Diamond’s POV Agatha’s face had turned bright red. She looked like any moment from now she could explode. Ignoring Lennox’s call, I turned off the phone and placed it back into my pocket as Agatha’s eyes followed my every move.What a perfect time for Lennox to call.Just a few more minutes and I would have been done with this conversation.I sighed and I shook my head.I looked back at her as she stared at the space the phone had been in, fuming.Slowly she looked up at me. Her eyes said things that couldn’t be passed across with words.I opened my mouth to speak but she cut me off.“How dare you Diamond?”, the disgust was evident in her tone.For some reason, the thought that passed through my mind was ‘now you know how it feels’, even though I wasn’t having an affair with Lennox.She continued speaking, raising her voice.“Are you trying to snatch my husband away from me?”I raised a brow as though I hadn’t heard right.“You want to take Lennox away from his family”
Karl’s POVThe chef was running late.I had hired a Michelin chef from Italy just for my date with Diamond.I knew she liked Italian food so why not get it directly from the source.I was probably going a bit overboard, but come on, it’s Diamond and she deserves the best.I couldn’t wait to salvage the look on her face when she sees all that I had planned for her.Out of excitement I had forgotten to check the accountability of the chef. Apparently it’s not just about being a good chef, punctuality mattered too. I was new to all these. Donald was always the one setting up, making arrangements and calling who need to be called while I made the calls.I continued dialing his number and on the third ring he picked.“Where the he…”, I cleared my throat reminding myself that I had to be composed.“Where are you?”“I’m on my way, my team and I just ran into a little traffic.”I wasn’t concerned about what delayed him I just wanted to know his exact location.“Where exactly are y
Diamond’s POV“Hayden come on let’s go.”The boys were excited for their second day in school. They had woken up early and gotten dressed up on their own. Hayden forgot his special pencil in their room so he went back to get it.“I’ve got it Mummy, I’m coming now,” he yelled from inside the house.As pumped up and excited as the boys were I couldn’t help feeling exhausted about the things I was required to do. Karl was out of town now, so I would have to get off work early to pick the kids and take them home, and take them to school every morning before heading out to work again. I really felt Karl’s impact in my life and the kids too. He had been of so much help these past years and I didn’t know how I would have coped without him. I truly did appreciate Karl’s presence in my life. Hayden finally came down and we all entered the car as I drove them to school.“Mummy where did Uncle Karl go to?”, they all said at the same time and I laughed.“You really miss him huh?”“Yes Mummy w
Diamond’s POV The rest of the ride was rather entertaining as we listened to the children bickering. There had been an awkward silence after Hayden mentioned Karl being Lennox’s brother. But of course silence never last when the children are involved.Natalia asked Lennox if he had a brother and Lennox affirmed saying she would eventually meet him.The kids continued speaking normally after that as Natalia gave them information on their school.We got to the school and Lennox pulled over.I gave the boys one last pep talk and of course Natalia was there too while Lennox stood beside the car watching us. “Okay boys and girl,” I looked at Natalia and she giggled.“Like I said before behave yourselves in school. And most importantly no fighting!!”They all nodded their heads and ran off into the school.Lennox and I watched them go before we turned and got into the car to leave.The ride to the hospital was a silent one. I just stared out the window while Lennox drove.But i
Diamond’s POVI stared at the text with mixed feelings. I didn’t know what to make of it. The text was a reiteration of what Karl had told me a week ago. My mother was inviting me to dinner at their place. Karl and I still hadn’t made a decision. But then, it was easier because there was no pressure. Now Karl is gone and my mother made her request over a text which I had already opened. Clearly I couldn’t ignore her.I read her text over and over again.She had added a cute heart emoji and (hopefully it wasn’t just all in my head) she sounded genuine, like she actually cared and wanted to rebuild our relationship. I didn’t know how I was able to get all that from the text but that was the feeling I had as I kept on reading it.I was tempted to accept her request, besides it could even happen before Karl got back. I couldn’t shut my mother out or any member of my family at that. After all we were blood and it does say that blood is thicker than water. Thinking about it further onl
Chapter 44Karl’s POV It was hard being away from Diamond and the kids of course.I couldn’t stop thinking about them even throughout the ride to Texas.When I arrived Donald was already waiting for me. He held up a sign with my name on it.I grumbled as I walked towards him.“What is this Donald?”I pointed at the stupid sign he was holding, my voice stern.I was already pissed that I couldn’t salvage the moment Diamond and I shared that evening.“A..a sign? For identification?”He stammered. I nodded my head and walked passed him, towards the car. I took the keys from him and drove us straight to the company.For the next hours, I sat in my office as Donald filled me in on the details of the contract, all that had been done in my absence and the paper work I needed to fill.After our brief meeting, I went on the fill the paperwork and reply emails too.I also had to send a draft of emails to Donald to forward to our business partners.By the end of the day, I was ex
Diamond’s POV“Mommy can we have pizza for lunch in school?”I dropped the vegetable dressing fork I was holding and picked up Hayden. I set him on the kitchen counter and cupped his face.“You boys need to eat healthy okay. I’ll tell you what, sometime this week maybe we can have an ice cream sundae, what do you say?”“Yayy!!”, he jumped down from the counter and ran into their room to tell his brothers.“Take it easy, Hayden. And you boys should get dressed okay, I’ll take a look at your backpack when I’m done.”I was really busy now. Even before Karl, at least I had Rebecca and Aaron before he died. But now it was just me. I had to wake early, cook their lunch and get them ready for school while I prepared for a day at the hospital too. And of course after that I would pick them too. Thankfully, there had been no course to stay extra hours at the hospital recently. I thought about contacting Karl’s friend who helped us watch after the kids when we had dinner together but I
Lennox’s POV Natalia couldn’t stop talking about her play date with Diamond’s kids throughout the ride home.It warmed my heart seeing her so excited, something she hadn’t experienced in a long time.“You’re really excited, aren’t you?”“Yes daddy. We’re going to have so much fun at Aunt Diamond’s house,” she continued beaming.Seeing her interact so freely with Diamond was something I never expected. And when she hugged her legs earlier my heart felt some kind of warmth. I could comprehend what it was.We arrived at the house and Natalia immediately got out of the car yelling Mommy. She couldn’t wait to tell Agatha.I closely followed her behind to prevent her from hurting herself due to all the running.Agatha was in the kitchen preparing dinner when we entered the house. Natalia immediately ran to her and hugged her from behind.“Mommy, I’ve been invited to a play date at my friend’s house.”I smiled as I equally anticipated Agatha’s response. But Agatha ignored what s