Chapter 49
Andrius woke up early the next day. If he really slept he did not know. He immediately opened his eyes when the feeling of someone tightly hugging him was evident. He smiled when he looked at Anya’s beautiful sleeping face. He slowly raised his hand and caressed her gently. He then carefully brought his face closer to hers and kissed her softly on the lips.
“Daddy!”Atreus shouted from the newly opened door.
Andrius immediately signaled his son to be quiet.”Hello, kiddo. Good morning!”he greeted him with a smile.
“Morgen, Daddy,”Atreus replied.”I wanted to go to the beach. Beach! Beach! Beach!”
Andrius’eyes widened and he got up quickly. He took his striped clothes last night and put them on. He then quickly picked up Atreus and glanced at Anya slightly before finally leaving the room.
Andrius breathed a sigh of relief after they finally went out of the room. He was afraid that Anya would wake up and be disturb from her sleep. As they reached the living area, he saw Pappi in the kitchen. Sitting comfortably while drinking his morning coffee.
Andrius was hesitant to approach him. That was when Atreus shouted,”Pappila, let’s go to my Daddy’s beach!”Atreus’eyes were beamed with happiness.
Upon hearing, Pappi raised his head. He immediately looked at Andrius with a critical look. He stood up to approach the two with the coffee he was drinking.”Where are you taking my grandson? No. No. No. Mister Monterio. You can’t do that!”he said immediately. Obviously exaggerating.
“Pappila, we’re going to the beach. Right, Daddy?”His son’s innocent approach. Atreus looked at Andrius with a smile and then begged to look at his grandfather.
“Oh my gosh! You’re one cute little monster,”Pappi’s surrendering statement to his grandson. He sighed, shoulder dropped while returning to the kitchen.”Now, you two. Go away!”
Atreus cheered. His smile was so big that his grandfather finally agreed. Andrius also smiled as he carried his son towards the beach. It was a public beach just across from Anya’s house. A few meters from the area highway. The beach was still connected to the Pacific Ocean and was often used as a surfing spot by foreigners.
“I wanna swim, Daddy,”Atreus said immediately upon seeing the place.
“Sure, baby. Let me take off your clothes first,”Andrius replied as he lowered the child into the sand.
Andrius smiled from the fact that his son looked like him who loved water. After undressing Atreus, he also took off his clothes. He took the cellphone out of his pocket from his jogging pants and called his sister.
“Hey, baby. I missed you!”Andrius opened immediately when Sofia answered his call.
“I’m fine, big brother. How’s your stalking? Oh, Andrius! You might cry over that again,”Sofia foolishly answered to Andrius immediately.
Andrius laughed at what Sofia said. His sister knew what had been happening to him since Anya disappeared. Even so, he knew she was annoyed with the girl for what she had done to him before, but his sister still supported him.
“I have a surprise for you, baby. Come in here. You’ll love it, baby,”Andrius said to his sister as he watched his son playing with the sand.
“Okay, we’re coming. We’re just close from your area.. The kids also wanted to visit Mabua Beach, too. See you, later!”Sofia said goodbye to him before she ended the other line.
Andrius first set the GPS of his cellphone so that his sister could quickly track him down. Then he sighed. He sat on the sand while still watching his child who was just on the edge of the vast ocean while chasing the waves back and forth. He smiled from the sight. His heart was filled with happiness at the moment. After a while, he remembered to call his four bodyguards. Up to this day he was still irritated when he thought that they kept the secret about his son.
“Hello, Mr. Monterio!”Arthur, one of his bodyguards, greeted him.
“Fuck you!”he spat emphatically before glancing at Atreus. He breathed a sigh of relief as his son did not hear his swearing.
“Relax, Mr. Monterio. Why?”Arthur’s innocent question on the other line made him even more annoyed.
“Stop the bullshit, Arthur. Why is it that you didn’t tell me that I have a son?”Andrius asked directly. The other line fell silent. He thought his call was gone but when he peeked the phone it was still there.
“Surprise! Mr. Monterio! Yehey!”The four bodyguards shouted in the other line. They seemed very pleased with what they did.
Andrius held the cellphone very tightly. He was even more annoyed by their silly response. If they were just in front of him he might have stumbled on them.”No bonus for the next month,”he said. The four spoke in disagreement.
“Daddy! Come here!”
Andrius was distracted when his son shouted. When he looked at him, he was bathing in the sea. He blushed at the thought and immediately turned off the call. He left the cellphone on the sand and hurriedly took off his jogging pants. He was wearing boxers when he went to see his son.
“Are you, okay?”Andrius asked anxiously. The son nodded and swam not far from him. The waves were so strong that he was afraid to leave him alone while taking a bath.
“Umm, yes daddy! Just wait. I’ll just pee,”Atreus said goodbye to him. Andrius nodded as he watched the child come out of the sea.
When Atreus was finally out of the sea, Andrius swam to the deep part of the sea. He had fun swimming. It was a while before he thought of going up. He frowned immediately when he saw that his son was with someone on the beach. When the image became clear he saw that it was Anya. He smiled at them and swam even faster.
Andrius’forehead furrowed when he saw Anya sobbing with her son. He immediately approached them. Anya only stopped when she saw him and at the same time put down their child.
“Hey, what happened? Is everything alright?”he asked while also comforting Atreus who was still sobbing.
“You asshole! Are you going to kill me? Look what you did to my son!”Anya said angrily to him as she wiped away her own tears.
“Why, baby?”Andrius asked curiously.”Hush, now Kiddo. Daddy is here,”he comforted Atreus. He looked at them with pity.
“I thought you drowned. I thought you would leave us again. You idiot! You are really very rude! Your tendency to-“Everything Anya said was interrupted when Andrius’lips silenced her. She struggled but he held her tightly. He made sure she couldn’t resist. And he succeeded.
Andrius smirked.”The only way to shut your mouth,”he said.”I’m a professional diver baby,”he added foolishly after releasing Anya’s lips.