Axel walked to one of the couches in the office and took a seat, Gavin also slowly walked to the couch opposite his and sat.
Axel noticed how tense he was and he rolled his eyes.
“I am not with a gun. Calm your fucking nerves and act like a man.” He said.
Gavin exhaled and tried to stay calm then waited for him to speak.
“You are married to her.” Axel said.
“Yes.” Gavin replied.
“Did you force her to get married to you? She is very naive, did she do it willingly?” He asked concerned and Gavin shook his head.
“No, I didn’t. She wanted to.”
“Oh.” Axel muttered.
“Is there something you want?” Gavin decided to speak up. Axel nodded in response and sighed.
“I just want to talk to her and apologise to her. I really really need to talk to her.”
“I will let you talk to her if you promise not to hurt her.” Gavin replied and Axel scoffed.
“Hurt her? I would never do that.”
“You did a year ago.” Gavin said and he sighed.
“I found her wandering the streets of New York City. She was lost, she didn’t even know what she wanted to do. She was broken, she couldn’t eat and sleep for days.” Gavin explained and all Axel did was stare and listen.
“She fell sick once, so sick that I thought she was going to die. I took her in despite not knowing her and she trusted me so easily, it could have been anyone, she could have fallen into the wrong hands. Sometimes I stare at her and wonder why someone would hurt such an innocent soul. Lily doesn’t even know if something is wrong, she is so innocent that she thinks it’s not right when someone gets punished for doing something wrong.”
“I am a good person and I will be honest with you. I am not married to Lily.” He said and Axel’s eyes lit up a little.
“Yeah, she lied. Probably just to feel better.” He chuckled and shook his head.
“And I won’t also deny the fact that I love her, I love her so much that I want to spend the rest of my life with her, but her happiness matters to me too. The kids are yours, she was pregnant when I found her. Twins.”
Axel ran his hands through his hair as he felt his heart race.
“Because I am telling you all this doesn’t also mean I won’t fight for her. I won’t let her go, I can’t let her go. I want Lily and I wish you never showed up. I don’t care if you would kill me or do anything, I won’t let her go.”
“I know you don’t just want to talk to her, you would want her to go back home with you but do you think she would want that? You are married to her sister, you were not here but you were still hurting her. Do you know how hard it is for her? Your son looks just like you and each time she stares at him, she remembers you and that is a lot for her. Lily is such an amazing person, she still loves her son so much.”
Gavin paused for a few seconds waiting for him to speak but he didn’t.
“I will let you talk to her, but I won’t let you have her.” Gavin said and all Axel did was nod.
“Can we go now? Your board meeting has been cancelled anyway.” Axel said and stood up, Gavin also did too.
“Did… did you really kill someone?” Gavin stuttered as Axel walked closer to him.
“What? You can’t blame me for that. I had to kill someone, it could have been you. You should be grateful.” Axel replied and tapped his shoulder before walking ahead of him.
“Thank you?” Gavin muttered and shook his head.
~
After a long drive, they finally arrived at Gavin’s mansion. Gavin walked out of his car and Axel also walked out of his too.
“Hmm, you really are scared of me.” Axel said and he saw the number of guards around the house.
“No, Lily just knows what you are capable of doing.” Gavin replied and Axel rolled his eyes.
He walked towards the front door and walked in, Axel stood at the entrance as he suddenly became scared. He has children and they are in there. Lily is in there too.
“Gavin.” Lily called happily and hugged him as he walked in, she was glad and relieved he was okay.
“I am so glad you are okay.” She said as he hugged her back too.
She pulled away from the hug and smiled at him.
“Why are you back early? Did your investors… ” She trailed off as Axel walked into the house.
Lily looked away from him and turned to Gavin worriedly.
“Did he hurt you? Did he threaten you? Or did he kill someone you know?” She asked and Gavin chuckled and shook his head.
“No, I let him come. Although he did kill someone, don’t worry about that.” He said and Lily sighed.
“Hey, he just wants to talk. Hear him out.” Gavin whispered to her and she nodded. They all heard giggles and they turned to the couch to see the kids.
Axel stared at them and felt his throat run dry. It was a lot to take in.
“I will take care of the kids.” He said to Lily and walked to the couch, he carried both of them and they wrapped their tiny arms around him happily.
He smiled at Lily again before finally walking away, leaving both of them alone.
Axel breathed out nervously and slowly walked towards her.
“You can stay there.” Lily said when he was about to get too close to her. He nodded and looked around the house as he thought of where to start.
“You should hurry. I don’t want to keep my husband… ”
“He told me you guys aren’t married.” Axel said and she rolled her eyes.
“Well, I will marry him soon.” She scoffed.
“I… I really don’t know where to start from.”
“Really? How about you start from where you and your family treated me like trash? Let’s start from there. From the part where I was a shameful wife.”