Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 48: it’s the people close to you . *ROSWELL VILLA* . Anger bubbles up inside of Javan. The fucking magazine… the stupid paparazzis has always had it out for Javan, and now that they know about Addison and him, they’ll surely milk this for all it’s worth. There are three options now: publicly denying it: giving no comment, just like Javan unsuccessfully tried with the affair stuff; or coming out as a couple and hoping that the fuss will die down rather quickly. Being honest might, in fact, be the best option they have if they don’t want to hide any longer, but he needs to talk about it with Addison first. Oh god... Addison!Feeling extremely guilty for not thinking of calling her right away, Javan rummages around on his desk for his silenced phone, lifting folders and papers. When he finds it, he sees that he already has a bunch of messages and missed calls from people he doesn’t give a shit about. Ignoring them, he calls Addison, but he
Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 49: love is sweet actually . “What ended up happening to the call later? The one with the investors?” Her boss, Nathaniel asks, eyes flickering back and forth between his two computer screens as he rapidly types away on his keyboard. He’s wearing a navy suit today, his hair neatly combed back off his forehead, trademark wire-framed glasses perched on his nose.“It’s still happening today, but it was bumped to 4:30,” Addison says. She’s sitting with her legs crossed at one of the two tables in Nathaniel’s large office, dark brown hair falling down into her eyes, scanning through a contract and highlighting all the points she wants Nathaniel to review. “I sent you an updated calendar invite a few minutes ago.”“Thank you,” Nathaniel says. He sounds distracted. “Also, sorry—did you talk to the events team about the gala? About the plants?”“Yes, I did,” Addison says. She can feel a smile creeping onto her face, but Nathaniel would give her hel
Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 50: fake life is hard . When Saturday arrives, Addison is less nervous than she anticipated. Nathaniel was insistent that he wanted Addison to be able to kick back and actually enjoy the party, so her day-of responsibilities are basically zero. She had to make sure Nathan’s notes were prepared for his speech, but that was about it, and she was able to take care of that the day prior. And surprisingly, Addison doesn’t feel that strongly about seeing Joshua again. Seeing him at the bar seemed to adequately relieve those first-time jitters. She does care about keeping up appearances, though, because she would be horrified if Joshua found out she had lied—so she’s grateful that Javan will be there with her tonight. Addison thought she might feel anxious about spending the evening with Javan, but it turns out she’s mainly just excited. Javan already proved himself to be an excellent date while they were at the restaurant at Chelsea last week—a
Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 51: Jeju Island . *AT THE GALA* . “You’ve been awfully quiet, Devin,” Addison says with a saccharine smile and a threatening glare. “Why don’t you tell us about your team’s new project? You know the one, with the—with the thing, and the people.”Devin Jenner blinks at her.“Yeah, the people thing,” Tara says brightly joining in. “With the thing and the people! He’s been talking about that one a lot lately. Very thrilling.”Apparently sensing that Addison is trying to shift the topic of conversation away from her relationship status, Devin launches into a story about a project that Addison is 99% sure is completely made up. Addison nods along enthusiastically like she’s familiar with all the details, and she somehow manages to keep a straight face—even when Devin inserts three different acronyms into one sentence, rattling off a comical jumble of letters that Addison knows doesn’t actually stand for anything at all.Thankfully, as the sun
Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 52: a kiss and a trip . . “Addison. If I was an axe murderer, do you think I would tell you?”“Probably not,” She grumbles. He squeezes Addison’s knee again. He leans back in his chair, sighing. “I’m just picky,” Javan says quietly, looking straight ahead. “Well, maybe picky isn’t the right word. I’m… particular. I’m too intense for a lot of people. I’m big into romance and I believe in soulmates and I feel all of my feelings really strongly. It usually scares everyone away. After a while, I kind of stopped trying.”“Oh,” Addison says, blinking. That is not the answer she was expecting. “Yeah,” Javan says, laughing sadly. “It’s kind of pathetic.”“It’s not pathetic,” Addison says. “It sounds like you just haven’t found the right person yet.”“Maybe not.”“So you don’t kill people. And you’re not in the witness protection program. You’re just… cheesy? You tell people you love them three days after you’ve started dating? That’s it?”“I th
Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 53: boyfriend kiss goodnight . . Javan leans in one more time and kisses her again, his fingertips tracing across Addison’s back. Addison tilts her head back a little, lips soft and open against Javan’s mouth. The ballad is ending now, quickly transitioning to something more upbeat, and the people who had only come out for the slow songs start to trickle off the dance floor.Neither one of them make any move to leave. They’re too busy kissing.“We’re making a scene,” Javan says after a moment, pulling away and brushing quickly across Addison’s bottom lip with her thumb. Addison blinks up at him in a daze. “Probably,” Addison agrees after a moment, letting out a shaky breath and taking a small step backwards. “Do you wanna go sit?”“Sure,” Javan says softly.So they head back to their table, and for the rest of the night, they just sit there and talk, both of them nursing one final drink. In previous years, Addison has always spent this p
Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 54: why you gotta be so cruel .“Argh! I’m so fucking tired and hungry at the same time.” Tara complained as she stepped into her apartment. “I feel like eating a full house.” She paused turning around to face them. “Is that normal?.” Devin snorted. “I hope not cause we won’t have a place to sleep if that happens.” He jokes around teaching out to Tara’s back to remove her coat for her hanging it on the coat rack. “But I need to eat something, my stomach feels so empty.”“Probably from all the drinks you consumed.” Devin replied giving her a side eye. “I did tell you to stop drinking but it felt like you were deaf at the party.” “I didn’t hear you.” Tara immediately rushed to defend herself as her boyfriend hummed in reply to her words. “No seriously, the music must have been what distracted me, come on, Addison, back me up here.” She said trying to get support from her best friend.But Addison had already moved forward past them and was st
Dating My Ex-Boyfriend’s Daddy . Chapter 55: a dear father and son relationship .Javan steps into the villa quietly as he closed the door behind him turning around. He shrugged off his coat and placed it on the rack before walking further into the large living room and he stopped.His whole family were there. His ex wife, his three daughters and his only son. His son, Joshua who was still in his suit from the company dinner party although it was now disheveled. Javan briefly wondered how Joshua got home before him and realized that maybe he must have left early. They were all watching a movie together on the home theater as his younger kids were snuggled up in their pajamas.A grin stretched across his face as he walked towards them. “What are we watching?.”“You!.” Mia snorted out in reply as her older sister hit her while the other rolled her eyes in response. “What do you mean?.” He asked as he walked to the back of the couch in which they were leaning on and looked directly