They had landed in Moscow early in the morning and to Gou's great irritation, his mother had manipulated him into wearing different clothes opposed to what he usually like wear by saying that strange women who would try to cuddled, kiss and hug him if he didn't. And let's say, it had been a very grumpy little boy, wearing yellow pants, a pink shirt with a green jacket and a cap saying I love San Francisco that had walked out of the airport with his mother. Hilary on the other hand was very satisfied, no one had recognized her or Gou, they were after all in Kai-country.
Outside the airport were there limousines waiting to take all the employers of McKinney Corporation to their new homes. Hilary, Charlie and Gou had gotten a luxury apartment and luckily for them, Gloria, Theresa and Naomi had gotten the apartment next to them, thus making them neighbors. That was good news for Hilary, her three friends were excellent babysitters and Gou had known them since he was little.
Everything had made ready for them, all their furniture were where they should be, even clothes and Gou's toys had been placed in the right places, and slowly the morning had turned into afternoon and afternoon had quickly turned into evening.
Hilary was a nervous wreck, to describe it mildly. She looked at herself in the mirror; the reflection was showing a strong, confident woman, Hilary felt anything but that. She took one last glance and nodded satisfied, she could do this, it was just a dinner, and perhaps Kai wouldn't even show up.
Keep dreaming girl…of course he's gonna show up with that luck of yours, Hilary thought to herself.
"Well well well, look at you. You sure look good tonight! Have you dressed up for someone special?" Hilary looked over her shoulder and saw a chuckling Charlie she glared at him annoyed.
"Oh shut up, it's not funny" Hilary said clearly irritated. Charlie walked up to her with a clear smug on his face; he draped one arm across her shoulders.
" C'mon Hily from what you told me about this guy all he will be thinking of tonight is business. He might not even noticed its you"
" I highly doubt that" Hilary muttered. Charlie gave her small smile.
"No need to worry, I'll be there with you and Milo" Charlie said cheerful and went to put on his coat. Hilary glanced back at him and sighed. The issue was not whether Kai recognized her or not, no the real issue was whether she should tell him that he had a son. A sudden thought went through her mind. Maybe he already knew, I mean, in the last weeks of her pregnancy she had tried to contact him and each time ended up talking with some lawyer, perhaps the lawyer had already told him. A voice pulled Hilary out of her thoughts.
"Hey Hily are you ready? We need to go" Charlie told her.
"Yeah, I'm ready… as I ever will be" She said quietly
The dinner was taking place at some fancy restaurant. Hilary shuddered as she remembered what had taken place the last time she had been at a restaurant with Kai that hadn't turned out exactly well. She could only hope that this would, else it might lead to the bankruptcy of the McKinney Corporation.
Typical Kai… Hilary thought as the restaurant manager lead them to a more secluded room in the restaurant, where they would be able to talk business in peace. So far it was only she, Charlie, Milo McKinney and a few associates that were present. They were told that Kai and his associates would be with them shortly and they could sit down and wait if they wanted to.
Hilary sat down, she was thankful for that it was the associates and Milo that would do the talking. She and Charlie were only there to take referents and schedule possible future meetings. Hilary willed herself to calm down and think about other things than Kai. She smiled when she thought of her little boy. Gloria, Theresa and Naomi were watching him and she could just imaging Gou telling her friends how excited he was to start in the new kindergarten tomorrow.
A movement caught her eye, it was the door and it was opening. Hilary felt everything going into slow motion, she didn't even notice that she and the others were standing up to greet the new arrival. She felt her heart skipping a beat when she saw Kai enter the room and she was silently thankful that she stood behind Milo's broad back and hadn't been spotted…yet.
Kai had been very reluctant about this meeting tonight. There was nothing more he loathed than to have businessmen or women, for that matter, trying to suck up to him. So far, all the ''important'' business meetings had been a totally waste of his time and he had told his board and associates that he wouldn't attend to any more meetings after this one. So it better be good.
And now he was simply staring at an outstretched hand, he glared at the owner. Kai had no doubt in his mind that the owner of the hand was Milo McKinney.
Milo gulped nervously and took his hand back, his father had been right, there were something frightening over Kai Hiwatari, but there were something else too…something very familiar about this guy's looks. Milo shook it off and instead began to introduce himself and his associates.
Hilary felt her heart stop beating completely, when she heard Milo start introducing them to Kai. Her eyes widened as she Milo's hand grabbed her upper arm and hauled her in front of him.
"And this is my secretary Hilary Tachibana", Milo said strangely proud of himself.
She didn't dare, she just didn't dare to look up and kept her eyes pierced to the floor. Kai on the other hand couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was lost for words.
"Hilary…" he muttered out almost unbelieving. At hearing her name Hilary looked up and was immediately trapped in his crimson eyes. The two of them just keep staring at each other for a long time, till Milo decided to exclaim:
" Why Hilary, he looks just like your son!"
Hilary spun her head round and looked at Milo desperately. She turned her gaze back at Kai, who flicked his eyes from Milo back to her.
"Your son…you have a son?" Kai drawled out slowly and looked at her more sternly. Hilary was about to make a comment when Milo once again interrupted.
"Yeah, he's the cutest little thing and about three years old" Milo said not noticing the unspoken tension between Kai and Hilary. Kai keep his look on Hilary as he slowly consumed the new piece of information.
"Three years old" Kai repeated slowly and calmly, a bit too calm for Hilary.
Okay, so the lawyer guy hasn't told him…this is not good Hilary, you need to do something and do it fast. Hilary thought desperately, she didn't know what to say to him…it had all been reveled to fast. Out of the corner of her eye Hilary saw the door, perhaps it was time to flee. And flee she did. She ran past Kai towards the door, opened it and ran out. It didn't take Kai many seconds to comprehend what she was doing; she was running away…away from him.
Over my dead body, Kai thought and gave chase.
Left in the room stood a bunch of people confused of what just had happen, all except for Charlie who stood and inwardly cursed his boss for his lousy timing. Charlie pondered over what he should do next, should he follow the two old lovers or should he just stay put…Charlie decided to follow.
Hilary ran past all the tables in the restaurant and had nearly crashed into a couple of waiters; she looked behind her and saw Kai nearing her.
"Hilary! HILARY!" Kai yelled out
Hilary cursed herself for wearing high heels tonight they were almost impossible to run in. She ran out on the street, but before she got to far away, a hand came out of the blue, grabbed her arm and wheeled her around. She stood face to face with Kai Hiwatari.
"I have a son?!" Kai nearly yelled at her. Hilary didn't answer and tried to get out of his tight hold.
"Do I have a son?" Kai said more harshly and lightly shook her to get her to look at him, his eyes were flashing with anger and something else. Hilary glared at him with likewise anger.
"No, you don't have a son…I have a son!" Hilary counted back just as harsh, " You were merely the sperm donor!" Hilary managed to get herself loose from Kai's grip, but it didn't take long for Kai to grab her into a tight hold again. He dragged her into an ally that lay beside the restaurant and he held her by the shoulders up against the wall.
"Why didn't you tell me! Why didn't you tell me that you were pregnant!," Kai asked with his voice full of anger.
"Because I didn't know! But when I found out I tried to call you, but I always got in contact with some lawyer…and do you know what he called me…he called me a derange fan girl!" Hilary said with a voice equally full of anger. Tears started to well up in her eyes, but she wouldn't let fall, not for Kai she had spend enough tears on him.
Kai just stared at her incredulously; a lawyer… one of his damn lawyers had stood in his way, there would be hell to pay for that lawyer.
" I want you back Hilary! I want you and my son back…I want to know him!" Kai said more determined than ever. Hilary just shook her head at his request, while her tears went against her orders and fell down her cheeks.
"I don't want you back!" She said with a voice full of tears and heard Kai growl at this.
"Damn it Hilary, I made a mistake!"
"You sure did, but that's not my problem anymore, is it" Hilary interrupted and she tried with a newfound strength to push Kai away from her, "Get the hell away from me!" She cried out and squirmed even more in his grasp. To her horror she felt Kai's body pressing her to the wall while his hands trapped her face, his lips came near to the point where they were almost touching hers. They were so close that they were breathing each other's air.
"I love you Hilary" Kai whispered out, Hilary's eyes widen at this and then realized that he was leaning closer to her.
SLAP
Before Kai even got the chance to kiss her, she had slapped him with all the strength she could muster making him release his hold and actually made him stumble back. A red hand was clearly imprinted on his face and he slowly reached up and touched it. It was hurting.
Hilary was angry beyond any sense of reason, how dare he say that to her. She walked up to him.
"You love me" Hilary hissed out, "You wouldn't know what love was if it slapped you in the face. The only things that have come close enough for your love is Suzaku and beyblading. So don't say something you know nothing of!" Hilary wiped her betraying tears away from her face. She turned away from him to walk away. She stopped when she heard him speak again.
"But that's how I feel. You might be right that I know nothing about love, but those emotions, feelings I have for you is burned into to the very depths of my being. I don't know if you can describe it as love, it goes too deep for that, but it is the only word there exist in the worlds vocabulary." Kai said very calmly.
Hilary glanced over her shoulder, she didn't like his little speech at all…it was making her doubting.
"And how long do you think it would take these feelings to turn into burden for you…huh. How long would it take for our son and me to become nothing more than weakness to you? And just what am I to tell him, when his father doesn't want to hug him in public or show a grant of affection and everything else will come before him," Hilary glared sternly at Kai, "If it was just me I might consider your offer, but is not just me anymore…I have someone else to think about now!".
Kai just stood at his spot not moving at all, his eyes showing no emotions.
"So you still love me then?" he stated more than asked it as a question.
"I try my best not to" She whispered to him.
"Hily are you in there?" Hilary turned towards Charlie's voice and smiled when she saw him standing at the end of the ally. Kai glared at the interruption. Hilary ran into Charlie's waiting arms.
"You're ok?" Charlie asked with a concerned voice and shuddered when he saw Kai's murderous eyes directed straightly at him.
Kai kept glaring at couple wrapped around in each other's arms. He gritted his teeth's together and had to clench his fists tight together from stopping him in punching that guy's lights out for holding his Hilary so close.
Hilary looked up at Charlie, "I want to go home" she said and Charlie nodded in agreement.
They walked out of the ally and into the streets again with Kai a few steps behind. Charlie walked Hilary to their car; before she could sit inside she heard Kai's voice.
"This isn't over yet Hilary," He said with more determination than ever. He was going to get Hilary and their son back, but first there was a certain lawyer to deal with. He watched them as they drove away…oh yes he was going to get Hilary back and make her his wife.
A few minutes later, his and Milo McKinney's associates tumbled out of the restaurant. He and Hilary had been gone for more than a half hour.
Milo McKinney was nervous as hell, had he managed to screw everything up? If he had, his father wouldn't be very pleased. Damn it, he thought to himself.
"Mr. McKinney", Milo looked up, it was Kai who had spoken; he was still standing with his back towards them and with folded arms.
"You got the deal!" was all Kai said and left. Milo let out the breath he had been holding and smiled, now his father would be proud of him and maybe just maybe Hilary would finally start to notice him.