Alexander didn't know why he hadn't realized it a long time ago, every time he saw her, and his heart beat strongly, he had only thought it was because she always brought trouble. He ought to have known, everytime he saw her smile, and felt happy, everytime he had teased her, and loved the way her face went red. He ought to have known. There was a strange connection he felt. He wanted to be with her, and even as he sat on the bench, watching her talk with Liam, he didn't feel guilty for liking someone apart from Bethany. All he wanted was to give her everything that would make her smile. He didn't know when he raised a hand and tucked her hair behind her ear slowly. She looked at him, and blinked. "Oh, there... I saw something on your face, but your hair was..." He said and pretended to brush something off her face. "Oh." She said softly and blushed. She liked him too, and he was happy she had told him, but there was just a lot that would go wrong if he continued on that path
Bethany found her breath coming out shakily, she couldn’t breathe well. She didn’t want to believe what her ears had just heard. Ivy’s son was Alexander’s?So, the little boy she had seen Ivy and her friend walking with on one particularly sunny day was Alexander’s.They kept on talking, not aware of her presence and Bethany was forced to believe it.The little boy she had seen, looked to be four or five years old, and that meant Alexander and Ivy had met way before she came into Alexander’s life.She suddenly felt a deep hatred for Ivy, was she here to take him back, did she come on purpose? Was she trying to make him remember her?“I feel you shouldn’t hide it from him much longer. You should let him know, you’ve been taking the responsibility for Liam for a long time now, and Liam also needs a father, he’s just four but he knows what having a father means. And you said Alexander’s taken a liking to him, so… why not go for it?” Piper said and Bethany chose that moment to come in, h
The next day, Ivy got a message from Bethany, telling her that she wouldn't be in the country, for a few weeks or less as she had something important to do, so she would love it if she could check in on the other restaurant, thirty minutes before they close for the day.Ivy felt that Bethany was putting too much workload, but what could she do? She had to try her best to cater for Liam as she couldn't totally depend on Piper who wasn't financially stable as well.While she was at work, and it was time for their break, she sat at the kitchen, thinking of what happened last night, between her and Alexander.~flashback~"Do you love me?" Alexander asked, with his eyes, showing love.Ivy only stared in shock as he kept sliding his d**k, in and out of her."It's okay if you do not know the answer, now. I'll ask again, later." He said, with a smile as he increased his pace, making the s*x, even more intense.~back to reality~She didn't notice that she had thought for so long, until she fin
Ivy had called Alexander and asked to meet. She felt fired up and encouraged as she took a cab, down to the beach, which Alexander had told her to come to. As she got there, she inhaled and exhaled. "Ivy, it's fine. Let's see how this turns out." She said to herself, then got inside the beach. As Ivy walked into the beach, she looked around for Alexander, and noticed him sitting near the water. She smiled, then walked towards him. "You're here." He smiled as he noticed that she had arrived. "Yes." She smiled, then sat by him. "So, what made you change your mind?" He asked. "Uhm... I found out I had done it, so I decided to just give you a call, back." She lied. "That's a relief. I really thought you were avoiding me." Ivy smiled awkwardly. "By the way, why is no one here?" She asked. "I rented it for just two hours." Alexander said. "You rented the whole beach? That must have been a whole lot of money." Ivy exclaimed. "I know right? You see how empty this beach is? As wide
Bethany had gotten to Spain, and she had settled down. She was at the window side, in her hotel, sipping a whiskey drink, while looking outside.~flashback~"Sometimes, I wish I could tell him that Liam is his son, but I am afraid of the trouble that would cause."~back to reality~"I can't tell, if I heard well, or not. Anyways, regardless of whatever the truth is, Alexander will always be mine." She said to herself as she glared at the window.Bethany then dialed a number, and waited patiently while it rang until the third time when it was answered."Keep an eye on them." She instructed the person she called.After she had a call with the person, one of her men, knocked on her door."Come in." "Good evening, ma'am. It's time for the meeting." He said, with his head, lowered.Bethany gulped down her whiskey, and walked out of her hotel room, down to the car, waiting for her. She got into the car, and scrolled up her phone, checking up a few things, before she looked up at the driver
Alexander looked around and reduced his breathing as if his breathing would be heard and anyone who removed that knife, would charge at him.His heart began to beat fast as he knew that there was only a 50% chance that he would he able to win against someone who held a knife or something sharper than that.Suddenly, a few cars raced into the garage. There were a few men and women, coming out, laughing like they had just come back from a place of fun, that early. This made Alexander to feel relieved a bit as all his bones were already tensed, due to anxiety of what was going to happen.Then he got into his car, he drove off to the restaurant, where they had a meeting. "Miss Jenny. I apologize for getting here, late." He said as he got to his seat."Oh, it's fine, Mr. Grayson.""So, how was Canada?" Alexander asked as he sat down."It was nice, actually. I got back to New York, yesterday and decided to see you, regarding a business idea, which I do not know if you will be interested in
Ivy’s heart raced fast as her eyes widened in shock, looking at how fast the car that was coming towards them, was. Thankfully, she snapped out of her shock, and pushed both Piper and Liam away, but she also fell with them, and the car zoomed out of sight.“Are you alright?” She asked both Liam and Piper.“We are. What kind of crazy driver was that?” Piper said, angrily.“I guess his brake failed or sort.” Ivy said as she stood up, holding Liam. “But be careful. You need to be alert on the road, or wherever vehicles are going to show up on.” Ivy advised, hoping that such would not repeat itself again, and get both her beloved, get hurt.“I will, Ivy. You should get going, now.” Piper said as she withdrew Liam’s hand from Ivy’s.Ivy was worried, and could not get her eyes off Liam, not even for a second.“Ivy! You need to get back to work. Liam and I, will be fine. Liam, tell mommy that you are going to be fine.”“Mommy, I will be fine. Aunt Piper has been teaching me how to be strong,
“Come on in.” Miss Jenny urged as she sat up, sexily.“Miss Jenny? What sort of insult is this?”Miss Jenny laughed a little, then kept a straight face. “You are really funny, Mr. Grayson. Does this look like an insult to you, or a blessing? I delayed my flight, just so you could have a taste of this, so what are you waiting for? Drop the act.” Alexander got furious, then punched the wall.“My contract with you, is over. And never try this with me, ever!” He said as he made for the door.“One more step, and I will scream that you tried to assault me, sexually.”“Do your worst.” Alexander said, with clenched teeth.With anger, Alexander dashed out of her room, and got back into his car. He calmed his breath, down as he didn’t want Ivy to suspect that something had happened, with him. Then he called his secretary.“Good evening, boss.”“Cancel all future appointments with Miss Jenny, and never speak her name to me, anymore.”“Uhm… Is there a problem, sir?” “Goodnight.”Alexander said,
Brandon was pacing around as he kept calling Ivy but she wasn’t answering the call. He felt she had taken too long as it was already 2 hours past. Then he turned to Liam who was still looking scared.“I guess your mommy doesn’t really care about you, after all.” Then he removed the plaster from his mouth.“What do you say to that, kiddo? You should hate your mom, because she now leaves me no choice than to sell you to child traffickers.” Brandon said to Liam.“Please don’t sell me. Take me back to my mother.” Liam cried out as he began to hiccup.“Well, if only your tears were strong enough to thaw my heart.” “Please take me back to my mom.” Liam continued crying.“This is the reason I plastered up your mouth the other time. Do you want me to plaster it up again!” Brandon lashed out on Liam, angrily.Liam shook his head, feeling more scared.“Good. Now, I will feed you because I wouldn’t like to sell you when you are on an empty stomach, so I’ll lose these ropes and take you to the
Bethany who was watching Ivy from her car, cackled and she felt satisfied that she kept laughing out loud in her car. She had come to talk to her to congratulate her for winning Alexander, although sarcastically, but seeing as Brandon had carried out the task easily, she didn’t bother anymore.“Now, you ought to know that it is completely dangerous to compete with someone like me.” She said to the air, then put on her sun shade and dialed Brandon’s number.“I see you have the child. Good job. Text me the hideout?” She inquired, feeling like a successful mafia boss.The location of the hideout was texted to her seconds after she hung up the call and then she smirked and drove off to the location. While Bethany was driving through different roads and streets, she discovered that they weren’t as quiet as she thought they were going to be.“Why the hell is this place so loud? Why would he do business around places like this?” She complained as she drove through a street until she got to t
Brandon then stared at her with keen interest. Looking at the way she dressed and comported herself, he could tell that she was influential and had money "What deal?"Then Bethany showed him Ivy's picture and Brandon was startled that he choked on his drink. He didn't understand why Bethany was showing him Ivy's picture instead and he couldn't look into Ivy's eyes in the picture because of what he did to her in the picture."Remember your sister whom you dated her fiancè?""It doesn't matter. He was gay. And what does her picture have to do with our deal?" Brandon inquired, trying to understand what was going on.Then Ivy showed him Liam's picture as well."This is her boy. I want you to kidnap him as soon as possible."Brandon took the picture and took a good look at it and then smirked."So, she has a boy now, uhn? She must be living a happy life. Well, I don't think I can do this. I'm not interested." He rejected the job and handed over the picture to Bethany."Are you sure? I'm o
Alexander was surprised to see his mother and his sister smiling at him.“Won’t you give me a hug, Alexander?” His mom blurted out, with a smile on her face.Alexander was overwhelmed with joy to see her and he walked briskly to her and gave her a tight hug and his sister didn’t hesitate to hug him as well.“I have missed you so much son.” His mother said as she withdrew from him.“I have missed you too, mother. And you have gotten more beautiful, Alicia.” He complimented his sister.“Oh, come on, brother. By the way, I am so glad to see you. Thanks to Bethany who urged us to make this beautiful surprise.” Alicia revealed.Alexander glanced at Bethany who was beaming with smiles and then she hugged him affectionately.“Thank you, Bethany.” He thanked her, still feeling elated about the surprise.“You are welcome. Alright, I prepared breakfast already. So, let’s get to the dining room.” Bethany notified and walked up to the dining room to offer Alexander’s mother a seat.“Thank you, my
Alexander was surprised that a month had passed by so fast and he wondered what surprise Bethany had for him.“That’s good news. I hope your journey back to the city wasn’t hectic.” “It wasn’t. Why would it be when the joy of seeing you has filled my heart?” Bethany blushed over the phone.Alexander chuckled awkwardly, then he decided to get off that awkward situation by asking a question. “You said you have a surprise for me. What is it? I am actually curious about what surprise you have for me.” “Yeah. Let’s meet at my house, tomorrow’s morning, then you’ll marvel.” She squealed in excitement. “Honey, I have to go. We’ll talk tomorrow, alright?”“Alright then. Bye.”He let out a troubled sigh and slammed his hand on his face. He was used to life without Bethany already and her sudden arrival just made his seemingly bright and happy life, feel like the cloud was nearby. He knew that Ivy was going to feel somehow once she becomes aware that Bethany is back. “I know what to do.” He
Ivy’s gaze was fixed at Liam’s body and she was trying to make sense of what was going on at the moment. Alexander walked in as he had gotten his shot pretty fast. He noticed the atmosphere and touched Ivy’s shoulder.“What’s going on Ivy?” He asked as he wondered why she was staring that way and looking a bit lost.Then Ivy looked up at Alexander and pointed at Liam.“Why is he covered up?” She asked as tears began to fill her eyes up.“Oh, Liam was actually acting stubborn today and I was about calling his favorite doctor as he wanted to see him. He was being rebellious, so he remained adamant about having the bed cover, covering his face as well.”“Mommy?” Liam called out to her in a low tone as he removed the bed cover from his face.“Oh, my goodness. Liam, my baby.” She said, in relief as she walked up to him in joy.She hugged him tight and sniffed his neck.“I missed you mom. Hey daddy!”Even if Ivy knew that Alexander was Liam’s father, she still felt cringe whenever he calls
” Alexander asked, out of worry.“Uhm… It’s just good news. Piper texted me that she was just sent a text for a transfer to the main headquarters of where she works at.” Ivy squealed in a high-pitched tone.“Whoa! That’s good news. It calls for celebration.” Alexander rejoiced with her.“I know right?” Ivy smiled widely.“I think it would be best if we celebrate tomorrow’s evening. We’ll all celebrate with Liam as well.” Alexander suggested as he rubbed his palms.“I’ll love that. That’s going to be perfect.” Ivy beamed in smiles.“Alright then. So, let’s get back to praying, shall we?”“Sure.”Both Ivy and Alexander closed their eyes and Ivy prayed and blessed the food, then they started eating.“I was thinking if we can go on a date tomorrow after I take my shot. We’ll have fun until evening when we get prepared to celebrate Piper’s success.” Alexander suggested while chewing.“Hmm. That’s a good idea. Does that mean you won’t be going to work?” “Yes. I won’t. I am going to spend t
Night had fallen and Alexander had just closed from work. He got into his car and went through his phone. He noticed that he had missed Ivy’s calls and he wondered why she could have called him repeatedly when it wasn’t really long after they had seen each other.As he was about to call her back, a call from Bethany came up and he answered it.“Hey Bethany, I just closed from work. I will be at your place in less than 45 minutes.”“Oh, I think we won’t be able to meet tonight, Alexander.”“And why is that?” Alexander asked, out of curiosity.“An important meeting came up and I am no longer in the city. I couldn’t inform you because I had to be quick. I am back at Spain and will explain to you later on the emergency meeting. That would be when I get back.” Bethany informed, in a low tone.“But are you okay?” Alexander asked, noticing Bethany’s low tone.“I’m fine. I am going to miss you, Alexander. I wish we were able to have that dinner.”“Same here. I would have loved to taste your f
“Piper!” Ivy exclaimed as she stood up immediately and walked towards her slowly. “I thought you left.” Ivy said, with tears, strolling down her chin.“I did. But Bethany texted me, saying you were about to ridicule yourself in the company I worked at recently.” Piper replied, looking sad. “And, I am sorry for leaving. I just thought that was the best. You know very well that I did it for your good, right?” Piper sniffed, looking into Ivy’s eyes as she got teary.Then the CEO slammed his hands on the table in anger as he stood up.“Take your emotional drama out of my office, this instant!” He ordered, with his right eyebrow arched.Ivy cupped Piper’s face carefully, with her hands and pursed her lips as she looked at her pitifully.“You have been doing things for me. Now, it is my turn to do things for you.” Ivy said, with firmness, then released Piper’s face and turned to the CEO who was fuming in anger.“I know very well that your phone is probably filled with threatening texts from