“See who we have here!” Ryan exclaimed the moment Zeke barged into his office, not minding the men who sat with him. Still looking as if he had just seen a ghost, he dashed to Ryan, dropped his hands on his table, and then exclaimed. “Guess what?” “Let’s take a break, please,” Ryan said to the two men in front of him and then clasped his hands together. After the man exited the room, Ryan stood up and before he could ask Zeke what was going on, Zeke burst out. “Elena has children!” Ryan twitched his mouth upward as if he didn’t hear the news and then walked to the small refrigerator in a corner of his office. He nodded his head, opened the fridge, and then brought out a bottle of water. “I think you need to drink cold water and chill. There is no way—” He was saying while he stretched the bottled water to Zeke but the man was quick to slap his hands away. “I saw them! Two children!” Ryan raised his brows and then opened his mouth agape. “Wait, you are not joking?” “Jesu
“Dickhead. You said you never slept with her!” Zeke hissed, settled back on the chair, and then palmed his cheeks. “You were going to judge me.” “For fucking your wife?” Ryan raised a brow. “I didn’t love her.” “Who fucking cares?!” Zeke exhaled, raised his head, and then parted his lips. “You think they could be my kids?” “There is a huge chance that they are. If… they are twins. Or… if she was truly pregnant before she left the house.” “So, what do I do? Do you think I should meet with her and…” “And ask if they are your children?” Ryan cut him short and he nodded his head. “If she said no?” “Well… does that matter?” “And if she says yes?” “They are my children so I have the…” “Right to them?” Ryan completed and Zeke nodded his head. “See, I don’t know if this is truly stupidity or if you are only pretending.” “What do you mean?” Zeke snapped his brows together at Ryan’s statement. “If they are your children, you will fight for their custody?” “Of course not! Jesu
“Uhm… Chloe…” Ryan clasped his hands together and took a step forward at the lady. He took a glance at the table that divided them and then looked at her again. “What?” Chloe furrowed her brows. “Uhm, are you okay?” “I am sure it does look like I am.” “Are you mad at me?” “Mad at you? Mad that you did not say anything since the last couple of weeks or that…” She palmed her forehead and then exhaled. Why was she acting like an obsessed girlfriend? Why was she acting childish and annoying? “I’m sorry, I should not…” she shook her head. “Do you love to apologize for everything?” “I hate that I am acting stupid and you must find it annoying too!” “Stupid? If you would ask me, I would say that you are cute, and you are everything but annoying,” he said softly and then sucked his lower lips. “Don’t call me that!” Chloe snapped her brows together. “What? Cute?” Ryan chuckled. “You know what I am saying.” “You are indeed cute, Chloe, and the reason I have not said anything in
“Now, what do you plan on doing?” Ryan asked Zeke as he kept his eyes on the road. “Meet her. Talk to her. Whatever!” Ryan pulled the car to a side of the road and then exhaled, “I know you were going to say that.” “What should I do then?” “Hold on, have you ended things with Camila yet?” “I told you I don’t love Camila. We are not together any longer.” “Did you make it official? I mean did you tell her?” Zeke twitched his lips upward and then exhaled. “No.” Ryan slapped his forehead and then groaned, “I feel like you are not taking things seriously.” “You know me better than this, Ryan.” “That is why I am telling you to end things with Camila first. Then, you’d at least have a say in whatever thing Elena is going to attack you with. Are you dumb?” Zeke hissed, and at that moment, his phone rang and he picked it up instantly. “Sir.” It was his informant, so he placed the call on speaker and dropped the phone on his thigh. “Go on?” “I am in Australia. I came to dig furth
Zeke entered the room gently, his hands in his pockets, and then looked around the room. The housekeeper had already told him that Camila was in the bathroom as she had seen her enter when she went to deliver her fruit. He walked in fully, stopped in front of the table beside her bed, and then glared at the tabletop picture frame that had his and Camila’s picture. That was literally the only picture of them and it was taken when their relationship was barely two months which was before he divorced Elena. The lady had hoarded the picture since then and had even framed it. He flipped it over, and then turned away from it as the door of the bathroom finally creaked open. Startled by the man’s presence, Camila gasped as she stepped out of the bathroom. “Zeke!” Zeke raised his head to look at the naked woman and then smacked his tongue. “I didn’t know you were coming,” she drawled as she covered the space between them. Reaching her wet hand to his cheek, he pushed it away gently
“She is in a meeting at the moment, sir.” Zeke nodded his head as her secretary stopped in front of him and said. “Then, I will wait for her in her office… or is the meeting going on there?” “No.” “I’ll wait for her there.” He walked to the door of her office, opened the door, and then trailed in gently. Remembering the words of Ryan who warned him strongly to not ask Elena about the kids yet, he hissed and then settled on the couch. According to Ryan, he needed to make her forgive her first else it would be as if he was only seeking her forgiveness because of the children. Of course, he wanted his children. But he wanted her more. He hadn’t known that she had children till three days ago and he had broken up with Camila the previous day. Camila’s housekeeper had bombarded him with calls to tell him that Camila had run a high fever through the night and was rushed to the hospital. Still, he ignored both her messages and her calls. He knew for sure that Camila was behind the
“Elena, calm down.” “You do not tell me how to react!” She bellowed, her eyes sparkling in anger. “Elena…” “How dare you run a background check on me?!” “I did not.” “Don’t you dare lie to me!” “I followed you.” Elena went mute for a few seconds before she smacked her lips and hissed. “What?” “I am sorry. I followed you to their school that day and then… I saw them. Yes, I did run a check on you, but I found nothing… just a little.” She raised her hand to slap him again but he was quick to stop it, he grabbed her gently and then bore his eyes on her. “I am sorry.” “You are sorry?” She scoffed and tried to yank her hand away. “Elena, please listen to—” “They are not yours,” she snapped and snatched her hand from him. “Elena.” “My children are not yours, so get the fuck away!” “I know you are mad at me and…” “You wanna fight their custody? You want to take them away or what?” “What? No! They are your children and I would never do that to you!” “Good. Now leave. You ha
“He knows,” Elena said as she took one last look at herself in the mirror in her sister’s room. Ariana was also preparing to leave home. It was a Saturday and the kids were home, with her parents. She was wearing a maroon color button-up and cream pencil skirt, matched with cream blazers. Her hair was in a half bun with locks framing her face. She applied some lip gloss and wore her maroon peep-toe heels. She looked nice, and she knew. “Who knows what?” Ariana asked as she adjusted her collar and turned around to look at her sister. They had not had the chance to talk well since the past week and that was because Ariana had been cramped with work and had been returning home very late unlike Elena who always made sure she returned home by six or before six pm. “Zeke,” Elena signed and pressed her lips together. “Talk well, Elena. I can’t understand you if you’re speaking like this.” “He knows about the kids!” She snapped and then smacked her tongue. “What?!” Ariana hollered an
“M… Marry? I…”“Why? You don’t want to marry me?” He raised his brows.“Fuck, yes! I mean… no! I want to… I just…”“Hold on…” he dropped her hand, looked around, and then rushed off to his closet.Chloe waited patiently as he was in the closet too and after a while, he rushed out, a box in his hand which made her crease her brows together.“Ryan…?”He went on a kneel instantly and opened the box.Chloe gasped as she stared at the ring in the box. It was an almond shaped diamond ring which was in fact, her dream ring.“I have had this… for a while now. I just… I wanted the right time.”“Babe…” she sobbed gently.“I guess I didn’t want to burden you and wanted to go at a slow pace. Trust me, I’ve wanted to wife you up since the moment we got together. But… I could not bear to scare you.”“I love you so much, Chloe, and I will forever do. With this ring, I ask you to go on the journey of life with me. With this ring, I ask that you take my hands forever. With this ring… I ask that you be
Chloe stared at the backside of the man who cooked for her in the kitchen while he hummed gently.One of the things Ryan loved to do so much for her was to cook.He always made sure she ate properly at least while they were together.It’s been a week since she had last seen him and a week since she had found out about the little human growing in her womb.“Babe,” she called out.“Yes?”“Have you ever… No, what are plans for the future?”He took a quick glance at her and chuckled and then returned to look at what he was cooking. “Plans for the future?”“Yes. What are your plans?”“Hmm. I really don’t wish for much, honestly. I just want to be by your side forever…” She sniffed, and nodded her head, “Fair enough.”“Is something bothering you?” He asked while he dished the food.“N… no. I guess I just wanted to know,” she clasped her hands together and he nodded his head.“How about you too then?”“Hmm. Be with you and… raise our children together in happiness,” she muttered the last pa
Shortly after the doctor finally announced to the family that he was out of danger already and had left the room for them, they surrounded Zeke’s bed, watching him. “Okay… can someone say something already?” He breathed out. Still, no one answered him and only watched. After a while, Brenda cleared her throat and then shook her head. “A gunshot in America? Is this some movie show?” She raised a brow. “Let’s go home, Mother,” Chloe moved over to her mother and then grabbed her arm. “No! I should…” “Just… listen to me,” she gritted her teeth. “I will drive you home,” Ryan sighed and looked away from his friend. “Could you… drop me at home too. I think my phone would blow up anytime soon as my wife would not stop calling,” Ray chuckled. Ryan nodded his head with a smile. Ray moved over to Elena, handed the car key to her, patted her back, and then moved away from her. “Will you call me when you get home?” She asked him. “Of course.” “And the twins. Don’t…” “I w
By the time Ryan and Chloe returned to the room, Brenda had already collected herself and only watched her son who lay in the bed.“Chloe,” she turned to look at her daughter and then the man who stood beside her, his hand on her back.“Are you good, mother?” She sniffed.Instead, Brenda moved over to the couple, grabbed Chloe’s wrist, and then pulled her away from Ryan.“Come with me,” she stated and then turned away.“What is going on, mum?” She asked as she followed her mother out of the room and then took a last glance at the confused Ryan.They didn’t stop outside the ward where others were. Her mother kept pulling her along till they got to a corridor and then let go of her.“What are you doing?”“Chloe,” Brenda breathed out, glanced at her daughter’s lower body, and then pinned her eyes on her.“Mother.”“I want to ask you a question, and I want to hear nothing but the truth from you.”“Go ahead, Mother.”Brenda sniffed and then swallowed. “You… are you…” she looked at her bell
Two hours after Zeke had been wheeled into the recovery room, Elena was finally granted the chance to meet him.Her father and Ryan urged her to go in and she did after adjusting her clothes and hair. Zeke could wake up anytime, she thought. It would not be nice if he saw her rumpled and rough.She entered fully, stood beside his bed, and then palmed her mouth.The man who was usually strong and agile was strapped to some machines and this sight broke her heart.She settled gently on the chair beside him and then watched him slowly.She didn’t know how long she had spent watching him before she finally leaned forward and then dropped her hand on his arm.“You better wake up soon…” she sniffed.“You’ve got a lot of things to say and do… so, wake up.”“Well… I could at least try to forgive you if you wake up now. But… if you take any longer, I would not.”She bore her eyes on his face and got no movement still and then sighed.“Nathan and Natalie… they will be so sad if they find out s
Before Gerald could move an inch or fire another bullet, a group of police ran in, and then he looked down at his body to see the red points that were all over his body.He turned to look outside, and sighting the uniformed men on the roof away from the building, he sighed in defeat.“Shit.”“Drop your gun, and take a step back!” He was ordered.He knew there was no escaping this. Aside from just killing off a person with proof, he has had prior charges of murder, rape, assault… oh, how much the list goes on.He raised his head to look at Zeke, tightened his grip around the gun, and then sniffed. At least, this mother fucker should not stay alive either.As he pointed the gun at Zeke, he was shot in his hand instantly and he dropped the gun and screamed.“We need an ambulance!” One of the police shouted and rushed to Zeke, scanned him, and then leaned down to check Camila.While the other men rushed to arrest Gerald, Zeke gestured at the man who was checking on Camila’s condition and
“Z…Zeke!” Camila gasped and scurried away from the man to grab a cloth to cover her nakedness.“You didn’t want me to come because of… this?” Zeke chuckled as he dropped his eyes on the man.Even while he was naked, he looked less bothered to have seen him and all he did was drop his hands on his waist and then stare at him like there was a competition going on.“What is going on?” He asked.Zeke scanned the man from the head. He was a thug, he needed not to be told.Everything about the man screamed that.Aside from the bold, ugly tattoos that he had all over his body, the multiple piercings on his nose and ears were proof too.Zeke entered fully and then turned to look at Camila who rushed to wear her pants and then a top before she turned to look at him, breathing heavily.“H… how did you find me? You brought the police?” She asked perilously and then looked around their environment.“Chill, it is just me,” he answered, “Yet,” he added under his breath.“Uhm… he is… she sniffed an
“Has she contacted you since then?” Ryan asked Zeke the moment he entered the office. “No. Something up? You asked that I come over,” he yawned and then settled on the couch. “Are you good?” “Sure. Just dropped off the twins at home.” “Oh, they are back to Elena?” Zeke pressed his lips together dejectedly and then nodded his head. “Yes. What’s up by the way?” “I found a method to end this shit with her faster. We still have Ethan to deal with. We don’t need her drama.” “How?” “Call her again.” “Her number is not going through. I tried calling her that day, remember?” “Well, use another line. You need to talk to her so that we’ll be able to get her location.” Zeke nodded his head and then removed his phone from his pocket. He dialed the number Camila had used to call him a few days back and then it directed him to voicemail as usual. “Here,” Ryan picked up a phone lying on his table and then pushed it over to Zeke. “Whose phone is this?” “Use that to call
“Are you sure you are good?” Elena asked as she dropped a glass of juice on the table and then settled on the couch opposite Chloe.The lady had come to visit her quite early in the morning and she needed not to be told that something was wrong as the lady did not look exactly nice either,“Y… yeah, sure. Where are the twins though? They are not back?”“Yes. They are returning tomorrow though,” she answered.The twins had spent over a week at Zeke’s place and it was time they returned home. Although, they were against it. They wanted to keep staying with him. Their words, not hers.And Zeke had not gone to work for over a week because he wanted to be with them and give them all the attention that they needed.“I bet they are enjoying their stay,” Chloe wrapped her hands around the glass cup and then chuckled.“Of course, they would. Unlike me, Zeke let them eat whatever they want… every time. I keep telling him to stop that too. Too much sweets is not good for them, but what did he s