Chapter 116Two weeks laterAliyah POVI stared at my reflection in the mirror and smiled. It was finally the day I'd been waiting for these last few weeks. My wedding day. I was finally going to get married to Liam, and I didn't have any regret neither am I regretting the decision I made weeks ago. We were having a big wedding at the villa."Mommy, we should start going already. We can't keep Daddy waiting," Nancy whined, and I rolled my eyes. Does she only care about her Dad? I was soon done with everything, so I left with Nancy and the make-up artist who came to dress me up. My driver drove us to the villa in the decorated car.My heart pounded hard against my chest, my hands were sweaty as he drove us to the villa. Although I was excited about this day, I was still nervous.As if Nancy read my nervousness, she held my hand and smiled at me.The drive to the villa was brief and we were soon there. The parking lot was filled with different expensive and beautiful cars which only me
Chapter 1 Aliyah POV After working myself out writing a new book yesterday night, I slept off quite late and woke up this morning with all my body hurting like hell, but still, I knew I had to get myself up from the bed and go get my daughter ready for school. It was Monday today, and I had a lot on my plate to deal with, which was getting Nancy ready for school, dropping her off, and going to Jaxon Empire to submit the manuscript they demanded. Waking up to my five years old Nancy sleeping peacefully beside me on the bed, I couldn't help the smile that laced up my lips. Although the last few years have been rough for me, seeing Nancy has been the only therapy I needed and the only thing that has kept me moving all this time. It all started seven years ago when I just turned twenty. I met Liam during my last year of college. It was supposed to be a relationship filled with love, and we only dated for three months before we got married. I thought we were going to live t
Chapter 2 Aliyah POV The last few days have been filled with me working on the new project for Cooper's company, and avoiding Jeffrey has been really hard for me. It was Friday evening, and I was just about to get to work since I had to write overnight. "Why aren't you sleeping?" I glanced at Nancy, who was sitting on the bed after I put her to sleep minutes ago. "Nothing," She shook her head, but the look on her face showed that something was bothering her. "What did momma say about something bothering you?" I asked her after I sat on the bed and cupped her cheeks in my palms while staring into her eyes. "I should talk about it," Her tiny voice sounded through my ears, and I smiled at her "Good. Now, tell me what is wrong with you? Did you get bullied in school by your classmates?" I asked her as I patted her hair, but she shook her head. "You don't look fine. Is everything alright? Are you hungry? Do you want Mommy to make something for you to eat?" I
Chapter 3 Aliyah POV I didn't know I was ever going to meet Liam ever in my life again, or maybe not any time soon, but when I got that call from him, I felt my heart flutter at the sound of his voice. "Are you ok, mommy?" Nancy asked me when she noticed that I spaced out once again while I was doing her assignment, and I quickly nodded my head while giving her an assuring smile that I was fine, although I wasn't ok. "Yes, my baby. I'm just tired," I replied to her, and she slowly nodded her head. After I did her assignment for her, I finally put her to bed and decided to get fresh air on the balcony. I was supposed to meet with Liam tonight, according to him, but that was the last thing on my mind. I couldn't just bring myself to meet someone that abandoned me for years like there was no time his world used to revolve around me. Liam was a tough guy right from school. I hate to admit this, but it was one of the reasons I fell for him, little did I know that I
Chapter 4 Jeffrey Cooper POV Being a single dad and taking care of my kids alone had been very tiring, but at the same time fun. I mean, who would have two lovely daughters and won't be excited to take care of them? You wouldn't want to know what happened that made me end up being a single dad, but trust me, it was a horrible experience for me that left me wallowing in pain for years. "Daddy, you said you were going to transfer us from that school, right? When are you going to do that?" Emily, the oldest of twins asked me as I got them ready for school, and I sighed briefly. I have no idea why they insisted that they want to change school. "I have something to take care of, but rest assured that I will do that when I'm done, ok?" I assured her before I turned to Ella, who was busy scribbling something in her notebook. "Ugh! Ella, I told you to stop doing that. You are going to get your notebook messed up later," I said to her as I gently took the book from her.
Chapter 5 Jeffrey Cooper I tossed on the bed for the umpteenth time as I tried to gather what happened together, but everything was so confusing. Who the fuck was that guy? Why was she crying when I asked her who he was? Is she ok now? Those were the questions I just couldn't stop asking myself as I finally sat up on the bed, running my fingers through my hair frustratingly. I had no idea how I suddenly became so addicted to her that I get worried about her. She was the first woman I've felt this way for in some years now. I took a deep breath before I stepped out of my room, heading downstairs to the kitchen where I took a bottle of water and gulped down everything. I checked the time before I left the kitchen, and turned out that it was already past midnight. Wow! So I have just been here for the past hours and didn't even sleep? I walked back into my room where I lay on the bed and pulled the duvet to cover myself, finally drifting into sleep. Just when I close
Chapter 6 Aliyah POV "Uncle Jeff is asking me to work in his company. What do you think about it?" I asked Nancy as I drove her home from school at around 3pm. I know you would think that I must be crazy, but I was waiting to hear what my baby has to say about it, which was why I told them that I was going to think about it. She is just a little girl, why would you need her opinion on things like this? What does she know? I know you would ask yourself that, but this same little girl is the only family I have. She has been the one by my side, and trust me, I would always seek her advice in everything I do "Are you going to work as an editor?" She asked me as she looked at me with curiosity written all over. "Not really. According to him, he needs my service to lecture some of the writers in the company to be good at what they do. I think it's going to be in the form of an academy that will be hosted mostly on the website," I explained to her, and she sighed briefly.
Chapter 7 Jeffrey Cooper After spending almost the whole night checking out the books the head of the editorial team forwarded to me for paid social media ads, I was finally able to select a few that would be put up for paid promotion on social media, of which Aliyah was one of the authors. She has been working hard, and trust me when I say her works are good, they really are very good, and just in three months she signed her recent book, she already hit two million views and made not less than seven thousand dollars with just royalties. I love her hard-working spirit. Everything about her is so perfect. When I checked the time and realized that it was already 5am, I knew going to bed was as good as allowing my kids to go late to school, and going late to the office too, so I stood up from bed and left for the kitchen. I took my time to clean the house, and once I was done, I started making breakfast for my kids. By the time I was done making breakfast, I left to wake