Beautiful Lies[ON HOLD]

♤chapter eleven♤

"Mommy why are you wearing that?"

Hazel scanned the room to see no "mommy" in here . She then looked behind her , still seeing no one except her shadow. She thought that this "mommy" might be in the bathroom or even in the kitchen, but the glares sent to her by Dominick said otherwise. She furrowed her eyebrows still waiting for some kind of explanation from the little girl but April only sent her a big goofy smile.

"Oh. I am so sorry I didn't know we have more guests. Excuse me I'm going to go and bring another plate ". Hazel said and looked at the little girl , smiling back . April however didn't smile back . Instead her little bottom lip wobbles, indicating she was about to cry . Hazel rushed over to the little kid and took her little soft arms.

"What's wrong baby?" She asked, waiting for someone or specifically Dominick to give her some explanation. Instead, he gripped his fork so tight, his knuckles whitening in the process.

"The hell did you do to my daughter?" . His voice pure of rage , rings through the vast room . Bloody hell ! What did she do ?!

"W-what do you mean?" She stuttered, unable to find any word. She looked at his algerian friend Zayn to find his eyes holding amusement, for some weird reason.

"You're trying to play the role of her mommy right now? Is that what you're doing Hazel? " He said before getting up , gripping the side of the table harshly. "You think you're so smart to make my little angel believe that someone like you might be her mother? " He continues.

"Daddy don't say that to mommy! You're evil!". The little girl cried. She gripped the end of Hazel's dress like she's pleading her to say that she's her mommy too but Hazel couldn't look at the girl , she was focusing her eyes on Dominick , never breaking the eye contact . He was cold! He was ruthless! They both hated each other's guts but she didn't know that he would stoop that low . She was surprised that she was surprised about it .

"I did not do anything. I was shook just as you when I heard her call someone mommy! I thought her mom is here , may I know why I am being glared at?" She spoke harshly, picking up the girl to her arms.

"Put the girl back down right now ! " He shouts getting all worked up . What does she think she's doing? Taking the role of the mother of his child which he even doesn't really know?

"I'm going to take her upstairs and calm her down . When you feel like a grown man who's ready to talk , you know where to find me". She said as quickly as she could , turned her back to him , and made her way to April's room .

When they both got there , she couldn't help but feel like she's won something , a smile made its way to her lips and almost raised both hands in victory. She stood up to him and it felt nice . The noise of sniffles cut her own La La Land fantasies and focused on the litte angel who's still in her arms .

"Mommy?". The girl sniffled. She was so adamant on making Gray her own mommy that she never knew . Something in her heart made her feel that she's the one who could be her true mom ! Something we should all know that a mom is not necessarily related by blood to the person . Being called "mom" is an honor to every woman in this world , and the ones who're called like that are really lucky because not all "moms" are truly, deep down moms . You have to earn it or get the hell out of here !

"April , you know I am not really your mother baby". She said as she caressed her hair . The little girl looked at Hazel with teary eyes as she hugged her sweetly.

"But I really want you to be my mommy . Why can't you? I have my daddy and I want a mommy ". She explains as if Hazel didn't already knew .

"Look . Your dad is angry that you called me that , he must know who your real mommy is and will one day let you meet her ! Don't you want to call that special name to that special someone?" She reasoned.

"I want you and only you ". It's no secret that Hazel was proud to be called mommy . Her malawian children used to call her mama too and she would always feel that good feeling deep down whenever someone call her like that .

"Okay little April, let's make a deal okay?" The little girl nodded, waiting for Gray to continue. "Let's be bestfriends! We can do everything and anything together okay? It would even be cooler ! What do you say? We can play together, paint and even sing like cray cray people! It will be a lot of fun all day long . What do you say baby?" . She also wanted to say that she's her stepmother too but refrained to do so . It was obvious that the little girl doesn't know about their marriage and she needed to find out why .

"Okay ! Best of bestfriends in the whole world!" The girl squealed excitedly and hugged Hazel real tight. Hazel smiled at the little girl but smiled more to herself that she was able to get out of Dominick' deadly path .

                             ~ Dominick ~

"Allah allah what did this beautiful young lady do to the poor child?" Zayn mocks from his sitting position. He had been quite all the damn time , but I knew he would start his shit as soon as Hazel leaves .

"Shut the fuck up". I mumbled. How dare her say that I'm not a grown man? How dare her raise her tone at me? Stupid gorgeous lady !

"You brought me here to talk Nick , spill the beans I am already excited to hear what happened between you two ! Did you both smash dem cakes?" He asks. He smirks as soon as he sees my deadliest glare.

"How are you my best mate exactly? I didn't smash- I mean I did not bed her . Off course we had a deal . I caught her talking about her plans to her friend , made her marry me and now I made her accept my deal". I smirked in victory . Finally I will get what I want from her , I'm sure she has done worse so a baby is surely not a problem for her .

"What deal exactly?" Zayn asked in confusion.

" You know that I need a heir or my cousin Abe will take the damn company! And that's what she will be giving me exactly " I spoke as I fiddled with the sleeves of my suit.

"Oh and what will she get in return? Other than your pickle ". He jokes.

I mumbled a shut up before proceeding with my explanation. " She will get every month ten thousand pounds to her orphanage back in Malawi or whatever this place is . She agreed after pulling a tantrum but now it's all good ". I sighed as I remembered her face when she was so angry at me . Her angry face made me slightly turned on for some reason. I wanted to kiss the living shit out of her that night but I'm not letting my guards down . No ! Not to her!

"A what? An orphanage? Why didn't you tell me about that!"

"You know that now . She raises twenty something -" twenty four. " malawian children with her best mate and she needed the money . That's why she's here in the first place". I grumbled.

"Bless her heart! She's quite an angel , I knew she was one the first time I laid my eyes on her". He smiled.

"You fuck ! You said quite the opposite when you saw her and now you change your darn mind ?" I exclaimed.

"Did I? I'm an asshole then! I must admit I hated her at first but now I cannot , not anymore. She must be getting under your skin quite well if you're always that angry around her". He chuckled .

"She tried to steal my money! She's a theif!" I reasoned.

"You would've done the same for your daughter".

Fuck ! I definitely would!

To be continued.....

Hey guys ! How did you find this chapter? I know it might've been quite boring but we're getting to the exciting part soon ! I'm trying to make my story as real as possible that's probably why it's maybe slow or maybe not as exciting as you guys want it. Don't worry it will get beautiful soon so keep reading even if it takes a while ! Anyways... don't forget to vote&comment on this chapter! I'm going to be more active this time I promise!

~Maria Faraci