The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 39

Xander’s POV

“Nooo! Let me go! Kai’s screams were coming from his room. “I don’t want to, my mommy will do it for me!” He cried. “I said leave me alone.”

I walked in to the room as he was ducking from the nanny who had been trying to force his pyjama shirt off his head. “Daddy!” He cried out when he saw me. He ran towards me and wrapped his hands around one of my legs.

“What’s going on in here?” I looked at the nanny with so much irritation on my face. She regarded me with fear in her eyes.

“Uhmm…Master Xander, he refuses to get ready for the day.

“That doesn’t mean you have to manhandle him! He’s a kid!” I yelled at her. Kai was still crying, his little body shuddering as he sobbed. “You can leave!” I dismissed her.

“Kai buddy, what’s going on? Can you look at me and tell me why you are crying?”

“I want my mommy, I want mommy to get me ready.” He hiccuped. Sniffing as he held on tight to my leg.

I lifted him up to my arms and walked to the bed where I sat down and placed him on my lap. I didn’t even know what to say to him, all I could do was sigh.

“Why isn’t she coming home?” He sniffed. “Why did you leave her at the party. She said she would come home and cuddle with me when she came back but she never did.”

“Mommy had to go somewhere son but she will be back soon.” He looked at me, his eyes brimmed with tears. He burst into another fit of wailing. I hugged him to my chest and rubbed his back.

“I want mommy and giagiá won’t let me see grandma, she says grandma is not feeling well.” He sniffed

“How about this? I get you ready for the day then we go and see your grandpa and grandma. You can have breakfast with them. I will come and cuddle with you every night until mommy comes back home, does that sound okay?” I tried to remember how Soraya usually talked to him.

“You promise she is coming home?” He looked up at me, still hiccuping. Something didn’t make any sense, clearly something had agitated Kai about Soraya’s lack of presence.

“Did someone say something to you about mommy not coming home?” I asked him.

“Davina and Thea, they said mommy was never coming back and she was probably dead.”

“What?! They said that to you?” Rage coursed through me.

“They didn’t know I was listening when they were in the kitchen, I was in the pantry looking for cookies.”

“Kai, mommy is coming home. I will go and get her myself okay? He nodded as I said this.

“It will take some time but I will get her back okay?” He nodded and I gave him a hug.

Come let’s get you ready. I had never bathed or dressed a child before. I walked him into the bathroom and tried to think logically.

“Okay so obviously you have to brush your teeth first.” I said looking around his bathroom. He pointed at the toothbrush holder and toothpaste dispenser.

“Good! Let’s do that first then you have to shower or do you bathe…?” Was it okay to put a child his age in the shower? Kai giggled and started to brush his teeth while he sang to himself.

“Brush brush brush, left and right, circle round and round and round. Over the teeth and don’t forget under. Brush my tongue and now I’m done.” He spit into the basin and rinsed his mouth, his little outburst from earlier on clearly already forgotten.

“You sing that every time you brush your teeth? I asked him with my brows raised.

“Uh huh, mommy and I made up the song.” He smiled and jumped off the the wooden step stool. “Now I have to bath.”

I ran the water in the tub and he added some foam bath in the water. He stripped down then went into the tub.

“Now you have to wash me.” He grinned.

“I think you might be cheating me here buddy… don’t you wash yourself usually?” I chuckled as I grabbed the loofah. He giggled.

“I want to but mommy always says, Kai you missed a spot. Are you sure you are clean? Did you wash behind your ears?” He mimicked Soraya’s voice and I roared with laughter which made him giggle.

“Well we have to talk to her about letting you do some things your own way.” I chuckled. “What about your hair?” I asked.

“The shampoo is over there but you have to be careful and not put too much like I do or it will go in my eyes.” He informed me seriously as a matter of fact.

When we were done I managed to cream his body and dress him in clothes that he picked out. I had never seen such an assertive five years old who picked out his own clothes and matched them up perfectly.

My mother popped her head into his door.

“Oh wow look at you, you are ready for breakfast.” She smiled at him.

“Yes Giagiá , daddy helped me get ready. We are going to have breakfast with grandma and grandpa. He told her proudly.

“That’s great Kai sweetie.” She smiled at him then gave me a disapproving look.

“Go and get a brush for your hair Kai, I think I saw one on the basin.” I told him and he took off.

“Alessandra will take one look at him and have another anxiety attack.” She said to me.

“Or seeing him could make her feel better. It’s not up for discussion mother and I want Davina and Thea to come to my office in an hour.”

“What for? The employees in the estate are my responsibility.”

“Well then, tell them to stop gossiping and stick to doing their jobs. Kai heard them talking about how his mother was dead and would not come back. In fact I want you to fire them, if I replace them on the premises tomorrow morning, I will handle them myself.” I said sternly.

Kai ran back out with a brush and I helped him with his hair. My mother just stood there watching.

“Can we get some flowers in the garden for granma?” He asked me.

“You are five years old and you are way more thoughtful than I am.” I smiled at him. “Sure buddy we can.” I said as we left the room.

Soraya’s POV

I was staring at the man who was responsible for all this, the man who was in charge. As he walked towards me he smiled. “So you are the new Mrs Adamos.” He chuckled. “I guess Xander has a type.”

He looked every bit as scary as you could imagine, I don’t think he had ever been regarded as good looking ever in his life. His face looked like it was set in a permanent scowl, he had a strong jaw line and a cleft chin. Dark eyes and hair with a straight nose. The man was as tall as Xander was probably but his build was way bigger, like he was a big boned man. He dressed like those typical drug dealers form the 1970s, in casual collar multi coloured dress shirts with a pair of tailored white pants and a tacky brown vintage leather coat. He sort of reminded me of a young slimmer Pablo but with a cleft chin.

I remained silent as he looked me up and down. “Stand” he ordered me.

I remained seated, just watching him. “Are you deaf? I said stand.”

The waiter came forward and grabbed me forcefully pushing me to my feet. “Cupcake when the boss talks, you listen and you do exactly as he says.” He spoke quietly. I tugged my hand free from him.

“You’re a feisty one aren’t you? We will see how long that fighting spirit will last. Personally I expected that one over there to give me the hard time, not you.”

It was like at that moment Sofija decided to come alive. “She got up and walked towards us. “You must be Moretti, the man that is stupid enough to go after my brother. You need to let me go, you have what you want so I can leave now.” She said to him.

I was not even shocked, nothing that came out of her mouth at this point could shock me. I just glared at her and she quickly looked away.

“What happened to your face?” He walked towards her with irritation on his face. He turned around to look at the waiter. “Nikolaj, I ordered you not to lay your hands on them.” He hissed at him.

“That is not my work, I might have struck her but that right there is definitely not not my work. She would be worse than that if I had put my hands on her. He laughed like he was remembering how I’d beat Sofija up.

“Then who did this?” He yelled.

The waiter pointed at me. “Like you said, she’s a feisty one.” This so called boss looked at me with raised brows and bellowed in laughter. This is going to be fun.

“Did you hear what I said?” Sofija interrupted him.

“I can’t do that.” He said to her. “Go back to your corner and don’t talk unless you are spoken to, and don’t call me stupid.”

“Why? You don’t need me? Clearly you took her because you want to make my brother angry and I want no part of it.”

He chuckled. “With family members like you, who needs enemies. Why would you betray your own brother?”

“That is none of your business, you…” before she could finish her sentence he struck her. She reeled back and covered her face.

“Okay now your face makes sense, you talk too much. Go to your corner and shut the f**k up.” He scowled. Nikolaj laughed.

“You don’t have anything to add to this rant Mrs Adamos? You are too quite. Are you not scared of me?” He smiled arrogantly

“Your mission… was it to frighten me, his wife or was it to annoy the s**t out of my husband and make him lose control because if it’s the former then you have failed dismally at your task.

“You’re a feisty little thing, I think this calm act of yours is a façade though. You know what I had plans for you, I planned to take you to one of my w***e houses and put you to work… that would mean not laying a finger on you right now, can’t harm the merchandise. But your attitude is making me think hey why not? Sample you myself then cut you up and send you to Adamos piece by piece. How’s that for failing dismally huh?”

“Does that make you feel big and bad Moretti? Does it make you feel powerful to threaten small women?” I rolled my eyes at him. He growled and took big strides towards me. I didn’t cower which shocked him.

“I am married to Xander Adamos, he’s more scarier than you are. No offence but I’ve never heard of you.”

His hand went to grab be by the neck with his thumb on my pulse point. He slowly squeezed. I started to choke, my hands going to claw at his hand. I scratched at it with my nails and he let go.

“Like I said Mrs Adamos, I don’t buy that little façade of yours. I see fear in your eyes. I’m going to enjoy breaking you.” He smiled.

He signalled for Nikolaj to follow him as he turned and walked towards the door. The lock turned and just like that they were gone.

Xander’s POV

“Grandma don’t be sad, mommy will be back soon. She’s just gone for a while.” Kai hugged his grandma. She held onto him and kissed the top of his head.

“Grandma is just tired my boy.” His grandfather smiled at him. “The flowers you got her definitely will make her feel better. Come and finish your toast and eggs before they get cold”

“In a while grandpa.” It’s like he understood that his grandmother just needed some affection. He held on tightly to her and rubbed her arm. “I love you grandma.” He whispered.

“I love you too Kai Bear.” She smiled slightly.”

“Do you need a cuddle?” He asked her.

“I’d really love that.” She smiled as her eyes clouded with tears but she quickly blinked them away. And pulled him into her lap as she wrapped her arms around him.

I finally understood what Soraya meant when she said I never told her that I loved her and I didn’t show her much. It was easy for Kai to share his emotions and feelings with the people around him. Soraya reciprocated those feelings back so easily as well. It wasn’t easy for me because we hadn’t really been taught as kids to do that. I was told I had to be strong because I would have to one day become head of the family. Love wasn’t just about spending money on her or taking her to the finest places, it wasn’t about the way we made love no matter how intimate it was. It was way more than any of those things.

Losing Hera had further hardened me, I wished Soraya was right in front of me so that I could tell her that I finally got it. When I got her back, I would tell her every day how much I loved her.

“Lost in thought?” Matthew asked me.

“I’m just amazed at how much I have been learning from my son.” I said.

I said my goodbyes to them, “Stacy will come and fetch him after breakfast, she will be spending some time with the kids.” I said to them. “Kai buddy see you tonight.”

As I walked out to the car that would take me to the warehouse, my phone rang.

“Yes.” I answered.

The person on the other end of the line chuckled arrogantly.

“Moretti” I growled.