Chapter 56

After some chills and games with Jae, Elizabeth was all dressed for work as she sat in front of her large mirror watching Jae's reflection as he styled her hair.

It was some minutes past 11am already so Elizabeth was literally not in a rush hence she already missed morning sales, she got lots of calls from her customers in their offices but she had to call them all off.

Just a day's rest won't stop her from making money anyways.

She sighs as she thought of what Edde told her when he called, he wanted to talk about Grey. Maybe it wasn't a trick, maybe something is happening to Grey… Who knows?.

She has only known Jae for a few hours, maybe twelve hours and they were getting along pretty well but that doesn't mean he should be trusted. She needed the Cafe to be opened and she also needed to see Edde for the sake of Grey. Asking Jae to stay in the Cafe for her was too complex and she wasn't quite sure how trustworthy Jae was.

"Uhm, J-jae can you stay in the Cafe and attend to customers for me while I go see someone?" Elizabeth asked anyway, after endless thoughts. By the way if Jae is her sales person she has to trust him just as she trusts the delivery man with her bike.

"Yes of course I can stay, it's really no big deal for me… I can make all kinds of coffees" he uttered in a smile as he dropped the comb. "And… I'm done with your hair!" He said as Elizabeth smiled at the view of the low back bun he styled… So slick and smooth!.

"I could never be this good with my hair, Thanks for this Jae" she uttered with a cheeky smile as he tapped her shoulder in response and nodded.

"Let's go already" he said as Elizabeth threw the keys at him which he caught effortlessly.

"You should start going, I will get an Uber" She said as he nodded and headed out.

Elizabeth grabbed her phone from the mini table standing beside her bed as she placed a call on Edde and as expected Edde picked up even before his phone could ring out.

"Hey Betta '' Edde Muttered sounding exquisitive and cheerful at the same time, he didn't expect to get a call from her so he was equally astonished.

"You said you wanted to talk about Grey right? Where should we meet? I'm on my way already" She said plainly as Edde smiled at his end.

"Uh…uhm, come over to the Amusement Park close to my company, Grey is also there with Nelly" Edde uttered still with a smile on his lips.

"Alright, see you in a jiffy… You should be there before me" She said plainly and ended the call as she went ahead to book her ride which came in less than two minutes.

Edde quickly packed up the files he was looking through, he was way too excited to spend the next millisecond in his office. He grabbed his Armani suit jacket and slid it into his arms as he picked his phone and dashed out of the office.

In a few minutes he was already on the ground floor of his 40 floors company, he quickly got into his car, turned on the ignition switch and zoomed off into the busy UK road.

The Amusement Park wasn't too far from his office, maybe a five minutes drive or something. On getting close to the Pack he quickly dialed Nelly's number which she picked up almost immediately.

"Hello Sir" Her voice came up sounding like she was trying to catch her breath.

"Why are you breathing so fast?" Edde asked with a narrowed gaze.

"Grey made me ride in a roller coaster and I'm not really cool with heights" she said and chuckled softly as Edde sighs indifferently.

"Please bring Grey to the Barbie Picture Booth next to the relaxation chairs and wait for me, I'm almost at the Pack" Edde uttered bossily.

"Alright Sir" Nelly replied as Edde ended the call.

Soon Edde got to the Pack and headed straight to the Booth side, he really didn't want to offend Elizabeth so he heeded to her words of not getting to the meeting point before him.

"Nelly you can leave now, thanks for taking care of Grey" Edde said calmly as he pulled Grey to his lap and pecked his head.

"Anytime Sir" she replied in a smile as she waved at Grey and left.

"You had a good time huh?" Edde asked as Grey nodded with his eyes on the picture Booth, Just then Edde's phone rang out loudly as Edde checked the caller ID which turned out to be "Baby Mama" which he saved Elizabeth's contact as. He quickly swiped to the answer icon and placed the phone on his right ear.

"Where are you?" She asked Curly.

"Come over to the Barbie picture Booth" Edde replied and Elizabeth ended the call.

"Dad who is coming?" Grey's voice babbled calmly as Edde smiled and smoothened Grey's curls.

"Maybe I should keep it a surprise…"

"Mummy!" Grey shouted enthusiastically as he quickly jumped off Edde's lap Making Edde and Elizabeth fear that he might dislocate his little bones.

Edde swiftly turned to the direction Grey ran to as his eyes met with that of Elizabeth who quickly took her eyes off and pulled Grey up as she swung him around like kids would normally love.

Edde was lost staring at her, the Polo she wore isn't the type he would love her to wear out as it was showing the skin of her boobs, her Jean trousers were too tight that it outlined her curves.

She looked so charming and beautiful as always with her hair styled in a way he has never seen her do it, who was she looking so hot and beautiful for? Him or the guy he heard in the background?.

"Hi" Elizabeth greeted plainly as she took a seat next to Edde with Grey on her lap.

"How have you been Betta?" Edde asked with his eyes fixed on her slightly opened cleavage.

"I'm hunky dory, Baby how have you been coping with your Dad?" Elizabeth asked Grey as she played with his Dark curly hair.

"I worked with Daddy today" Grey Squealed as Elizabeth smiled and brought out the smoothie she bought for him on her way.

"I got you your favorite Banana flavoured smoothie" Elizabeth Muttered cheekily as she opened it for him, dug in the straw and handed it to him.

"So straight to the point Edde Loxley, what did you want to talk about?" Elizabeth asked now semi facing Edde, she didn't want to look at his face… It will only distract her and make her violate the girl code.

"Betta I really do not like what you're wearing, what happened to covering up? Who are you getting all sexy for?" Edde found himself saying, he couldn't hold back the possessive part of him that thinks he owns Elizabeth.

"Excuse me?" She said as she turned to him amused by his guts. "What makes you think you have the right to still make my choices! We are no longer a thing… Oh sorry we were never a thing so don't start with me and let's just go straight to the point of this meeting" Elizabeth snapped crossly as Edde sighed.

"And mind you, I have a lot of men to look sexy for. Do you really think because you don't want me other men also don't?" Elizabeth blurted out as she scoffed irately. "We really shouldn't be doing this in front of Grey''.

"We broke up just two months ago and you already have a fling? Who was with you this morning?" Edde asked almost sparking out, he was losing his Patience. This wasn't what he planned, he wanted a peaceful discussion with Elizabeth but it was turning out wrongly. He only wished they weren't in public.

Elizabeth was kinda confused by what he meant by who she was with and who she was having a fling with not until she remembered that Jae called her "Baby girl", she was about explaining that it was far from what he thought but she snapped out of it. He doesn't deserve her explanation anyways.

"Can you just leave me alone! You have Sadie at home, why can't I move on too? Why are you even acting like you care after you clearly used my ass" Elizabeth yelled, making Edde cringe at her sudden change of mood. He ruined her mood and now she was about to tear up.

"Fuck it Elizabeth, I didn't use you… It's all complicated, let's just go straight to the point" Edde Muttered and sighed.

"go on"

"I'm planning on registering Grey in a creche, so I decided to consult with you first" Elizabeth looked down at Grey who was lying on her arms with his eyes dizzy.

"Grey is too small, he is just a year old. He is still a baby please" Elizabeth uttered with concern clear in her voice.

"But he is way too smart for…"

"Being smart doesn't make him more of his age, Grey needs to be familiar with his parents before being taken care of by some mean nannies, I really can't risk Grey to their care… Let's end this conversation please" Elizabeth mumbled and sighed at the thought of leaving Grey again, if only Edde would give her the chance of taking care of Grey for a week.

"I miss you so much Betta"

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