Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

Aldrin narrowed his eyes down at his wife, he wondered what exactly she was keeping away from him that was very hard for her to say..

“You don’t love me anymore?” he asked skeptically for her eyes to grow wide..

“Nonsense!.. you know that’s not the case”

She uttered diverting her eyes from his questioning gaze, she sighed deeply and groaned out..

“Fine! I’ll tell you”

Aldrin took a sit on the bed with an arched brow ready to listen to whatever she had to say, he badly wanted to hear it, he knew that whatever she had to say concerned him too..

Anita dragged her lazy feet and stood before him with a pout..

“Alright, but promise you won’t be mad at me..”

Aldrin gave a firm nod..

“Well.. years ago.. I wasn’t actually the girl arranged for you”

Aldrin’s brows drew together in confusion, he was just about to ask her a question when the door pushed open with a small bang..

Alexa’s bored expression came through from the corridor, she narrowed her eyes at the two who were acting weird..

“Enough with your love speech.. the Brown’s are waiting for you both”

She turned around and left the room closing the door behind her..

Aldrin turned to Anita once more, he rose up to his feet and took her hand in his large palm..

“We’ll talk about this when the meeting is over alright?”

Anita gave a nod with a smile on her face as they made their way to the door..

***

Bruce’s and Tracy’s attention was pulled to the direction of the stairs when they heard footsteps descending..

“Aldrin! long time!” Bruce exclaimed and rose up to his feet along side Tracy, he stretched out his hand which Aldrin took without a second thought…

“Yeah it feels like ages” Aldrin imputed for the two men to share a hearty laugh..

The two women made brief eye contact and quickly pulled their gazes off each other.

“hmph!” Anita snorted and swiped her hair backwards, she took hold of Aldrin’s arm possessively and followed him to an empty sofa in the living room..

They both sat down a seat opposite Bruce and Tracy which looked really awkward right now because the two women didn’t miss a chance to send a glare to each other..

Asher hurried in tucking his phone into his suit’s inner pocket, he smiled apologetically to them and took a seat next to Alexa..

Not like he wanted it, but that was the only space left and it’ll be really weird if he remained standing while others were seated..

Bernard cleared his throat to gain their attention, most especially Tracy and Anita’s attention..

“So.. Bruce, as you know, I called for this meeting for a specific reason which you’re well aware of..”

Bruce gave a nod urging the old man to go on, his eyes slowly wandered to Anita who was avoiding his gaze like a plague..

“I’m the most disappointed with the fact that the alliance didn’t work out well for Damien and Rihanna.. so.. we have no other choice than to replace them with Asher and Alexa”

At the mention of their names, they both stood up pinning the old man with their gaze..

“What?!” They bursted out in unison..

“Asher! sit down!” Bruce ordered..

Asher sat back down, if he had known that this was the reason for this shitty meeting, he’d have gladly stayed back at the office..

He had initially thought this had something to do with the old man’s upcoming birthday celebration, but who knew that they’d actually be planning his marriage to this ill mannered lady standing next to him?

Anita arched a brow at Alexa who was still standing on her feet..

“Well miss? do you need a special invitation to grace your ass on that sofa?”

Alexa sat down in embarrassment, she sent a cold glare to Asher who returned it with a cold expression..

“So what do you say about it Bruce? does this sound okay with you?” Bernard asked guaging Bruce’s movement with his eyes..

Tracy leaned next to her husband’s ear and whispered a few words to him..

“Of course I don’t mind, but the children’s opinion matters too, I mean.. if they’re not willing, we can’t force them right?”

Asher nodded to his dad’s words, for the first time, his old man actually did something in his favour unlike before, where he does everything that favours Rihanna alone..

“Exactly dad! I don’t accept this marriage.. I mean we can find someone better-

Anita’s eyes narrowed at the young man’s choice of words, in as much as she’s way more closer to Damien than Alexa, she couldn’t sit back down and watch a complete psycho like Asher bad mouth her stubborn daughter..

“Yeah.. my daughter can certainly find a better looking guy too, there are several options there.. we can’t be tied forever to the Brown’s like umbilical cords..”

Alexa couldn’t agree less to her mum’s words, at least her mum said something good in her favour, old Sterling should understand that whatever relationship he had with the Brown’s in the past shouldn’t necessarily lead to marriage like it was a generational thing..

All eyes fell on Anita the moment she said those words, she puffed her cheeks feeling proud that she was the center of attraction..

“Good one” Aldrin whispered next to her ears with a teasing smile, which vanished completely the moment he heard his name..

“Aldrin!.. is also my son.. though I was against your marriage, I still accepted you into our family! so you better think twice before spurting out words you might regret later on”

“And you never miss a chance to remind me of it” Anita retorted..

Aldrin sat up, here was this topic again..

“What do you both mean by that? is there something I should know?” Aldrin asked staring back and forth between his wife and his dad..

Anita faced him with a nod, she stared down at her hand clasping his unable to form words out of her mouth..

“Well.. your dad is right Aldrin.. i-

Tracy sprang up to her feet, if Anita was going to spill out the truth, then she’d gladly be the first to reveal it to Aldrin..

“I can tell you everything you need to know Aldrin!.. Anita wasn’t the bride arranged for you all those years ago, I was the your chosen bride! but she managed to have her way by threatening to jump off a roof if she didn’t get married to you!”

Aldrin was taken aback, Anita wasn’t the lady who his dad picked for him? that explains why the two don’t get along..

Anita’s eyes teared up seeing the look that crossed his face..

She stood up to her feet and stomped away to avoid wailing her lungs out in front of her enemy, tagged ‘Tracy’.

At the other hand Tracy was furious, why wasn’t Aldrin reacting furiously to this piece of information?

“Carry on.. I’ll be back” Aldrin murmured and excused himself from the tensed atmosphere, he hurriedly followed behind Anita..

***

Olivia walked slowly behind Rihanna who was already done packing her things, she watched the latter’s back moving out of the room with her trunk..

Rihanna opened the door and stepped out dejectedly and turned around once more with a glare directed at Olivia who was all smiles..

Olivia reduced her smile a little bit, she figured out that she’d look like a villainess in a romance novel who was happy after the two main characters were separated because of her..

“Alright! stop making me look like a villain whereas I’m not.. you brought this upon yourself” She murmured boredly..

“This isn’t over Olivia!” Rihanna seethed out through gritted teeth..

Olivia rolled her eyes hard at Rihanna’s words and closed the door shut at the latter’s face..

She made an attempt to walk back into the room only to halt back after feeling a slight pull on her shirt..

She turned back to find it stuck between the closed door and the wall, she opened the door once more to meet Rihanna standing in front of her with a mocking smile..

She obviously knew what must have happened..

“Well pretend you didn’t see that!” She lashed out and watched Rihanna’s back moving further down the hall..

She closed the door once more but this time a bit more careful…

She turned around heading back to the bed when she heard a hurried knock on the door, her teeth clenched..

“Isn’t she tired of being humiliated?!”

Olivia marched to the door and pulled it open ready to thunder into Rihanna’s ears but she stopped midway on seeing the familiar man grinning from ear to ear..

“You?”