He has no clue what he is going to say to her when he sees her, but he has to. There was no explanation she could give to justify her reason for sending his brother away even when she knew full well that he needed family but he seems to want to hear her explanation.
Xander clenches his fist trying to summon the courage to ring the doorbell of her penthouse. He finally did and the door opens and reveals Liza's maid, Amber.
"Sir Alexander?" Amber says in surprise. She never thought she will see Xander again given the fact she was there when Xander found out about Mark and Liza. It wasn't a pretty sight. Punches were thrown, hurtful words were said and hearts were broken.
"Is Liza in?" Xander asks walking past her into the penthouse. The penthouse is exactly how he remembers it, the beautiful view of LA's tall build
"Hot," Xavier comments, dragging Cara's phone to have a better look at the selfie that she posted on Instagram, "I am obsessed with how big your boobs are now" He gives her phone before taking a seat on the dining table."Me too, after this pregnancy, I hope I could keep them." Cara pouts looking down at her chest."They are like watermelons," Xavier says,"Quit talking about my girlfriend boobs," Xander yells from the sitting room where he is making calls."I am appreciating it and so will half a million people that like the picture," Xavier yells back. "He is so uptight," Xavier rolls his eyes as he mutters to Cara."Maybe because all yo
"I don't care, I need you to provide at least 6 names of investors that I can talk to before I get to work. The board meeting is on Friday and things are not looking good for us." Xander instructs his secretary as he hurriedly puts his laptop into his briefcase."Yes sir," Josie says."Good," Xander says before hanging up. He places his phone in his pocket before shutting his briefcase."It's hot when you order people around." Cara comments coming out of the bathroom in her towel. She walks over to him."Good morning," Xander mutters on her lips before kissing her."Morning," Cara says with a smile. "Is everything okay?"
"Sam is diabetic, right?" Xavier trails off making Cara look up from her phone to his direction, "That must have been hard for a bartender..."Before Xavier can finish his sentence Cara already knows where he is heading to, "Nice try, I don't give out information that easily." Cara rolls her eyes resuming to her scrolling on Instagram. This isn't the first time this week that Xavier has been stylishly trying to drain information from her and every time Cara doesn't give any. Cara can see the Xavier really cares for Cassie but she is not going to push her friend into something she is not ready for just because she personally thinks they will be cute together."I wasn't fishing for information." Xavier denies."Hmmm,""Look who is back," Xavier says turning his
25 weeks pregnant but Cara feels it has been forever, she can't want to see her babies. Although it is fun bossing people around and insulting them then blaming it on her mood swings.As much as she wants to see her babies, there are other times that Cara doesn't want the babies to come out. Like the time she found it hard to learn how to stop a baby from choking during her birthing class. She cried because she felt she was already a bad mother even before the babies were born.Then there was the time when she watched a live birth on YouTube and she freaked out, told Xander that she was sorry but the babies are going to have to stay in there forever. Even though it is impossible, at that time, she meant it.Today is one of those days she wants the pregnancy phase to end, she i
"Oh, Good Morning," Xavier walks into the dinning all chipper. No one answers him. He walks over to the table and picks up an apple."Good morning to you too," He replies himself. "Xander, have you told Cara the good news?"Cara carries her head up from her phone, "What news? She asks with sudden excitement.Xander glares at his brother as he drops his cup of coffee."Your boyfriend lost a bet to me, so I get to give one of our kids their middle names. "The excitement vanishes, "What?" She turns to Xander."I am thinking, 5.."Cara interrupts, "Like a number ?"
She has planned everything. She has her family doctor in on it and her dad made sure everyone acts accordingly when Xander comes."Shut up," Liza spits. She hands over her phone to the nurse who claims are camera quality isn't the best. "Use my phone."The nurse takes the phone from Liza's hands. "Take good pictures and don't let him see you," Liza instructs."The money we agreed upon?""I will pay you after a job well done." Liza gives a fake smile before she walks back to her seat.She folds her arms together focusing on getting tears to come out before Xander comes. She should be able to put on quite a show.~~~"Hey babe," Cara says int
"What are you doing here?" Liza walks towards her bed after opening the door for Mark to come in."I saw the pictures of you in the hospital this morning. What's going on?" Mark walks in and shuts the door behind him. "Are you hurt?"Liza smiles at him, "I am fine. I am more than fine." She has been all smiles this morning. The press is doing her work for her. There are various speculations that she and Alex are back together. She is not doing anything to refute the speculations.She intends on stepping out looking hot as ever, and telling the paparazzi outside her house these following words she has prepped herself to say, which is "No comment."It will drive them crazy.Mark's expression chang
"How dare he?" Cara scoffs as she paces around the sitting room ranting about Xander. Cassie remains mute, not knowing what to say.She had earlier told Cara to let it all out and now she is regretting it. Cara is indeed going on and on about how much of a jerk Xander is and Cassie is just seated nodding repeatedly."He walked out on me like he's the victim, I should be the one walking out on him," Cara says while Cassie nods.Cara's eyes widen like an evil mastermind who had just connected the dots. "He's trying to manipulate me with that stunt he pulled, but it's not going work. I am Cara Green and that shit doesn't work with me." Cara states and as always, Cassie nods. She continues ranting and Cassie continues nodding."You need to have seen the way he looked at me when
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16 YEARS LATER.ALEXANDER'S POINT OF VIEW."Put me down," She chuckled as she wiggled her legs.I opened the door of our room, taking my wife inside, and closing the door behind us using my leg."Alexander." She whined, I took a little spin which made her giggle.Almost immediately, I felt my back snap stopping me from spinning. It's a sharp pain that pushes through my entire body."Are you okay?" She looked up at me worried, almost as if she heard it snap."Yeah." I lied through the back pain. I slowly put her down trying to prevent myself from falling.With this annoying back pain, my doctors say I should refrain from
"Hey, long day?" Cara looks up at Xander as he walks into the sitting room."Yeah," He drops his briefcase on the couch across hers and then walks up to her. "But it's better now." He mutters as he brings her chin up with two fingers before placing a kiss on her lips.Cara smiles. He puts his hand on her baby bump."How are you two doing in there?" He whispers putting his head down to her bump."Wanna talk about your day?" Cara asks.
"What are you doing?"This is it, she has to make a decision. It's either flight or help. Her hands are shaking, her heart beating fast, the sound of Cara in pain is not helping her think.Why can't she actually walk away?Growing up, people around Liza were scared of her and what she is capable of, including her mum who since Liza was a kid noticed that she didn't have an innocent mind as most kids do. She became more scared of her when Liza, after an argument with her mum, burnt down the house with her in it.Luckily her mum survived but her mum's assistant suffered burns. She didn't get punished for her actions, Charlie paid for the damages as he always does.
"Prove it," such simple words but as every day passes, it becomes harder for Alexander to decode its meaning. How else is he to prove how much he loves her? He thought ordering his security to never let Liza into his house and company is proving it. The flowers every morning at her doorstep, sleeping in his car just outside her house every day, the daily words of affirmation he texts to her every morning and night before she goes to bed, isn't that proving it? The fear of the break becoming permanent is running through Xander's thoughts and these fears are slowly eating him up. Usually, he keeps busy when emotionally stressed, but it's different now, he doesn't want to do anything. So he didn't. Today, he didn't send flowers and he also didn't stop by at her place at night. He stayed home and got drunk.
"Say something," Cassie whispers after offloading her past to Xavier. He has been quiet through it all and this is unsettling for her. Xavier raises his head and looks at her, "Thank you for sharing." He says in a low tone. Cassie nods, trying to process his reply, and then she pauses for a second before she shakes her head, "Is that all you want to say?" "I mean, no one is perfect. I am definitely not." She shakes her head in denial that someone can actually accept all she has told him easily. "You are just saying what you think I want to hear." "No, because I know I am not a saint. I have slept with hundreds of girls, given them a good time. I probably should have gotten my money's worth." Xavier jokes. Noticing t
Cara peeps through the window for the thousandth time, she ensures the curtain covers her face as she spies on the BMW outside."He has been there all night," Cassie says behind her which makes Cara jolt up and release the curtain immediatelyCara walks away from the window to the couch where she takes her seat. "Don't fall for his dramatics."Alex hasn't left since Cassie dismissed him yesterday afternoon. Cara won't admit but she woke up a couple of times in the middle of the night to check outside her window. She has been uneasy."I was thinking of bringing him breakfast."Cara shrugs, "You are the one that cooked, suit yourself."
It felt good at the moment, like winning an argument but then you realize that you said somethings that you don't mean. By the time she took the video down, the internet was already on fire. The news gained more buzz than the time news got out that Liza and Xander broke up. Almost a dozen calls from Xavier and Xander, Cara even got some from Andre. All calls were ignored, and she turned off her phone. She cannot be stressed, the minute she got home, she ate and had a nap.As for Xander, when he saw the video, he could care less about the damage it could do to their already existing narrative, all he cares about is what set her off for her to make such a video."We had a narrative
"How dare he?" Cara scoffs as she paces around the sitting room ranting about Xander. Cassie remains mute, not knowing what to say.She had earlier told Cara to let it all out and now she is regretting it. Cara is indeed going on and on about how much of a jerk Xander is and Cassie is just seated nodding repeatedly."He walked out on me like he's the victim, I should be the one walking out on him," Cara says while Cassie nods.Cara's eyes widen like an evil mastermind who had just connected the dots. "He's trying to manipulate me with that stunt he pulled, but it's not going work. I am Cara Green and that shit doesn't work with me." Cara states and as always, Cassie nods. She continues ranting and Cassie continues nodding."You need to have seen the way he looked at me when