The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 11

Xander’s POV

I could see why Soraya was proud of our son, he was a polite kid and he was very smart, attentive and very inquisitive. He reminded me of myself at his age. My late father had always made time for me, even though he spent most of that time molding me to take over the family businesses one day, he always made time for fun. He had died from colon cancer a year after Hera died.

Eight years ago I’d been robbed of the chance to become a father when Hera died with our unborn son but now I was getting another chance again, who would have thought.

Kai and I walked around the game room testing out every game that was in there, for me, getting people to come in and install the best of everything was nothing. Money was no object, and I would do anything to give my son the best comforts of the world. I watched him with so much intrigue as he laughed and talked, I couldn’t blame Soraya for not telling me about him. My attitude towards her had been despicable.

“I think I would like to come and visit you again.” Kai said and smiled.

“Well I was hoping you would like to move in and stay with me.” I said to him.

“With mommy and grandpa and grandma?” He asked.

“Your grandparents would be staying at their own house but you and your mother would be moving in with me, I have another place in California so we would travel between here and there” I explained to him.

“But mommy said we had to come here because grandpa needed us. He is sick.” He looked confused.

This was going to be a huge problem because I’m pretty sure Soraya would feel the same way.

“Reggie is going to like this place when he visits.” The boy smiled. I frowned in annoyance, who the hell was Reggie. Did Soraya have a boyfriend back in New York.

“Who is Reggie?” I asked him

“He’s my bestest friend in the whole world and he’s coming to visit for summer.” Kai explained.

“Is he your mother’s friend too?” I asked trying not to sound so jealous. The thought of my angel being with another man drove me crazy.

“No, he is just my friend, we go to the same school and we play soccer together and go to Boy Scout together.” He explained.

Relief flooded through my mind. “Oh so Reggie is your age?”

“Uh huh, he likes ice cream too.” His innocent face not realising that the look on my face had turned murderous. I had already started to plan details of how I’d make this Reggie disappear from Soraya’s life.

“So since you are my dad, does it mean you and mommy will get married? Reggie’s parents are married.” He looked up at me.

“I guess so, parents should be married to one another right?”

He nodded his head and smiled at me.

Time went by so fast, I noticed that Kai’s eyes were become droopy. He was probably tired. Didn’t kids his age take naps? “Okay buddy why don’t we go and replace your mother, you look tired.” I said to him.

“Okay, can I call you dad?” He asked as he yawned. I picked him up and hugged him.

“I would like that a lot Kai.” My heart lurched and I smiled. I was somebody’s dad.

He snuggled against my neck and before I reached the lounge he had already fallen asleep. I walked towards the couch and noticed that Soraya had fallen asleep too. She looked so peaceful and so beautiful, her lips set in a slight pout, her arms hugging her body. As I was about to walk away in the direction of the stairs, her eyes flattered open.

“He is asleep.” I explained to her. “I was just going to set him down in the guest bedroom upstairs.”

“He missed his nap time today, I’m going to have a hard time getting him into bed by his bed time.” She stated. “It’s okay you can take him upstairs.”

Soraya’s POV

I sat up and stretched my arms out as I watched Xander carry Kai upstairs. How long had I been sleeping. It was four thirty in the late afternoon. I wondered how long Kai would sleep for but I also wondered what it was that Xander wanted to talk about.

A few moments later Xander came back downstairs. He looked so happy. The day had been successful so that was definitely something to be happy about.

“You know he asked me if he could call me dad.” He smiled. This was the same smile he had when he saw me at the gas station. It made me realise there were so many elements to this man that I did not know. I’d fallen in love with him all those years ago and I barely knew him. I had just known that he had made me feel complete.

“That must have been amazing.” I smiled back. “Thank you for making this day special for him.” I added.

“I think that we should head on to my office, John will make sure that Kai is okay. “ he said softly.

I got up and followed him through another passage. Kai was right, this apartment looked like it had so many hidden compartments, there was a door that led us to a office. He let me go in first then he closed the door behind us.

“You can take a seat.” He indicated. There was another chair right next to the one where I sat and he chose to sit there instead of go around the table. I felt like he was too close for comfort, I could smell his cologne and it made me want to do things to him, I sat back on the chair and looked around the office. His office made me think of those mafia boss’s offices that you saw in the movies. I wondered if Xander had any other family members besides Hector and the other guy from the club. There were no pictures, nothing personal that could tell you about his life, this entire apartment was impersonal.

“Why don’t you have any pictures of family or any of your achievements in your penthouse apartment?” I asked him.

“We keep those back at home in Greece.” He said dismissively making me wonder why the sudden change in mood.

“I need you to understand that what I’m about to tell you is very serious, I am not willing to negotiate with you on anything Angel.” The look on his face was cold and threatening, I didn’t like it at all.

“Xander every time you speak like that, threats come out of your mouth.” I said as I shifted in my seat. “I did not come here to…”

“I want you to marry me.” He cut me off.

I was so shocked that the only thing I could think of doing was to stand up and walk a few steps away from him. I turned to look back at him. “Just because we have a son together it doesn’t mean that we need to be together.” I said.

“Soraya I told you this is not a negotiation, I am a very dangerous man, the work I do has earned me some powerful adversaries all over the world.”

“What has that got to do with me or Kai? Coming here was a mistake. So what I need to marry you because of that? I don’t love you.” As I said this my heart lurched and I got a weird feeling in my stomach, this was not true.

For a slight moment he looked like what I’d just said bothered him. “This is not about love, it’s about making sure you and Kai are protected always. You are going to marry me and move in with me.” He gritted his teeth as his jaw clenched.

“You are crazy, you must have some sort of mental problem!” I snapped. “Marry you? Years ago you dismissed me like I was an annoyance to you.”

“I am a mafia boss Soraya, as soon as my enemies know that I have a son they will come for you and for Kai.”

“A what? What did you say?” I couldn’t hide the look of horror on my face. “You’re a business man.” I said slowly.

“Yes, yes but also I also deal in organised crime.” He sounded so incredulous as he said this like he had just said something so normal. Was I still sleeping, maybe dreaming.

“I have to get out of here.” I walked towards the door and turned the latch, the door was locked. I turned around to face him. “Open the door Xander, I need to get my son and get out of here.”

“Calm down, we need to finish our discussion.” He got up and walked towards me. I doubled back and my back hit the door.

“I need you to open this door so that I can get my son and get out of here!”

“Angel calm down.” He said and he reached for me, I knew he wouldn’t hurt me but for some reason I flinched and he dropped his arms. “You say you would do anything for Kai, that should include keeping him safe. If that means getting into a loveless marriage with me then so be it. If you don’t do it then I will have to take him away from you.”

This had to be a cruel joke. “No judge would grant you custody.” I spat at him.

“Didn’t I say organised crime? That includes bribing judges. You would never see him again. He is young enough to forget about you by the time he is what ten?” The vicious cold look was back on his face.

“You would do that to your son? Why did I ever think that you could be a good father, I should have never come back to Phoenix.” I said.

“I’d do anything to ensure his safety. These people are not the kind that you can just call the police and they stop harassing you, they have no mercy, they are ruthless!” He said.

“I guess you would know something about that, you’re a ruthless bastard!”

“My terms are that you marry me, you move in with me, we would be based in California and Greece.” He continued, I scoffed as he said this.

“I understand that you came back for your parents so if you want them to move with us as well then I don’t mind that. You don’t have to work at all because you would have everything you need. But if you insist on working then I need a corporate lawyer to assist with the legit businesses, we could replace you something.”

As he carried on talking, I don’t know what got into me but I started to laugh. A weird laugh just bubbled out of me, it didn’t even sound like my own voice. This really had to be a very terrible bad joke.

“Laugh all you want but I am very serious, from now on you will have a security detail to follow you around 24/7, you will be moving in with me. If you refuse my proposal then you lose Kai.” The vicious look was still on his face.

I sank down to the floor and just sat there, my knees went up to my chin then my head fell to my knees. I felt like the room was spinning and I needed for it to stop.I had fallen in love with a criminal and now he was threatening me, threatening to take my child away from me. He didn’t seem like the type that made empty threats.

Xander’s POV

I watched her sink to the floor, she sat there with her knees up like a child who had been scolded. What was going on in her mind? I found it frustrating that I could never figure out what she was thinking. She had said she didn’t love me? Did she mean that? It didn’t matter to me, marrying me would change that, I would change that soon.

I wanted to take her into my arms and tell her that I’d do anything for her, I knew that deep down she loathed me but this was not the time to fold, I had to do this if I wanted to keep both of them safe.

“You are a despicable person Xander, if I say I wish I’d never met you that night that would mean that I would be denying my son’s existence so I will say this, I wish I had told him that you died. I wish I had been able to convince my parents to move to New York.” Tears started running down her sweet face, her startling blue eyes looked like a storm was raging inside them. “If anything happens to my son, I swear I will kill you with my own bare hands.” She hissed at me.

“I’m going to have to go home to talk to my parents.” She wiped her tears.

“You are not going anywhere until we are married.” I stated. “I don’t trust you not to run as soon as you leave this apartment.

“My father is sick and I take him to the hospital! Where would I run to?!” She yelled at me.

“I will make arrangements for that, have you not been listening to anything I said! This is my hotel and it’s always under surveillance, I’m pretty sure some people saw you come in here, like you said, even a crazy person would be able to see that Kai is my son.”

She bowed her head again and just sat there like that.

“Tomorrow we will get the marriage license, then we will take it from there. There is a pen and paper on the table, write down things that you will need to get comfortable in my apartment and I will have my assistant get them.

“This is not a proposal, why are you calling it a proposal, you are not giving me a choice to make my own decision.” She said quietly. She was still sitting with her head bowed.

I walked to the door and unlocked it, she looked up at me then got up and walked out of my office.