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So Leo Cooper had met my son. It was funny how he wouldn't have ever thought Nathan was the son of his ex-girlfriend.
“I hope Nathan didn't disturb you with ice cream.”“Yeah, he did, but that was before Mr. Cooper took him to the playground. I didn't let him have it, though, it was cold.” He answered.“Thanks a lot. I don't think Mr. Cooper bought one for him either, he told me he ate a sundae or so…"“Yeah, he did.” Henry agreed.“I'm afraid his sweet tooth is increasing every day.” I sighed.“You don't have a sweet tooth, do you?” He asked.“Nah…”“Then it might be his father…”“Yeah.” I breathed.Nathan's father, yeah, he might have a sweet tooth. I hoped to receive some favorable news from the bartender soon.“I'll be going to see my parents this weekend,” Henry informed me, his eyes taking in every movement I make with my hands.“Oh, that's great,” I muttered.“Related chapters
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LaylaThere were two secrets I could use against Ethan. One; his businesses, and two; his love affairs. He wasn't a saint, after all, going to the extremes to get what he wanted without caring about the other party. Just like he did to me. He had once gone into business with William Gould but suddenly, out of nowhere, the business fell through and William Gould had to suffer the loss. The conclusion I could come to with the information I had in my hands was that the failure of the business had all been orchestrated from the outset and Ethan was behind it. I thought I could use my influence and William Gould's cooperation to gain leverage over him. I knew I had to see William Gould one of these days. About his love affairs, the investigative officer could not gather as much as I would have wanted, but he gave me an inkling of one of Ethan's illicit relationships. There were pictures, but they only revealed the back and side views. He was going to have to press on and capture the w
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As I switched off the lights, my door creaked open. A small silhouette stood at the entrance, it was Nathan. I switched on the lights.“What is wrong? Can't you sleep, my love?” I wondered what was the matter with him. He was rubbing his eyes as he came over to my bed.“Mummy, I want to sleep here.” He crawled on the bed.“All right dear.” I cuddled him close to me.“Are you feeling scared?” I asked with concern as I stared at my lovely boy.“I want to stay here with you.” He said, nuzzling against my chest.“All right. Since I've read you a bedtime story earlier, I will sing you a lullaby.”“Okay…"‘Rockabye baby on the tree topWhen the wind blows, the cradle will rock.If the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.Then down tumbles baby, cradle and all…’After a while, I could only hear the soft pattering of hail on the roof. Everything else was quiet. Nathan's steady breath warmed my chest, I thought he had already fallen asleep until his baby voice startled me out of my doze.“Mummy
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LaylaI enrolled Nathan in school on the following Monday. I had thought he wouldn't want me to leave him, but I was proven wrong when he excitedly bid me goodbye after I revisited him in his class upon leaving the Principal's office. Afterward, I drove down to Beverly Hills to see Georgina.Her home was not the way I remembered it, in fact. She was no longer the way I remembered her; when she opened the door, her hair was unkempt, her clothes were soiled, and she looked like a complete disaster. I didn't know it had gotten that far, from being sophisticated and presentable to being frozen in time and miserable. Thank God, Sofia wasn't living with her. In the lobby, I could see the paw of Elsa molded in clay. I guessed it was a reminder of the furry creature. Sofia told me she passed away due to cancer about two years ago. The entire living room was disrupted and everything was not in place, even up to the painting on the wall, which was dangling crookedly.“A minute.” She said drow
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Pulling over, I saw Henry waving at us through the windshield. He was holding brown bags. Nathan hastily hopped out to meet him.“Are you not freezing out here? How long have you been here?” I walked towards him. He was smiling so broadly as snow covered his entire trench coat.“I thought we could have lunch together to celebrate Nathan's first day at school.” He smiled.“Yayyyyy!” Nathan cheered, trying to collect one of the brown bags.“It's quite heavy,” Henry informed him.“I can hold it.” He insisted, and Henry gave one to him. He clutched his to his chest, his eyes beaming with joy.“Let's go in. Come on,” I urged.With chicken burrito and rice and beans, Chicken Caesar pasta salad for appetizer, and S'mores for dessert, it was a feast. Nathan was so happy we prepared so much food just for him and yeah, he wouldn't sit still at the dining table.“You love it?” I asked him.“Yes!” He chirped and munched on his chicken to his heart's content.“It's all thanks to Uncle Henry, all r
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“I'm so full,” I chuckled. “I guess I won't be having dinner,” I said.“Yeah, me too.”“You treated us to a feast.”He laughed.“Thank you.” I sipped from my cup.“Can I have a reward then?” His eyes beamed. What reward was he talking about?“Can I sleep over tonight?” He asked coolly. It took me a while to respond, but I did.“Sure.”Out of indebtedness, I felt it wasn't much of a reward, it was more of a compensation for stretching him to do things for us. He was pleased, nevertheless. We watched TV for a while, and I didn't know when I dozed off on the sofa. However, the next morning, I found myself in my bed. Instincts told me Henry had carried me in his arms and laid me on my bed. It felt absurd, but thankfully, I couldn't remember any of it. I switched off the alarm and ambled out of the room, to the nursery. But my dear son was not in his bed at six a.m.“I will have one too.” His mirthful voice was coming from the kitchen.“Oh, mummy has caught us.” Henry was smiling at me.
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Layla“I bumped into Chloe…" Hannah was saying when Sofia returned from seeing Eugene off. She slumped on the sofa close to me.“Where?” Though the mention of both Ethan and Chloe irked me, I never stopped being so curious about them. I was still awaiting news from Mr. Varny but during the weekend I planned to fly to NY to meet both Amanda and William Gould, whom I had booked an appointment with a few days back, using Laynat.“At a mall. I think she's pregnant.” Hannah didn't hesitate to say, and it came as a surprise to me. I thought it should, that was precisely how you should feel when you heard that your ex-best friend was carrying the child of your ex-husband. I felt a mixed tinge of bitterness and jealousy within me.“There was a feeling,” she added.“Good for her,” I muttered.“But I doubt Ethan's the father…" This statement came as some sort of shock and succor to me. I didn't like the fact that Chloe might be carrying the baby I didn't have with Ethan during my years of endur
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Layla“We need to talk, Layla…” Henry said on the morning of my meeting with Amanda Donaldson. My heart leaped in its cage. Though he was on the phone and was not present with me, I was still reluctant to speak with him.After Nathan had dragged him to the nursery two days ago, we hadn't talked or said much about what had happened between us. In fact, I wished he would just let it go, but apparently, he didn't have that in mind.“Can we meet? Should I come over?”“No, no…we can meet outside…somewhere else. I'm actually on my way to meet with Amanda, so today is unlikely,” I responded.“Yeah, sorry, I almost forgot…”“Yeah.” I breathed.“Which day works for you?”I thought for a moment, I didn't want to talk to him, but it couldn't be evaded.“How about Saturday?” I finally said.“Cool,” he replied.“Yeah.”“Have a nice trip then.”“Thanks.” I hung up. I sighed. Things didn't have to come to this, did they? I was so bothered, I had misplaced my constraint, and now I was suffering bec
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“A minute.” I thought I should say hi to her.“Sure,” Kimberly said with eyes not unfixed to the painting. I crossed the room.“Mr. Cooper?” Amanda saw me before I could even reach her.“How are you doing? I was over there, and I didn't expect to see you here.” I shook hands with her with a warm smile on my face.“Oh, my…I came here with a friend. She left just a while ago.” She smiled.“That's great.”“This is Jackson…another friend.” She introduced the hefty man to me.“Jackson. I'm Leo.” And then we exchanged pleasantries before Kimberly walked up to the stage to make an announcement.“For every purchase made in the gallery, there is a thirty percent discount!”The crowd cheered.“... I'm sure everyone wants to buy something now.” She smiled just as Celine appeared.“You have a call, sir.” She informed.“Who's it?” I asked, moving close to her.“It's from President Xi.” She responded.“Hold on. I'll return the call. Let me see Kimberly. We are leaving.” I said and made my way towa
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