Falling For The Billionaire Heir

Midday Saturday, Becky went to the supermarket to get some groceries. She was still at Colin’s and wanted to make dinner. He had gone out with the guys and wouldn’t be back until a couple more hours. She was at the vegetable section, picking what she needed when she felt a small hand on her arm.

She looked away from what she was doing and looked into the nine years face of Tyler; her ex’s son.

“Good afternoon,” the boy greeted cheerfully. “I saw you from there,” he pointed down the aisle where his parents were. The two of them were already walking towards her. Susan was already rocking another baby bump.

“Tyler!” She wrapped her arms around the boy. “How are you? You are so big, so grown now.”

The boy gave her a cocky smile. Becky ruffled his curls, “and your new hair style looks very good on you.”

“Thank you Becky,” Tyler smiled.

“How are you? How is school?”

“I’m good Becky,” Tyler said. “Only I miss you sometimes.”

“I miss you too, Tyler,” Becky smiled and ruffled his curls again. If there was anything she missed about her ex, Felix, it was his son. They had a beautiful rapport then.

“Hellooo, Becky,” Susan greeted her in a long drawl when the couple walked up to them. “It’s so nice to see you.” The ladies hugged tightly.

“You look so good,” Becky remarked after they pulled apart. “Your pregnancy glow is so beautiful.” Becky made a mental note to hug herself later. She was so happy with the way she was responding to Susan’s pregnancy, which was a far cry from how she felt four years ago about her second pregnancy.

“Thanks.” Susan beamed at her. “You look good yourself.”

“Thanks,” Becky turned to Felix, and they exchanged a warm greeting.

“Mom,” Tyler held his mom’s hand and asked, “can Becky come to my birthday party next week?”Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

“Why not?” His mother approved immediately.

Becky wasn’t so sure about how Colin would feel about her going to her ex’s house. So when Tyler turned to her to invite her for his tenth birthday party, she plastered a pleasant smile on her face and said she had a wedding ceremony to attend that day.”

“And I would have loved to have you there,” the toddler said. “It’s okay.”

“Not to worry dear,” she placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. “I promise to send you a gift. What about that?”

“Yeah,” his face lit up. “That’s cool. I will be expecting it.”

“Sure,” she gave him a high five and excused herself. She had already gotten all she wanted, so she just went to the cashier to check out.

Colin was already back by the time she got home. He helped her to bring the groceries inside before he went to settle down again in front of the TV while she sorted out the things she bought into their right places.

“I have good news for you,” Colin said after a few moments, coming to stand in the kitchen doorway.

“Good news?” What is it?” She asked with a smile already curving her mouth.

“Dad already approved your sponsorship request.” He told her. “I saw Dad appending his signature on it this evening when I got home.”

“Are you serious?” She dropped the pack of sugar she was holding on the countertop and turned around.

“Yes,” he laughed. “I’m sure the Public Affairs department will send the approval letter to your office on Monday.”

He had encouraged her and Evelyn, her boss, to write a proposal for the company to sponsor some of their programs. Though the company had its own charity programs already.

“But I just submitted the proposal last week,” she went to stand in front of him. “I thought you said the board won’t meet until next week.”

“Yeah, that’s true,” he curved his arms around her. “I mentioned it in passing to Dad on Friday and he asked his secretary to go get the letter from the Public Affairs department where you submitted it. He said he wanted to treat the proposal by himself.”

“Oh my God!” Becky said breathlessly. “This is so…” her voice trailed off. She was just too happy. “Thank you,” she looked up into his eyes. “For all you do for me.”

“You are welcome baby,” he grabbed her ass. “Daddy will always make you happy. It’s a promise.”

She nodded with a twinkle in her eyes. “I love you, baby,” she cupped his cheeks and gave him a fierce kiss.

“I am so happy and relieved with the way Becky looked today,” Susan told her husband much later when they were about to sleep at night. Both Felix and Susan had been feeling so much guilt ever since the breakup between Becky and Felix years ago.

“My mind is at peace now that she has finally gotten over the breakup,” Susan said.

“You can’t imagine how relieved I am right now,” he spooned up behind his wife and rubbed her baby bump.

“Me t…” Susan paused. He smiled, realizing she had just slept off. He pulled the covers higher on their bodies and kissed her neck. Thanking God again that he didn’t make the mistake of losing Susan the second time.

Of course, he couldn’t deny that Becky was a wonderful person. He enjoyed every bit of the four years they spent together as lovers, but Susan was his soulmate. Till the moment he could not figure out how he found the courage to burst out in his car when he and Becky were on their way to their pre-wedding photo shoot that Saturday morning years ago. And that singular act had been his saving grace. He never planned to call off the wedding at all. The situation just got out of his hands.

In all of his confusion and uneasiness then, he planned to go through with the wedding, because he already made a promise to Becky and he was prepared to honor that promise. His decision was to marry Becky and suffer the consequences of not living with the person he loved most for the rest of his life.

There wasn’t any doubt in his heart which of the ladies he loved more: it was Susan. He had fallen in love with her all over again. She was his first love. It was a misunderstanding between her and his mom that had lingered on from the time they were dating that made Susan divorce him four years into their marriage, when she couldn’t take it anymore.