CHAPTER 64HOUSTON POVWhy he decided it was just a good idea for him to hurt his friend. "I just can't let this go! All that I want is answers! I want him to tell me why he decided to do this! The last time that I was in his office, I asked him if he had anything else that he wanted to tell me but he told me that there was nothing at all! He could have told me then but he decided to keep it away from me! Is he treating me as a fool ? Is that it?" I asked no one in particular. I was starting to think that Houston never really thought of me as a friend and that he was just messing with me from the beginning. He knew what he was doing. He just...he just wanted to play around with my feelings and emotions. If he knows that i have feelings for Fiona, why did he still get married to her? Why could he just not leave her alone? Why did he have to do something like this? "I really don't know what it is that you are trying to gain from going to talk with Aiden. I just want you to know that
HOUSTON POVI decided to just go wait for Aiden at his house since it was already near closing time. Deep down, I don't want to make a scene at his office. I know that the both of us are definitely going to get into a huge argument when I see him today. He can't just trample upon all of my dreams and expect me to still be calm about it.When I got to his house he still wasn't back from work. I guess that he and Fiona were probably still at the office. But the butler knows me and so he let me into the living room to wait for him. He offered me some snacks but I didn't want to eat anything. I don't want the anger that I am feeling inside to dissipate before Aiden and Fiona gets back. Just then, heard a car pull into the parking lot. I braced myself to meet with my so-called friend and talk with him. How dare he do this to me? It is one thing that he has taken away the one woman that I have loved since I was a teenager but how they try to take away being the leader of the mafia? .
HOUSTON POVAll that I want for you to do now is for you to go upstairs and do anything else. Don't stay here" I said to her. "But....""Fiona go upstairs now. I am going to come to you when the both of us are done here. I think that we need to have a good talk to stop there are some things that I want to clear up with Houston" Aiden said. Immediately Aiden said this, Fiona frowned. But she still listened to him and went upstairs. I frowned when I saw this. Why does Fiona listen to him so much? Fiona has never been someone who listens to the wishes of someone else. She always does whatever she wants whenever she wants. I need to find a way to break the both of them as soon as possible. The more I continue to let them stay married , the closer they will grow to each other and maybe I won't be able to stop them then. After Fiona was gone, I turned to face Aiden. I dropped all pretences of cordiality on my face immediately she gone. I frowned, letting him know that I am very
CHAPTER 67He knows how hard I have been working for this. how dare you tell me that we can compete healthily?!."How dare you tell me this Aiden? You know this is the only way for me to win the approval of Fiona's father!" I asked Aiden angrily. "You really need to calm down Houston. I don't really think that there's a need to big such a big deal out of this first of all, you and I are not the only one who wants that! Like, I told you, there's a way for the both of us to compete without letting it get in the way of your friendship. You are the one who just doesn't want to see that. I don't know what else you want me to say to you! We can do this! Why are you being so mean about this?" He asked me. I could see now that Aiden did not think that he has done anything wrong at all. He still thinks that he is right. "Seriously Aiden, did you just not hear what I told you?! I said that I need to become the mafia lord if I want to gain the approval of Fiona's father! I really need this! A
CHAPTER 68AIDENI was tired of having Houston show his feelings so clearly for Fiona in front of me so I pointed it out to him. I wasn't expecting his reaction at all though. He immediately became defensive. I didn't expect this too. He threw a punch at me. I am not a weakling or a pushover. I didn't even remember the last time that someone had hit me like this. Probably in high school. I immediately returned the punch. I was about to punch him again when someone ran out and held me back. I looked at Fiona and sighed. I should have known that won't leave. Clearly she had been listening to our conversation and she came out at the first sight of trouble. Trust her to get involved in this. "What are the both of you doing? This is why I didn't want to leave you alone! I know that you are just going to get into a fight! It's not like you are both still in high school! You are best friends! Can't you sit down and talk through your issues like two mature adults!" Fiona said. She looke
AUTHOR POV"I can't give it to you" Fiona's words sounded again and again in Houston's words. She had finally figured out the feelings that he had for her. Houston threw his head back and sighed. "Fiona I......you don't understand. I really like you. No, scratch that. I love you. I've always done!" Houston said. Aiden looked at Houston with a sneer on his face. He could not tell if Houston is doing this on purpose or if he is really this dumbCan't he tell that Fiona does not want to hear him confess his feelings to her personally? That is why she was going around in circles to reject him. Fiona shook her head. She had tried her best to avoid this conversation ever since it started going there but Houston still found a way to bring her back to it. She was so upset. "Look Houston, please just stop this. I don't ...you are my older brother. I have never thought of you like that in my life before and I don't think that I am ever going to do that. I just can't....I can't do that. You
AUTHOR POVAiden ran his eyes through Fiona's body. He did not tell her but he thinks that if he was in Houston's position, he would never have been able to think of Fiona as his sister too. A woman as beautiful as she is ...he is definitely bound to get tempted. "Well what are you going to do about it now? From what he had told us, it's clear enough that he just isn't going to give up on you. What are you going to do about it?" Aiden asked Fiona. Fiona glared at Aiden. "What do you think I am going to do? He's my older brother! Of course I am just going to ignore this! If he wants to be my brother than I think that at some point, we can sit and have a discussion about this. But if he doesn't want that then there's nothing that I can do. I don't love him. He will always be a brother to me!" Fiona said. Although what Houston had done today had really unsettled her, she did not want to throw away the relationship that she had with him. She still wanted to be his sister.Maybe if he
Fiona was stunned by Aiden's words and Aiden looked rather curious at her reaction. Truth be told she had not expected that Candice would do such a thing. She actually felt pity for Aiden but relieved that he was never in love with Candice."It's all over now." Aiden said with a small breathy laughter."I know, I'm just shocked. You two were really a big shot and an unbreakable couple." Fiona whispered, forcing a smile."I regret... Really." Aiden muttered, staring at Fiona with full interest. "I think I should tell dad about Houston." She mumbled, lowering her gaze. "You shouldn't worry much." Aiden smiled at her and she lifted her gaze to him."I'm sorry about Candice." She said,"It's nothing Fiona." Aiden sighed.Fiona gave a small nod. "She was really... Something. Stealing company's secrets is just... Inhumane. It's better to love than to just get attracted. Love unites both." She grumbled, pouting her lips."Fiona." Aiden called with a sigh, placing his hands on her shoulder.
Author's POV*Fifteen years later*Time had passed awfully fast.Memories and moment been shared continuously and continuously.Fights been fought together.It was Christmas Eve.The family had finally come together to celebrate for the Christmas. It was a tradition that they had kept alive for years. No matter what happens or what they are doing, they always come back to celebrate the Christmas together. It was something that Fiona really looked forward to every day. She loved spending time with her husband and her kid. So no matter what, they always came together for that. The sitting room was adorned with decoration but that brightest decorations of all was the magnificent Christmas tree that stood proud and tall at the middle of the room.The star at the tip added to the brightness and the gift beneath added to the atmosphere of festivity.Laughter echoed at the dinning room. Aiden Fiona, Eric and Esther were seated serving each other foods as they talked to each other about thei
Author povA month had passed since Esther had given birth. The baby Jason, was growing really well and it almost seemed like had two mothers.Fiona had become really attached too him over the month.Going to Esther's house, they all ate and had a little party and Fiona ate all of the food.Her craving and appetite was growing and growing and growing.After their visit to Esther's house, they went to watch a movie together and Fiona ate two buckets of popcorn and still took Aiden's.He stared at her in disbelief as she ate whatever was edible. Even the food she hated as a norm was now her favorite.At night, he had to buy snacks Incase she would begin craving unnecessarily. Sadly, most of the snacks he had gathered, she always rejected.However, she was getting incredibly sensitive."I'm hungryyyy I want pasta!" Fiona cried out from the bedroom.Aiden was in the kitchen which was a complete mess, cooking pasta that she had been crying about for two hours now.She had requested for a sa
Author povStanding outside the bar, to a corner with lights but devoid of people, Fiona had her eyes closed as she breathed slowly. She felt tired and dizzy and was incredibly craving for alcohol which she couldn't drink. She had to hold on for a few more months.She placed her hand on her stomach, smiling slowly. "Soon." She told herself."Well, well, well." An irritating gruff voice erupted behind her and her eyes snapped open.She turned to the direction to see up to twenty men. They were all holding guns and pointing it at her.Fiona sighed. She thought that all her problems was over but of course she was wrong."What?" She asked angrily."What an attitude." One of them chuckled and she felt someone grab her from behind.She screamed, kicked straight in the groin and turned to look at him as he fell to the ground."Moron! Can't you see that I am a pregnant woman?!" She screamed furiously and snatched the gun away from him, shooting him straight in the head then turned to the othe
AUTHORwhat he had always wanted was the happiness of his daughter and he can't be any more thankful for this. Immediately after the marriage, Fiona and her friends decided that they wanted to go hang out at a bar. Fiona's father wanted to stop them but he thought that thet knew what they were doing and that he should not get involved. He also told himself that he should stop trying to get involved in his daughter's life and stop trying to tell her what to do and what not to do. It just didn't sound okay for him to do that to her..He and his wife went back home after the wedding. Fiona's mother could not hike back her tears. She immediately started crying when they got home. "Why are you crying? Aren't you the one who always said tgat I was being too hard on her and Aiden?" He asked his wife. "Of course you were being too hard on them before this! It's just.....my daughter is finally married and I can't help but feel sad about it. I feel as if it was only a day ago when I held her
AUTHORDo you really think so little of me Fiona?" Aiden asked Fiona. He knows that she was saying all of this because of the pregnancy hormones and that she doesn't really mean it but he was hurt that she'd ever consider that he'd leave because she lost her shape after giving birth to her child. "I don't think that way of you at all. I know that you love me but people change right? What if I go out of shape and you decide that I am no longer what you want?! I think that I am going to lose my mind for real if you leave me....I can't handle that for the life of me" she told AidenAiden took her hand in his "I am just going to tell you this once Fiona so listen. You're pregnant with my child. You're putting your life on the hold to have my child. I am never going to leave you just because you lost your shape after having my child. And for goodness sake, even if you grow old and become ugly, I won't leave you. I am not with you because ot my looks. I am with you because I love you. The
FIONA'S POV"You know that I am not doing anything and that they are actually right. I don't want that at all. I want to do something to earn my keep. I know that I am pregnant but that doesn't mean that I am handicapped. I can still do something " I said. I don't like the way Aiden keeps treating me like I can't do anything for myself. I think that I am going to lose my mind if he keeps treating me like this for the duration of my pregnancy. I'd definitely lose my mind if this continues itself. "Who said that you're not doing anything by being here with me? Seeing your face everyday motivates me to work harder. And once I am motivated to work harder, it means that I can earn a lot of money for the company and those people talking will get paid on time. So you see, you being here is actually helping everyone. Do you see how much you're helping me out now?" Aiden asked me. I could not help but burst into laugher when I heard this. "You're impossible Aiden! I can't believe that you
AIDEN'S POVI entered my office after I was done with the meeting. I sighed. All of the people who are working for me are really stressing me out. They are supposed to do thier jobs but there's nothing that anyone of them can do right. They keep making mistakes on top of mistakes. They are all starting to get on my nerves. .I took off my tie as soon as I entered my office and lossened the first buttons of my shirt. I saw Fiona sleeping on the couch. I frowned. Isn't she uncomfortable?!I have told her many times that she doesn't need to come here for me and that she can just go back home and rest once the pregnancy gets too much for her and she wants to sleep. Why doesn't she ever listen at all ? "What are you doing here Fiona?" I asked as I tried to position her on the bed without waking her up as quietly as I could.I took a blanket and tried to cover her with it but she woke up anyway. "What are you doing here Fiona? Didn't I tell you that you can go back and sleep whenever y
Author's POVFew weeks later. Fiona groaned loudly as she entered into the fitting room for yet another time. This was the fifth....sixth? Honestly she's lost count of how many it was. Her mom and Eric's wife Esther were there with her. She went out to show her critiques who sat regally on the chair sipping lemonade. She eyed them dubiously and mouth "really??" With an arched eyebrow. They were only sitting there, enjoying a glass of lemonade and scrolling through the magazine while Fiona was made to endure the prickling and prodding of the stylist. "What do you think??" She asked without much enthusiasm. She felt beautiful but she wanted to hear from them. She gasped, stood up and walked towards her with beaming smiles on their faces."Oh my! You look adoring." Esther squealed into her hand and giggled excitedly. Fiona rolled my eyes as her mum and Esther passed a secret look at themselves. It was secretive if they were passing those looks in front of her. She almost facepalm
Author's POV"I suggest you avoid doing anything that could bring back those painful memories." He said to him quietly.Aidan nodded diligently, his eyes filled with a brimming happiness that seemed highly contagious. "She has been greatly traumatized and her brain is still having problem accepting the reality. Care and rest is all she needs right now. And do ensure that she eats a lot of food and makes she doesn't get upset" Rodriguez added calmly. Aidan had rushed out to call the doctor when the initial shock had wear off him. And thank goodness he did. "I congratulate you once again Mr Aiden." He bowed stiffly, before moving out. Since the doctor didn't want Fiona to listen in on his diagnostic, they were conversing in the corridor.The thought of Fiona going through the hardship of accepting the harsh reality was already hitting Aiden.... hard. A trickle pain of hers turned to an ocean of his own. If he could take her pain as his own, he would. Without thinking twice!He str