“The food was so nice and your brothers are so nice. I really enjoyed my time with them.” Reyna smiled sheepishly as they both drove back home.“Yeah, spade is a player, don’t let his looks deceive you. He’s not a one man girl.” Niko said to her.“But he’s so cute!” Reyna said again.“And Layla's father, I don’t want to imagine how beautiful his wife would be for them to produce such a pretty baby. Have you seen her smile?” She spoke out again, her voice getting a little higher.“I met her before you so of course I’ve seen her smile. And yes, her mother is so beautiful, but not as pretty as you.” He said.Reyna opened her mouth to talk when his words sank into her ears. Her neck to her face turned a shade of pink, glancing at him from the corner of her eyes as she relaxed in her seat.“Don’t you know you’re pretty?” Niko asked again.“Of course I know!” Reyna yelled playfully.“So why did you keep quiet? I was starting to enjoy the way your voice sounds in my ear.”Reyna smiled sheepi

“Morning.“ Reyna replied before walking back to her bed and seating on it. The door was left wide open as Niko came in with the food tray, placing it on the bed as a sense of deja vu hit him.“Thank you.“ Reyna murmured.“It’s for the both of us.” Niko said to her as she glanced up to meet his eyes.No wonder the tray looked like a mountain of food. At first she was wondering if she could finish this, or if it was all for her but she had finally thought that he was making her dish it out herself.“Ohh. Okay.” Reyna replied before picking up a toast and started eating it.Silence ensued between them, the only thing that could be heard was the chewing and picking up of things from the tray. Reyna's eyes were on her phone as she kept on eating while Niko just continued to stare at her. All his mind was on yesterday, the sex and how she continued to eat and laugh like nothing happened. Were not going to talk about it?He opened his mouth to talk but shit it back when she looked up and gla

Reyna dropped on the sofa with her chest going up and down. Niko closed the door, swinging the keys in his hand as he walked to the sitting room only to find her seated like that.“Are you that tired?” He asked with a scrunched face.“Do you know the places I ran today? Larissa would always get us into trouble.” She replied, still panting.She had to call him to get her from school after turning Dylan’s offer down. He had received a call and said he needed to leave immediately, but offered to drop her home. She had declined, not wanting him to get to wherever he was going because it had sounded pretty urgent.“Alright, call me when you get home.” He had said before finally leaving her alone and rushing away.She didn’t want to go through the stress of finding a cab or having to walk another meter to the school gate and had called Niko to come and get her.“Alright. Should I shower for you and get you new clothes?” Niko asked, making her seat up immediately with widened eyes.“What!”

Reyna staggered into the house, her heart wrenching in pain as she walked into her room and slammed the door close. Her words the woman had said to her kept ringing in her brains, and made her feel dirty. Was she begging? She didn’t ask for this, she didn’t know her son, he had come to her not the other way round and for some reason, they made it seem like she had done it.“Name your price.” She recalled her saying.And it was at that moment that the last straw keeping her from crying broke into two. Picking her bag from the floor, she had picked to her heels, the mocking smile of the old lady resounding in her ears.She shook the thought off her head, peeling her clothes off her body one after the other and walking to the bathroom. She took her time, allowing the warm water to cool off the heat from her body. Standing underneath the shower, her hand moved to her hair, her hand scrubbing her scalp as the words continued to ring in her head.Turning off the shower angrily, she took he

Reyna woke up early the next day, leaving home earlier before Niko even woke up to start cooking. He had just finished cooking and expected her to be down there, waiting a few minutes again before deciding to check up on her. He knocked, and knocked without reply before opening the door to meet a beautifully arranged bed and an empty room. Raising his brows and dropping them again, he walked out to his room, a sigh escaping his lips as he prepared for work.No one needed to tell him why she had left home so early, she would want to avoid the eyes of her classmates from the previous embarrassment which made him annoyed. He picked up his phone, dialing Lucas' number as he dropped it on his dressing table, laying his suit out.“Hey..”“Are you coming to the office today?” Lucas questioned immediately.“Yes and I want you to get in contact with my brother, has he submitted anything?” He asked.“Yeah. He submitted their investors and the project I asked him to work on.” Lucas replied.“Tel