(Frank’s POV)Lexi was quiet the entire drive going home, and we could not talk with Aliyah in the car with us. When we arrived, I thought of hundreds of reasons just in case I saw Lexa at their place, but instead of seeing her, we saw Jolene sitting on the porch, waiting for her.“Why are you here?” Lexi asked, surprised that she showed up.“Mom asked me to come here and told me to stay with you. She’ll just pick me up tomorrow and drive me to school,” she answered and smiled at me. “Hi, Frank!” she greeted me and turned to Aliyah. “Tell me about your day,” she said, taking the bag from me, holding her hand, and leading the child inside the house.“Please, come in,” Lexi said, but I shook my head.“Can we just talk in the car?” I asked her, not wanting Jolene to overhear our conversation.Lexi nodded and followed me back into the car. She plopped inside the passenger seat and waited until I got to sit in the driver’s seat.“I’m sorry, Frank,” she sighed, lowering her gaze. “I’m sorry
(Lexi’s POV)I was dreaming.Lexa was here, waking me up with a kiss on my forehead. When I opened my eyes, I found her sitting on the edge of the bed, silently crying. She lay beside me, wrapping her arms around my body, kissed my cheek, and apologized for leaving me.“Forgive me, Lexi,” she whimpered.I rolled to her side, facing her, and smiled.“I love you, Lexa,” I uttered in a sleepy voice, reaching for her face. “Aliyah and I missed you so much,” I sighed, not wanting to close my eyes, but the past two days of working and caring for our little sister were tiring, and sleep was dragging my consciousness again.“I love you, too,” she whispered and hummed a song.As I opened my eyes again, my lips curved into a gentle smile because the woman brushing the strand of hair on my face was the one I had wanted to see for a long time.“Mom…” I whimpered.“You’re such a brave girl, my Lexi. I love you…”It was like an air whispering to me. My eyes closed when she kissed my forehead. When
(Lexi’s POV)“You choose, Lexi. Whom are you going with? Frank or me?” Finn asked, crossing his arms to his chest as he waited for my answer.“No one!” I hissed angrily at them. “I’m going with Jeannie.” I stomped in Jeannie’s car, leaving them, not caring if they started killing each other.Jolene was already sitting beside Aliyah in the back passenger seat, and when her mother saw me coming, she opened the car door from the inside, pushing the door open for me.When I plopped on the seat and fastened my seatbelt, I caught a glimpse of her pursing her lips as if stopping herself from laughing. Her eyes pinned on the rear-view mirror, glancing at the two gorgeous men in their business suits watching her old red sedan before she began driving.As much as I wanted to look at them again, I was too annoyed that my nostril flared and my lips curled, not deciding to talk the entire drive. Jolene broke the ice as she began asking Aliyah about Oxygen.My little sister had forgotten about Finn
(Finn’s POV)I wondered where in space Lexi went because when I came back from my meeting, she was still not back at her table. Before my appointment, Angela came into my office and took Aliyah and Oxygen with her, telling me that her children were in her office and would like to play with them.The sealed white envelope with Greene’s hospital logo and Lexi’s name caught my attention. Suspicious of what was inside, I looked around quickly and took the envelope, keeping it inside my suit jacket’s pocket. Lexi might be pregnant, and how she acted, pushing me away, I hate to think she would hide my child as Anj did.‘Quadruplets!’I pursed my lips, unsure how Lexi would take care of four babies when she had Aliyah with her. Lexa could be there to help her out, but I would not let those things happen.I must be guilty because when I opened the door and stepped inside my private office, my body jerked, startled to see Olivia sitting on my swivel chair, busy chatting with someone on her sma
(Finn’s POV)“Why didn’t you tell me about it?” I whimpered, hurt that no one had told me about Lexi’s accident.“Tell you about what?” Lexi asked.Either she really had no idea what I was talking about, or she was pretending to protect whoever hurt her.I moved slightly away, cupping her face lightly and studying her eyes.“You did not tell me you were hit by a car,” I growled in a low voice, ignoring my mother from walking past us and sitting on the couch, whispering with Uncle David while Olivia ran to my mother’s side.Her eyes raised, looking at the ceiling, and then she shook her head. “Technically... Umm, I was not hit by a car. I hit the car, Finn,” she clarified.“Damn it, Lexi! You’re the only woman I know who can find humor in this situation,” I sighed.She chuckled, moving away from me. “It was true. I was running like crazy, and your mom stopped the car when she saw me-”“My mom?” I turned to my mother; her eyes were brimming with tears as she opened her mouth to explain.
(Lexi’s POV)My lips curved into a smile as I closed the door behind me. Blushing at the intense kiss Finn and I shared, I licked and bit my bottom lip as if still tasting his delicious mouth. If we were not interrupted by whoever opened and closed his office door, I wanted more kisses.The thought of that ‘someone’ returned me to the reality that someone came in and saw us kissing. Without moving my head, only my eyes moving side to side, I checked the floor area but did not see anyone. Shrugging, I raised my hands, my palms tapping my cheeks lightly as I walked toward my table to answer the shrilling cry of the company smartphone.Still smiling, I sat and took my pen and notebook before swiping the screen to answer.“Hold that long introduction. This is Portia,” she said as soon as I answered, sounding mad and stopping me from my long introduction. “Tell Finn I knew from the beginning he’s not serious about me, so tell him I don’t care!!!”My body jolted when she screamed at me… or
(Finn’s POV)Four pairs of eyes were gawking at me, but I didn’t care if they were amused or annoyed, but I would not stand unless I heard Frank telling me he forgave me.I dashed to Sky’s office, and when I didn’t find Catherine and Frank outside his private office, I guessed they were inside. The older secretary was standing in front of the executive table, scanning the documents and checking whether they were signed. Angela and Sky were sitting on the long couch while Frank was on a single sofa, and by the looks of it, they seemed to be having a short meeting because the younger secretary had his tablet in his hand.“Frank,” I muttered, gulping much air because I felt like I would die if he ignored me.Sky stopped talking when I bent my knees on the floor, facing Frank. Even if I didn’t look at them, I knew he and Angela were pressing their lips, waiting at what would happen to my little drama, except I was not acting. I needed Frank to forgive me for stealing his girlfriend and ho
(Frank’s POV)Sighing and pressing my lips tightly, I went to Sky’s table to check on the files from his computer that the IT department had sent this morning. Before Finn came in, we were in the middle of dealing with an important matter about the attempted security breach at Quick Soft IT company in the past two months. Sky wanted to check on this matter before discussing it with Finn. Though the unauthorized access was only happening in his company, he was looking into it to avoid problems affecting the whole company.This was also one of the reasons why Sky wanted us to come back because he needed someone he could trust to help him deal with this critical issue.“You’re letting go of Lexi just like that, huh?” Catherine cocked her head as she organized the files on the table.“Should I force myself to Lexi, Catherine?” I glanced at her, then returned my eyes to the screen as I browsed the files.She smirked, shaking her head. “It’s either you don’t love Lexi, or you’re letting her