LUCIA POV.
My heart is racing as they both look at me wide-eyed. The room was dead silent and the air around us was so thick that I could slice it with a knife.
“Mr. Damon is our daddy?” Emma breaks the silence. I gulp loudly before nodding. Emma turns her gaze toward Damon and I do the same.
Damon smiles at her and suddenly, she quite around his neck. Damon hugs her back and lifts her off the ground. I turn to look at Evan and he's looking at Damon.
"My daddy?” Evan asks me and I nod mutely. Evan's gaze turns to me and he smiles widely. He wraps his arms around my neck and hugs me hard. I wrap mine around him and pat his back. He pulls away from me and runs to Damon. Damon wraps one arm around Evan also, hugging the both of them.
I just sit there with tears in my eyes as I see the three of them in each other's arms. Damon looks up and his eyes meet my teary ones but I look away immediately. After too long, they pull away.
"Daddy." Emma smiles widely. "I have a daddy like all the kids now." She says and hugs him again. Damon smiled and hugged her back. He kisses the top of her head and I look at Evan. He's also grinning from ear to ear.
All these years, I didn't know they both needed a father so much. Now I realized how much it hurt them seeing other kids with both of their parents while they had only a mother. But then all the kid's parents didn't have trust issues and were not blinded by jealousy.
Then, there was Damon. He didn't even come to me with whatever made him think that I was cheating on him and that too with my best friend. I stand up from the floor and walk out of the room, letting them have their moment and also have some time for myself.
But before I could make my way out, I felt little fingers wrap around my wrist. I turned around and saw Evan smiling at me.
"Group hug!" He squealed and Emma joined him. Evan pulled me back into the hall and Damon rose from the floor with Emma in his arms. Evan raised his hand to me, asking me to pick him up. I thought for a few minutes and finally went for it.
Anything to make my kids happy.
I picked Evan up and Damon walked closer to us. Emma wrapped one of her arms around Damon and the other around Evan and Evan wrapped one around me and the other around Emma. Damon slowly raised his hand and wrapped it around my waist and pulled me close. All the hairs on my body stood still because of his touch. We stayed like that for a few seconds before I finally pulled away. Damon dropped his hand and tucked it under Emma.
"So are we going to stay with daddy now?" Evan asked excitedly and I nodded mutely. "Yay!" Emma and Evan squealed in delight.
"I love you, daddy,” Emma said and laid her head on his shoulder. Damon smiled widely before replying to her.
"I love you too, baby girl." He kissed her cheek lovingly.
“And me?" Evan pouted and Damon laughed.
"I love you too, little man." He said and ruffled Evan's hair.
"I love daddy!" Evan screamed and the three of them laughed loudly.
As I looked at them, I realized something. I realized that everything was going to change from now on. I realized that the kids will love him the way they loved me. I realized that everything in my life was going to change now. As the three of them laughed I walked out of the room. I stood by the window and looked out of the glass admiring the beautiful view.
"Ahem." I heard someone clear their throat and I snapped out of my train of thought. I lookeD up to see Damon standing there. "Lucia, I-" he started but I raised my hand to stop him.
“Save it, Damon. What's all this?" I asked him. "Why did you come back to my life and tear it apart once again? Why are you trying to take my kids and happiness away? Why?" I continue when he doesn't speak. "Why-" I was cut off by his lips crashing against mine.
The familiar warmth I felt years ago came back to me as his lips touched mine. I stood there frozen, with wide eyes and not moving.
His lips felt the same, soft and perfect. My eyes fluttered and my eyelids closed. When I closed my eyes, I saw Damon kissing the woman from that night and I opened them immediately. I placed my hands on his chest and pushed him away. I wiped my mouth with my shirt sleeve and he was looking at me breathing heavily.
"This doesn't answer my question!" I screamed.
"I am doing this because I fucking love you and I want you back!" He shouted.
Silence settles between us for a few seconds and suddenly I start to laugh. I laughed so hard that I soon felt tears fall from my eyes. Damon was looking at me, his eyes showing nothing but confusion. I continued to laugh for a few more minutes before my laughter finally died down slowly.
"What's so funny?" He snaps at me.
"That was a very good joke," I admitted.
"I know I hurt you. I know I made you leave me when you needed me the most. I know I was wrong by jumping to conclusions without knowing the truth. I'm so sorry for not trusting you and kicking you out of the house. I am sorry for behaving like a caveman that night. But please, Just listen to what I have to say." He says and I remain quiet. "Please." He says again and I sigh. We both sit on the couch and he starts to speak.
Flashback to Damon's POV
"The number you are calling is switched off." The robotic voice says. It's six thirty in the evening and Lucia's mobile has been switched off for a long time and I am getting worried. Is she okay? A knock on my door pulls me out of my thoughts and I sigh before putting my phone away.
"Come in!" I shout. Joannah, my personal assistant, comes inside holding a cover.
"Mr. Walter, there is a parcel for you." She smiles and tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear and flushes. I roll my eyes inwardly. I pull the cover out of her trembling hands.
"Thank you, you can leave," I say. She flushes again and nods before leaving my office. I have to fight the urge to roll my eyes when they do that. I rip the packet open. What's this and who is it from? I thought as I opened it.
A few pictures fell out of the cover and my eyes widened when I saw who was in the pictures. Lucia was with Liam and unlike always, they were kissing. And my first thoughts were, how can she do this to me?
All these years, I loved her with all my heart. Nobody can love her the way I love her. And here she is, going behind my back sleeping around like a whore, with her so-called best friend. How can she even do this to me? Wasn't I good enough for her? Didn't I try as much as a good husband would?
I crushed the photographs that were in my hand as tears started to fall from my eyes. All my life, I never cried. I never did that and now, the last person I thought would hurt me, was crumbling my walls. If she wanted to be with him, why did she marry me instead? Why? And suddenly it strikes me. Money. That's what she wanted from me all this time. She wanted my money, that's why she married me but continued to sleep with other men like a slut. She is a slut!
There was another knock on my door pulling me out of my heartbreak. I quickly wiped my eyes with my sleeves before letting the person in. Joannah reappears again and I furrow my eyebrows.
"Mr. Walter, Miss Celine Williams is here to talk to you. Shall I send her in?" She asks me and I nod. She nods back before exiting. A few minutes later the tall blonde entered my office.
She is Mr. Williams's daughter and she's been after me for a couple of years now. But I was too busy to care. I only loved Lucia then, an Idea made its way to my brain and I smirked to myself.
"Hello, Celine." I welcomed her and stood up, opening my arms to her. Her eyes widened in shocked surprise because we only shake hands every time we meet. But then she smiles and walks into my arms.
Her arms aren't small and soft like Lucia's but I have to do this. I hug her tightly and she does the same. I pull away but my arms are still around her waist. "How have you been?" I ask.
"I've been good, but now I am even better." She smirks and I smirk back. I lean in and she does the same and before I knew it I was kissing her. Her lips were hard against mine and I can literally taste her disgusting red lipstick on my tongue but I keep going. Heat rises in my body, not as hot as a kiss Lucia and I share, but still, it felt good. I let my hands wander her too-thin body and squeeze her ass. She gasps and pulls away, smiling cheekily at me.
"We should take this to my place," I smirk at her and she nods immediately. I knew she would. I smirk inwardly and pat myself.
We make our way to my car and Paul is surprised to see me with Celine and her arms wrapped around my torso. He furrowed his eyebrows but said nothing. He opens my door and I let Celine in first and then I slide in. He closes the door and makes his way to the driver's seat and drives into the traffic.
We reached my mansion and I got out of my car and helped Celine out. All the security guards stared at us in total shock, like they had just seen a ghost. I led Celine inside the house and when we entered the living room, Lucia was sitting on the couch tapping her foot as if she was nervous. Does she know that I know her little secret? Her eyes land on me and she smiles widely at me but then her smile disappears when her gaze lands on Celine. Doing my Oscar-winning act, I wrapped my arm around Celine's waist and pulled her close to me. Lucia's eyes furrowed in confusion but I ignored her eyes on us and led Celine to the guest room. When we entered the room, Celine spoke.
"Damon, your wife is down there." She whispered like Lucia was standing out and listening.
"Don't worry, babe," I said just In case Lucia was listening. I know she isn't because she is too shocked to move. I kiss her on her lips and make my way down.
As she made her way out of my house, I could see the sadness and tears in her eyes. I know I am the reason but she better leave before I hurt her the more. But, she hurt me more than anyone will ever do. She broke my heart, and trust and ruined my life.
After I made sure Lucia left, I sent Celine away. I didn't sleep with her that night. I was too hurt to do anything but just lay in bed and hoped I'd die.
This hurts more than my old man's troubles.