The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 31

Stacy POV

“So does this mean that you and Xander are okay now? This whole hot and cold thing is just giving me whiplash. I joked as Soraya finally explained that Xander had told her about Hera.

Personally I was happy he had finally done it because I didn’t have to hide things from my best friend anymore.

We were sitting by the gazebo out by the garden just having some snacks and talking.

“I guess we are okay.” She said sounding like she was unsure.

“You guess? Oh have you told him about you know what?” I held my belly to indicate that I was asking her about her pregnancy.

“Stace, I think I need to wait a little longer for that.”

“Why? Don’t you think he’s going to notice with all your weird moods and not eating well? Are you still throwing up? Helga has an amazing tonic for morning sickness.” I looked at her and she shook her head.

“The housekeepers in this house clearly know which side their bread is buttered. If you start sharing that tonic with me, Gaia will know that I’m pregnant and then Xander will know and then he will give me hell that I didn’t tell him.” She rolled her eyes. “Im lucky that for the past week he has been leaving the house really early and coming home late.

“But why don’t you want to tell him Raya, I mean why are you hiding it if you guys are okay now.” I was confused.

“Because I have never seen Xander on edge like he is right now. Whatever it is that is bothering him at work is getting to him. If I tell him that I’m pregnant he will obsess even more over safety and we will never leave this estate ever again.” She looked really concern about him.

“So you are waiting for him to sort out this threat?”

“He needs to be calm and think logically, that’s the kind of person he is. This baby might make him happy but it won’t calm him down.”

“Well tomorrow we have the gala, I’m glad that they agreed that we could go. I mean with the security of all the guests at the gala and the venue’s security as well as the Adamos security, things should go well.”

“I still have a bad feeling about going to the gala, I mean Sofija invited us, do you think she still wants us to go?”

I threw my head back and laughed. “It’s not her event so it’s not like we are going there as her plus ones or plus twos or whatever she thinks in her twisted little mind. This invitation is for Xander, Hector, Dorian, and Joud and their spouses.”

“You know I’m not into these things.” She sighed as she popped a cherry tomato in her mouth.

“So you are going to let that gorgeous dress we got just sit in your closet and gather dust? You are going because I need you for moral support. There will be a lot of people there that I am not used to. I have been going to these social gatherings for 3 years and I’m still not used to some of those people.” I pouted my lips and battered my eyelashes making her laugh. “Please don’t feed me to the wolves.

“Okay fine, stop pouting. You have been spending way too much time with the kids. They are teaching you all these tactics.” She giggled.

“Well it worked, I have to go back and tell Kai that his pout and sulk lessons are paying off. I’m probably going to have to pay him with boxes of bitsy’s.”

We both laughed out loud.

As we were talking, her phone buzzed. She looked at it then frowned.

“What’s wrong?” It’s a message from an unknown number, the dialling code is from this country. No one here has my number expect for you, Gaia and Xander.”

“Maybe it’s one of those spam adverts, let me see?” As she handed me her phone, my palm brushed against the touchscreen and the message clicked open. It was a video and below it a picture. I could see who was in the video without having to open it. Xander and another woman, I knew who the woman was. Shock ran through me. “Let me just delete this.” I said quickly but Soraya swiped the phone out of my hands.

“This video is from two nights ago, Xander came home in this exact outfit.” She said in a surprisingly calm tone.

“It’s probably one of Sofija’s stupid pranks, I mean Xander used to date Noëmie but that was like before you came along.” I explained to her.

“He seems to have a long list of women that he dated. It’s fine Stacy. I won’t even watch the video okay? I will delete it. You are probably right, Sofija sent this.” She was still calm as she said this.

“You are acting really odd for someone with pregnancy mood swings.”

“Knowing Sofija, she probably took an innocent video and wants to turn it into something horrible so that I can fight with Xander. I’m tired of these stupid pranks.” She sighed.

I took the phone from her and deleted the message.

“So who is she? This Noëmie lady?” She smiled slightly as she asked.

“She’s a German heiress, Noëmie Krause. Xander met her while she was vacationing in Mykonos three years ago. Hector and I had just gotten married. The Adamos men love to throw lavish parties on yachts. I think Xander did business with her father after that.” I explained.

“That’s all I need to know.” Why don’t we take a walk to the tennis courts, the last time I played was in high school.” She smiled.

“Raya it shouldn’t bother you. Xander loves you. I mean he said he didn’t want you to leave him in a moment of vulnerability.”

Maybe he is just not the monogamous type and I am sitting here just expecting him to be. I mean it’s evident that he has been with many women and I’m not his type you know. He likes them leggy and tall and exotic looking. I can’t compete with that, I guess that would make me his baby making machine.” She said vehemently.

“You are letting it get to you, and are you kidding me? You are gorgeous! You may not be tall but my gosh you could give these hoes a run for their money.” I pointed out.

“Stace, ever since that day when I saw Xander at the hotel with another woman six years ago, I can’t help but think I’m not what he likes, I’m just the mother of his son. I get that we have amazing s*x but maybe it’s just that. I try really hard not to be insecure about this but the memory of him treating me like I was a bother to him and just a one night stand is still engraved on my brain no matter how much I try to let go of it. Let’s just go and play some tennis. Unfortunately we both can’t go horse riding.”

I wanted to comfort her and tell her it wasn’t true but she wouldn’t believe it unless it came from the one person who had made her feel that way.

Soraya POV

After playing tennis with Stacy, I went to take a shower. I stood in the shower for quite some time thinking about the message. My mind was just swimming with questions. If Xander had dated her back then, why were they together just a few nights ago? Did any of these women actually know that he was married? Was he sleeping with these women while sleeping with me? Why could I just not let go of my insecurities?

I wasn’t usually this emotional, was it the pregnancy that was making me feel like this? Was it because I loved him and wanted him to only be with me. ‘Snap out of it Soraya!’ I chastised myself.

It felt like he was so genuine when he was with me, like he actually loved me. So he had to. I was not going to torture myself like this. I couldn’t let Sofija get to me. I shut the water off and went to get dress.

Spending time with the kids would make me feel better. I sighed as I left the room to go to the kids play room.

Sofija’s POV.

Clearly my efforts were not working, I had tagged along with Joud to one of his meetings at one of the family clubs only to replace out that Hector and Xander would be there too. When Noëmie had come into the VIP, I saw a chance and took it. Even though Xander had told her he was married she had still insisted that they dance for old times sake which was funny because Xander didn’t dance at all. She had hugged herself to him and kissed him on the lips playfully.

Xander had tried to remain calm with her because after all her father had a powerful empire in Germany and Xander was in business with him. It wouldn’t do him well to tell her where to get off. I had managed to get footage from the security room, altered it so that it only showed Noëmie and Xander dancing and her kissing him.

Even after seeing all that, little miss sunshine still walked around the house looking happy. I guess my brother really did love her.

The gala was tomorrow, I still had my trump card. She would go away one way or another.

Soraya’s POV

After dinner I helped the nannies get the kids ready for bed, they had decided to built a fort in the afternoon and had excitedly declared that tonight they would sleep in the fort.

“Mommy don’t you want to sleep with us in the fort?” Kai asked.

“Yeah it will be fun aunty Raya, please.” Jovan put his hands on my lap and looked up at me with his puppy dog eyes. I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Is it big enough to fit all four of us?” I asked.

“Of course it is, John helped us, it looks like a tent.” Ajana declared looking so proud as she gestured at the fort.

“Please mommy please.” Kai sung and the other two joined in. I laughed.

“Okay, okay.” I agreed and they jumped up and down in excitement.

“I pick the the bedtime story today.” Ajana grinned.

“Oh man! But you are going to pick princess stories!” Kai threw his hands in the air and his head back and she giggled.

“No, this one is a cool story, it’s Pocahontas. My favourite.” She ran to the shelve and grabbed the book.

“Okay that’s not a bad choice.” Kai came and plonked himself on the floor next to her. Jovan sat next to Kai and they all looked at me waiting for me to open the book.

“Why don’t we go and cuddle in the fort, it’s nice and comfy in there.” I suggested.

They ran into the fort, it really was big and comfortable with pillows everywhere. John had helped them do a really good job. It was quite amazing how good he was with the kids. They simply adored him and he didn’t mind going out of his way to entertain them.

“You sleep here mommy and we will cuddle you.” Kai beamed. I lay on the floor and they each lay down with their heads laying on me. Ajana was on my right shoulder, Jovan on my left and Kai just next to Ajana with his head on my tummy.

I opened the book and began to read it adding some flair which made the kids giggle.

When the story came to an end, each of the kids chose a place with a pillow and I tucked them in. I went to switch the lights off, leaving only the camp light inside the fort. There was a space next to Ajana, I got a pillow and laid down. She cuddled next to me.

“Aunty Raya.” She whispered.

“Yes sweetie?” I looked at her.

“I wish my mommy was more like you, I wish you were my mom.” She confessed.

My heart ached for her. I hugged her closer to me and kissed her forehead.

“Awww sweetie.”

“My mommy doesn’t like me very much.” She continued.

“That’s not true sweetie, she loves you a lot.” I had no idea what to say to her. I just hugged her until she fell asleep.