, lifting my head to wince at once as I felt pain ricochet through my neck. It was so stiff from lying in a bad posture for long.


    ¡°It¡¯s me, Irene.¡± She felt my forehead. ¡°You need to shower and change into something. The doctors need to check on him.¡± I looked at her, my eyes still foggy.


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    ¡°Yeah.¡±


    ¡°You are back so early.¡±


    ¡°I had to bring you food and a new clothes.¡± She took my hand and pulled. I resisted, looking back at the bed where Liam stilly. Unmoving. ¡°Liam¡­¡±


    ¡°The doctors, Silv¡­¡± She pulled. That was when I looked towards the doctor and saw the men in white frocks waiting.


    I scratched my hair and stood up. ¡°Sorry¡­¡± My voice sounded choked.


    She dragged my outside of the cubicle and down the hallway. ¡°You have to bathe and change, Silv.¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t leave, Irene.¡± I deadpanned, taking back my hand. ¡°I can¡¯t leave, Liam.¡±


    ¡°I know, which is why I got an option.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°You can bath and change here and then we eat. By the time we get back, the doctors will have something to tell us. Hopefully, something positive.¡±


    ¡°Okay, if you say so.¡±


    I wasn¡¯t convinced yet, wanting anything more but to stay beside Liam. But, I had to do her bidding because I believe by the time we get back I will able to go back to watch him.


    And true to her words, by the time we got back, the doctor said he was responding well to treatment and by today he might wake up. I pray so much that he does. I can¡¯t bear to leave him here and go to work by tomorrow.


    That evening, Irene bbed on about a new man that she met yesterday on her way home. I knew what she was doing. Irene was a tortoise. She hides away from her feeling when she doesn¡¯t want to address them. A case study of now.


    She loves Liam so much and seeing him the way he is was hurting her so much. She is trying to stay strong for him. For me. Like she always does. She will rather cry in private, than to show weakness outside. It happens in every aspect of her life.


    So, as she chatted away like a hummingbird, I listened to her with half ear with my eyes on Liam. That was when I saw a movement. I shut off the chair and was by his side the next minute.


    ¡°What¡¯s that?¡± Irene joined me.


    ¡°He moved his finger.¡± I pointed at it, my eyes unmoving. ¡°I swear it. I saw him move.¡±


    ¡°Silva¡­ it might be¡­¡± He moved it again. ¡°Fuck! I saw it. Liam!¡± She fell beside him and grabbed his face.


    ¡°Irene!¡± I grabbed her and tugged. ¡°Easy.¡±


    ¡°I saw it. My brother moved. Liam¡­¡± Her voice clogged in tears for the first since forever. ¡°Liam, I knew you will make it¡­ I love you so much and mom would kill me if anything happened to you. Do you hear me?¡± My heart pricked. It was rare to see them this way. And it had to be when he was struggling with his life.


    Liam¡¯s forehead creased before his eyelids starting moving. Then, they flew open, giving me a glimpse of that enthralling sharp blue depths. I have never felt my breathe snatched from me as I felt that moment.


    I joined Irene and fell on him, my body wracking with sobs. ¡°Thank you, Liam.¡±


    He began coughing. ¡°Water¡­¡± He said.


    I hurried up and popped the water I brought in from the cafeteria where we ate. ¡°Here.¡± I gave him and he gulped it down.


    When he was done, his eyestched on us as if he was seeing us for the first time. I was grinning like an idiot. You have no idea. ¡°Sil¡­ baby¡­ Irene.¡± I took his hand and fondled.


    ¡°What happened, Liam?¡± I asked.


    ¡°Someone destroyed my brakes.¡± He breathe out. It was an intentional act.¡±


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 Chapter 45 MIXED

    I knew my father was behind it the moment he said it. Anger mixed with raw hatred filled my heart and at that point all I saw was red. I wanted him to pay. I wanted him to pay for nearly taking away the only good thing that has happened to me for as long as I could remember.


    That bastard!


    Had he not done enough? Because of him, I made so many mistakes I regret in my life today and still, he has refused to leave me alone. How did he even know about Liam? How did he get so close to hurting him? Meaning he is now more than a nuisance to my life and must be handled.


    Three dayster when Liam hade home, I already made up my mind what I was going to do. Enough was enough.


    ¡°We are getting married without my father¡¯s blessing¡¯s Liam,¡± I said while changing into my night dress. I didn¡¯t tel him what I suspected. I wouldn¡¯t want him to think my family¡¯s craze was that deep.


    ¡°Babe, we have to seek their blessings. Your family.¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­ I know.¡± I made my way to him, dipping on the side bed. He was reading a book which presentlyy limp by his side as he drank me in. ¡°Just not my father.¡±


    ¡°Are you two still at it?¡±


    I shook my head. I don¡¯t know how he would see me if I told him the man who sired me who was supposed to look out for me was the main reason my life was almost shitty. ¡°My father wants me dead, Liam.¡±


    ¡°What?¡± The book dropped. ¡°How? I know you guys were always at each other¡¯s neck but¡­¡±


    ¡°He threatened to kill me if I left Reyes.¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­¡±


    ¡°Yeah,¡± I rolled my eyes and shifted on the bed. ¡°He apparently prefers whatever stupid business deal they have over my happiness. So, right now, I am going against him and knowing the bastard, he will never ept this¡­¡± I pointed to us.


    His expression fell. When he made to scoot to me, I beat him to it by nuzzling closer until my neck was resting on his neck. ¡°It¡¯s going to be fine, baby.¡± He soothed.


    I took his hand and squeezed. ¡°It¡¯s already fine with you here, sweet. I have never been happier than I am now.¡±


    I didn¡¯t look up but I knew he was grinning. Boyishly. ¡°Lying down there after the ident, I thought I was never going to see you.¡±


    I lifted off him and looked in the eye. I cupped his squared jaws in my hands and massaged. ¡°I was going to die if anything had happened to you, Liam. I don¡¯t know what would have be of me.¡± Tears pricked my eyes.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Then we should be d we can only imagine the thing that would never be¡­¡± I was grinning as I leaned in and pecked him.


    He winced and I shot back. I nearly forgot he was still healing. I chuckled, bending to rub his legs. ¡°Sorry.¡±


    He shook his head. I could spot his cock already making a tent in his sleeping trousers. My cheeks heated. ¡°Are you hot?¡±


    Boy, you have no idea.


    I shook my head, twsiting to leave the bed and go for a stroll. Maybe by the time I get back, he will be asleep. He held my forearm and pulled. ¡°Stay.¡±


    ¡°You-you need to rest.¡±


    ¡°I am not an invalid.¡± He gave my arm one yank and I fell across him, striving not to wound him. ¡°I know you need me.¡±


    ¡°I am not selfish.¡±


    ¡°Well, I am.¡± He leaned over and took my lips in a slow kiss. ¡°God, you taste so heavenly.¡±


    I purred into his lips, my resistance melting like ice as my body yielded to the sweet sensation that built in my stomach. That was the Liam effect. When did I even fall in love with Liam? A long time ago.


    I refused to acknowledge it but I always knew it was there. That attraction. And I knew he was into me. For someone that I was pitying, he was soon straddling me, his lips not leaving like as he sucked on my lower lip, tugged and pulled until the only sound in the room was my throaty whimpering and cooing.


    He took my neck and lifted up, driving his tongue down my throat and returning expertly to suck on it. My body was on fire.


    ¡°Liam¡­¡±


    ¡°I love you so much, baby,¡± he said huskily, his right-hand trailing got lines down to my navel where he yed with it. My pulse quickened further in anticipation. Impulsively, my legs fell apart the same time he reached it and in a slow rhythm began rubbing back and forth.


    ¡°Arh¡­ yeah¡­ Lia-fuck!¡±He made the bold entrance into my pants and inserted a finger in. I was trembling as my release reared in full force wanting to burst through me.


    My hand that was dormant found it¡¯s way to his trouser and grabbed his cock to make him feel what he was doing to me. ¡°I want you, Liam. So badly.¡±


    ¡°Not so fast, Princess,¡±he tore away from me and slipped down, all the while maintaining eyes contact. His head levelled with my hips and hisrge left hand lifted me off the bed to his face.


    ¡°Fuck it, Liam!¡± I coursed as my release hit me. I shook violently, grabbing his hair to hold against my pussy as I squirted out my frustration on him. Like a nasty boy he is, he licked off every iota of cum off me and made his way back to me. He took my lips in a rough kiss, making me taste my essence on him.


    It was everything and more. I have found my home with Liam. And there was nothing or anyone that can take that away from me. But even my father.


    When wey side by side cuddlingter that night and the sound of the rain pattering outside filtered to us, all I could think of was the wonderful future we had ahead of us. He, me and I. And the family we will make for us.


    I can¡¯t wait.


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 Chapter 46 EPILOGUE

    ¡°Mummy, can we go y with Hero now?¡± Zoey, my two-year-old baby boy asked. I managed to look away from the omellete I was stirring and briefly nced at him.


    ¡°Okay, Zoey, make sure you don¡¯t leave the yards, okay?¡±


    ¡°Yes, mummy.¡± He sted as he took off.


    ¡°And keep Hero in check.¡±


    ¡°Okay¡­¡±


    ¡°I, go look after your brother and Hero.¡±


    ¡°Mom, I¡¯m busy.¡±


    I sighed. I have to finish dinner before Liam returned and Irene ising over today. I can¡¯t help but feel like everything has to be perfect. I have been at this since morning, making assortment of dishes to leave her with several choices. And my back ached. Pregnancy hormones.


    ¡°Isa¡­¡±


    ¡°Fine..¡± He grumbled, strutting out and going after his siblings. I have to make sure my second baby Zoey is checked-up on because trust me, she will run off with Hero, our little collier not recollecting her promise. She is like that.


    By exactly 2 pm, I was done with the dishes and went out of the yard to bring them in. I found them by the poolside, drenched. As expected.


    ¡°Isa, bring your siblings in to shower. The weather is getting chilled.¡±


    ¡°Yes, mom.¡± He was still inside the pool..


    Okay, I think I will take Liam¡¯s offer to hire a nanny because these kids are driving me crazy!


    ¡°Baby?¡± I whipped around. Talk about saving grace.


    ¡°Baby!¡± I cried. I have never felt so relieved.


    ¡°Are they at it again?¡± He asked, looking towards the pool where Hero and Zoey were making their way out to run to him.


    ¡°I think I agree with you to hire a nanny, baby. I can¡¯t do this anymore.¡±


    ¡°Dad, wee,¡± Isa dashed past him.


    ¡°Be careful.¡± He called after him.


    I shook my head as we made our way in. Liam was such a wonderful father just as I had imagined. After we got married in St James, where my mother and brother and a few family members were present-except my father who was presently rotting in prison-we moved to San Francisco where Liam got a job in a top advertising agency. I had to quit mine and became a social media influencer for an internationally renowned firm for cosmetics.


    Our life has been great. It might have some hups here and there, but Liam has been supportive.


    Irene stayed back and recently, she told me she met a man. Like a keeper. And she is bringing him over today!


    I am in my third pregnancy and right now everything taste like crap to me. Which is where my beloved husbandes handy. ¡°Liam, can you check out the dishes? I don¡¯t know if I did justice to them and Isa has been so busy with assignments she hardly helped me out.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s a lie, Dad!¡± She screamed from her room. He is such a big boy now, and is bing too tough to control. I hate to say this, but I can¡¯t wait for him to leave for high school with his aunt, Irene in Chicago.


    He said he liked it there. With her.


    ¡°It¡¯s perfect, baby. Everything,¡± Liam replied, chugging down the meals. I smiled and went to kiss him.


    ¡°Hurry up and rest and then get ready ande down. Your sister is bringing home a beau!¡±


    He nodded cynically and made his way out. I know that attitude but I won¡¯t address it now.


    A few hourster, I looked through the foyer window and saw a ck BMW pull over and the kids went on an uptoar, eachpeting with who to reach outside first.


    ¡°Stop, be careful!¡± I screamed, lucky that Liam came out then and went to hold Zoey down from hitting her face on the floor.


    Irene busted in. ¡°Look at my little coco!¡± She grabbed Zoey and twirled her in the air.


    ¡°Aunt Irene!¡± She pped her hands cheerfully. They will die for her. Sometimes I feel jealous.


    ¡°I miss you, baby.¡± She kissed and tackled her. Hero was jumping about, waiting for his turn which came sooner


    ¡°Look at this pregnantdy,¡± she faced me. ¡°Do you do it like all the time?¡± My cheeks turn beetroot.


    ¡°Irene, that¡¯s not fair,¡± I whined. ¡°It¡¯s Liam.¡±


    ¡°I know, but you look sweet, honey. Come here.¡± She crushed me in a big hug. I ground against her. I miss her so much. The distance hasn¡¯t been fair at all.


    ¡°Liam, if you keep wearing out my best friend, j might have no choice but to take her away from you.¡±


    Liam made a protesting sound and flipped her the bird. ¡°You can try.¡±


    ¡°Asshole.¡±


    ¡°C¡¯mon, guys,¡± I sighed, looking behind her at the handsome dude who was watching the exchange with a rather keen interest. ¡°Behave. We havepany.¡±


    As though just recalling, Irene retained herself and shifted back. ¡°Everyone, meet Jason. Jason, meet my brother and my best friend. And of course the entire Liam crew.¡± She waved her hands at the kids who jumped about, already directing the gifts they took from the car.


    I looked at the man. ¡°Come in, Jason. You are wee. Don¡¯t mind the kids, they are not always like this.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay¡­ they¡¯re actually very cute.¡± I like him.


    We are in quiet. Well, mostly the adults. We talked about several things and by the time we were done, I was happy to drag Irene outside.


    ¡°I like him!¡± I told her straight up.


    ¡°I know¡­ I do too. He is so cool and guess what?¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°He asked me to marry him.¡±


    ¡°No way!¡± I squealed, grabbed and hugged her. ¡°Babe, that¡¯s so sweet. Tell me you epted.¡±Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°I did.¡± She wagged her hands in front of me and that was when I noticed the big big cravat nestled on her ring finger. Tears shimmered in my eyes.


    ¡°Irene, this is the best thing I¡¯ve heard in a long time.¡± I was holding the hand, looking intently at it. ¡°You must really love him.¡±


    ¡°I do, Silv. I really do.¡±


    I looked up rapidly. ¡°Then, we have a wedding to n!¡±


    ¡°Most definitely.¡±


    This is my story but then, it wouldn¡¯t have beenplete without these people. I might not have a perfect life, but I know where I am today, I am close to my happy ending and everyone who had stood as an obstacle to my happiness, are where they belong.


    The End


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