RayaI spent the rest of the days counting down to the hypnosis appointment thinking about how it'll go and what could go wrong, and it didn't help that it was just three days in between.That was all the days I had to overthink things.Kendall wasn't helping either, as she tried to deter me from the whole process."It's dangerous," she said."But I have to know who Kyle's father is.""And what if he's an asshole?"I had no answer to that but thought of it as we drove to the appointment.At least I would know who he is and give Kyle the option to know who his father is or not."Are you okay?" Maxwell asked, holding my hand as he had been doing a lot, and it was so heartwarming that he was standing by me in all this.Like never in my life would I have thought that there would be someone who would be so willing to stand by me when I had nothing to offer him.He was literally the one spending the most money, doing the most things, and it made me feel weird at times, I wouldn't lie, thoug
MaxwellThe ride back home was silent, Raya fidgeting with her nails and staring out the window as I drove her back to her apartment, and I had to use all of my control not to ask her what she had seen during the hypnosis.It was obvious that she had seen something apart from the relapse into other memories, but I wasn't sure what it was.The father of Kyle?Why had she called my name though?I had thought it was my imagination, but it kept ringing in my head."Mr. Sterling?"I wondered what that meant."So... I started halfway through because I couldn't bear the silence, and she turned to look at me, hope in her eyes.For what?I wasn't sure, but I spoke anyway."We need to register you for the SAT exams.""Oh..." I saw the relief flood into her eyes.What had she been thinking I would ask?"...the SAT.""We have to register you this month to get you to ensure you can partake in the exam next month, and there's your portfolio too.""Right."She seemed quite detached."We should get y
Raya"M-mr. Sterling..."F*ck! I hope he hadn't heard any of the statements that Kendall made. She was just as appalled as I was behind me, and I breathed a sigh of relief when Maxwell suddenly smiled."Hey, I came to tell you something. Are you busy?""No, no, I'm... You can come in."I paused by turning around when he touched my arm. "Uhm... I think we should have the conversation out here.""Uhn?" I was surprised by that."W-why?""It's quite sensitive, and the kids are in, right?"As if on cue, Kyle came out of his room for whatever reason and ran to meet him"Uncle Max!"More like Daddy Max.Oh God, I couldn't believe he was actually the father of my kid.Was I dreaming?Had I seen wrong?Probably, maybe I had just wanted a good father figure for my son and concocted him in my mind because how do I want to defend the fact that a man I met recently who is my boss is also the person I had a random one night stand with making him the father of my child?Like, how would he even feel
RayaI don't know what I was doing here.Maybe it was the unnecessary guilt or unwanted emotions; I found myself in front of my mom's hospital room anyways by 3am in the morning.I hadn't been able to sleep due to the news that Maxwell had given me and the note he had given me, as I said earlier hadn't helped.It had told me exactly where she was and how to find her if I wanted to.So here I am.I wasn't even sure what to do or say if she was awake.She wasn't though, I wouldn't say thankfully, but she had all these wires and stuff attached to her, like without them she would sail away, and I wasn't sure where the thought came from, but I found myself thinking about what would happen if I just removed that oxygen from her nose.She would die, of course.Jesus.I glanced away from the transparent part of the door where I had been looking at her.That was not why I had come here.Why would I even think of that?I slipped to the ground in front of the door and ran a hand through my hair
RayaI woke up the next day to the sun shining on my face and a pounding headache as expected, but what I wasn't expecting was the familiar bedroom I found myself in.I've been here before; I just couldn't remember where.Oh wait, I know that painting...Maxwell's house.What?I got out of bed, stumbling immediately my foot touched the ground, and I took a minute to gather myself before walking out into the hallway.This was indeed Maxwell's house, but what was I doing here?From what I could remember, I went for a drink with Diane, and then... And then what?Oh God, I thought I said I would quit drinking.I had just really needed it earlier that morning and drank way more than I should, so..."Maxwell?" I said when I entered the kitchen and he turned to me with a worried face, his form immediately moving towards me."Are you okay? Are you fine?"Of course. Why wouldn't I be?"Y-yes""Jesus, why did you go for a drink, and with Diane?""I just... I needed a drink.""Right."He seemed
Maxwell"Babe, what's wrong?" The agitated face of my girlfriend hit me from my dresser, where she had been going through stuff.I wasn't sure what she had been doing, but she looked quite mortified, and I didn't expect her next reaction either.She walked straight up to me and kissed me smack on my lips."Uhm...""Shut up and kiss me," she said, wrapping her hands around my neck, and I did just that, kissing her and letting go of whatever thoughts were going through my head.I was surprised though.Why was she doing this? I mean, we had been together downstairs, and I needed to get to work and..."Oh! Wait!" I grabbed her hands as it started its descent down to my towel and she glanced up at me with glazed eyes, her lips swollen."F*ck!" I was already rock hard, and if she continued with this, I was going to be bending her over that dresser she had been going through before I knew it."I need to get to work.""Right..." She started to back away, but I pulled her back in."But I can s
RayaF*ck, I was going to cum.My hands moved faster as I rubbed the oversensitive cl*t I had deprived of good pleasure because of my stupidity.That was the only thing I could think of when he came into the room, sucking him off. It had done the work though, as he forgot immediately that I had been going through his stuff, so here I was giving myself that pleasure.I felt my hips buck as my orgasm washed over me, and I let out loads of breath before calming down on the bed.Yup, I was still in his house and needed to leave now.So I did that, hurrying out of the house and taking a taxi to my apartment building, where Kendall opened the door. She was in her apartment with the children behind her, and she gave me a glare when she saw me.Yup, she was still angry."Kendall, I said I'm sorry.""Yup, and I heard you.""But you're still mad...""Who wouldn't be? You just up and left in the middle of the night without any warning. Do you know how worried I was? That you might have gone to
MaxwellI was still dumbfounded by what my dad had told me hours later when I made my way out of the family house later that evening and I headed straight for Macayla's hotel, where she opened the door for me, surprised."Max?"I walked in, going straight for the bottle of wine she had open on the small table in the mini-living room of her suite, and I drank straight from it."What is wrong? Did something happen?"She walked back in, staring at me with this concerned look in her eyes, and I gave her the picture I had collected from my dad."Who is he?""Our younger brother." "Younger brother?"I nodded. "Apparently we have a younger brother.""Then that means... Was dad cheating on mom?!"I shook my head and took another gulp. "Well, yes technically, because he had slept with another woman to have him, but it had apparently been a one-time thing. A mistake..."I ran a hand through my head, "Like, how do we even tell this to mom?" She's barely coping with his sickness news, which he h