Chapter 12" Or can I have your Manager's number instead, Incase I can't place a call across to you.. then at least I can get to know if everything is okay through him " She said hurriedly, covering up for the question she thought might have made Bryan uncomfortable as he hadn't given a reply for some minutes." Alright, I will do that " Bryan finally replied." Babe.. why can't I get your address? " Lyra asked silently and incoherently." Are you busy now? " Lyra asked and it took a while before Bryan replied." Um.. not really " He replied but Lyra knew he didn't want to make her feel bad." It's fine. I know you're busy, I'm also busy too " She lied." You're busy too? Is he making you do some hard labour? " Bryan asked, hoping it's not what he's thinking." Come on.. I'm just busy getting myself ready for an outing tomorrow " She said." Ok then.. I will call you later by 5 once I'm done " Bryan replied, tho he's aware she only said that so he wouldn't feel bad he's leaving her a
Chapter 13" It's your birthday tomorrow right? " Tia suddenly asked and Lyra paused her hand movements for a while.She looked up at Tia and then nodded. " Do you have plans to go anywhere? " She asked but Lyra shook her head." Not really.. do you want us to go somewhere together? " Lyra asked." I don't know.... do you have money? " Tia asked and Lyra stopped for a while before a sad smile played on her lips.She shook her head lightly. " I can't believe this.. I don't even have any money " She muttered pathetically.Tia let out a sad sigh. " It's fine... I will pay for our expenses " She said and Lyra raised her brows." Do you have money? "" Yeah.. we just got our pay yesterday " Tia replied with a smile." Thanks.. " She muttered, biting her lips embarrassedly.She's supposed to be a billionaire who has more than enough money and could get just anything she wants, but here she is.. not even a single penny on her.Bryan had always offered to help by sending her money but she alw
Chapter 14" Y..your birthday? " Alex asked surprisingly and Lyra nodded. He turned to Bruce with a raised brow.Lyra let out a dry chuckle. " You don't have to ask him, he probably doesn't know " Lyra cut Alex of who passed Bruce a questioning look." He doesn't care.. " She muttered and with that, got on her feet. She made her way to her room.Alex turned to Bruce who seemed guilty for a while but he's currently looking expressionless like he didn't care.The truth is, he was suprised for a while as he didn't even know it was going to be Lyra's birthday tomorrow. Not like he had cared anyways, he knows literally nothing about his so-calledThat means it's also Ella's birthday tomorrow but she didn't remind him.Wait, is she probably expecting him to pull a suprise birthday for her?But how can he do that within the space of some hours?" You're not going to say anything about this, are you? " Alex asked but Bruce gave no reply as he only turned his attention to the laptop on his la
Chapter 15" Alright calm down Lyra.. calm down! " She muttered to herself as she clicked on the green button." Oh my! Babe.. I was so worried " Bryan said at once and with the way he spoke, she could pinpoint that he was actually worried and it made her guilty." I'm sorry, I just needed some time for myself " She said truthfully. " I don't understand? " Bryan said." The gifts.. you got them for me right? " She asked and Bryan went silent for a while before speaking up." You don't like them? " He asked and she could hear the nervousness in his voice.Was he worried she didn't like it?" No.. no it's not that. I mean they're a lot and.. isn't that a bit much for someone you just met months ago? " Lyra asked slowly and she could hear Bryan's little sigh." Lyra, are you rejecting my gifts now? " He asked slowly but she shook her head lightly." Of course not,, I just think they're too much " She muttered." Lyra.. you don't seem t understand.. I love you so much and that's the littl
Chapter 16Lyra ignored the shocks on their face as she made her way to her room.Ella turned to Bruce angrily and with a scoff. " What the hell!? Did you just watch her say all that to me? And you're here saying nothing!? " She asked angrily." You heard her, there's no man " Bryce replied simply, Ella scoffed unbelievably." I really can't believe you! You're supporting her? And not me!? I mean, you believed her lies!? It's definitely a guy and not someone special like she claimed! She's a liar! " Ella yelled.Bruce let out a disturbing sigh as he stood and grabbing Ella by her wrist, he began to pull her away up to the stairs while she tries to break free in annoyance.Successfully pulling her into his room, he closed the door behind and releasing her, Ella scoffed angrily." Really!? I can't believe you right now! How could you.. " Ella swallowed the rest of her words when Bruce began to unbutton his shirt.She swallowed hard into nothing as he was finally shirtless before her."
Chapter 17Alex engulfed her into his arms not minding her tears which wet his clothes. " Should I take you to your room? " He whispered to her and she nodded.Not like she had a choice anyways, she felt embarrassed at that moment.He just seen her cry, she suddenly regretted thinking she was really going to have the upper hand over Bruce and Ella.She should have stick to always keeping quiet as always. This was a reminder to her to know her place.Alex lifted her up in his arms, not minding if Bruce would oppose her, but he didn't tho.Alex walked over to the stairs with Lyra in his arms. He headed to her room." Are you fine now? " Bruce asked Ella who now had a wide smile on her lips." Of course! I love you so much for putting that bit*ch in her place! " She said excitedly.Bruce smiled and then pecked her nose. " She would leave soon, I promise. I would get rid of her really soon " He promised in a whisper as he snuggled his nose on hers." I know, and I can't wait " Ella mutter
Chapter 18* Later In The Evening *" Oh God " Lyra let out a tired sigh as she landed on the bed." I'm tired " She said to Tia who also nodded as she sat on the bed gently." Seems Sire Bruce and his friend aren't around " Tia said and Lyra nodded." I guess, I didn't see them around earlier " She replied." You perhaps know where they are? " Lyra asked but she shook her head." No, but I could ask Henri " She muttered and Lyra raised a brow." He's going to tell you? " She asked like she was suprised. Tia nodded and a smirk played on Lyra's lips." Wow, at least we could always ask him some few things about Bruce's movement " She said and Tia nodded." I will text him now " She said but Lyra shook her head. " No, call him. I wanna see how you two communicate " Lyra said with a silly smile and Tia blushed a little." No, I'm not doing that. I'm just going to text him instead " She said as she worked on her phone but suddenly, Lyra snatched her phone.She dialed the number immediatel
Chapter 19She dialed his number again and as thought, he wouldn't pick. She let out a sigh before dropping her phone.There's this part in her still thinking Alex is Bryan. It might look like she's crazy, but something's definitely not right somewhere and she would find out.But does this mean she doesn't trust Bryan? No, she trusts him so much but he had always told her he can't reveal himself to her now, not until she's his completely, not until she's ready to let go of Bruce.Not until she divorces Bruce, then he can show himself to her and that is making her think he's definitely one of Bruce's friend.He wants her to divorce Bruce and then the can be together without having to face any problems from Bruce.That's what she thinks and she knows she's right, something tells her she's right." Should I stylishly ask Alex if he knows whom Bryan is and see if he would react weirdly or try to ask if he knows anyone with the name *Lyra*? "" Yeah, I should do that " She walked out of h
Chapter 99Lyra came back home late, she had a very hectic day at work. When she stepped into the house, the lights were off. She frowned before turning on her phone torch. She made her way to the light switch and turned on the lights.She gasped when she saw the beautifully arranged dining. She wondered why they had set the table so beautifully today and dropped only two chairs there.She was already salivating from the food's aroma alone. She called"Miley, Miles..." But there was no reply"Tia, Ryan?" Still no reply, her brows furrowed.She dropped her bag on the table before turning to go upstairs but instead she saw Bruce coming downstairs. Her heart skipped multiple beats as she swallowed.He was shirtless with water dripping down from his hair and rolling down to his lower abdomen."Wha- what are you doing here?" She tried not to stammer as her face burned."I came to take my wife back," Bruce announced without any shame. Lyra blinked multiple times in a second as she didn't kno
Chapter 98"So I don't get to receive any hug because I am not the sibling?" Bruce asked pouting his lipsThe entire house became quiet as they looked at Bruce. Lyra looked at him in shock, what the hell?!The children laughed as they all rushed to hug him"Of course, we would hug you too, Daddy" Miley was the one who said this with a giggle.Miley was already referring to him as daddy, this caused his heart to melt. He was so filled with joy, his eyes watered."I like you as my daddy" Miles also said."Now we have the same daddy and the same mommy!" Ryan exclaimed in bliss and the children couldn't contain their happiness, they kept jumping and screaming for joy."I knew he was the one!" Miles kept screaming.Tia looked at Lyra who was staring at her kids in shock. She was expecting the children to be mad at her, scream, and yell at her for keeping the truth away from them but that didn't happen.Tia chuckled before saying,"You should be glad they are not asking any more questions,
Chapter 97Bruce didn't know what to do at the moment as he kept staring at the paper in front of him. Lyra had given him some time to think. She felt that was the best she could do.She went in to tell Henri and Tia as well. She didn't tell anyone before because she wanted to take care of her children alone without feeling hurt anymore but since Ryan had come to live with them, she realized that they acted more like siblings than friends.She could also now see the resemblance in Miles' face as Ella had said. She decided not to deprive them of knowing who their father was. She didn't know how the twins would feel about Bruce being their father but they would be happy that Ryan was their brother."Why didn't you tell us?!" Tia practically screamed when she heard the news but Henri was quietly observing Lyra. He had asked her and she said negative, was she trying to keep it to herself and not tell anyone?"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was tired and wanted to keep it all to myself" she murmu
Chapter 96It was an artificial rain, it wasn't so cloudy and there was no lightning or thunder but the water kept dropping. Faces were sad, the people wore black and everyone was giving their heartfelt words as they moved close and then walked away leaving only Bruce and Ryan there to stand in front of the grave.'We'll miss you,' was engraved on the stone in front of them with her name on it, Ella. The people dropped their flowers in front of the stone as they made one or two statements to the stone before leaving.After the people had calmly left, the day became bright again, the umbrellas were dropped also. Ryan made his way to where the twins stood"Ryan, let's go and play," Miley says and Ryan nodded before running away with them. Tia and Henri gave him a weird look but the boy didn't seem to care at the moment, he left to play with his friends.Lyra made her way to where Bruce stood still staring at the stone. She said while looking at the stone"My condolences""I would say th
Chapter 95The moment Lyra entered the house she began to scream Bryan's name. She had gotten home late so she knew he was at home. She was so upset, she didn't care if the children heard her scream or not.Everyone rushed out only to see a soaked Lyra. She had refused to drive down. She had walked under the rain. She made her way to Bryan who was coming down to meet with her and landed him two resounding slapsThe children gasped while Tia rushed to meet Lyra, she didn't know what Bryan would do after that slap and she didn't want to take any chances."Get you damn things and get out of my house!" Lyra spat in anger."You better do that quietly before I call the police"Bryan didn't know what to say. He didn't know what had happened or what Lyra had heard to make her this angry"Let's talk about what's making you angry, dear. You've been upset since yesterday. What is wrong?" He asked as he used his hands to rub his cheeks to relieve the pain.Lyra didn't want to hear any of his rubb
Chapter 94Lyra woke up with a severe headache, back pain, and puffy and red eyes. She had a runny nose as she had cried a lot the night before. She felt miserable as she searched for her phone on the bed that had been ringing for a while now.She didn't look at who was calling, she only picked the call up and spoke with a very low voice"Hello""Miss Lyra, Good morning" the person at the other end greeted."Hm, good morning" she yawned"This is Doctor Dennis, the DNA results are out. If you would like, you can come to pick it up today"Lyra jumped off the bed the moment she heard the man say that."Okay, thank you so much" she quickly ended the call and wanted to rush to the bathroom.She realized that she was not in her room but in her children's room. She smiled when she remembered what happened last night, they had created a space for her to sleep in their bed with them.She went to her room to have her bath, she noticed Bryan wasn't there. When she checked the time it was 11 am,
Chapter 93The frown on Lyra's face was so scary that no one spoke after she embraced the kids.She kissed them all on each cheek before saying to Tia"Would you please take them inside the room"Tia looked at her with narrowed eyes before calling the kids to her. She noticed that Lyra's eyes were red and her voice hoarse"Play them some cartoon so they could watch," Lyra said to Tia who could only nod at her wordsWhen the children were out of sight, she turned to face Bryan"As I was saying, Or else what?"Bryan stood there frozen as he has never seen Lyra this way before. He could feel the heat from where he stood."Lyra, what I mean is-""I don't care what you mean Bryan. This should be the last time I would see fear in MY children's eyes because of you, okay?"Bryan narrowed his eyes at her words, she had always called the children their own, what's with the MY now? He wonderedHe couldn't understand why she was behaving that way. He calmed down and walked over to her"Are you ok
Chapter 92Lyra frowns as she walked back to sit again"Bryan came here?" Ella nodded"Yes, he did. He did say I shouldn't let you know. When was that? Five days ago. He even visited before you or Bruce did""He did?" Lyra found herself asking again."But Bryan told me he didn't know you were jailed""Bryan told you a lot of lies Lyra. I don't know how you allow one man to fool you twice"Lyra didn't know where Ella was driving but she found her eyes watered. She tried not to cry out loud though"It's not time to cry just yet, Lyra. I have a lot to tell you that Bryan hasn't or should I say wouldn't tell you""Firstly, you would have to ask yourself what does Bryan want from me? Does he love me like he claims he did?"Ella looked up at Lyra whose hands had formed into a fist."Well, no" she replied to her question"Bryan doesn't love you, sist. He is using you just as I had used Bruce. He has a reason too just like I had a reason to use Bruce. Would you like to know?"Lyra didn't repl
Chapter 91Lyra made her way to the station to see Ella. Since the children made that comment she had been disturbed about what Bryan knew that Ella knew.Neither of them doesn't even know the other. Things were getting really confusing to her. Bryan and Ella never really shared any relationship where he would know that she knows somethingAs she made her way inside the station, she saw Ella already waiting for her there. With a smile Ella said,"I knew you would come"Lyra sat down opposite her but didn't say a word. Ella didn't mind, she continued"Ah, I knew the obedient fool would pass my message to you. How do you still look him in the eyes after all he has done to you?" Ella asked with a sneerLyra simply replied "I didn't come here to talk about Bruce. Since you wanted to see me, I came to grace you with my presence. What is it you want to see me for?"Ella chuckled "Grace her presence""Did you know I lost my baby?" She suddenly asked, making Lyra frown."No, I didn't know""D