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All Chapters of What's Love Without A Second Chance : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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31 ~ Xander

"Xander you can still change your mind and I'll take her with me. No hard feelings." She said to me as she brought Arya who was all dressed up and eager to go with me."I offered remember?I wanna do this. I need you to focus on work." I told her, reflexively adjusting the spaghetti strap on her dress."Okay," she sighed, although she still seemed anxious. "Arya?""Mommy?""Be good okay? Don't stress daddy, alright?She nodded, seeming really excited to be spending the day with me for a change. I was excited too.Opening the car, I ensured my daughter was safely buckled in before sitting in the back seat. I was letting a driver take me today. "You two have fun," Olive waved us off and we waved back.I looked back as the car pulled out of the estate, she stood still staring at the vehicle until we were out of sight. I could understand that she had separation anxiety but this was just one of our many firsts and more than anything, I wanted it to be a norm that we took turns to show Arya

32 ~ Olive

My phone rang shrilly, taking me out of the conversation with caterer who had almost ruined my last event. I blamed it on Chloe because she was too distracted to handle her job in my absence. I ignored the call for a bit but then it would not stop getting in the way, so I picked up without properly staring at the ID."Hello? Olive Moretti speaking," I said."Hey baby." I heard the very family raspy voice I had been looking forward to hear for weeks."Malik?!" I yelled, startling the lady seated in front of me in my office."Yes. How are you?" "Where have you been? I've been trying to reach you for over two weeks now! What the heck happened?" I asked all at once. "Relax, I'm back in the US.""Where were you?" I asked more calmly this time, feeling my heartbeats normalize."I went to Uganda for a little adventure.""And you just went off the radar like that? I was so worried about you!" I exclaimed, almost annoyed."I'm sorry. The coverage in the part where I stayed was awful and hon

33 ~ Olive

I was Xander's date to a party. Dressed in a simple, elegant and sophisticated black dress with long sleeves and column pleats, I paired the look with gold high heeled sandals and a matching clutch. Letting my hair down in waves, I accessorized with simple diamond stud earrings and a pendant necklace.I made it downstairs and saw him in a neat tux, waiting for me to come."All set?" He asked."Yes I am. Sorry for the delay." I apologized. My makeup had taken up more time than I thought it would because of Arya."It was worth the wait. You look gorgeous," He kissed the back of my palm and I blushed slightly."Thank you," I said, just as he placed his hand on the small of my back and led us out.Leaving Arya with a baby sitter was somewhat worrisome but he assured me she was in good hands. How did he know? She was the housekeeper's daughter. She seemed to be good with kids so I trusted his judgement.I felt him steal glances at me every now and then even as I was focused on my phone, s

34 ~ Xander

"Let's go dance," She said as the dancefloor opened. I was surprised. I was going to ask her to dance but her asking before I did was the shocker."That's my jam! Come on Xander," She yelled, trying to pull me up. I got on my feet and followed her in amusement as she hurried us to the centre of the dancefloor.I was not much of a dancer but I could throw a few moves and match her energy quite a bit. As we moved on the dancefloor, I could not help but reminisce on the very first time I walked in on her dancing. She looked like she starred in high school musical or something like that.~2018~There was loud music coming from her room. I was surprised because I had never heard her listen to music. I found out later that she was really upset and just wanted to burn out all that pent up emotion after a crazy day of working with me. Her anger was mostly fueled by the fact that I yelled at her a few times.I knocked slightly and opened the door to see her throwing it down like a pro in bag

35 ~ Olive

I woke up with a terrible headache the next morning. I had had a little too much fun the night before and now the consequences were here."Uggh." I groaned, fighting to keep my eyes open. I trudged to the bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror and gasped at the sight. My hair was stuck to my face and I looked a mess."So glad it's the weekend." I said, sounding groggy as I pulled my toothbrush out, spread the paste and began brushing my teeth.I took a shower afterwards and by the time I came out, I saw some painkillers and a glass of water by bedside. There was a note there. I picked it up and read through.'Sure you have a headache, little miss lightweight. Breakfast is served.'' "Oh Xander," I found myself cheesing up a little too much. "Focus Olive, he's just being a nice coparent." I told myself immediately.I dressed up in a casual little black dress and walked downstairs to see both father and daughter having a great time at the table. Unknowingly, I stopped in my tracks

36 ~ Olive

Once again I had ruined things. How on earth did Xander's name have to be the one that I mentioned? Of all people! It's not like you've been with anyone else, I thought. Now I could not even face him. The awkward silence and obvious tension in the room was enough to choke me. I sat still, wrapping myself with the blanket, feeling weird for getting this far in the first place. It felt like I never should have let him touch me like that and I regretted being carried away enough to have sex with him even though we did not get to reach the highest point of ecstasy. My phone dinged and I saw a text from Xander, I was about responding when Malik came out of the shower. I put the phone down quickly. "Malik-" "Save it. I'll drop you off in the morning." He uttered coldly. I actually shivered. "I promise you nothing is happening between Xander and I." I said, trying to explain myself. "What happened some moments ago makes me not believe that," "I swear I just got carried away." He

37 ~ Xander

She seemed really upset. I wanted to talk to her but I did not want to pry into her issues. When she came in that Sunday morning, her smiles were fake, her hug came from a half hearted place and I knew she was keeping it together for Arya.My fists clenched as I thought about Malik doing something stupid to her. If he did, I was going to track him down and deal with him accordingly but for now I really needed to know what was wrong with Olive.I knocked on her door after I returned from my morning run and freshened up. It was Sunday. She was yet to come down for breakfast from what I heard. It was at this point I was thankful I had gone ahead and hired the nanny we talked about. Who would have taken care of our daughter with her in this state and me being away?The door came open and I was met with sad, sunken and puffy eyes with a reddened face. She had been crying. With no questions asked, I pulled her into a warm embrace. She broke into tears all over again and I just let her cry

38 ~ Olive

There was a knock on my office door that afternoon as I got into sorting through some financial records. It had been six months since our move to LA and I needed to see how well the business was doing in the profit margins. Planning lavish parties for billionaires and the likes as well as becoming a famous event planner was not the main thing, it was the revenue generated from it that mattered mostly to me. "Come in!" I said, looking up from the books."Good day ma'am." It was Arya's nanny.Arya's new nanny was a breath of fresh air. I could get more work done now because of her. April was freshly out of high school and came by to help her mother during her gap year, turns out she's good with kids and Xander thought to hire her as a live in nanny for our daughter. Great choice."Hi April, anything the matter?" I asked her.She swallowed, "She's been crying for you. I've been trying to hold her off because you're busy but she really wants her mommy.""Oh," I said as my heart sunk. The

39 ~ Olive

"Hi Xander," I said, looking up from my laptop."Hey. You look great!" He complimented me.I stared down at the sundress I had on as I sat by the poolside to work. "Thanks." I smiled slighlty.He grabbed the seat next to me and sat, "So I was thinking of us going on a mini vacation.""Me, you and Arya?" I asked.He nodded, "Precisely. Let's just get away from work for a little bit.""That sounds like a great idea. Where do you plan on going?" I asked, quite interested."Hawaii.""Oooooh, I've wanted to go there so bad." I said, not realizing when I hopped on my feet and danced like a kid. He laughed heartily while I did."So when are we leaving? How long are we staying for?" I asked a little too eagerly."A week at least. We'll leave next weekend.""I'm clearing out everything on my schedule trust me." I said, demonstrating with my hands for emphasis."Looking forward to it as well." He said, then got on his feet and turned to leave but then he paused an turned back to ask a crucial

40 ~Olive

There was a bounce in my step as I counted hours to our flight. I could not wait for work to be over that Friday. "Chloe, I trust you can handle things while I'm away." I said for the umpteenth time. This was going to be the first time I would be away from work for that long so I was somewhat worried that things would not go well while I was away.She nodded vigorously. "Yes ma'am. You really need this baecation, you've been so stressed.""I know right," I sighed. I needed this and luckily there was not going to be any mom guilt because I was going with my daughter."I'll miss Arya though," she said with a pout."It's just a week." I said with an eye roll, knowing she was happy about the break from me and Arya who ran around the office to frustrate her efforts."I know. I'll miss you both regardless." She insisted."We'll miss you too." I said with a grin. That grin went wider when I received Xander's text about being parked outside my office. We were heading to the hangar because we

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