Unlocked Passion 2

21.

It's been a month since Olivia has been away, and Spencer has become the "man" of the house. He's been taking care of the kids and his business, all at the same time. It was a hassle adjusting since they were three kids, but ultimately, Spencer knew that it would be a challenge. But he was ready nonetheless. Although he liked being the man of the house, he was super excited that Olivia was coming home.

Running out of food in the house, Spencer has decided to take Kiara out of the house and go grocery shopping. The twins were being watched at home by Grace. In the aisle, Spencer was picking out snacks while Kiara was playing with her toy bear in the cart seat. A few seconds later, a woman was walking down the same aisle with a child also in the cart seat looking around. Once they got close to Spencer and Kiara, the kid sees the bear and takes it away from Kiara, making her cry.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Spencer looks to see her before looking at the people next to them. The woman immediately takes the bear away from the kid, giving it back to Kiara.

"Tyler no! I told you not to take people's things!" Kiara stops crying as she goes back into playing. Tyler slightly cries, not having a toy. The woman sighs before taking a random toy out of her purse and giving it to the boy. He stops crying and smiles, playing with it. The woman turns to Spencer, feeling bad.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry about my son. He tends to do this all the time!" Spencer chuckles, not minding.

"Oh no, please, it's ok. I will now learn to keep... the... toys... away..." The long stares Spencer and the woman give each other seems like it's triggering something. A memory. That's when it hit Spencer. He widens his eyes, being in shock.

"Wait, Tanya?!"

Tanya stares into him a little longer, squinting her eyes and scanning. It then clicked for her as well. "Oh my god! Spencer James?!" They both chuckle before they give each other a hug. They knew each other from their past as old friends.

"Wow. Look at you girl. You haven't aged a day!"

"I guess I can say the same for you." Spencer looks at Tanya, jokingly offended. "What you trying to say?" Tanya laughs.

"Huh. I never thought I would see you again after all this time. How have you been? I can see you got a lot in your hands."

"Um... yeah I do. I'm married with my heart and soul and we have three kids together. You see one of them. This precious one here is Kiara. And my twins are home." Tanya nods her head, satisfied.

"Uh, ok I see you. You have your life down, you're a CEO of your very popular company and also a family man. Not bad." Spencer smiles, being thankful. "Thanks. I see that you're down too, seeing that you have a kid of your own."

"Yup, my baby boy Tyler. And I am married as well. And we run a bakery business together. So, I am very much happy with my life right now." Spencer nods, satisfied. "Well, that's good. I'm happy for you."

"I am too." Tanya stares into his eyes, as if she was feeling a way towards him. Spencer immediately knew, which makes them playfully roll his eyes.

"Stop Tanya. I know that look. Don't give me those eyes. You know what happened in the past. And we're keeping it in the past. I'm not letting another woman mess up my marriage. No sir. I already went through that and that didn't go well. You're married with a child. I'm married with children. Let's keep it that way. Ok?"

Tanya nods her head, eventually agreeing.

Long story short, back in college, they were friends but Tanya had a crush on Spencer. She told him and he didn't return any feelings back. She was ok with his choice to stay friends and ever since they graduated, they haven't seen each other until right now.