Harley's POVKayla's suggestion echoes loudly in my ears, making me realize what she is demanding of me. Come live here? With her or with Antonio and Alexis? That is impossible!Antonio hates me, we can't stay under the same roof.I gawk at her in disbelief, wondering why she is bringing this suggestion knowing full well what her son thinks of me. He hates me. But the feeling is mutual. It's just so sad that his mother and daughter are the total opposite of him, they are accommodating and sweet."That way, you won't have to rush out every morning just to come here. Also, I will be traveling tomorrow morning and I want you to be available to take care of Alexis even at night. She dislikes Ann so much and she doesn't want her to bathe her. I can't remember the numbers of quarrels I had to settle between them", she laughs. "Alexis behaves like an adult.""Your son doesn't like me", I remind her. This is the major problem. Coming to live here will be convenient but Antonio is the proble
Harley's POVJust when I am about to give up waiting for Chelsea who told me an hour ago that she was on her way here, the door to the coffee shop opens and she rushes in. She glances around looking for me until she spots me beside the window.There is a frown on my face as she approaches. I am pissed that she kept me waiting for an hour after telling me to come and wait for her here at the coffee shop which is close to the company where she works. She is dressed in a brown pencil skirt, a white blouse, and black stiletto heels."I'm so sorry I kept you waiting", she flashes me an apologetic smile before sitting in front of me."Your office is just a few distances away from here, what kept you so long?" My frown deepens."I'm sorry", she places her hand on mine on the table.I lean backward and fold my arms around my bosom. She flashes me a grin, drops her bag on the table, and leans back too. "So what's up?"After leaving work, I called Chelsea to tell her that we needed to meet. I w
Antonio's POVI groan as I flutter my eyes open, moving my hands towards the alarm clock.My head is banging and I feel like I haven't had enough sleep. I came back late last night because I went over to Brandon's house. We spoke about Xavier till it was late and I left. I guess the alcohol I took in his house is also the reason for my banging headache.Heaving a deep sigh, I sit upright and grab my phone, holding my head in one hand.My head aches a lot.I need to take a hot bath, maybe I will be relieved a bit. Besides, I need to go to work already.I sit up and walk slowly to the bathroom door, wishing I can just stay here for today without going to work. But I need to go to work, I have a lot to sort out today. I push the bathroom door open and enter. When I came back from Brandon's place last night, I was extremely tired and worried about the information I got. Brandon had also employed the services of a private investigator which he invited over to the house.The information
Harley's POVI watch his face turn pale all of a sudden, with a mixture of surprise and panic.I gave all his mother said some thoughts and decided to give this a try. Besides, I will be the one to benefit from all of these. I need the money, grandma needs it too to survive. All I need to do is make sure I do my very best so his mother can pay me as promised.I don't care whether he let me do my job or not, I will do what I can and leave the rest. But about making sure that he is fine whenever he needs his inhaler, I will do that wholeheartedly, not because of the money but because of Alexis, his mother, and for humanity.I will no longer go ahead with my plan to deal with him for suffering me and refusing to give me a job when I deserved it. He deserves whatever punishment I accord to him but I won't do that.Whatever good I do to him is because of his mother and this pretty daughter of his, watching me and shifting her gaze to her father at intervals.I want to shape her to become a
Harley's POVAlexis rushes to me and I embrace her as she sobs in my arms. I am on the verge of crying too because of how tightly she is holding me.I haven't spent many days with her but I am already attached to her the same way she is with me and it moved me to tears.It reminds me of my past. What it takes to be alone without a mother or a father. Alexis has no mother but she has a father.I had nothing since I was little. I had no mother and no father, I was left alone with my grandmother who means so much to me now. She is my father and mother, she tries so much to play these two roles well enough despite her ill health and I love her for being strong for me.Jim tried to play that role too but he failed in the end, making me realize there is nothing like family.Love from your family is unconditional. If a stranger loves you, it can be either temporary or permanent. I would never have believed that Jim would leave me."It's ok, baby. We are late for school, let's get going", I
Antonio's POVThe door opens again the moment Amelia goes out and my mother comes in, looking gorgeous in her single-piece maroon dress with long sleeves and a black designer handbag.Amelia and I just had a brief conversation about the Australia deal without talking about what happened between us yesterday.I know she is mad at me from the way she was acting professionally all of a sudden. Amelia barely acts professionally for hours. She is professional this minute, chatty and friendly the next minute.I guess I just need to set limits to our communication so she won't get the wrong idea and begin to think she can have me wrapped around my fingers."Anton", mother calls, standing by the door and folding her arms around her bosom, watching me intensely."Mother?" I stand upright in respect, wondering why she is here, dressed this way. I can't remember the last time my mother visited me."I am travelling this morning", she saunters closer and drags the chair out before sitting in.I fl
Harley's POVI come down from the car and bring out my phone from my pocket to give Chelsea a call.I have been thinking about what happened between Antonio and me this morning before I took Alexis to school and I can see my fault in what happened just as aunt Kayla had pointed out.To be honest, I was relieved when she told me I still have my job and she will talk to her son. Even though I wasn't moved by Antonio's threat because of my confidence in his mother's promises to me.I want to talk to Chelsea about my fears. I haven't spent a week here but I am already having issues with Antonio whom I will be sharing a house.If only he can just ignore me like I am not in his house so I can be on my lane and we don't have to bicker words at each other all the time, it would have been much easier for me. And him too. And Alexis.Seeing Alexis defend me instead of her father brought tears to my eyes and I love her for that. This is not about loyalty but the truth.Chelsea doesn't pick and I
Antonio's POVI turn my left hand to gaze at the Rolex wristwatch for the umpteenth time, shifting my legs uncomfortably under the coffee table in impatience.Chelsea is keeping me waiting. I have work to do. She told me to call her once I get to this shop and I did. She said she was coming out but I haven't seen her yet. I have been sitting here for 30 minutes without the sight of her.Where the hell is she? Has she forgotten that I am here waiting for her?I grab my phone with a growl, so I can give her a call to know if she is coming or not. I don't need to waste my time here if she isn't available.It isn't worth it for a stupid person like Harley. I just need to satisfy my curiosity and clear my doubts.I stopped my private investigator from finding out more information about her since I saw her in my mansion as the nanny my mother employed for my daughter. We had better things to do and I felt all I needed to do was fire her. It was harder than I expected. Mother was in the way