Charlotte chuckled when she watched Xavier chase Caleb around the park. Whenever he got close enough to touch Caleb, he slowed down on purpose, so that the game wouldn't come to an end. Caleb screamed in delight as Xavier played with him, and when Charlotte wasn't bursting out laughing, she was marvelling at what a delight it was to see how great he was at being a dad. She took a few pictures and videos of them running around on her phone and uploaded them to her personal social media account. Xavier waved at her from a point in the park, where he and Caleb had stopped to rest from their running, and she waved back with a proud smile. She ignored her phone that was buzzing with notifications and focussed on watching the other people with their children in the park. It was a beautiful sight, and she was more than happy to be there. When she checked her notifications however, the proud smile on her face diminished entirely. What had she been thinking when she uploaded those pictures?
"You could have just sent a text or something, and I would have taken it down immediately," Charlotte said and brought out her phone from the picnic basket where she had dropped it. She wasn't in the mood to argue or exchange words with someone like Laura who apparently enjoyed it. "I'll take the post down right away." "I didn't come here to ask you to take the post down, you skank!" Laura snarled. "Why on earth would you show my baby's face in public without my consent? Who the fuck do you even think you are? If I had known you were still around Xavier, I would never have let him take my son. I don't need you corrupting my son..." "Now, that's enough from your uncouth mouth," Xavier yelled, making all of them jerk in surprise. “What's the point of this stunt you're pulling now? Insulting my wife in public? What exactly do you intend to gain from it. She has already agreed to take down the posts, so what's your deal? I'm sick and tired of your shit!" "Xav, I..." Laura began in a
"Your guest is here to see you ma'am," Laura's assistant announced to her."He's not a freaking guest," Laura muttered to herself. "Bring him in.""Hello," Private greeted, coming along with the assistant, but Laura completely ignored him. The assistant pointed to the other chair in the room and he nodded and sat there. When Laura saw that he was sitting and that the assistant had left the penthouse, she threw the bottle of vodka she had been drinking on him, but he moved right before it could reach him and watched it shatter hard against the floor in a loud crash. His eyes widened, but he maintained his composure and straightened his tie. "Good morning to you too," he said sarcastically. "Don't 'good morning' me!" she snapped. "Will you tell me why I can't find the pictures I had of Xavier's wife? Why have they suddenly disappeared from my phone? You're the only person I know with the ability to make things like that appear and disappear, so care to explain?" Private furrowed hi
"I can't find the pictures anymore," Charlotte said, alarmed. She was holding her phone in her hand, refreshing her page over and over to verify if it was a technical problem. It wasn't."What do you mean?" Xavier asked, taking her phone from her. "Look at my page. It just disappeared. Right now. I don't know how. I didn't delete it," she said. "Hmm. I'm sure Private must have had something to do with this," Xavier muttered under his breath. "What do we do now?" she asked, feeling afraid. The fact that someone could just delete a post she had made a few hours ago from her own account without her consent was so scary. It made her feel like she had no privacy. If someone could do this whevener they wanted, what else could they do? If someone like Laura had the power and the means to do soemthing like this, what else would she try next? Xavier stood up."Where are you going?" she asked him."I'm going to do something I should have done a long time ago.""Xavier, wait," she called, r
“What’s wrong?” Mia asked her daughter after she returned from the grocery store. Julia looked away. “Nothing.” “Don’t start this, Julia. Just tell me what’s bothering you.” “I’m tired of working there, mom,” Julia said finally. “You said it would only be for a while. Why are we being punished for what Jonah did. It’s not fair.” Mia sighed and went into the kitchen to sort out the things they had bought. Julia followed closely behind. “As much as I would like to pin everything on your brother, that’s not entirely fair. Both of us, especially me are responsible for what we’re going through.” Julia frowned. Since when did her mother become such a wuss. The old Mia would have been concocting some genius, devious plan by now, but here she was, sadly recounting their pain. It had been close to three months since they started working in Xavier’s company. Scratch that- it was close to three months since Xavier had punished them by employing them in the most despised jobs possible. Jul
Private hummed a tune to himself as he unlocked the door of his apartment and entered. Working for Laura was one of the most infuriating jobs he had ever taken, but he had no choice. He took off his shoes and dropped the bag of groceries he had just purchased from the store on the table to sort them out later. Next, he switched on the light in the living room and screeched loudly when he found someone sitting on his couch. “Hello, Private,” Xavier greeted his PI with a smile and wave of hand. His legs were crossed over the other and he looked comfortable, like he hadn’t just been sitting in the dark for who knew how long. “How did you come…? How do you know where…?” Private stammered, pointing a finger at Xavier as he stepped back in fear. “How did I come into your apartment? How do I know where you live?” Xavier completed for him. “Well to answer your questions, first, it’s private and second, it’s private as well. Since we’re both keeping secrets from each other, why sho
After Charlotte got off the phone with her husband, she sighed deeply and tried to find a comfortable spot on the bed. She turned and turned for moments, but nothing felt quite right. Groaning, she got up into a sitting position and placed her face in her hands. Kate had been knocking for close to thirty minutes, begging her to come out so that they could speak until she gave up and left, but that wasn’t what bothered Charlotte. It wasn’t even the fact that Caleb could be in possible trouble or that someone had hacked her phone and probably had access to all her private business. No. What bothered Charlotte greatly was the fact that Xavier was in the lion’s den and anything could happen. Charlotte scoffed and pinched the side of her thigh until it burned and turned red. Once again, all of this was just another perfectly orchestrated plan of Laura to lure her husband where she could get him, and Xavier himself was too oblivious to realize it. She exhaled and tucked he
Meeting Kate’s children wasn’t something Charlotte ever thought she would be doing soon, but there she was, getting to know Kiki and Kyle, Kate’s four-year old daughter and son. “I’ve heard so much about you,” Kiki said, beaming from ear to ear. “Me too,” Kyle said, not wanting his sister to be the center of attention. “Mom tells us about you every single day. I can’t believe you’re here.” Charlotte smiled at them and hugged them again. She didn’t let the fact that her sister always talked about her make her forget what she had done. After all, she could have said anything, whether good or bad. “It’s so nice to see you too,” she beamed. “You’re both so big.” The children chuckled. “It’s cos dad lets us eat junk when mom isn’t looking,” Kiki said. “Don’t tattle or else mom won’t let us anymore,” Kyle attacked his sister. “Alright that’s enough,” their father said, speaking for the first time since he got to the house. “Let’s get you both settled in.” While they left,