All Chapters of What's Love Without A Second Chance : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I stood at the door, eavesdropping on their conversation without them noticing because of how deep their talk had gotten. I had just come up to pick up something when I passed by Olive's room and heard voices. I stealthily got closer and was lucky enough to overhear the beginning of Olive's narration.I felt a pang of guilt that I was not present for those milestones she mentioned. It hurt even more that I had missed out on the earliest stages of my daughter's life. I had always looked forward to being a dad even when I was not exactly ready a few years before. I had even tried getting Tasha pregnant on purpose but her birth control game seemed to be stronger than anything. I fought back a laugh when Olive tried to clear the air on what was going on between us to my grandmother. I saw it as a waste of time because in nonna's eyes, Olive and I were the ideal couple whether we liked it or not. We just had to pray she would not do anything funny like making us remarry out of the blue. M

Tasha was still upset. It did not matter what I had to say to her that would make her smile at me."Baby please understand," I said, trying to hold her hand. She slipped her hand out of mine in annoyance.She was fuming, "I have to keep my wedding-""Our wedding," I interjected."No it's my wedding since it seems like I'm the only one excited about getting married." She insisted angrily."Don't say that," I sighed tiredly."We're not putting that wedding on hold Xander. I have waited way too long for this." "I'm not ready." I said honestly. The whole thing was just too overwhelming for me. Tasha basically cajoled me into proposing to her and planning a lavish wedding. I had no plans to wife her up at least not yet but then she would not stop whining about taking the next step in her relationship so I just went with the flow."You have two whole months to get ready!" She exclaimed."I'm trying to be as reasonable as possible." I said, slowly getting upset."The invites are ready Alexa

"So how did you two meet?" Xander asked me as we sat at the kitchen island one weekend, glazing our tongues with a bowl of ice cream as Arya napped on a couch in the living room."Hmm," I hummed, savoring the taste of the vanilla ice cream on my tongue. "Who?" I asked."Malik of course,"My mouth formed a circle, "Oh that's quite an interesting story.""I'm all ears." He propped his elbows on the marbled island and push ears forward, making me laugh.~2020~I needed a loan to set up my business and even though covid was tearing the world down, I had faith it would end soon and I needed a headstart. The freelance jobs I did were paying well but they were not nearly enough to sort out my bills, take care of Arya and fund a business as well.I had taken time to craft a business plan and fixed all the possible loopholes but I was turned down every single time. I believed the covid restrictions made it seem like a bad idea to fund an event planning business. They probably thought the world

Maybe I should have insisted that Tasha came with us because now I could not stop staring at Olive and the reminder that she was someone else's woman did not help much. I hoisted Arya up on my other arm as we walked through the amusement park. We licked our ice cream cones, savouring the taste of different flavours on our tongues even as we tried to avoid each other's gazes. "I'm sorry for what I said about you and your boyfriend." I decided to break the ice. "He has a name," She said. Disregarding her sarcastic response, I went ahead to correct myself. "I'm sorry for what I said about you and Malik." I repeated. She softened up and looked at me for a brief moment, "I'm sorry for what I said about you and Tasha too." "We're cool now, yes?" "Yeah we are." She said, looking away for a moment before letting her gaze fell on me, confidently this time. "Are you okay?" I asked in concern. She still looked upset despite the fact that we had settled our differences. "Yes, y

When a week passed without me hearing from Malik, I was frantic when I drove to Xander's office unable to wait till we got home.He got on his feet as soon as he saw me, "Olive? Is everything okay? Is Arya alright?" He asked worriedly."Malik is missing," I said, breaking into tears immediately as I admitted it to my hearing for the first time.He was shocked, "How come?""I've not heard anything from him since he traveled. That's so unlike him to be off the grid for this long." I said, taking his handkerchief to wipe my tear soaked eyes."Relax, I'm sure he's fine," He tried to pacify me but I was not having it."What if he isn't?" I asked, letting another bout of tears roll down my cheeks. Malik was literally my closest friend, I would lose my mind if anything happened to him."Nothing's going to happen to him." Xander assured me."We have to find him," I said desperately as I held on to his shoulders as squatted in front of me."Do you know where exactly he went?"I brought out my