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
Harley's POV"Hi", the familiar voice that I have been craving to hear from says from the other side as my mouth drops open in shock and disbelief that Jim is calling me after many days of being silent on me.This is a man that I have been trying to get off my mind so I can live a normal life despite what we have shared, how much we have planned, and how intertwined our lives are.I can barely do anything without Jim's interference. I can barely go a day without seeing or talking to me but here I am hearing his voice after many days of not hearing from him or even giving our break up any more thoughts.I am not moved by his voice. I am just shocked by the bones.Why the hell is he calling me? Why the hell is he sounding like he cares about me after breaking my heart into shreds? Just when I am learning to heal and move on, he is calling me again. Why? To torture me by remembering me of the good times with him? How can I even forget what he did and forgive him so easily for letting go
Antonio's POVI pull a clean blue shirt over my head, thinking about how to start a conversation with someone I don't like and have never thought of talking with civilly.But now, we can't escape it. Harley and I need to talk. I have come to terms with what my mother had said and what had happened and I have decided to let her be, test her for a while and if she doesn't pass, she will leave. I am sure mother will let me fire her then if I let her stay for a while by testing her capabilities. If I am satisfied with her work and she is really good just like Chelsea had said, then she will stay.All I need to do is talk to her about what I want from her and tell her to do her best for her to retain her position here as my daughter's nanny, then apologize.I can't let that go so easily. My ego was bruised and it needs restorations. I need her to apologize for me to let go completely. For me to forgive her and let her stay.If she still doesn't apologize, then we have just started. I won
Harley's POVI dash into Alexis's room with a pounding heart, thinking of what must have happened to her.Ann's face was aghast with panic and worry and it made me scared that something bad is about to happen to Alexis.I see her writhing in pain on the bed and I rush to her, glancing around for signs of what must have injured her.There is nothing in sight. Her room is well arranged, just the way I left it this evening before she went to sleep.She noticed my gloomy mood when she came back from school and she thought it had something to do with what her father did to me this morning but I assured her that I was fine.When she didn't believe me, I told her what happened. She listened like an adult, grasp my hands between her tiny hands to console me, and told me everything will be alright.I didn't expect her to understand. I just told her so she could let me be, so she would know that her father had nothing to do with my sadness.She understood beyond what I told her and it amazes me