Chapter 71
Nicolas
There wasn’t enough time to call Geoffrey to come and fetch me so I ran outside and called a taxi. As the taxi pulled away from the curb, I saw my PA running after me. Within seconds my phone started ringing. “What?” “I’m just reminding you of the 2 o’clock meeting.” “If I’m not back, I have an emergency and you will have to handle it. Like you can clearly see I didn’t even wait for my driver.” “I’ll see what I can do about it.” “No Jason, you handle it, I really have something I need to sort out.” “Okay Nicolas.” When he calls me Nicolas, I know his a bit pissed off but I really don’t care I’m the boss. When I got to the apartment Geoffrey was stunned to see me. “What’s going on Nicolas why didn’t you call me?” “Where is Nicol?” “In her room.” Isabella said. I ran to her room like she was busy dying but she called me to tell me what happened she trusted me with that information and I didn’t take that very lightly. When I got to her room, she was sitting in the middle of the bed busy on her laptop. “Nicolas.” She said surprised. “Nicol” “Why are you so out of breath?” “I ran to get here.” “All the way from your office?” she asked a bit confused. “No from the taxi.” “You took a taxi?” I didn’t answer her I walked to her got on the bed and pulled her to me. “Thank you for calling me.” “If I knew you would drop everything I would have waited until you got home.” “No, you did the right thing, when you trust me with the little things, although I don’t think this is a little thing you make me trust you in return.” “I’m glad to hear that but why isn’t this a little thing?” “Can we go to my office and talk the bed is distracting me.” “Well, I don’t think we are safe in your office either or did you forget last night.” “No, I didn’t forget.” I said with a smile. “Come on let’s just go to my office.”
I grabbed her hand and almost dragged her of the bed, we need to talk about serious business and doing that in the room is not going to work because I will want to fuck her in the office, but I can keep the desk between us. “Okay why is my issue serious?” she asked as we got to my office. “Well, if she knows about us someone is following us or someone is talking which means the fact that I’m Nikki’s dad will come out and it will be in the papers and everyone will want to know where she came from and why I didn’t know I had a daughter.” “Are you serious?” “Yes, Nicol I’m serious, I’m the face and the CEO of a multibillion company, I’m known as the ultimate bachelor the one that has a model on his arm every other week people will want to know and if we don’t get ahead of it, they will start to follow you and God forbid they will follow Nikki and ask her a lot of questions.” “Fuck I’ve never thought about that. I don’t want the paparazzi to follow Nikki, sure she will like it for a day or two to get the mean girls of her case but constant harassing it won’t work and it’s dangerous.” “I know, now how would she have found out?” “I’m sure Dr. Versace wouldn’t have talked.” “No, I’m sure it wasn’t him.” “What is this head nurse name?” “Adri Kemp.” “Fuck fuck fuck fuck.” “What?” “I think I know how she knows.” “How?” “Karen.” “You mean the model? The one you went to when I told you why I left you? That one?” “Yes, Nicol that one.” “Fuck you didn’t tell her anything else, did you?” “No, I didn’t even tell her you are staying here she must have followed me or saw us together.” “Oh my God. What are we going to do Nicolas?”
“We are going to get ahead of this, I will get my PR department to issue a statement.” “Okay all good and well but what will the statement say. I got pregnant ran away from you and now I’m back. The people will think I’m a gold digger or worst I’m taking you for a ride.” “No, we need to decide together what we want the statement to say and then I think a family photo will be a good idea no one that sees me and Nikki together will ever think she’s not mine.” “Basically, Nikki is going to be famous in a heartbeat, I don’t know how she’s going to react to the attention Nicolas.” “We will protect her as far as we can from all the attention Nicol, I promise you that.” “I don’t really have a chose. What do you suggest we say?” “Let’s stick to the truth as far as we can. We say you got pregnant in Uni; you didn’t want to prevent me from becoming who I am today and that is why you disappeared from my life for 12 years. But as faith will have it, we met at a Gala both of us where attending and since then we and our daughter are living together and we would appreciate everyone’s respect and distance while we are figuring things out.” “That sounds actually not bad it doesn’t put any of us in a bad light.” “I know but there will be back lash Nicol no matter what we say people will have an opinion it is our decision if we listen to it or not.” “I know I’m more worried about Nikki than myself.” “We will help her figure this out, but first we need to convince her to stand for a photo with the both of us.” “And we need to tell her it will be in the papers.” “I agree we are going to be transparent with each other about everything, today was a good start from you.” “I’m glad you are happy.”
“Now what is the steps forward are we going back to nursing or are you finally going to resign and do what you were put on this earth to do?”