The Billionaire's Kept Woman

  After he helped her stand up the Christmas tree, she started decorating it, and currently, Kal was playing with his toys and throwing a few things in Terrence's direction. He only watched him for a while and then he decided to help his wife. 

"Love," he said softly. 

"Hmm?" She looked up at him. 

"I~I need to go back to the mainland." 

  She froze and frowned at him. 

"What?" 

"I'm sorry. They needed me. It's quite chaotic there and," 

"For how long?" She asked. 

"I don't know." He hugged her and kissed her cheeks. "Don't worry. You will be guarded in this house and you know how to drive." 

"Yes, I know." 

"And the caretaker of the house is here but then," He shook his head. "I trust no one but the dogs." 

"Okay," She sighed as she turned to Kal who was trying to reach the dog's muzzle. "Don't take long. I don't want to spend Christmas without you." 

"Yes, I know." He reached her cheeks and kissed her lips. "It will be our first Christmas with a little rascal with us." 

  She pouted at him. 

"When are you leaving? This weekend." He said. "No one can't know that you are alone with Kal in this house. I will continue monitoring you and you know all of the locks here and the pin, right?" 

"Yes," 

"And the safe. You know the panic room too?" 

"I do." 

  He nodded his head. 

"Alright, the caretaker won't come here unless I tell him so." 

"Okay," 

  She sighed and looked at Kal who was making a bubble with his mouth and frowned at the puppy. He started bubbling something and looked up at Terrence like he's trying to say something. 

"Hey, why are you angry towards Colonel!" Terrence scolded him. Kal pouted and started crying. He also started throwing his blocks. "Fine," He reached him and he frowned. "Damn, you smell bad." 

  Maxine laughed out loud as Terrence tried to give him to Maxine but Kal wanted Terrence to clean him up. 

"Fine." Terrence stopped breathing as he rushed to the nearest bathroom. "Why do you smell so bad?" He asked him while removing his diapers and winced at so many poops. 

"Tata!" He smiled at him. 

"I'm gonna wash you." He said as he turned on the heater. He turned on the small water sprayer and tested it on his arm. It's lukewarm and so, he holds him down on the bathtub and sprays his butt with water. Kal giggled so much and looked up at him. This is why Kal wanted Terrence to wash him every time he poo. He's having so much fun. 

  He removed all of his clothes and washed him up and removed the rest of his clothes. He quickly wrapped him up with the towel and held him. Then, he quickly put the diapers in the trash bin as they automatically wrapped out. He took out the trash and pressed the air freshener. 

"You smell good now." He kissed his forehead. 

  He went back to the living room and frowned at the baby seat that had a lot of poop. 

"How can we not smell that?" Maxine laughed. 

"He poops like a seventy-year-old man." He gave Kal to Maxine as he took the baby seat and went to the laundry room. He sprayed it with water and sighed. "Come on, my baby can't be like this." Soak it in water with a detergent. 

  He went back and told Maxine that he will finish up decorating. He put on the Christmas lights and checked other things. It didn't take long and when he turned around, Maxine and Kal were snuggled up at each other. They were already asleep. He was admiring them when his phone started vibrating. He pulled it out from his pocket as he walked toward the window to answer it. 

"Yes?" He asked. 

"Hey, don't worry about Kal and Maxi. I will have it handled." 

"Maxi can take care of Kal while taking care of herself at the same time. But what about their safety?" He asked. "Can I speak to Harvey?" 

"Okay." 

  After a few moments, Harvey answered and cleared his throat. 

"Bro, I'm sorry. But we badly needed you here. Don't worry. I will make sure that Maxi and Kal are safe." 

"Does Violet know about this?" He frowned. 

"She doesn't know yet." 

"Fuck," He grumbled. "Alright, I will set things up here. Give me time." He grumbled. "My wife and Kal will be alone in this big house." 

"With dogs…" 

"Right, but it doesn't mean that they will be safe," Terrence argued as he wanted them to change their mind. "Look, I retired, right?" 

"Bro, please?" Harvey begged. "Violet is with Victor. We need to find out how to disable that destructive nanomites." 

"But why me?" He exhaled. 

"Bro, you are the strongest among us. We need you to escort Leon to the Charles Empire." 

"Fine," He sighed and glanced at Maxine and Kal. "But I should be here on Christmas." 

"Yes, of course. This is a one-time mission. Okay?" 

"Sure!" 

"Bye." He hung up and put away his phone as he approached his wife, kneeling in front of them and kissing her forehead. "I hate to leave." He whispered. 

"Hmm?" She opened her eyes and smiled. She reached his cheeks. "Hey, darling." 

"Babe, I'm sorry. I'm leaving this week. But I will make sure that you are safe and groceries are done." 

"Okay," She smiled at him. "Don't forget Kal's milk, okay?" 

"I won't." He kissed her lips. "I will prepare dinner." He whispered and then he looked at Kal who was sleeping peacefully. "On second thought, let's make our baby." 

  She giggled and agreed to it. He carefully scooped Kal and took him to his crib while he joined his wife on the sofa. He turned on the music, Kal's favorite lullaby. 

"Do you have to go?" She asked while her husband was busy kissing her neck. He stopped and smooched her lips. 

"I hate to." 

  The couple made love on the sofa quickly before Kal woke up. Then, he finally helped her dress up, kissed her, and left her to prepare dinner. 

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  Currently, Alessandro and Keira were playing in the pool like kids while Alex was frowning and sipping on his wine. He looked at his girlfriend or everyone could say the woman that he's dating. He thought that Alessandro would be cool about it but then he acted like a little jerk. 

"Your son looked so much like you," Rhian commented. 

"Uhuh," 

"His accent and the way he talks was like you too." Rhian grinned at him. "He's a complete photo-copy." 

"Nah, a few parts of his face was from his mom. That's why he looked too handsome. I hate it." He grinned as he shook his head. 

"He's playful too, like you," Rhian said. "I almost think that you are twins." 

  Alex laughed and reached her hair. 

"Are you saying that I look younger?" 

  Rhian laughed and smacked his arm. 

"No, darling. I just thought so." 

  Then, they looked at the young couple who were busy hitting each other with those foam sticks that are used around the pool just in case someone fell and didn't know how to swim. Alessandro, who was stronger than his wife, accidentally hit her cheeks with the foam. 

"Ow! You ass!" She smacked him hard on the head. 

  Alex laughed. 

"They were childhood friends. They played a lot when they were little. Then, they met again during puberty and had that long-term relationship." 

"Oh," Rhian said. "Childhood sweethearts. Not all of them could have that kind of relationship. However, they are still new in the relationship. Their hardships were just starting." 

"Maybe there are things that they haven't gone through, but what they went through back then was hard. Even until now. I am a proud father that Alessandro wasn't letting go and so Keira." 

  Rhian watched as the young couple in envy. 

"We all wished to have that kind of relationship." She said, "I failed in love so much. And you," She looked up at him. "You didn't fail at all. You still love your wife until now." 

  He smiled and nodded. 

"I am still alive, and I won't stop loving her. My love for her was true and great… unconditional, but it doesn't mean that I can't give love to another. My wife doesn't want me to stay like this." 

"But you already have a perfect family," Rhian said. "Only grandchildren are missing." 

"Hmm," He nodded his head. "Are you sure that you want to be part of my family?" He asked. 

"Hmm," Rhian thought for a while. "We are still dating, Alex. Don't rush things up. There is plenty of time." 

"Yeah," He said as he lifted his glass and they clung to it. 

  He turned around when the maid came. 

"Boss, Mrs. Del Carlo is here with escorts." 

"She's here?" He was surprised as he cleared his throat. Somehow, his chest rushed up but seeing Henry's face first who approached him with that grin, he teasingly smacked him. 

"Hey, be cool!" Henry teased since he knew well that Alex had a big crush on his wife. 

"I'm cool. Geez." He rolled his eyes. 

"Daddy!" Keira waved. 

"Princess!" He rushed to the pool as the two did their secret handshake.