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CHAPTER 60Lloyd stood behind Nancy as he wore her a silver diamond Necklace. “You look beautiful, Amor,” He smiled and pecked her cheek.It was the next weekend after they returned from Shankar. Kyle was recovering well and Emily visited him regularly. Their relationship was slowly budding but nothing exciting.Lloyd planned to surprise Nancy tonight since his other surprises were cut short by the incident that happened.“And you look dashing my stallion,” Nancy replied and she stood up from her chair. “Shall we?” She said coyly, offering him her hand in a coquettish manner.Lloyd took her hand and kissed her knuckles, making her blush and they walked out of her room together.Lloyd wore a black Gucci trouser and a black Fendi short sleeve shirt that hugged his biceps sexily. His shirt was tucked in his trousers and he had the three upper buttons open, revealing the double tennis diamond gold chain he wore around his neck. He wore a pair of brown brogues that matched his belt and the
CHAPTER 61They boarded the helicopter and Nancy admired the city lights below as they ascended. She was cooped up in Lloyds arm. Her chest resting on his comfortable and perfect chest and she could hear and feel his heart pounding gently.She said nothing and relished in the comfort that his presence brought to her. She wondered if she ever truly stopped loving him.She suddenly noticed she couldn’t see any more lights and everywhere below them had turned pitch black.“Seriously Lloyd, where are we going?” She asked, sitting up and frowning her face. She was beginning to hate the suspense.Lloyd chuckled at her expression. “Is your frown supposed to scare me into telling you?” He mocked, earning him a more nasty glare.“We are no longer in the city, everything below is pitch black,” She replied, easing up her frown.‘What part of surprise did this woman not understand?’ Lloyd mused.The suspense she was feeling was exactly why the surprise he had for her was going to be worth it. He r
CHAPTER 62There was no way Lloyd could have pulled this one off. He did some really great things but this one, she couldn’t believe. The man before her was retired. He was still in the cooking business but not in the cooking part of it. Just the business side. Chef Alessandro was a multi millionaire retired chef who owned various restaurants around the world. Nancy had all seven volumes of his cookbooks and she was a big fan. Scratch that. She was his biggest fan.It was his recipes and success that inspired her to want to become a chef in the first place.When he got to their table, Nancy’s tongue was glued to her palate with her mouth shut as she stared at the elderly man in awe. It was safe to say she was star struck.“Hi Nancy,” Alessandro greeted her in his strong Italian accent. “Oh my God, it is you!” Nancy screamed.She completely lost her composure and stood up to hug him with her eyes watering. This was a dream come true for her. She was meeting her idol and not only that,
CHAPTER 63When Lloyd got to the house, he met Emily leaving.“Going to Kyle’s?” He asked with a smirk on his face.Emily’s face flushed and she replied. “Yeah I am.”Lloyd hummed in response. “You know if you ask me, I think you should just move in with him for now. He was in a lot of pain earlier and it’s not good for him to be alone all the time.”Emily was surprised. She had talked to Kyle almost every hour today and he didn’t for once mention any pain to her. Was he trying to hide his pain from her? “He didn’t tell me he was in pain and besides if he wants me to move in, he can tell me himself,” She replied with a shrug. She knew Kyle was the shy type but at least he could tell her something like that if that was what he wanted.“Daddy’s back Lex!” Lloyd suddenly heard Leo’s voice from inside.“Take care Emily, I’ll see you tomorrow then,” Lloyd said and stepped into the house.When Lloyd entered the house, he saw Leo standing by the door with a big grin and he hugged him. Soon L
CHAPTER 64Veronica instantly recognized who Angie was. Sure, she knew her husband’s mistress by face as a couple of her friends had reported seeing the lady with her husband multiple times, but being that it was her idea in the first place, she had never been bothered. But seeing her here, in Nancy’s house was shocking but she didn’t show it.“Angie!” Nancy cheerfully chorused. “Quickly, get changed and join us.” Angie gave her an awkward and nervous smile, scratching her nape and muttering a greeting to Veronica and Diana. Even though Veronica didn’t act like she recognized Angie, Angie was still very uncomfortable. She didn’t miss how Lloyd’s eyes bore into her with anger and disgust either. It was like Nancy had invited her into a lion’s den. She began to wonder if Lloyd had disclosed the truth about her relationship with Lucas to Nancy and if this whole thing was a set up.Her steps felt heavy as she dragged herself to the shower to change and join Nancy and Emily in the pool.A
CHAPTER 65As soon as Lloyd saw her walk in, everything clicked. He knew exactly how she got the information about his project. His fucking father.Allison had been trying so hard to reach Lloyd but he kept blocking her everywhere. She contemplated just showing up at Nancy’s house unannounced but that wasn’t her style. She already had plans to take care of Nancy. What she wanted was a chance to at least talk to Lloyd but the man was stonewalling her to the highest degree.Her incessant complaints to her father and Lucas made them both buy a Russian investment holding company and secretly named Allison the CEO.Lucas knew about Lloyd’s new project and he was the one behind the Chinese investors' skepticism. He knew that would open the door for Lloyd to consider other options, especially when the option in question was eager to invest in the project.He knew Lloyd was going to turn it down anyway but at least it would give Allison the chance to have an audience with Lloyd. Allison was c
CHAPTER 66After leaving the salon that afternoon, Nancy decided to drop by Lloyd’s office to see if she could steal him from work for a few hours so they could have lunch.She meant to surprise him so she didn’t call to inform him of her coming. Lloyd had previously instructed his staff to never keep Nancy waiting no matter how important of a meeting he was in. She was always to be allowed access to his office. When Nancy got to the door of Lloyd’s enclosed office, she could hear voices coming from inside. She initially thought Lloyd was in a business meeting and was about to head back to the lobby to wait when she heard Lloyd raise his voice. “Get out” was the most audible of his words.Then she heard the voice of the woman refusing to leave. She leaned in and placed her ear to the door. She could hear the woman begging Lloyd to take her in the office.She noticed how Lloyd went silent. Was he considering it, being with another woman, in his office of all places? She pushed the doo
CHAPTER 67It has been six weeks since the incident with Allison at Lloyd's office and as Lucas said, Allison had kept her distance from the family.The hotel and restaurant were finally opened and thanks to Chef Al’s involvement with it, it was an instant success and Nancy found herself involved more with developing recipes, planning menus and cooking supervision more than actually cooking day in and day out.Chef Al of course was a great help in helping her develop her own recipes. He would often chime in a few words here and there, but he mostly did nothing else than that.He was huge in the corporate side of things, also teaching Nancy a few things.The end of the year was upon them and thanks to the restaurant’s instant fame and Nancy’s ever growing social media audience, a prestigious award group, called the People Of Wonder, shortlisted Nancy for an award in the Sensation of the Year category.Nancy initially didn’t want to go but Lloyd persuaded her to, so she can gain the netw
CHAPTER 106FIVE YEARS LATER“Stop it Harmony, give it back,” Kayden screamed as he chased after his sister who had taken his legos. Harmony giggled as she ran circles around their playroom and Kayden chased after her giggling as well.“Catch me if you can, catch me if you can,” Her little shrill voice filled the air.“Got you,” Richard grabbed her and Kayden pulled the lego out her hands, baring his tongue at her.“Not fair,” She folded her arms and frowned at him. “Richard helped you.”“Who wants hot chocolate?” Leo stepped into the room with four mugs of hot chocolate on a tray.The triplets chorused. “Me, me,me.”He handed them one each and took one for himself, before he sat in front of his gaming console and someone who looked exactly like him appeared on the other side of the screen.“Ready to get your ass kicked bro?” Lex asked. He was spending the weekend with his favorite uncle Kyle and his favorite aunt Emily. Actually, if you ask him, he would say he’s babysitting their th
CHAPTER 105It was 3am when Lloyd woke up a few weeks to Nancy’s due date. He heard her crying and he thought something was wrong.“Hey…...what’s the matter,” He asked softly, cupping her face. “I’m hungry,” Nancy replied, still crying.Ever since she entered her third trimester, her hormones have been acting up and had her all over the place. She cried over every little irritation but Lloyd understood perfectly. The books he read actually did a good job of preparing him for the journey. He found it amusing how almost everything he read about pregnant women seemed to be evident in his wife.“What do you want to eat, anything, I’ll have the chef make it for you,” He said, wiping her face and pecking her cheeks.Nancy pouted but she kept silent. Her cravings these days have become weird and absurd and this was one of those moments.“What is it? Tell me, what do my babies want?” Lloyd asked again, rubbing her stomach and peppering it with kisses.“Ice cream,” Nancy replied. Lloyd glanc
CHAPTER 104“Don’t put that there Kyle, bring it this way,” Emily was dishing out instructions left and right, organizing everything for Nancy’s baby shower and gender reveal party.Nancy was now in the middle of her third trimester and heavy. Her bump was really big because of the three she had in her.“I’m going to work you so hard later tonight for working me so hard like this,” Kyle replied, taking the ladder and pinning the ribbons up.The thing about Emily was that even if she hired an event planner to organize events, the creative ideas were exclusively hers and if she didn’t like something, she would change it.“I look forward to it,” She replied, pecking Kyle’s cheek and blushing.They were having the party at the backyard of their mansion. Everything was almost ready and a few guests were already arriving.“I’m telling you, he is not just president in name but in other departments, if you know what I mean,” Veronica said, winking at Nancy and Diana.Both ladies laughed at her
CHAPTER 103A week after Lloyd and Nancy returned from their trip, Lloyd had a final surprise for his family. He was moving them to a bigger house, a mansion he had been building since he reunited with Nancy.It was meant to be completed before their wedding but a few delays along the way happened so he had to wait a bit. It was the morning of the day he wanted to take them to the house and the family was having breakfast together. It was just Lloyd, Nancy and the twins.Thelma and Theo had returned back to Emerald Bay, Diana was at home but in her room, Emily was on an engagement honeymoon with Kyle In Dubai, according to her.“We’re moving to a new house soon,” Lloyd announced out of nowhere. He had not discussed it with Nancy before so she was shocked, the spoon of eggs she held to her mouth couldn’t go further than her lips.She dropped it back on her plate. “A new house?” She asked Lloyd, giving him a light scowl.“I like this house,” Leo said.“Is it a big house like our old man
CHAPTER 102“Here goes nothing,” Lloyd whispered, taking off her blindfold.It took some seconds for Nancy’s eyes to adjust but when they finally did, “Wow,” was the only word that escaped her mouth as she took in the breathtaking view of the city of Paris at night.It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen, the lights and ambience were out of this world. She could see the famous Eiffel Tower in the distance, standing in all its glory and its marvelous light, and the atmosphere smelled of such delicious food that her stomach growled.Lloyd had brought her to the rooftop terrace of the hotel that had a 360 degree view of the city. It was called the Eiffel penthouse. They were both casually dressed but they still looked as sweet as ever. Lloyd wore loose white pants with a black shirt, he left the top three buttons open and his sleeve was rolled to his elbow. He wore black suede loafers on his feet. Nancy on the other hand wore a long white evening gown that could easily pass fo
CHAPTER 101“I’m going to miss you mama,” Leo said as he hugged his mother tightly.“Me too. I’m going to miss you,” Lex added, joining his brother in the hug.“We’re only going to be gone for three days, I’ll be back before you even know it,” Nancy replied as she hugged her boys back.It was the following day after the wedding, they were flying to Paris for their honeymoon. It was supposed to be a two week vacation but because of Nancy’s condition and not wanting to be away from her kids for too long, she had Lloyd cut it short.Their entire family had come to see them off at the presidential Villa. Kennedy had given them the presidential jet as private transport to Paris.“Don’t I get a I will miss you hug too?” Lloyd enquired, smiling at the boys.“We will miss you too daddy,” The boys ran and hugged him too.“Can’t we come with you?” Lex pouted and Nancy gave Lloyd an inquiring look but he shook his head. These three days were going to be for them and them alone.“This trip is for
CHAPTER 100“The first time we met wasn’t the first time I saw you. It was three months before then.” Lloyd was surprised and his jaws literally touched his feet. Nancy chuckled amidst her sobbing, seeing how shocked he looked.“As a young hustling girl who was just through with high school, with dreams to become a world class chef, I was baking and selling treats at a construction site not very far from our home to the local laborers when one day, Lloyd came to visit the site. He was the most handsome man I had ever seen and I immediately fell in love with him. I made sure to stick around till he left and then I got his card from one of the engineers.”“Here’s something I've never told anyone before,” Nancy chuckled slightly, remembering the lengths she went to, to secure Lloyd’s attention the first time.“I lied, gathered what savings I had then, left home and tracked him down to coral city. I spent over a month stalking this man, learning everything about him, knowing everything a
CHAPTER 99The venue for the wedding was a private garden within the high brow areas of the city. The garden was big enough to serve as the wedding venue and the reception area. Both settings were already beautifully arranged.Lloyd stood on the podium, under an arch that had pictures of his and Nancy’s favorite memories printed on it. They had a total of forty to fifty invited guests. The seating arrangement was set with about 20 seats on each side, leaving the aisle open with Lily petals all over it. The number of security personnel at the venue was almost twice as many as their guests. With the president openly attending the event, no chances were taken. There was no press present and the media crew hired to cover the wedding were the only people that weren’t friends or family aside from the security.The venue of the wedding had a pale pink and white decoration and almost everyone was seated and Lloyd was waiting for Nancy’s arrival. He was very nervous. His palms were sweaty, h
CHAPTER 98ONE MONTH LATER“I’m nervous, mom,” Lloyd said to Veronica as he adjusted his bow tie in front of the mirror. It was their big day. The day he would finally say I do and be married to the most beautiful, most amazing, sweetest, most wonderful woman in the world. The love of his life, the woman of his dreams, his heartthrob, his sweetheart, his amor.The events of the past month were still fresh in his mind. Nothing would ever take away the dread that he felt at almost losing his child, but he was grateful. Grateful that it was all behind them. They could finally look forward to the future and hopefully never have to keep looking over their shoulders for where the next trouble may come from.Kennedy, using his powers as president, convinced Lloyd not to try and press any charges. He had a much better way to make Allison and Marla pay. Their arrest was never documented. It never went into the books. In fact, in the eyes of the nation, they were still wanted for kidnapping the