The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 50

Soraya’s POV

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Jovan and Kai were holding Ajana’s hands as they walked into the house, one standing on her left and the other on her right.

Gaia, my mom, Demetria, Stacy, Sasha and I were right behind them. The men were behind us. We walked into the den and housekeepers started to bring out tea and finger foods. We had just come back from the family graveyard.

“I think maybe building a fort will make us feel better.” Jovan suggested. Kai smiled at him and pulled Ajana in for a hug. He really had his father’s mannerisms, the only difference was that Kai was very expressive of his emotions and Xander only ever showed one or two emotions which were usually anger or irritation or he maintained his poker face.

“Will that make you feel better Aja? We can also get some snacks and camp there tonight?” He pulled away to look at her, she looked back at him with somber eyes.

“I want my daddy.” She said quietly and stuck her thumb in her mouth. Gaia had told me that Ajana had been a thumb sucker until the age of 3 when Sofija forced her to stop but it seems that this trauma had brought back the habit.

I walked forward and stood in a squat position so that I was eye level with her. She immediately put her hands around my neck and hugged me. My arms went around her little body and I rubbed her back.

Joud walked in also looking like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders, he intended on leaving tonight but I needed to talk to him. I didn’t think that this would be good for Ajana at all.

“Joud can we talk please?” I said to him as I stood up with Ajana still in my arms, her head went to rest on my shoulders. He nodded his head and followed me to one of the formal living rooms.

“You can’t leave just yet Joud, she’s going to need you.” I looked at him, my eyes tried to reason with him.

“I’m no good to her right now, she needs to be around people who will pull her out of this, Soraya I can’t, I don’t want to be pulled out of this state myself. How do I pull her out if I’m still stuck in it.” He shook his head.

Suddenly Ajana spoke up. “Mommy died because of me.” She said and began to cry.

“No honey why would you say that? It’s not true.” I made her look at me.

“She did, when I wished for you to be my mommy.” She said between hiccups as she continued to cry. “It was my fault.”

Joud came forward and took her from my arms and hugged her tightly. He walked to the sofa and sat down placing her on his lap.

“Baby, look at daddy. It’s not your fault, mommy just didn’t get better because she had to go to heaven to become an angel. Now she’s protecting you from heaven. Every time when you see the stars outside at night, mommy is one of those beautiful stars, okay?” He kissed her forehead.

“But who will be my mommy now?”

He didn’t want to say it because it would be like confirming that her wish had come true. He looked at me with distress in his eyes.

I walked towards them and knelt infront of Joud“Mommy will always be your mommy, but I will take care of you my love.” I said. She nodded her head but looked at Joud.

“Will you also go to heaven daddy? I don’t want you to go to heaven.” She looked into her dad’s eyes. He stayed silent for a while.

“Not now, one day but not now.” He smiled at her. But I have to go away for a while, aunty Raya will look after you. Daddy has some things he needs to take care off. You can’t be sad Aja bear, if you are sad then daddy is sad okay?” She nodded her head. He hugged her tightly.

She reached out for me and I took her. My heart hurt for both of them. For what they were going through.

“Joud you better come back.” I said quietly to him, the tears that had been building up in my eyes ran down my face. “Don’t you dare think of doing anything stupid that will get you killed. You better come back home you hear me? I whispered and put my one arm around his neck to hug him. He hugged both Ajana and I.

“I promise I will.” I could barely hear him but I was satisfied with his answer. “You are going to make a wonderful Dona, Soraya.”

We went back to the den and I forced them both to eat something before I took Ajana upstairs for a nap. Stacy followed me upstairs. I tucked Ajana in her bed and kissed her forehead. She asked me to stay with her until she fell asleep, it didn’t take her very long.

As Stacy and I walked back to join everyone downstairs she stopped me before we could descend the stairs. “I heard Dorian speaking to Hector last night, Hector thought I was asleep so he talked freely.”

I kept quiet because I knew what direction this conversation was headed.

“Raya! Really? So you really are going through with this? You are torturing people? What are your parents going to say about this?”

“It’s my business, not anyone else’s.” I said stubbornly.

“You know that Xander is not like you right? He is not averse to using the tools of his trade as often as necessary. He is ruthless, he was born into this which means he has the capacity and ability to compartmentalise his emotions to deal with things like these. You on the other hand…”

“You forget that I am a lawyer, I am able to compartmentalise my emotions too. Stacy I’m not that clueless naïve twenty four years old that you once knew so well. I had to grow up and working in New York in the corporate sector has taught me a lot about being ruthless. Being a single mother, having to fight for my spot… that woke me up. Stop treating me like I’m some sort of fragile baby, Xander sees me… he really sees me and he doesn’t treat me like I’m going to break.”

“I don’t want you to do this because this is dangerous, I don’t want you to get involved in all this, what if I lose you?” She began to cry.

“Stacy you won’t lose me, this is why I want to equip myself. You know I never wanted any of this too but they involved me by taking me. I never ever want to feel that helpless again. The only way you will be able to understand what I mean is if you go through the same thing and I don’t want you to go through the same thing.”

“Hector had Dorian on loudspeaker, he said you are a natural. He said you didn’t flinch when you held the blow torch over this man’s body.” More tears came from her eyes. “A blow torch?”

I didn’t want to tell her that I actually cried and that Xander held me until I was okay. I just shrugged my shoulders and looked down the stairs.

“Well then Dona, I guess you are adjusting quite well to your role.” She tried to smile but the concern in her eyes was still evident. “Be careful okay?” She pulled me into her arms and hugged me. Now I totally understood why Xander didn’t like to be around emotions and why he didn’t want to express emotions to people. I also wished people would stop calling me a Dona, it was as weird as people calling a little boy ‘Master’ like we were in the eighteen hundreds.

“Xander won’t let anything happen to me.” I smiled.

“Look at the two of you, the modern day Bonnie and Clyde.” She teased as she wiped her tears.

“Bonnie and Clyde robbed banks, the Adamos family owns banks.” I teased back making her laugh.

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Xander’s POV

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“Xander and Soraya walk with us back to our place please.” Soraya’s father had been trying to talk to both Soraya and I since she came back from the hospital. I didn’t have a problem with it but Soraya had been dodging the talk for some time.

“Uhmm okay.” Soraya looked at her father then me. I could tell she was searching her mind for an excuse, I found it amusing I almost laughed.

Matthew and Alessandra bid everyone goodbye then we walked out of the house.

“Soraya Elizabeth Eaton…” Matthew dragged out her name.

“Yes Daddy…” she sounded so nervous. I pursed my lips because I really wanted to smile, this exchange was fascinating. Soraya only ever sassed me when we argued.

“When did you start lying to me?” He asked sternly.

“Daddy I didn’t lie, I sort of didn’t tell you the whole truth.” She looked down at the ground while she bit a bottom l*p.

“Is that what you are teaching my grandson?” He barked at her and she flinched. Huh! Not even one little word of sass from her.

“I didn’t know how to tell you both.” She explained.

“And you Xander? You said you didn’t want to start this relationship with lies, yet you neglected to tell me who you really were. We have been waiting for you to come and talk to us, to come clean and you have been ignoring us.” He looked at me. He looked very murderous.

“I don’t ignore or hide Matthew, that’s not in my nature. I have been waiting for Soraya to feel comfortable about coming to you.” I said.

“So you are going to blame it on her?” He asked.

“Daddy he is right, I am the one that’s been keeping everything from you. Xander wanted to tell you from the get go but I was worried you would have issues with this.”

“Of course I would! I do have issues with all this! You were kidnapped.” He yelled.

“That would have happened whether I was married to Xander or not. As soon as people found out about Kai they would come Daddy.” She explained quietly. Soraya’s mother like myself watched this exchange without adding anything to it. I knew she would have much more to say but she chose not to interrupt her angry husband. Usually she did but she looked like she knew better than to do it when he was like this.

“Matthew with all due respect, I’m not trying to make an excuse for what my family does, I never hid it from Soraya and I’m pretty sure you found out before the kidnap. Why didn’t you say anything then?” I asked.

“Because I could see that my daughter loves you, I didn’t think it would be this bad but now I’m not so sure. But at the end of the day it’s her prerogative to stay here with you. I think you are going to get her killed one day.” He blurted out.

Alessandra started to cry silently, Soraya walked towards her mother and hugged her.

“That’s not going to happen Matthew, I’d die first before I let anything happen to my wife and child.” I said confidently and with authority.

“Your first wife? What happened to her?” He asked.

A voice I hadn’t heard in years came from behind us and answered the question. “My daughter’s death was my fault, the men that killed her were after me.”

Michail Kastellanos, Hera’s father stood there with his son and Hector.