Kith and Kin ✔️

34. One Step Closer

She had stayed up all night pondering over what Chris had told her over dinner. He had finally found out the whereabouts of Jordan and his family. But this was not what had stressed her out. Chris had asked for a favour; he was going to shift there and he wanted her to do the same.

She sat on the sofa, keeping a watch on her toddler. He was playing with an aeroplane, his favourite toy. She heaved a sigh and looked at the picture of her and Misha sitting on the mantelpiece. She was five months pregnant at that time, the time when she was running after the man she is running away from now.

No, she thought at once. She couldn't leave this place. This was her home now. Misha had found a real good job here and there was a public school nearby where her little one would go. She couldn't leave this all for a man who didn't give her a second thought. Jordan was a part of the past and he will be staying there. Her life was as close to perfect as possible and she couldn't just leave this all behind.

Still lost in thought, she almost jumped when someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She shrieked and turned around so quickly that her neck was in the danger of snapping.

Misha was standing there, supporting his usual grin like he just didn't gave his wife a heart attack.
"Do you want me to have a heart attack?" She asked, punching his shoulder.
"Sorry love but I couldn't resist." He said, a smirk gracing his beautiful features. He was getting more handsome everyday, ageing as gracefully as possible.

"Whatever." She just huffed in annoyance and took a seat again.
Misha sat next to her and held her hand. "I've got something to tell you though." He looked nervous and excited at same time.
"Oh my god. You're pregnant?" She grinned at him with the same excitement and playfulness but he just rolled his eyes.
"Funny." He deadpanned.
"I know I am hilarious." She flipped her hair to add effect.
"So as I was saying before being interrupting," he gave her a pointed look, "I got promoted."

It took her a minute for the information to sink in and when it did, Clair squealed and wrapped her arms around his neck. "That's amazing Misha."
"I know but there's something else too." She knew by his tone that it was something serious.
"What's wrong?" She squeezed his hand.
"Well, they figured out that my skills were too amazing to be a vice manager so they made me the manager. Now one place can't have two managers so they want me to manage the branch in Lenexa."

"So this means..." Her eyes widened.
"We need to move to Lenexa. They will even provide a house and car." Misha grinned at her.

Clair sat still for a moment. Just a few minutes ago she was hell bent on not leaving this place and now Misha had gotten a job in the same place where Chris had wanted her to go. This didn't seem right and this coincidence wrinkled her brain.

"Hey we don't have to leave if you're really stressed about it. I can just reject the offer." Misha didn't want to lose this opportunity but he'd do anything to make Clair happy.
"You can't just throw away opportunities like this, Misha. I'm actually really proud of you. Just tell me when we are are leaving. I need to do packing, you know." She winked at him and kept a smile on her face.

"We have to leave this Friday. Don't worry about all this stuff, the house will be fully furnished." He was grinning widely now. He knew that Clair would understand what a great offer this was.

"Okay then." She was about to get up but was pulled harshly causing her to fall on his lap.
"You know a good wife would try to do something for her husband if he got a promotion like this." He smirked at her.
"Well maybe I'm not a good wife then." She replied with a smirk of her own.
"Oh shut up." He said and pulled her closer almost forgetting about the toddler who was staring at them with wide eyes.