(unknown pov)As the man in black sat behind his desk, watching a woman singing from his phone, he couldn't stop himself from thinking about the woman he met nine years ago at a bar. They went to a hotel and had sex, then when she told him that she was pregnant he left. To this day, the man was sorry for leaving. It wasn't his intention at all. he just felt like he wouldn't be a good father since he was a drunk. He wanted to find his way first, so after it took some time to get sober, he started his company. it wasn't doing good, but at least he was able to make a living from it. Ever since he moved from Manhattan, he wanted to find that woman, to finally accept her and his child. he wanted to make things right with them, so he continued to search for them until he went on F******k and saw the video. A knock sounded on his office door, and he told the person to come in. It was the guy he hired to track his baby mother. "Sir, I have some good news. you were right. The person in the
(Xander's pov)I've been so busy with work lately that I had almost forgotten about the date with Rachael. I was in a panic, trying to figure out where I should take her since the date was tomorrow, which is Friday. I know, time was moving quickly, and for some reason, I wasn't even thinking about it until today. I was at home now with Dad and Lucy as I tried to think of somewhere to take Rachael. I didn't want it to be boring, like a cliche type of date. No restaurants, no movies, no theme park kinda stuff. I wanted it to be different. "Not that Dad, we can all take a fishing trip somewhere soon. I want it to be better than that." I replied to my father's suggestion."How about an art gallery? That's a rich enough date." I groaned at what Dad said because that would be so boring. "They are having horseback riding and carriage rides at the park this weekend. It's not expensive, or maybe it depends on the number of hours you would want to spend there. My cousin is working there, so I
(warning, smut ahead)(Rachael)It was the end of the date, and Xander and I are now at my house. We haven't made it fully through the door before we started to test each other's clothes off. Luckily for me, Mariah had left, and Cole is spending the weekend at his grandparents as usual. Xander pulled away from my lips as he expertly took my bra off. He started to suck on my neck, which I'm sure would leave a hickey or two, but I didn't stop him.Moaning his name, I grabbed his hair and pulled him even closer to my neck. I wasn't even sure if I had a weak spot, but Xander found it, and he wasn't moving. Leaving my neck, Xander made his way toward my breasts and started to suck on my left nipple. I moaned out loud as I pulled him closer while grinding my hips against his. He stopped what he was doing and slammed me against the door before taking my lips again. We were kissing and stripping, not being able to make it to the bedroom as yet. It was after a couple of utes that Xander pul
(Xander)As I lay there next to Rachael on the bed, I could not stop myself from smiling as I listened to her talk about Cole. "He then got scared and started crying. From that day, I decided that I wouldn't let him watch any more scary movies." I chuckled at what she said. "IT isn't that scary, though. I mean, who's afraid of clowns?" I shook my head but laughed as she slapped me playfully on my arm. "Some people are scared of clowns, mime, etc. For me, I'm kinda scared of mannequins." That had me laughing even harder. "Oh shut up, what are you scared of uh Mr. Tough guy?" I raised my eyebrow at her, not seeing how I'm 'tough' in this situation. weekend at"I'm scared of heights," I replied, and now it was her turn to laugh."Basic fear, come up with something better." She said in a challenging tone. "Before I met you, I was scared of commitments. I would try to avoid any woman who wanted to get into a relationship with me, so I started to sleep around more. I made sure they knew
(Xander)When we arrived at my house, I hurriedly walked in and called out for my father but he didn't reply. I went to his room, and seeing as he was not there, I decided to try somewhere else. I took Rachael's hand in mine and started to lead her to the backyard. Before we even got close enough, I heard laughter coming from dad and who I assume was Lucy. But, I got the shock of my life when I saw that it wasn't Lucy, but another woman close to his age. "Dad!" I exclaimed, making them snap their heads towards me. They were in the pool drinking. Dad had orange juice, while the lady had what appeared to be wine. Eventually, they broke out of their initial shock, and dad made his way out of the pool. I closed my eyes, not wanting to see anything that would affect my eyesight, but Rachael nudged me and told me he had shorts on, so I reopened them. "I didn't know you'd be back so soon." Dad said after he came to a stop in front of me. "It's Saturday, what do you think? I don't work on
(Xander)I was now in the kitchen making lunch when Michael walked in. He saw what I was doing and started to grin, I narrowed my eyes at him, wondering what was so funny. "Hey now, don't look at me like that. It's been a while since I've seen you in the kitchen, I forgot that you can cook." Michael said, making me scoff. "Don't you have a house? Or better yet, why don't you come and help me instead of standing there?" I asked as I continued to cut the chicken into tiny pieces."Sure, I'll just wash my hands." After he did that, he started helping me. I was trying my best to ignore him, but as you can tell, Michael is a talker. "So, Uncle Lawrence and I talked earlier, and boy, did he have something spicy to tell me." I shot him a look, hoping that it would be enough to get him to stop talking, but he only continued. "Congrats, by the way, and please don't burden your heart with my actions. I was only flirting with Rachael just to get a rise out of you, and even though you acted li
(Rachael)I had fun spending time with Xander and his father over the weekend, but now it was time to head back to work. After waving goodbye to Cole, who left for school with Mariah, I was now getting ready for work with a smile on my face. I shook my head as I remembered how Xander kept on glaring at Amy while being stubborn and not talking to her. Overall, she's really nice, though, and I figured out that she had genuine feelings for Lawrence, and she was not after his money. But Xander didn't think so. The first thing I did when I left my house was to make sure that I got a new sim card. Hopefully, it will work, and I won't receive any more texts from that unknown number. It took a while for me to get to work, but when I did, I was ambushed by Emily, who told me that she missed me over the weekend and that I should inform her everything that happened with Xander and me after our date. I blushed when I remembered that Xander and I ended up having sex at his house. He had to cov
(Rachael)After getting lunch, I was now back at work and making my way toward Xander's office with an iced coffee and a sandwich for his lunch. I wasn't sure what to get him, so that's the most that I could think of. Emily was here with me, and she was the one who knocked on his door and opened it for me after he said enter. I walked in and smiled, but when he didn't return it, I realized that he might be mad at me. “I got you lunch,” I said as I placed what I brought on his desk as he was watching me. He still didn't say anything to me, which left me feeling nervous. “Xander I…” he held his hand up, stopping me from talking. “You don't trust me, do you?” He asked, taking me aback by his question. “What? Of course, I trust you!” I shouted, not believing that a simple, playful text could have gotten such an outcome. Maybe next time, I should think before replying to him. “It didn't seem like it earlier. I was playing, and I already said that I won't act like a Dom toward you beca
(Rachael's POV)(Six months later)As I stood there watching Cole and Xander playing, I couldn't stop myself from smiling. Knowing that this day had come. I am now six months pregnant after Xander and I had tried for so long. It finally came true. We are having a boy, which doesn't matter to me, I will love my baby no matter the gender. Xander and I could always try for a girl and at the rate that we went when I was trying to get pregnant, I know that one day it will happen. We were talking about the number of kids that we wanted, and I was shocked when Xander said six. I wanted four, but he jumped the gun a bit when he said six. Everything worked out great for everyone else, though. Lawrence was moving around more now without the wheelchair, Lucy had stopped working for him because of some family crisis, and she had to go back home. He and Amy are getting married next month, I can't wait for that to happen;Emily, my dear friend, was happy with the way things turned out. She, Brady
(Xander)I knew that I messed up and shouldn't have said that to Rachael. Fuck, I've been messing up a lot lately. I just didn't know how to tell Rachael why Camille was coming into my office every day for so long. A year ago, I killed a man out of rage. I wanted to protect my family, so I did everything that I could just to make sure that they were okay. My police friend warned me that it would affect me, but I didn't listen to him. I've never listened to anyone when I have made my mind up about something. I went and killed the bastard who shot Rachael, but it had been affecting me a lot. Lately, I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't stand the sight or smell of certain things. My mind was a mess and because of that, I would always lose control and lash out at Rachael. I thought that I could take it all in without any problems because I'm a man and I shouldn't allow certain things to affect me. But, it was affecting me. It got to me so much that I started having nightmares. I cou
(Rachael)One year later“Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Micah! Happy birthday to you!” We shouted at the top of our voices. Emily and Brady now have a one-year-old son named Micah. I was at their birthday party celebrating with them, which was a lot of fun. Emily ran up to me and pulled me in for a hug, I'd never seen her so happy before, and I was glad. She had been through a lot with her parents fighting her to work at their hotel, which she finally agreed to do. After Emily and Brady resigned, Xander had to hire two more people, and right now, I was mad at him. It's been six months now since we moved in together in the house that he bought, and five since we got married. Everything was going great, heck, he even caved and told me that he killed the bastard who was after me. I told him that I wasn't mad at him for doing it, I was just mad that he kept it a secret from me. Ok, I'm straying a bit. So, after Xander hired two women to replace Emily
Thank you all for reading my story, it's been a honor writing and having everyone give it a chance. now, I'm almost close to writing the epilogue, I hope that's ok. I think that this is a bit dragging and I don't want my readers to get bored, so a couple more chapters will be uploaded and then that's it. I have another story that I'm working on call Alpha Gabriel and his human mate. I will be posting those chapters soon, so be sure to look out for it. again, thank you all for your support I really appreciate it.
(Rachael)(Three weeks later)It's been three weeks since I've been in the hospital, and right now, I was dying to get out of here. I was already healed enough to start taking showers, which I had Xander help me with since I didn't trust anyone else. Cole was in school, so he would visit me in the evenings, so I didn't have my son here to keep me company. On days like this, I miss my family a lot. My parents had to go home so that they could help Mariah with Cole and Emily is pregnant, so she won't be able to be here with me all the time. I sighed when I tried to get into the movie that I was watching, but I just couldn't. Thank God, my bag was recovered on sight, and I was able to get my phone back. I took it up and looked at it, wondering why Xander hadn't texted me back yet. He said that he was on his way here and if I needed something to eat. I told him what I wanted and asked if he was okay, but haven't received any response from him. I sighed again, feeling extremely bored and
(Rachael)I woke up to blinding lights that had me closing my eyes instantly. My throat felt dry, because of a tube that was there. I was confused as to where I was. The beeping sound that was coming from somewhere in the room was also annoying. It took me a moment to realize where I was, and that's when I saw Dr. Hills and two nurses running into the room. After, Dr. Hills checked to make sure that I was alright. He left, saying that he was going to tell my family the good news. He removed the tube and one of the nurses gave me some water to drink, which k greedily accepted. They also gave me something for the pain that I was feeling, which had started to cool down a bit. “Do you remember anything that happened?” I looked at the nurse who spoke, she told me that her name was Anabelle. “I remember some things, but not all. Did Dr. Hills say that my family was here?” Anabelle nodded her head and smiled. “They have been here from the moment you were brought in, Miss. Hale, they have
(Xander)We stayed at Rachael's side for two weeks now and still no sign of her waking up. Dr. Hills told us that she was getting stronger and was expecting her to make a full recovery, but I couldn't wait. I didn't have the patience for that. Today, I got a call from a police friend of mine, saying that they found out who it was that shot Rachael. I asked him how he found out, and he told me that the fucker took his mask off in front of a store that had that surveillance camera on it. I breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that we were getting somewhere. This time, I told everyone where I was heading so that they wouldn't be worried about me. Cole wanted to come with me, but I had to trick him so that he would stop crying. I told him that I would bring back his favorite pizza, which had him smiling and nodding his head. (Time skip)After I left the station with every information that I needed about the bastard, I decided to figure out a way I could get to him before the cops did. My
(Xander)Aunt Claudia called me and asked me where I was, but I hung up without replying. I couldn't deal with that shit right now. I just didn't want to be there right now. With my father in the hospital and now Rachael, it was just too stressful for me. I still had to go to work and maintain the house, everything was getting to me and the only thing that I could think of was to drink. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around. Seeing that it was Leon, I groaned. I don't have the time or the patience for anyone right now. I needed to de-stress and this was the only way to do it. “You were going to drive after this?” Leon asked, taking a seat next to me. “Yeah, I can hold my liquor,” I replied while drinking another shot of vodka. I got mad at Leon for telling the bartender not to give me anymore because I was driving, and then I got mad at the bartender for listening to Leon. I pulled a stupid move and took out my gun while pointing it at the bartender, who froze in fear. Leon
(Xander)The hospital was packed once again with everyone, including Leon and his girlfriend, waiting on hear some sort of good news from Dr. Hills. It wasn't the same hospital that my dad was in, I made sure he was at a more private one where he was comfortable enough. Shortly after, Dr. Hills made his way toward us with a look on his face that I could not understand. Cole started to cry while Mr. Hale tried to comfort him. “Rachael hasn't woken up yet but her surgery was successful, her vital signs are getting stronger by the minute, I can see her leaving here soon. But, she'll need a lot of support once she's out. If you want, you can all see her at the same time, I usually allow one person at a time, but I guess I can make an excuse for now.” I sighed in disappointment, knowing that my fiancé hadn't woken up yet. I walked up to Cole and picked him up, he held on to me as tight as he could while he was sobbing. I was trying my best to comfort him. We headed towards Rachael's room