The Billionaire's Imperfect Wife

Chapter 1

The present-day

It was a warm summer day when I decided to go to the beach just to cool off since the heat was way getting worse by the hour. Once I decided what to wear for the beach I got interrupted by my older sister who was standing in the hallway looking at me like I'm silly to be questioning every piece of clothing that I was trying on. She had little Alexa in her arms smiling at me. She walked towards me and almost threw poor Alexa into my arms. Alexa's face was red from crying and that made me mad as f**k. She was like my own daughter from the day that she was born. I took the most care of her than her parents did.

"Why was she crying?"

"Please that little brat could not wait to see you, now I need to get to a meeting will you take care of her until I'm done?"

"Sure anything for my baby daisy!"

She did not care about Alexa as a mother should, no she was just after Raphael's fortune. There are a few things that I also did not know about Raphael Haunt, for instance, his father had a multi-million dollar company and in London, he was a freaking lord. He has the estates and money to show it. When she found out that she was expecting she was devastated if it wasn't for me she would have gotten an abortion. Once she left I placed her on the bed with some toys and surrounded her with pillows while I changed into other clothing. I went to the kitchen to get her favorite snack and to get some milk. Dam! Bridget forgot to pack the milk and if I try to phone her now she will most probably strangle me herself. I took my car keys and grab my baby from the bed where she was playing. I drove to the nearest supermarket to get some milk since I use to buy everything it wasn't hard to know which one to take. Once we got the milk I decided to make a pit stop for ice cream at a small diner that I loved. Alexa got a small bucket of ice cream that looked like a clown that made her face light up. I got myself just a cone. I tried to feed her but at this age, she wanted to feed herself which was adorable. She looked so much like her father and non like her mother. The detail of her eyes her mouth. It's been 6 years that I have not seen or spoken to Raphael, to be honest, the last day I saw him was at his wedding. Once Alexa was done eating she looked like a horror movie gone wrong but cute.

"Look at my baby she is growing up so fast!"

I asked the waiter for a wet cloth then cleaned her up. The waiter made jokes with Alexa and even tried to give her more ice cream the teamwork was there. The waiter was also my best friend Stacy who I have known now for almost 7 years. She knew about everything she even asked me why am I still staying here in the states when I could be traveling the world.

"Didn't you just have this cutie pie yesterday?"

"Yes, apparently Bridget has some meeting again. You know she doesn't even have a company yet she always has meetings going on!"

"Maybe it is those fancy breakfast and stuff that the ladies go to every day to gossip about their husbands and stuff. You know like in the movies!"

"We seriously need to get you a boyfriend cause this tv nonsense is going to make you mad and grow old alone."

"Do you know how long has it been since I had s*x?"

"Stacy do you mind there is a baby here with us, is that bad huh?"

"Sorry moon pie, yes how about tomorrow night?"

I nodded my head and paid the bill then I took her to the beach where we played in the sand under an umbrella for hours. When I checked my phone it was nearly 5 o clock. I took Alexa and placed her in the car seat while driving home I started to wonder where Bridget was, cause it was not like her to be late at all. When we got home I started a bath for baby Alexa then got some fresh clothes from the bedroom where she was busy playing peacefully with her toys. I grabbed my phone from my purse and tried to call her once again but the phone just went to voicemail. This was not good at all and I did not even have Raphael's number so it pretty much sucked at this moment. After I bathed the little princess with golden hair I gave her something to eat and that is when she finally fell asleep. I phoned the company of Raphael to try to speak with him, but he was apparently on a business trip to Europe or some nonsense like that. I went to go lie on the bed by Alexa and must have drifted off to sleep. It was about 3 o clock in the morning when I got woken up by a loud knock on the door. I tried to avoid the bang that was coming from the door, but it seemed to get worse by minutes at this point I was scared that it will wake Alexa. I wrapped my black nightgown around me as quick as possible then headed straight to the front door once I was there I peeped through the glass window only to find my father there. This was not good as he took a five-hour drive to my house in the city. This did not make sense at all...

"Father?" I said with a concerning voice making sure he heard the tone only to find him walking past me. I was about to close the door when a foot stopped me from closing the door any further. To my surprise, it was Raphael who entered my apartment. I have not seen him in year's he looked so much different than before. He wore black pants with a button-up shirt. His face looked furious once the light shined on him. My heart skipped a beat when our eyes met.

"Where is she? Where the f**k is my daughter?" he said taking a step forward towards me.

"She is sleeping in my room Raphael, what is going on here where is Bridget? I tried to phone her but it went straight to voice mail."

"She f*****g left, now I will be taking my daughter cause this is abducting what you did here!" he tried to walk past me till I pulled him back. I knew what I did cause I heard my father's voice yelling my name.

" You listen here your rat bastard I did try to phone you, but you did not pick up. Your angry and reek of alcohol at this very point and I don't think that you should take her now. I will bring her home at the earliest sunrise!"

He knew what I have said made sense cause he nodded at me with the same agreement.

"If I do not see my child by sunrise you will regret the day you took your first breath. In this reality, you are just as f****d up as your w***e of a sister, now do I make myself clear!" he was now standing right in front of me only a few inches away.