Victoria The Billionaires Maid

She suddenly realized what she was saying and said, “I’m not trying to say anything to hurt you, baby. I’m sorry. I know you were hurting and going through a rough time.” I smiled at her.

“It’s okay. The fact is that I lost it for a while. I did a lot of things during that time that I’m ashamed of. You’re probably right; Cassie probably plans on using the tapes to blackmail me and some of the others on the tape. But baby, please don’t worry about her trying to take Michael. He’s never out of our sight or Mrs. Yost’s. I’ll have security around the house increased even more.”

She looked into the car at Michael. I could see on her face that she was trying to believe me. Changing the subject a bit she said, “How would she know who the voices belong to, are you sure she doesn’t have video footage?”

“I don’t know, she might. I’m sorry baby, I’m not sure of anything at this point.”

VICTORIA’s [POV]

After a couple of weeks of peace of mind, Alex was back on the phone with his lawyers once again.

“I want to call Cassie,” he said. “I want to give her a piece of my mind. She’s lost hers.”

“Do you think that would make things worse?”

“Yeah, I do actually. I’m not going to call her. I’ll call Noel instead and maybe we can waylay her before she gets to use those tapes for whatever she planned on using them for.”

While he was on the phone, I sat on the sun porch with Michael. We’d gone shopping with Liz this morning, but he had an upset tummy so instead of having lunch, I’d brought him home.

I’m not sure if it was better that I’d come in and walk in on Tracy kissing Alex or not. I believed him when he said she kissed him and he was trying to pull away, but I couldn’t erase the image from my mind, nonetheless.

I looked out across the beautiful property we lived on and tried to finally let reality set in. Yes, I loved this man beyond reason and I wanted his son to be raised with two parents and given every advantage, but did I want to raise a child that was constantly being threatened?

How would it affect him when he got older to be followed around by security constantly, to have to always be careful where he went and who he spoke to, to not even be safe and secure in his own home?

My head was spinning. I hadn’t thought any of this through obviously, until now when it was too late and he was already being threatened.

“Hey!” I looked up and Alex was there.

“Hi, what did Noel say?” He held out his arms and I gave Michael to him. I could suddenly see by the look in his eyes that he was having the same sorts of thoughts that I was.

“He was going to get in touch with her attorney and try and scare them. If she was taping me in my home after she already moved out, it’s illegal and she won’t be able to use the tapes in court.” He sighed heavily and said, “But he doesn’t think that she’s planning on using them in court.”

“Blackmail?”

“It’s a possibility. He’s leaning more towards her getting money from the tabloid shows on television for them.”

“Wow, this woman needs a hobby.”

He laughed, sadly. “Yes, she does. It seems that lately, her hobby is making us miserable. I’m not going to let her keep doing this to us. I’m going to find a way to stop her.”

“Who is it you’re going to stop from doing what?” I looked up and a middle-aged man was standing in the doorway. His hair was full and platinum, his face was tanned and he had Alex and my son’s hazel eyes. I assumed that I was looking at my son’s grandfather, which Alex soon confirmed.

“Dad, what are you doing here?”

His father raised an eyebrow and said, “Is that any way to greet your father? Is that my grandson?”

“I’m sorry Dad, I wasn’t expecting you. Yes, this is Michael.” He held our son out and his father looked him over. Then he looked at me and I stood up. “This is Victoria, Dad.”

“Hello, Mr. Reigns.”

“Victoria, it’s nice to finally meet you.” He looked back at the baby then and said, “And Michael, it’s a pleasure.”

Alex’s lips twitched as he said, “Would you like to hold him?”

His dad looked up at him and smiled. “I’d love to hold him. Let me sit down though, it’s been a while, I don’t want to drop him.”

Alex looked at me and smiled. Mr. Reigns sat down and Alex handed Michael to him. Michael must have sensed that his father was no longer holding him. He blinked open his little eyes and looked at his grandfather.

“Well hello there, little Prince.” Michael stared up at his grandfather and the older man stared back down into the baby’s eyes. It was a precious moment and if I’d known him better, I would have taken a photo of them.

Alex let him soak in his grandson for a few minutes and then he asked again, “What are you doing here, Dad? Is Mom here too?”

He looked up from the baby reluctantly and said, “I had business in town. Your mother will be joining me on Saturday. She is anxious to meet this little man too.” He beamed down at Michael again with pride in his eyes. Alex looked both amused and surprised by the effect our son was having on his father.

“Oh, that’s… great Dad. Where are you staying?”

“They should stay here,” I said. Alex gave me an incredulous look but his father looked up at me and smiled.

“We would love that Victoria, thank you. I don’t know if Alex told you but our home here is undergoing some major renovations.”

He hadn’t told me, but asking them to stay seemed like the right thing to do at the time. I could tell by the look on Alex’s face that he didn’t agree. But, with a forced smile, he said, “Of course, you can stay here, I just wasn’t sure if you’d already made other plans.”

“Nope, no plans.” The older man was staring at the baby again. I knew Alex didn’t have the best relationship with his father, but it was so cute to watch him with the baby. He rocked back and forth gently in the chair and made faces at Michael as he did.

“Lunch is ready sir,” Karen said, suddenly appearing in the doorway.

“Thank you, Karen. Dad, have you had lunch?”

“No, and I’m famished,” the older Reigns said.

“Here, I’ll take Michael and put him in his crib,” Alex told him.

Mr. Reigns reluctantly relinquished him. Alex looked at me and said, “If you don’t mind taking my father in for dinner, I’ll join you in a few minutes.”

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“Please Victoria, call me James.”

I didn’t think I could do that. I just smiled and he and I went out to the dining room together. The maids were serving the soup and we both took our places at the table.

After Esther, one of the kitchen girls that Karen had recently hired, served our Lobster Bisque soup and left, Alex’s father said, “I’m sorry we didn’t make it home sooner to see the baby, Victoria. You’ll come to realize one day that this job of being a parent is a hard one… one of the hardest you will ever have to do. There is no real instruction, and unfortunately, you’re going to mess a lot of it up along the way.”

“I can only imagine, sir.”

He smiled and said, “Alex seems so at peace with the baby in his arms, but I could tell when I came in that there was an issue he was worried about.”

I wasn’t sure how much, if anything Alex wanted me to tell him. “It’s his soon-to-be ex-wife,” is what I finally said, “She’s causing as much trouble as she possibly can for us.”

He drew his brows together and said, “What kind of trouble?”

“Um… I think maybe I should let Alex fill you in on all of that.” I wasn’t about to be the one to tell his father that his ex-daughter-in-law had tapes, possibly videos that could be very harmful to his son’s and possibly even his entire family’s reputation.