Fake It With Me, Anita のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

ANITA'S POV Only two days after my return from Eden's Orphanage and my unpleasant encounter with the Walters from DC, the answer to the questions that's bothered me in the last forty eight hours, was already trending all over the internet. *The CEO of Walter Groups and Co. Dean Walter, and his beautiful Influencer wife, Brianne McKinney Walter stuns in photos as they adopt a baby from Eden's Orphanage in New York.* Adopt? I scoffed mentally. I never cared why the bastard needed to adopt a child but he must be very delusional if he really dreamed he could answer the title of 'father' after what he did to me, to our baby... I had just returned from an emergency shoot earlier in the day and was about to alight from Kristen's car while absentmindedly scrolling on my phone when the news about Dean Walter adopting a child had popped up on my feed, ruining my mood entirely. My fury was so great it made me sick internally but I had refused to allow myself experience another t

ANITA'S POV Finally regaining my composure after several seconds of staring in stunned silence at Ryan, I swatted his hand away. "And what if I don't want to play?" "Then we can just sit here and talk." He gave an indifferent shrug. "Talk about what?" I raised a brow at him. "Talk about you, me, the kids, anything." He casually said. I stood up and walked back to the basketball court, Ryan quietly followed behind. We got to the court in no time and I picked up a ball and bounced. "Have you forgotten our deal, Mr. Rivers?" "The one about keeping everything I knew about you a secret and never asking you anything about it?" He asked, and I said nothing. Ryan rolled up his sleeves and aimed towards me, going for the ball. Soon it was in his possession again. And he bounced it several times, dodging from my reach while I struggled to get it back. And for a couple seconds, his gaze locked against mine. "Of course, I didn't forget." He reached out his arms high and thre

RYAN'S POV Of all the questions to ask, I never imagined Anita would be asking about this one. There's a reason I hadn't really specified to her from the onset about the reason I have to stay married. Because I knew telling her would make me more vulnerable to answer other questions that might arise from my response. My jaw clenched and I eased my body into relaxing. I was giving away too much reaction which might make her more curious. All evening, she had asked private questions about me which I've surprised myself by answering sincerely. But this one question... She was right, I don't know if I want to answer that at all. I was opening up to her too quickly, more than I ought to. But strangely, I couldn't help it. I actually liked the feeling that came with sharing details of my personal life with her. Maybe because, a huge part of me also wanted her to be free enough with me to the extent she would be able to talk about her past with me. It wasn't so cool a

ANITA'S POV A week later, I was busy in Paris for the all-time famous Paris fashion week. The experience was fun as usual and had ended today. I was scheduled to leave for NYC tomorrow and I really couldn't wait to be home. I've missed the kids so much even though I made sure to communicate with them daily. And, I've missed Ryan too. I couldn't help admitting it, not after our 'situationship' had somewhat taken a positive step from what it's meant to be after that kiss. I felt blood rushed to my face as the thought occured to me. I smiled shyly as I went through my Insta, secretly feeling grateful that Kristen wasn't currently in the hotel suite with me. She had gone to make preparations concerning our departure to NYC tomorrow. Earlier, I had taken photos and selfies after the show and uploaded them on my social media platforms and stories. And Ryan had 'hearted' and left sweet comments on each post as usual, earning the dramatic swooning and support of our fans in the

RYAN'S POV I forced myself to relax. It might be different from what I was thinking. "What ex?" I asked him calmly. "Wait, you don't know?" He excitedly continued. "You're in the entertainment industry and you mean you don't know your 'model wife' was involved in a scandal with an actor about two years ago?" Milton said in disbelief. I exhaled softly in relief. Thank the heavens. "Oh, that?" I smiled and walked to the large floor to ceiling window in my office. "That was just a rumor. They had met on set and because of their chemistry while modeling for 'Dolce and Gabbana', some fans started shipping them together and that's how the rumors began that they were dating. I can't believe you thought that was true. It's an old news and both parties had clarified it wasn't true. Do your findings properly, my friend." "Wow! See how fast you went into details about this. I never knew you were this swift." He said and I smiled. "Well, I'm guessing you already know everyth