Becoming Strangers Again by Lily

Chapter 45 LILY "He is threatening to take the boys from me." I stressed, already feeling myself grow much older than my age just from thinking about it. "He said it to my face that he can influence the decision of the judge and we both know what that means!" Becky sighed in the background. "it means he has every damn judge eating off the palm of his hands!" how did my life take such a turn within few days?! "I am going to need you to calm down." Becky advised, "You must have done something to set him off and he said that out of anger." She reasoned. "You and I both know he didn't mean whatever he said in there." 1 scoffed. "he meant every damn word!" I stressed, rubbing my temple to relieve the headache. "you weren't the one listening to him, and you most definitely weren't the one looking at him in the face. I know what I saw Becky!" "Stop shouting at me!" she snapped at me, "your, loud voice is makingstressed, and when I am stressed, I cannot think." "I'm sorry." I mumbled, taking deep calming breaths. "it just feels as though everything is happening at the stime." "How about you do something outside Ryan and this custody issue?" she suggested and my nose crinkled. "And what should I possibly be doing?" I do not even find work appealing these days, and work isn't something one can use as a distraction, it will stress you the out, "I am thinking that maybe we should start planning your wedding. She stated and I stopped pacing abruptly and ran back to my laptop screen so I could see her face, "what?!" she blurted out when she saw the incredulous look I was giving her. "Surely you are going to get married to him right? I mean you accepted his ring I sighed. "I know" Becky's eyes narrowed. "You are going to get married to him right?" when I didn't respond right away, her eyes widened. "Lily! That's cruel! "It's not like I do want to to get married to him." I mumbled, "it's just that I do not know if I am ready to get married just yet." She blinked slowly at me. "Then why did you accept his ring?" Staring down at the ring in question, I sighed dejectedly. "He said we won't be in a hurry to plan the wedding." Becky stared atin silence for a while before folding her hands. "I know you Lily, that is not the reason you accepted that ring." She is right. "he was insecure because of Ryan and I wanted to reassure him. rejecting his ring will make him feel even more insecure and bad and I didn't want him to feel that way because he has been a wonderful guy toand my kids" "So in summary, you accepted the ring out of pity?" she completed. When I didn't accept or deny it, she frowned before cursing under her breath. "Are you kidding me, Lily?! You shouldn't have done that!" "I know and I am sorry I did." She glared at me. "you shouldn't be apologizing toLily, I am not the one you wronged." She licked her lips. "How do you think he will feel if he finds out that you accepted his ring out of pity and not because you really want to get married to him?" "He doesn't have to know," I muttered which only annoyed Becky further. "Don't be ridiculous!" she snapped, "what do you mean by that? Are you going to get married to him when you know you do not want to?" Lifting her head upwards, she blinked rapidly. "I get it that what you did was wrong, and they did had already been done, but you will not get married to hirm, not till you are ready." My phone vibrated on the table. I glanced at it and frowned when I saw Ryan's non my screen. Talk about the reason for my problem and he shows right up. "Ryan is calling. I have to call you back." Becky glared again. "don't you dare disconnect my call just to answer his call? Ad closed hy Gonals 0 11:43 AM Chapter 45 Rolling my eyes at her tic behavior, I left the call going and answered Ryan's call. "It is ten pm. Ryan, you shouldn't be callingby this time." I chastised firmly. He can't just wake up and think it is okay to pick up his phone and callat any time. He didn't respond as promptly as I expected him to, only his breathing could be heard over the phone. "Are you going to say something?" He chuckled. Like he chuckled as if I just cracked a joke. "After a hectic day at the office, it is really refreshing to hear your voice." "Please tellthat is not the reason you called me." I deadpanned, already feeling pissed at the phone call. Once again, he chuckled. "I called to inform you that I will be coming this weekend and every other weekend until we reach an agreement on the kids" "There is no other agreement to reach Ryan, I am not moving to New York, I stressed, hoping to get it into his head this time. "I did not call to argue with you, Lily." Replied calmly, far too calmly to be considered normal. "During my visits, there are sterms I want you to keep." Becky silently pleaded withwith her eyes to place the call to speak out. I did as she wanted and placed the phone close to the laptop. speaker so she could grasp everything he was saying. "Why are you making this seem like a business meeting?" I asked him for his choice of words. Who sets terms and conditions while spending twith his kids! "Don't force words out of my mouth Lily. He replied with a tired sigh. "Whenever I am around my kids, I do not want that blond anywhere around." "His nis Jake." I gritted out, "You don't have to be rude about everything." "I don't care about what his nis," the aloofness in his tone did not go undetected. "I do not want him anywhere near my kids. anytI am around." "Is that going to stop you from threateningabout demanding full custody of our kids?" He remained silent. "I am trying to be considerate here Lily. The moment the paparazzi find out that I have kids with you, life won't be as it used to be for you all. They are going to be there every morning wake up and every night you go to sleep, can you deal with that?" "Yes." I replied in a heartbeat. "it's not like they can cinto my house, and my building is miles away from the gate, so yes, I can deal. with that. "Well, I do not want you to." He countered, "Like I said earlier Lily, I did not call you to argue, I will be coming over by the weekend and we will talk about how to reveal the identities of the kids to the world." I frowned, "is that even necessary. "Yes." He deadpanned, "I have to inform the board about them and I want a certain someone to know that I have heirs. Chapter 46

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