Nine

Nita’s P.O.V 

“Home has never been too far, darling. The house awaits its owner.”

Her hand hovered over the keyboard as a slow smirk took over her lips. If it were the former Nita, she might have been scared. But instead, she clicked away on her screen, locating the sender’s address. 

It didn’t take long before she got it. Tasks like that were for beginners, which she wasn’t. The I.P address blinked on her system, and soon she was able to track the name of the owner. 

Her hand balled into a fist as her gaze slid over to the little boy sleeping on the bed. 

How did he find out? And now he was sending her a message. It seemed she was more open to the public than she thought. 

She deleted the message, making sure it was also cleared out of her trash bin. She wasn’t leaving any opportunity to go retrieve it, and started nursing false hope. 

That was the last thing she needed 

Then she proceeded to block his address from sending her any more messages. Her heart would only linger on things she saw, not things she didn’t see. 

After making sure that it had been well taken care of, she closed her laptop, losing interest in finding out about Nicro Industries' theft. Tomorrow was another day. 

She pulled the duvet over Nate and walked into the shower to get a cold bath. 

The water ran down her spine as she let her hand move slowly over her body. Ever since she left Nick five years ago, she hadn’t been with any man. Even when her friends and colleagues had encouraged her, she had insisted that she didn’t need a man in her life. But sometimes she felt like having someone else to talk to apart from Nate. 

Yes, Nate was her world. 

But there was nothing wrong with having another adult point of view in a life discussion. It could get lonely making all the decisions.

She got out of the shower and wrapped the towel over her head. Nate was still fast asleep on this side of the bed. Her feet carried her to the bed, where she picked up her phone and called Mia. 

It might be late, but Mia had always been a night owl. She preferred working at night to working during the day. She claimed she was more productive during the night.

The phone beeped slowly, before she heard a voice at the other end of the line. “Hello…” Mia dragged her voice. 

Nita rolled her eyes at the exaggeration. “Really, Mia.”

“What now?” Mia’s voice sounded clear for someone who was sleeping a second ago. 

Nita popped up on the bed, her hand hovering over the sleeping form of Nate. “Did you really have to tell Nate that his father was in the state?”

A loud sigh sounded at the other end of the phone. “Come on, Nita. The boy keeps asking about his father. I only gave him a little hope. I didn’t tell him who his father was.”

“You might as well have told him.” Came her sharp response. She knew her stand when it came to things that Nate were privilege to know, yet she still went ahead to tell him about his father’s location. 

“I’m sorry, Nita. But this boy needs a father figure in his life. If you don’t plan on getting back with his father, maybe you can link up with new guys.”

Nita sighed. “How many times do I have to tell you, Mia, I’m not interested in guys?”

“Come on, Nita! Whatever happened, it has been five years. You need to move on with your life. There are a lot of men out there, and not everyone is like your ex-husband.”

She knew that. Not everyone was like Nick, but she couldn’t just find herself falling for another guy. 

When her silence persisted, Mia continued. “If you don’t like the guys in Adonis, thankfully, you’re back at the state. The state is large, and there are millions of guys out there, just pick one and make him yours.”

For a moment, laughter escaped Nita. Men weren’t goods that she could just pick from. But Mia had never been the type to back off from nagging her to do things. “Fine. I’ll give it a thought.”

“Really!” she sounded surprised. “Did something happen over there?”

Nita rubbed her hair in her hand. “Why? You wanted me to act on something, and I finally promised to, so why are you asking if something happened?”

Flashes of Nick in front of her car came, but she shook her head. Nick was the last guy she should be thinking of. 

“I’m sorry. It’s just that this is the first time you’re accepting of giving it a thought. So, I thought something must have happened.”

Her hair felt sticky in her hand. “Well, it’s been five years. I should finally give it a thought.”

“Thank God, you’re finally seeing reasons with me.” She said. Then she asked. “How’s it going with Nicro Industries?”

Regardless of the close relationship she had with Mia, she was still her boss. And whenever it came to the issue of work, they didn’t let personal feelings into it. 

“I think I will have to work on it more than I expected.”

“Great.” She replied. “If you had just resolved it as soon as you came, people would suspect you’re a cyborg. This is the best way to hide your identity.”

Her eyes moved to Nate again. “Yeah, I think it’s best. I just don’t want to resolve the leakage. I want the thief caught, so there wouldn’t be a repetition when I am gone.”

“That’s better, Nita.”

“Goodnight, Mia.”

Nita removed the phone from her ears, ready to press the red button when she heard Mia’s voice again. “Wait, Nita.” She placed the phone back in her ears. “Jeremy is also coming to the state.”

A frown etched on Nita’s face. Jeremy was a colleague at work who occasionally worked as her personal assistant. And right now, she didn’t think she needed a personal assistant for the job she was handling.

“Why?’

Mia coughed. “I have no idea, but I gave him information on where you’re staying. I guess he’s coming to help.”

Just the help she needed. But then she nodded. “Fine. Just the kind of problem I needed.”

Mia knew what she was doing. She had always secretly rooted for her and Jeremy.