Nathan POV:

God that woman is so infuriating! Why can't she just meet me for lunch. And who is this guy Ethan that's so important to her? I decided to call my private investigator. "Hey Nathan!" "Hey Brian, I need a favor." He sighed "I need to know everything about Mia Constantine. Every detail. Especially who she's dating." He got quiet. "Nathan, I don't think...." I cut him off. "Don't think, just get it done. And keep this quiet. Between us. Got it?" He finally agreed. He said he could have all the info by late tonight.

I waited patiently, but I was going out of my mind. Then my doorbell rang. I groaned when I saw my mom and Bianca at the door. "Hello Mom, Bianca." My mom hugged me and then said "is that anyway to greet your future wife?" Bianca was smirking and I almost choked. "My what now?" My mom smacked my arm and then walked in with Bianca following. "Don't be coy with me son. You have been courting Bianca for 2 years now. She's not getting any younger and neither are you. It's time to make it official!"

I wanted to shoot myself, I was about to speak when Bianca stopped me. "Nathan, I've been so patient with you. But I need a commitment and your mother agrees. So we're here to plan our engagement party! I'm so excited." I couldn't even comprehend what she just said. This girl is seriously out of her mind. I slept with her twice okay maybe three times but only cause I was drunk out of my mind. I don't even remember. The only reason I bring her to events is to please my mom, we aren't even dating. I need to end this now.

"Mom, can we talk in private? Please?" She looked at me confused. "Babe, whatever you have to say to mom, you can say in front of me." She purred which made my mom smile. "Mom, please." Then I looked at Bianca, "We'll be right back." I walked my mom into my office and closed the door. "Nathan, I know what you are going to say but Bianca is perfect for you! She's well bred and comes from a good family. It's time for you to settle down!" I started laughing.

"You actually think Bianca is good for me? Did you know last night at the event all she did was complain and beg to leave. She refused to mingle with any of my colleagues and then she got so drunk with her "well bred" friends that I had to have my bodyguard carry her into the car and take her home. That's the kind of woman you want for me? She's nothing but an entitled gold digging trophy wife!" My mom looked taken back, she was in shock.

"Th..the..then why have you been courting her for the past two years?" Is my mom really that blind. "I haven't been courting her, I've never even taken her on a date. I took her to the charity events that you begged me to take her too. She's shown up at the office a few times uninvited and to my home which I've made her leave. I don't want Bianca, I never did!" My mom started crying. "Mom, please don't cry."

"You're 28 years old Nathan, I thought you were finally ready to settle down and give me grandkids." Once she said that word my mind instantly went to Mia, we made a child. But I have no idea where my child is. When I asked my dad, he finally told me that she gave the child up for adoption according to the contract my parents made and that's why she needed me to sign over rights. "Mom, I'm still young. I've just been busy. I'll find the right woman but you can't pressure me." She finally stopped crying and nodded. "Fine, but I want you to start dating. You'll never find the right woman unless you put yourself out there!" She told me sternly which I shook my head but agreed. "Now, how do we get rid of her?" My mom asked nervously.

"Mom, you just go home and I'll take care of the She-devil I mean Bianca." My mom chuckled but nodded. She walked out of my study and didn't even glance at Bianca "sorry dear, I have an emergency with a charity event meeting that I need to attend to. Bye." And my mom exited. Bianca walked over to me and wrapped her arms around my neck, "now that she's gone, we can have some fun." She purred and honestly it was nauseating.

I pried her arms off of me. "Bianca, we're not together, we're not dating, we never were." She looked surprised. "But, your mom said we're getting engaged!" I pinched the bridge of my nose. "You are seriously delusional. We've never even gone on a date and you think I would marry you?" She stomped her foot and screeched. "Uhhh!!! I've been sitting around for 2 damn years waiting for you. Do you really think I'm just going to walk away! No Nathan. We will get married and that's that!" She's really crazy. "No Bianca, your going to leave and never contact me again and if you do I'll put a restraining order on you and I'll go public with it!" Her eyes bulged out. "You're such an asshole. I hate you Nathan!" Then she stormed out slamming my door. "Buh bye!"

I looked at the clock and it was already 6pm, I decided to grab a bite to eat. There's this taco food truck that Mia and I use to go to. It is amazing. When she first asked me to eat there I thought she lost her mind but boy was I wrong. That's what I loved about Mia, I could have taken her to five star restaurants every night but she refused. She was so down to earth and opened my eyes. I still remember when she would blast the radio and dance around my kitchen cooking us dinner. God I miss her, but I screwed up.

I was walking back to my penthouse when my phone rang, it was Brian my PI "Hey, got everything I asked for?" He went silent, "Yeah, but listen I think you should just drop this." Now I was getting pissed off, "just send over what I asked for!" I roared. "Fine, I'm emailing everything over now." Then he hung up.

What the hell was his problem. I went straight to my office and looked into my emails. There was everything, I printed it all out so I can look through the files. It started off simple. Information about Mia when she was younger and her family, in the report was that her parents died when she was seventeen which I already new. Then what surprised me was that she collected 750k from her parents life insurance. I had no idea. She never wanted to talk to me about money. She was also very stubborn and hated when i paid for her. I knew she got a full scholarship to school and when I met her she was living in a very nice apartment, but she said it was David's apartment and he offered to let her live there.

The deeper I got in the more I learned. She owned multiple properties, well more then multiple. She owns 5 apartment buildings, 15 house rentals, 25 vacation rentals and 2 strip malls. How the hell did she do that? I noticed she purchased her first small apartment building at 18 and a few condos in Florida that she used as vacation rentals. Then I looked into her current career. She's still at Knight enterprise which doesn't surprise me but what does is that she is the Vice President! She makes 6 figures a year! Seems like she is doing very well for herself.

Maybe my parents were right about us moving on. If we kept that child I doubt either one of us would be where we are today. Mia is so smart and I knew she would do amazing things in her life, but a child would have prevented her from achieving her goals. I decided to continue. Her personal life is air tight. Brian couldn't get much info, no boyfriends, no social life. She attends some galas and charity events but that's it. There's no information about any boyfriends either in the past or currently. Then the last page. I read the note:

Nathan,

I can't find any info about her private or social life. It's like she's a nun locked away except for the few charity events and galas. I found out she is living with David still, her best friend who is gay. I decided to personally follow her today. Here is what I got. David is there and some other guy named Jack. From what I see is he works part time as a professor at NYU. And from his social media, he's dating lots of girls. But he was with her.

-Brian

Who is Jack, she told me she was seeing Ethan today. Is she with multiple men? I don't believe it. She was a Virgin when we started dating. I can't picture her been with other men casually she was never like that. She's mine and only mine. Even the thought of her being with another man makes my blood boil. I took a deep breath and looked at the photos. There she is with some guy I've never seen, I'm guessing Jack and there's David but then I noticed a child with her. Who is that?

I flipped through the photos until I saw a close up of the kid. My heart started beating fast and I dropped the photo like it was burning my hand. He has my eyes and my face profile. He has her nose and brown curly hair. No! No! My dad told me she gave our child up for adoption. That's why we are both successful! There's no way she kept the child and raised him alone and still came out on top. No! I grabbed the glass on my desk and slammed it against the wall. I looked at the photo again.

He's mine. I know he is. There is no denying it! How could she do this to me! She was suppose to give him up for adoption! She kept my son away from me for all these years! I never even got a picture. Nothing. How could she do this to me!

I was at a loss. I walked over to my drink cart and poured a full cup of whiskey. I chugged it down enjoying the burn go down my throat. All these years! She could have told me! If she changed her mind she should have let me know! I could have known my damn son! I could have helped her! I poured another glass and chugged it down. I can't believe she kept my son away from me. And who the fuck is this Jack guy!!!

I gave up on the glass and just started drinking straight from the bottle. I thought she was different. I thought Mia loved me, but if she did, she would have never kept my son away from me. She should have told me.