Chapter 22
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"I'm not a meanie." he denies, "I'm am probably going to be the nicest man you'll ever meet."
Laughing, "Right." I said sarcastically. "Nice men don't let nice girls lose their jobs or embarrass them either."
He left his hands to his chest. "Okay, I did make you lose your job, but I have a valid reason why." Shaking his head. "I've never embarrassed you."
I rolled my eyes. "Of course, you have many times. In front of Mr. Ryan. Many times, in front of Ms. Wilson."
"Those were not intentional." He defended.
I raised my eyebrows at him. "Really, weren't they?"
He reached for my arms and turn me to face him. "I'd never hurt anyone intentionally. I know I treated you awful and I'm sorry, but you can't really expect me not to. I thought you were the girl who ruined my parent's marriage and left her baby in an office. I didn't have much choice."
"Everyone has a choice," I repeated his words to him. He did have a choice; his choice was to believe I was telling the truth and he chose not to.
"I'm sorry. I should have taken your word."
"Thank you." I offered a small smile as I looked into his brown eyes.
Henrique let out a little scream beside us with cause us to break contact.
Déjà-vus
We both start laughing as we looked at the baby was now completely covered in ice-cream.
When did that even happen?
I laugh and shake my head. This is the exact reason why babies can't be left alone for too long.
"He's gonna need a bath." Says Alexander as he looked at the baby.
"Yea and this island is going to need some bleach." I look down at the island which hand ice-cream all over.
"You take care of this. I'll go get him cleaned up and ready for bed.." I lifted my face and looked into Alexander's eyes. Did he just offer to do something?
"You don't have to look at me so shocked. I know a thing or two about babies and plus, I had him before you came." He lifts up Henrique off the messy island and places him in his arms.
"You'll be messy too." I noticed as some of Henrique's cookie rubbed against his shirt.
"It's okay. I needed a bath anyway." He turns to leave with Henrique but turn back at me. "Goodnight Kalliyah."
I smiled, "Goodnight, Alexander."
I moved my hips to the song which was playing through my beats Bluetooth speaker.
'Tip toe' by Jason Derulo. I didn't know the dance for the song so I just moving and wining to the rhythm and I loved it and Henrique didn't seem to mind it either. He was standing on the grass moving to the rhythm with a toy in his hands. I was standing at the edge of the pool.
I twirl around to continue my dance move but I saw someone tall standing watching and out of fear I jumped and a few seconds later I was in the pool.
I used my hands and feet to reach back to the surface. I pushed my head up to the surface for air.
Alexander was now standing at my previous spot looking at me laughing. I splash my hands up angry him. "Are you crazy? You could have killed me."
"You're not dead, are you?" he stood smiling.
I rolled my eyes. I look down at my wet dress. "You always do this."
He places his hands on his chest, "Me, I've never made you fall into the pool before."
"That's not what I'm talking about." I snapped.
"Then what are you talking about?" His smiling stops when I realize I wasn't happy about what just happened.
"You sneaking up on me!" his crazy habit almost killed me. Why does he think he can just sneak up on me?
Oh, yeah. It's his house.
"I didn't want to interrupt your dancing. You're a great dancer by the way." I looked in his little browns eyes and I knew I had to forget him but not without payback.
"Thanks." I tried not to blush or smile, I need to maintain the angry persona. I look down at my wet dress. "Look at my dress."
"It's wet not ruin." He states which earned him a glare from me.
I moved closer to the edge of the pool, "Can you help me out please?"
He nods and bent down to offer me a hand. When my hand was in his, I used all my strength to drag him in the water with me and it worked. He started to fall face down in not too far from me. I was in stitches by the time he surfaced.
"That's not funny." He said a straight face.
I laugh, "That's how it feels."
He looks down at his suit and sighs. "I have a meeting in thirty minutes."
"It's wet not ruined." I laughed as I repeated his words to him.
"Ha ha ha, very funny."
We were close to each other, so close it was dangerous. I stared into his eyes as he stared back into mine, but the eye contact didn't last because Henrique started giggling.
I lifted my head to see Henrique at the edge of the pool and no longer on the grass.
"No!" I shouted but it was too late.
He was already jumping in the water.
I quickly swam up to him, but Alexander was quicker and catch him before he hit the water.
I held my hands to my chest to feel my heart that was racing.
Monkey see monkey do.
Henrique thought we were having fun and wanted to join in.
I looked over at the two. Alexander smiling at Henrique, "You're a troublemaker. You made my heart left my chest." I was good to know that I wasn't the only one affected by Henrique's attention. Alexander slowly places Henrique's feet in the water. He used one hand to hold Henrique then he lifted his other hand in the water then lifted up some water and splashed it in his face.
