Heart of Ice (22 page)

“What?” Christina whined.

“Did you really make Elizabeth Dallas cry?
You are a marvel.”

“I’m smarter than her. I just made her feel
like shit. She’s too much like you. We’ll be seeing her soon. Now
let me go, the twins are craving ice cream right now.”

“Are you sure it’s the twins?”

“Matt,” she threaten.

“Okay, okay.” He said grabbing the ice cream
for her. She stretched out on the sectional while he massaged her
feet. He smiled as she moaned and groaned in pleasure.

“Baby, you’re so good at this,” she said in
a breathy tone.

“Should I come back at a later time?” Collum
asked. He peeped over the couch only to see Matt giving Christina a
foot massage.

“Matt can I talk to you for a minute?”

“Sure. Baby I’ll be right back.” He said
kissing Christina. He laughed as she shooed him away. She had her
ice cream and was watching house hunters. He knew better to bother
her.

“How come ice cream and TV always trumps me.
It’s not fair.” He said moving away from her. Collum shook his head
at the two. They really were perfect for each other. He wondered
where he could find a girl like Christina.

Once in the den, he closed the doors behind
him after he entered behind Matt.

“What is it?” Matt asked Collum.

“The team has assembled.”

Chapter 27

Christina smiled as she went over the
details with the interior decorator. She supposed money really did
talk. She was thirty-two weeks now; and worried less about the
babies. She knew their chance of survival was better now that she
made it this far. Her stomach was huge. She needed help getting up.
Her phone rang. She frown at the unknown number.

“Christina dear where are you?”

Christina frown at the phone, it sounded
like Matt’s mom.

“Mrs. Dallas?”

“Yes dear, it’s me. Call me Liz. Tom and I
would like to stop by and see you.”

Christina heard the tremble in the woman’s
voice. She sighed. At least she was trying. She wondered if she
could introduce Martha and Charles to them as her parents. She
would have to ask them.

“Of course, I’m in the new house with the
interior decorator. I’m about forty-five minutes from New York
City.”

“Okay dear, we’ll be there.”

***

Christina was a little nervous about meeting
his parents alone. Would she have to be on guard? She hoped this
visit didn’t drain her. She should have called Martha and Charles.
She hadn’t visited them in a while. She supposed she could go up to
the office and visit Charles tomorrow; yeah she would bring him
some lunch. Hearing the doorbell rang she grumbled as she struggled
to get up. Finally making it to the door, she gasped when she
opened it. Matt was the spinning image of his father. It was
startling to see. Was this how Matt going to look in his
fifties.

“I know dear,” Liz said petting Christina on
the head and moving into the house. Christina managed to close her
mouth and follow the couple inside.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you Tom,” Christina
said blushing as he pulled her in for a hug.

“Move Tom, before you give the poor girl a
heart attack.” Liz said shooing him out the way.

“May I?” she asked Christina. Once she
received her consent she placed her hands on the other woman’s
stomach.

“We’ve never had twins in the family,” she
said tears coming to her eyes.

“Well, I’m sure you all will have plenty of
time to spend with them.” Christina said looking at the woman. She
was honestly surprised. It was like she transformed into a
completely different person.

“Why?”

“I want the children to be surrounded by
people who loved them.”

“Have you all set a wedding date?”

“Not yet. There was some stipulations Matt
had to fulfill.”

“Like what? That’s if you don’t mind me
asking.”

Christina wasn’t sure whether or not she
should tell the woman the truth, but she needed to know the
truth.

“He’s seeing a psychiatrist twice a week
now. I hate to say it but he need some mental therapy. You
seriously did a number on him.” she said looking at the woman. She
watched as Liz looked away from her in shame. Her husband patted
her on the hand.

“Perhaps we should go as a family Elizabeth.
I want this all to be fix before the children get here. You know
what they say; children can sense things that adults cannot.”

“Okay.” Liz conceded. It was then that Liz
whipped out an album.

“What’s that?” Christina asked grinning.

“Baby pictures,” Liz said with a
smirking.

Tom rolled his eyes at the women giggles and
antics. It was good to see Elizabeth smile again. She’d been so
bitter. It was partially his fault. He was always working and never
at home. His marriage was on the rocks and he hadn’t realized all
the abuse Matt was experiencing until it was too late. His son had
ran off at the age of fifteen and never returned. He’d never
stepped a foot inside their home since. Tom didn’t know what to do.
He remained passive for way too long. It was why he retired from
the company so early and signed everything over to Matt. It was his
way of apologizing to his son. He was proud when his son took the
company and made it into a billion dollar industry.

***

It was this scene that Matt walked into. He
froze in the doorway. His mother and father were smiling and
giggling with Christina. He walked cautiously into the house. It
was then his mother eyes locked on his. Matt waited for the cold
glare, and sneering that usually followed. He was completely
bewildered at the tears that filled her eyes as she rushed toward
him crying into his neck. He stood there stunned. This was the
moment that he had always wanted. He wrapped his arms around her.
He rubbed her back, looking up as his father who smiled and nodded
at him and Christina who was wiping her eyes. He really did
treasure this woman. She gave him his family back.

“It’s okay, mom.”

“It’s not okay. Baby I’m so sorry,” she
wept.

“Shh,” he said using his thumbs to wipe the
corner of her eyes.

“You’re going to smear your make up. What
were you guys looking at?” Matt sat down and he gasped as he saw
the photo album. There were pictures of him as he grew up. When did
she? He never noticed any cameras.

“I am your mother.” She said fixing her
makeup and taking a seat.

“I love you so much,” Matt whispered before
placing a chaste kiss on Christina’s lips.

“I love you too.”

***

Christina waddled through the building. She
wondered if there was a big event or something going on. There were
a lot of reporters outside today. She checked in with security.

“Ms. Moore, what are you doing here? Does
Mr. Dallas know you’re here?”

Christina frowned, why would he be asking
her such a question?

“I’m actually here to see Charles. How do
you know about my relationship with Matt?” she huffed out.

“You haven’t seen the paper this
morning?”

“No.” She snatched the paper from him. It
made the front page. At least a clear shot of her face wasn’t in
the paper.

“You mind if I keep this?”

“No, not at all. I’ll phone Mr. Dallas and
let him know you’re here.”

“Tell him, that I’m meeting with Charlie in
the finance department.”

Christina read the paper as she walked
through the building. How did this information get out? There
wasn’t many people who knew about her relationship with Matt. They
weren’t exactly trying to hide it, but they weren’t advertising it
either.

She barged into his office.

“Charlie!”

“There’s my girl,” he said smiling at
her.

“They’re not working you too hard Charlie?
You know I can work from home.”

“Lucky for me, I know a genius, who
completed my work for an entire year. What’s that you got.”

“The paper, someone leaked information about
Matt and I relationship. I’m starting to think it was the realtor
who sold us that house.”

“What? Give me the paper.” Christina looked
at Charlie in surprise, she never seen a look like that on his face
before. It was scarier than the one that Matt had when he was
angry.

“Charlie?”

“I’m sorry dear. Did I scare you?”

“No,” she lied. They both knew it was lie
but they ignored it.

“Charlie,”

“Hmm,” he watched as she became nervous and
a blushed swept her face. Now he was curious. What did she have in
mind that could illicit such a response?

“I…I was wondering if, I could introduce you
to Matt’s parents as my own.” She mumbled. If it wasn’t for his
acute training through all his years as a mercenary, he wouldn’t
have heard her.

“Of course dear, Martha will be ecstatic.”
He said pulling her into a hug. He kissed her belly.

“The twins are due in a moment,” she said
smiling.

“Their papa and nana wouldn’t miss it for
the world.”

“Thanks Charlie…umm dad,” she said trying to
the word out. It was then that Charles knew he would obliterate
anyone who opposed her.

“I like the sound of that.” He said.

“You be good, Martha and I would be by for
dinner.” He said wishing her well as she left out the office. His
phone rang.

“Talk.”

“I found someone that match your
description. A Carlos Santos is a new employee at Tech
incorporated.”

“What did you just say?”

“You know the company that is owned by
Billionaire Matt Dallas. He was a new hire approximately five
months ago. He’s a great employee, keeps to himself.”

“No!” Charles said hanging up the phone.
Lexington was here in the building. He got on the phone and called
Collum, and Matt.

***

Christina was feeling exhausted. She really
shouldn’t be moving so much in this stage of the pregnancy. She was
just so happy. The new house was ready. It only took two weeks. The
nursery was ready for the twins. She and Matt had the names picked
out. She was going to surprise everyone with them.

“Ma’am do you need any assistance?”

“No, I’m fine.” She said smiling at the
security guard. She became extremely nervous when he approached
her. Grabbing her arm roughly, he pulled her to his side.

“Why don’t you let me help you? If you
scream I wouldn’t hesitate to hurt you.” He threaten. Christina was
scared, she thought about screaming anyway.

“I’ll kill the babies.” He said sensing her
thoughts.

Her blood went cold, as she looked up into
the face of her potential cold blood killer. She knew happiness was
only a fleeting moment.

Chapter 28

Matt had just finished up a meeting when his
personal cell phone rang.

“Charles,”

“The hare is in the trap,” Charles said
without greeting him. Matt didn’t know whether or not he heard the
code right. Collum showed up.

“Let’s move. I’ve given the order to secure
the building,” Charles said. Only the security team was aware of
the pandemonium that was unfolding. Yet, they did their job by
remaining calm while developing a strategic plan to stop the
assailant. Charles rushed through the building. He hadn’t felt this
type of fear since the accident. His body shook with repressed rage
and fear. His eyes scanned each and every room that they entered.
It was Matt’s strangled gasped that had Charlie petrified.

“He has her,” Matt whispered. Charlie placed
his hand on Matt’s shoulder.

“Calm down, we planned for this. Collum
would never let you down.”

For the first time in history, there was
someone that made Charles blood run cold; that person stood in
front of him devoid of all emotion.

“I’ll kill you all, if anything happens to
her.” Matt said.

“Is that a threat boy?”

“No, it’s a promise.”

***

Christina was beyond terrified. She couldn’t
possibly explain the sheer terror that raced through her veins. The
twins were dancing around in her belly, her feet were swollen and
she was feeling nauseated. Maybe the nauseated feeling had
something to do with the sharp blade that was pressed on her side.
Christina knew that if they made it outside that building and into
the car, that she would never see Matt again. It would destroy him.
Perspiration formed on her brow. She couldn’t understand how all
these people didn’t noticed the wild look or fear in her eyes as
she walked side by side with the security guard. She wondered how
much of an idiot this guy really was. Did he see the morning paper?
They couldn’t just walk out of the place.

“You’ve done so well for yourself little
bird. I’m so excited about the baby. We can breed you and hope they
have your genes,” he whispered kissing her on her temple. Christina
swallowed the bile that rose in her throat.

“I don’t understand. Why are you doing
this?”

“I’m sure you’ve figured it out. You’ve cost
me millions little bird.”

“You can’t have my babies,” she said getting
hysterical.

“Babies? So there’s two. Nice. We can always
breed them to produce more genius or even sell them to the highest
bidder,” he said with glee in his eyes. Her heart raced in her
chest. There was no way she was going to make it. He couldn’t have
her babies. She couldn’t condemn them to that kind of life. Should
she fight today and wait another day to fight. What could she do?
What should she do? Where was Matt? Where was Charlie? He promised
her. In a momentary lapse of sanity she screamed.