The Billionaire's Ex Lover

The Last Nerve

Abigail's POV

I don't know what I was thinking Theodore had to tell me but the last thing I expected was him telling me that he is coming back home. I mean this is good news. When he told me that he was to going to Italy, the last thing I thought was that he would come back so soon.

This has definitely changed things for me. This means that we can finally give ourselves the chance to explore whatever it is that we are feeling for each other. I honestly think that we could actually make it work.

After I ended things with Grey, I thought that maybe I was meant to be alone because I wouldn't even entertain the thought of being with someone else. Then Theo came and for the first time in years, I was finally happy again.

What was more wonderful was that my mother liked him, he said that he seemed like a good young man and that he would make a great husband and father, I remember how my mother encouraged me to follow him to Italy like he had asked me.

He is literally the only man that my mother doesn't bad talk. I am definitely sure that she is going to be happy that he is coming back home. Now that I have the job of my dreams, I can finally focus on the other aspects of my life, like my love life.

I don't know what game is Grey playing but I know that I am not coming to the party. It took me a lot of years to get to where I was and I can't afford to make mistakes, especially where my heart is concerned.

Whatever feelings I had for Grey don't matter now, I decided my fate seven years ago when he left me. I still can't believe how naive I was thinking that he really loved me because he proposed to me. I guess I had set myself up from the beginning.

I say this because I knew the kind of man he was, I always knew and still I allowed myself to fall for him. I allowed myself to be played but I am older and wiser now. I now know that no good can come out of having a relationship with Grey.

I am glad that we are not even working on the same floor, I have to tell Leah that he was not allowed to go into my office wether or not I am busy, we don't even have to talk if it's not about work. If the job didn't give me the perks it had, I would have quit.

I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would ever work for Grey. I don't understand why he is suddenly so interested in me when he had no problem leaving me to be for seven damn years. I wonder what gives him the right to think that he can just come back like he never left.

I have managed to live seven wonderful years without him, I didn't need him then and I sure as hell don't need him now. I can't when allow myself the thought of us ever being with each other again. That is just impossible. I wonder what he would do if he learned the truth about what happened when he left me.

I wonder if he would even believe me if I told him, nonetheless I can't risk losing the most important thing in my life, my only reason I am willing to work for my ex. I don't know how he is going to react to the news. He is a good lawyer, I am sure that he knows a lot of people in the right places.

How easy it would be for him to snatch away my only piece of happiness. I used to work in the DA's office and I have seen enough cases to know that people with money and status can get away with anything. I would probably end up in jail because I couldn't allow him to take away my joy.

So last night when I was excited about seeing Theo he showed up with some lame excuse about why he was there. I need to change the passwords to the lift apartment because I can't handle him coming in and out like he still lives there.

I also have to look for a place of my own soon, seeing that I can now afford to buy a home. I want something big and cosy, a place with a big yard but mostly I need to keep away from Grey by any means necessary.

Last night I took Theo out dancing. We have never actually went clubbing before and I thought that he would say no but he was up for it. I didn't know I still had it in me but I had a great time. We danced till early hours of the morning, when we came back we were both drunk and tired.

As if that's not enough, we stayed up the rest of the night and talked. We even made plans, when it was time for bed, Theo went up to the guest room next to the one I was sleeping in. I would have probably slept until midday if he didn't wake me up just before midday.

"So how are you feeling?" he asked me as he gave me two painkillers and a glass of water.

"Like I was hit by a bus..." I said.

"Well that's what happens with hangovers... I made nachos and some salsa and a hot tomato dip, I thought that it might be good to have something hot and spicy after last night." he said and handed me the plates.

"So did you mean what you said last night?" He asked me.

"which part?" I asked him because we spoke about a lot of things, some of them I don't even remember.

"I mean the part about actually having a real relationship one that could possibly end in marriage." he said.

"Yes I was serious." I said because I was really serious about that. Seeing Grey has only made me appreciate Theo even more. I didn't make things easy for him when we first met, infact I did everything I could to make him lose interest.

The thing is that I didn't understand why he would want to be with someone like me. He came from a good family, he worked a great job and to top it all of, he was very handsome, I didn't understand his fascination with me.

He had so many things that were similar to Grey and I guess I thought that he might be like him but he stayed even when I pushed him away. When he got the job he was willing to walk away from it just so that he could stay with him, I then realised that he was nothing like my ex.

When I realised that, he was already half way across the world. I thought that I had blown my chance with him but last night when he told me that his feelings for me haven't changed, I knew then that I had go all in with him. He has proven himself over and over again that he only wants to make me happy.

I now believe that he really does. Despite me refusing his proposal a few months ago, he still came back and he still wants to be with me, it just wouldn't make sense to me not to be with him, especially since I know that I actually love the guy.

When he asked me to marry him, I said no because we had a lot of obstacles on our path, I was still trying to find the right job and he was moving away, I told him that I didn't want to be married because I was not ready for it.

Perhaps at the time I really thought that was true but now I realised that I was afraid that being with him meant that I couldn't be with Grey anymore but after seeing him and reading up on him, I am certain that I don't want to be with Grey.

"Then I want to do things right this time, the last time I wanted to rush things because I thought that I was losing you, as excited as I was about the job, I would have rather had you." Theo said and took my hand and kissed it.

"I know and I am glad that you left because despite all that, you still found your way back to me." I said.

"I love you Abigail Elena Brown." he said.

"And I love you too..." I said.

"When are you going home? I miss the little man." he said.

"In a week, he has been asking about you a lot these days." I said with a smile.

"Well have you considered bringing him this side?" he asked me.

"I am not sure, I want to find a house first." I said.

He was asking about my pride and joy, my little boy and the only reason for breathing. He is a handsome young man, very smart and looks just like his daddy. Before Theo, my son has never had a father figure in his life.

Then he met Theo and they hit it off like a house on fire. Theo loves him so much that he would have him stay with him for days and when I went to get him, he would refuse to go. I think this is the other reason I love Theo.

He has taught him how to ride a bike without training wheels, he has taught him baseball, he played soccer with him and he even took him fishing, these are all the things I couldn't do with him, things that Mama and I couldn't teach him.

I must admit that being a single mother was never the plan, I soon realised that even if I had plans, God knew what I needed even if I didn't. Choosing to have my son while I was in school was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make.

Between Mama and Linda, I had plenty of help, after I had my son I went back to law school and got my degree. I became a single parent and it was not easy. Especially on days when I had to take care of my son and do my assignments.

Like I said, my mother and best friend helped me through it all. It was about a month after Greyson left me that I realised that I was pregnant. I had only been with one man so there was no question about who the father was.

I wanted to tell him but when I realised that he was not coming back, I knew that he was better of not knowing. He chose to leave me so I didn't think that he would ever want to have a child with me, at best he would have thought that I wanted to trap him.

I made the choice to raise him on my own and I am glad that he knows that I love him. He would have questions about his father, that was always expected and I wouldn't bad mouth Grey, I just told him that he has me and that he didn't need a daddy.

So when Theo came along, he finally got a chance to have a father in his life. I also thought that Theo would run for the hills when I told him that I had a son, but he didn't, instead he showed his commitment not only to me but to my son.

Which is why I can never go back to Grey and the reason why he can never know the truth about my son. I really want him to live with me but I fear that I might be risking everything I have if Grey found out about our son.

"Well... I have a house, he could live with us, there's a lot of private schools here, I am sure we can find him one." he said.

"You just came to New York and you already have a house? I have been here longer and I haven't even began looking for one." I said.

"You're avoiding the question..." he said. He was right. I was.

"I am not, it's just that I don't think the city is the right place to raise him, I mean he is a country boy." I said.

"Abigail I love you and I love your son, I want us to be a family." Theo said.

"I know... it's just that my ex is now in the picture, he can't know about my son." I said.

"You mean his father? I was under the impression that you two were not even on speaking terms." he said.

"So was I, turns out I am working for him, I didn't even know that it was his company." I said.

"So what does that mean?"He asked me.

"It means that I might have to send him to boarding school if he lives with us, I can't risk Grey seeing him." I said.

"Did you just agree to move in with me?" he asked me.

"I think I did." I said with a smile.

"Well in that case... I can't wait to have you all to myself." he said and gave me a kiss.

"So when are you finally moving back?" I asked him.

"In a week, I just have a few things to wrap up and after that, I am all yours." He said. The phone on the wall buzzed. That means that someone was downstairs. I pressed the intercom.

"who is it?" I asked.

"I have a delivery for a Miss Abigail Brown." a man said.

"I'm sorry but you have the wrong person, I didn't order anything." I said

"Ma'am, I... these are for you, that I am certain of..." he said.

"Fine, I'll send the lift." I said and sent down the lift.

"Who is it?" Theo asked me.

"A delivery of some sort." I said and stood by the lift, a couple of minutes late the lift opened and four people walked in both carrying large bouquets of red roses.

"Miss Brown?" the one with the keypad asked me.

"Yes, that would be me but I didn't order these." I said.

"There's a card, perhaps there's a name on it." he said.

I might not know who these flowers come from but I had a very good idea, there's no doubt that it was obvious that I was expecting someone when Grey came and now I see what he is trying to do.

"You know what? I don't have space for all that so I will give a hundred bucks to send them elsewhere, do we have a deal?" I asked him.

"Deal! " He said with a smile.

I went to my purse and took out a hundred dollar bill and I wrote down the adresss to send the flowers to.

"Guys, come with the flowers, we have to take them somewhere." the guy with the notepad said and they all left with the flowers.

"Should I be worried?" Theo asked me.

"Not even a little... " I said and I meant it. "I can see what he is trying to do, he knows that I have someone with me and now he wants to drive a wedge between us, I won't let him." I said.

"Neither will I... he thinks that a few hundred roses will keep me away then he clearly doesn't know me. I want you and you want me and that's all that matters." Theo said and gave me a kiss.

"You didn't even read the card..." he said.

"Because there's nothing he can tell me that I want to hear, so how about lunch? We can even go to Time Square..." I said.

"Abigail I am not a tourist but we can definitely go for lunch." he said.

"Okay, lunch it is..." I said. "I am going to change, I'll be back." I said and went up to change.

I didn't even feel like dressing up, the painkillers were working but I was still hungover. I took out a blue maxi dress, I wore my silver sandals and tied up my hair into a messy bun.

I took my purse and went downstairs. Theo was on the phone. I walked past him and I went to the kitchen to get my car keys. I can't believe that Grey just did that, I thought that he had a girlfriend but mostly, I thought I made it clear that he doesn't have a place in my life anymore.

There were days and nights were I wondered if I could ever get over him, wondering if I would go back to him if I had a chance, now I am certain that I don't want him in my life anymore. I have finally gotten over him and it feels good.

I guess I had long accepted that we were never meant to be and that I was completely fine with it. Theo was sent to me from above and I know that he will be a much better father to my son than Greyson would ever be.