Chapter 33

Chapter 33
|| AZRAEL DE LUCA'S POV ||
2 days later,
" She was telling the truth, Luca! Anastasia Beverly Brown, the girl's name. She tricked her into taking drugs. They were too close before the incident happened.", David stated in a cold voice, his eyes were dark and angry.
I slammed the glass away, giving him a deep glare,
" Fuck...How dare she? She actually hired three men to rape her best friend? What kind of bastard is she?"
David snorted before continuing,
" Yes! Not only that, she exposed the little prince's news to the media when he was in his mother's womb. Luckily, Mr.Stevens was powerful enough to cover the news. He helped to spread the rumors that his daughter was framed. Later, Miss Stevens actually went abroad to hide her pregnancy. She only returned after the little prince was 4 years old."
I shook my head in disbelief. Someone tried to harm my son and tried to destroy the woman who gave birth to my precious baby. This woman must be served to death! But death was too easy for her. I wanted her to suffer the same way she brought on Kiera.
I sighed at her name. We had been acting cold for 2 days with each other. She wanted custody for Ryan which was impossible to give in. Going to the court would only earn the attention of my enemies. Besides, my grandfather would never allow it even if he accepted Ryan as my child.
Lightning the cigarette, I muttered to David who was waiting for my order,
" Give Anastasia's information to me first. I want to see the woman in hell suffering. Also, tell the old man that I am coming to Italy next week. I want to settle the matter with Kiera. She seems so unpredictable these days.. talking about custody..in her dreams.."
David raised the corner of his lips slightly. He spoke through my mind,
" Cough...Is it because you want to trap her by your side for the sake of little prince, Luca? You seem to care for her emotions too much."
I shot him a glare. He quickly shut his mouth but he spoke through my mind. After the contract with her, there would be no reason to have her by my side except Ryan. If she got custody, she wasn't going to let me see her ever.
I growled at David who shrieked in fear,
" You talk too much! Get out of my sight!"
David quickly ran away, waving his invisible tail like an annoyed puppy. I hissed in annoyance and watched over my son who was playing near the pool with colorful balls.
He looked cheerful today, probably because of nature here. Finally, David forced me to change the environment today for the sake of Ryan. He said that Ryan was feeling bored inside that haunted house. So we moved to this private mansion just today. It was particularly big with a garden and a big pool, in front of the house. The environment was lively and fresh except for the fact that it was a little far away from the main town.
I walked over to my son to spend some quality time with him like I said to his mother. She was afraid of leaving Ryan all alone with me but fuck..I was his father after all. Though I didn't tell him yet, I was looking forward to telling him at the right time. I was scared of how he would actually react.
What if he misunderstands and stays away from me?
I crunched beside him, and ruffled through his hair before saying,
" Hey, big boy! Would you like to play with your water gun? We can shoot each other."
It was awkward for me because I never coaxed any child in my life. Ryan was going to be the only exception.
He paused between his play, whipped his head back to ask me all excited,
" Can we play with those guns please please.."
I was embarrassed before turning speechless. I guess, I was having a bad influence on my son. Clearing my throat, I promised to him, slightly happy that he really got my genes,
" We can when you grow up a bit more."
He pouted his lips unhappily, looked behind me to point at something,
" Who are those ladies?"
I tilted my head back to find, three new girls entering the mansion. As the mansion was huge now, they needed to be cleaned every day. So, they were hired for house chores. I smiled at Ryan, teasing with a grin,
" Those are workers. Why? Aren't they pretty?"
His eyes slightly narrowed at their way, instantly defended my words,
" Not pretty as my mom. Uncle Luca, why do you need them? My mom is the prettiest here."
Mamma's boy!
I could tell that he would grow up to be a protective boy of his mom. I replied, remembering her face that moved my heart for the first time,
" Yes..very pretty.."
Ryan's face beamed with happiness. Then he scoffed disdainfully,
" So what if you find some pretty ladies? My grandfather also told me that he is going to get me a father soon."
My jaw clenched at his words. Rage runs through my veins. Was Kiera Stevens going to get married? To whom? To that punk boy?
I corrected him, gritting my words out,
" Ryan..He isn't your father..he won't be.."
He blinked innocently, mumbled his words,
" Why won't he? If Mom gets married to someone, obviously he will be my father. Isn't it?"
At that exact moment, my anger erupted in front of Ryan. I gripped his shoulders tightly, and emphasized each one of my words clearly,
" Ryan! There will be no father and they never will be. Because I am your only father and you will have no father except me. Don't listen to your grandpa anymore.."
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|| KIERA STEVENS'S POV ||
Even the thick layer of makeup couldn't cover the dark circles and my sour mood because ever since I came out of the house, I couldn't stop worrying about Ryan.
Is he going to take my baby away?
This one single thought was enough to destroy my mood. We had a shoot today but here, I was looking like rotten meat. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't bring myself to the jovial mood. All the time when they put makeup on me, I was absentminded.
Molly finally couldn't help herself anymore, bursting out in rage,
" God! Kiera! How are you going to shoot today if you look like this deadly pale? Do you want to take off a day? "
I shook my head, sighing. I had already wasted 2 days in recovering my mood. I couldn't delay my work anymore. This career was also important for me. I had a hard time, convincing my father this morning that I had no boyfriend out there. He could select the man for me. I didn't expect such an immature act from Kevin but anyway, he was out of my list now.
Molly rumbled, touching my makeup to fix the base again,
" By the way, I heard that Anastasia is also shooting in our next room."
As soon as her words fell out, the door of my makeup was slammed open loudly. I raised my head back to look in that direction. Anastasia stormed over me, her expression full of rigidness. Her eyes were glowing in rage as if she couldn't wait to burst out like a volcano.
Before I could ask anything, she slapped across my face, stunning everyone around.
" Kiera...you bitch woman..." she gnashed before extending her arms to give another slap.