Chapter 3. We Will Obey

"No one has ever refused us. Not even mommy could." Mike smiled mischievously. The boy knew that Fay didn't like them but was forced to bring them with her.

Fay pouted. "That's a different thing. Mr. Goldwin can't just be forced to accept you guys."

"He can't refuse his good luck charm." Mika's eyes flickered playfully.

"He's been lucky since birth. No need for a lucky charm. Besides, I heard that he's now in a relationship with a young lady from the Haines family. I'm not sure any young lady would want to be your stepmother." Fay tried to remember the girl's name, but failed. Cade Goldwin was always making headlines. Even if he spat, the reporters would be happy to make it a headline.

Yaik! Fay was disgusted by the simile. Okay, she was exaggerating. But Cade always made a scene when he changed girlfriends. How many have there been? Ten? Eleven? Fay tapped herself on the head for letting her mind wander. It was none of her business.

The two children across from her furrowed their fine eyebrows. They were not happy to hear the words about stepmother.

"Is daddy getting married soon?" Mike asked cautiously.

“I don’t know.” Fay shrugged her shoulders. She was glad to see that cute look of annoyance. “But of course one day Mr. Goldwin will marry a spoiled rich young girl who won’t like any child but her own.”

Then Fay leaned forward, making a mocking face. “At that time, you will be eliminated.” Afterward, Fay smiled with satisfaction at the two children’s worried looks.

“Will Mommy get rid of us if Mommy has a child of her own?” Mika looked on the verge of tears as she asked.

“That depends on your attitude. If you become obedient children, maybe I’ll be kind enough to put you on the family card. If not—“

“We will obey.” Mike interrupted quickly.

“That’s good. Then let’s start from now.” Fay was very thirsty and grabbed a water bottle from the bag she had brought to the mall.

“Does that mean you agree to be daddy’s wife?”

Fay choked and sprayed the water she was drinking right at the two kids.

***

Cade Goldwin was standing in his spacious office overlooking the view of the city of Axton below. It wasn’t the view he had seen every day that made him linger there. An old photograph was in his hand. It was a picture of her sleeping on a hotel bed. Even the date the picture was taken was written on the top corner of the photo. A morning six years ago.

He even forgot the girl’s face. All he remembered was that he needed someone as an outlet for the desire rolling around in his body that the drug had brought with it.

Someone had put a stimulant in his drink.

The perpetrator thought that way he could control Cade. Never dreamed. Unfortunately to avoid the trap, a strange girl became a victim. Cade had also lost track of her.

He had been looking for her. And this handwriting told him that she was gone. But she left behind the fruits of that night’s love. Two at once!

Cade wondered why she didn’t ask him to take responsibility.

There was a knock on the door from outside. Without turning around Cade told the knocker to come in. He knew Langdon was coming. So without turning around he knew who was pushing open the door and stepping into his office.

“What do you think?” Cade asked the assistant.

“The child is indeed your biological son. All the results of the investigation are in this document.” Langdon moved to the desk and placed a large envelope on it.

Cade closed his eyes for a moment. He was disappointed by the fact that the girl was gone. But he was quite satisfied with the two children. He had a chance to make amends.

“You can go.” He said then.

Langdon excused himself and left the room.

After the assistant left, Cade turned around and went to his desk. He took the envelope Langdon had brought and opened it.

There were pictures of the girl named Audrey. More pictures of her twins. Their children. Copies of birth documents. DNA test results. Several sheets of paperwork with everything about them. Then another photo. Another girl. A girl who was now with Mike and Mika. Fay Willmer.

Cade ignored it. He wasn’t interested.

The pair of twins excited him more. He stared at the photo for a long time. He stroked its smooth surface and imagined touching the childrens’ skin.

What would his mother say? She would be delighted. She had been pushing for a marriage to the thirty-something Cade just to get some grandchildren. Now Cade didn’t have to take the pressure from his mother anymore. Mike and Mika were more than enough to silence Mrs. Goldwin’s fussy mouth.

The office door suddenly opened without a knock. A young woman stepped in gracefully.

Cade lifted his face from the surface of the desk. He didn’t like the way Pricilla had entered his office. He quietly returned the photos and documents to the envelope and put them in the drawer.

It’s not because he’s afraid of his secret being discovered. Sooner or later he had to make it public too. No one can refuse their child. Not even Pricilla. It’s just that for now he wants to keep it first. Pricilla’s mouth could be hotter than chili if her heart wasn’t happy.

“Cade, I meant to go to Bella’s House to pick up the dress I ordered and passed by your office. I thought it wouldn’t hurt to stop by for a while. I also bought lunch for you.” Pricilla looked confident as she spoke. She placed a paper bag containing several lunch boxes on the table near the sofa. She glanced at the digital clock on Cade’s desk. “Do you want to eat now?”

“I still have work to do. Just leave it there.” Cade watched the girl as he linked his arms. He wasn’t in the mood to be visited. “You go get the dress. I don’t want to be disturbed.”

Clear and decisive. Cade didn’t like small talk.

Pricilla stopped her movement of arranging the lunchbox. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. As Cade Goldwin’s official girlfriend, she was being kicked out of his office.