Everybody joined the table for dinner except for Aileen, Alan's eyes searched around for her but she wasn't around. He knew why she was acting this way, she was avoiding him and he also thinks that was for the best. The more she stays away from him the more his mind would stay in control. After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms, resting early was the best option for now since they are living tomorrow morning. Alan stared at her door when he was on his way to his room, he told himself not to mind if she had eaten or not, she wasn't a child and he was going to mind his own business. Tiffany jumped on him the moment they entered their room, kissing his neck up to his jaws. "I missed you, my love" with a sigh Alan got her off him, the hurt in her eyes was evident but he wasn't in the right state of mind to do any of this. "Not now, please" he went to the closet to change into his pajamas.Tiffany followed him to change as well, she had a deep frown "Why?" She asked, rummaging thro
"Come on Lily, don't taste my patience anymore!" Why can't she just spit the name already? What was stopping her now when she was the one who called for her? "Ah…. you see… since I'm about to tell you a very important matter concerning my very own boss, so… what I'm trying to say is… this might get me into trouble, lose my job even if the boss finds out… so… don't you think I deserve something to assure my future and that of my children if that happens?" She started to bite her own tongue, not able to show her how shameless she was by going straight to the point. Tiffany scoffed, she knows people like her. People like Lily would never do something without any other motives under their sleeves. She was a greedy mediocre but that was the least of her problems for now, she only needed her to say the name, she was ready to give her anything. "What do you want Lily, name it" she had all confidence as she spoke. "Two million dollars, I need two million dollars and I would tell you the nam
Everybody parted ways after landing at the airport. It was almost evening. Aileen watched her boss leaving with his girlfriend in his black sedan. She was told to report at work tomorrow along with the rest of the workers. Jemmy and her took cabs and went to their respective homes. She gave her address to the taxi driver before she leaned back on the seat, letting her stiff back relax. She wasn't able to relax much at the vacation like how her dear Sunny told her to. She would scold her.if she heard that she was actually turned into a chef cooker for the rest of the crew by Alan, it was all his fault. Two hours later she arrived home, pulling her suitcase with her to the elevator with so much difficulty. "Do you need a hand?" A male voice made her turn, she saw an officially dressed man who had a suitcase on his hand, red hairs and rounded shaped glasses on. "Please, thank you" she really needed a hand, her bag has become quite heavy now that she came back with a lot of gifts for eve
Aileen's POV The next day, Sunny drove us to Leelan's school before she went to her place, she was living at my place helping my mother taking care of my son, according to her Leelan didn't give him a hard time at all during my trip but I know my son better than anyone, he is quite mischievous just like his father. God! He totally ruined my son in every manner, Leelan is so much like his father than Alan himself. I held his hand and walked with him past the gates of his school, he was swinging our hands as we walked, one could see the brightness of his mood today and my heart was warmed up too as I looked at the little guy. I crouched down pinching his cheeks, something that he doesn't like at all but I can't help it, he looks so adorable when he is angry. "Who is the best in the whole world to mama?" I ask with a pout. "Me!" His cheerful voice rang to my ears. "Right! You the most precious to me son, now go and make me proud, okay?" I kiss his forehead and rubbed his hair, "Okay, b
Alan's POV After returning from the vacation, I let Aileen go home for the day even though I knew that I wasn't going to do that. I had to drop by my office and get back to work, compensating for the time that I lost enjoying my birthday vacation. Someone like me can't just sit idle because none of my business operations will run smoothly, not that I wasn't working there as well, it's just that I've lost too much time. Usually, I would've never had any birthday celebration but I planned the trip only to get Aileen hurt, what happened in the end was hurting myself instead. That woman is such a pain in every aspect of my life, even to my manhood. It didn't rest when she was around me, even for a second. And now Tiffany was getting me anxious lately, acting so unlike her normal self. Damn, these women are planning to kill me and it was working. I switched on my laptop and buried my face in it. I should work and get rid of all of these stupid thoughts in my mind, it was the only solutio
Alan watched as the fragile assistant of his cries, it really stings his heart to see her like that, and now she was taking all the blame on herself. "This is all my fault! This…. I'm so sorry" her shaky voice was irritating the man to the core. How is any of this her fault? Mr Sky was at fault! And he was the one who punched him, so why?. Aileen weakly makes her way to the couch, sliding down on it with tears as she grips on the iPad with guilt. "Mrs Fletchers, you need to stop blaming yourself for this, that old man caused all of this and our bouncer boss taught him a lesson" Rafael glared at Alan who was on a phone, staring back at them. "You are just saying that to make me feel good, but i'm the cause of all of this." She wiped her tears away. "What are we going to do now? This scandal has ruined the company, it's all over the news and….. and these comments… God, I can't stand this!" Aileen felt like her head was going burst anytime soon. "Then stop looking at it, who forced you
Few minutes later Aileen arrived at the kindergarten. She took her suitcase with since the driver didn't want to wait for her until she was done with her visit. She only had twenty minutes left, with little difficulty she dragged her suitcase with her inside the kindergarten. She went to speak to the teacher first since the little man was in the middle of the class, he couldn't just leave the class. Being understanding, the teacher let her meet with her son. She stood there watching her wrist watch from time to time, with hope that she would be done before her boss went looking for her. Or else that man would skin her alive, he made sure to add the warning bells to his words last time they talked. "Mommy!" Little Leelan ran out of the class, his hands spread wide. Aileen dropped down the suitcase and crouched down to pick him up, then she hugged the boy warmly without saying a word. "Mommy, it's not time yet for you to pick me up from school, so why are you here?" Confused, Leelan had
Few minutes later, Rafael and the car driver were standing outside the car. Both of them were smoking, the car had to stop and both of them decided to give their shameless boss some privacy. "I know it's none of my business but this has never happened before with the boss. Not even with that loud girlfriend of his'' said the driver, taking a long puff after. Rafael let out smoke through his mouth and nose, his lips curling up. "That is because she is different, the boss used to give that witch whenever she wanted because she was just a pushover to him. But this one…..this woman is the volcano itself so that's why the boss is losing his senses. He can't control her and that's what gets into his nerves, but it's fun watching" he admitted with a chuckle. The driver smiled as well, liking this all new experience for his boss, maybe that woman would change him for better or worsen his madness "Indeed, she is different '' the driver supported. They were both forced to turn back to the car a
That day, the two went to pick up the boy only to find out that he was already picked up by his aunt. Shocked, they started to make a few calls only to find out that it was no other but Rue. She picked the boy and took her to Aileen’s house already, left with no choice Alan gave her a ride there. They found her very engrossed in a conversation with Sharon that it left them wondering what they were talking about by the convenient store. Alan stopped the car and made a honk to call for them. Not too shocked they both got in his car, heading to the house. The little boy was happy to see his parents again. “I want you to inform me next time if you are planning to take my son anywhere, Rue. People are messy out there, you can't keep us worried all the time” complained Alan after seeing off the family. “Shut it already, he is my nephew. Stop overreacting, dad!” she brushed him off. “I fucking mean it Rue. And what the hell were you talking to Sharon about? You know that I don't trust you, d
“Will you calm down first, little brother?. It wasn't me who made this decision, it was our dear father and mother, you should lash out at them and not me, do you get it?” siad Rue, she wasn't going to tell him what the whole family was up to, never. He should just sit back and let them take care of his future now because he seemed too confused to even date someone like Tiffany. “Not even you Rue, please! He is my son, don't you understand? Do you people know how much danger you have gotten my son and his mother into? Do you know how many enemies I've made out there?” He was very angry that he wasn't informed about the matter that concerned his own son's life. He should've been informed about it, he would've made preparations about it. There was media to deal with, there were the board members to inform and secure the formalities about their relationship to them and there is a damn society who are always ready to pick and judge things even without knowing anything about it. With the
“Here, he sent me this text this evening. Read it” he lost the phone to her parents and then they passed it over to Neil and Kylie. “Oh my god, that poor boy,” said their mother. “Right. How could I respond when my six years old nephew asks me such a question? I was speechless and didn't even know how to explain things to that smart little guy. Thus why this meeting is important” explained Rue.“He literally asked why his parents aren't living together like the rest of the children at school. He probably talked to classmates about their families and was very disturbed to realize that his parents are the only ones who aren't living together. This isn't good for his poor little mind” she added. “He is just a young boy who deserves more than to be raised by both of them.” she promised to get to the bottom of this, it really disturbed her when the boy told her about it.“So what do you suggest we do?” Asked Neil. “There is only one way, we have to get them back together so that they can
Leelan was happy to have his daddy over, they played a little before taking him to sleep, the two of them did. When he came out he spotted Sharon with two cups of coffee “Here, it's been a while, have a seat” she said. Aileen was still tucking her son well and making sure he didn't wake up because he couldn't feel her warmth. Alan sat down, gripping the cup, not even knowing how to look at her. “How is everything? I am sorry for your loss” He asked. “Thank you, things are going well. How is your family doing?” Sharon noticed how uncomfortable the man was. “They are doing well, they send their condolences actually” he answered. Sharon got up “Come here” she said. Alan was dumbfounded but he too stood up. Sharon hugged him, “I am sorry for everything that has happened to you my dear,” awestruck by what just happened, the man stood still, letting the woman embrace him. His eyebrows knitted together, it took all in him not to shatter right there and cry like a baby. He never knew that th
Aileen glared at him, she then scoffed “Why do you care who I talk to?” She asked. “I want to know,” he demanded. “And who the hell are you to say that? Wait a minute, are you jealous?” She was surprised, getting angry little by little at their current conversation. “I asked who were you texting, Aileen?” He somehow wanted to know at all cost, even if it was not his place to know. “Wow! This is very funny now.” Aileen shook her head with laughter. “I don't freaking ask a thing about you and your Tiffany! Why are you so curious about my life? What happened to not interfere with our personal lives?” she paused watching him stare at her. “Does she even know that you have a son with me?” She asked the most important question, it was bugging her this whole time. “That's between me and Tiffany” he responded, fuming. “Right! Then this conversation is fucking over!” She just doesn't understand him at all. What was wrong with this man?.“It is not until I say so” he uttered and then snatched t
The next morning, they took the boy to school as usual before heading to the office. The car parked at the parking lot, where other employees were also parking their cars. “Don't you think coming to work together like this might cause unnecessary drama for both of us? I should've taken a taxi or an Uber.” she aired her worries. People have already begun to look at her differently since the day she was told to give her opinions on the meeting last time. It was an important project, she had to be an important person to their boss to give her opinions like that and they were actually executed. People have started to think of it that way, forgetting that she was also an employee who had the right to do so just like them. What are these people going to say the moment they find out that the two of them actually had a thing in the past and the fruit of it is their little boy?. Her head was aching at that thought. “Oh, should I take you back then so you can call your Uber?” He teased, placin
In the evening they had to leave and head back to Alan's house. They talked about it and thought of spending two nights at his house every week, starting with this week. Aileen had no argument for this since she would be going along with her son or else she would be going crazy with uneasiness of being far from her son, even for two nights. Leelan received a lot of gifts when she left his grandparent's house, Aileen wondered when did they get the time to prepare for everything. But then she answered herself, it was a rich people thing to get things done with only a snap, she witnessed a lot already from working with Alan for over half a year now. What gave her a headache was where were they going to keep all of those gifts at. Because those things were definitely not going to her house, uh uh it's not happening ….her house would be flooding with toys at this rate.When they arrived at his house, all the boy was talking about was their visit to his grandparents as if they weren't toget
“You did a great job raising him Aileen, he is so respectful and composed for his age” complimented the old man. “Thank you for not giving him up and keep him until today, you were brave” he added. Aileen blinked her tears, responding with her forced smile. She felt like crying aloud, brave wasn't something she expected to hear from him at all. “Yes, thank you very much. It must have been hard for you” Claimed the old woman, although her face was saying something else. Was she angry at me? Because she wasn't even trying to hide it whenever she glances her way. God please! She thought. “Thank you too” she replied, trying as hard as she could to keep her composure. She really doesn't need to be thanked for raising her own son for all these years, because she was going to do it all over again if she was asked to. That accident might have been her biggest failure but she doesn't regret having Leelan, he was the reason why she kept living. He practically saved her life and gave her a purp
Aileen's POV On the way, I was quietly looking outside the window while the father and son were playing. I can't lie, I was so scared to face his family after what happened between us. I ….I just can't get past the fact that they all tried to pursue me back then and all i remember doing was casting them aside. They all tried but I treated them badly that day, and to think that it wasn't even his fault to begin with made it even more hard for me. That was the biggest error I have ever made in my life, my life took a big turn since that accident and it was all for some lies, deceit!. “God, please forgive me” I sighed, rubbing my chest. Alan must have noticed my troubled face, he held my shoulder “Nervous?” He asked. I let out rashly “No! Why would I be?” He pulled back his hand, “Should I give you a mirror then?” My eyes widened. “Is it that obvious?” I thought I was good at hiding emotions until this man proved me wrong. “Very, it's all over your face. But there is nothing to worry