Chapter 78Liam POVI guess I made the right decision, leaving everything behind and starting all over again. Although it didn't seem like it was working smoothly, I still liked the flow of it. Having her around me makes me excited and I could notice how fast my heart beat whenever I saw her smile. I wished I could stop time from moving, so I could be with her forever, but that's the tiniest of the impossible things that can be done by humans.We finally arrived at the restaurant where I already booked a reservation before we got there. The place was nice and they had expensive and delicious meals here which I was sure she would enjoy."We are here," I announced when I pulled over at the parking lot of the restaurant. I quickly went to get Nancy from the backseat."Look at you... Your hair is messed up," I pouted my lips, squatting in front of her and arranging her hair for her, and she blushed."You are so nice, Daddy. I'm glad for choosing you as my Daddy. Don't worry, you are going
Chapter 79Jeffrey smiled as he watched Marcus eat slowly, picking on his food. After he found out why his beloved brother has been like this for years, he has been trying to get close to him again and make him feel safe with him like he used to, and so far, it has been working."Why are you staring at me like that? You are going to make my skin crawl," Marcus rolled his eyes as he dropped the spoon he was using to eat."Don't mind me and just eat your food," He replied to him, and he scoffed."How am I supposed to eat comfortably when you are busy staring at me? You are not even touching your food? Ugh! I feel like disappearing from here," Marcus complained."I shouldn't have hung out with you in the first place. You are always full of annoyance," Marcus further complained, but deep down, nobody was enjoying this more than the way he was. It felt like hanging out with a woman he was madly in love with. How much he has missed this so much in recent years. Although, they have still hun
Chapter 80Aliyah POVI woke up with my body stiff and tired, so I stretched myself and did a few exercises which worked, anyway. I picked up my phone and checked to see a text from Liam displayed on the screen, and I couldn't help the scoff that tore through my throat. This was getting out of hand. I already told him times without numbers that I got a boyfriend now, but he still won't stop disturbing me.'Good morning. Did you sleep well? Just checking up on you. We should hang out with the kid again later if you are not busy. Have a great day ahead, and remember that I'm still going to work hard to get us together' I scoffed and rolled my eyes after reading through the text over and over again because it looked so ridiculous and annoying. I shook my head and deleted the text before tossing the phone on the bed. Looking to the side of the bed, I sighed briefly. I know I've hurt Jeff with what I did yesterday, but it wasn't my fault. I had no idea he called me, and it was also my fau
Chapter 81Aliyah POV"Mommy, can we go now?" Nancy asked as she scurried up to us, and I turned to find her holding her small bag."You can go ahead with him. I'm not feeling too well. I'll be at home," I replied to her, then turned to go inside, but I stopped on my track when I found Jeff standing at the doorway and looking at us. Shit! I thought he already went out.I watched as he walked toward us, and I wondered what he was up to. He soon got to where we were standing."Je... Jeff. I thought you went out already," I stuttered, but he pulled me close and claimed my lips. I froze on the spot. He kissed me slowly and tenderly, biting my lips. He didn't care that Nancy or Liam was around us, and although I know this is not right for us to be like this in front of the kids, I allowed him to do it. I didn't want him to think that I was pushing him away because of Liam.He pulled away from me, and I was so scared or ashamed of looking at Nancy who was staring at us as if she just saw a
Chapter 82Liam POVI was going to take Nancy home, but since she didn't want to go back, I decided to take her to spend the night at my house."Your house is beautiful," She complimented when we arrived at my compound and I helped her out of the car."Thank you," I smiled, taking her hand."Do you live alone? What about your daughter? Does she live here too? Do you have probably a girlfriend or a wife?" She bombarded me with questions as I led her toward the entrance door, but I just smiled and shook my head."I live with my Mom. My daughter is not here yet, but she's going to be here soon, and girlfriend? I haven't had one in six years. Wife? Well, I had one six years ago, but got separated and I'm trying to get her and our baby back now," I explained to her, and her face dropped sadly and she stopped walking."Are you ok?" I asked, squatting in front of her worriedly."Does that mean you are not going to marry Mommy if you are getting back with your wife?" She pouted her lips sadly
Chapter 83Aliyah POVI checked the wall clock for the umpteenth time like someone that'd just lost her mind. Well, I guess so. I already lost it. I haven't been able to sleep all through the night because my daughter wasn't with me.Well, I was disappointed when I checked the time and realized that it was just 2am and I still had a long way to go. I've always thought the night was short, but in this situation, I realized that the night was never short, but instead, it was longer than the day. Maybe I was the one feeling that way, who knows?The time seemed to slow down, and it only got more boring and frustrating. I was looking forward to the daybreak so Liam would bring my baby for me.It felt like the morning won't ever come, but I was excited when the minute hand finally clicked, and boom! It was 5am. Although I had nothing to do, but to while away time, I left the room and went to start cleaning downstairs. It's Sunday today, so I wasn't going anywhere.By the time I was done wit
Chapter 84Aliyah POVStaying here with Jeff was only going to complicate things for the two of us, so isn't it better I just leave? I haven't been a good girlfriend to him, I've done nothing but hurt him, and I couldn't help this guilt that kept trying to consume me. No matter how much I tried to pretend nothing happened, I always ended up fooling myself because things were really happening.I wiped the tears that streamed down my cheeks as I stood in the bathroom and stared at my reflection, but more kept coming and I couldn't even get rid of it. How did we get here? How did my life become this messy? This is the question I've been asking myself each day that passed by but couldn't ever find the right answer to, and it was driving me nuts.I washed my face and cleaned it, walking back into the room. I found Jeff already in the room, and my heart skipped. I was now scared of facing him, I was feeling uncomfortable being around him because of the guilt that wouldn't stop eating me up.
Chapter 85Aliyah POVWaking up without my baby by my side was really devastating, the imagination of her spending quality and good time with Liam felt bad, but getting addicted to him and excited that they were spending time together felt even worse.I checked my phone to see the text Liam sent to me yesterday, and I sighed, tossing my phone on the bed again. Slowly, I sank my fingers into my hair and grabbed a handful of it, pulling it slowly and aggressively until it was a mess. And when I checked myself out in the mirror, I noticed how horrible I've become these last few months since Liam came back. I've lost weight, and my face looked a bit pale.Sighs forced through my throat before I dragged myself into the bathroom to have a long and relaxing bath, and when I was done, I got dressed and left for the Hall Of Fame company for my appointment. I didn't bother to have breakfast because I had no appetite.The drive to the company took about two hours as a result of being stuck in a