" Look it doesn't matter , I'm really sorry I didn't tell you." He sighs and slides his hand down his face as he leans against the headboard.
" Why didn't you tell me ?" I whimper biting back the tears.
" It's not important. He's not really my mother's child."
" What do you mean ?"
" When I was 16 , my mom found out my dad was cheating on her with some other woman with the name Stephanie..." Stephanie , that's Freddie's mother.
" We later found out , she works as a receptionist in a hotel and she's been fucking my dad for years and even had a kid. He's that stupid kid and i fuckin hate him. My mom was angry that my father would dare hide such huge secret from him. A son and a mistress. They wanted a divorce but my dad wasn't ready , said he was sorry. My mom decides to ignore him only if she stays away from my dad. He said yes but he was such a fucked
Oh my God!I'm basically flustered right now. Gray just kissed me in front of an entire college population. I don't feel good about this and it's annoying I liked it. I feel special." You're beautiful and I missed you." He whispers with a cute smile as he brush my hair off my face still holding tight to my waist." Holy fuck..." I totally forgot the guys were there. I turn around and I'm faced with their unending taunting smirk. Shit , Brandon's face is almost red." Ariel , will you please introduce us ?" Piper widens her eyes at me as she blinks her eyes." Uh , I'm sorry. Gray , this is Piper , Brandon and Alexa my cousin. Guys meet Gray."" Everybody knows Gray." They smile and crosses their arms." Hi guys." Gray said to them." I know you're planning to steal her. But please take good care of her. We're gonna leave.." Alexa grin and grab Brandon's arm as they blow kisses at me giving me faces which seemly m
~ARIEL~I shake my head at this heavy news that I just heard. Leslie's pregnant. Not just pregnant but Reid's the father. I breathe out and silently walk to the kitchen. I heard their distant chattering and to what I heard , they are throwing abuses at each other. How can she be this dumb ? Slept with Reid without protection. I lift the glass to my lips and gulp down the cold water. I need it or I might just faint at the sudden confession.Reid stomp out of Leslie's room in obvious anger. His eyes land on me as he walks out of our apartment. Leslie's face looked pale as she stuff her hands into the back pocket of the shorts she's wearing." Damn..." I murmur." What ?"I chuckle and drop the glass of water on the counter." So you're pregnant ?" I raise my brows and lean my hand on the counter." I don't know what you're talking about." She scoffs and glares at me." You're so dumb." I sl
I cuddle tight to Gray as he caresses my back." How's your internship ? You like it ?"" Theo's my boss. Such an asshole but he's manageable , just annoying." I reply." You wanna quit ? I can get you somewhere better."" Sterling Corp is cool. I like my job. He didn't really make nasty comments though. It's weird he knew we're together."" How did he know ?"" Weird right ? Remember you kissed me in front an entire college population yesterday." I smirk and thread my fingers through his hair." He wasn't hard on you right ?"" He won't even dare." I mutter." If he dares try to flirt with you , tell me. He's such a dick sometimes." He says and smack my butt." Yes boss." I giggle and wrap my arms around his torso." So where do you like to go ?"" What ?"He smirks and hover on top of me with me under his hold. His left hand stay on my lower back while the other run
~ARIEL~I watch them walk into Sin's kitchen and it's annoying I wanted to follow them inside but that might he risky. She wouldn't sell me out right ? Alexa can't be working for Vladimir , right ?I slide into my car and drive to work. As usual , I'm late. I park in the lot and I get out. People who choose to look at me looked as I rush in. Hell , I remembered Theo's morning routine. Coffee with less sugar and cream. I groan and rush out of the company and race down the sidewalk to get coffee in the nearby Cafe. After buying the coffee , I decide to buy doughnuts from a doughnut truck outside Sterling Corp. I'm hungry as hell. I greet the lady at the front as I walk past her." Ariel , Peterson." A lady with black slacks and light pink dress shirt that's tucked in , greeted me.I stop on my track and stare at me. Her smile is so fake , you could tell through her lashes." I'm the manager actually. You're the intern ?"
I hum to the song on the radio as I drive to Gray's. I'm meeting him in his office and for some silly reasons I'm feeling hot in unsual places.Just thinking about his text and most of the silly things we've done together , I really wanna have him in his office. I know I'm beginning to sound weird but hell, I don't care. He changed me and I sort of like my new me. I breathe in and park my car amidst other cars. I look at the tall glass building and ogle at it. I mean this is Gray Carter we're talking about. I should at least expect this type of magnificent buildings from him. I breathe in and step out of the car. I shut the door and walk into the company.I stop at the reception to see a brown haired lady. She looks up at me and scowl. What's her problem ?" I'm sorry , I'm here to see Gray." I say politely." Are you Ariel ?" She scowls, eyeing my choice of outfit." Yeah. I'm here to see Gray."" Yea
" Where's Gray ?" Reid asks me as he glances from me to Sarai." He's not in." I reply and cross my arms." Then why are you here ?" He asks me." None of your business , Reid. I'm sure he's speaking with Mr. Tucker. You can look for him around." I say.He huffs and stares at Sarai before leaving." What are you doing here ?" I ask Sarai again. She gives me her fake smile and walks out from the desk." I am here to see Gray."" Gray's not here. Why are you holding a flashdrive ?"" The last time I checked , you're Ariel Peterson and not a detective. What's your issues ?"I cross my arms and blink my eyes at her. She's so weird. Deep down , I have this feeling she is working secretly for Reid." Can I see the flashdrive ?"" Why should I give it to you ? It's a business drive that contains information about Gray's clients. I was here to check before you barged in."" You were frigh
I groan helplessly and scrub my scalp rather too aggressive to wash away the eggs . This is frustrating. I shampoo my hair to get rid of the eggs under the shower. God remind me next time not to play this type of game with Kennedy. Gray steps under the shower with me and I least expected that. I mean there are two shower faucets in the bathroom.He scrunches his face and scrubs his hair. Kennedy broke an egg on his head. So gross." She's so crazy..." He mutters scrubbing hard on his scalp.I roll my eyes and turn around to back him as I wash my hair." Lemme help you with that." He says behind me.My body tenses with Gray standing behind me. He massages my scalp as the water rinse our body ." Why didn't you tell me Sarai was holding a flash drive yesterday when she entered my office ?" He asks. I bite my lip and sigh." I'm sorry. I just don't wanna complicate things between you and your worker."" How did you fin
That's so embarrassing. Gray and I pull away from each other and I rub my nape. Most people look at us and go back to their business murmuring amongst themselves." How was your ride ?" I ask her and squat to her height." It was fun."" Who bought you popcorn ?" Gray asks looking down at her." I bought it. From my cursing savings if you choose to ask." She rolls her eyes and stuff her mouth filled with popcorns." How long have you been standing there ?" Gray asks." Long enough to count the stars in one night. You should see your faces. Chill , you look cute." She giggles.I blush and eat my cotton candy." Want some ?" I ask Gray." Hell no." He whines and shove his hands into his front pocket." Come on buddy , you don't wanna turn my offer down." I whisper to his ear. He groans and opens his mouth for me to stuff cotton candy in it." This taste terrible." He mutters ,
SIX YEARS LATER I drop my car key on the kitchen counter and run my hands down my hair. Being a mom is so difficult and hard. Haven is always getting into one trouble or another. Last week, his teacher reported him for getting into a fight with an older kid. Gray is barely bothered. ” Look mom , I’m sorry.” Haven whines as he follows me. ” Go to your room.” I turn around and glare at him. Today , he got into another fight because the eight years old kid called him names. He’s got a terrible temper. One I’ve never seen before. Gray wasn’t like this or maybe Gray was worse when growing up. I remembered he said he got kicked out of several highschool because of his fighting and I can’t withstand seeing Haven being kicked out. I squat to his height and run my hand down his black hair. He looks like Gray. Same grey colored orbs. Hair and even his father’s facials. ” Haven , you don’t fight at school, it's wrong
Chapter 110 " What's up with you Ariel?" Piper beams as I slide into the booth next to Brandon. Piper and Alexa sit across from us at our usual restaurant ' sands and winches'. It's been a long time since we hung out together in this restaurant. All thanks to life. " I've been good." I say with a big smile as I arrange my yellow sundress. " What's up with you guys? I swear I miss college so much." I sigh and bite my bottom lip. " Fuck college. It's just been the same boring shit. How are you holding up with online classes?" Brandon asks. " It's been great." I say.
CHAPTER 109 |•GRAY•| I still can't believe what I'm seeing. I battled death for over six months and when I finally won , I decided to check on the one girl who makes me happy and she's pregnant. Like fully pregnant. How can she do that? " You're pregnant?" I ask her. She stares at me like I'm a ghost and I can't fight back the anger that I had to come check on her the moment I was okay and she's pregnant. Who the fuck got her pregnant? Cage? Or maybe some dimwit. " Who the fuck got you pregnant?" " You're serious?" She asks me. It hurts me that she's barely concerned about my reaction to finding her pregnant after waking up from a six months coma. " Ariel, who got you pregnant?" I ask her. " I'm sorry." She simply states. " You're sorry? Ariel you're pregnant and you're saying you're sorry. I was in a co
Chapter 108 Six months later… " Dear God, I wanna say that I'm grateful for everything that you've done for me. I wanna appreciate the fact that you looked after me and Gray junior, I totally appreciate that. I've sinned against you and I'm sorry. I just wanna ask the same favor I've been asking for the past six months. Please bring Gray back. I want him back…" I sniffle and look down at my baby bump. " His baby wants him back. Please. I know that he has done a lot of stuff. Bad stuff , yes, but please he's a good man. It's been six months now and I'm still asking you for this little favor. I want Gray back, please, God." I weep silently and bite my lip. I look up at Jesus on the cross and look down at my belly. Dad walks beside me and wraps his arms around my shoulder to comfort me. He woke up from a coma five months ago and Gray's still missing. The first month , I always hoped. Stand opposite my
CHAPTER 107 ” Oh my God…” I groan and rush into my bathroom to throw up. I rest both hands on the edge of the sink and puke out whatever thing I ate. What is this called, baby sickness? I breathe in and out and look up at my reflection. ” You’re okay in there?” Alexa calls out. ” Yeah. I’m just having baby sickness I think.” ” Baby sickness? What the fuck is that?” Alexa asks and walks into the bathroom. I turn on the faucet to let it rinse out my vomit as I wash my hands. ” I think it’s because of Alejandro. We killed someone.”” Seriously? You regret that now?” She asks. I turn off the tap and turn to look at her. ” I didn’t mean that. Maybe it upset the baby.” I shrug as she chuckles. I laugh and walk to her as we walk out of the bathroom to my room. I remove my peacoat and toss it on the couch. Alexa pushes the drapes aside to reveal the city below. ” Damn. That was crazy. At fir
CHAPTER 106 I sit opposite Alexa on the kitchen stool as she goes about her plan on Alejandro. My phone rings and I pick it up from the countertop. My heartbeat stops at the caller ID. Oh God, what am I supposed to tell her? " What? Who's that?" " Mia." " Holy fuck." She sighs and runs her fingers through her hair. " What am I supposed to tell her? I'm just gonna break it once I hear her voice. She's obviously gonna ask me where Gray is and I'll start crying again." I say. I haven't talked to her and I'm about to sob. " Just calm down and act normal." I nod and take several deep breaths as I answer the call. " Oh my God Ariel. How are you?" She asks on the phone. I inhale and sigh. I wipe a tear that slip out of my eyes at once. " I'm good, Mia. How are you?" " I'm fine. How's the baby? Hope you're eating well? Pregnancy is worse than a heavy toll.
CHAPTER 105 " Emergency! Someone's getting a panic attack!" The voice is muffled and I barely can hear anything. I lay on a stretcher as I'm pushed down the hospital's hallway. I watch the ceilings pass by as I try to breathe. I can't breathe. Everything is blurry as the stretcher continues to move. Two paramedics surround me , talking non-stop and giving me promises that I'll be fine. The next minute, I'm in a room with doctors and nurses trying to give me treatments. Gray's been shot. I can't even think of losing Gray without telling him he's gonna be a father soon. " What's happened to Gray?" I choke out as a nurse tries to press me back down to steady my breathing. " Someone get her an oxygen mask!" The doctor yells. " She needs a tranquilizer..." The doctor mutters and snaps at another nurse. I feel my hands tremb
CHAPTER 104 |•GRAY•| This is so fuckin crazy. I can't imagine sitting across from Sinclair to eat dinner in some fancy restaurant. This is so fucked up. I'm pretty sure we're both gonna flip and cause a scene. Why did he have to be her father? I watch her get up from my lap as she smiles triumphantly. I bet she did a victory dance in her head. Oh man. The doorbell rings at once. She smiles and walks to the door. Probably the delivery guy who's here to deliver the food she ordered. My phone rings and I retrieve it. Reid's name displays on my screen as I swipe the answer icon. " Hey dick." He says once I pickup. " Seriously?" I scoff. I hear Ariel converse with the delivery guy and they are taking too long. " What are you doing?" He asks and i roll my eyes. I'm still stressed abo
CHAPTER 103 " Ariel, I'd rethink my decisions if I were you…" Alexa says as I bring out the pills from the drawers. " When did you buy these?" She asks. " Two days after I discovered I was pregnant." She sighs and sits on the bed. " You know when Leslie was pregnant, you hated the fact that she had to terminate the baby. You can't play that same role you talked about." I sigh and turn around on my seat to look at her. " But Gray doesn't want a baby." " Both of you produced Junior. You both had sex like every other partners and boom there comes a baby. You're gonna tell him that you're pregnant. If he freaks out and tells you to get rid of it , then it's fine." " Oh God." " Don't you want the baby?" She asks. " I don't know. Right now, I don't even know what I want." " Okay, forget the fact that Gray doesn't want a baby, do you want to keep the baby?" " Who w