Chapter 3 (Becky's POV)
Home sweet home.I never knew, coming home after a disastrous few weeks can feel so freaking good.And you know what's even better?Seeing two of your favorite people waiting for you with big grins on their faces, and weird as it is, for the first time, they are not arguing.Must be love.I practically ran to hug Mason and Rachel.I knew there was a lot to talk about, but right now the only thing I needed was their love and support.And they delivered big time.Rachel almost strangled me, that's how tight her hug was, and Mason, the kind of brother that he was, didn't pass up a chance to ruin my hair just like old times.Like I said. It's good to be home.We picked up my luggage well, technically Mason picked it up while me and Rachel gushed over each other about how good we look, how happy Rachel seems, how tanned I am, bla bla bla.You get the pChapter 4 (Aron's POV)You see, most days being me is not too bad.But some days it's pure hell.Well today was one of those days.Rachel had her day off, because she was preparing her wedding, and I was stuck with a phone that was ringing every 5 seconds.And I am not even exaggerating.At this pace I wouldn't manage to get a simple check up with my programmers.And that was something that I could not afford.So I quickly pulled out my phone and called Rachel.Yes I did feel like a douchebag for doing it while she had her day off but I needed her help like yesterday.She picked up the call after only 2 rings."Hey boss man. Is it an emergency? I can be there in 15."A soft smile pushed its way on my lips. It was the first one today.Rachel really was one of a kind and I doubt I'd ever find a better assistant."No, no, don't stress. But I do have a question for you."I paused to hear her reaction first but she sur
Chapter 5 (Becky's POV)Ok.I might have gotten myself into a huge mess.And there was no way out of it.When Rachel suggested I would be her replacement until after her honeymoon I agreed gladly, because let's face it, I need a job and something to get my mind off everything that's going on.But when Rachel described her boss I had this picture of an old round guy with an always happy face.Wroooong!Aron was not old at all, probably just a few years older than me, and ladies, he is one hot male specimen.Tall with light brown hair that almost looks blond, eyes that are neither brown nor green but something between those colors.Muscles that even his jeans and a button down shirt can't hide, and a smile to make a lady drop her panties right away.Thank God I am not wearing them.Call it professional deformation.You see, if I wasn't shooting for lingerie, panty lines wer
Chapter 6 (Aron's POV)Let me tell you a secret.I am an idiot.Yeah, yeah I know it's not really a secret but don't crush my ego right away ok?Everything was perfect until I had to open my mouth and ask Becky about her life.Like it's not obvious she would ask back the same question, if nothing more, just to be polite.And so here I am.Walking ahead of her, pissed as all hell.Not at her, I am angry with myself.Because believe it or not, just for once I want to be just me.Aron McNamara.Not the owner of Code heck, not the poor guy that his own mother abandoned, not a man with high iq.Just my usual self.Like I was a few years ago when I just started building my company. Back then I was just one of many hackers that enjoyed his job.Don't get me wrong, I still love my job, but not the part with papers.That's why I hired Rachel in the first place.She didn't care how much money I had in my account, she didn't
Chapter 7 (Becky's POV)I know it's not ladylike to laugh like a maniac, but I can't help it.Vicky's words keep ringing in my head and each time I look at Aron's face the laughter just comes again.She actually thought that someone like Aron would fall for a girl like me.Let's be honest.My life was in ruins at the moment.And first of all, I had to learn to love myself again.This person I've become is just not me.I wanted to be the easy-going cheerful me again.And I was shocked once I realized I was all these things right now.I was happy, laughing out loud, and not thinking about the facts of who might be sitting at the table nearby.I was just enjoying a simple lunch break with my boss and his friend.I decided it was time to introduce myself as well.So I extended my hand in Vicky's direction before I spoke."Hei. My name is Rebecka, but everyone calls me Becky. And Aron really is just my boss. But I will admit, I
Chapter 8 (Aron's POV)Surprisingly lunch wasn't as painful as I thought.They did torture me with all kinds of embarrassing memories from my early years, but it was fun. Even if that fun was at my expense.Now I was sitting in my office again but couldn't get the beauty that was sitting in front of it out of my head.All I could think about ever since we returned from lunch, was how her hand accidentally brushed against mine from time to time. How our knees were touching all the time.How her laugh made me feel lighter and happier than I was in years.How her eyes sparkled with mischief when she was taunting me with the knowledge of my little secret.She really was something special.And I was starting to get scared of that fact.Because if I wouldn't trade my way around her carefully, I could easily fall for her.Hard and fast.And love or falling for someone was something that simply wasn't in my cards.When you love someone th
Chapter 9 (Becky's POV)We were just hanging around with Rachel in the bar next door to Code hack.I was already a few drinks in while Rachel was drinking her soda.She told me about her pregnancy only yesterday!I mean come on! We were best friends! So I was still a bit hurt, but not too much.I still accepted her offer for drinks.After all, I still loved my best friend.She was like a sister I never had.So staying mad at her for long was not an option.So as I was saying, we were just chatting away, when she suddenly became unnaturally pale."Rach, are you ok?""Sure. It's just this morning sickness. It's a nasty thing. And no I have no idea why they call it morning sickness if it hits you at any time of the day."I chuckled at her rambling, but quickly called over our bartender to pay our bill.As we were already walking down the street she called Mason to let him know she was coming to him, so he could take her home.I knew Mason was out with friends but I had no idea with whom
Chapter 10 (Aron's POV)You know things will go wrong once you start noticing all the sexy details about your best friend's sister.Well let's be honest here.I found those details sexy the moment I met Becky in person.But right now, with my brain soaked in beer and whiskey I was moment away from acting on my lust induced ideas.All I wanted was for us to be alone somewhere and get to the fun part.Hopefully I will get her out of my system as well.Somewhere in the back of my mind I heard a voice telling me that we would still need to work together for at least a few moments, but I was willing to put that part on mute for now and deal with it in the morning.And it wasn't just lust speaking right now either.I genuinely liked her company.She was funny and smart, she was a good listener that actually listened to what I was telling her, even when I spoke about my work."So are we ready to call it a night?"Her words brought me back from my thoughts.I looked around and realized the ba
Chapter 11 (Becky's POV)After we came back, I made us some tea and set it all in the living room.But looking at Aron, you could tell he wasn't psychically present.He might be standing in the same room as I was, but his mind was somewhere far away.And that scared me very much.Because once a person got that far away look in their eyes it could mean only two things.Either they were thinking about something really nice, or something really awful.And since Aron asked for a place to crash, I'd say it was the latter.The suspense was killing me but I didn't dare utter a word, so I was just waiting patientlyWho am I kidding? There wasn't a patient bone in my body.After a few long minutes that felt like ages have passed he finally spoke.But his voice was dull and void of any emotions."You see, once upon a time, I thought my life was perfect. But as I got older, I started noticing there were little differences between me and my aunt, whom at that time I thought was my mother. There
BONUS SCENE *********Since we started with Rachel and Mason I thought it would only be fair to end our journey with them as well don't you think? :) but let's see it like this. They have a daughter and a sister…what do you think those two are up to a decade or two later??*********Rachel and Mason 25 years into marriage "Mom! Mila is coming by to get me in a few minutes! Can you tell your son to leave me alone so I can get ready?"I chuckled at my daughter. She was almost 26 years old but Harry still tries to be the overprotective brother even though she just wants him to leave her alone so she can find a boyfriend.But to her disappointment, Mason encourages his son and even helps him whenever a boy comes around our house.Well too bad for them. Rebecka is my daughter through and through. Her sassy side, her looks, everything. "Mason, can you please for once tell Harry to go out with his own friends? You know I want grandbabies at some point."Mason was sitting right next to me a
Epilogue A FEW YEARS LATER Vicky's POV "Sid! Come downstairs and bring your brothers with you please, dad will be home any minute!""Okay, mom!"As you can see, Sidney is still the perfect child even at 21 years. The same could not be said for her brothers. Only 6 months after our reunion Devin proposed and of course, I accepted without hesitation. We got married a month later and our wedding was a smaller ceremony because we were in a hurry. I was pregnant. A few months later we got the news that there were two babies, not one. And add some more months and we got two little boys who looked exactly like their father and even now, at almost 7 years they are the spitting image of Devin. And not just in looks either. They have his mischievous character as well. But I can't say I regret anything. I love my family just the way it is.A few minutes later our children rush from upstairs and immediately start to help me prepare the table for dinner.Devin still runs the organization but now
Chapter 16 (Devin's POV)GUYS! I have a daughter!Almost a grown up daughter.When I first saw her standing next to Vicky I didn't even realize little details that pointed towards me being her father.What I saw was only that she was the spitting image of her mother, except for her hair color. I now realized it was the same as mine.The anger I felt was boiling and I was barely holding back my sarcasm when I asked Vicky who Sidney's father was. Until she brought me back to reality by telling me to take a closer look. And like I said, that's when little details started to pop out. Her eyes, her dimpled smile, and when I looked a bit closer the dead giveaway sign was staring back at me. A perfect replica of my mole, in the same spot where mine was.And when she stopped forward to shake my hand, my legs gave way and I was on my knees.There were only two persons that would ever be able to bring me to this position and in such a vulnerable state. One was the love of my life and the other
Chapter 15 (Vicky's POV)A FEW DAYS LATER Okay. A little help would be nice right now.How do you explain to your 15-year-old daughter that her father was actually alive and even in the same town as you two are living in?I guess there is no instruction or even a nice way. You just need to pull off the band-aid.Let's do this."Sidney! Honey! Can you please come here for a moment?"When I say my hands were sweating and shaking like a leaf in the wind I am not exaggerating at all.Sidney was pretty much the perfect child. Well except for her stubborn moments, I guess. But mostly she doesn't argue with me, she does what she's told to do, and does well in school. I've never even been called to school for any kind of problem.But I guess we could describe this news as a bomb being thrown at her already unstable life.But she deserved to know the truth and have a chance to choose whether she wanted to meet her fathers and have a relationship with him or not, and most of all, Devin deserve
Chapter 14 (Devin's POV)A few hours earlier.The time has come.I needed to make sure, my brother doesn't get married to that conniving bitch.And the only way to do that was if I came back into the land of the living.It was just me, my mother, and Gabriel going to the wedding that would never ever happen if I had a say.As we approached the hotel where it would all be held I spotted the devil's spawn right away and did everything in my power to avoid her.But then out of nowhere, a man approached us.He was vaguely familiar to me, but I couldn't put a name to his face right away."Me., Mrs., could I ask you to accompany me please?"As he spoke it struck me."You are Mason right?"He looked at me like a second head was growing on my shoulders."I won't even ask how you know my name because I have a feeling I wouldn't like the answer. So yes. My name is Mason."I gave him a nod and motioned for him that we would follow him.Before we went upstairs though I gave Gabriel an order to st
Chapter 13 (Vicky's POV)WE ARE GETTING CLOSER….Well, I guess we need to do some catching up.So here are the things you missed.My best friend Aron finally met his soulmate and he could not be happier.And honestly, she is the perfect match for him.I still remember the day when he brought her into my restaurant for the first time.Me being me I gave him crap and tried to make him look as bad as possible in front of Becky, but what my stories did was the opposite. It made her like him even more and in the process, made me like her even more. I saw it there and then, that they were perfect for each other. Of course, those two idiots needed a few more weeks before they came to the same conclusion. Also, Aron's mother tried to ruin everything good in between and she almost succeeded. Thank God Aron pulled his head out of his ass just in time and got Becky back with a grand gesture that I might have had a hand in.Before them, though there was Mason and Rachel, now that's a bit more com
Chapter 12 (Devin's POV)"How are things with businesses Gabriel? Any resistance left from owners to go to legal ways?"I was sitting in my office with my right-hand man Gabriel sitting right next to me."No man. We took care of everything so now every last one of our previous businesses is put on legal ground."That was news I loved to hear.Since I took over the mafia I have done everything to put us on the map as legal business owners and so far I've been doing a good job, and it was all thanks to Gabriel and Macy and all their support and help. Also my mother. She was working with Macy in one of our smaller companies. Its main production was make-up and everything related to it.So it could one day easily cooperate with my family's business which I hope goes as predicted into my brother's hands before we come clean about us being alive.There were still more things to be discussed but for the next few topics I needed to make sure the room was safe."Are we safe here?"Gabriel didn
Chapter 11 (Vicky's POV)A few years later"Sidney! Hurry up pumpkin! Nana will be here any minute!"It was one of our usual Monday mornings.Sidney was a heavy sleeper and that girl loved her sleep.So when I managed to wake her up in the mornings I didn't expect any good mood from her. At least not before noon.She was already 10 years old and she was a pain in my ass.I love her wholeheartedly but where she was a spitting image of me in the looks, she was her father's daughter characteristically. Stubborn, sassy, and has a wicked sense of humor already. "I am coming, mom! Why don't you take me to school? And why don't we ever spend the afternoon outside?"Here we go again."Sidney. I've told you. I have my restaurant to take care of and whether you like it or not your identity should be kept a secret. Your father came from a wealthy family and people hurt others when money is in the game. And I made a promise the day I gave birth to you…""I know, I know. That you would never let
Chapter 10 (Devin's POV)You know that feeling in your stomach that's telling you something important is going on somewhere but you have no idea what it could be?Well, this feeling has been bugging me the whole day long already.My life in general is starting to get better.I am waiting for Gabrial to arrive so we can take the report up to the boss's office. Thank God recently there was only legal business to take care of. Oh right. I am the boss's right hand alongside Gabriel and I must admit we make quite a good team.There was still no trace of Vicky or her whereabouts. I started to suspect someone from inside the organization didn't want me to find her. So while I was waiting for Gabriel I went through everything I knew about Vicky so far. And sadly it wasn't much.I was completely engrossed in my data and didn't even realize Gabriel walked up to me. A deadly mistake if it was someone else. Someone from the rival gangs around London perhaps."Didn't I tell you to drop this issue