Chapter 2 The Comeback.

"Okay let me get this straight, you mean you can't..."

"What's your name please?" Heather interrupted the lady.

"It's Sophia," she said and smiled weirdly.

"Sophia I know how this sounds but trust me, I am not interested in any co-company stuff."

"I have my own company in Russia and I can't abandon it or my sweats in it in order to become part of yours or your brother's." Heather said to her and the driver stared at her through the rear mirror.

"Miss Heather, I know much well that you are already successful but this is not just an opportunity, it's a dream come true."

"For who exactly? I have already achieved my dream. I'm only proving it right now."

"I imagine you as someone who has always dreamt of being part of a clothing company like ours."

"Sophia I only came for the making of the wedding dress of the daughter of the Governor of Beijing, that's all." Heather blurted. Sophia sensed a mood of anger on her.

"I'm sorry Miss Heather. Of course I shouldn't force you to do what you don't wanna do. Just that it seems to me that you have a little traumatizing past stuff in Beijing." Sophia concluded and Heather stared at her for a while and faced the front.

"I guess I have some rough traumatizing past in Beijing and I'm sure you will be speechless when you find out." Heather sighed.

Thirty minutes later, the cab dropped them in front of a very big clothing company named 'Strings Clothing. Heather was marveled by the size of the building, customers trooping in and out and different cloth designs her eyes could reach.

"Wow!" she exhaled heavily, smiling.

"Follow me Miss Heather." Sophia said, heading into the building and dragging Heather's bag along.

"Come on baby." Heather smiled to Harry and they followed Sophia.

Inside the clothing mall, a young black guy met Heather where she was busy staring at the beautiful dresses on the glass hangers and praising them in her heart.

"Hello Miss, welcome to Strings collection or should I say welcome to Beijing first?" he said with a smile plastered on his handsome face.

"Oh! Hi!" Heather smiled back.

"You look like a designer. What's your favorite collection?" African Ankara or preferably high custom designs with sweet lines?"

"I-I only do wedding dresses." Heather Stammered politely and he gasped softly.

"Oh!"

"Yeah!"

"Good. That's very good because we do that here too and we really need a professional wedding dress designer here."

"Cut it off Ben, she's not here for you." Sophia interrupted.

"My bad, my bad." he raised his hand and headed back. Heather chuckled happily at him.

"Welcome to Beijing once again." he added and left them.

"Come on Miss Heather, don't fall for him. My brother's office is upstairs." Sophia said and they headed up the stairs.

"He's really cool and friendly."

"All managers are cool and friendly. Some might not be cool but they are all friendly."

"Wait, he's the manager of strings clothing?"

"He doesn't look like a manager right? What does he look like?" Sophia turned and stared at Heather, still heading up the stairs.

"If he is the manager, then I should be seeing him and not Killian." Heather said quickly and got Sophia staring steadily at her.

"I mean Mr. Killian." Heather looked at Sophia and looked off immediately.

"Shit!" Sophia arrived a door and knocked twice. Heather was trembling slowly. She is scared, not knowing whether Killian will still recognize her as the whore he had sex with and threw a 100,000 dollars on her sorrowful face. Her heart was beating faster than usual. She looked at Harry who was standing beside her, held him on his shoulder tightly and breathed out heavily.

The door opened slowly and a young boy showed up, holding some disposable pieces of paper.

"What are you doing in here? Where's Killian?"

"The boss is out. I was cleaning his office." He replied quickly and left them.

"I'm sorry Miss Heather but I think you are gonna wait a little bit for the proprietor." Sophia said and gasped.

"I told him that we are gonna be here in any minute."

"I still don't know why he had to leave after knowing that we are gonna be here." Sophia complained.

"Why don't we just go and meet Ben?"

"Ben? Why would we just go and meet Ben?"

"He's the manager and I'm sure he can interview me very well."

"He got a nice taste on designs and clothing as well." Heather said, staring at Sophia.

"No he doesn't. Nobody knows clothing taste more that Killian, trust me." Sophia said and they went into the office.

"Grab a seat, I'm sure he will be here very soon." Heather sighed, sat beside the big round glass table and carried Harry on her laps. She looked at Sophia and smiled weirdly.

"You look weird."

"Travel stress."

"Really? I will get you some coffee or cold water instead."

"You wanna leave me here?"

"I'm not leaving, I'm gonna go get you some coffee which also means that I will be back." Sophia stared confusedly at Heather and headed out of the office.

"Just be fast please!" she added and continued smiling weirdly.

"Yeah I will." Sophia left the office.

Few minutes later, the door opened and a tall white handsome man walked in. he was carrying a contained disposable bag on both hands. Heather's heart flipped down her stomach the moment she saw Killian walking towards them. With her right hand, she held Harry tightly and was staring at Killian.

"He hasn't changed a bit after five years?" She asked rhetorically in her mind.

"I'm sure he must have forgotten about me all this while." she thought, still staring at him.

"Hi Miss Heather, welcome to Beijing." he smiled broadly a her and she looked away from the charming face immediately.

"Hi Sir!" Heather said broadly, peeping at his face and forcing a smile her pretty face.

"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting, I only went to a shopping mall to grab you some stuffs."

"It's alright. I'm totally cool." She chuckled weirdly.

"Thank you for accepting the offer. It really mean a lot to me and this company." He smiled and dropped the bags on the glass table.

"Oh thank God, he didn't recognize me." Heather breathed out heavily when Killian was grabbing a seat.

"Is he our son?" Killiian whispered slowly and stared at Harry.

"Excuse me?"

"Helena told me you were pregnant before you left for Europe."

"That means that he must be our son." he added and smiled at Harry.

"I don't, I don't get what you are saying." Heather scoffed angrily.

"You must be mistaken me for someone else Sir. I came for the design offer." Heather added, chuckled and sighed out imperceptibly.

"I know this is really a lot to take in but trust me, I really searched for you."

"Searched for me? Why-why would you search? Oh for the job right?"

"When Helena told me about your pregnancy, I searched for you bt you were gone."

"What are you saying Sir? I don't think you know what you are saying." Heather tried to distract him from where he was getting to.

"Heather Evans, we had an unprotected sex on the morning of the 16th day of October 2017. I gave you 150, 000 bucks for the sex. It was an accidental sex." Killian narrated and there was silence in the room for few seconds. They were both staring into each other's eyes.

"Look I really..."

"So that's it huh!?

"That's exactly why you invited me here right? Because you found out about me on social media."

"After five years of our accidental stuff and you still remember me, so what? Kudos to your smart brain?" Heather chuckled angrily.

"Fuck social media and mind you, he's not your son because I have had more sex and sex and sex after our accidental sex." she bawled.

"I'm not after the boy or you, it's just..."

"Oh really? And you want me to believe that?"

"You didn't invite me for the dress design did you? You only invited me so I can became your slave who you can easily have sex with any time you want and pay her off with some dollars? Well I'm rich now and my libido is dead." she bawled again.

"I am rich too and trust me, you are not taking this boy away from me."

"No! No! Yeah that's it" Killian stammered.

"That's what?"

"I want us to start all over." he said and Heather chuckled.

"No! I mean, the job is entirely yours but I want us to start all over."

"Start all over? We never even had a thing. It was just a sex job I did. Helena should be the one that should have something to do with you." Heather blurted and the door opened.

Sophia walked inside and saw Heather and Killian staring at each other, eye ball to eye ball.

"Uhmm! Excuse me, is this supposed to be the interview? Is this how an interview works or am I missing something?" Sophia was startled.

"Brother, are you begging her for something?" Sophia asked Killian, trying to understand what was really going on in the environment. Killian sighed heavily and sat well on the sofa, staring at Sophia.

"Okay." Sophia breathed heavily too.

"Umm! This is the coffee Miss Heather."

Heather stood up from the sofa immediately and headed towards the door angrily.

"Miss Heather?"

"You shouldn't have gone for that coffee. I never requested for a coffee."

"At least take the stuffs I bought please, he will probably need them." Killian said but she ignored him and left with Harry. Sophia stared at the door and then to Killian.

"What was that Killian?"

"I bought her some chips, cereals and crisps."

"Why would you buy her some chips, cereals and crisps?"

"She has a kid." Killian shrugged.

"Yeah and she's rich. I'm sure she travels with her credit card." Sophia kept staring at him.

"What is it Killian?"

"She's my wife." Killian said and Sophia laughed for a while and frowned.

"Are you insane Killian?"

"Yes I am Sophia."

"Why would you be insane seeing her and why was she staring at you like you are already her husband? She probably has a husband in Russia."

"No she doesn't. I'm very sure she's still a single mother."

"Killian, what went on here while I was away?" She continued.

"I have a past with Heather. It was five years ago and I'm sure I'm not supposed to be telling you this."

"Shit!"

"Yeah."

"You own that boy?"

"Accidentally? Yes I own that kid"

"So this proves it all. This proves why she saw scared to meet you. I should have stopped her if I knew this earlier."

"Thank God you don't."

"You are an asshole Killian."

"So what do you think about it?"

"Riley knows about this?"

"Riley?"

"You are currently dating Riley Chang. Did you forget again?"

"Oh! yeah Riley." Killian recalled and Sophia sighed unbelievably.

"Is she supposed to know about this? Is that really necessary at all?"

"You just called Heather your wife seconds ago. What will happen to Riley and this company if that really happens?"

"Remember that Riley and her Dad are the great source of this company and I wouldn't mess that up if I were you." Sophia mentioned and took a sip of the coffee.

"So what? I'll just let them walk away after finally getting them in my arms. It's been five years Sophia."

"Accidental stuff or the biggest company in the whole of Beijing, choose wisely." Sophia said and he was speechless.

"So this is actually why you wanted to make her your manager after the governor's daughter's wedding? Is this why you haven't married Riley after engaging her for four years?"

"I just can't let her go. I know we made mistakes but we can still make amendments and things will be great again."

"And then you'll marry her right?" Sophia said and chuckled lightly.

"Won't you want me to marry her? She's one of the best in making wedding dresses." Killian sat up from the couch and headed towards the door.

"Killian where do you think you are going right now?"

"I wanna know where she's gonna stay in Beijing."

"What do you mean, w-we booked an apartment for her stay here in Beijing."

"I don't think she's gonna stay there."

"Then you can just call her and ask her that."

"She's not gonna answer the phone call either." he replied and his phone on the glass table began to read. Sophia peeped at the screen and sighed.

"It's Riley."

"Just tell her that I'm not here. Say it politely please." he snubbed and left.

Heather met Ben at the clothing mall and smiled lightly to him.

"Hi!" a white pretty and slim lady spoke behind her and she turned immediately. The lady was wearing a pink track trouser and a baggy shirt.

"Hi, nice to meet ya."

"You look confused and new. Are you new here?" she stared at Heather and scoffed.

"I'm Riley."

"Hi Riley, I just dropped few minutes ago. I came for a special offer."

"Are you Miss Heather from Russia?"

"Oh my God!"

"Yeah you are the only special designer we are expecting for a special and quite expensive job." Riley said to Heather and chuckled broadly.

"Have you met the proprietor yet?" I heard he's not at his office"

"Yeah, No! I haven't met him yet." Heather lied, staring at her.

Suddenly, a little girl about Harry's age, came closer to Harry and grabbed his wrist.

"Hey!" Heather stared at the little girl and the girl stared at Heather with a smile on her innocent round face.

"I wanna play with him." the little girl said to Heather and Riley chuckled.

"Come on Molly, you play too much with almost kid that comes to this mall."

"That's cool though." Heather smiled to her.

"Killian and I love her so much. She's our daughter." Riley smiled.

"Daughter?"

"Yeah! Killian and I are engaged. We will get married soon." Riley added.