Chapter 42: Chapter 42

Victor was agitated as he paced by his bedroom window. He lost it as he tried calling Vivienne countless times but she was not picking up her phone.

"Answer the phone Vivie," he said angrily as he called her again unfortunately there was no response. He promised to call her in the night but since he had some free time he wanted to talk to her.

"Is she doing this on purpose?" he asked, arching his brows when thought of the possibility of Vivienne ignoring him on purpose. Yes, he made her go through hell the previous night but he couldn't help it especially when she aroused something deadly in him.. staying away from her was not an option. He thought he was strong enough to control his sexual urges unfortunately he was bad at that

His little angel was innocent. He was a sucker for her innocence. He admired her a lot and knew he was hooked for life. He thought his daughter would have a hard time liking her but his Skylar surprised him. All wanted was to lure his redhead back to his mansion but she wasn't that easy to convince. Victor was lost in thoughts thinking about ways to get Vivienne to move in when the door burst open and his daughter ran him. Victor turned around only for Skylar to throw herself in Victor's arms

"Hey baby girl," Victor said with giggles and held her in his arms securely.

Skylar grinned and planted a kiss on Victor's cheek and said in a small cheerful voice "Papa...where is she...you said she's coming here" Victor just smiled and walked towards the sofa and carefully sat down and let Skylar sit on his lap

"Sweetheart...she won't come" he simply said and his daughter's little expression changed into a frown and he was aware of what he just told her

"But you said she'll come here... Papa, I want her here!"Skylar insisted on slamming her folded hands on his chest angrily. She looked cute when angry. He knew he was provoking his little daughter but he had a plan

"Sweetie if you want her here then you have to do something," he remarked, pinching her little cheeks sweetly and she looked at him as if she understood what he said. Of course, Victor knew his princess was a smart one. She understood him the most

"Papa...do you want me to...tell her? ''Skylar was about to say but Victor placed a finger on her lips not to say anything.

"I'll tell you what you have to do okay," he said grinning at her Skylar nodded repeatedly and Victor leaned to her ear and whispered something which had Skylar giggling when he moved away. His little daughter was laughing

"Okay, Papa...I'm a smart girl" saying that both father and daughter hugged only for the door to open and it was Julia who came in. Victor pried Skylar's hands from his neck and looked towards the door

"Sir... someone is here to see you," Julia said with a low bow

"Who is it?"Victor asked as Skylar moved away from his lap and walked towards the bed.

"Ms. Beverly, sir"Julia replied and Victor's eyes narrowed coldly and waved her off. Julia glanced at Skylar sitting there obviously about to do her homework and left the room

"Sweetie...you can start going through your homework I'll be right back," he said and Skylar nodded without even looking at him hence he left his bedroom and went downstairs to his study.

Upon reaching his study room Victor pushed the door open and walked in only to find his former assistant already sitting. Immediately Beverly saw Victor she rose to her feet and bowed a little

"Good evening sir" she greeted innocently but Victor's eyes had turned cold from anger looking at her he felt disgusted that all he wanted to was throw her out

"Sir I already apologized...I didn't mean to...I don't know what got into me...please sir"Beverly broke into tears and dropped to her knees before Victor and begged to cry hysterically.  Victor stood there restraining himself from doing something bad to her. He hated the sight of her more than anything but here she was begging him like some desperate woman

Victor's eyes flashed red "Get out before I lose my temper!" he growled out slamming his fist on the desk near him such that Beverly got startled as she cried even more. Tears flowed down her face uncontrollably

"I didn't mean to...I thought sir...I've changed. I'm sorry please give me a job"Beverly was shivering as she pleaded with folded hands. She made a mistake and felt bad about it. She regretted being fired by the only man who gave her a good job because when he fired her she didn't find anything to do

"Do you think I'll forgive a woman like you...do you think pushing my Surrogate in that pool and almost killing my child...is a simple issue!"Victor yelled letting his anger loose. If she wasn't a woman then he would have done worse to her. But sending her to jail for two years didn't seem to affect her one bit. She was so bitter as to sneak into his house and pushed his Surrogate into the pool three years ago

"I'm...I'm sorry sir...I learned my lesson...please sir forgive me"Beverly cried so much as she tried to grab Victor's feet. To plead for his forgiveness but Victor shoved her away and she ended up falling to the sides and fisting her shirt as she sobbed innocently. Victor failed to understand why a woman like her would harbor such evil in her heart.

"Get out and don't show your face here...or else I'll switch to bad means' 'Victor said this time he didn't yell but he meant every word he said without even feeling remorse for Beverly wailing in grief. Her face had turned red from crying. Looking at the man she once cherished as a boss she slowly got up from the floor using the desk and support and balanced on her feet.

She wiped her tears looking at Victor with admiration in her eyes. He fired her and later sent her to jail for what she did. She spent two years in prison and when she got it a year ago. She went to another city hoping to get a new job but that wasn't easy

"Sir I'll prove to you that...I've changed…"With that Beverly dragged herself out of the study room and closed the door behind her. She didn't move but lingered there. Her eyes which had pure innocence changed into something else. Her expression morphed into a dark one as she wiped  the few tears lingering in her eyes as her hand clenched in a tight fist

"Just you wait Vivie" she muttered and walked away from there and was heading to the main door when she accidentally bumped into someone and whatever the person had in their hands scattered to the floor, Beverly didn't stop to apologize but she went straight to the door. Julia whom Beverly bumped into was surprised how she would do something so rude when she was a sweet lady, she didn't even apologize to her

"What happened?"Monica asked as soon as she walked downstairs fixing her wet hair but stopped when she spotted Julia kneeling on the floor picking up some crayons from the floor

"It's nothing Ms" saying Julia left from there and Monica shrugged and walked to the living room.

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"Mister...I'm sorry but I don't need your help…'' I said coldly and focused on loading the groceries in the taxi. Alexis was yet to come out because in the midst of it all Alexis forgot her purse inside hence she rushed to get it. And I was here tolerating the strange man bothering me. He was too much and I hoped Alexis would come soon which I badly needed because the so-called Mauricio was a pain in the neck

"Just tell me your name, pretty lady...maybe we can be friends," Mauricio said with a smile and tried to help me with the shopping bags when one death glare from me had him backing away from me.

"Don't call me pretty, it's too overrated sir...and please leave me alone" I simply told him with a straight face. Men like him were good at flirting with women Just like he did back at the club

"I'm not sir, call me Mauricio...I think we can be good friends" he said grinning at me. He was a stubborn man so adamant that I was irritated with him. It was already late at night and I just wanted to go home and rest

"Just...scram okay...I despise men like you" I said disdainfully and turned to get in the taxi and wait for Alexis and I did that. The man remained standing there frustrating me even more. I shrugged and concentrated on my phone and when I lowered it. My eyes widened when I saw so many missed calls and all of them were from Victor

"Oh no...the man must be upset"I put my phone on silent and left it in my purse. I was about to call him when the taxi door opened and Alexis who was panting and breathing heavily settled in and showed me the purse

"I...I got it" she said in shortened breaths and her head fell back as if she just collapsed.

"Good girl... driver let's leave, "I said laughing at her terrible condition and the car started moving. While teasing Beverly I decided to call Victor once I reached the apartment. He must have missed me for him to call so much.