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Aurora: Breaking Illusions 77 ~ Aurora
"I'm so glad you finally agreed to meet up with me," Lucas said.I smiled, recalling how much convincing it took from River to meet up with him today. Sometimes I wondered what River wanted - me ending up with my baby daddy or just moving on to someone else.Maybe I needed to know what I wanted and stop letting other people make decisions for me."How have you been?" He asked."Good. I've been alright, not the same with your absence in my life." I swallowed. This was not how I wanted our conversation to start."How's your wife?" I asked to evade it."We're not together anymore. Our divorce was finalized a few months ago." He informed me, shocking me in the process."I'm so sorry to hear that,"He shrugged, "It was bound to happen at some point.""Hmm," I hummed absentmindedly. My mind kept trailing over to Dante. He was running a temperature when I left. I hoped River was taking good care of him even though I knew I could never doubt her ability to take care of my son in my absence.
Aurora: Breaking Illusions 78 ~Leo
I was having dinner with my parents that evening immediately after my return from New York. I contemplated and pondered on how to break the news to them. I knew it could not wait so it was better to move with a sense of urgency."Dad, mom, I have something to tell you both," I piped up finally after fighting an internal battle.They both turned to me at the same time, even Natalie stopped in the middle of her meal."I have a child." I said after a few seconds of silence.My mom's eyes lit up, "Is Natalie pregnant? Oh my goodness!"Natalie looked perplexed and even stared down at her obviously flat belly.I shook my head immediately, "No no, that's not what I meant.""What do you mean then?" She asked, her smile dropping into a frown."I was in New York a week ago and I met Aurora,"My father's eyes lit up with interest. "Aurora? How is she doing?""She's doing really great. I'm so proud of her," I said with a proud smile."You went to see that girl?" My mom sneered. I ignored it and d
Aurora: Breaking Illusions 79 ~ Aurora
I was stunned when he sent a private jet to come get us. I had no problem with flying business class with Dante but he insisted that I use the jet so I would avoid airport hassles. Leo sure knew how to go all out when he wanted to.The flight was smooth and Dante slept through most of it. This was his first travel and he did not cause any trouble. It was a proud mom moment for me."We're going to see daddy soon," I said to him in what I called my mama voice as soon as we landed.Much to my surprise, Leo was right there at the hangar awaiting our arrival. He pulled me into a tight embrace and took Dante out of my hands, obviously elated to be reunited with his son after a few weeks since he left New York."How was your trip?" "Smooth. Thanks to you," I said. "I'm glad it was."We got into the car and I just stared at the window while he played with Dante. It had been quite some time since I was last here in Washington. There wasn't a lot of difference in how it looked but there was s
Aurora: Breaking Illusions 80 ~ Aurora
I shook nervously as soon as we drove into his parents estate. It had the same eerie that came with me returning to what it seemed was my prison when I first got married. And even after we moved out, the trepidation I felt whenever we had to come here and see my ex mother in-law never seemed to wane.Leo had called my parents and as we drove further in, I saw a car that looked so much like it would be theirs. I swallowed. "You'll be fine," he said, noticing my countenance. I nodded even though I hardly believed I would.He took Dante out of the back seat, while I got of the vehicle, ironing out the nonexistent creases on my black formfitting dress. I brought out my phone from my chanel purse and took one last look at my makeup. River had insisted that I look the part and as I glanced at my gold gladiator heels, I knew that I had dressed to kill. I fluffed my waves and even Leo could not take his eyes of me."You're gorgeous,""Thank you." I placed my palm on his arm in appreciation,
Aurora: Breaking Illusions 81 ~ Leo
To say I was stunned at her actions was an understatement. I was staring at a very different Aurora from the woman I'd first married.Was I worried or even scared at the change? Absolutely. I wondered if I was man enough to handle the woman she had become. But I wanted her still and I was willing to work towards being a better man for her.~~~I was stunned to see Lucas seated in my living room when I came home that evening."Hello Leo," He said, getting on his feet to shake my hand. I did not lift a finger."What are you doing here?" I asked stiffly.He dropped his hand back, looking slightly embarrassed. "I'm here to see Aurora."Speaking of her, she came out of the kitchen with a glass of juice that was obviously for her guest."Hi Leo, I didn't know you were back." She said, flashing me her dazzling smile as she placed the drink on the coffee table."I just got in." I answered clippedly and briskly took the stairs. I opened her room and saw Dante in his makeshift crib. It eased m
Aurora: Breaking Illusions 82 ~ Aurora
"When are you going back to New York?" "Pretty soon," I said, keeping my answer vague. I did not plan on letting anyone know when I was leaving. "Hmm," she said, carrying Dante and feeding him from her meal. I watched closely as she did. "Why did you call me here?" I asked. It felt weird to be seated on the backyard porch of what used to be my home for the first two decades of my life."I haven't seen you in a long time. Is it wrong that I decided to speak to my daughter face to face?" She asked, sounding offended."Now you care," I scoffed. "Aurora," She called out softly."I don't want to hear it.""I'm still your mother.""You let him disown me, you never called, not even once! What's worse is that you instigated my brothers against me. If not that Antonio cared to reach out, I would have been left all alone without family! Some mother you are..." I scoffed again in utter disdain.She was so overwhelmed by my outburst, she stayed silent. My son's eyes stayed on me, almost like
Aurora: Breaking Illusions 83 ~ Aurora
It was so refreshing to be back home. Washington wasn't home anymore. I needed no further confirmation."I'm happy to see youuuu!" River looked she was going to cry as we hugged at the airport. "The house feels so lonely without you,""We missed you too," I said. Dante was fast asleep after singing and playing through most of the flight.The drive home was far from silence as we tried to catch up on how much we head missed in each others lives."No you didn't." Her jaw dropped when I gave her a more detailed narration of what went down with my parents and how I told Leo's mother off."I'm still shocked I did it." I said with a laugh. My smile dropped when I saw her tearing up. "Is something wrong?" I asked, immediately getting worried."No no," she waved me off. "These are tears of joy. I'm so proud of your growth. You finally stood up to that witch!""River!!!" I laughed even harder. She was so dramatic."I'm serious. She finally got what was coming to her. Now she knows she cannot m
Aurora: Breaking Illusions 84 ~ Lucas
I dropped the call, beaming with joy that I had spoken to Aurora for that long. Finally, I was warming my way up to her heart after so long. If only she knew how I thought about her everyday and that the fact that she had a child did little to deter me from chasing her.I wanted to give her all the love she deserved and I needed her to know it.Getting the chance to move to New York was a blessing. For once I loved that my mother had transferred me to oversee the New York regional headquarters of the family business. She said I needed to catch a break after the divorce which was quite messy because my ex wife wanted to render me broke. If this move wasn't God's plan I don't know what was.I decided I was going to surprise her and not tell when I was moving in. "Lucas?"I looked up from my screen as I heard the one voice I had all my life."Mom, what's up?" She sighed, walking further into my office. She reached for my hand and held it in hers. "I miss you already.""I'm still here
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