Jill Malik P.O.V

"Did you had fun mi amor?" I asked Milan as we walked back home from the park. The park was crowded with parents and their kids. Milan wanted to stay longer, but it was almost seven at night and I needed to get home and get ready to go to dinner with Flynn. 2

"Yes mommy." he licked his ice cream and then looked up at me with cream all over his upper lip and nose.

I chuckled at the sight and wiped the cream away with my thumb. "Now that's better."

"Are you going to have dinner with us tonight too mommy?" he asked, holding my pinky finger.

"No, I'm going to have dinner with Flynn."

"Your boyfriend?"1

My eyes widened as he said that. "No, he's just a friend."

"So your friend boy?" 5

I looked at him in complete shock. He's too smart for his own good.

"Well yeah kinda, he's just a friend amor." I ruffled his hair and accidentally also dipped his face in the ice cream.2

"Mommy!" he yelped and looked up at me with ice cream covered all over his face. "Look what you did."

"I'm sorry." I chuckled and wiped the cream from his nose and licked it. "Mmh, that taste good."

We arrived home and Aunt Lydia was already waiting for us on the patio. "Well well, look who we have here ice cream face." She said as she tickled Milan.

"Tía..." he giggled, "Stop it, my cone will fall."2

"Did you had fun?" Aunt Lydia asked.

Milan nodded. "Yes, we went to the park and then afterwards mommy bought me ice cream."

"Did you told mommy what your favorite flavor is?"

"Mommy knew my favorite flavor."

I nodded. "Chocolate chip cookie."

Aunt Lydia looked up at me in surprise. "You remembered." she whispered.

"Of course I remember every little thing about my not so little boy." I laughed and pinched his cheeks.

We walked inside and aunt Lydia went to give Milan a bath so I could get ready for my dinner with Flynn.

He didn't tell me if it would be a fancy dinner or just a casual one and I had a hard time choosing what to wear. When I saw that I only had fifteen minutes before Flynn arrived I grabbed the first dress that I think would look presentable. It was a red high low dress with straps. Reina bought this for me when we went to a party two years ago. I slipped on the dress and it was a little snug on the breast department, but nonetheless it still looked pretty on me. I slipped on my nude three-inch heels that I'd manage to walk in flawlessly without tripping since I worked for Ximena.

Number one rule in Ximena's company: Heels are a girl's best friend. I applied a minimum of makeup and curled the ends of my hair.

"Mommy, you are so pretty." a cute boyish voice came from behind me. I turned around and saw Milan in his spiderman pajamas.

"Thank you mi amor." I walked over to him and kissed him on his forehead. He smelled so fresh out of the shower. 5

"Did you already have dinner?"

He shook his head. "Nope, Tia is still cooking."

I grabbed my purse and walked with Milan to the kitchen. The smell of lasagna filled in the small kitchen.

"Mmm, this smells delicious." I murmured as my mouth started to water.

"You look gorgeous cariña." Aunt Lydia hushed as she turned around from the stove. "Are you sure he isn't your novio?"2

I shook my head and laughed. "I'm positive he's not."

I was about to help Aunt Lydia to set the table, when there was a knock on the door.

"I think it's Flynn. I should go now." I said and went to open the front door.

Aunt Lydia and Milan followed behind me. I opened the door and Flynn was standing there dressed in a sharp black tuxedo with a bouquet of roses. "Hey." he greeted smiling his eyes trailing over my body. "You look beautiful."

"Thanks." I replied as I pushed a strand of hair to the side. He gave me a final once over before he handed me the roses. "Here, these are for you."

I took the flowers out of his hands. They were beautiful and freshly picked. "Thank you, they're beautiful." I murmured eyeing the beautiful red and white roses. I handed them to Aunt Lydia so she could put them in a vase and then I squatted down to Milan.

"Are you going to be a good boy when mommy's gone?"

He nodded and grinned. "I'm always a good boy mommy."

I ruffled his hair and stood up to face Flynn who was standing there watching me in complete awe.

hand in his as we left. "See

he opened the door for me. "Chivalry is not dead." I joked. He just rolled his eyes as smiled silently. "Of

car ride a little less awkward. "It went great, how was your day?" he asked his eyes fixed on the road. "It was fun, Aunt Lydia and I had a lot of

but didn't say anything.

where are we

the Cinc sentits restaurant, one of my favorites."

shook my head.

we arrived at the restaurant. He parked his car and then got out

a gentleman.

the restaurant. He wrapped his arms around my waist and squashed me to his

you're with me I don't want any other man staring at you." he whispered

a date Vasilios." I whispered

creepy

pinched him softly on his side and he winced, but kept a straight face because the waiters noticed us. They started to make their way towards us and judging by the expression on

"Welcome back." Then he looked over at me. "I

Carlos, I hope there's a table for

he said and escorted

he gave us the menus. "I will come back to take your

to order the seven course?" Flynn asked without looking

I was hungry, but

too much

this a date in disguise?" I asked jokingly as I put the menu

took my hand in his. "Maybe." he replied winking and kissed my

eyes widened. "You

"Calm down pudding, it's just dinner. So do you want the

I'm not really picky about

we were ready to order. The waiter hurriedly

most expensive wine you have." The waiter scribbled something on the

waiter walked away. "Did I already told you that you look beautiful?" Flynn

blushed. "You did Vasilios."

chuckled lightly. "So,

we go. "Uhm yeah about that. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about him earlier."

"Him?"

Milan right. My son." I clarified, air

Flynn asked

what you want to know

"Yes, as in Milan

confused at him. "What? No, as in Milan the little boy

is Milan?"

thought you had figured that

you were talking

son,

him after a city? I thought you were talking about the

deeply. "Because he's not

Flynn looked at me like a lost

"It's a long story" I

you want to talk

I thought about it for a while. "After." I

"Great choice, because

our glasses and served us our food. It

story. I let the memories that I stored at the back of my head come back to life. All these years I successfully tried to forget them

I went back to Barcelona from Milan. I was driving, listening to Enrique Iglesias, when suddenly a car came on my

Drunk driver.

mind. I tried to stop my car. I tried to save myself, but everything was just too fast. The headlights came closer and closer and how much I wanted to

with a painful stab on my right hand. Everything went by too fast and

her face. "Cariña!" She

my face and a deep cut on my right hand that would

check on me and then I

and closed her eyes as if

"Were they drunk?"

head. "No, it was a couple. His wife went into labor and he was racing her to the hospital while trying to calm her

in my heart. No way. "What about the baby?"

could save him, but...but

"What?!"

"Yeah, they don't want anything to do with him. They even asked me why I

I see

to the baby department. "It's baby number thirteen.

to him. He was so small, so peaceful. Sometimes I don't even understand families I thought bitterly. I let out a deep sigh and went back to my room. He reminded me a lot about myself. No

scholarship when I told them that I couldn't attend it, but they were nice enough to make it valid until next fall. One day I asked the nurse what will happen to him once he's healed. She told me they would put him in a orphanage. It was so heartbreaking, that I couldn't sleep for days. I know what it's like to not have a family and knowing that this little innocent boy has to go through the same thing I went through shattered my heart. I

something that I'm so proud of doing. I adopted him. Well not me, but Aunt Lydia. I literally begged her to do so. After

literally no one. He didn't even had

to come

I chose Milan.

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