Hey lovies!! I know I have been absent alot lately!! I have been watching Grey's Anatomy a lot and have gotten too emotionally challenged by the doctors at Seattle Grace!! Yes I have gone to the dark side!! Anyway I wanted to write a little for you. I also wanna shout out to Anzella for the cover she had made for me for this book. I will leave it down below so yall can see it. BTW before you read, I want to warn you that this is going to be an emotional chapter, some of you might hate me, others might kill me, and others might love me. The way the story is going, I know a lot of you thought that Camden forgiving him so easily was the wrong idea, well this chapter will explain it. Just beware!! Also I want you to play the song while you are reading this. I love you guys!! Thanks for reading!!!

XVIII

  Work had been a struggle for him, he really didn't want to go into work today. He wanted to stay in bed with his wife and his son. But the fantasy had to end sometime and he had to come crashing back down into reality. He had a company to run, papers to sign, meetings to attend. He wanted to wrap Camden into his arms and cuddle up with his son. He woke up that morning wanting to be with Camden but his secretary had called him. He had woken up and kissed Camden on the cheek, he got up to make his family breakfast but then Jane had called him. He went back back upstairs and changed into his gray suit and a blue dress shirt with a matching tie. Then he had kissed Camden goodbye, he walked out of his room to go see Mickey's temporary room. He saw that he had still been sleeping so he kissed him goodbye and then he went to work. When he got to work, he saw how much paper work he had to do. He sighed and rubbed his neck after a while of working on the papers. He closed his eyes and leaned back into his chair, he had so much on his plate that all he wanted to do was relax at home. His phone rang and he saw that Stanley had sent him a video. He opened it and saw that it had been a video of Camden and Mickey dancing and singing to Chicken Fried Rice by Zac Brown Band. He laughed and wished he had been there. Soon after, Stanley sent him another one and it had been Camden and Mickey singing a duet from Beauty and The Beast. He smiled and texted Stanley back.

"Thank you Stan, I needed that, work is horrible. Please let Camden know that I will be needing to talk with her tonight. Please have Mrs. Daee make us a light dinner."

Stanley agreed and then Nikolai hung up so he could get his work done. After a little more work, he finally finished so he packed up and went home to talk to his wife about what happened. Once he got home, Mickey met him at the door. He hugged his daddy but the legs. Nikolai smiles, drops his briefcase and picks up his son. He hugs his son and brings him further into the penthouse. He put Mickey on the couch and took his suit coat off.

  "Where is mommy Mickey?"

  Mickey giggled and clapped his hands.

  "She in the shower. Said you can join her if you get here."

  Stanley came to the living room with Nikolai's things.

  "I'll take care of Mickey while you and Ms. Beverly are busy. I'll make sure you guys aren't bothered. Oh and Ms. Calhoun called and Ms. Beverly answered. She doesn't seem angry. That was all, I'll send Amy to your dinner."

  Nikolai immediately ran up the stairs to his room. When he got there, Camden had in fact been in the shower. He immediately got undress and went to the bathroom where his wife had been cleaning herself. The fogged up mirror and glass doors to the shower became even foggier and the steam be came steamier as they both washed and cleansed themselves.

  After the steamy shower, Camden and Nikolai layed in bed, which it got serious.

  "Camden we need to talk. I need to tell you why I did what I did, why I asked, no why I demanded for divorce."

  Camden knew this would come up, she just didn't know when it would come up. She knew she should have this talk, she was just scared of what he would say.

  "Okay, I was wondering if or when you would want to talk about this."

  Nikolai nodded and sighed.

  "Okay, the reason why I wanted a divorce was because my mother had proof and evidence that you were cheating on me. So instead of confronting you about it, I got drunk, that night you came and surprised me and we had sex."

  Camden was confused, was that the night she had gone home and saw him with both Candace and Estacia?

  "What are you talking about? After you asked for a divorce, I came home to talk about it but I saw you in bed with Estacia and Candace. That was when I decided to accept the divorce and where I decided to not tell you about Michelangelo."

  Nikolai had been totally confused.

  "Also you had said that you would take my baby away if I had told you. So i didn't tell you."

  Nikolai did remember he did say he would take away the child. He regretted saying it but he had listened to his mother. She had manipulated him and it worked.

  "I'm sorry, I am truly sorry, I don't understand. Are you saying you never cheated on me? What about all those late nights you were coming home?"

  Camden couldn't believe it, he thought so low of her? He thought she was capable of doing something like that?

  "You really thought I had been or am capable of cheating on you or on anyone for that matter? I had been visiting my sister Elisa, my dead sister. I would come home late because she is buried two hours away from the mansion we were living in.  What made you think I would ruin a perfectly good marriage for no reason? I was truly, madly, deeply in love with you Nikolai. Then you go and ruin my happiness out of nowhere for what? False evidence from your jealous mother?'

  Camden had every right to be angry, he had ended things out of the blue for no reason, for no damn reason, with no explanation at all. She was glad he had cleared it up with her.

  "Camden, I am sorry I didn't give you an opportunity to explain. I'm sorry I didn't give you the benefit of the doubt."

  Camden then grabbed Nikolai's face and kissed him which led to...

  The next morning Nikolai woke up to an empty house. There was a note on the refrigerator door from Camden,

  "Didn't wanna wake you, Mikey had a play date today, see you later for dinner. Love Camden."

  Nikolai sighs and stayed in bed the rest of the day. Stanley came into his room with lunch around noon.

  "Stanley, how do you feel about moving back into the mansion? I really miss the quiet scenery and the starry nights."

  Stanley smiles.

  "I would love to move back home, will Ms. Beverly and Master Michelangelo be joining us?'

  Nikolai smiled, hopefully they would say yes once he asks them.

  "Hopefully Stanley, hopefully they do. I really want this to work out, I want my family back. Do you think she will agree to moving back? Would she want to start over with me again?"

  Stanley patted Nikolai on the shoulder and sighed. The he had seen grow up, the boy he saw running around in diapers had grown up before his eyes. The little boy he had grown to love as his own had grown up to be a man he should be proud of.

  "Nikolai, I've seen you grow, I've been there for you when your father couldn't have always wanted, but I think you are wishing too high. I seriously think Ms. Beverly is delusional for forgiving you so soon. I think you need to rethink what you are doing. You had ruined every fiber of her happiness, you weren't there to see her go from the most happiest woman in the world, to the most broken in the world. You didn't see the light drain out of her eyes. You weren't there when she came off her high, her high of you Niko. You weren't there when she had withdrawal. She had to get back on her feet on her own. Her own husband, the love of her life had taken her heart and ripped it into tiny pieces. She had just started to piece them together again when Mikey came along. You really think getting her to trust you again would be this easy? Do you really think she doesn't have a plan of her own?"

  Nikolai had no idea where Stanley had gotten all of this. Could what he said be true? He had no idea.

  "Stanley, where is this coming from?"

  Stanley sighed again and shook his head.

  "Nothing master, would that be all sir? I will take my leave then. Good day Master Nikolai."

He then left Nikolai to contemplate what he had said. Was Camden only playing with him? He had to find out so he texted Camden to see if she would answer.

  "Hello love, I know this could wait until you came back but I need to know.  I need to know so my mind would settle. I had a long conversation with Stanley and he had said things that I wanted to clear with you. Camden.. Did you only forgive me so soon as a payback for what I did or was it for Michelangelo? Please tell me the truth love. We can talk more when you come back."

  Nikolai waited for her to respond, he saw that she read the message and that she had started typing. He held his breath as she continued to type. The anticipation had made him start to break out into a cold sweat. His phone rang with a text message alert, he let go of the breath he was holding and breathed in one more, held it as he opened the message.

  "To settle your mind, yes I only forgave you because of Michelangelo but there is more to it than that. There is too much to say over text. Michelangelo will be staying with my parents tonight. I will be over after dinner to explain things."

  With that she ended the conversation, he let go of the breath he had been holding. He calmed down as he read her message, she would explain herself once she gets home. While Nikolai had been calming down, Camden had been stressing out. She knew she had forgiven him too soon and she knew she shouldn't have believed him so soon as well. She had received a letter that had said to not believe what Nikolai would say or has said. There were pictures of Nikolai in his office with Candace in his lap kissing. The date stamp had been the same day that Camden had organized the romantic evening. He had been with Candace right before he had been with her. She couldn't believe he had manipulated her, he is just like his mother. When she had woken up that morning, she did not expect her day to turn bad. She had scheduled a play date with Michelangelo's godmother, then she made plans to see her brother and his new fiance but as she was leaving Mickey's godmother's, an anonymous letter addressed to her was on the doormat. She had picked it up not expecting the contents would crush her hopes and break her heart all over again. As she opened the letter and read it, her nearly pieced back together heart had come apart and dropped into millions of tiny pieces all over again. She couldn't believe that it had been happening again. She had grabbed the letter and pictures and placed them into her purse for later.

  Nikolai had just finished eating dinner alone when Camden knocked. He thought it had been strange since he had given her a key. He saw that she had been crying and he wanted to know why. Before he could say anything, she took an envelope out of her purse and threw it at his chest.

  "Explain! Explain this!"

  He looks at the pictures and the letter.

  "You trust people so easily and once they have it, this is what happens. He recieved your trust so easily and he does this right after? You are so naive to think he actually wanted you in the first place...."

  The pictures showed him with Candace on his lap, kissing him. That can't be true, he would never do that to Camden. Not again, not after everything. He looked at the time stamp and he yelled. He threw them away from him and looked at Camden.

  "Baby you have to believe me, I have no idea where those pictures came from! I would never do that to you again, or hurt Michelangelo. Believe me! I would never be with Candace again after everything I would never! Candace did come to my office that day and she did sit in my lap, but I pushed her off before she could kiss me. I had security escort her out! If you don't believe me, I'll call Eliadio, head of my security, right now to confirm it! Baby please!"

  Camden shook her head. She was confused and hurt, she didn't know who to believe.

  "I forgave you because Michelangelo needs his father, but I am starting to think I shouldn't have. You are still allowed to see Michelangelo but..."

  Nikolai tried to grab her hand but she pushed him away.

  "Baby please..."

  She placed her hand up to stop him.

  "But me and you... Ends right now..."

  She grabbed her purse and walked towards the door as Nikolai yelled for her, chased her, begged for her to stop, to not leave him.

  "Goodbye Nikolai."

  She exited the apartment as he chased her but she got into her car and drove off before he could catch her. He screamed and fell to the ground as he saw her leave. In a car parked further away from where he is, sat Natalia, Candace and Estacia watching everything unfold. Natalia and Candace smirk while Estacia sat in the back, guilt ridden and wishing she never got involved in all this mess. She was just holding out until something like this happened before she would switch sides. Natalia Beverly and Candace Calhoun will regret everything they ever did. She will see to it that they would.

  Natalia exited the car.

  "Drive off, stay close to your phones."

  She shut the door and went up to Nikolai's penthouse after he had went back in and destroyed everything. She let herself in and saw the mess he made, she knew this would happen. She knew her little boy would come crawling to her, but she would be hit with a rude awakening.