Chapter 76Allan literally dragged the bag of toys he had managed to buy from the kiddie mall into the Xanders mansion. He was still too tired from yesterday's work, and today was supposed to be his rest day since Alex was on a trip, and yet here he was. He pressed the doorbell and waited, but no one came out to answer it and he grew impatient. He kept pressing consistently before resolving to knock on the door. He was about to knock again when the door was suddenly pushed open and he nearly fell into the house. "Have you no manners?!" The person yelled, apparently a lady yelled. “How could you knock on someone's door like a thief instead of ringing the doorbell like a civilized man?" He had fallen, but now he was dusting his pants, he made a mental note to remind Alex to fire this rude servant by the time he dropped this heavy bag and got a drink of water. But when he looked up to voice his frustration and disapproval, he could swear that his heart skipped several beats when he sa
Chapter 77The streets were busy, and dirty, reminding her of her addiction days. Those were dark times, just before she was sent to the rehab where her life took a turn for what she couldn't describe as the best or the worse. Sandy ruffled her bag for a few dollar bills and flung them at the hungry kids with dirty clothes and puppy eyes. On seeing a generous clean stranger, more of the kids swam towards her, even the adults. She took out a few more notes and tossed it at the adults, who were now grinning from ear to ear. She returned their appreciative smiles and even tossed them a roll of blunt which earned a welcome gesture from them. "What do you want?" A ginger haired woman with tired brows asked with an unimpressed tone. "I'm looking for someone." "Who?" "No.68B St Klein Block." She looked at her phone screen to be sure she had not made a mistake and nodded in satisfaction. The smiles around them stopped and everyone was now ogling at her. Sandy frowned, she recognized the
Chapter 78"Come on, baby. One more time." Alex pleaded as he teased a spot on her shoulder. "We've done this three times already, Alex. You said you have an appointment with the French investors tomorrow morning. And still, tomorrow is the opening of the new gallery here.” Hayley teased, but she wasn't letting him go."That's like five hours from now." He reminded her.."I don't want you to sleep through it." "I won't if you let us have this last one." He tried to kiss her again but she held his head and laughed. "Look who's acting like a big baby now." "Come on, Hayley. One last time. Please.”She let him kiss her, and he made the most of it, kissing her with a new fire, one would think they had not seen each other in years. Hayley was marveled at just how much their bodies ignited at each other's touch, it didn't feel like they had been doing this all night at all. "Can I go further?" He asked with a pleading voice as he eyed her breast greedily. "No." "But you said I could c
Chapter 79Hayley did not stir for the remaining hours before dawn, when she woke up to the chilly air from the air conditioner. She turned it off first before groping her way to the bathroom where she brushed her teeth with a vengeance. By the time she got out of the shower, her dress had already been arranged on the bed, everything down to her underwear was neatly laid there. She couldn't help the blush that crept into her face as she wondered who would have probably done that. She picked her phone and dialed Alex's number, but as expected, he didn't pick the call. She tried it three more times and gave up, deciding to let him so she focused on getting into the body hug dress that had been laid out for her. By the time she finished dressing and styled her hair the way Claire had shown her, she was pleased with the image that stared back at her in the mirror. So, deciding that Alex's anger would melt the minute he saw her in this dress, she left the room with a wide grin. Quite a
Chapter 80 TWO HOURS AGOHayley did not stop running until she was safely out of the hotel. She stood out there, trying to get the fresh afternoon breeze to cool her raging temper. The afternoon air was suddenly too stuffy for her, she looked back to see if Alex had followed but thankfully he was not. Stepping outside, she took a minute to catch her breath, leaned against the nearest car and was panting when the car suddenly honked. She jumped, turned and saw the driver, a woman waving. Hayley gave a curt bow and waved back, mouthing an apology for the way she probably stood in her way. But the woman, a young pretty lady, stepped down from the car and regarded Hayley in the most unlikely manner. Hayley watched her too, she was wearing her hair in a fringe and she had a round beauty eyeglass hanging loosely on the tip of her nose. Her dressing a black trouser perfectly tucked into knee length boots and a turtle neck body con blouse to go with it. Her dressing was both cute and str
Chapter 81By evening of that same day, Hayley had still not come back and there was only so much they could do, Alex was beside himself with rage. Even though the presentation had ended successfully, with every last piece of painting paid for and cleared, the joy was just not there. Arnold was out with the rest of the guys, combing through the city and doing everything within their power to find tabs on her whereabouts. But it was just like she had vanished into thin air, like she was never in the hotel that morning or the night before. He had reported to the authorities, but being a visitor here did not speed up things regardless of his status. Since she was an adult, and considering the circumstances surrounding her disappearance, he was told they would have to wait for twenty four hours before an official missing person report could be filed on her. Which left him with no choice but to take matters into his own hands, every room in the hotel had been checked, every car that cam
Chapter 82"The fuck do you mean I have to wait for another two hours? She's been gone for twenty two fucking hours and you are telling me you can't officially declare her a missing person?" Alex yelled into the phone. The officer clicked his tongue, "I'm sorry, Mr Xander, but the lady in question is a twenty seven years old lady! She could have gone off with a lover or something like that.""She has no lover!" "And how would you know that?" The officer asked, his voice annoying Alex even more, "She's just your employee, right? You can't possibly know all her affairs. We have to follow due process, Sir. Twenty four hours is the official time." Alex rubbed his hand on his forehead in pure agitation, even the man's accent was annoying him even more, "What's your name, Sir?""What?""Your name.""Sergeant Rodrigo Degentte." He picked a pen and jotted the man's name down, "Dege… is that spelt with double letter T?" "Yes, why?""Because you are about to loose your fucking job! Do you
Chapter 83After Hayley fell asleep, Alex left her in his room and went out to inform Arnold that she was back. He still had to find out who she had gone out with, and that was a heavy burden on his chest because he was convinced that she would not tell him the truth later. Having known Hayley for this long, he could swear she was hiding something from him. Besides the fact that she helped Logan escape, which he was still trying to find out why and where Logan was, he didn't know if she hadn't fallen in love with one of these men here. Judging from how much she enjoyed the attention she enjoyed their eyes feasting on her yesterday, he didn't know if he could trust her not to run off with one of them someday. He sighed, love. He didn't want her to love anyone, he didn't even want anyone to give her attention apart from him and he didn't know how to feel about that. He certainly wasn't used to feeling flutters in his stomach like a besotted child, but he had to admit that Hayley had
FOUR YEARS LATER~~~~00~~~~~(Had to give y’all an epilogue because I’m missing Alex and Hayley already.) "Come on, Klaus! Your dad is going to be late if you keep doing that!" Hayley chided her son as he ran into the bedroom."Dada!" Young Klaus called as he ran into his father's embrace. "Huh huh. That's not fair. You are supposed to say Mama." Hayley scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest as she eyed her husband and son. "Someone is jealous." Alex grinned as he kissed his son's forehead dottingly, "But you have to try to get in Mama's good books if you want her to feed you today until I'm back."As if understanding his father, Klaus clapped his tiny hands and said some baby words which ended in, "Maama!" "Yes! He finally said it!" She shrieked with joy and collected him from Alex, "He finally called me!" Alex watched both mother and son with amusement until a soft knock on the door interrupted them. As she handed the boy back to Alex and walked towards the door to open it,
Chapter 100"That was cold, telling them about me like that." Hayley chided Alex later that night as they lay in his room. Alex frowned, "Why?" She sighed, "Because you just lost your wife, Alex. And announcing that you are expecting a child with another woman and confirming that you have been cheating on your wife with her for the six months prior to her death is not cool at all." He rolled his eyes, "My wife was an ass. Everyone knows now.""Yes. But they didn't know she was an ass six months ago." She reminded, "You realize her people might try to use this as evidence against you in the court of law?" With a sigh, he held her face close to his, "I'm expecting that. I have a pretty good lawyer and he knows just how to handle things like this." He propped himself on one elbow and sat up, "You know, actually, I'm anticipating just how much money this court case will fetch me when I eventually win." "Pretty confident, huh?" "Yep. And I actually think suing me is a very foolish thi
Chapter 99The police came in on time to find Smith holding the gun while Hayley was retching all over the place from all that sight of blood and splattered brain. Smith was instantly handcuffed, even though he kept screaming like a mad man that he should be allowed to see his one true love. Alex was trying to hold Hayley, who didn't look like she could handle everything that was going on because he was sure that there was nothing left in her stomach that she could throw up. Smith had shot Sandy, and she was lying there dead with her brains scattered all over the floor. Everything happened in a flash, to think that the woman had narrated how he had used her for ten years and even confessed her feelings for him all those years only for him to end her life in a split second with a second thought. That only went to show how obsessed Smith had been with Ursula. The family had witnessed two murders in one day, heard the chilling confessions from two people they just didn't expect to be
Chapter 98It was only Hayley who was still herself among all of them. Alex had sunk into a nearby seat and was currently holding his head in his hands, silently staring into space. Claire herself was leaning against the wall and looking so downcast. Allan and Arnold looked like their tongues were tied and the doctor was only waiting for a go ahead from Alex to do what Smith had just said. "You have strong reasons to believe that Finn is your son?" Hayley asked Smith with an inquisitive frown. "I believe so.""And if you are wrong?" "The test will prove that." The confidence with which he spoke was that of a man who knew absolutely what he was saying. The doctor looked at Hayley and then to Alex, who looked like he was currently questioning all his life decisions. She gave the doctor a nod of approval to carry out the test, "I guess the result will have the answers." She stepped back as the doctor nodded and went into the ward, he returned with the necessary things needed to dr
Chapter 97Even though the shock of hearing Alex say he didn't want anything to happen to his child was still making Hayley's mouth hang open, she realized that seeing him being overprotective of her was better than any feeling in the world. But before she recovered from the shock, Alex was out the front door and was half running the rest of the way to his car. She ran after him and caught up with him, only to have him roll his eyes at her. He opened his mouth to tell her to go back but she shook her head, dragged the car keys from his hand and opened the car door, where she sat comfortably in the front and waited for him to join her. He did join her after sulking for three minutes, "You are too stubborn, Hayley. This is not good." "You said your son was in a critical condition, would you rather we remain here and argue than go to find out what is wrong?"He nodded his agreement and started the car, they drove out and covered the rest of the journey in an awkward silence, with Alex
Chapter 96The room she was out in had all the comfort, any other thing including food and water was brought in for her by a rather burly man who never smiled for once. There was a comfortable bed, a small seat and table with notebooks and a biro for her to write with, probably to keep her from losing her mind. But any gadget like mobile phone, laptop or even telephone was not allowed in her custody room. After the day he had caught and held her hostage, Claire had only seen Larry once after that and that was the evening of that day when he had come to tell her she should be comfortable but that he couldn't let her out. But she was losing her mind, not used to being locked up like this and certainly not used to being idle for so long. How did Larry expect her to remain locked up here and for how long? Surely he knew that the only way to keep her from talking was to kill her, and at this point, she didn't know if he would kill her. If he had managed to lock her up here for three da
❗️Trigger Warning❗️❗️This chapter talks about possible harm to a child and some other things that some might find upsetting! ❗️Chapter 95It didn't take up to a day for Sandy to find the paternity of Finn Xander. She sat in the car staring at the hospital she had just come out from, it was the same hospital in the paper that Smith had sent her, and she had been lucky enough to meet the same doctor who had attended to Ursula still working there. The bitch, she thought idly. She had managed to fool everyone all these years, thinking that no one would find out about all her evil schemes, she had smartly managed to get away with all that. But certainly, nothing is hidden under the sun, not even her stupid schemes. Fortunately, that doctor who had attended to her all those years ago knew too much, being that she had actually helped her carry out all her previous abortions and given her medical advice, Finn was her last hope for a child.Thanks to all that, even if Alex wanted to try fo
Chapter 94Smith stalked down the hotel hall with a very neutral mood. Ursula was away, which was one reason his mood was not so nice, he could already imagine all the things she would be doing with Alex while she was with him and none of that made him happy. But he was consoled by the fact that she had left a good portion of her belongings here, which was a clear indication that she would be back soon enough. So feeling bored himself, he decided to go to her room and make the most of the beautiful scent of her cologne which was still lingering there. The first thing his eyes caught was the pile of clothes on the bed which she had scattered in her haste to leave. With a sigh, Smith started folding and arranging the clothes into her traveling boxes all while humming a beautiful tune to cheer his mode. With Elizabeth this close to finding all the evidence that was needed to complete their plan, the thought of what would happen to Alex when all his plans fell into pleasant places was
Chapter 93Ghost That was all that kept ringing in Hayley's ears as she lay there on the cold floor, feeling the chill seep deep into her ribs. She had seen a ghost because she wanted to do something bad. How did she think she would attempt to destroy another person's home and get away with it? She could only hope that she was not dead at the moment. The irony of it, who would have thought that hell was this chilly? As she felt the sudden stab of pain in her abdomen, she winced, so she still had emotions too.Wow, hell was much more real than we thought. She managed to sit up, ignoring the thousand pains shooting up her body. By the time she was finally leaning her back against what felt like a cold metal, she shook her head and groaned. So she did finally end up in hell, Huh? Well, at least the punishment was better than damnation in eternal fire. "You are awake."That voice, Hayley's eyes shot open immediately, her vision was blurry but she waited until they adjusted to the blind