Falling For Mr Billionaire || Book 1 ✔

Chapter 7

If I knew the consequences.

If only I knew

what would happen when I left,

what would happen when I went

to speak to him.

Benjamin Carson.

I would've never left to go meet him.

If only I knew that

I would never come back again.

Never going to see my baby boy.

Never in a million years would I have guessed that

I would leave Elijah.

Even if I were forced,

I would've never left the house

that night, if only I knew.

—Sofia Valentines

Sofia's POV

So today is the day I finally confess. The day I finally tell Benjamin Carson Black about my past and everything I did. I'll have to tell him about the stripping, the rape, the abuse, and everything else. I just hope he won't lose his temper. Everyone knows that if he does lose his temper, not even his own sister, Charlotte, can stop him. But one thing I know for sure is that I won't tell him about Elijah. I know that if I tell him about Elijah, then he will never forgive me.

On Father's Day, Anna told me that Benjamin was there. I still can't believe it. It's like it was meant to be. I guess fate and destiny have their own plans. What a coincidence that a father is there for his son and doesn't even know it. Elijah couldn't stop talking about Benjamin. He's a smart boy, and I know somewhere in his heart he knows that Benjamin is his father.

Elijah saw his picture a few times, but it was an accident. He had my phone and saw a picture of the two of us. He even saw one in an old magazine from when I used to go with Benjamin to big parties, farewells, award ceremonies, and lots of other events. For four years in a row, he won the award for the youngest best businessman in the world.

Elijah asked me about Benjamin as soon as I got home that day. But I lied to him and just told him that Benjamin is an old friend of mine. Five times. F-I-V-E times he asked me the same question, and I still lied to him. I just hope one day he will know that I was only protecting him. His father believed I cheated on him, so I actually don't owe him anything. The only people I owe anything to are Elijah, Marko, Anna, and, of course, Annette. I still have to buy her the doll Elijah broke.

Today is Sunday, the day I don't actually work. The longest day for me. All I have to do now is take Elijah to Anna's house and go speak to Benjamin. How hard can that be? God, I wish I could say it isn't hard. But this is one of the hardest things I'm ever going to have to do.

Anna is my neighbor. Her house is opposite mine, which is why I'm usually always there.

"Mommy, I'm ready!" Elijah stood in front of me, wearing a blue T-shirt and shorts. I can't believe my three-year-old son dressed himself. I'm so damn proud of him. I love him so much that it reminds me of how my mother used to care about me before my father's death. All she cared about after my father's death was money. One thing we didn't have, so she married the richest old guy she could find, who didn't just become my stepfather—he became my rapist.

"Are you forgetting your jacket, Eli?" I asked him, knowing he didn't want his jacket. I don't get why kids don't like jackets. Even when I was a kid, I never liked them.

"It's in my bag, Mommy."

If he is lying to me, then he'll just have to wear Annette's pink clothes, which he hates. He really is a little devil. He is Benjamin's son, after all.