Cheryl x Liam: Could It Be You? [Book #2 of Inevitable Series]

Part 20

Just like predicted, the rain overnight combined with the dropping temperatures had led to pretty much blizzard like conditions by the next morning; the ground now being covered with a good few inches of snow, the clouds still being cast over the sky and the snow still falling with the wind blowing as well. Of course, this meant that the entire city of London had been shut down – Cheryl having gotten a call from her security guards for her firm that there was no way anyone could get into the city due to the weather which had led to Cheryl calling all her staff to tell them to stay home themselves even though it was a no brainer; though it meant the meetings and court cases of the day would have to be rescheduled and depending on how the weather remained throughout the week, a slew of meetings and cases would meet the same fate of having to be rescheduled.

Due to them all staying inside today, Liam sweetly decided to make breakfast for Cheryl and Sophia; the two of them chilling out in the living room watching TV while Liam pottered around in the kitchen, making them breakfast. Cheryl planned on taking it as easy as possible during the day, deciding that she'd just spend half the day just relaxing as she didn't want to make it all about work. She was slowly realizing that it was okay to sometimes treat herself to some relaxation, especially after she was always working so hard to help others. All of her friends had been telling her that she needed to look after herself especially now more so that she was pregnant, and Cheryl was certainly not going to do anything to mess up this pregnancy or harm the baby, meaning that she was trying to keep things as stress free as possible.

"Mammy look, the news people are saying that London looks like that now." Sophia burst out as she pointed at the large flat screen TV they were watching; Cheryl looking up from her phone where she'd been texting Nicola to see what Sophia was on about. She sighed out, it being a good thing that she hadn't had to go into the office as there was no way she could've ever been able to get back out to her home if that had been the case.

"That's so insane," she sighed before tapping Sophia's nose, "Good job I'm here right?"

"Really good job." Sophia giggled, looking up at her. Cheryl laughed before switching the channel to some cartoons; Sophia going over and sitting in the floor where the dogs were in front the TV; Cheryl giggling slightly before looking back at her phone again. However, this time, a text message from an unknown number came across, leading her to swipe her finger across the screen to read it.

<<Unknown: 8:20am – Hi Cheryl; are you doing well today? I hope your baby is good; hope that kid is taking care of you and your daughter too or perhaps you need a real man?>>

Cheryl actually froze for a second, wondering who this was that could have possibly gotten her number and text her. However, at the same time, she had a good idea of who it was, especially since the person referred to Sophia as your daughter, indicating that it had to be someone that didn't know Sophia's name and it was clearly someone who knew of her relationship with Liam. However, who knew that she was pregnant?

Cheryl stared at the message for a little while longer, fighting the urge to go and disturb Liam in the kitchen whilst he was making breakfast. However, she didn't really want to worry him and she figured that it was just some silly prank or something – or at least that's what she told herself – and so she simply erased the message and put her phone on the TV, before putting her eyes back on the television to try and focus on the kids show that was on.

And five minutes later, her phone once again buzzed, leading her to pick it up...

<<Unknown: 8:25am – Come on Cheryl; I know you aren't working because the city of London is shut down. It's only Ashley. You can't have a chat with your old ex-husband?>>