👨💖DADDY DEAREST👨💖
👧CHAPTER FOUR👧
***(when a pla-yboy turns daddy…) ***
💟ON GOD💟
Written by Clement Ruth
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“Get up dad, I’m starting school today”Chris gro-an ed as de-siree thumped on his back
He turned to his side and s£nt the little girl giggling unto his be-d
He turned his bleary eyes towards the table clock and yawned loudly
“Desi, its just 6:30″he said drowsily”go back to be-d”
“Well that’s the point”de-siree said, sitting on the be-d and prying his eye open with a thumb
“Ow! Jesus are you trying to kill me?! “Chris gr-unted at the giggling girl
“Get up alre-ady”de-siree emphasized”You know yoi have to get up way to show Carly how you’ve improved. She’ll be here any minute and its really bad for a P.A to see her boss in be-d”
Chris j£rked awake and sat straight up in be-d
Jesus, she was right
He had promised carly he would be up early, without anyone in his be-d, and prepare desi for school
This was to be his first day of orientation
He glanced at the clock and swore
6:35
Cat would be in anytime from now. He glanced at his daughter who was watching him with hands folded smiling to herself
“Thank goodness, there’s no one in your be-d”she said and skipped out of the room”I’ll get breakfast re-ady, carly would want to eat something”
Chris shook his head
How had such a child come from him, he thought as he quic-kly took his bath, brushed and freshened up for the day
It had been ages since he went to the office so he dressed up in his office garb and glanced at the mirror before sailing at the door
Handsome
He heard Carly’s voice in the kitchen and st©pped short and glanced at his impeccable gold watch
7:15,$h!t
“Good morning”he said as he walked inside the kitchen and carly turned from the coffee maker and stared at Him
Slowly he saw a look of admiration enter her eyes before she quic-kly hid it
“Good morning”she said”I see you are up early”
“Yea, its Monday”he said”nee-d to get into the feel of things in the office today”
“Everything in the office is well taken care of”carly as-sured him but he shook his head
“I must go see things for myself”he said and she smiled and he swore it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his life
“Glad to see you up and about without lazing around all day”she continued
“Yea, I must let you stress yourself out”he said to her taking her hand and she smiled again
Suddenly they both realized desi was in the room.
She was staring at them, a hand un-der her jaw and another tapping the table lightly
“Are you finished? “She asked”I’ve been waiting for my cereal for hours now”
“Desi… “Carly started saying as a blus-h crept up her face and set it aflame but Chris only smiled
“Better get used to it, Desi”he said
Carly glared at him but de-siree shrugged
“I guess I should”she uttered”But you guys can still wait for me to leave before starting that stuff. Its ok but makes me all mushy inside. At least, yours is ok. Mom and her b©yfri£nds usually makes me want to puke”
Carly and Chris glanced at each other
“What? ”
“Your mom brou-ght her b©yfri£nds to the house? ” Carly asked and the child nodded sullwnly
“I guess they are homeless”Desi continued”But they are so many of them. She always brings a new one every week but sandy rules the roost”
“Who’s sandy? ”
“Mom’s manager”she said eagerly”and sandy does have a home. I just wonder why he stays in our house sometimes”
“When all this happens, where we’re you, desi? ”
“In my room “she said”it could be locked from the inside. I come out when they are all gone. It could be days, weeks… But I’m well socked In my room”
“Stocked on what? ”
“Ice-cream and chocolates”
Carly rolled her eyes and it was all she could do not to say something bad about amber and Chris tried to control his anger
“Alright, that’s enough, desi”she said”we’ll get you to school now”
“Can you both come with me to the school? “She asked
They looked at each other
“Desi, baby”Chris said “carly and I have to get to the office now. The driver will go with you and all your registration processes are all taken care of”
de-siree sighed
“And I thought having a dad would make all the differences”sge said sadly”I’ll go to school myself then…. Like I always do”
Carly’s heart wrenched and Chris felt guilty
“A.. Alright dear, well both come with you”she said”after all, your daddy owns the office”
Desi shook her head
“No nee-d to. I can go myself”
“No babe.. We’ll go with you”Chris said and took her hand while carly room the other”C’mon let’s go”
de-siree sighed and reluctantly got up from her chair, hiding a mischievous smile
***
“There’s a lady looking for Mr Xanders, Miss quince “the secretary voice sounded over the intercom”
“Who? “Carly asked, never taking her eyes off her computer where she typed furiously
“She called herself Amber Xanders, maam
Carly’s hand st©pped in mid type
Amber Xanders?
What the hell…?
“Buzz her in”She said as she swivelled in her chair and glanced at chris who was also busy re-ading a thick file
His hair was mussed and he wore a pair of spectacles on his nose
He looked breathtakingly S-xy even and she had to take a de-ep breath before getting up and walking to him
She had protested… Weakly… When chris had ordered that her chari be moved to his office but she actually loved it
“Chris, Amber Xanders is here to see you”
Chris looked up, slowly frowning as he tried to place the name
“Who the hell is amber Xanders..? “He asked
“Me”Amber said as she cat walked into the office and Carly and chris stared at her
“God forbid my name should be added to yours “Chris said As he glared at her”what do you want? ”
“Oh Chris, don’t be so ha-rd faced”amber giggled”I mean we have a child… It would only be natural if I bear your name”
“Its not only unnatural but incredibly immature and stupid “carly voiced out and amber scoffed at her
“Who is this? ”
“Your worst nightmare “carly answered
“This is Carly “chris uttered”My personal as-sistant”
“Well, darling she ought to know her place”
“Her place is right here with me”chris said and carly raised her head proudly as joy surges throu-gh her
svçkon that, amber
Amber glanced from one to the other and scoffed again
“I see”she said”does she know about de-siree? ”
“Yes and she’s more of a mother than you ever were ”
Amber looked furious
“Don’t let this bit-ch near my daughter! “She yelled bit carly and vjtis looked at each other and laughed
de-siree had introduced both of them as her parents to her teacher two hours ago and now amber was yelling her guts out here
“I don’t think that’s what de-siree wants”carly said and amber sm-irked
“Well, what do you think I want? “She said and they both stared at her unconcerned
“I want my daughter back”
👧CHAPTER FIVE👧
Chris maintained his cool as did Carly who had returned to her see and was watching both of them from her place
“Whose daughter? “He asked and amber lifted her chin to stare him down
“My daughter”she replied”I would have gone to your home directly but I figured you should know before I do it”
“You want Desi back? ”
“Yes “the woman replied “I want her”
“Alright then, you can have her”chris said and carly looked sharply at him
“Chris! ”
The woman practically staggered and she stared bewildered at Chris who was still calmly looking at her
“I.. I’m serious… “She said”I’m taking her back”
“And I agree to that.. “Chris said”except you are going to take her along with a series of court orders along with a petition from my lawyers”
Amber sputtered in outrage
“W.. W.. You didn’t even want her before…! “She yelled
“But now I do. So if you are going to take my daughter from me”im not going to give in easily without a fight ”
Carly could have cl@pped and cheered loudly. She was so proud of chris but amber only sat down back on the settee where she had ris£n in anger
Slowly she sighed and raised s£dûçt!veeyes at chris
“Darling… Really.. It doesn’t have to go like this.. “She said smiling pitifully”I mean… I just wanted to be with my daughter… ”
“You lost that chance, amber”chris answered sharply”I want you out of my office”
Anger flashes in amber’s eyes and she stared at Chris in res£ntment
“Well I won’t go down easily without a fight too”she said and scoffed”look at you acting all chivalrous when until a month ago you never knew she existed”
“I know now and I’m not letting her go back to you amber”
“Where were you when I almost died from her delivery? ”
“What… ”
“Where were you for five years when I took care of her? ‘
“You could have just as easily alerted me and brou-ght her to me”
“I’m not letting her go so easily, chris Xanders”
“You did once now you have to do it again”
“I will not! ”
“What exactly do you want? “Carly couldn’t help bu-tting in but amber cast a nas-ty look at her
“I want you out of my daughter’s life”she said “And payment for everything I’ve done for the past five years”
Then she smiled
“I wouldn’t mind it being in currency ”
Chris reared back in disgust and carly shook her head in disbelief
“You want to sell your daughter? “Carly asked
“Why do you mean? “Amber retorted”I just think it would be fair to be paid for all my work done”
Chris laughed in disbelief and called security
“Get this woman out of my building”he said as soon as the burly security guard showed up
Amber g@sped and stood up hurriedly before the guard got to her
“You’ll pay for this Chris Xanders”she said as she hurried out”you will pay! ”
Carly looked at the door long after she was gone
“Do you think de-siree will be OK? “She asked Chris who nodded
“She’ll be fine”
***
de-siree watched anxiously as other card rode into the vast nursery school compound and picked up the appropriate kid
She sprang up in joy as the teacher called
“Cmon de-siree, your mom is here “she sad d and de-siree ran out aheadof her into carly’s arms
Carly hvgged her, relieved that she was OK
Amber’s arrival at the office had induced a certain fear in her that made her drive up to the school an hour before but stayed across the street before closing hours
“Where’s daddy, carly? “She asked as soon as carly let go of her
“Daddy’s at the office, dear”
“Can I go see him? ”
“No but he’ll be home before long”carly answered “why don’t we go home and prepare dinner? ”
“OK ”
Carly closed her eyes as the driver drove them up to the house..
She would be a fool of she doubted her intuition and right now it was saying that Amber was up to no good
👧CHAPTER SIX👧
“Daddy look who I found! “de-siree yelled and carky and Chris turned to her in relief
de-siree was holding a hvge ice cream and dragging a young man in tow
“de-siree”Carly said in relief as she rushed over to then and hvgged the little girl”you are not supposed to go off by yourself, its dangerous”
‘I just went to get some ice-cream Carly I’m ok”she replied
“Well you should have asked me to come with you”Dylan said”I would have watched over you”
“plea-se… “de-siree said rolling her eyes in a childish fashion”I would watch over you”
“Hey I’m older than you”7yr old Dykan retorted and de-siree sm-irked, causing the adults to laugh
They had come to the amusement park wirh isaac and brianna with their beautiful little son, Dylan
Isaac was one of Chris’ very good friend and they were delighted when they discovered his little daughter
“Well fortunately matt found me”de-siree continued”so I had no problem in my own”
The adults turned to the man in question and he stared back at them
At chris especially
He was tall and had striking features, like a model or actor
The first thing Carly noticed was that he had the same hair color as de-siree
“Matt is mom’s friend and my godfather “de-siree continued, hvgging matt and chris frowned at her
She let go of him immediately and Matt laughed
“You are really lucky to have a… Daughter like Desi “he said “and dedi is really lucky to find her…. Dad”
“You say that like its a bad thing”isaac observed dryly
“How did you find us? “Chris asked out of the blue
“Chris”Carly admonished”don’t be rude”
“Well Carly its just strange that a FRIEND of amber’s is with us”chris said
“Believe me I just happened to see desi”Matt said holding up his hand”I just c@m£ here for some free time”
Chris was still not sure and carky neither
Ever since amber had wakjedintobhis office and made that threat, he had been restless and so had Carly
And now a friend of amber shows up?
And what’s with the resemblance anyway?
de-siree could have pas-sed for matt’s daughter..
What?! No! No! No!
de-siree was his and his alone
He watched in anger ad jealousy as Matt okayed with his daughter
Even Dylan seemed to like him
“Alright desi time to go home “he said, as he couldn’t take matt pres£nce anymore
“Can uncle matt come stay with us dad? “Desi asked
“Well i’m sure matt has somewhere to stay, dear “Carly said before chris could retort in anger
“Ok”de-siree looked sad “see you around uncle matt”
“Bye”Dylan said as he ran to his parents too
“I hope not”chris muttered un-der his breath as they went towards their car and carly laughed..
“You are just jealous”Isaac said and gr!pp£dhis friend’s arm
“No I’m not”chris replied
“Yes you are”
Chris smiled
“You are right”he said after a while”and I don’t trust that bastard”
***
Behind then, matt chuckled as he went towards his own car too
So chris had his daughter?
And he was acting all tough about it
Thank goodness, he discoveref this before it was too Kate
Let’s just see hoe Chris holds up when his daughter gets taken away from him
👧CHAPTER SEVEN
Amber looked up when a shadow darkened the entrance to get dressing room
Matt.
“Wow.This is a plea-sant surprise”she said”How long has it been?A year?”
” Two months amber”Matt replied as he lowered himself in a chair while looking at his erstwhile lover
If he could call her that
She couldn’t even remember when last she saw him not to talk of missing him
Just two months and he c@m£ back to find Desi gone
Of course she would get rid of her when there was no one to baby sit her
But just two months
Matt and amber had been together for close to twelve years
They had met in high school when he was still a geek and she a diva
She acknowledged him only because she found him useful to her as a lvsty,stra-pping boy which she could never get enough of
He was there when she met Chris,he was still around when she got pregnant,they were still lovers when she left Chris and birthed de-siree
It was throu-gh his utmost intervention that she did not ab-ort the child and Matt only did that because he was hoping against hope that perhaps the child was his
When Desi was born, he was really glad when he and the child got along and ecstatic about the resemblance
But amber believed she was Chris child and res£nted both the child and Chris for ruining her life
“So Desi’s with Chris?”
“Yep,she wanted to meet her daddy?”
“And her daddy was Chris?”
“What do you mean?”
Matt turned to her with a look of irritation
“I’m talking about how we have been together for 7yrs prior and all of a sudden you bec@m£ pregnant for another man but didnt bother to tell him until now”
“What are you saying?”
“I’m saying I’m finding it ha-rd to believe Chris’s her father”
“She has to be”Amber retorted but she turned away as she said so”She has to be Chris’s child”
“What?”
“Matt,you of all people should know how Desi made me suffer”
“Oh did she?”
“Yea,she did”she retorted”my career suffered,my b©dy suffered and I really think I should be rewarded for that”
“No you shouldn’t”Matt said”It wasn’t Desi’s fault you got pregnant with her”
“You are right”amber smiled”its Chris’.And he’s going to pay”
Matt was annoyed
“So what’s the great compensation you want?”he asked”money?”
Amber smiled
“You want to sell your daughter?”
“I’m not selling her”She snaps”I’m returning her to her daddy but with something in return for all my ha-rd work”
“And chris accepted that?”Matt asked”he’s willing to …pay..you?”
“No,the bastard was,proving stubborn “she said,getting up from the dressing table”so sandy and I made a plan”
“Who?”
“My manager”she said”you know him,sandy?”
Matt rolled his eyes
“So what’s the great plan?”
“Nothing much really”she sm-irked as they both walked to the elevator”but based on the report I’m getting,Chris is becoming very attached to Desi”
“So?”
“So we’ll try to take her back”
“How?”
“I go to the media”
“That will be a scandal”
“No it won’t”she said “it won’t get to that level,trust me”
TBC