Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

The sound of a car pulling over in front of the building got Hardin’s attention, he swiped his curtain open to get a clearer view of whoever that it was..

A figure of a man popped out of the car, it took him only a second to figure out who it was. It was the same dude from last night.

He had kept part of his promise by coming over to pick Alexa to leave for the office..

Just when he was about to close the curtains, he spotted Alexa rushing to Chris with a wide grin on her face..

Even if he couldn’t hear what they were speaking about, he could still read their moving lips. A sudden surge of anger rocked through him when Chris wiped something off Alexa’s chin with his thumb..

The both of them shared a hearty laughter next which didn’t help his anger in anyway..

“Let’s get going” Chris urged leading Alexa to the other side of the car, he opened the door for her to hop in..

She halted her movement and took a peek at Hardin’s window which was opened, the curtains moved abruptly as if someone had been watching her for sometime and left as soon as she took a glance over there..

Chris snapped a finger over her face to get her attention once more..

“Hey, are you alright?” He asked worriedly touching her forehead..

Alexa chuckled as she nodded her head, she moved into the car and carefully strapped her seatbelt..

***

Xander was awoken by the beeps his phone made underneath his pillow, he sat up running his fingers through his messy hair..

He scanned the room in search of someone, last night’s event was too real to be a dream to him..

He could still perceive her unique floral scent around him which meant that she was around somewhere, he left the bed and got dressed in a black jogger pants leaving his upper half bare..

“Bianca” he called out as he stepped out of his room in search of her..

Meanwhile downstairs…

Charles sipped his cup of coffee slowly, a grin tugged at the side of his lips watching Bianca’s uncomfortable self..

He placed the cup next to his side where a glass side table sat..

“Bianca”

Bianca and Charles diverted their attention to the fella who was descending the stairs in a hurry, by the time he got to the last stair, the smile on his face froze.

A deep frown carved on his forehead at the sight of the two souls gwaking at him in surprise, Xander’s eyes dropped to his bare chest which made him regret his decision to come out this way..

“What are you both doing here?” He questioned walking to their midst..

Flora dropped her purse on her husband’s laps and swooned to her feet, she poked Xander by his sides with a wide grin on her face..

“You are such a bad son Xander, how come you never told us that you’ve finally gotten the girl of your dreams? if Charles hadn’t told us-

Charles!

Xander snapped his head to Charles, the latter simply blew air into his cup as he resumed his sip. A mischievous grin pulled up by the corner of his lips..

Even though he wasn’t staring at Xander, Charles could still feel the gaze boring a hole by the side of his head..

Whatever he did was for the best, he just couldn’t risk it, he had chosen to give up on Bianca to make his cousin happy..

And to make sure Xander wouldn’t treat Bianca like the rest of his previous girlfriends, he chose to call his aunt and uncle over, just to make things more official.

“You could have told us about our daughter in-law at least, when can we meet her family? Charles told us that you’re serious about her and you’ve been speaking about your marriage lately” Mark, Xander’s dad added with a radiant beam on his face, he was the most happiest man on earth?

Reason?

He had received so many bad reports from different people and companies about his son and his promiscuous ways..

When he heard from Charles that a certain young lady brought about the sudden change in his recent calm behavior, He couldn’t help but rush down here to see things for himself..

Xander held Bianca by her wrist and pulled her up to her feet, he wrapped an arm around her afterwards pulling her closer to himself.

“What did you both say to her? she looks frightened”

Bianca shook her head in objection, she wasn’t frightened or anything. Now she understood how Xander must have felt when he was being interrogated by Nathan..

“They didn’t really say anything bad, I was just-

“Hey Xander! are you trying to kill her by exposing her to the mosquitoes? look at her neck!” Flora pointed out in anger..

Bianca’s eyes widened, she could see their wandering eyes resting on her neck. Her face reddened in embarrassment. They weren’t mosquito bites but hickeys made by Xander..

“Uh.. I’ll be right back” She excused herself running up the stairs while her hand rested by the side of her nape..

“See that? you’re scaring her” Xander scolded his parents.

***

Olivia sat up on the large bed which she found herself on, she ran her fingers through her messy blonde hair..

A lazy yawn left her mouth as she gwaked around the familiar room..

“You’re up? it seems like I didn’t drain your energy well enough last night” Damien teased picking his wrist watch from the drawer by the side of his bed..

He wore his watch before moving closer to the bed where he planted a kiss on Olivia’s forehead with a smile..

“You are ready to leave for the office? you could have woken me up”

“You can rest for today, I’ll manage at the office on my own and plus Bella is there to help-

Olivia snorted at the mention of ‘Bella’. She had noticed that Bella had a thing for Damien and who knew what she might try to do if she doesn’t make it to the office today?

“Give me a minute to freshen up, I’m done resting”

Olivia picked up the black shirt resting next to her which she wore to sleep last night.

She dorned it on and carefully stepped out of the bed still feeling sore in between her legs, she felt her legs wobble a bit, luckily Damien was close enough to her. He caught her before she could meet the floor..

“Hey.. easy. Are you alright? I told you to stay back and rest”

Olivia chuckled as she regained her stance, she would have happily stayed back and rest but unfortunately she couldn’t.

A lady out there was still lurking around searching for means to steal her man away from her and she wasn’t going to sit back and watch it happen..

“I’m good, I just felt a little dizzy that’s all”

Damien sighed in defeat, he knew she was lying but he just chose to believe her words for it..

“Go on and freshen up, I’ll make an arrangement for a new outfit for you”

***

Clarissa pushed the double glass door opened as she stepped into the small dessert shop, her eyes scanned around for a familiar face in the less crowded shop..

“Now where could he be?”

Her attention was drawn to the counter where half a dozen of girls stood gwaking at something or someone..

She made her way to the counter pushing one of the girls aside..

“The heck?!” The redhead lady yelled glaring daggers at Clarissa..

“Clarissa?” Hardin called out to her in a surprised tone, he turned to the redhead and flashed her a cute smile.. “Sorry about that, she’s my friend”

“It’s fine, I’ll let it pass but she should be careful not to repeat this shit again!”

Clarissa rolled her eyes at her words, she snorted as they walked past her to the table a few metres away from her..

“What are you doing here Clarissa?” Hardin questioned taking off his apron, he walked around the counter and stood before her with an arched brow..

Clarissa cleared her throat, she was at loss for words since she had no reason of visiting him in the first place..

“I wanted to eat something sweet and your dessert was the first thing that came to my mind..”

Hardin sighed deeply, he pointed to an empty table by his side..

“Please have your seat, what exactly do you want to have?”

Clarissa stroked her chin in deep thought, she inhaled deeply at the end unable to make up her mind..

“I heard you came up with a new cake recipe, I’ll have two of those.. what is called?”

“The smiling moon!” she thought out loud with a light chuckle..

Hardin smiled a little and turned around heading back to the counter..

He said a few words to the dark haired guy about the same age as him standing next to him..Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

“Can I please take her order? she is pretty”

Hardin shook his head at his dramatic friend, his attention was pulled to the door which opened again..

His heart skipped a beat on seeing the familiar face walking in with an annoyingly familiar man by her side who was guiding her to an empty spot next to the floor to ceiling window..