Chapter 44Aliyah POVLiam has been extremely nice to me the last few days, and I have been enjoying every bit of it. I needed the attention, and I liked the fact that he gave it to me. I couldn't help but notice the sadness in his eyes when he saw Jeff here, but that didn't concern me, anyway.It was finally Monday, and since I was feeling much better today, I was going to resume work. "Good morning, Mommy. Did you sleep well?" Nancy asked me as I descended the staircase."Good morning, baby. Yes, I did. What about you, did you sleep well?" I asked as I squatted in front of her, stroking her hair and smiling at her."Hmm. How is your health now? Are you better?" She asked me, and I nodded my head, hugging her."Yes, baby. I'm much better now," I stood up when Liam walked into the living room, fully dressed. He was ready to take her to the school."Good morning, ma'am. Did you sleep well?" He asked me, and I nodded my head."Hmm. Thank you. I will head to work now," and with that, I
Chapter 45The kiss was so intense that Aliyah couldn't think straight. All she wanted to do at the moment was to satisfy her desire. She was desperately in love with this man, and she knew he felt the same way for him, so why should she still hold back because of her insecurities? She asked herself, but unable to provide an answer to that question, she knew that there was no reason to hold back anymore. "I love you too, Jeff," those were the words he has been dying to hear, and hearing that made him stop kissing her abruptly. He pulled away from her, and raised his eyebrows."What did you say?" He asked to be sure he wasn't hallucinating, but she rolled her eyes and scoffed."I said I love you too," His heart jumped in joy and his mouth dropped open in shock. "You do? You really do? You are giving us a chance?" He asked excitedly, cupping her cheeks in his palms, and she nodded her head, a smile lingering on her face."You are going to accept me as your man?" He further asked again
Chapter 46Liam POV"Are you kidding me? You are going to keep staying there even if there is no hope of any positive outcome? Your company is here, man," Jake, my best friend and the manager of my company now said to me over the phone, and although I wasn't there with him, I knew he was already pissed at me for being like this. I haven't told you much about myself, and what I do. Of course, I'm not just a man wandering around hopelessly without a life for myself. I'm the CEO of one of the top successful companies in the country. Hall Of Fame and Romance is ranking the top five in three countries respectively as the most successful movie industry that also deals in the adaptation of books into movies.After I decide to come over here and win the heart of my ex-wife and my baby back, my best friend, Jake had been the one taking care of the company since he was the only one I trusted in the whole world. "Just give me some more time, Jake. I promise to get this done with and come back r
Chapter 47Liam POV I wanted to tell her the truth, but thinking about the agreement I had with Aliyah, I couldn't breach it, so I assured her that she would meet her dad real soon. The drive home was fun, and it was already past 8pm by the time we arrived home.My heart dropped nervously when we walked into the living room and found Aliyah sitting on the couch and staring into space. From the expression on her face, I knew she was mad at me."Mommy," Nancy squeaked excitedly, running into her arms, and she smiled at the little girl."How're you doing, baby?" She asked, squatting in front of Nancy."I went out with Uncle Liam after I left school. We had fun. You should've been there," Nancy pouted her lips, and she smiled at her forcefully."Baby, why don't you head upstairs? I want to have a word with Uncle Liam," she spoke to Nancy softly, and I knew it was about to go dirty. For a moment, I wanted Nancy to stay around because it won't be easy having her lash out at me, but then, I
Chapter 48Aliyah POVI woke up earlier than usual and headed to Nancy's room to wake her up, and got her ready for school."Mommy, why are you the one getting me ready for school? Where is Uncle Liam?" She asked me as I buttoned the last button of her shirt."Uncle Liam traveled, dear. I will be the one taking care of you now," I replied to her, stroking her hair."He traveled? But we were together until evening yesterday and he didn't mention that he was going to travel," she uttered."He got a call after you went to bed, so he left very early this morning. He said he'll be back," I didn't have anything else to tell her other than that because I didn't want to hurt her feeling. To her, Liam would come back to still work as her nanny, but that will never happen.She didn't look happy about me attending to her and even dropping her off at school, but she never said a thing. After I dropped her off at school, I drove to the office. I somehow felt so refreshed now that Liam was gone, al
Chapter 49Jeffrey Cooper It has been a couple of weeks since Aliyah and I started dating, and these last few days have been the best days of my life. Having the woman I've always craved, all to myself now. You can imagine the excitement, yeah?After going on one of our numerous dates in the last few days, I came back home this evening only to find my kids both crying while Marcus was sitting right there in the living room unbothered. I was shocked when I saw them like that, so I took them to the room and came back to join him in the living room. I have been ignoring the fact that he kept pushing my kids away ever since he moved in with me even though the little girls were doing everything they could, to get close to him. I guess he didn't just like the kids. Well, that's for the reason best known to him."How could you do that to those little kids? They were only trying to play with you, and besides, they didn't do anything to deserve scolding," I tried hard to be as calm as I could
Chapter 50 Jeffrey Cooper My day at the office was boring and I couldn't help the thoughts of Marcus that wouldn't leave my head no matter how much I tried to push it away. I have been asking myself what the heck I did to him to deserve this, why he was suddenly this tough when we used to be best siblings, but the more I tried to figure out what happened, the more difficult everything seemed to be. The sound of my ringing phone pulled my attention, but I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone, so I ignored whoever the caller was. It was soon lunchtime, and as usual, I sent someone to deliver lunch to Aliyah who was now my girlfriend. I desperately wanted to see her, but I wasn't in the mood to see her like this, so it was best to stay here for now. For a moment, I thought of calling him because I was worried about him, but dismissed the thoughts immediately. What if he ignores my call? I asked myself, and knowing he might want to be spaced, I decided not to call him. "Just call him
Chapter 51 Jeffrey POV "What the hell are you doing in my house?" He sounded so serious as he managed to sit on the bed, and I scoffed. "I should've left you to sleep at that bar. You are not in your house, dude. We are inside a hotel room, and you are drunk," I rolled my eyes at him, and he groaned, rubbing his fingers on his forehead. He seemed to still be drunk or having a hangover instead. "How did I get here? What says by the time?" He asked, and I scoffed. "You should check the time yourself," I rolled my eyes at him, and he sighed. I watched as he reached out lazily to his phone that was laying on the nightstand, checking the time. It was already past 7pm. "Ugh! It's past 7pm. How did I sleep for so long?" He asked as if he had no idea he got himself drunk. "What is wrong with you, Marcus? Why the heck were you so drunk?" I scolded him, and he scoffed. "I've told you to stop talking to me like that. I'm not a child anymore..." "Then you should stop acting like one. A g