The Billionaire’s Unexpected Proposal (Evelyn and Derek)

Evelyn lay awake on her bed for most of the night, thinking about. Derek and his friendship with Samantha.

She knew without a doubt that the only reason Derek could have gone to the park was because he was thinking of her and probably didn't want to show up unannounced at her doorstep She had been the one to show him the park and had unknowingly helped him reunite with Samantha.

What could she do?

As night slowly gave way to morning. Evelyn finally dozed off and woke up a moment later to the familiar ping of her phone, indicating that she had received a new message. Still half-asleep, she reached over and picked it up from the bedside table, squinting at the bright screen.

Her heart skipped a beat and the sleep disappeared from her eyes as she sat up when she saw she had two texts and one of them was a good morning text from Derel When was he going to stop sending her these texts? She mused, feeling a pang of guilt

Not wanting to dwell on Derek's thoughts, she tapped on Rayna's text and sighed when she saw that the text was to let her know Rayna would be coming over by noon.

She was glad that she had decided to confide in Rayna. That meant she could share her present worries with Rayna and get sound advice

As much as she would have loved to confide in Margaret about this new development, she needed someone who was present, and she also knew Rayna would understand best since she would understand better her relationship with Sandra and Michael and why she was hiding Samantha.

With a sigh, Evelyn got out of bed to go check on Samantha. She had promised Samantha that they could bake cookies, and she wanted them to get a bead start on it before Rayna arrived.

A short while later, as they all sat to have breakfast, Maya looked at Evelyn, still feeling guilt-ridden, "Evelyn, about yesterday, I'm sorry," she said, and Evelyn sighed.

After her conversation with Samantha last night, Evelyn had not bothered to talk to Maya again, and even now, she wasn't sure what to tell Maya.

She contemplated telling Maya the truth about Defek so that Maya would better keep Samantha away from Derek, but she wasn't sure if that was the right thing to do

"It's okay. If he calls you, let him know that Samantha's Mom disapproves of his meeting with Samantha_

"No, Mommy!" Samantha protested as tears spring to her eyes

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Ignoring Samantha, Evelyn held Maya's gaze. "From now on, Samantha is prohibited from going to the park on weekends. You can take her there when she gets back from school during the week, but she can no longer step a foot out of the house on Weekends unless I'm taking her out myself. Am I clear! Evelyn asked, and Maya nodded.

"Yes, ma'am.

Without finishing her breakfast, Samantha dropped her spoon and pushed back from the table, causing Evelyn to raise her brow. "Where do you think you're going? Sit down and finish your food," she ordered gently.

"I don't want to eat," Samantha said with a sad poet, and a fat drop of tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Why?" E

Evelyn asked as she looked at

"I'm sad. I want to be friends with Rek" Her lips wobbled as she spoke.

"Why do you want to be friends with him?" Evelyn asked, even though her heart broke at seeing her daughter looking that sad.

Maya, on the other hand, picked up her plate and excused them since she was done eating and really didn't want to see Samantha crying over

Derck

As far as she was concerned, Derek was a nice man, and Evelyn was overreacting by trying to keep Derek away from Samantha. She believed that the best way Evelyn could have handled the situation was to bivice Derek over and get to know him

But then again, no one asked for her opinion, and Samantha wasn't her child, so she couldn't determine what was best or not for the kid. Mayra reasoned as she left them

"Rek is very nice. I like him, and he bikes me too, Samantha said, and Evelyn nodded.

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do you like him?" Evelyn asked, wanting to understand the attraction.

"Because... 'cause he is kind," Samantha said, unable to explain her reason for liking Derek, "You will know when you see him."

"Well, I'm sorry, darling, I don't want to see him, and I don't want you to be friends with him anymore..."

"Why?" Samantha asked in confusion.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

"Because I don't want it. Don't worry, baby, I will meet Rek in the future, and when the time comes, I will let you be friends with him. But for now, you can't meet him anymore. You trust me, don't you?" She asked, and Samantha nodded.

"You know I love you and will only do what is best for you?" Evelyn asked, and Samantha nodded again as she brushed off her tears,

"Then listen to me, baby. I love you and wouldn't do anything to hurt you. I have my reasons for asking you to stay away from Rek, I promise," she said as she held out a hand to Samantha, and she rose from her seat to take her hand.

Evelyn wiped the tears from Samantha's eyes, feeling sorry that she had to make such a decision for the time being until she was able to resolve everything and explain it to everyone.

"Let's go bake some cookies. That should put you in a better mood," Evelyn suggested as she rose and cleared the table while a sullen Samantha followed her.

"And

guess

what? You're going to meet

meet Mommy's friend today," Evelyn said excitedly, trying to cheer Samantha.

"I don't want to meet your friend." Samantha murmured as she watched Evelyn do the dishes.

"Why not, darling?" Evelyn asked curiously.

"You don't want to meet my friend. I don't want to meet your friend too, Samantha said, and Evelyn laughed despite herself.

"Alright. You don't have to meet my friend if you don't want to. But she's coming over soon, and if you want us to bake those cookies, we have to start now. So, what is it going to be! Are you going to keep sulking? Or are you ready to bake cookies?"

Samantha considered her mother briefly. "I can be friends with Rek later, just not now," she asked, and Evelyn nodded.

"Sure. Don't ask me why."

"Okay. Let's bake the cookies," she said with a resigned sigh