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KaiThe paintings arrived some days later. I called my agent and I arranged them in the workshop, placing some that I wanted on the floor and the others on the wall. I also arranged my tattoo workshop and the designs I had on paper for customers to choose from were pasted on the walls. Some were in my sketchbook and I arranged the tables and chairs. I put a couch in one corner for waiting customers and I put in some neon lights to give the vibe I wanted.Next, I arranged my bedroom, kitchen, living room and bathroom to ain't my style, and they didn't contain much, just my essentials.I collapsed on my bed when I was done for that day and took out my phone to scroll. That was when I remembered the number Kira, my agent, had given me to call.Kim galleries.I dialed the number without thinking and waited for the receiver to pick up. She did."Hello, this is Kimberly Lesley. How many I help you?""Uhm, I... Kira Anderson gave me your number to call""Uhn, Kira Anderson?" she looked throu
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Layla"So you guys were dating before?"I choked slightly on the chicken slice I chewed on."Mum""What? I just want to get to know her more.""There's nothing to know, mom.""Let me be the determiner of that."He sighed, and I ate the potatoes, which were looking rather delicious and tender. Nana interacted with Nathan constantly, ignoring the rest of us, and Ariande seemed busy in her own world.The rest were especially interested in me except for Mr Cooper, who was also in his own world. He was probably wondering how he would tell Mrs Cooper the news and, considering the smile and happiness on her face, I didn't want it to be gone.I ate more of the potatoes and faced Mrs Cooper, who was asking more questions. Mrs Stathom was in on it too and Mr Stathom tried to have a conversation with Mr Cooper, but it was very brief."I saw the news... In the tabloids" Mrs Cooper started"Yes, that's right, that Nathan is Leo's son. Is it true? I thought it was just rumors, so I didn't pay much
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Leo"I didn't plan to run into you like this", she started, and I sipped my Americano."Me neither.""I'm guessing you know, since you look so cold.""Oh, were you expecting me to be warm then?"I stared at the baby in her arms, actually in a baby carrier."I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way."I sipped my drink again and looked out the transparent window."I'm really sorry about everything. I didn't mean to get pregnant for him and I didn't expect him to tell his wife, though that was the right thing. Maybe I should just have kept it to myself, but I guess... Things just happen. How is... He?""My father, you mean?"She nodded, "he must be having it hard right. He really loves his wife.""Then he wouldn't have slept with you.""Fine, people make mistakes, and it was a stupid one on both our paths. I had approached him for money and been the one to seduce him. He isn't really to blame.""Whatever. Is she a girl?"She smiled and shook her head, "no and seriously, even though all this
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Ariande"What? I know her.""What?" Chloe was surprised, and she signaled me to raise the upper part of her bed up, so she could sit up."You know her?" she asked again, and I nodded."Of course. Apart from the fact that she's the owner of the LAYNAT brand as you've said, she's also a close friend of my fiancée.""Close friend?"She noticed the scowl that was on my face and cocked her eyebrows."Well, I think there's something more between them and I hate it.""That's right, you should. You're the fiancée. What are you going to do now?""I don't know, they keep saying there's nothing between them, so I can't take any action, but if I do catch them, I'll make sure I get my revenge.""You should.""How do you know her though?""She and my husband were together.""He was cheating on you... With her?"She nodded but wasn't looking at me, strangely"She should be punished, don't you think?" I suggested."Of course, but in what way?""I don't know her business, her personal or love life. I
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LaylaHe was Nathan's father.Leo was Nathan's father and I confirmed that when the results came in about two weeks later.Nathan was playing in the living room as I made him dinner before bed and I didn't need to ask before knowing who rang the doorbell at that moment."Leo"He walked past me into the living room where Nathan rushed into his arms to greet him and I wondered if he had slept any properly since we gave the samples two weeks ago."I'm guessing you've seen it" I said as I walked into the kitchen, and he nodded, bringing Nathan into the kitchen with him."I still can't believe it.""Me neither."Like how did my ex-boyfriend end up being the father of my child? It felt surreal. The spaghetti and meatballs I had left to steam on the stove cooked very well some minutes later, and I served all of us.Leo couldn't keep his hands or eyes off Nathan and I couldn't keep my eyes off him either. He had this super excited smile on his face that I hadn't seen before. Maybe once, when
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AriandeChloe got discharged the next day with her baby and I led her into my house with her luggage in my hands."Welcome to my humble abode""Humble?"She walked in viewing the whole place with this shiny look in her eyes and I could tell she was awed."You must be very rich..." She said."Well you should have known that by our first meeting, besides you know that I'm an A-list actress, so..."She sat on the couch and straddled her baby, proceeding to feed her breast milk. I prepared a crib for your baby and put it in the guestroom so you guys could be together.""Oh, thank you so much, I really don't know how to thank you""It's fine. Do you have a job or something?""Not really... At least for now, since I just gave birth. I mostly worked with my husband in the company, but now..."I patted her arms and sighed, "I'll see what I can do, okay?""Okay"She continued with what she was doing, and I wondered why I was doing all this. Like, yes, we may have become friends, but we met in
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LeoMummy was back and looking quite better than when she left. I picked her up from the airport where she had landed about two minutes ago, and she seemed happy to see me."Mum..."I hurried to her side and hugged her passionately."I thought you weren't going to come back.""What? Why? Why would you think that?"I shrugged when we pulled apart, "you must have felt really hurt at the betrayal and probably didn't want to be around him again""I still love him though, and I'm willing to give him a second chance.""Really?"She nodded and I smiled.We got into my car in the parking lot and started the ride home to the house. "What have you been up to?" She asked."Nothing much, just business and that's all.""What of that lady?""Who?" I knew who she was talking about, of course."The lady you brought to dinner, Layla or...""Yeah Layla, she's good.""I noticed the way you were looking at her throughout the dinner. You can lie to yourself, but you can't lie to me that you love her."I di
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KaiThe painting looked familiar. The more I painted it, the more I realized who I was drawing and I dropped the paintbrush. "Sh*t"My phone buzzed, drawing my attention to where it stood on the table, and I went to pick it up, but not before cleaning my hands."Woojin""Mrs Xiao""How have you been?"It was no surprise that my therapist was calling only after a few weeks of arriving, and I walked to the living room. We had promised to call each other from time to time."Good and you?""Good too. Just called to check up on you""I know, I'm fine really.""Have you found anyone yet?"I shook my head even though she wasn't there, "no, not yet.""Oh."I had promised to find someone to date after a lot of our sessions together, but LGBT had not been a favorite topic of the people in Asia."Have you contacted your mum yet?""I would if I knew where she was.""What about your dad?""I haven't found the courage to go meet him yet. All I have is a diary that states that he's my father""But s
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8–9 months laterAriandeI was already having contractions, and it was obvious I was going to go into labor soon. It was great I was with Layla though, and I tried to call for her. A yelp escaped my mouth as the contraction hit me harder."Oh my God, Ariande, are you okay?" Layla entered into the living room where I was, dropping the glass of water she had gone to bring, and she took out her phone to call Tony.He arrived sooner than we both expected, and he helped me into his car with Layla, who was pretty heavy too. She was to be due in a few days or a week from mine, and we'd both be free of mood swings and erratic hormones. Then she followed us to the hospital where I went into proper labor and gave birth to my girls a few hours later.I could tell from the minute that Tony walked in after my labor that he had gone through a lot of anxiety and I collected the baby when the nurse placed her in my arms, "Oh my God, Ariande, I'm so grateful for this, thank you for bringing her into t
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AriandeIt was so great seeing these two get married, and I think I had seen Tony staring at me intently during the vow saying, I wouldn't be sure what that meant though.I loved the wedding reception even more, and it started off to a great start with some good music which me and the girls had gone through, including Layla and some good champagne. Other alcohols of different types were being passed around too, and soda for those who wouldn't want alcohol. There was great food and the couple when they finally entered.The song we had chosen for them to dance to upon entering started, and I have to say Leo gave his best more than Layla. It seemed like she was rather shy about dancing in public.Games were played and a lot of activities were thrown out. When the most awaited moment arrived, the throwing of the bouquet, I was in the front row because I wanted to get the bouquet and I got it.I squealed happily, "wow, I got it."Everyone smiled happily, and we waved the couple off to have
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LaylaWedding preparations went on in full swing by the time we came back and as Nana, Leo's grandmother, liked hosting parties, she was the one that took control of the entire thing. She did seek my permission on some things and I answered as best as I could.Hannah was so happy for me, so also Mr and Mrs Cooper, and they very much petted me like I was their new doberman.Ariande drew me to a fitting shop days before the wedding, and I was surprised to see the other ladies "were just here to give our opinions."I was happy that they were all rallying around me, but it was just making me more nervous. I looked through the variety of gowns they had and picked one, "Go try it on."I walked into the dressing room with Ariande to help, and I had to admit we had become pretty much closer.I came out to the sight of the other ladies, and they were like hmm, hmm, I felt like that too, it wasn't really giving. It was nice though, like an off-shoulder gown with a full train and veil too. I fel
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LaylaBy our fourth day there, the grill was out with the game night preparations being underway, and I helped as much as I could with the preparations. For one, I was feeling quite dizzy and nauseous and I did have an idea of what it might be, but I wasn't sure though, so I didn't want to make a big deal out of it.Tony and Leo helped set the lights on the beach and the chairs were set out around a fireplace in the middle. The beers were placed by the side and someone was to be manning the grill while everyone ate; Tony and Leo, of course. Kai offered, but the boys turned it down, and we all faced Kim."So what are the games we are going to be playing?""Okay, so I prepared quite a number of games, but the two most interesting ones would be never have I ever and two truths and a lie.""Oh, Kim" Ariande commented, making all of us laugh."So here are the rules for 'never have I ever'. Actually, it has just one rule. Everyone gets a turn to say 'never have I ever' and if you've done it
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Ariande"Something fun, what would you consider something fun". The girls and I were sitting on the kitchen island pondering on what was fun, as the guys had gone off to God knows where."Well, we could go clubbing," Kim suggested, to which I agreed, though I wasn't sure I could drink with my pregnancy. Actually, I couldn't."We could also have a game night, just sit out on the beach and have some drinks too while we play some games,""I agree too," Layla said in agreement to Kai's suggestion."Well, we could go shopping. That would be for the girls, but the guys could also tag along if they want to."We all nodded in agreement, planning the whole thing and I and Layla offered to go buy the groceries for the day we would be there.It would be nice to just bake and cook for everyone. I learned there was a grill too."So have you decided on anything?" Layla asked as we drove to the mall."Yes, I decided to tell him first before I made any decision. I'll tell him probably a day or two fr
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AriandeI was feeling quite funny and that was not good. I couldn't fall sick during production and at a crucial moment like this. I smiled happy when I saw my daily dose of bouquet delivered to my dressing room on set."He's just being so open now, isn't he?"Jeremy smiled, unsure of what to say."So how is your relationship with my brother?""Uhm... Actually I was going to say something about that. You're going on your break soon, right? I was wondering if I could take some days off then?"I cocked my head, "are both of you going on a vacation or trip?"He nodded slightly, "I could be back quickly if you want me to or cancel but...""It's okay, you can go. I'll manage on my own.""Really?"I nodded. As it was going to be my break soon, I wouldn't be having any shoots or production during that time because I would want some peace and quiet and, since I wouldn't be doing much then, it wouldn't be fair of me to rip his vacation from him.I called Tony when I was done with the scenes fo
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LaylaThe designs were created within weeks and the collections were out together for another week. I looked through the portfolios of models that had been placed on my table and decided on the ones that we were going to use for the fashion show and campaign too.Amanda and Henry came in from New York to help with the process and a date was given for the fashion show. As for the campaign, I supervised the photo shoot and video shoot of the collections, and it was posted on both the models and CARTER'S official website as well as social media handles.I was going through one of the documents when my secretary came in, "this young lady...""Aunt Layla!" I looked up from the document to see Sofia rush in, and she was looking all bubbly and happy. I signaled the secretary that it was okay, and I gave her a big hug."Hey girlie, how have you been?"She smiled, "good""I heard you were in trouble" she smiled again, but this time more mischievous."It wasn't my fault that somebody wanted to
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KaiI wasn't sure what to expect as I walked into the family house with Leo and Layla, and I was definitely surprised at the number of people that were there.Isn't that the famous actress, Ariande? And Leo's friend Tony, who were the couple that were looking about the same age as Leo's parents in a corner there too? There was also a grandma and grandpa too. Guess I had a lot of family."Leo honey" The Grandma greeted him, pecking him on the cheek, and he greeted her back. The woman also greeted Layla and a younger woman came to greet both of them too. Grandma stared at me, "and you're...""Oh you must be Kai, right?" The younger woman said, making me guess that she was Mrs Cooper, and I nodded."It's nice to meet you""Nice to meet you too", I shook her outstretched hand."This is Park Woojin, also Kai, Steve's daughter". Grandma looked confused."Steve didn't tell me about having a daughter.""Kai, meet Nana, your step grandmother and your step grandfather over there too."I greeted
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Ariande"You still haven't figured out who is sending you the flowers yet?" Tony asked as I sat on the island in his kitchen. He had a bowl in his hand as he mixed chicken with mashed potatoes and I shook my head."No. I plan to use a private investigator though, because it could be a stalker and..."He nodded and smiled, "I understand.""Why did you invite me for dinner though?" I asked, surprised, since I hadn't been to his house since the last time I was drunk.He has only ever come to my house since our altercation and had sex with me. Nothing else, no dinner, no nothing, not even a drink, so what had changed that?"I just needed company to eat with today.""Oh" I felt honored even though I shouldn't, and I watched him intently as he started frying the mixture together on a bone stick.It was crazy just how much he had invaded my head. It was like I couldn't think of anything else but him and I deserved it because it had been the other way around. I had manipulated him at first, p
