Shayna rubbed her growing belly as she looked at herself in the mirror. She was so ready for the boys to arrive. Her doctor had her on strict bed rest, making it difficult for the CEO to run her business. She was beginning to go stir crazy. As she sat on the bed, she grabbed the headphones for her belly. She turned on smooth jazz, and let in play for her growing fetuses. She scrolled up and down her tablet, going over the things that her staff was working on in her absence. A kick to her bladder, made her instantly jump up and scurry to the bathroom. While relieving herself she spoke to her children. "Adrian and Andrew, I don't know which one of you it was, but please don't do that to mommy." She washed her hands and made her way back to the bedroom. She was startled as Shawn burst from the closet with his clothes disheveled.
Shawn looked up at his pregnant wife who was cradling her stomach while trying to catch her breath. He quickly ran over to her, helping her to the bed, asking, "Baby was wrong? Did your water break? Are you in pain?"
"One question at a time Shawn."
"Are you in okay?"
"Yes. You scared me jumping from the closet like a mad man. What's going on anyway," she asked between laughs. After he stopped checking over her body to make sure she was perfectly fine, he kissed her stomach, and replied, "Remember the court date is today."
"Oh yeah, should I get dressed?"
"Baby do you think it's best if you go?"
"Um... Why wouldn't I go? That trick is trying to take our money, so hell yes I'm going to be there," she huffed before getting up off the bed.
Shawn adjusted his navy blue suit in the floor length mirror. He took a brush and brushed his black wavy hair. He went into his office, and gathered everything that he needed in court against Ciara. It was going to be a long day, and he didn't things would look good for him in the end. He put his head inside his hands, and said a silent prayer so that things would go smoothly. He knew that Ciara was only doing all of this for attention, but he didn't care about all that. He knew that in the end, the only one who would suffer from all this would be MacKenzie, and he didn't want to do anything to hurt his princess. She had already been through enough, and he didn't want to put her through anything else. His thoughts were broken by a knock on his office door. He cleared his throat, and shouted, "Come in." Shayna came in carrying a box. Shawn quickly hopped from his seat behind the desk, and grabbed the box from her. She sighed, and took a seat in front of his desk.
Looking at his wife, he took in her appearance. Her skin was radiating from the pregnancy. He was happy that the pregnancy was going smoothly, and that she wasn't letting all of this drama with Ciara stress her out. She was sporting a charcoal gray knee length dress with black leggings underneath. The dress was molded to her body. Shawn never knew a woman who made pregnancy look so effortless. She popped her on black ballet flats before standing from the chair. Her long hair flowed down her back in waves. She wore minimal makeup, and he found that even with that she was flawless. He smiled as a blush crept across her cheeks, as she noticed that he was studying her.
Taking the attention from ogling her, he turned to his desk, and asked, "What's in the box"
"It's the same box that I had the night that Ciara got into the accident."
"Babe that was months ago, why haven't you shown me what's in it?"
"Well I was going to show you a long time ago, but I brought it home, and put it into the garage."
"But why do you have it now?"
"Because I think the things in this box, may help you in your case against Ciara. She is so adamant about making you out to be a deadbeat father, but you and I both have evidence that that's not the case."
"What evidence do you think that I have?"
"Shawn... We're married. I have access to all of your accounts, so I know that you have been sending money to Ciara to take care of MacKenzie. I also know that she has a trust fund, that I have been adding too since I found out about her," Shayna said opening the box.
Shawn stood in awe at his wife. Not once did she question his loyalty or question if she still wanted to be with him. She had been by his side even after finding out about MacKenzie, and instead of wanting nothing to do with her, Shayna had taken her in as her own. For that he would always be grateful to her. She was God-sent, and he would forever treasure her. He was so caught up in thinking God for Shayna, that she had to snap her fingers in front of his face. He shook his head, and looked down in the box. When he saw the things in the box he became irate. He ran his hand over his head, and slammed down on the desk. Shayna jumped back, and looked at him with wide eyes.
What he saw before he pissed him off more than anything that Ciara had ever done to him. Lingerie, photos, lots of photos. He reached into the box pulling out the photos, and his eyes grew big as he saw the sex scene in front of his eyes. His body laid flat on the bed while Ciara was on top of him. He thought hard and tried to remember that night, but he only came up blank. He grew frustrated with his own memory, and threw the pictures back into the box. As the contents of the box shuffled, something shined and caught his attention. He reached deep into box, and pulled back the Rolex. He smiled when he saw it, and his smile quickly fell. He still remember getting the watch MacKenzie got him for Christmas.
*Last Christmas Eve*
Shawn left the office in hurry. He had to go spend time with MacKenzie before she went to bed. He wouldn't be able to spend Christmas with her, because he always spent that time with Shayna. He wished so much that MacKenzie could spend that time with he and Shayna, but he knew that Ciara would protest, and he was in no mood for antics today. Hiding the secret from Shayna was very difficult for him, because she was his best friend. He hating lying to her, but he had no clue how he would explain that he had a kid with the biggest slut in town. Shayna would never forgive him, and that was risk he wasn't willing to take.
He drove into the parking garage of Ciara's condo. As always he hated going to Ciara's place. She would try to make him feel at him whenever he came over. It seemed like she was in denial that he was never going to be with her. He pushed the code to the elevator, and stepped into it. His phone beeped as he ascended in the elevator. Shayna would be late coming home. This gave him extra time to spend with MacKenzie. He replied to her text, and shut his phone off. As he stepped off of the elevator he was hit by the smell of gingerbread mean, and Christmas music blaring. He took a deep breath, and knocked on Ciara's door.
Ciara opened the door quickly. She smiled really big, and stepped to the side letting him inside. Her condo was decorated in festive Christmas decorations, and it smelled of fresh baked cookies. As he was looking around, he heard little feet hitting the floor. He smiled as he turned in the direction that the feet were coming from. A second later MacKenzie appeared. She was sporting a red onesie covered in Santa and his reindeer flying around. She was always so adorable. Her hair was pulled into a ponytail on top of her head, and a red headband with a bow kept her stray hairs from getting in her face.
The two hugged each other for a long time, before they released each other. MacKenzie began babbling to him about something that he could only partly make out. Shawn just nodded as he watched her attempt to talk to him with so much enthusiasm. Ciara came around the corner in a onesie similar to MacKenzie. They were cute. Shawn smiled at the two of them, before his smile quickly vanished as he thought about why he was really there. He didn't care about interacting with Ciara, he just wanted to spend time with MacKenzie. Scooping MacKenzie up, Shawn toted her to the living room where the massive Christmas tree stood. He noticed that all the gifts that he sent had arrived in their appropriate gift wrapping.He tickled MacKenzie's tummy. He loved to hear her laugh and squirm while he tortured her with tickles. He stopped when she started to cry from laughter. Shawn noticed Ciara staring at them as they played with one another.
He told MacKenzie that he brought her a present. She clapped her hands together, as he pulled a small gift from his pocket. She tore at the wrapping paper, and looked at the box confusingly. Shawn chuckled and opened the box for her. A smile spread across her face as she saw the necklace in the box. He placed the necklace around her neck, and then turned her around for him to see. He smiled as the necklace was perfect. He had a necklace made that read, "Daddy's little angel", with diamonds on the two sides. MacKenzie jumped up and down, and ran over to Ciara, and shouted, "Mommy, mommy!!! Looka what daddy gwave me."
"I see Kenz it is so pretty. Do you want to give daddy his gift."
"Pwease mommy," MacKenzie said running to the tree, and grabbing a small box and bringing it back to Shawn.
Shawn wasn't expecting to get a gift, so it caught him off guard, but he didn't let it show on his face. He scooped MacKenzie up and sat her on his lap. They tore at the gift together, but Shawn froze as he saw the Rolex logo on the top of the box. His eyes instantly went to Ciara who was staring at the two of them. Looking back to the box, he opened it, and saw the gold plated watch stare back at him. He was breath taken. He didn't expect so a nice gift. MacKenzie began to pull on the watch, so Shawn took it out of the box. As he took it out he saw the inscription etched on the back of the watch, "To daddy Love MacKenzie." He thank the both of them, but put the watch back into the box.
Ciara frowned and said, "MacKenzie time to eat." She led MacKenzie to the table, and sit her in her chair, as she ate spaghetti with her fingers. Shawn snickered as he saw her. Ciara stomped over to him, and asked, "Um... what was that about?"
"What was what?"
"You don't like your gift?"
"Of course I like it, but I can't accept it."
"It's a gift from your daughter."
"No it's a gift from you. You know that I collect watches. How am I supposed explain that to Shayna?"
"Ugh... Everything is always about Shayna."
"Keep your voice down, and yeah when it comes to me and you, yes it is about Shayna. She's my wife. I'm already sneaking over here to spend time with MacKenzie."
"I don't give a fuck about Shayna. This is your family. You don't seem to understand that."
"No you don't seem to understand that you're just the mother of my child. We're not family. We are co-parents."
"See that's the probably. You're so self-absorbed that you don't even accept your family."
"Ciara I'm not going to do this with you every time I come over here."
"Do what? You barely even address me when you come over here."
"Because I'm not over here to see you. I'm here to see my freaking daughter. Damn!! You make even that difficult. I don't need this Ciara. I take care of my daughter, I just wanna spend with her. Not you!"
"Well too fucking bad, because I'm her mother, and if you want to see her, you have to see me."
"You know what Ciara, you need help," Shawn said grabbing his overcoat. He kissed MacKenzie, and stormed out of the condo.
Hurrying to his car, he slammed the door as he got in it. It was always difficult dealing with Ciara. She always made spending time with his daughter about her. She had no boundaries whatsoever, and that is why he always regretted that she was the mother of his child.
*End of Flashback*
Shawn place the watch around his wrist. It felt nice wearing it for the first time, but he felt guilty wearing it. He hung his head in shame, but Shayna called his name. He turned to face her, and saw the sympathetic look she had on her face. "Shawn I'm not upset that you two created MacKenzie I'm upset that you hid it from me for so long, but that's not important right now. Let's go kick her ass in court," Shayna said turning on her heels. He smiled grabbing the box and followed his wife. Thick and thin... Shayna was always by his side.
A/N: Hello everyone. Hope you like this chapter. Thanks for reading. Please leave a comment and hit the vote button. Thank you- Toia <3