Stalked her

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.

    "Daddy, when are we going to see Aunty Aliyah? You promised to take us there, remember?" Ella pouted her lips, and I sighed briefly.

    "I'll do that soon," I assured her even though I had no intention of going there anytime soon. I mean, she told me clearly to stay away from her, and even though it was difficult to do, I knew I really had to give her the privacy she demanded.

    "Come on, let's go already before you run late," I held their hands and led them out of the room, driving them to school afterward.

    As the thought of Aliyah crossed my mind, I sighed briefly and tightened my grip around the steering wheel. In recent years, I've never fallen so deeply in love with any woman, I have never been so attached to any woman like I am to her now, and, sadly, she didn't even want to give me a chance. Maybe she must've been through shit in the past, which I understood very well, but fuck it! I think I'm going to lose my mind later if she kept being like this.

    After I dropped the kids off at school, I left immediately, intending to go to the office, but I turned the car halfway after I changed my mind and decided to go see Aliyah. It's not like I wanted to see her, but what was I supposed to do when I missed her so much and wanted to see her beautiful face? I guess I've fallen so deeply in love with her that I couldn't even do without seeing her face.

    Since I was close to her street, I turn my car and headed to her house, but just then, I saw her drive out of the compound.

    "Where is she going to?" I mumbled, knowing that she must've dropped her daughter off at school already since she always does that like very early in the morning.

    I wanted to turn the car and go back to the office, but because I wanted to see her desperately, I decided to follow her. Yes, I know this idea was very foolish, but I really wanted to see her so much.

    Following her until she got to a bridge, I knotted my eyebrows together when I saw her step out of the car.

    "What is she doing? Is she trying to commit suicide?" That was the first thing that crossed my mind as I saw her heading toward the bridge elegantly. Fear gripped me, my eyes widened in shock as I pushed the door open and stepped out of the car. I watched as she walked over to the rail and leaned over it, and at that time, my heart dropped. What the hell was she trying to do? She is trying to commit suicide and leave her daughter all alone? Who the fuck does that?

    "What are..." I was saying, but my voice suddenly trailed off when I saw a young man walk up to her.

    "Huh? Who is that?" I asked myself, but could not produce any answer, so I just watched them.

    "What do you want from me, Liam?" I heard her ask the man, her voice laced with pain and anger.

    "Why did you choose for us to meet here of all places?" The man asked as he looked around, but I'm glad I hid well behind the pole and he couldn't get a glimpse of me.

    "Just go straight to the point and stop asking questions, Liam. What do you want from me?" Her voice was a bit hard this time. Although I couldn't see her face since she was standing with her back facing me, but I could tell her expression from the sound of her voice.

    "I'm sorry about everything, Aliyah... I'm sorry... Please forgive me," The Liam guy said as he slowly went on his knees, and I pulled a puzzled look, wondering who he is, and why he was pleading with her.

    "You are sorry? For what exactly?" She scoffed as she looked down at him.

    "For everything... I know I don't deserve your forgiveness... I don't deserve to show my face to you, but can you please give me a chance to..."

    "I only came here to say one thing to you, and not to listen to you say those trash to me, Liam. Stay the hell away from me. I don't ever want to see you again, so stop showing your face to me. And you know what? I hate you so much that I want you to rot in the pit of hell," She snapped at him angrily before she turned to leave, but the man stood up and grabbed her hand, and I fumed in anger, and that was all it took me to come out of my hiding place. How dare he touch her?

    "Let go of me, Liam," She tried to yank his hand off, but he held her tight that she was starting to feel pain.

    "Can you please listen to me, Aliyah... Please just listen to me," He pleaded with her as he kept dragging her, and I finally came out of my hiding place.

    "Let go of her, now!" I interrupted them as I walked over to them, and they both looked at me.

    "Jeff?" She raised her eyebrows as her eyes slowly widened in shock.

    "You won't want me to repeat myself, young man. Let go of her this minute!" I yell at him angrily, trying everything I could to hold back from pouncing on him.

    "And who the hell are you?" He scoffed as he finally let go of her arm, and I pulled her behind me.

    "You should leave now if you don't want me to call the cops on you. You wouldn't want to be charged and jailed for physically assaulting a woman, right?" I tried to be as nice as I could, but she only scoffed and tucked his hands inside his pockets.

    "Who is he, Aliyah?" He turned to ask Aliyah who was now standing beside me.

    "Let's leave, Jeff," She said instead before she held my hand and dragged me away.

   She stopped once we were out of his sight.

    "Why are you following me?" She snapped at me as soon as we were alone, and I almost scoffed. I just saved her. Is that all she's going to say to me?

    "Aliyah..."

    "Don't do this again next time if you don't want me to call the cops on you, Jeffrey. We are not friends, but just business partners, and you have no right to stalk me. Don't push me," She said to me sternly. The look on her face showed that she was doing her best not to burst into tears.

    "Who is he, that guy? Liam, right?" I asked her curiously, and it was as if my question ignited whatever emotion she was holding back, as she burst into tears...