Niccolo Knights

"Half Buttered garlic chicken, two orders of shrimp dumplings and pork siomai, mushroom soup, one order of fried spring rolls, and a medium sized fried rice." Olivia ordered for us. These past few days, one of the things I've observed about her is that she really eats a lot. She can finish two and a half servings of any food she likes and still down for a dessert yet she's still thin.

"I don't think we can finish all of that. You really eat a lot." I told her after the waiter left to prepare our order. She rolled her eyes at me and puts her arm around Dylan who's currently sitting on her left in his high chair and playing with his Iron Man miniature robot.

"Excuse me old man, you also eat a lot." she said and narrowed her eyes at me.

"What did you call me?" I asked her in disbelief, widening my eyes at her.

"Old man." she said nonchalantly while picking up her phone, turned around and took a selfie with me. I was not prepared so I bet I look like a nincompoop.

"Why would you that? Stop it. Olivia, I said stop it." I said as she still continuously take pictures of me. I pinched the bridge of my nose and lowered my head to avoid her camera. I took a deep breath and sighed this woman sure is a handful.

Then I felt her hand held mine.

"You know, for consolation, you did not look bad in any stolen photos." she said and I looked up at her. I saw mischief in her eyes and smiled, she's being extra playful tonight considering that she was swarmed by the paparazzis a while ago. Speaking of which, it made my blood boil when I saw that man hastily turned Olivia around for him to get a better picture of her and my son. I was relieved and proud that she didn't falter and pushed the paparazzi. I went immediately to her side to protect both of them in case that man retaliate and push her with equal amount of force. If he ever did that, so help me God if will beat the shit out of him.

"I told you, we're fine, Nick." I heard Olivia spoke and unballed my fist with her soft hands.

"No you're not. He shouldn't have touched you. If only I was quick enough then I would've punched his fucki..." she cleared her throat loudly and glared at me while pointing her head at Dylan. Oh geez I forgot he was here with us.

"his freaking face." I said instead. "No one has the right to touch you, Olivia especially those who only wants something from you." I said angrily.

"I'm fine with that as long as they leave this little man alone." she said genuinely and patted Dylan's head and continued, "But if someone dared to touch him, even if it's just a single strand of his hair, I will let that person experience hell." she stated in a voice full of venom and face void of emotions. That is the face of the infamous Olivia North, whom everyone knew as the arrogant and feisty heiress. The face where everyone got scared of when meeting her. The face that she chose people to see.

To be honest, I really didn't know what to reply to that so instead of saying something, I smiled at her and held her hand.

"Thank you, Livy. And thank you for taking Dylan out today." I said and looked at the little guy who's so into his Iron Man mini action figure. "Dylan, did you have fun today?" I asked him while still holding Olivia's hand.

He didn't seem to hear me because he was busy so the beautiful woman who's sitting in front of me called him.

"Dylan, your dad's asking you." Olivia said while lowering down the Iron Man toy from him. He looked at her confused, Olivia smiled and pinched his cheek. "You're dad's talking to you." she said and looked at me smiling. Dylan looked at me with a questioning look on his face.

"I asked you if you had fun today." I reiterated. His eyes glowed and he smiled widely.

"Yes daddy. I ate buwgew for lunch. I played with other kids awhile ago. We jumped at the big jumping place. Oh, oh, I played in the slide awhile. Daddy, I am not afwaid in sliding anymowe. Then I played as a powice a while ago. Daddy thewe's a huge Iwon Man in the center of the place." he blabbered excitedly. It seems that he really had a lot of fun.

"Really. How huge that Iron Man was?" I asked him and looked at Olivia. She was looking at my son lovingly. Geez, this is what I've been dreaming of since I had Dylan. A woman who can give my son the things I couldn't give such as taking him in a kid's cafe and play with him. Don't get me wrong, I played with him, I took him out, but not like this. Not like spending half of the day to places where kids his age play.

He stood up from his high chair and extended his arms to show me how tall it was. Olivia held his hand to give him support so he won't fall down.

"Dylan, sit down." Olivia told him and he obeyed immediately.

Our orders arrived and we ate in silence because we were undeniaby so hungry.

Olivia was wiping Dylan's mouth when he surprised us with his question.

"Are you my mommy?"

I gasped and widened my eyes. I looked at Olivia and she was also shocked, she was looking at Dylan with her eyes as big as a saucer while her left hand with the napkin was hanging a centimeter before my son's mouth. I balled my fist because I knew Olivia was nog ready for this but please don't say anything that can hurt my son.

When I was quite sure that Olivia won't asnwer, I cleared my throat and spoke, "Dylan, I dont..."

"Do you want me to?" she interrupted me and asked my son calmly. I looked at her face to see if she's only acting but nope, I saw no traces of it.

Dylan smiled and bobbed his head excitedly.

"Yes! Yes!" he answered

"Then I can be your mom." she said smoothly. What is happening. I thought she would say otherwise but was she really serious?

"Can I call you mommy Livy?" he asked excitedly and hugged her left arm.

"If your dad would allow, then you can" she told him and glanced my way quickly.

"Daddy pwease. Pwetty Pwease, pwease" he begged with his hands. I looked at Olivia and she smiled at me.

"Sure, baby." I agreed and he went down from his chair and jumped up and down while saying. "I have a mommy now. I have a mommy now." He ran to me and hugged me then he went to Olivia. She sat him to her lap and he kissed Olivia's cheek and uttered, "Mommy." then he was hugged by her tightly.

This scene in front of me was so moving. I wanted to join and hug them but I contained myself because they looked so perfect.

I yearned for this moment, to see Dylan in the arms of the woman who accepts and cares for him as her own. I never thought that this day will ever come to me. Before, I was so envious of my brother Jericho because he has a complete family, I guess I won't get jealous now that Olivia is part of our life now.

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"What do you want, Alex?" I asked him once I picked up his call.

"Dude have you seen todays newspaper or have you heard the news?" he asked in distressed. I put him in a speaker mode to finish getting dressed

"I haven't. What is it?" I asked as I buttoned down my dress shirt.

"Dude your girlfriend is the talk of the town again." I furrowed my brows and tucked in my dress shirt.

"Why? Was this about yesterday?" I asked him and went towards my closet to choose a pair of shoes.

"Yes! You knew? Dude, why are you tolerating her? She's with your son, Niccolo. Dylan's in the honing stage of toddler, whatever he sees an adult does, he thinks that it's the right thing to do. Dude, don't get so blinded by your feelings toward that girl. Yes she was nice at the Distillery Night but only because you were there, and she's with the same level with everyone in that party." I was so confused by the time he stopped ranting. What was he talking about?

"What do you mean, Alex?" I asked him as I tied the laces of my dress shoes.

"For God sake Niccolo. She pushed the poor paparazzi who's taking pictures of her. According to the witnesses, she was irritated to them so she pushed one of them and the poor guy fell on the ground. Niccolo, she did that when she's with your son. That's fucking disturbing."

What?! That's fucking twisted, she pushed the paparazzi not because she was irritated but because he crossed the line. What the hell? How the fuck was this published like this?

"Niccolo!" Alex called me angrily.

"That's not true man, I was there when it happened. She pushed the man because he violated her and wanted to take pictures of Dylan, not because of irritation." I explained.

"What? Are you sure? Or did she just told you that?" Alex queried. What the hell?! Was it hard to believe that she didn't do that?

"I told you I saw everything. And I told you before that she's far from the woman the media told everyone about." I told him that but more to myself.

"But... what... Why did the media... Why would they do that to her?" he asked completely baffled.

"To be honest, I actually don't know. Or maybe because they earn from it?" I guessed and hung my blazer on my right arm.

"Alex, come back to bed." I heard a woman on the background.

"Don't tell me you're..."

"Yup. I have to go, I have to satisfy this woman's hunger for me." he said.

"Let me guess, you don't know that woman's name." I asked and went out of my room and head down to the kitchen.

"Nope. Goodbye Nikkie." He teased and ended the line. I called Olivia to ask her if she's okay but I was immediately transferred to her voicemail, maybe she's still sleeping or busy doing her morning routine so I left a message to her.

"Hey, good morning. I just want to ask how are you feeling today, I hope you're well rested last night despite being worn out by playing with Dylan. Anyway, don't get affected by the news, okay? Have a great day, Olivia." After that, I called Dominik, my trusted man.

"Mr. Knights, what can I do for you?" he answered after two rings.

"I want you stop the news about Olivia. Find out who's behind this fake news about her. I don't care if you have to threaten that fucking newspaper company, I just want this fake news about her to stop. Tell them that if they do it again, you will expose them. Understand? I want this news to stop before the end of the day." I ordered him and ended the call.

By lunch, I drove to the North's building to have lunch with Olivia. As I neared her office, I heard her angry voice, it seems that she's reprimanding someone. I looked at Nikkie, who's currently busy typing on her computer.

"Hey. Does the person inside needs saving?" I asked her as she looked at me confused. Once she realized who I was, smiled and stood up.

"Oh, Mr. Knights, please sit down. They were having a meeting since this morning. Apparently, Ms. North's not satisfied with the quarterly report." She briefly explained as I took a sit on the couch.

"You said that they're in there since morning?" I asked and sat down on one of the chairs in front of her.

"Yes, sir." She affirmed then we heard Olivia's furious voice.

"How come that your report did not tally to my own monitoring. How the hell did you have 40% discrepancy on this fucking report?!" Oh my God, this version of Olivia North is the one not be messed with.

"Alright, it's time for them to be saved." I said as I stood up and knocked on her door. I heard a strict come in from the other side, as I opened the door, I heard a banging of a palm on a hard surface.

"Now, you both can't talk, huh. When I asked you for an explanation, you give me one!" There, I saw her standing by her desk while the two gentlemen sat uncomfortably in front of her. This woman is really attractive whenever she gets angry.

The room gotten quiet then as I looked at her, I saw her looking at me confused then she soften her eyes when she realized that it was me. I then took a glance at the two men and saw relief from their faces.

"What are you two looking at? Rectify these reports today. No one will go home unless you identify the 40% discrepancy. Understand?! Now go!" she said in a very strict tone that can make me go on my knees to please her. I seriously think that she's sexier when she's in this kind of mood. The two men thanked me before they got out of her room.

I turned around and I saw her walking lazily towards me with a cute frown and pout on her face. She put both of her arms around my neck and hugged me and I encircled my arms around her waist in return. We were like that for a minute until she spoke.

"They're so annoying, Nick. They all are! I hate them so much." she mumbled tiredly on my shoulders.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" I asked still hugging her. I really like this side of Olivia, which I called "the baby" wherein she relies on me, needed my support, or just want to tell on me the people who annoyed or irritated her. Also, she's extra clingy to me, which I really really like especially now, she's hugging me tightly that I can smell her vanilla rose scent and I can feel every inch of her body heat and skin.

She released the hug and went towards her couch to sit. Geez, I shouldn't have jinxed her hug, damn. I cursed myself and went to sit beside her.

"They're all so annoying! I hate them, I hate all of them!" she said angrily and leaned back to her couch. Her skirt went up slightly when she did that so to distract myself, I grabbed a pillow and put it on top of her lap and held her left hand as I leaned back on the couch beside her.

"You know, you can talk to me whenever you're angry." I said as I played with her left hand.

"Nick, everyone's being an ass. Those two men, I heard that they were talking about me behind my back, they said that I was not fit to be here, that I was a liability to my family. I was only in my position because I am dad's daughter, I should just go back to wherever I came from and just spend all the money in shopping because that was I was good at. Moreover, the news, the fucking news. They did it again, they altered everything. Nick, you were there, you know that I didn't push that guy because he's being annoying. Why did they always do that to me?" she said sadly and leaned her head on my shoulder as she linked her left arm to mine.

One of the things I hated are people who talked behind your back. What those two morons said about Olivia was not true, I've heard lots of compliments about her that she's not the stereotyped dumb heiress who only knows how to put makeup on. Those two men were just bitter that they we're headed by a woman who's younger than them. Also, the news, that really ticked me off and they always did that to her? Wait what the hell.

"Livy, you said that that kind of news about you, they always did that to you?" I asked carefully as I looked at her and tipped her chin to look at me. I saw sadness in her eyes.

"Yes, they always chose to report half of the part, shows pictures of me being a bitch and twists the content.."

What?!

"So all the news that were reported were either half of the truth or a total lie?" I asked. I am starting to get angry now.

She nodded sadly. "Yes, Nick. Do you know the article about me throwing the doughnut to the cashier?"

"Yes. I heard about it." I said, Alex was the one who told me that.

"Do you know why I threw it to her? Because that cashier were disrespecting the old lady who bought them. That old lady didn't want to avail their promo of BOGO because she said that it's too much for her and her husband then, that cashier got mad at her and cursed her, then I saw  her spat discreetly at one of the doughnuts the old lady ordered. I confronted her about it and she's so vexed that I meddled in so she spat at me and the old lady, that's when I grabbed the doughnuts and threw at her. Then the media saw it as an opportunity to make it a headline."

Seriously? What the fuck is that? Oh, I am so angry.

"Why didn't you report that news company?" I asked containing my anger.

"I did, but the they already altered the cctv. Besides they always report me as that kind of woman so no one will believe me. Anyway can we not talk about those again, you're here so let's just enjoy each other's company. What do you want to eat? We can order food and eat it here." She said cheerfully as she put my arm around her shoulders and leaned her whole body to my right.

I took a deep breath and sighed. Okay, let's cheer her up today but I will make sure that this won't happen again in the future.

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