"What the hell is wrong with you, Connor? Why will you lay your hands on a woman? I'm starting to think Dad is right about you. What the hell has come over you?! What the actual hell dude?""You're going to regret this!!" Connor directed at Nancy after which he stormed out of their sight.Seeing how scared she was, Nadia held one of her shoulders. "I'm sorry on his behalf. I really don't know what has come over him but he's going to apologize for his unruly behavior. I'm so sorry.""It's fine," Nancy mumbled."Thank you." Giving her a light squeeze, Nadia excused herself, running after her brother who was already entering his car.Just when she was losing hope, She knocked on the window, and luckily, her brother wound down."I know you hate everyone so much right now but for the sake of old times, can you spare me Five minutes?""I'm not in a good mood,Nadia""I know better than to lecture you now that you are not in a good mood. Just let me in. Please."After a second of silence, Con
After driving at a very high speed for the past one hour to nowhere in particular, Connor heaved a deep sigh, slowing down. Never has he had this kind of urge to go to the club but thinking about it, he was not in a good shape at all.His long sleeve shirt would do a perfect job in hiding the bandage on his wrist but the one on his head was just too visible. Paparazzi always got a good glimpse of him whenever he went into and out of the club and the last thing he wanted was to give them something huge to talk about. Before heading home, he had put everything in place to ensure that a word about the little accident was not heard and the last thing on his mind was to ruin everything.Taking another deep breath, not caring if it was late, he reached for his phone and dialed the second number on his call log."Where the fuck are you dude? I've picked some really hot chicks for you. You're going to love them. But where the hell are you? We are all waiting for you.""Can you keep your voic
"That bastard!!" Alero shrieked over the phone."You should have slapped the hell out of him.""And have his parents fire me? This job is my ticket to financial freedom and I'm not ready to let go of it over anyone or anything.""I know. So what are you going to do now?""Nothing.""Nothing??!""Yes. I'll just continue to stay away from him.""What do you mean? You are literally not the one at fault. You did nothing to him. You were only there to serve him some food when he blew up."Nancy sighed as she plopped down on the edge of her bed, still holding her phone against her ear."I still wonder why he feels that way about me.""Don't tell me you're starting to feel sad? Girl, he isn't worth it!""No, this is way beyond sad. Even though I promised myself that I'm not going to think about it anymore, I just can't help but wonder what went wrong."I never knew he noticed me because whenever I'm around him, it's almost as if I'm inexistent. I had no idea he noticed me peeping at him and
Lilian sighed, taking the phone away from her ear after her son ended the call. She knew better not to call him back right now so she exited the closet.Getting back to the room, her eyes met with her husband who was lying on his back, on the bed, swiping through his tab. Lilian rolled her eyes at him. She couldn't believe he could be this calm while she was going out of her mind.Lilian took off her robe and made her way to the other side of the bed where he was. She sat in the space opposite him."You don't need to go around frowning all because you want us to have a good time. Or have you lost your seductive skill?" Emir's mocking voice came through. He didn't even look up from his tablet."We need to talk.""About?" He turned his attention away from his tab to his wife, looking at her inquisitively."I hope this isn't about Connor?!"She was about to say something but he beat her to it."I don't understand you. Why are you stressing about this?""Honey, He's not ready.""You are n
For the first time in a very long while, Connor woke up not caring about literally anything. It was as if he woke up with a new goal which was to live life the way it comes and most importantly not get married to Diane or anyone else.After being awake and staring at nothing in particular for about ten minutes, Connor got up from the bed at some minutes to 8 am. He went straight to the bedroom to do his business after which he started getting ready for work.Connor was almost ready when a knock came through on the door."How's my not-so-favorite patient doing?"Connor rolled his eyes, and went back to the room, taking a seat by the edge of the bed."Well, good morning to you grumpy one." She helped herself in."Nice place." She mumbled, placing the first aid box on the bed beside Coonor."I wonder if I'll ever see you smile again.""Can you just focus on why you are here?!"She scoffed, rolling her eyes. "You better be polite or I'll just pick up my things and leave."Connor gave her
Connor strolled back to the nightstand where he reached for his phone. He ran a hand over his face and scrolled through his contact list.Finally seeing the number he was looking for, he dialed it immediately."What the hell is it that I'm hearing?" He said at the top of his voice, despite the fact that the person on the other end couldn't see him face to face."We are working on it, Sir but it's so hard.""So hard to do what? To get them to unpublish the rubbish they posted? Where are their fucking media ethics? Aren't they meant to verify any information before they start posting lies?""This is not a lie, Sir!""What do you mean? So you know better than me now?""No, Sir. That's not what I mean. I mean no one will believe us that it's false and we can't even sue them on any grounds because Miss Diane made a post about you both on her page. That is enough for the media to do as they please.""And based on our investigation, it was after Miss Diane's post that they started making the
"You can decide to marry Diane and still live the life you want to. She might be your wife but you are free to do anything you want. Still go to the club, fuck as many babes as you want, date other girls and be you. It's only going to be official on paper but not affect your personal life.""Plus you get to keep the company, avoid your parents nagging and everyone will be happy.""The second option; you refusing to marry Diane. No doubt there will be lots of chaos, rejection from your parents, the company and all. And trying to file a lawsuit to claim your rightful position, it's just a lot to go through.""You work so damn hard, guy. You can't give up everything because of that fashion model. She's pretty hot by the way. I don't know why you never deeply liked her.""Just when I was about to hail you for saying something sensible, you had to ruin it with your last statement.""Just stating facts. I feel this isn't something worth ruining your mood or existence. Instead, see this as a
"Is she a staff here?"Connor's phone almost fell to the floor but he was quick in getting a grip of it."Fuck! Mom! What are you doing here?" He caught his breath, exiting the message space and tossing his phone on the table."Why is your face flushed? Oh my God, don't tell me you just slept with that lady?" Lilian stopped in her tracks, staring at her son in horror.Knowing it was Alicia she was referring to, He groaned. "Mommm!""What's her name? I need to report her to your father. Her boobs were literally out. Is that how you all do here now?"Connor mentally facepalmed. He couldn't believe Alicia brought this upon herself."Please stop exaggerating, Mom. I'll never get involved with my staff. She probably had a wardrobe malfunction and that was why you saw her boobs. You could have brought her attention to it in her face.""I did. I wanted to but she got into the elevator so fast.""She's nothing, Mom. I've got better things to think of than her.""I hope so!" Lilian mumbled, re
EPILOGUETWO MONTHS LATER"Alice said you wanted to see me," Nadie said the moment she approached Nancy in the bedroom."What's wrong?" She started getting worried as she approached her where she was seated on the bed.She finally took a seat beside Nancy, looking into her eyes, she saw that she had cried.Nadie's heart sank. "What's wrong?" She couldn't help but get worried. They've all been happy and having fun since the first day of the trip. She couldn't help but wonder what went wrong now.Nancy sniffled, she reached for some items on the nightstand and handed them to Nadie whose face was instantly replaced with relief and a beautiful smile crept to her lips the moment she took a good look at them.There were three clear blue tests with positive results on the face of it."I just realized I haven't seen my period for two months and then this is the outcome of the test I took."Nadie couldn't help with the laughter that escaped her lips.Nancy glared at her. "Not funny Sis.""Sorr
"Guy!!!!! Are you even listening to what I'm saying?" Ivan freaked out because at this point, it was as if he was talking to himself as Connor kept chatting away on his phone with smiles all over his face."Sorry, I was...." He started to say, but stopped to stare at his best friend."What did you say again? I stopped following when you said the negotiations with Mr. Adam didn't go well.""Really? So I've been wasting my time?"Connor chuckled, "Sorry, I have to keep in touch with my babe.""When did you turn romantic? It's quite irritating.""Are you jealous right now?""No. It's just weird seeing you this way because of a woman. You've changed so much and you are all smiley. We made a vow to be womanizers and here you are, all loved up. What am I going to do without your company?""Get a woman!!""That's impossible. You know I can't stick to one woman.""Then don't ask me for advice again.""Come on, Connor. Be serious."Ivan sighed. "Is this really how it feels? To be in love?""No
The plan was to leave for California on Sunday evening but Connor got carried away with a lot of things that they ended up leaving Monday midnight.Straight from the airport where the driver picked them up, they went to Connor's private apartment. A luxurious two-bedroom apartment with the finest amenities and furniture which he owned for a year now without anyone's knowledge. Connor put Jayden to bed in the master bedroom after which he brought their luggage to the room and gave Nancy a tour of the apartment.While Nancy got acquainted with the place, Connor took a shower and got dressed since he had to be in the courthouse by 9:30"You just can't take your eyes off me, right?" He teased as he approached her, adjusting his tie."Why do you look so good in everything?"He smiled proudly, "I'm all yours so you are one hell of a lucky woman."She couldn't help but roll her eyes at him."If you keep doing that, I promise you that I'm not going to leave here.""Do you only think about se
"I don't mean to intrude but at this point, I feel it's good if we go straight to the point and not waste anybody's time.""Connor loves you and he wants you now more than ever. If you don't feel the same way about him, let him know and if you do, maybe you should just give him a chance.""I know you still love Connor and I've always liked you for him. He has changed now. I promise I'm gonna kill him with my bare hands if he messes up again."Nancy couldn't help with the smile that crept to her lips."Did he tell you to call me?""No. I haven't spoken to him since yesterday. I felt really at peace when you said Jayden loves him already. My brother deserves the best and you're the best.""Stop flattering me, Nadie.""Connor is a sweet guy. He has come to his senses and he's going to make you happy.""I'll think about it.""Promise?"Nancy chuckled, "Okay, you are sounding like Lenora now."Nadie laughed."I'm just obsessed with you both. You all have been through so much and I want you
"Hi, baby.""Dad? Where are you all?""At your uncle's place.""When did you decide that? I thought we all agreed to go together. This is just past 9 am. When did you all leave?""We left at 6. We didn't want to disturb you and your guest and we checked up on Jayden. He was still sleeping.""Were you aware of this? You knew before yesterday that Connor was going to come? I feel so betrayed right now.""I had no idea, my love.""I know you're mad at me but you really need this. You both need your space. Henry is not angry that you and Jayden are not here. He understands.""That's not the point, Dad."She heard her father sigh."I spoke to Connor. We talked at length.""So what now? You forgave him for ruining your daughter's life.""Don't try to pin anything on me to avoid your reality, Nancy. I saw and heard you both last night before you retired to your room with him.""It's obvious that your heart yearns for him and I'm not going to stand in the way no matter how I feel because this
"Why are you shy about this? There's no way you are going to avoid this conversation.""What now? You're into babies? I thought you don't like kids?""That was before. Jayden made me change my mind.""You don't expect me to believe that.""You should because it's the truth.""I love us together already.""Jayden looks so much like me and it just makes me curious to want to have a daughter with you. I'm hoping she's going to take after your appearance.""You just wanna get into my pants.""I know you know that's not true. Just prepare your mind because it's definitely going to happen.""For someone who is still trying to earn my trust, you seem too confident. Don't you think so?"Connor smiled shyly. "I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. But you should have it in mind that I can be quite persistent when it comes to what I want.""You don't have to feel uncomfortable about it. It's going to be when you are ready.""Mama, Dada, are you done kiss kiss?" The little voice came throug
"He's in my room. Let's go."With the help of his mommy, Jayden got down from the bed.He hurriedly put his feet into his Crocs. "Ready Mommy."Nancy chuckled, smiling down at her son's legs."You might want to correct that baby."Looking down at his feet, smiling shyly, Jayden changed the way he wore his shoes by putting each one on the correct leg.Once done, he intertwined his hand with his mother's own who was already on her feet.Then they both exited Jayden's room.The moment they got to Nancy's room, seeing that Connor was still sleeping, she quietly shut the door after they helped themselves in, and crouched towards Jayden whose eyes were glued to the person on the bed."That's my Dada?" He whispered, smiling, an act he learned from his uncles, Kylan and David whenever someone was sleeping.Nancy nodded. "You wanna go say Hi to him?""Dada is sleeping!" He whispered, making Nancy chuckle."He's been dying to see you so it's okay to wake him up. He's not going to be mad at you.
"This is not fair." She mumbled, trying to suppress a moan."What? Why do you say so?" He whispered, the desire in his voice not going unnoticed."What are you doing to me? You are meant to make me sleepy.""Oh, you are not sleepy?" He feigned innocence, still playing with her boobs under her dress."You're not being fair, Connor" She grumbled."Sorry my Queen, I'm trying to make you sleep in the best way I know. Or is there any other method you like that you intend to tell me of?""Connor!!!!" She groaned."Yes baby, I'm all yours. I love it so much when you call me by my name.""My room isn't soundproof?" She explained."So?""Don't be dumb, we are gonna wake everyone in the house. Jayden's room is next door.""What are you trying to tell me? Be direct. Don't go through corners." He said, applying pressure, and playing with her nipples."I'm not trying to tell you anything. You're the one distracting me." She moaned, trying to keep her voice low."Oh really? Tell me how baby?""Fuck
"She has everything to do with us. I know how much she humiliated me to stay away from you and in the end, you picked her over me."Connor grumbled, massaging his temple. "Please stop. I thought we settled this already.""Having uncomfortable conversations is part of it. I have to know what I'm into and what's to come. I see no ring on your finger but that's still not enough proof that you're done with her."Connor sighed."There's nothing between us, I promise you.""I only agreed to marry her to escape my responsibilities to you. I never loved her, nothing ever worked. We lived in the same house but we had different rooms and hardly saw each other. When she's home, I'm away on a business trip, when I'm home she's probably on tour or something.""I started the divorce process but got no strength to pursue it after that fucker agent told me that there was no baby and that you had moved on.""But lately, things between myself and her have been so crazy that I really got back into the p