Chapter 3 The request

Tiana pov

"Can you be my dad? Ethan asked joyfully

"Ethan enough, that is my boss" I let out through my teeth,

"I am sorry, I did not know he was your boss, please sir do not fire my mom" Ethan sais tearfully,

Damon's eyes soften as he picked him up, assuring him that he would not fire me if he accept him as his daddy,

At this point all I wanted was to leave with Ethan,afraid that I might be exposed so I quickly dragged Ethan away from him and left.

Ethan waved at him as I drove away from the school, the method I thought I would never used at Ethan is what I am going to use henceforth,

"Tell me everything about the man you met in school today" I said harshly, my eyes were filled with anger the moment we entered the house,

"Mommy, did you not like him, is he a bad person? Ethan asked softly,

I dragged him closer to me and stare directly into him eyes to make him understand everything I was saying,

"No darling, he is not a bad person, henceforth, you would avoid him the same way you are avoiding peanut" I let out with an angry tone,

"Mommy, he is a bad person, I know peanuts are not good for my health so is he" He stated as tear drop from his eyes,

Seeing Ethan that way broke my heart but that is the best thing I could do for the both of us and for our safety.

Staying away from Damon is the only way we could have peace and there was no way I am going to jeopardize that for a man.

I hugged my son, promising him that uncle Charles would be here any moment to play with him but my promise did not make him smile.

Instead he hugged and went to his room; my thoughts ran wild as I thought of the possible way I could make my son and Damon never be in contact with each other.

Changing his school would have the best option, yet I did not know if Damon would appear there.

The second option was leaving the country to a far away one but first how long would I keep running away

Ethan and Damon were not supposed to meet no matter what yet, fate happened; the only option I had was to behave so I would not give myself away.

I heard the sound of Charles car and I quickly opened the door for him, stretching my hands at Ethan's room without saying a word to me

"Is everything alright with Ethan, you sound urgent? Charles asked with a concern tone but I pointed at Ethan's room,

He quickly went to Ethan's room while I stood at the door and watch the two men pour out there heart to each other.

Few hours later Charles was out of Ethan's room, with the expression on his face I could tell he was not happy with the situation on the ground.

"Why did you provoke Ethan? Charles asked, he placed his arm on his waist as he bore his eyes in mine.

I was shocked by his sudden outburst, I glared back before going to pour myself some coffee.

"Did you say provoke? I did not provoke him, I was only telling him to stay away from strangers, that's all" I explained with all seriousness,

"Does this have to do with the man he called Dad the other day? Charles asked which made me turn to his direction,

One thing about Charles was his inquisitive nature and it was slowly getting on my neck but I choose to play cool,

"I can't remember what you are saying, certainly you know that too" I lied sipping my coffee,

"Tiana, I know you very well and one thing you are very bad at is lying; I hope you would see me the same way I see you" He said softly kissing on my forehead and left,

"Seeing you, the same way you see me must be a joke of the century" I scoffed within myself, drank my coffee completely, locked the door before going to bed after I had checked on Ethan.

Tomorrow is going to be another day, I hope everything falls in place" I yawned suddenly and I was woken up by the alarm that I set.

At first I thought it was a mistake till I checked the time, I screamed at the top of my lungs after seeing it was past ten, I hurriedly went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast thinking it was asleep.

"Today is weakened, I did not think you should prepare breakfast for me, beside I had one already" Ethan blurted out with his mouth full,

"Who prepared the breakfast for you because I know I did not prepare any breakfast with this money? I asked fearfully afraid that he might be poisoned,

"Nobody, I saw it in the oven and I was famished, that was were the breakfast came from" He explained softly,

I was relieved knowing it was not a stranger that fed him, else it would have been that I neglected my child for something more important than him.

I hugged my son, thanking for releasing the stress for me. Suddenly my phone rang and I was called to attend to Anderson in their home.

I called Charles asking if I could drop my son at his place but he told me he was out of town and that he had something very important to attend to.

My heartbeat increases knowing that the option I had was going to the Anderson mansion with my son; I thought of many things to do.

I came up with an idea, I picked up the phone, dialled the number that called earlier, apologised to the person and told the reason I could not make it to Anderson's mansion.

Immediately I dropped the call, thinking that I had succeeded in cancelling my appointment; I heard a knock at the door