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31. Fake it

GIANNA~•~I woke up late.In the past few days, I’d been busy preparing for my father’s funeral and comforting my mother. Since I was the first child, most of the responsibilities were on me. I didn’t mind it. I had stayed away for six years. This was a way for me to make it up to my family. I was just happy that the funeral was over and I was able to get some much-needed sleep.I also slept pretty late last night and it definitely wasn’t because I was up thinking about what was going through Brandon’s mind. We had both moved on with our lives. I wondered what the hell he wanted from me. Was he trying to talk to me out of guilt?I shook the thought away as I freshened up. It was some minutes past one in the afternoon when I finally went down for breakfast.I was surprised when I reached the kitchen to see that there were three strange women inside and they were cooking. “Good afternoon, Ma’am.” One of them turned around when she heard me come in. The other two followed suit, greeti

32. Boyfriend

GIANNA~•~When the doorbell rang later that evening, I took the liberty to open it.Mr. Baker was the first to come in, followed by his wife. I put on the best smile I could muster and greeted them. “Welcome Mr and Mrs Baker, come in,” I added like they weren’t already inside. “The table is being set up. You may wait in the living room for now.”“Thank you, dear.” Brandon’s mother responded. “It has been a while.”“It has.” Despite my act of niceness, I lowkey wondered why they wanted to have dinner with us. However, when I looked past them and my gaze landed on Brandon, I could immediately tell that he was the one who set it up. My face dropped at the realization. I said he wasn’t going to control my life anymore yet he was the reason I was forced to have dinner with his family. I hated him. “It’s nice to see you guys again.” I turned my gaze back to his parents. I didn’t get to greet them the previous day because seeing Brandon made me so mad that I had to leave immediately.After

33. Obedient

GIANNA~•~“What the hell are you doing here?” A scowl formed on my face immediately. I hated how he was casually standing in my room like he belonged there.Instead of answering, he pushed off the door and looked around. “Nothing has changed here.”Considering the place was left untouched for six years, it was bound to be the same. Brandon had seen my room three or four times as he rarely came back home with me during our two years of marriage. Remembering that we were married annoyed me further. “What are you doing here?” I repeated.“Were you talking to your boyfriend just now?”“I asked a question.”“I asked mine first.” He pointed out. “It’s none of your business. Get out of my room.”“You seemed quite happy to talk and you asked them to call you later. It’s a man, isn’t it?”“And if it is?”“Boyfriend?” He asked again. He was curious to know whether Jack was my boyfriend or not. That was interesting. When I didn’t respond, he licked his lips. “It seems like you’ll be here for a

34. Make it up

BRANDON~•~“I fucked up,” I announced as I collapsed on Ethan’s couch.“Just because my wife and kid are away doesn’t mean you can barge into my house, Brandon.” When I didn’t respond to that, he sighed. “What? Dinner didn’t go well?”“Not only did it not go well, I even made her cry. I’m not sure how but she ended up in tears. How could I fix that?”“No wonder you came here straight.” Ethan was intrigued. He had been sitting by the bar when I came in but he walked toward me and joined me on the couch. “What in God’s name did you say to her?”My eyebrows furrowed as I tried to think about where things went wrong. One moment, she was hitting me. The next, she was sobbing. “I guess she’s still mad at me.”Ethan snorted. “No shit, genius. I’d hate you too.” I gave him a blank stare. “You not only fucked your supposed best friend, you got her pregnant too. Any woman would hate you.”My jaw clenched automatically. “Don’t remind me.” It wasn’t like I ever forgot about it. The consequences

35. Priority

GIANNA~•~“Do you know that Mom and Brandon’s father are actually hoping you guys get together again? His mother is against it because you have kids but her husband doesn’t care.”I scoffed. “She’s quite hypocritical, no? Her son is also a single father.”“Is that really what offends you?” Sheila laughed.I rolled my eyes. “Of course not, but I hate hypocrites the most.”“If you say so.” She shrugged. “They were quite excited when Brandon followed you upstairs last night. By the way, what did you guys do? He came back with a red face.”“I slapped him,” I answered her with a shrug. He deserved it anyway. He was pissing me too much and was running his mouth. He didn’t even deserve to speak to me. I didn’t know why he thought he had the right to question me.“You know what? Good job.”Sheila had work to do but she took the day off to help me look for a new office. We had seen a lot of places but it was just hard to find the one that met my standards. According to Sheila, I was picky as

36. Flowers

GIANNA~•~I was lying to myself earlier.When I saw how my children acted around their grandmother, whom they had just met for the first time, I realized I wasn’t their second priority. I was their third.They had quickly put their grandmother above everyone else and wouldn’t leave her side. They weren’t even tired after the long flight. They just wanted to follow her around.“I’d always imagined having grandkids but never thought they would be this adorable.” My mother gushed, squeezing Bella’s cheeks. Bella, who was usually averse to affection, was grinning happily.“All my classmates have grandmas. I was wondering why we didn’t have one but I didn’t want to ask mommy.”My mother gave me a side eye and I looked away. Granted, it was quite cruel to keep them away from each other, but I knew my parents. No matter how much they liked and cared for me, they didn’t mind selling me out to the Bakers. If I had kept in touch with them properly, everyone would have known my business. I didn

37. Confirmation

BRANDON~•~“I’ve been sending her flowers every day for more than a week yet she still hasn’t reached out to me,” I complained to Ethan. It was his idea to send her flowers because according to him, every woman loved flowers.Ethan’s wife laughed at me. “Since when do flowers forgive cheating?”I gritted my teeth. “I’m not expecting her to forgive me instantly. I just expected her to reach out, even to tell me to stop sending the flowers.”“Maybe you should start by apologizing properly instead of trying to win her over with flowers. Flowers are for small mistakes, not for having a child with another woman.”I bit down on my bottom lip. Mabel was right. Those flowers were only going to piss her off even more and her pride would never let her reach out to me, even to tell me to stop. I needed a better plan. I needed to sit down and have a proper conversation with her.“Why don’t you help me?”“Me?” Mabel frowned. “How can I help you? I don’t know what she likes.”“She is branching out

38. Acting dumb

GIANNA~•~For the first time since I arrived in Los Angeles, I was scared.My children had told me about their interaction with Brandon. They had met him at the park and he asked about their ages and birthdays. I knew that didn’t directly prove that the kids were his but that would surely make him suspicious. If he got suspicious, he was bound to look into it.If he found out he was the father, he would want to be part of their lives. I didn’t want that. The kids and I had been doing fine for five years. We didn’t need him.“What’s wrong?” Jack asked, placing a hand on mine. “Are you nervous because it’s our first meeting from our new branch?”His question snapped me back to reality. I had no time to think about Brandon and whatever troubles he could cause for me in the future. I had a meeting in less than ten minutes. Jack had come to Los Angeles to accompany me for our first meeting. I didn’t need him here but he insisted and I had no reason to refuse. “No, not at all. I’ve dealt w

39. Quite the opposite

BRANDON~•~For a split second, she was shocked, but she was quick to glare at me again. “And so what?” She snatched the paper from my hand and ripped it into pieces.I was shocked. She was no longer denying it. She was dismissing me. For some reason, she was also angry at me for finding out. “Tearing it into pieces isn’t going to change the fact that those kids carry my DNA, Gianna.” I was just as angry. When the report tests came out, I was stunned. While I had suspicions, I had refused to believe that Gianna kept me away from my children for five whole years. I was so tempted to call her but I knew she wouldn’t answer. I wanted to visit her, but I didn’t want to create a scene at her home, especially in front of the kids. Our kids.“And you finding out isn’t going to change anything!”I frowned. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?”“If you’re a bit slow in the head, I’ll explain to you then.” She didn’t miss any opportunity to insult me. I understood that she was still mad at

40. Eavesdrop

GIANNA~•~I had suspected that Brandon was crazy before, but I was finally confirming it.I was already angry that he was threatening me with my kids and him saying he loved me was the final straw. “If you treat someone you love this way, I wonder how you’d treat your enemy.” I spat out. “Get out,” I added when he tried to speak.“Gianna…”“Get out!! I don’t want to see you. Don’t come close to me or my kids.”There was something insanely triggering about Brandon telling me he still loved me. Maybe it was because my stupid heart was still a bit hopeful when it came to him. Maybe it was because I hadn’t fully moved on; maybe I never even tried. I had been away from him for so many years that I thought I was immune to him. Seeing him again was shattering all the walls that I built and I didn’t want him to know that. I couldn’t let him find out just how much power he had over me so I had to resort to hating him. That was the only way I could shield myself.“Our kids.” He corrected me ag

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