Part 11

He walked at Linton's office that Wednesday. He reasoned out to Dianne that he really wants to see his house' progress. Dianne was dragging her shoes because they came all the way from Southern Island.

Luke stopped when he saw a boy playing at the hall. Black hair flying as he jumped around with his toy airplane.

"Hello there baby, who have thought cute boys can run at this office hallway?", he said bending to level the kid

"I'm not a baby, I am a small boy." the little boy replied

"So what's your name small boy?", he asked, looking into his blue eyes

"Mum said don't talk to strangers", the boy replied with a long 's' on strangers

"Well my name's Luke Roberts. I know people here. How about that? So were not strangers now"

"I'm Charlie. Grandpa named me"

He squat already as he was fascinated to the boy. The kid's cute in that chubby cheeks and smiling blue eyes. "Well that's a nice name. Your grandpa working here?"

There's a few things she need to do before she go back home. Charlie has been skipping at their office eversince noon. Candy was not feeling well so she decided to pick her son in his toddler school. It's just three in the afternoon but she wants to get home for she want's Charlie out of his uniform and the people in her office were busy as there's a critical bidding that they're working on, an Airport Extension at the east

Mark was not in the office so she can't just leave being the second in command. A message alert came in her desktop courtesy of Emma

"Mr. Hot Entitled is on the floor"

Wide eyed, she stand and saw Dianne looking down on something. She followed the assistant's stare and saw Luke squatted on the floor talking to Charlie, her boy!

Terrified, she quickly run to her son, "Charlie!" Disregarding all the table edges she could bumped

She was stopped dead track the time she saw Charlie pointing on her with Luke's smiling face turned to sour instantly.

His forehead creased and looked at her son bewildered, "So Charlie, how old are you again?"

Charlie lifted his right hand, showing his four fingers

"Charlie, I told you to never talk to strangers right?", she reminded her child while smiling nervously. She stretch her hands for Charlie to get it. The boy walked closer to take her hand then turned to face the standing Luke. "I'm sorry Mr. Roberts, Mark is not here at the moment. Anything you need? We're expecting you to come next week"

"Office is not a kid's playground. I wonder how you can do your work here with two tasks at hand", Luke said. She can traced anger on that statement

"I'm leaving actually. Planning to work from home"

Luke scowled and put his hands on his waist, "That's why you can't do your job properly. You're playing at home. I wonder why Mark keeps you around. Playing house with him?"

"Excuse me Mr. Roberts but I guess you're seeing it wrongly. Mark and I are professionals and as for my job, I know I'm good at this. I have a lot of them in my portfolio and client post work surveys to prove that", she said, still trying to have that professional tone.

"And who's…."

"Now if you have anything that you need to confirm, I guess you have to talk to Mark but he's not here so you can comeback next week as scheduled", Tin said cutting off whatever Luke wants to ask

"Fuck! That girl!", he yelled at the back of his car the moment it moved from the parking space. He forgot that Dianne was with him, sitting also at the passenger side.

"So you have some past with her boss?"

He shut his eyes. He can't hide it anymore, "she's my wife five years ago"

"Oh, now I remember you we're married then", she said wide eyed

"But that was five years ago! Now she has a four year old son. The fuck!", he yelled

"Easy boss, are you divorced that time?", Dianne asked

"No, we separated five years ago but the divorce came a year later. While I'm on the middle of chaos she's having fun with a certain guy somewhere! Fuck!", he kicked the passenger seat much of the surprise of his driver. "Now I know the reason why there's media blockout around her. She's hiding something"

"She can do that?", asked Dianne. "Press blocks?"

"Her father is a fucking billionaire, he's a land developer"

"You mean the Thomases of Crown Development?", she asked as her jaw dropped

"Yes! Fucking yes! Fuck, I want to twist those neck of hers. She's a cheater too", he hissed

"What? She cheated?", Dianne asked again on with that pitchy tone

"We separated five years ago. A year after  she bore a son! What makes her of that"

Dianne sighed, "Damn boss, your anger can't make you think clearly"

"What?", he roared at his assistant.

"Well, it will took human nine months of pregnancy before she bore a child."

"So?"

"That being said she's out of your  bedside five years ago. The kid seems more than four years old. Children does not count months when they said their age. Plus nine months. Do the math", his assistant said with confidence

Christine seems smoothing her living space floor with her foot as she walked back and forth. Charlie was tucked at his bed as it's almost 10pm. She can't sleep

"Shocks, this is not happening", she said to herself

She saw similar faces. Only the one was a younger version of the other. There's no denying who's the father

Same facial structures, same aqua blue eyes and same dark hairs. She remembered that exact moment the two faces look at her at the same time

It will only a matter of time before he realize. "Shit!", she cursed in air. He will move heaven and earth to get the boy.

Maybe he will not be interested, she thought when she stopped. The guy's womanizer and may hinder his ways if he got interested with another girl

Walking back and forth again she remembered how the guy's love his family and and his whole family will turn to her this time when they learned of Charlie!

Christine took her phone and dialled a number. It ring a few times before a deep man voice answered

Sobbing she said, "Hello, Carl. I need your help"