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Chapter 4

After the long hours of work and a lot of thinking, Meredith Bloom looked up at the sky and released a curse when the first drop of water latched onto her skin. There is no way she would be walking into the rain and risked getting soaked from the pouring. So much has happened in a day and she wasn't sure if she could have another shock. Lord knows her poor heart couldn't handle it. 

She opted to wait for the rain to stop instead of running around like a madwoman. She stood by the front of the building finding no harm in it. 

A few minutes passed but the sky didn't seem to stop crying, It's almost close to four that got her worried because she would be home late if she continued to wait for the rain to stop pouring. Gearing up her bag on her shoulder, She ran out of the shelter and got herself drenched in a span of a minute. 

Somewhere along her walking, a Mercedes stopped in front of her, halting her steps. She tried to walk away but the window slid down revealing Gray who looked at her with nothing but annoyance. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes but stopped when she remembered that the man was her boss. 

“Meredith Bloom, Get in!” She heard him forcing the words out. Her nostrils flared at the use of her full name but didn't comment on it. 

Gray eyes fell on the chest part of her transparent blouse. He couldn't look away although he found the girl so annoying, especially when he caught her sleeping on the first day of her work. 

“Thank you Mr Gray, but I'll take the bus” She shouted in order to be heard over the rain. 

With a nod Gray rolled up his windows but then he shrugged his suit off, offering to the clueless black hair women. 

“You might want to cover your chest... although there's not much to look at” he couldn't help but add. Meredith gasped inwardly, blushing like crazy because not only is his comment plain rude but this man doesn't seem to have any recollection of their night. She doesn't understand why there was a tightness in her chest. The only reasonable conclusion is that he didn't recognise her because she’s twice her size a year ago. 

Gray threw the suit carelessly landing on her face and before she could react, Gray drove away with a frown plastered on his face. 

Waking up the next morning , Meredith's head was heavy with dizziness and her mind clouded with the thought of her new boss. She wanted to bang her head because it meant she could stop thinking about Gray Westmore. 

When she entered her office, she went to greet the receptionist but was met with an unusual scene. An older woman and a little boy were talking with the receptionist who she came to know as Jane. 

“Please just tell him that his mother and his son are here. I don't understand why I’m not allowed to visit my own son at his workplace” the older woman exclaimed with an irritated scowl. Meredith stepped closer towards them with a slightly concerned thought. She felt bad that Jane was shaking her head vigorously at the older woman's request. 

She shouldn't have interfered and she knew that she would regret later but curiosity got the better of her like always. She tapped the woman who's sighing with hands on her hip. 

“Hey there!” She chirped with a polite smile, the smile that always won over the hearts of many older women. 

Jenna turned to see the woman who had tapped her, her face instantly blossoming to a wide smile when her eyes landed on the sweet, beautiful black hair Goddess. Her keen motherly eyes drink in the feature of the young woman who seemed as kind and lovely as her dead daughter-in-law. 

“Hello, Do you work here?” Jenna asked directly, not bothering to cover up her curiosity. She's always been a direct woman and doesn't tolerate bullshitting. 

Meredith was taken back by her bluntness but found herself nodding. Something flickered in Jenna's eyes and then it was gone in a blink of an eye. 

“Could you please help me with something? You see, my grandson wanted to see his daddy but I didn't know the security was so tight. Could you please take him to my son? I could do it by myself but I have to run somewhere quick…” she trailed off looking incredibly regretful. Meredith looked down at the little guy who seemed to be lost in his own world, scanning around the unfamiliar building with an awestruck look on his face. 

“I can do that. Could you please tell me his name and which floor he stays on?” Meredith asked Jenna,unaware of the scheming the older woman is playing at. 

It wasn't usual for Jenna to play as a matchmaker but Meredith has that effect on older womens who wanted a sweet and beautiful woman 

as their son's wife. 

“Sure. What is your name darling?” Jenna asked, with an innocent look. 

“It’s Meredith Ma’am. Call me Meredith” She says with a beam, her eyes casting towards Little Noah who peered up at her like a deer. 

“Lovely! Here is his floor and his name”Jenna handed her a small slip of paper into Meredith palms. Jenna turned towards her grandson,“ Noah baby, Aunty Meredith will take you to your dad alright. Don't be naughty okay” 

She taught her grandson and kissed him on his cheek. At the small affection, the two year old little guy waved his grandma's goodbye when she walked away with a satisfied grin. 

“Come on Little buddy, let's get you to daddy” Meredith took hold of Noah's little hands and then they were off to the twelfth floor. 

 The duo struggled to find the right room since the walls and design looked the same. Noah is a cute little guy with dark brown hair and his features...Meredith felt as though she had seen him somewhere but couldn't point out her confusion. 

She opened the slip of the paper with her left hand since her right were tightly enclosed around Noah's tiny hands. She almost screamed when she saw Gray's name on the small paper. Gray Westmore, twelfth floor! 

What the hell is happening? Her eyes darted between the small piece of paper and Noah's confused face at her sudden shock. The more she looked at him, the more he resembled her gorgeous boss. An unwelcome tightness in her chest brought her out of her trance. Surely, he isn't married! But how is it possible that he got a son without a wife!? She rolled her eyes at her own thoughts. She couldn't believe that the man who bedded her a year ago is married and has a two year old son who is absolutely adorable and cute- one of the reasons why she even agreed to help Jenna in the first place. 

“Noah! Why do you have to be Gray’s son!?” She muttered under her breath. 

Gray’s secretary stood up from her seat looking extremely shocked at the duo. Rebecca is a forty year old woman who worked under Gray for five years, She's an Incredibly sweet woman and is fully talented in her work. But she wasn't prepared to see Little Noah and Meredith walking hand in hand towards her. 

“Miss Florence,Can you please give Noah to Mr Gray? His grandmother had requested to take Noah to his dad” Meredith was blushing which wasn't unusual to Rebecca. Her boss was a gorgeous male with the personality of a stubborn mule and she couldn't understand why young girls fantasize and worship the ground he walks on. 

“Sure,Give me a minute” She replied and within seconds, she picked up her telephone and called the man in question. Rebecca informed him of the situation and nodded occasionally, glancing back and forth between the two confused faces. 

Meredith wanted to flee as soon as possible. She sighed in relief when Rebecca hung up the phone. 

“Thank you so much Rebecca, I'll leave you to him then” She unclasped Noah’s tight grip,smiling down at his adorable face. 

“Go to your dad okay” She couldn't help but peck at his chubby cheeks. This was normal for Meredith Because she loves  kids,partly because she used to hang out with kids in the park in times of loneliness. 

“Uh- Miss Bloom?” She turned her head towards Rebecca, “Mr Westmore asked you to bring Noah to him” Her knees felt wobbly and weak and her heart almost dropped to the floor.