Chapter 90: Chapter 90

(Vivienne)

"Ms. Are you sure? Is this okay?"Mandy asked me and I looked up to see what she was asking about. I asked for a beautiful picnic set up by the beautiful lake and what I found was not what I wanted. I asked for something less tacky and more simple and lovely hence I got Mandy and the two women to do a good job making sure everything was okay

"It looks almost perfect...but are you sure there are no...snakes?"I asked, seeing how green it was with grass everywhere. Mandy nodded with a smile shaking her head at how demanding I was but I just wanted the grumpy man to stop his grumpiness and have fun. This was easy for me since I was all of the places but Victor didn't seem to have anything to make him smile

He was drowning in his sorrows and knowing his wife's death came so unexpectedly and left him heartbroken. I just wanted to do what would make him smile even if he got upset

I was certain he would find me knowing I ignored his call. Thirty minutes had passed since he last called me and I was getting worried

"It's okay you can go, "I said to Mandy waving her off knowing I didn't want anyone disturbing if Victor came and found people he would get insecure and throw a fit. The three ladies left from the hidden spot and I turned to look at my phone

I couldn't sit still as I paced around and looked at the white swans swimming in the waters. It looked so beautiful that I smiled and walked closer. I was told swans were friendly creatures. I took a few pics with two swans and I had to say just like in cartoons the creatures were beautiful

"Where is he?"I muttered, getting up and glancing at my phone, the sun was about to go down and Victor wasn't showing up. I knew he had to come seeing how I ignored his phone.

"Maybe he's still working," I said, turning away from the lake and preparing to walk away knowing everything I planned was just a dream. What was I thinking doing all this for someone who wouldn't even want any of it? I sighed as I glanced at the picnic set up one more time and walked away heading back to the wooden bridge I crossed to get to the side which was isolated from children and noise. I hugged myself and walked back to the park but when I looked up I stopped seeing the person almost running toward me

"Victor?"I muttered and stopped upon seeing the man in a suit running towards me. For a second I thought it was just my hallucination since I wanted him to be here but when he stopped after seeing me. My lips quivered upwards and I found myself smiling as I stood there like a teen seeing her high school crush. I didn't know why I always felt happy whenever I saw Victor and now seeing him standing there I giggled secretly knowing he came running

"Hey, sir! come here!"I shouted for him and waved my hand in the air happily. He seemed to have regained his senses because he started coming towards me. I couldn't keep myself from smiling as I stood there feeling butterflies in my stomach. He looked handsome but something was wrong.

As he got closer I saw an angry beast striding to me looking murderous. I stepped backward knowing Victor was upset with me. My smile dropped and was replaced by a friend when Victor reached where I was

"What's wrong with you? How can you go horse riding when you know you are pregnant?"Victor lashed angrily out as he said. Immediately he walked up to me. He was breathing heavily and I saw some sweat dripping down his forehead I knew he was angry but like an innocent girl, I was. I turned around and looked at him with a pout and puppy eyes

"Sir...I don't know what you mean...I just came…"

Victor cut me off before I could say anything, his voice was rather deep and masculine that I fixed my eyes on him as he scolded me"Stop talking, you're a troublemaker...this is the last time you are coming out here and cause so much trouble" he finished his words and I just looked at him. I swore he looked handsome all angry and for the first time I saw and witnessed Victor saying a lot of words at the same time

"What?" he asked, sounding annoyed as he looked at me with arched brows. He was upset with me but I wasn't affected by his anger. I didn't even mind how angry he was with me

"So you came because you thought I was riding horses?"I asked softly because his appearance shocked me. Yes I planned to lure him to me without asking him to but I didn't expect him to come so fast and angry

"Ms. Payton's this?" he simply asked massaging his temples as if I was giving him a headache

"Come with me," I said with giggles and grabbed his hand and led him back to the picnic spot. I was happy that he showed up which meant the picnic I planned for him was happening. He seemed surprised by my actions as I dragged a grown-up man down the bridge until we reached the site. I let go of him and ran forward and turned to shout

"Surprise!"I shouted, spreading my arms apart, showing him what I did. I waited for his reaction but none came. He was just grumpy like always. No smile, no shock he was just ice cold and frozen like a statue. I frowned and rushed back to him and stopped just before him

"It's...a picnic I planned out…"I said sounding low not sure why he wasn't surprised and lowered my gaze fiddling with my hands

"Ms. Payton I had a serious meeting going on and this is what you did!"Victor said more angrily, his voice deep and a little scary as he looked at me with sharp angry eyes. Whatever he said I didn't care, last night he fell ill and scared me to death, and now he was talking about work

"I'm...sorry I didn't mean to...I thought it would be…"I was about to break down to tears but I bit back my tears and managed to say hoping I didn't ruin anything "it won't happen again"I muttered without looking at him and prepared to walk away sobbing knowing he hurt my feelings shouting at my hard work. I was going away to cry at some corner for what…

"Ms. Payton, wait"I didn't even reach far when he called out to me softly. I stopped right away and rubbed my eyes vigorously and smirked evilly as I slowly turned around looking pathetic and heartbroken. I didn't even look at myself as I rubbed my eyes innocently. I could feel his gaze on me as he walked closer

"It's...it's okay sir...you can go to your meeting...my apologies for disturbing your meeting worth millions"I muttered stating what he always said time was. To him time was money and a second was worth millions. I heard him one time yelling over his phone to whoever made a mistake

"Ms. Payton and what exactly do you want me to do now," he asked sounding a little controlled and I smiled inwardly and looked up at him with a soft gaze

"Nothing sir...I thought a picnic would do you good since you aren't feeling okay but I guess it's useless"

"So now what should I do with you"?" he asked, looking at me with narrowed eyes and I smiled giggling that my inner child won again. Despite his grumpiness, he was still a man after all and every man out there hated it when a woman or girl cried in their presence and my acting was superb that Victor ended up falling into my trap

"Sir spending time outdoors is fun...just like now both of us will spend the night here, "I said as we sat down on the blanket spread on the grass under a big tree which gave us some shade from the sun which wasn't that hot.

"Spending the night?" he asked in shock and I nodded repeatedly at him. It was a beautiful day, to cheer him up we had to spend the night

"Yes sir...I already had everything delivered...see the little tent I made...it's comfortable with pillows"I told him pointing to the white tent with pillows and everything. I was told the place was safe. So we were good to go

Victor scanned everything in the blanket and looked at me and moved closer so I could serve him

"Ms. Payton this is for kids"

"I know…"I giggled and handed him a bottle of wine, he scanned it like it was his first time seeing it. I knew it was tempting knowing he made a promise not to drink but I decided to spicy up his day just a little bit so

"It has zero alcohol"

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(Victor's POV)

I wanted to scold her and shout at her for doing what she did to ruin my meeting. At least she needed to know I was not a teen to run around the city looking for her. She was 22 years old but she acted like a teenager. It was hard to understand how she made me angry to the point where I couldn't stand it but then again she fixed it with her cute behavior.

I was laying there as I listened to what she wanted to say. It was getting dark and she had made a fire and both of us were sitting close. She was roasting some marshmallows for me because I didn't want to get closer to the fire. She didn't complain but just smiled and started talking nonstop

"That's it, sir... whenever you are sad just think about Vivienne...and boom sadness disappears," she said waving her hands in the hair, she was smiling and laughing at her jokes that I couldn't keep my eyes away from her. I wanted to go back to the hotel because I didn't come to Oxford city to play around. I had so many things to do but here I was

"Just look at the sky, it's beautiful...and sleeping under the open sky...staring at stars...feeling the cool breeze caressing your bare skin...it's lovely" she recited keeping her head high and I just sat there, I had nothing to say other than watch her talk with giggles

It was ridiculous that he was spending his night at some park surrounded by trees and some lake. By now it was dark and I did the honors of covering her with a blanket just to make sure she was warm

"Thanks, sir," she said looking up at me

"Let me do it," I said and joined yet I guess I could do this if it would make her happy. My Surrogate was a little manipulative. No woman had ever managed to make me dance to her tune then like she did.