Devious snake

" I heard that you are no longer living with Xavier, " Ryan said after sighing softly he actually got to know from someone brainless.

His stupid brother who swore to seek justice from the Reynolds, saying his daughter can't leave her marriage without anything.

" Uncle told you , didn't he ?" She can guess more or less of what the shameless man is capable of doing .

," Um.. well yeah," he stuttered uncomfortably," but you can be less assured that we do care and won't interfere with whatever decisions you make. " he quickly added before she missunderstands him .

" You have no reason to worry about me, uncle, it's my life and I don't want any of you to interfere with it. " she replied , gently smiling at him .

" I know." He blunted " I just thought you may be feeling wronged, after all your feelings are involved here. " damn Xavier that bastard, she gave him her body and heart only to get this in return. He suddenly felt a urge to strangle that monster, or punch his stupid face for being so heartless,he just needs to vent, but acting rashly will only distance his niece from him and that the last thing he wants now especially now that she needs all the support she can get.

" Wronged ?!," She sniggered in disbelief ," to be sincere I'm more like being very grateful to him for everything that happened between us. "

If not for him she would still be at the family house locked up from the world, just counting the number of days that passed in a year. So she has every reason to be grateful for the way he treated her, for her uncle's betrayer and most importantly for the baby in her womb.

He exhaled heavily in frustration, roughing his hair , he was aware that she's not living in a good apartment and wished to talk her intoo coming back to their family house where she would be properly taking care of, but when he remembers how determined she was when she said she don't want to have anything to do with them or Xavier he had no choice but to drop that idea.

" If there's nothing else I would like to leave first," she excused herself with a polite bow, the other people were long gone leaving just the both of them inside the specious confluence room.

" Ok , but don't forget that if you ever need anything, you can always come to me." although he sounds sincere this time but it didn't have any impact on her, she just respectfully bowed again before leaving.

He noticed that ever since she left that stupid man her smile became lighter and lighter unlike before she became unreadable that he could no longer tell what she was thinking anymore, she learns fast but why does he feel it's no longer a good thing? .

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Xavier just exits a snack shop with a bucket of Glory's favorite ice cream .

He already asked Judith to start the car . When he was about to slide into the car he noticed some suspicious movements behind him and turned back but his amusement everything seemed normal, there was nothing off or suspicious around him so he just over looked it.

" Boss,is something wrong? " Judith noticed his movement and stuck out her head from the window and followed his line of sight but she saw nothing off with their enverronment.

" Nothing " he rubbed his temple, however he hope he was mistaken , the car slowly drove off, immediately it was out of sight a man with a big black hat and over sized sunglass resting on his nose bridge appeared from a secluded spot.

These was no one else but Adam Davis , his face was well hidden by the hat , he's lips curved into a sly smile under the hat " for a man to come all the way to this place just to buy ice cream, must be because of a woman, but who is this woman that made him suddenly want to divorce his beautiful wife, this new person must be very important to him."

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Glory sat in the sitting room crossed legs with a freshly made fruit juice by her side as she occasionally sips on it while flipping through a fashion magazine , she immediately stopped what she was doing when she heard the sound of a car horn and ran out.

Xavier frown seeing the woman who was running towards him like a child who couldn't wait to welcome her father, " Flora how many times have I told you not to run around like this? " though his face seem so cold but his eyes were filled with love and care.

" Seriously, when will you stop treating me like a kid am twenty eight already and going to be a mother soon." She with pouted lips.

" Isn't that the main reason why you should take care of yourself and stop making me worried?. " he wrapped his hands on her shoulder as they both walk in.

" But Xavier hasn't anyone told you that you sound like an old man when you are like this,huh? " she teased him making both of them enter a laughing fit.

" where is my ice cream? " she asked cheerfully like a child, he smiled in response and hand her the bag.

He smiled as he watched her monch on her dessert,of course he knows that she's almost thirty but to him she is still that little girl who always accompany him back then. Even though she lost those memories he's still happy she didn't change from what he had imagined she would be when she grows up a carefree person, optimistic with no care of the world.

" You should know how scary you look when you stare at someone that way." she said nonchalantly still munching on her icecream.

" Really?, why are you not scared ?" He ask removing his coat and passing it to one of the maids.

" Because I know you won't hurt me. " she said matter of factly.

So what if she lost her memories he was happy she still remember him at heart .

" You said you left for business, how did it go? " she asked.

" It want just fine " he replied purposely closing that chapter, he can't tell her it has something to do with the Davis Enterprise.

He knows she still feels guilty towards Clara and he won't let her Carry such a burden because if there's anyone who needs to apologize to someone, that person was him, he was the one who broke her.

"That reminds me, Xavier, the garden at the back of the house is being wasted, can you please follow me and let go get some seeds tomorrow. " Staying in such a big house was too boring, she couldn't help but wonder how Clara managed.

" Alright you can make decisions on anything here. last time you said you wanted to travel abroad, maybe after we buy and plant those seedlings,we will travel by the time we are back ,they will have started growing."

" Really?!, you aren't busy anymore? "she beamed, eyes sparkling with excitement.

She just can't wait to see all the amazing things and places Clara was talking about and those beautiful places she saw in magazines. When she got to visit England, she was way too happy and she made no effort to conceal it.

" Your happiness is way more important to me than any other thing. " He stretched out his hand to caress her hair but she hurriedly pushed it away while giving him a warning glaring.

" I told you that I'm no longer a child, I'm almost thirty and over here,{pointing at her stomach} lives a little rascal."she was pouting angrily but to him, she's just too cute and beautiful.

" Um.." he cleared his throat "okay big woman don't take too much of those junk foods, it's almost time for dinner." he collected the dessert box from her, ignoring all her protest , she watched him hand it to a maid with a heavy heart.

" Gosh,if only Clara was here we would have finished that box, I remember how we use to eat more than two boxes and a big plate of ice cream together, you know what,at first Clara doesn't like it because of the bittersweet taste but after forcing her to have a bite whenever I bought it, she started falling in love with it. "

Seeing how sad and heartbroken she sounds, he leaned over and embraced whispering comforting words to her " my Lilac some people in our lives are meant to be temporary, they are bound to leave when the time comes, please stop dwelling in the past and move on. "

" But she would have been better off without my presence in her life. " guilt was visible in her eyes.

" There are no buts Flora, what are you even saying,do you know how difficult it was to live without you all these years? Now you are talking about never appearing , there was never a feeling between us, I only married her for a reason, so whether you appeared or not she was destined to leave from the beginning, have you forgotten all the bad things she said about me?, just see what happened as you gave her freedom. " criticism was evident in the way he talked about his wife but discovering that she was somehow responsible for this misunderstanding Glory quickly interjected.

" No Xavier, actually Clara never really discussed anything about her family with me. I just jumped into conclusion seeing how she was forced to act like a mentally ill patient just to get a divorce from you. "

" Alright, don't think too much about her in future, those memories are irrelevant to us just as they are to her. She even said your baby will be loved, remember!. " he got up and urged her not to stay up late before heading upstairs.

' This is strange, Xavier said he never loved her but why did they say he dug her up from the collapsed hut with tears because he thought she was dead or did I over think things.' she just couldn't put all these things in place. looking at the back view of the man the worry and guilt in her eyes quickly disappeared and was replaced with a strange emotion.

Unfortunately no one was close enough to see her sudden change of expression, she narrowed her eyes concealing the envious look she had in them as her lips curved up into a sly and devious smile .