Ivan’s POVDriving like a completely insane man, I drove as fast as I could to the airport with my heart racing and quite frankly I have no idea which one is faster.My heartbeat or my car?I clutched the steering wheel and I almost lost my mind when I hit traffic. It’s been years and she’s finally back. My heart was leaping for joy and also for uncertainty and I had no idea how I was going to face her.What should I do? What do I say to her? Do I just hug her?Questions ran through my mind as I waited for the light to turn green so that I was going to be able to get there as fast as I could.While waiting, I picked my phone to call Ansel and it was ringing but he didn’t pick up. Calling him over again, he hung the call up instead of picking it up.Did he lose her already? Has he left the airport?The blaring sound of the car honking behind me jolted me out of my thoughts and it wasn’t until then that I realized that the light had turned green and I was the only one left to move on th
Lexi’s POVIt felt nice to know that he’s fine and probably living a good life but I couldn’t bring myself to remain with him because I had absolutely no idea what I’d do if I stayed there a minute longer.I don’t want to be that shameless woman that runs into the arms of the man that hurt her.My eyes stung from the tears I held back and I just wanted the taxi to move faster so that we can get home early.Thankfully Camille had asked one of her old friends to help her search for an apartment and we’d seen everything over a video call so we wouldn’t have to stress ourselves over that.I turned to look back at Ivan but I couldn’t see him. What if he asks someone to follow us, what if he asks someone to spy on us?Questions and thoughts ran through my mind as the drive home remained silent. I was sure that he saw the kids before I closed the door.What if he knows that they’re his kids?I’m going to allow anything but no one, absolutely no one is going to take my kids from me and I don’
Ivan’s POV“What do you intend to do now that you’ve placed almost everything going on in your life on hold?” Ansel’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts and I turned my chair so that I’d be facing him.“Are you really sure you saw Lexi?” Reece asked and that must have been the thousandth time that she’d asked.I also don’t want to believe that I saw Lexi at the airport and she’d refused to talk to me or even let me prove myself but after going to her house, I knew I wasn’t dreaming and she was really here.I was able to get where she lives thanks to Ansel and the private investigator working for me. Sighing, I rubbed my temple as I yawned.“I’m not going to stop until she’s agreed to talk to me,” I responded as I rubbed my eyes. I've been losing sleep lately and I knew that it was because I wouldn’t stop thinking about Lexi.“It’s getting late, Reece, don’t you have to pick Octavia up?” I reminded her and after shooting me a glare, she stormed out of my office, leaving me with Ansel.
Lexi’s POV“W.. what, what do you mean I can’t meet them yet?” He asked as soon as I stood to take my leave. Tears welled up in my eyes but no amount of crying was going to fix my broken heart or magically wipe away the traumatic memories filled in my head.“I mean exactly what I just said, Ivan,” I answered as I walked out the door, “I’m not ready for you to meet them yet.” I repeated.His eyes widened in shock and I don’t care if he thinks that I’m selfish because I don’t want him to see his kids, all I care about is the safety of my children.Bringing another man into their lives and announcing out of the blue that he’s their father is something I’ve decided to take a rain check on.“I’m their father, Lexi, those are my kids,” he reminded me and I opened my mouth to speak but laughter was all that came out of my mouth.He really didn’t just remind me that they’re his kids.“Really?” I asked, taking a step closer to him, “you’re going to play the ‘they’re my kids’ card on me and exp
Lexi’s POV“Camille please take the kids out of here and I’ll meet you guys at home.” I said to Camille who immediately started walking with the kids out but Ivan thought it was a good idea to stop her.“What’s your name, champ?” He asked, crouching in front of Cassian and I closed my eyes in frustration. I really want to do something but the last thing I wanted to do was throw a tantrum in front of my kids.“Cassian,” Cassian responded with an eyebrow raised as he stared at me, “why do you want to know my name?” He immediately added and Ivan smiled.“I just thought you and I could be friends with your sister included,” Ivan responded as he turned to look at me briefly before looking back at the kids.“And you, angel? What’s your name?” He asked and I scowled, I could see the red in Adeline’s cheeks because princesses and angels are one of the things that she loved getting called.“I’m Adeline,” She smiled, “I didn’t like you at first but we can be friends.” She shrugged and I mentall
Ivan’s POVHer palm was still on my lap and I wanted to do everything at that moment but let her move her hand away.Her touch was so soft, so feminine that my dick twitched and it took all the self control I had in me to not touch her hand.I wanted her, I wanted her so much that I wished there was a way I could magically undo all of my mistakes but I knew that I had no other choice than to wait for her to make up her mind and forgive me.If she ever will.The children’s conversation started taking a wrong turn and just when Reece had tried to stop the conversation from going south, I had to open my own mouth.“Our mom didn’t really say anything about that to us,” Adeline responded, hearing the kids name, I realized that Lexi didn’t only give Cassian my name, she also gave Adeline my mother’s name.My mind drifted to one of those days when things were still really good between us and she’d asked out of nowhere what I’d name my child if she gave birth to a girl.I should’ve known abou
Ivan’s POV“I know,” Lexi smiled, her head tilting to the side to face me properly, “I know you won’t mess things up and I know you’re going to love them like a father should.” She finished.My chest tightened and I wanted to bawl my eyes out due to the amount of belief she had in me but I knew better.“Thank you.” I said with a sigh as I placed my head on the car headboard and closed my eyes. Questions ran through my mind and I wanted to know how she was able to handle everything all on her own.I wanted to get the details of everything I’d missed out on in her life and not only that, I wanted to do better, I wanted to do the best things for her.“How is Celine?” She asked before I got the chance to ask my own question, “Ansel told me you found out some things about her including Charlotte and Vladimir?” She asked and I nodded.I’ve been meaning to talk about this to someone, someone I know I can trust with my life other than Reece and Ansel.I’ve been wanting to talk to her.“Yeah s
Lexi’s POVMy jaw dropped when his name rolled out of my tongue. I remember noticing it the first time I went to CassisnTech but I’d shrugged it off when I couldn’t remember where I'd heard the name before.I got married to my long-time crush. I really got married to the Cassian Alessio I did everything together with when I was in high school?“It’s really you,” I gasped when he stopped in front of me as I removed my palm from my mouth to examine him properly.My hand traveled from his hair to his face and stopped on his chest as I swallowed and pulled away from him immediately.My mouth opened but I couldn’t get the words out of my mouth. I watched him pull the glasses off and toss it aside as he stood right in front of me.“You changed, you changed a lot and….” My voice trailed off, I couldn’t believe it, “and those treatments were because I dumped you?” I asked, my anger brewing.It was years ago but I suffered for it, I suffered for something that I had no memory of until now. I w