XANDRY
Weeks earlier...
My Dad was in his chair behind the desk. Mom was sitting in front of him, but what I wasn’t prepared to see was Sunshine, and I was not entirely stupid not to get why she was here with a baby bump.
A sudden flush of adrenaline tingling through my body when the realization hit me like a sucker punch to my gut. She’s pregnant.
I went to her apartment after I had a fight with Pyke to confront her about the issue. She was the only one who heard my conversation with Pyke about the bet. Then, we ended up on her bed, got drunk, but Sunshine denied we had unprotected sex since we both saw the wrappers of condoms in her bedroom when we woke up in the morning. And everything was vague to me.
Seeing her in my dad’s office answered my unanswered question. I closed my gaping mouth and reluctantly walked towards them with legs that weighed tons. It was not that I could
BLAINEBeing back in New York City reminded me of something we had back at the yacht, but I was here not to reminisce about what happened in the past.I am here for Bianca.“Blaine!” Bianca called out enthusiastically as if I was the only person standing at the airport.“Silly.” A wide smile curved across my lips as I walked toward her, and she was getting bigger. I wasn’t big as hers when I was roughly in the first week of the third trimester.“I miss you, sis.” She squeezed me into a tight hug, which I badly needed it right now. I was thankful Ethan didn’t show up again. Ben didn’t ask why I was crying that day.My emotions were over the edge when her advice flashed through me. I was not blaming her because it was completely my own choice to believe that there was something between me and Xandry, Bianca just boosted my confidence.“I missed you too, B.” I bit my lip and took a deep breath as m
BLAINESaph parked her car in the parking area of the Williams’ building. She said this was bought by her dad, Phoenix when he found out Sam, her mother was staying in this building during their breakup.I wasn’t in the right mind agreeing to Saph or maybe I was, but I was dying of finding out what was going on with Xandry.“I already talked to the doorman and Jun is expecting you. As much as I wanted to come with you, I have a meeting in less than an hour. You’ll be fine, Blaine.” She kissed my cheek.I nodded. “Thanks for helping me, Saph, or are you doing this for your brother’s sake?”She frowned. “You are my friend, Blaine, and I care about you too.”“I should really go and I have to go back before my son will find out I’m gone.” I kissed her cheek and got out of her car. I was approached immediately by the doorman in a dark blue uniform.“Ms. Harris?” The bald thin old man asked politely.“Y
XANDRYI was wholly unprepared for the sharp stab of the pain at the left side of my chest. I hadn’t seen and talked to her for over two weeks and it opened up the fresh waves of longing and searing pain when she broke up with me. Over. The. Fucking. Phone.I lost her.Let’s end this. These three words repeatedly electrocuted my brain. I took another sip of the scotch Forrest filled me. I ignored his cold and stoic looked and gestured him to pour me another shot, and he didn’t hesitate. And that confirmed my suspicion that this guy hated my guts. For whatever reason, I didn’t have any idea.“Hmm, if it’s not my dear cousin,” Pyke sang, took a seat beside me, and Forrest quickly placed down a cold beer for him.“I’m not in a mood for chit-chat, Pyke. I came here as a customer and not a cousin, so, fuck off.” I gulped the last shot of the scotch, willingly took in the burn into my throat, hoping to numb my b
BLAINEOh, my God!He is here.He came.He stood there like a fallen angel. His eyes landed on the sign posted on the glass door.How did he find out I lied?He had a scruffy and looked rugged. I meant, he was still handsome though, with disheveled hair, dark circles under his eyes. His crumpled clothes like he had been sleeping on it for days, but I still wanted to jump on him right now.Get a grip, Blaine.My heart leaped in my chest and my skin instantly tingled in anticipation of his kiss, his touch, and him inside me. Crap!Holy crap!The door swung open and chimed. He walked inside, then stopped and roamed his bluer eyes around like searching for something. Or maybe for someone.I froze in my place, knees weakened to his presence. My hand gripped the counter for support as his eyes landed on Ethan. A large hand grip on my waist made me more stiff
XANDRYLast night, Saph and Sunshine confirmed Blaine went to my apartment to see me. Undoubtedly, she knew everything about me and Sunshine was having a baby.I spent several minutes back in my office bemoaning of her lost, it only told me one thing, she didn’t want me, but Saph made me not to give up. Until I saw what was in her eyes today. The way Blaine looked at me, I knew she cared —her eyes filled with surprise and longing, then suddenly replaced with sadness.The motherfucker Ethan Hall caught me off guard when his hand gripping Blaine’s waist. I knew he did it on purpose. Just the thought of what he did to Blaine during her pregnancy, all I cared about was to punch and end him. I completely lost control and there was no way I let him take Blaine away from me.She. Is. Mine.How did I miss the sign? The way he looked at me back at the Night Stalker, of what he said? Did they really— I pushed the thought out
XANDRYCursing under my breath, I saw how the time slowly moving by on the wall clock. These past nine weeks of my life I’d been to heaven and hell. Hell as I drowned myself with work when Blaine had friend-zoned me. The pain seared through my heart was hard to ignore. And heaven— we still talked, but I was a greedy asshole. It wasn’t enough. And I still missed her terribly.Thankfully, Sunshine and the baby were healthy. Last week, she asked me to watch an erotic movie with her. It wasn’t new to me, but the hardest part was watching the egotistic jerk male lead fucking a woman by his own terms. It made me think of being balls deep with Blaine and my aching attention-seeker of a cock hardened like a rock before the scene got to the best part. My body was buzzing with the desire to taste Blaine, to be between her legs, and to be buried deep in her sweetness. The heat of lust spiked through
BLAINEDisappointment swamped over me like a strong wave. Xandry held my call and chose to answer Sunshine. I hated the feeling of being affected when it was my idea to be just his friend. It was harder than I thought. Jealousy slapped me like a bitch.We talked over the phone almost every night and he never forgot to tell me how he missed me. It was like a broken record, but it made my belly flutter despite our friend-zoned status. He reminded me of his relationship with Sunshine, but I couldn’t help to think of the possibility that he was going to choose her when the baby came. It scared me to death. My feelings were stronger each day, and I already prepared myself for losing him—of breaking my heart again because I knew how much I loved Xandry.“What’s with the stony expression?” Olive pulled me back to reality.“More like she just swallowed a bitter pill,” Charlie countered, “I thought you talked to Xandry earlier.”
XANDRYHave you seen your life before your eyes? It’s a phenomenon even scientists believed that your life history flashed before your eyes in your near-death experienced, but I was not dying. Far from it, as far as I knew. The moment I saw my baby inside the transport incubator, everything flashed back like a black and white movie.My legs weakened as I reluctantly walked toward the glass window of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It was overwhelming, yet terrifying. Overwhelming that I was a dad. I couldn’t wait to touch her, to cuddle her, hear her first cry, change her diaper, feed her, watch over her all night till she fell asleep. A lot of things came into my mind—protective instinct was one of them, scaring boys away, purchasing shotgun—scratched that—hiring a bodyguard was less brutish.Hell, it’s terrifying.I raked my trembling fingers through my hair, then rubbed my palms to my face—my wet face. Xandr