Mixed Love

Her Decision

Zaria POV

I awoke early the next morning with a lot on my mind, the conversation that I had with Marcus at dinner last night along with the conversation with Alex. I went to work early hoping to catch Alex there to speak to him before all of the employees started to arrive. I haven’t been answering his calls due to me wanting things to be professional between the two of us. When I arrived at work, I went to grab some breakfast before heading up to my office where I seen Alex already hard at work. I entered my office and put down my things before going to his office.

“Hey Alex, can we talk” I said when I entered his office

He looked up at me with sadness in his eyes before responding “sure have a seat”.

“Don’t lock or frost the windows I don’t want people to think there is something going on between us please” I asked of him and he obliged.

“I want to apologize about last night for my outburst I was just so mad and stressed from all of this that I kind of took things out on you. The fact that I’m going through this pregnancy alone is stressing me out the most……the last couple of months haven’t been so bad with Marcus around, but I didn’t let him know that I was pregnant at all. I do enjoy his company, and he does make me laugh when I’m going through a rough patch. I just don’t know what to do...... I had dinner with Marcus last night and he asked me an interesting question that I’m not so sure about due to me not knowing where we stand with each other” I said.

Before I could continue, he replied “I know he asked you to marry him.....We had this discussion last night when he was ripping me a new one. I apologize for everything that you are going through and I really would like to be apart of everything that has to do with my child, but the way things are right now we will have to wait. Did Marcus run the plan by you or not” he said.

“what plan is that, he was really vague when asking or telling me” I said.

Alexander POV

Last night after Marcus and Zaria left, I thought about what they both said and decided to talk with my parents and set them straight once and for all. While I was locking up the office Marcus called to let me know that Stacy was being mouthy along with being racist toward Zaria which clearly offended her, so that made me really livid. I always wanted to get rid of Stacy although I has heard how mouthy she is she never let me on to believe that. I guess because I am her boss and will fire her dead on the spot which I was getting ready to do. I called HR to have them send her the termination papers through email. On my way to the elevator Stacy and Olivia spoke their good byes, then Stacy called out

“Alex, a bunch of us are getting together tonight would you like to join us”

I turned around and said “I do not fraternize with employees Stacy you should very well know that”

“That’s not what I heard” she said in a low voice, but I caught it anyway.

The elevator came to the floor in the peak of time as I was getting on, I said to her “Stacy, your services are no longer needed here you can clear your desk out. HR will be sending you your pink slip have a nice night”.

The last thing I seen was their mouths wide open as the elevator doors closed. That kind of made my night, she shouldn’t speak to anyone in the manner that she does. I reached my parents house in 10 minutes flat to find Jake there visiting with my parents as soon as I walked in

“I need to speak to the both of you, this is a private family matter” I said as I made my way to the study and poured a drink.

A couple minutes later I heard the front door open and close and in walked my parents

“What’s wrong son” my mother said to me

“Have a seat because what I have to say will be hard to swallow and say nothing until I’m done” I said to the both of them sternly while looking them in the eyes.

They could tell I was pissed, they never really seen me this way especially towards them. Once they both sat down after pouring them both a drink, I started.

“I can’t believe the two of you just manipulated me like this. First you sign a damn contract to marry me off to help your friend financially, now you force my hand to be married to her for 2 years with an amended prenup. You made it so that I can’t divorce her or she will get half of everything that I HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD……just so they can be okay financially. You never thought about me in the process, my happiness, what I want, just throw all my life’s work down the drain for your f*****g friends. In the process of you doing all that you never seen me hurting, why because you care more about your friends than me” I said while my father raised his hand to speak

“Son…. it’s not what you think I promise you it’s not” my father said. I cut him off

“Quiet…I’m still talking I don’t care if it’s not what I think, it’s what it looks like by the actions of everything that has been done. My whole life I have given into what you wanted from me and played the good son obeying every command…...You just couldn’t let me have this one thing, let me choose my own wife, my soul mate, the mother of my children, to bear our last name. You wanted to have a part in that as well.......well I guess you got your wish.

Let me tell you something I will never speak to either one of you again if things go sour here. Either way it goes I’m losing, if I choose to be with the one I want I lose half of my hard earned businesses, and if I don’t I lose out on getting to know my child” I said and poured another drink. I down that drink along with another one and was about to walk out the door when my mom said something

“What are you saying son, are you saying we have a grandchild on the way” she said.

“You would never know because you are not involved in my life that way” I said and walked out leaving them with the look of sadness and shame.

I needed to go out and relieve some of this pain I was feeling on the inside and what better way to drown it out with alcohol and s*x. I couldn’t have s*x with the person I wanted and I wasn’t about to give my wife the satisfaction again so fresh meat was my target. I left my parents’ house and met Zach at his club.

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The Next Morning

I didn’t drink too much where I would wake up with a hangover, but drank just enough to drown out the pain. I took a couple women back to the hotel with me and had a few sessions before I left and went home in the wee hours of the morning. I could barely sleep, I only got an hour of sleep before I woke up deep in thought so I decided to get dressed and go to the office. It was 4 am when I arrived so I got to work and checked out what went on while I was away. An hour in Zaria arrived and wanted to talk.

“Hey Alex, can we talk” she entered and said.

I looked up glad to see her here but sad I can’t have her the way I want I said “sure have a seat”

I was getting ready to press the button to lock and frost the doors and windows before she responded

“Don’t lock or frost the windows I don’t want people to think there is something going on between us please” she said and I could do nothing but obey her wishes. Then she started speaking.

“I want to apologize about last night for my outburst I was just so mad and stressed from all of this that I kind of took things out on you. The fact that I’m going through this pregnancy alone is stressing me out the most……the last couple of months haven’t been so bad with Marcus around, but I didn’t let him know that I was pregnant at all. I do enjoy his company and he does make me laugh when I’m going through a rough patch. I just don’t know what to do, and I had dinner with Marcus last night and he asked me an interesting question that I’m not so sure about due to me not knowing where we stand with each other”

I responded before she could respond again “he asked you to marry him, we had this discussion last night when he was ripping me a new one. I apologize for everything that you are going through and I really would like to be apart of everything that has to do with my child, but the way things are right now we will have to wait. Did Marcus run the plan by you or not” I asked her

“what plan is that, he was really vague when asking or telling me” she said.

Before I could say anything my phone rang. It was HR and they were stating they would like a meeting. I told them give me an hour and we can meet.

“Since I’m stuck in this marriage for two years, why don’t you and Marcus get married and pretend as if the baby is yours together and that way I can see my child. In turn Marcus can take care of the both of you, and you don’t have to be alone through the ordeal. Plus we will see each other every day as you are my assistant. No one will ever think twice about it me and Marcus are childhood friends it’s only right I’m the god father” I said.

I let her ponder everything and asked her a question

“Before I let Marcus get a piece of you can I taste you at lunchtime?! You can think about it and before lunch give me an answer” I said.

She agreed and left to go to her office. I got ready for the meeting with HR. I already knew what it was about, I fired Stacy and we needed to replace her so we needed to discuss candidates.