CHAPTER FOUR- THE RETURN
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Julian's pov
I stood up in shock as I saw her standing in front of me.
Excitement steered up within me, seeing the person I searched for endlessly for three years.
"Hello, can you hear me?" She asked again.
I quickly composed myself and cleared my truth.
"Yes, I heard you right, Arianna?.." I inquired as I had not gotten her last name when she mentioned it.
"Coleson, Arianna Coleson." She answered.
"Great, so you are the new secretary?" I was confused.
I stared blankly at Jarvis and I could see that he was embarrassed on my behalf.
"I'm still an applicant sir." She corrected.
"Oh, then consider yourself employed," I told her.
I could see the look of triumph on her face and at that instant, I knew there was more to what brought her to my office.
"Thank you, sir." She said. "So when do I resume work?" She inquired.
"When you tell me where my kids are and where you have been all these years," I demanded from her.
I saw her face register different emotions.
First, it was shock, then fear, and finally determination.
"How did you know about my kids?" She asked.
"You are the lady from my one-night stand three years ago." I reminded her.
"Yes, I'm well aware of that." She agreed.
"So it means that those kids are mine!" I told her.
"Yes, they are but you will have no business with them just as they would have no business with you." She said to me.
"Why Arianna? Why?" I asked her while feeling hurt by her words
"Because you are just my one-night stand and nothing else." She replied.
"But I want to be more than that with you Arianna."
"You cannot give me what I want Julian Reed." She said to me.
"What is it you want Arianna?" I asked her.
"Revenge, I want revenge!" She answered.
Arianna's pov
I watched Julian Reed's face register confusion.
I knew he was my baby daddy and I planned everything so I could meet him.
When I left three years ago, I discovered that I was pregnant.
Already, before I ran away, I got information that my mother had left some savings for me before she died.
When I collected the money, it was about a million dollars and with that, I started my new life.
I knew the pregnancy was from the one-night stand but I had no idea who he was, his name, or his identity.
It was when I gave birth and I saw how my babies looked very familiar to a popular business mogul.
I did my research and I discovered that he was no other person than Jullian Reed.
He was the CEO of one of the biggest conglomerate families in the world and he was my baby daddy.
I began to plan my revenge. I found out that Jessica later ended her engagement to her suitor and got married to George and much to my chagrin, my father's company was doing very well.
It was as if my departure was the reason for their open heaven and I had been the one blocking the sky for them.
I was angry and I was mad! Fate was being cruel to me and karma was useless.
When my kids turned three and they started asking for their father, I knew it was time to return.
A few days before my return, I got an Intel from my private investigator that my father was looking for me because he heard I was the one who took the money my mum had saved and he wanted it back.
"So, with everything you had, you still want the little that belongs to me, Father." I wept bitterly.
At that moment, I decided that I was going to be karma and I would burn them and their empire to the ground.
"So Arianna, who do you want to take your revenge on?" He asked me.
"My family!" I replied coldly.
I knew he was wondering why someone would want to do such a thing against her family but I did not care.
"Why Arianna, why do you harbor such thoughts towards your own family?"
"It's personal," I replied stiffly.
"Well, if you want me to help you with your revenge mission, then you will have to open up to me and tell me everything." He demanded.
I breathed heavily as I thought about what he was demanding from me.
It meant I had to let down my guard and expose my weaknesses and fears which was not what I wanted but seeing the look of determination on his face, I knew that there was no way I could avoid that.
"Well, they did something bad to me three years ago and they are still after me now," I explained.
"Go on, I'm listening." He nudged me.
"The night I met you, it was the night before my wedding day and I discovered that my fiancee George was cheating on me with my stepsister Jessica." I paused as I tried to gauge his expression.
He did not say anything except raise his eyebrows at me as a sign for me to continue.
"I met my father and stepmother about it but they were in support of my stepsister and insisted that I must still go on with the wedding." I continued explaining.
"I'm still here, you can continue." He encouraged me but I could see that he was beginning to soften towards me.
"I left that night to the club to drink away my sorrows and that was when I met you. The next morning which was the wedding day, my father called me and as usual insisted that I must continue with the wedding but I was already tired of their ill treatment and I wanted to start my life afresh."
"So when did you discover that you were pregnant for me?" He asked me
"It was after I left. But I could not locate you because I did not know you, the only way I was able to survive was when I discovered my mother had left some savings for me and I took it."
"Then how did you locate me?" He inquired.
"I saw that my babies looked like someone popular and I did my research and I discovered that it was you," I answered.
"You could just continue living your life in peace, why do you want revenge?"
"Because I discovered recently that my father was searching for me because of my mother's money that I took, that was when I decided that since they don't want to give me peace, then they won't have peace either!"
"Alright, if you want me to help you, it's on one condition." He said.
"And what is that?" I asked.
"Marry me!”
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