###Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8

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Anthonia was in her bedroom with Blossom on the bed with her. She was awake, suckling a pacifier.

Anthonia was pressing her phone, she hasn't called Nathasha in over four days now neither has Nathasha called her.

She dialled Nathasha's number and she picked up at the third ring.

" Hey, what's up?" Nathasha first said.

" Good, you?"

" I'm lovely, how is your soon-to-be husband?"

" Who?"

" You know, Henry. How is he?"

" He is fine but he isn't my soon-to-be husband, okay?"

" I know, I know. He has to be your boyfriend before husband, sorry for skipping it. "

" It isn't just about skipping it, Henry and I are a no. "

" Hmm, I don't think so. Katherine and Stella will agree with me, bet it. "

" That reminds me, have either of them called you recently because they haven't called me?"

" Nope, they haven't called me yet. You know that they are busy people. "

" Yeah, right. I wish I can see them again, I miss them a lot. "

" Me too. I'm sure they miss us too, have you tried calling them?"

" Not really but the times I tried, it didn't go through. "

" Hmm. They're probably busy. "

" And the time difference between us too. Well, in some other things, how is your work?"

" Really good. " She replied, happily. Even a deaf people would be able to hear the happiness in her voice.

" Umm, what's happening to you? Or maybe, what happened to you?"

" Um, nothing?"

" C'mon, Mel, tell me. "

" Okay, fine. You know I'm working at De La Rosa, there is one guy there and there is actually my boss, I think he is extremely cute. "

" Seriously, what is his name?"

" Travis. " She paused. " I got to go now, I think he heard me. Say hello to your boyfriend's family for me. "

" He's not my boyfriend, when should we speak again. " Anthonia snapped and hang up

" Nevermind, he didn't hear me. Hey, I was thinking, why don't you start posting videos on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram story before Henry eventually features you in his MV so people will know you before all that?"

Anthonia paused, thinking about it. " You're right, I will think about it. "

" Um, okay. We will call later tonight, okay?" Nathasha said and hang up.

Anthonia dropped her phone and faced Blossom. " You're so beautiful, Blossom. You are smart, right? So, please tell me, should I do what?"

" Nanny!" The twins shouted, entering the room.

She got off the bed and bent down to hug them. They rushed in and jumped into her opened arms.

" Hey, how was school today?" She asked, brushing their hair with her fingers as usual.

" It was good then dad came too and it became fun. You did it, nanny. You really did it. " Nia said, happily. Her eyes was glittering with so much happiness.

" Yes, Anthonia. You really did it, you're so wonderful, you're my hero. " Ria added.

" Here, we bought somethings for you from the icecream parlor. " Nia said, handling a tote bag to her. " Here are some icecream in there with chocolate chips and chocolate cake and chocolate bar, you'll love it. There was chocolate ice cream so I chose the vanilla for you while Ria chose the strawberry, both are in. You will absolutely love them all. "

Anthonia nodded. " You are right, I love it, you two are the cutest twins ever, you know if you are not already given birth to then I'll wish to be your mother. "

They smiled at her as she caressed their faces. " But, you can be our new mummy, right?"

Her eyes widened in shock and surprise. Her cràzy mind started running. In order to be this cuties mummy, you'll have to get married to Henry Harrison and she hatés him. No, no, maybe not haté but just dislike.

" Why don't you girls go to your rooms and freshen up then you'll chat, huh?" She said.

The twins pecked her on both cheeks. " I love you. " They chroused and left.

Henry entered the room with hands tucked in his jean pockets.

" The kids really loves you a lot. " He said, walking to her while she stood up.

" You think so?" She asked, dusting invisible dust from her clothes.

" Yes, they kept talking about you all the way here. "

She just smiled.

" What did you do?" He asked. She looked at him, quizzically. " I mean, how? I never expected to move on so quickly. "

" I didn't do anything. Maybe, they haven't moved on yet, maybe they chose to accept the truth for what it truly is. " She replied.

" Whatever you did, thank you. "

" You know, when Smith told me, you were nice, I didn't believe it. "

He chuckled, softly. " I hope you enjoy the things the kids got for you. How is Blossom?"

Anthonia smiled brightly. " You finally accepted. So, when will we register her?"

Henry looked at her. Her eyes shinning with excitement, making her even more beautiful. " Umm, I accepted because I don't have a choice. Emmanuella is the one that chose the twins names, I am not really good at that. "

" I don't think so, you are a singer moreover a dad, you definitely can do it. "

" I guess we will never find out. "

" Why do you say so? Don't you think that you can love again?" She asked, dropping the tote bag on the floor.

" To be honest, I don't. Forget about that, my lawyer will be here soon. " He tried deviating the topic.

She saw he wasn't comfortable with it. " Well, you're handsome and I bet every girl would be happy to have you. "

" Will you be happy to have me?" He asked, teasingly.

She scoffed, laughing hysterically. " Yeah, I wasn't talking about myself, Henry. "

He smiled, cutely. " Hmm, I don't believe you. "

" Do I look like I care?"

" Yes, you do. " He replied. She rolled her eyes. " You know, if you keep rolling your eyes then it'll fall off. "

" And who said that?"

" Me, Henry Harrison. " He replied, cockily. He walked over to the bed and went to Blossom. " You're so beautiful, just like like your mom. "

" Hmm hmm. You looks more like you than Emmanuella. She has your eyes, the color of your hair. "

He looked at her. " You think so?"

" Yes. Even the twins has your eyes but they're brunette. "

" Emmanuella was brunette, a very beautiful one. Let's go downstairs, there's a lot of icecream in the fridge. "

" How many icecream did you buy?"

" Like fifty. "

" And how many did you get the twins? Like how many did they lick?"

" I lost count. . . "

" You lost count? Of how many ice cream your kids licked just under two hours? How irresponsible can you be?!" She snapped, angrily.

" I just wanted them to be happy. "

" Happy? Happy? They could have diabetes and cold, what's wrong with you? Are you so stupíd?"

Henry looked at her, shocked and awed. " What?!"

" Yes, are you that stupíd? Gosh, you can't take care of just two five-year-old girls under your fuckíng care?" She snapped, again.

" You have no right to tell me all that, you're overstepping all boundaries. "

" Why can't you just accept it? You're irresponsible, careless and just. . There's no other word but foolísh to describe you. "

" Anthonia!" He yelled, causing her to flinch. " You are just a mere nanny to the kids and you have no fuckíng rights to talk rudély at me. Get out. "

" This is my room, you jérky pup. " She snapped.

He grabbed her arm, slamming her against the wall. " Your sharp tongue is way too sharp. "

" Your opinion of me has nothing to do with me. That is your business, not mine. Let go of me. " She said, firmly trying to struggle out of his grip.

He immediately let go of her and backed away. " Your last warning, don't try this again. "

" Else what? What will you do? Murdér me? Or what? I really want to know what you will do to me. But, listen, if the kids falls sick, it is your fault. "

He walked out, slamming the door shut, loudly.

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Smith was having a long ride. She spent the day, shopping. She is currently driving in circles not ready to go home.

The kiss couldn't go out of her head. It kept playing on auto repeat.

Whenever she was àngry, she shops like cràzy and she will feel relaxed yet today was different. She still felt distressed and unrelaxed.

She quickly stepped on the brakes of the car as she saw a figure bent down in the middle of the road.

The car was merely an inch away from the figure. She quickly got down front her car.

" You. " They both said, staring at each other, surprised.

Austin held a white furry cat in his arms. He was in a green flannel jacket over white t-shirt and a jean trousers.

" You nearly ran over this cat, why aren't you driving properly?" He snapped, furiously.

" I didn't see it. " She replied, calmly.

" Exactly, because you aren't driving properly. " He snapped again. " You nearly this cat's life. "

" It's just a cat. " She barked, angrily.

" Just a cat? I don't believe you, Smith. You're being ridiculous. "

" And you're overreacting, you saved its life, it's enough, Austin. "

" It's not enough. What if it was a person? What if you didn't step on the brakes on them?"

" You would have díed, this is just a stray cat. It doesn't have a home so why bother?"

Austin looked at her, unbelievably. " And who told you it doesn't have a home?"

A little girl walked to him. " Thank you for saving him. Can I have him?"

" Here you go, it's cute. " Austin said, giving her the kitten.

" Thank you. " She said and left.

Smith sighed. " Sorry, I didn't know. "

" Of course, you didn't. How will you know? The only thing you could do is just to driving carefully and watch the road but no, you won't. "

She wanted to talk but she kept quiet because he was right. She wasn't watching and she could have kílled the little girl's cat.

" Can I at least drive you home to apologize for what happened?"

" No. There's no need to apologize to me for anything. " He replied and started walking away.

She quickly got into the car and drove to him. " Hey, please. Just get in, I'm really sorry, c'mon Austin, I'm sorry, Austin, get in. "

" I don't want to. "

She got down from the car and went in front of him. " How do you want me to say it? I'm sorry, please let's forget this. "

" Just like you forgot about the kiss we had. "

She looked into his eyes. " I thought we were talking about the cat, why did you change to the kiss?" She asked, timidly, fidgeting with her fingers, looking everywhere but him. " And, I wasn't the one who wants to forget about the kiss but you. "

" It is because you wanted it. You fuckíng wanted it. "

" I didn't say that!" She yelled.

" Maybe, you didn't but that's what you meant. You kissed me and had the fuckíng rights to ask me to forget about the kiss. " He yelled back.

Her eyes became watery. She looked away from him, hiding her eyes from him. The guy she just knew is making her cry, that has never happened in the nineteen years of her life.

" Smith, " He called her name so softly that it made her burst into more tears. " Hey, I didn't mean to make you cry, I'm sorry. " He said.

" No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kissed you but it wasn't a mistake, I mean, I just did it to chase Wade away but. . . That was the. . ."

" The what?" He urged her to push forward.

" It was the best. . .kiss I have ever had. " She said, looking straight into his eyes.

He smiled, handsomely. " And that was my first kiss, do you believe that?"

Her eyes twitched with somewhat surprised, shocked and proudness. " Actually, no. I don't believe it. "

" Well, it is. It was. "

" I'm sorry. I should have ask for your permission first. "

" It's fine. The kiss was lovely. "

A blush was immediately plattered on her face. " So, what now?"