Chapter 87

"Alex?" came a skeptical voice through the phone's speaker

"Chris," Alex called out

Is that you, Alex?"

"Yes, it's me" answered Alex with a smile. He had missed his best friend's voice

When Chris saw his phone lighting on the bedside table, he wondered who it was that calling him late in the night. He was even more confused when he saw Alex's name on his phone "Was he dreaming?" He had asked himself or was it a mistake?

It had been a long since he felt happiness touch his heart. After moving to the neighboring in the guise of handling the project, Chris had done everything to keep the thoughts of his best friend out of his head. He took work as a therapy drug with the hope that the pain that he felt for what he had done to his friend would go away.

But, when he swiped his phone to answer the call and called out his friend's name with a little doubt in him. The sound of Alex's voice from the other side calling his name made Chris' eyes redden in happiness

"How are you doing, buddy?" came Alex's voice. It sounded like music to Chris' ears and he couldn't hide the joy that had taken over his face.

"I... I am good, Alex. You?"

"How soon do you think you can get done with the charity project?"

"In a week or so. Most of the work is to be handed over to the company since more of the staff members have been involved already" Chris responded seriously "Why do you ask?"

"Nothing specifically, just that many things are going on at the company at the same time, and I would need a trusted head to help with everything"

Hearing the word trust come out of Alex's lips mended something in Chris' heart. So he wanted to be sure. He didn't even expect Alex to speak to him any time soon, not to talk about being this jolly

"Chris? Are you still there?" Alex called out through the phone when there was silence from Chris' side

Startled Chris responded with the first thing on his mind "Do... do you trust me, Alex?" and it was a question. He wondered how Alex could trust me again

"I don't remember telling you that I don't trust you. Yes, I was hurt because of the way you acted and kept everything to yourself but despite everything, you never for once broke the code I had with you. You protected despite the pressure weighing on you from your father."

"Thank you, my friend; you don't know how much your words mean to me."

"It's ok, man; it should be me apologizing since I didn't give you a chance to say your piece in the matter"

"It's alright man, I am just glad that everything is behind us. Back to the reason you need my help. What is that?

"A lot of things have been going on. I signed some contracts and it is too much at the same, and the only person I could think of is you. Old man Eliot can only do much, and Daniel is more in security and I would want to distract him with company issues although he helps once in a while.

The two spoke a little longer till Alex filled Chris in on his personal and the latter did the same. They ended their call with Chris promising to wrap everything on his side a little faster.

After speaking to his friend after such a long time, Alex retired to his to catch on some sleep. As soon as he opened the door to his room, his eyes went straight to a beautiful silhouette lying on his bed.

His smile couldn't get any wider, I mean, he patched things with his best friend, and on his bed lay his beautiful mate who is pregnant with his children. How much more could he ask for?

"Hey, baby," he bent down while tucking her back in the sheets. He couldn't help but smile at her pretty face as she kicked the sheets "Hey hey, princess. It's getting a little cold on the outside. You need to stay covered, ok?" As listening to him, she stopped kicking around and he kissed her on the lips wishing her a good night again.

He took off his shirt while moving to the bathroom. He was tired and he needed to freshen up if he needed to catch on some sleep. He then turned back after remembering something. Looking around the bed area from where he stood and realized that he had left his phone in the study.

After retrieving the phone, Alex checked the time to see that it was already 12:30 am. He dialed his assistant's number and it rang for a few seconds before it was picked.

Arnold had just slept after working on some documents, so when he heard his phone going off, he was angry, but could only hold his anger in after realizing that it was his boss.

"Who was that, babe?" asked Marina, who was lying in Arnold's arms when he received the call.

"Mr. Ford" he answered with a yawn

"Anything wrong?"

"Nothing, he was only giving me a heads up for tomorrow's meeting. Let's get back to sleep" he then tucked the both of them in and drifted to sleep