MaxwellBrrng brrng brrngThe sound of my phone vibrating woke me from my alcohol-induced sleep and I wondered who would be calling me so early in the morning.It was a Sunday, so that meant work free, right? Except if it was family.I sighed and picked up the phone, accepting the call and the annoying voice of my best friend filled the line, "dude, when did you become a father?"Ugh! I should have known it was something stupid he was going to say."What the f*ck! Ryan, it's 4am in the morning..." I checked the time on my phone before I said the last bit."I'm not kidding.""Yeah. F*ck off!"I cut off the line and switched off the phone before going back to sleep, and I woke up to a banging on my door a few hours later.Approximately one hour later."Ugh!" I groaned and vowed to kill that motherf*cker if it turned out to be Ryan again, but it turned out to be my mother."You nincompoop, when did you impregnate her?" She asked almost immediately, hitting me on my arm as she walked in,
Maxwell"What? Is it true?" I ignored Tyla who had asked that question, looking like she had caught me cheating or something, and I turned to face Raya, who hurried to my side."Mommy," Kyle said, and she collected him from my arms."Sweetheart""Are you okay?" I asked her, raising my hand to swipe her hair from her face and she flinched, making me realize that the two other ladies were still there, Diane and Tyla."Are you guys having a lover's reunion or what?" Diane asked, and I turned to her."Thank you for looking after her, we'll be taking our leave now.""Wait?!" Tyla came to my front and folded her arms. "What?" I asked, exasperated. "Are you not going to explain or is it actually true?""And why should I explain myself to you? It's not like we were dating.""What?"I took hold of Raya's arms, who was still staring at us in shock, and dragged her out of there."You should have told her something, anything. Now they're going to think it's true."I ignored her complaint and op
MaxwellI was still fuming by the time we walked into the headquarters, the employees whispering as I walked by, and I tried my best not to hit the motherf*cker that was walking in front of me.What?Announcement of my engagement to Tyla.Of course, he knew I wouldn't like that and that's why he had suggested it in the first place."The Caddels have agreed to meet us tonight for dinner, and we will have a talk before we conclude our decision.""Dad...""No words from you young man, this is the only way we can calm things down, and you had better not f*ck things up"I sighed and ran a hand through my already ruffled hair.I had only managed to put on a new suit and pants which the housekeeper had gotten for me in the house before hurrying out of the house, and now we were on our way to meet the board of directors."We knew this was going to happen? What with your former history of f*cking around?""This is not the time to throw blame at each other. The deed has been done, and it's now
Raya"Who is she?""She should be ashamed.""How could she have slept with her boss and have his child?""Sl*t!""Wh*re""That b*tch, let me just get my hands on her""How dare she seduce my man?"The comments on different platforms were unending, and I wondered if it was just that people didn't have sense, or they didn't want to use it.Kyle was eight, I started working for Mr. Sterling months ago and had never met before that, so how could he have fathered the child?I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, the bottle of water I had been sipping already empty.I sighed again and stood up to get another bottle of water when a person in dark clothing moved around the room."Arghhh!" "Hey, hey, calm down, it's me"I stopped screaming when the lights suddenly turned on and Kyle sat awake, looking alarmed."Uhn... Ryan?" I remembered him as Mr. Sterling's friend"Yes, it's me.""How...""How did I get in? I know the door code"Of course, he will, since he's his best friend, right? I had
Maxwell"Raya" I said the minute I saw her, dressed in a loose shirt and shorts and her son was beside her."Good morning Mr. Sterling"I didn't like the tone of her voice. If anything, it sounded sarcastic."Are you okay?" I asked, unsure of what to say considering my actions lately, and I carried Kyle who came to greet me,"Uncle Max!""Hey buddy, how have you been?""Good""And your mom?" Since she wasn't answering me.He shrugged."How soon can we go back to our lives?" She asked, going to the kitchen island and I placed Kyle on a stool by the surface."As soon as things die down"It was obvious she had seen the statement, but in my defense, I was not the one who had written it.I had just woken up to the statement on the internet this morning and had rushed over immediately to discuss it with her, but unfortunately, she had seen it first and obviously didn't want anything to do with me now. "And when will that be? Kyle has to go to school and I... I can't just stay around doing
RayaThe dust finally settled after a few days of staying in the luxurious mansion of Mr. Sterling and it was Kendall that came to get us, her son, happy to see Kyle and me happy to see her."Damn, I was worried.""I know right, me too.""Are you okay?" She asked, and I glanced at Ryan who was standing in the room. Mr. Sterling was nowhere to be found."Of course."I shrugged off her worry. "It's time to get back to work"I was going through my emails after a while when I saw the email. From the management.It was something I had been expecting after the whole issue and I clicked on it."This is to inform you, Miss Johnson, that you've been transferred back to the headquarters. You'll be assigned to your boss once you report back to work as soon as possible."Sh*t.But it was all for the best, right? After all, I wasn't sure I wanted to face Mr. Sterling again after everything that had happened. The way I had been feeling, I wanted to get rid of it and this was the best way.I sighe
MaxwellMy head was pounding when I woke up that morning, my lips chapped and my throat dry from constant alcohol and I stood up to get a glass of water.I was to resume work today and I thought of seeing Raya again.Ryan's words popped into my mind."You like her.""Deny it all you want"Of course, I was going to deny it because I never thought I would have feelings for another woman. Diane had occupied a lot of my mind and I hadn't even noticed the slipping in of my secretary.I ran a hand through my hair and went back to my room where I hopped into the shower and I prepared for work.No coffee or breakfast, the way Raya was always feeding me, but hopefully, we could sort things out after today.I couldn't bear seeing her angry with me and i didn't want to lose my connection with Kyle either.I got into my car after another glass of water went down my throat and I made a mental note to take her signature coffee once I got to the office, only she wasn't the one I saw when I got to th
Maxwell"What the f*ck?" I said when I craddled her frail form in my hand, and she held onto me with the little strength she had."M-mr. Sterling...""What the heck, what is wrong with you?""I..." She hiccupped while still crying, and I helped her up before leading her into the building.Her friend was out of her apartment the minute I knocked on the door, and she saw Raya, and she held onto her with both hands, "what is wrong?" She asked me and I shrugged. "I don't know, I met her like this outside the building.""Mummy" Her eyes immediately directed me to stay with Kyle while she took care of Raya and I nodded, walking into her own apartment while she went into Raya's with her.What the f*ck was going on?Why had William come to her apartment by this time of night and left her like that because it was pretty obvious that he was the cause of her reaction?I remembered the way she had been shaken up by William the other night at the resort too, but I had just shaken it off as somet