Chapter 64: Suspicious

Athena exhaled harshly, after she shut the door on its hinges.

Had she confirmed Ewan’s suspicions when she had deftly pushed him out of the apartment?

But what could she have done?

She knew the look that had suddenly appeared on his face after he had turned to the children and seen them smiling and eating.

The look of remembrance.

What happens now?

She glared at her shaking hands.

Snap out it! She commanded, hating her sudden weakness.

Hadn’t she planned for this? So, why was the thought of battle over her children making her sweat?

Athena shook her head. She needed to submit her body to an intensive work out, to remind it of what she had gone through the first year, after her exile—without help from anyone, apart from the friend Gianna had directed her to.

When she turned to the children. They were all looking at her mysteriously.

"What?"

They shook their heads, and returned to their food.

Nathaniel, however, looked up again.

"Does this mean he will be visiting from now on?"

He tried the cool-as-a-cucumber face facade, but Athena knew that her son was terribly confused by his father.

"No. This was just a one time thing..." She paused. "Do you want him to?"

Nathaniel shrugged his shoulders in response. "I don’t know, mom. I would only choose what you want."

with the loyalty of her children,

the introduction until she was sure

able to take. She didn’t

her family, Athena brought out her phone and set a reminder for next week—she would be including Ewan’s town to the list

and ruffled

them thereafter. "And don’t do anything

children chorused, including

Ewan staggered out of the elevator

himself, but it was not working. His head was

from his pants’ front pocket and

me at the mansion."

the phone, without waiting for his friend’s response, and

another. "Why did you shut down the

kept

Ewan furrowed his eyebrows.

his instincts, he walked

owner of this building? I’d like to rent

The doormen exchanged glances.

last night when I saved you from the elevator crash..."

Athena owned this

buy it for her?

Madam is married. If she is, I’m not aware. The only men I’ve seen her with are Mr

chest, to ease the growing discomfort. Then, he thanked the doorman, and

he opened his phone to call Zane, but thought better

a crossroads. It was better he worked at this with Sandro, with

his place, Sandro was already in the living room,

is the matter, Ewan? You

consequently Athena’s house, dropped it on the

But sitting wasn’t enough.

stood up and

was nonplussed. Did something happen? Where

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