NIKAELEON***“Thank you.” I said as I moved forward to hug him.Sophia gasped and I turned to face her.“Daddy, is this your daddy?” She asked as she tugged on my hand to pull me closer to her.”Yes, sweetie.” I replied to her and her nose scrunched in a cute way.“If he’s your daddy, then he’s my grandpappy, right?” She asked.“Yes, I am.” My father answered and she smiled.“Is he the surprise, daddy?” She asked me.“Yes, honey. And also the island too, I know you’ll love it here..” I said to her.“Now, come give your grandpappy a better welcome.” My father said as he crouched and spread his arms.Sophia squealed as she let go of my hand and ran into his. He laughed as he nearly toppled over from the force of her hug, then stood and twirled her around. Sophia shrieked and Aina chuckled.“I don’t remember much about my own grandfather, but I remember that he used to do this to me everytime we went to visit him, then he would toss me in the air several times and catch me. I always lov
NIKAELEON***For several seconds, she remained unresponsive, out of shock maybe, so I grabbed her by the waist and pulled her closer to me. She moaned as I nipped her lower lip and then began to respond to my kiss. Good girl.Her hands wrapped around my back, and I grabbed her ass. I groaned because it was so soft. The two piece bikini she wore had been distracting me since we left the villa. It was a white piece that stood out against her dark skin, and the top covered most of her breasts but I could still see the outline of her nipple, and the bottom was cut in a way that almost half her ass cheeks were open. I picked this particular one from the online shop I had it delivered from because I knew it would look great on her, and I was right. I couldn’t wait to see her belly get big with my child in it.“Nik, Sophia is close by. What are you doing?” She asked as she broke the kiss.“Trying to get you to relax.” I replied to her when the truth was that I just couldn’t help myself.She
NIKAELEON***We walked into his study and he went to sit behind the desk while I sat on one of the two seats opposite him. He reached for the decanter and two glasses on the small side table beside his desk. He poured two glasses of the vintage whisky he always keeps in his offices, and then leaned back in his chair. I held on to my glass and watched him drink his slowly, deliberately taking his time so he wouldn't say why he called me. It was an intimidation tactic he taught me when he was training me to take over from him. It was supposed to make me anxious, and if I was guilty of something, I would have the compulsion to fill up the silence and inadvertently expose myself. But he had also taught me how to beat the game with patience so I wouldn't be a victim so I wasn’t moved by the silence.I drank from my glass and continued watching him like I had all the time in the world to waste. After several minutes of drinking in silence, he finally spoke."So you actually got her to agre
NIKAELEON***The first thing I did when we got into the house was get Manolo to draft out a Non Disclosure Agreement that I would get Uriel to sign before she leaves. That was the idea I got after Aina said we should focus more on what Uriel would do, not Sophia because as a child, Sophia was more predictable. The real problem was Uriel, she could decide to spread the news of my father being alive just to spite me, even if I made her promise not to. So, signing the NDA would be better. She would be jailed if she revealed such sensitive information, I doubt she would want that.The rest of the day, Uriel and Sophia were in Sophia’s room, where Uriel decided to stay instead of the guest bedroom away from my wing that I assigned to her. She knew I wouldn’t be able to force her to leave the room for Sophia’s sake. I was in my home office trying to get some things done after dinner when Aina knocked and entered the room.“Why are you here working? I thought today was a free day?” She aske
NIKAELEON~When Monday came around, I was relieved. I wanted to just get the custody battle over with and make it official. Uriel had left the day before of her own volition, without being coaxed or coerced. She didn’t try to guilt trip me into extending her stay, nor did she attack Aina when she saw Aina playing with Sophia. She seemed so calm and level headed now, but I just had this niggling suspicious feeling that seemed to never go away as I woke up this morning. Something wasn’t right, and though I didn’t know what it was, I had learned to always trust my instinct. Maybe something bad would happen, maybe it was just nothing. Either way, I left Sophia at home just in case.Usually, the child is supposed to be present in cases like these, but with my influence, I would just make a good excuse to the judge and jury concerning her absence. No one would force a sick child to appear in court. So, it was just me, Aina and Manolo, who was my legal representative that would be going to
AINA***It was finally the day of the court proceeding for Nik’s custody case. I knew he was a bit anxious though he tried not to show it. But I didn’t know why he was even nervous, I knew he would win the case. I got into the car with him and Manolo. Manolo looked very nervous and he was doing a bad job of hiding his own anxiety. Nik noticed of course, that was just how observant he is, nothing ever passes his keen eye. It was one of the things I loved about him. I instantly paused as I had that thought. Nik began to ask Manolo what the problem was and I tuned them out.I tried to think about what I just said to myself. Did I just say loved? I mean liked. I couldn’t possibly love Nik. It was too soon for that, we had just started trying out having a real relationship. Or maybe it wasn’t too soon because I had known him for longer than that. We’ve spent the past few months living and working together. I felt closer to him than anyone in my life, which wasn’t saying much because I bas
NIKAELEON***After the car had finally stopped rolling, it took several minutes to recover from the disorientation. When I tried to move my arm, I groaned as pain shot through my arm and I discovered that it was somehow sprained, though the damage seemed to be minimal. My first priority was Aina and my baby. We had both been wearing seat belts, so no one had been too seriously thrown about or hurt. But the force of the rolling car had been too jarring. I was able to remove my arms from around her even though it hurt, then I touched her everywhere I could, trying to make sure she wasn’t bleeding or hurt severely unknowingly to me.“I’m okay, Nik. Are you okay?” She asked me.“I’m fine.” I replied to her.The privacy screen was up so I didn’t speak cautiously because even if the driver was still alive, he wouldn’t be able to hear us, just in case he wanted to finish us off. I didn’t feel the pressure on the door that would have been there if we had fallen into the water beneath the bri
URIEL***I was so fidgety when I woke up. It wasn’t even because of the custody case, it wasn’t because the house was really quiet either. Though I hated how silent it was, I had gotten used to it the past few days. Connor was gone to who knows where, and Sophia was with Nik. After showing up at Nik’s house unexpectedly, I did my best to appear calm and accepting of him and that pretentious skank that he was with now. I hated them both but I needed Nik to have a reason to at least give me partial custody of my daughter. If he thinks that I’ve changed or that I won’t cause any trouble for them, then he won't take my daughter away from me. But just in case, I had a back up plan in place to get my daughter back, and that was why I was so restless.My phone pinged and I already knew who it was before I even picked the phone up. Well, technically I didn’t know the person per say, but we had been in contact for a few days.‘Everything is set for today. Go early to the court house, we’ll ma