"Thanks again for doing this Serena. I owe you so much for this." I say to Serena as I grab my coat.
"Don't worry about it. Now hurry, you have a showcase to get to." She says, pushing me out. I smile at her and hurry down the stairs to my car.
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"Are you alright Mr. Aarons?" My assistant asks.
"Oh yeah. It's... Just my first time I'll present at a showcase event. I'm kinda nervous." I admit.
"It's okay. Just take deep breaths and relax." she says, patting my back.
"Oh, you're up." She says. I stand up and straighten my tie. Calm down Cyrus, you can do this.
"Hello everyone and thank you for coming." I say. I look into the audience and notice my dad. He smiles at me mouths 'I'm proud of you'. I slightly smirk back. "Today, I'm here to present you... The future. Introducing... Google Holoview..."
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"You did amazing Cyrus." My dad says, hugging me.
"Thanks dad. Anyone else come with you?"
"No, I came here on a business meeting." He says, looking away. "Oh Mr. Paige. It's great to see you again."
"Great to see you too Mr. Norman." Mr. Paige says, shaking my dad's hand. "You know Mr. Aarons?"
"Oh. He's my son."
"Oh wow,I didn't expect that." Mr. Paige says, looking genuinely surprised. My dad starts laughing.
While they catch up I slowly drift off and find something to do.
"Sir, you did amazing up there." My assistant say, walking up to me.
"Thank you Ashley, it was nerve wrecking though." I say, running my hands through my hair.
"Cyrus?" I hear someone say. I look around and finally notice a woman staring at me.
".... Julia?"
"Hey." She says, slightly smiling.
"Uh... Ashely could you.. You leave us be for a moment?"
"Understood sir." She says, walking off.
"How.... How've you been?" Julia asks me.
"I've been good. You?"
"Good. Good." She says. This is a pretty awkward conversation.
"Listen I-" we both say.
"Oh sorry, you go first." I say.
"Okay. Um... I'm truly sorry for what I did Cyrus." She says. "It was down right horrible, and degrading. I put you through a lot of shit and-and I-"
"Julia..." I say smiling. "It's okay. I've already forgiven you a long time ago. Because of you, I got to meet a wonderful girl, who gave me two beautiful and smart kids. Actually... Thank you, for cheating on me Julia."
I then give her a hug. I then walk off and meet back with Ashely.
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I get back home, to see Serena, April, and Aiden on the couch watching a movie. April sees me and jumps off the couch and runs up to me.
"Daddy~!" She yells, hugging me. Aiden then gets up and follows after her.
"Hey you two. Did you you two give your aunt any trouble?" I ask.
"No, they were both well behaved, like usual." Serena says, watching us from the couch.
Keiko then runs to me, super excited.
"Hey keiko. Did... April put these hair clips on you?" I say, noticing the butterfly hair clips all over keiko's fur.
She then shakes, causing the clips to fly off. I guess she just let's April have her fun with sometimes.
"Thanks again Serena. How much do I owe you?" I ask, pulling out my wallet.
"Oh no, it's cool. I like baby sitting these two... But how about you take me out to eat and we'll call it even." She says smiling.
"Deal." I say. She hugs me and leaves.
"I like auntie Serena." Aiden says.
"Me too!" April follows.
"I do too." I say. I then head April yawn, signaling it's time for them to go to bed. "Alright. Time for you two to get some sleep."
I pick them up and bring them to their room.
YOU ARE READING
Ariel.
Romancethe story is about s young man named Cyrus. after going through an extremely hard breakup with a long-term relationship, he hasn't really been himself lately. he doesn't go out with his friends lately, he just stays in his apartment drawing.one day...