The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 30

Sofija’s POV

I was seething mad! Who did that b***h think she was. I looked in the mirror at my cheek, it had turned red, and it hurt. I knew that I would have an ugly bruise there tomorrow. I gave a little scream and banged my hands on the dresser. Of course I had given all that information to the magazine and even tweaked some of it to make her look bad but it’s not like some of it wasn’t true! She was pretending to be a nice person just so she could come here and take control of everything.

Joud walked into the room, he didn’t acknowledge me at all. He went to the bathroom and began stripping off his clothes. I followed him there. “Not even a hi?” I asked him.

“Sofija when are you going to grow up?! As your husband I asked you to drop this vendetta you have against Soraya and you deliberately disobeyed me!”

“What makes you think I did anything, she attacked me, can’t you see this bruise on my cheek?” I cried out.

“And you got off lightly, I know you! I am sick and tired of your antics woman!” He spat out at me.

“You are taking her side?! Joud how could you? You must be in love with her!” I accused him.

“Are you listening to yourself? Pack your bags, I’m taking you with me to California, I have a job there!”

“No! I’m not going anywhere. There’s a Gala this coming weekend and I am not missing it. Not even for you!” I said vehemently. He laughed out loud and looked me dead in the eyes.

“You can’t stand her not because she reminds you of Hera or because she took Hera’s place but because she makes you feel bad about yourself, you feel inadequate. She has a lovely aura about her, so everyone just naturally gravitates towards her. She is loving, kind, caring and friendly and the entire family adores her. You hate that you can’t be like her, you saw this from the moment you met her and it bugged you that she didn’t have to act and pretend to get people to like her.”

I gasped as he said this, how could he? Tears started to run down my face.

“That’s not true…” I splattered.

“Do you even care that your brother loves her? He chose to marry her.”

“That’s because she tricked him, fell pregnant and had that little brat of hers. Do you know what it means for us if Xander doesn’t have any kids? This is my father’s estate so if I give you a son he will be next in line to take over.” I said to him.

“Are you insane? You want to commit treason against your own brother? Xander will kill you!” He said incredulously. “You can stay here to plot and scheme but count me out. Get out of the bathroom, I would like to shower.” He said and pushed me out of the door, banging it with such a force.

I didn’t want to overthrow Xander but it was just a fact that if he didn’t have any kids, the next in line would be my kids.

Soraya’s POV

We had about twenty minutes before we had to go down for dinner. I was still laying in Xander’s arms. He had fallen asleep for about an hour or so. I had watched him sleep before dozing off myself. When I woke up he was still sleeping, or so I thought.

“What made you change your mind about joining me upstairs?” He asked me.

“I think I won’t ever stop asking you the same questions so I’m just going to say, I’m not going anywhere Xander, we are married for better or worse. Tell me why you won’t open up to me?” I said quietly.

What he said next shocked me, I didn’t expect it at all.

“Hera died Soraya, eight years ago.” He looked like it still haunted him. “She was killed.”

I sat up to look at him. His eyes clouded like the memory was too painful to relive.

“What happened to her?” I whispered.

“I fear that if I tell you, you will see me as a failure. That I’m not capable of taking care of you or our son but not only that, you will see what it is I really am and you won’t like it.” He also sat up and looked at me. Tears were starting to form in his eyes.

“Xander…when I look at you, failure is not a word that comes to mind…” I was about to say something when he cut me off.

“She was at a doctor’s appointment, I was supposed to be with her but I was running late. She had her security detail with her.” He swallowed hard. I could tell he was struggling. I put my hand on his arm.

“I was rushing the driver to get to her because I wanted to see the baby on the scan.” The tears ran down his cheeks.

“She was pregnant? Oh God.” I was shocked.

“When I arrived, I had this feeling like something was wrong, I walked up to the security detail outside to tell them I had arrived but their throats were slit. Angel I…”

I got onto my knees and hugged him tight as he struggled. “It’s okay, I get it, I understand. You don’t have to carry on.”

“They massacred the entire building just to send her father a message, I kept praying that it would be better if they had just kidnapped her cause then maybe I could replace her. She was in one of the consultation rooms b***d all over her, stabbed to death. Her stomach covered in stab wounds.” He sobbed heavily as I continued to hold him close trying to soothe him.

“I let her down, I wasn’t there and she died. I didn’t protect her like I was supposed to. I failed her.”

“You couldn’t have know that they would ambush her at the doctor’s.”

“I failed my unborn son. They took him away from me. I went after them and I killed them. Every last one of those bastards.” He clenched his fists and jaw as he spoke vehemently.

“Xander, look at me, look at me… you did what you had to. It wasn’t your fault. I’m so sorry you had to go through that. Im not going anywhere, I’m here to stay.” I positioned myself on his lap and hugged him, planting k****s all over his face. “Im not going anywhere.”

All these years and he was still walking around carrying this guilt and I had been pushing him and taunting him. His sobs receded.

“I don’t want to fail you.” He looked at me, his eyes were red. “You’re not going to leave me are you?” He asked.

I shook my head. “Im here to stay.” He kissed me deeply with tears still running down his face. He hugged me close to him as we swayed back and forth.

“I’ll die before I let them take you away from me.” He said with so much determination.

He didn’t say the words but I felt like he wouldn’t say all these things if he didn’t care, if he didn’t love me. He had to love me right? I wanted to say that I loved him but something inside me was scared.

Xander’s POV

I hadn’t been planning on telling Soraya about Hera but i decided to take Hector and my mother’s advise. I hadn’t expected her reaction to be like this. She didn’t fight me or accuse me, I had at least expected her to tell me that my world was a dangerous one and she wanted no part of it but she just hugged me and comforted me.

I had expected her to accuse me of bringing our son into this dangerous life, she didn’t. Relief flooded my mind.

“Angel I won’t let the same thing happen to you.” I promised her.

“I know, I know.” She said quietly still hugging me. We stayed like that, the room got darker but neither one of us moved.

I felt the heavy weight that always plagued me begin to lessen. I had to make sure I kept my promise. I had to make sure my family was safe and protected at all times. I would replace Moretti and end his life, Kai and Soraya would not suffer the same fate.