"Not just that — he submitted a character statement praising you, said he only wanted weekends, if you’d allow it. No rights, no fight, just weekends." Jenna continued and I wondered if she could see how confused I was. My mind reeled. Why would he go through all of that just to give up now? Why would he do all of these now? There had to be a reason for why he was giving up now? Something didnt just feel right and I was eager to know what it was? What was making the man to not want to fight with me anymore on this. Liam was not the type to give up without having a back up plan, especially when it was for something he badly wanted and he badly wanted Micah. I knew he hadnt given up. It was either the bad press was running his company to the ground or his counterparts were pulling away but I knew that one a very normal day, this man would not agree to just walk away so something else was definitely working in the background here. The sooner I saw it, the better it would be for me cau
Liam had me backed into a corner, I could tell that was exactly what he wanted and now that he has gotten what he wanted, I know that he was going to do everything in his power to ensure that I dont move from that corner. I sighed heavily as I wondered how I could let this happen. For the love of God, I was plotting agaisnt a man who was so fucking smart, a man who was running one of the best companies in the world. How could I have underestimated this man so much?I didnt know what made me act so stupidly but now that mistake I made was going to cost me much more than I can ever imagine. It was going to cost me the one thing I have always wished to have and that was the most crippling truth ever. But could there be a slight possibility that this man was actually who he said he was? Could there be a possibility that this man was not going to trick me again? Could it be possible that the man truly just wanted to be a father to my son and he wasnt saying all of that to trick me or bac
I had expected that Liam would do nothing other than a painful and strategic retaliation. I had expected that he would do everything in his power in order to spin the media to his own favour. My brain had told me that he would even go to great lengths and demonize me if possible. And so for a very long time I had braced myself for impact, braced myself for the inevitable smear campaign. Cause of my fear, I never went out without my armour. A fitted blazer, perfect makeup and an icy stare that kept everyone away. But somehow that wasnt the solution to my problem. As a matter of fact, that was not at all what I needed to do in order to keep myself sane. I needed to do something much more different than just standing and looking getting angry, because while I was busy getting upset, Liam was planning something totally different. Something that I had no idea he could even do. As I kept watching, I saw the screen shift and Liam stepped onto the podium, no security entourage, no flashy s
As soon as Steve walked out, I heaved a sigh and knew that I just had to put my shit together. I could not keep messing up the way I was because sooner than later my foolishness was going to get someone badly hurt and I didnt need that on my hands.I already had a rich handsome man fighting with me for something so important as my son, I could not add a handsome and strong man fighting me for my love as well. But why could I not control myself when I was around him?I knew it was the handiwork of lust. I had been lusting over him for days now and so when he all but threw himself on me, I was ready to accept it with such open arms. But deep down, it wasnt what I wanted. He was just a means to and end and if I did have sex with him, the end would be pretty near and thats why I couldn't do it, because if I did do it, he would realize very quickly that I never wanted him in the way that he may want me.I never wanted that close feeling, that love that he claims he has for me was felt by
The raindrops on the roof was all the sound Micah needed to sleep like a baby in his room. Before I could finish cleaning up to go tuck him into bed, he was already sleeping so soundly and I smiled at the sight of it. When I came back out, Steven was sitting on my couch with a bottle of wine on the center table. "I figured you may need a listening ear at this time." I did need someone to listen to me but I still wasn't sure that Steven was the right person for me to be talking to about this. After all, we both had an history that I was trying to run away from. But the company looked nice and so I walked towards the couch as I heaved a sighed and slumped into the chair."Shouldn't you be resting and trying to sort out your injury?" I asked him as he poured a glass of wine for me and I took it with a soft smile. "I have already been to the hospital and I can assure you, they cant anything more for me. All I want to do now is to wait for the wounds to heal. Though they did give me som
When I got back home, Steven was standing beside my door, his face swollen and he was limbing. I could not believe Liam had done this to me. Liam looked like a very calm person, but it was now clear to me that he was only calm when I or my son was in the picture. To everyone else, he had become a tyrant and I could not help but wonder why he changed so much or if he had always been like that and I wasnt just so vigilant enough to see it. But in my defence, I had not known him outside the four walls that we usually stayed in together. I had not seen him interact with other people and all I could really do was wonder if this was how it was meant to be. If he was always like that. I didnt allow such thoughts to cloud my judgement. I just opened my door and went straight to Micah’s room to drop him. "Okay, baby. You need to do your homework now, brush your teeth and come down for dinner, okay?" I told him. "What about the nice man we met today? Won't he also be joining us for dinner m