NIGHT~LAVENDER'S MANSION
A taxi cab pulled up right in front of the huge gate and Hardin, Oliver could be seen coming down from it. He paid the driver and he zoomed away.
Hardin's eyes couldn't leave the huge beautiful mansion and his throat ran dry just by the stares.
", Dad... What are doing here?" Oliver's voice cut him from his thoughts.
"Uh... You see son, Daddy is doing all this just to make sure he gives you a good secure life in the future" He said.
"What are you saying, dad?" Oliver asked.
"Let's just go in" Hardin replied and took in Oliver's hands before going inside.
They walked in straight to the door and pressed the doorbell soundly.
Nanny Esther was the one to go open the door and her eyes beamed with a smile.
"Good evening sir" She greeted, cheerily.
"Can I speak to Lady Lavender?" He replied and Nanny Esther nodded as she went off.
Soon, Lavender came dressed in a sexy gown that stopped right above her kneecap. The back of it was cut out, revealing her spotless glowing body and a smile kept plastering on her face.
Oliver squeezed Hardin's palm in his hand as he stared at her.
"Dad, is she the lady we met at school the other day?" He whispered and Hardin glanced at him before glancing back at her.
"Glad you listened to my offer Mr Hardin Myers" She smiled.
"Please... It's Hardin" He corrected.
"Oh... Come on in then" She smiled again, giving way for them to pass and they walked in fully.
Oliver's eyes surveyed the huge living room right from the chandelier light and his mouth couldn't help but widen.
His expression suddenly changed when he saw Ava on a couch, she was watching a TV show with keen interest.
"Dad, that's Ava!" Oliver exclaimed and that was when Ava turned to them. Her eyes widened with a smile when she saw Hardin just staring at her.
"Daddy!" She ran straight into him and Hardin slowly widened his hands for her as she embraced him. Though, he wasn't smiling as he hugged her he couldn't help to bring himself to spoil a little girl's heart.
Oliver's mouth stuttered to utter words but his lips failed him as he couldn't stop staring at what was happening. Meanwhile, Lavender's lips crept up into a smile as she watched them.
Hardin slowly released her before standing back properly.
"I wanna speak to your Mommy for a few minutes..." He spoke.
"Oliver, Ava. Give us a few minutes to talk... Why don't you guys use the swimming pool? Ava show him the way" Lavender said and Ava nodded.
"C'mon Oliver! Let's go!" Ava replied and ran away. Tears slipped out of Oliver's eyes as he couldn't stop staring at his dad. Hardin knew he was already feeling hurt. Even as a young kid, Oliver was smart. He takes after his mother.
After many stares, he cleaned off his tears and went after Ava.
Hardin slowly faced Lavender with his hands dipped inside his pocket. His hazel eyes pierced into hers like they were doing a staring competition.
"What's this all about? What do you want from me?"
"You!" She replied almost immediately and Hardin glared at her. She smacked her head funnily when she regained herself.
"Mhm... Sorry, I meant that my daughter needs you. Hardin, I wanna offer you a huge sum of money and I'll take care of your son's fees throughout his years in school"
"Just for what?" He asked.
"For you to be my Ava's father for three months" She answered and he swallowed.
"I'm sorry... Sorry... But ..."
He was still speaking when she grabbed his hands and hugged him tightly, shocking him to the bones.
She started sniffing her tears, she was shedding crocodile tears on his shirt.
"Please... Don't reject this offer, Hardin. Ava has been dying to see her dad right from childbirth. I don't want her to hate me or suffer coz of my mistakes. Please be there for her" She cried on his shoulders.
Hardin just stood still, contemplating what to do.
"Where's Ava's real father?" He broke out.
"He... That bastard left me when I was pregnant at a young age" She replied and Hardin raised her head from his shoulders. He too took twoepsepskwards, still looking at her. By now, Lavender stopped crying.
"My son... I can't hurt him. He's too young for all this" He said.
"Please... I just found myself drawn towards you when I first saw you. You'd be good for my daughter" She said.
She signalled Nanny Esther to bring the two orange juice she prepared and Nanny Esther obeyed.
"Here, have a drink and sit down" She offered, going to sit down He sat down beside her but he kept his distance.
He took his juice and she smiled more.
"Cheers?" She said and they cheered. She kept giggling inwardly as they drank at the same time.
'I'll make you mine soon Hardin'
'I want you and I'm gonna have you, legal or illegal way' She said inwardly as they kept drinking.
He suddenly brought his phone and checked the time. The sky wasn't getting any younger.
"Uh... It's getting late. I need to get going" He stood up.
"Wait!" She shouted, standing in front of him. She smirked creepily, her fingers when to his shirt, her index finger playing with the first button of his shirt.
Hardin gulped hard as her hands dud unknown touches on his shirt. Her eyes couldn't stop giving the seductive stares as they stared deeply at each other.
"Why don't you stay over?" She whispered, slowly biting his earlobes.
Like TF! She was the one seducing him!
"Um... La... Lavender, I need to go home with Oliver" He stuttered and she smiled.
She was slowly getting him.
", You're so charming, Hardin. Who wouldn't want you?" She whispered, still playing with his shirt.
"Do you want me or your daughter?" He asked.
"I... We both want you" She whispered, inching closer to his face. It seems like the time stopped and the world seems to have stopped moving.
She came closer to him, her eyes not leaving his wet thin lips. Hardin's eyes fell on hers too as her eyes slowly started closing, expecting a kiss.
She was about to crash her lips into his when a loud cry broke out.
"AHHHH!!!" Ava's scream came and Lavender's eyes opened. Her sense coming back to her.
Hardin pushed her away slightly and ran towards the direction of the scream with Lavender.
Their eyes widened when they saw Ava struggling inside the pool, she was drowning and Oliver just stood there, boiling with rage.
It seems like they fought.
"Ava! Ava baby!" Lavender shouted, her eyes bringing out tears.
She made to jump in when Hardin jumped in first. He was already shirtless, his shirt was lying at the edge of the pool. He swam towards drowning Ava. He got her in time before she gave up and he swam back to the surface, bringing her out of the pool.
"Mommy!" Ava cried as she ran to hug her mom and Hardin came out too.
His body was wet with water and his abs came to view since he was shirtless. Lavender tried so many times to avoid looking at his well-built body but her eyes failed her because she drowned in him immediately.
Oliver saw it and he smirked, clenching his fist angrily. He glared back at Hardin and started walking away.
Hardin saw him, he grabbed his shirt and ran after him.
"Oliver! Oliver!" He kept calling but he refused to answer as he ran out with tears welled up in his eyes.