I open my lips to explain to my kids then I shut my mouth.My kids drop their food,they stood up and push their chair backward,I knew they wanted to stand up and leave, I could see that they are upset.I rush towards them.“Henry,Harry, I……I ….a..m really sorry, I…..” Henry cuts in.“ I am dissapointed in you mom” he says. My heart broke into pieces.“Both of you couldn’t even say the truth to us! Harry says angrily, they walk out on us and left us standing.I look back to Riley in anger, I feel so upset.“It’s all your fault! I yelled at him and wanted to rush to them.He held my hand, I wriggle out of his hand and he held my hand tight,his grip was tight on my arm.”Let me go! I yelled at him.“ I will let you go but let me take the blame for this” he says.I stare deeply into his gaze for a while then I look away, I wiggle out of his hand.“You don’t need to take the blame ,I know how to deal with my kids” I said and walk towards the stairs, he rushes past me on the stairs.“ They a
CHLOE.After Riley left, I embrace my kids, urging them to forgive their dad that it was never his fault that we only have a misunderstanding that we are trying to settle.After that I quickly return to the office to start working then I heard he and a female voice speaking on phone. I paused in my track as I was going to enter into the office.I hear Riley call Amanda’s name I became jealous but when he said it’s over to her I was happy and when she said she was going to get him at all cost, my heart skipped.Slowly, I step back and return to my room, I went to sit on the bed sad and jealous.He is mine, I love him, I don’t want to share him with anyone, tears began to sting my eyes, I quickly dry my tears.“ Stupid,how can you be crying because of Riley” I said to myself. I remembered the part where he told her it’s over between them, I smiled but when I remembered Amanda saying she was going to get him at all cost.I felt jealous and became scared that I was going to loose him to A
“We haven’t met in the last ten years except for yesterday that I took a job here in your house,” I said.“ Maybe to you but to me you did something I can’t forget in my life, remember back then in the college I used to be unserious and because I wanted to get closer to you, I asked you to become my tutor, do you know those few times you used in being my tutor changed everything, I was stupid and didn’t realized what kind of woman I was joking with, After my stupidity, I searched for you and I didn’t find you, I decided that I ws going to make you proud that someday we would meet again and you will realized you changed a life” he said to me.Tears was going to fall of my face , tears of joy that I saved a life and I never knew most especially the life of the father of my kids.“ Thank you” he said staring into my gaze as my tears dripped down, he quickly move forward to dry my tears but I push his hand away and he quickly get me an handkerchief which I used to dry my tearsI saw some
I look down to his lips “Its fine if co parenting is your choice”I said.“ Why do you think co parenting is my choice? I asked“Because you dislike me for what I did to you in the past and I can’t tell you not to hate me for this.”I said.“ I don’t hate you, I just feel so hurt” I said.“ So do you want to marry me? I asked.I really meant my question. The trust I was placing in her, the confidence I had in her to carry this through. Couldn’t she see that?I want to add her as my next of kin and make her my confidant.She laughed in a dry, hollow sort of way. “You’re joking, right?”“I mean it. For this to work, I need someone I completely trust. Someone who wouldn’t get nervous, or abuse the position they’re going to be in. As my legal spouse, you’d have more than a little control over my life if you wanted it.”“What? So I could divorce you and take half your money if you pissed me off?”“Yep,” I said, nodding. After all, it was true.Chloe looked at me.“I don’t believe you?” she sa
“ Nothing” he says and didn’t leave my hand, I didn’t struggle as well” He pulls up somewhere not far from the dock. The Toto was beautiful. Gleaming white, it hovered in the water as Alex led me along the jetty. It was a narrow, long craft with a pointed bow and a riotously red racing stripe across its side. He open his palm for me to “What is it?” he said. But his grumpy tone just made me laugh even more. “Toto?” I said, incredulously. “As in, the little dog from the Wizard of Oz.” “I didn’t pick the name,” he said. “Besides,” he added quickly, “it’s bad luck to change the name of a ship. Don’t you know that?” “Aye aye captain,” I replied cheerily, and felt more than a little pride when I heard Alex growl under his breath. I loved teasing him. It had become my way of showing affection towards him. “Come on,” he said. “I thought I’d take you for a spin today.” He reached out a hand, and I took it and stepped down into the hull of the boat. Inside it was more comfortable than I
“NOT SO FAST,” replied Riley. “70 MILES AN HOUR? I CAN GO FASTER IF YOU LIKE?”“NO!” I said. “THIS IS FINE!”As we passed under Brooklyn Bridge and came up by midtown, I felt the boat slowing, and eventually, I saw the prow of the boat bend down as we came level with the water. Completely unfazed by the incredible speed at which we’d been traveling, Riley steered the boat into the harbor, towards a jetty on Manhattan’s side of the East River.Once we’d come to a stop by the jetty, he pulled up a rope by the deck, and looped it into a lasso. He lobbed the knot over the side of the boat, and I watched, amazed by the accuracy of his throw, as the rope landed over one of the capstans on the jetty and Riley pulled it tight. And once again, I savored the view, the curves of his muscular arms and strong shoulders, and felt an amazing sense of triumph at having been carried across land and sea by Lowe.***The car felt still and peaceful after the incredible time on the speedboat. He drove u
We all went in, I told them to go and shower then they can come downstairs for lunch.They return downstairs after few minutes then we all sat at the table to eat as we eat, we kept stealing glances at each other.RILEY.I stare at my beautiful family then I thought of doing something, I brought out my cellphone, I took selfie of us eating then I send it to my grandmom with a text added to it.“ Your grandkids and their mom, we are working towards getting married” I sent it to my grandma then I heard my Harry says to me.“ bad habit” I look towards them.“ Yeah, you don’t press your phone while eating” He says.“ Okay Champs”I said and drop my cellphone.my Cellphone beeped and I was going to pick it.“ Dad, we just told you what bad habit is” Harry says.“Okay Champs and I already noted that” I said.We finished eating then the maid came to clear the table. I pick my cellphone and there were already tons of messages from Grandmom.Is she a single mom?Are you planning to marry a sing
When I started working for him , he never walks far away from me. I am sure he is cheating on me.Did I just say he is cheating on me? He isn’t my husband.Not long the car stopped. He got down, he help me out then the kidsWe got to the restaurant. I recognized it immediately from something I’d seen on TV once. It was one of those super-fancy places with Michelin stars and tiny plates of food. I’d seen them before.“You ever go to Panera Bread?” I asked Riley, as we were seated at one of the tables, and the menus, heavy and dark with black leather cases, were slipped onto our laps.Riley laughed. I loved it when he laughed and the sound was warm and rich. We’d been seated in a private room in the restaurant.“That’s a good one,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve been for about ten years.”“You know,” I whispered conspiratorially, “the food probably isn’t as good as here, but the bill’s about a hundred times smaller.”“I get that,” said Rley. “But money doesn’t really matter to me. Even if