Fraudulence.

13.

-A month later

Camila...

"It's love day, right mommy?" Zoelle asked me.

She was referring Valentine's Day and it was indeed February 14th.

"Yes baby," I replied as I blew on her little toes. I had painted them the color red for her. "It's Valentine's Day."

She giggled. "I love you, mommy!"

"I love you too, Zo'!" I mocked her cheerful giggling.

I touched her toe nails to see if they were dry by now.  "They're dry, Zo'. But still be careful." I warned.

Then, I got up to grab me a snack from the kitchen. Of course, Zoelle was joined to me at the hip.

Being the big, cuddly baby she was, Zoelle asked for me to pick her up. "Please?" She batted her pretty eyelashes at me.

"Zo'...." I trailed off. But I couldn't resist her cute puppy dog face. So I picked her up.

"You're so spoil–" The sound of the doorbell ringing completely cut me off mid-word. "Let's go see who that is."

I opened the front door to see that it was Zoovier ringing my doorbell at one o'clock in the afternoon.

"Hey, Zoo." I cheerfully greeted him before Zoelle could scream, "Daddy's here! Hi daddy!"

Zoovier and I have been keeping things between each other cordial for the sake of Zoelle.

There would be some petty arguments between us here and there. I'm working on limiting my smart ass comebacks in order to prevent some of this.

Zoo had his hands full of Valentine things, such as teddy bears, chocolates, various candies, roses, and other things.

He sat everything down on the coffee table and picked Zoelle up, which she was patiently waiting for him to do.

"Daddy missed you, ZoZo." Zoovier laughed before kissing her cheek.

Zoelle giggled and returned the kiss to his cheek.

"And look at all the goodies daddy bought you, baby!" I placed my hands on my cheeks and widened my eyes to bring excitement to the affair for Zoelle.

She gasped as he sat her down on the couch. "Oh, some of this fa' you too, Mila." He spoke.

I raised my eyebrow at him. "O-oh my goodness. You shouldn't have." I stuttered as he handed me a huge bouquet of roses. "Thanks, Zoo." 

"The rest of the stuff on the left side is yours. The rest is Zo's." Zoovier added.

"This is so sweet." I cooed. "You really didn't have to do this." I sat the roses down. "Especially since we're not together."

"Well, I love you. So I wanted ta' do somethin' special."

"Thanks.... Wap, you didn't!" I screeched once I saw something I absolutely love sitting on the table.

On the table were chocolate turtle candies in a heart box, sitting right next to other assorted chocolate boxes, my roses, huge teddy bear, and a Louis Vuitton bag.