Chapter 3 What Are Those Holding Hands All About Anyway?
XANDRY
This ce was surprisingly incredible. I didn’t even know that a barn and horse stable would ever get
my interest, not until tonight.
Bob and his family bred, trained, and sell horses. They hired workers and experts to maintain their
horses’ health, including diet, grooming, and performance.
The damn horse stable was bigger than my apartment. From the bottom of each stall hinged door was
made of wood with bars attached in elegantly U-shaped allowing the head of the horse to move freely.
It had windows and fans for venttion and didn’t even smell disgusting at all. There were saddles,
stirrups, headgear, halters, and bridles hung on its corner.
“That’s Applejack, Bianca’s horse.” Bob pointed to the horse with a tall and slim figure. He said it was a
thoroughbred and one of the most expensive horses that originated from Ennd.
Then he went to the next stall with a little darker than Applejack’s chestnut, but with finely chiseled
bone structure and arched neck. “That’s ine’s—”
“That’s Mommy’s Queen,” said the boy named Ben.
“Mommy?”
“Yes. That’s mommy’s,” Ben repeated.
Wait, ine is a mother? And this boy is her son? I thought—shit! Yeah, he called Bob Dada. So, why
am I so surprised? Maybe because ine was younger than Bianca to have a four or five-year-old boy.
“Arabian horse. I bought that from Dubai four years ago. Queen already bred.”
“How long does it takes to have a baby horse?”
“A foal, Xandry. Eleven months,” Bob chuckled.
I knew a lot of cars but not a damn horse, old man. I chuckled inwardly.
“Thandry, Mommy’s beautiful, right?” Ben pulled my finger, making me look down at him.
“Your mom?” I discreetly smirked.
“No, the horse.” He jumped pointing his tiny finger at the horse.
“Yeah, she’s gorgeous.”
“No, it’s a he, Thandry,” he eagerly corrected me.
Bob and Iughed at how he called my name. “Yes, he’s gorgeous. Wanna touch him?”
“No, but I rode with him before.”
“Are you even allowed to ride alone, little guy?” I ruffled his dark blond hair.
“ine took him with her. She was an equestrienne before she got pregnant with Ben.” Bob’s voice
suddenly dropped, and I wondered how did she look like riding a horse.
“Why did she stop?”
“Mommy take care of me. Come and touch Queen. She’s sof and shinee,”
Iughed again. I’ve never been entertained by kids, but this little guy already grew on me.
“Hey, Queen,” I murmured as I ran my hand over the horse face. It was smooth and silky indeed.
“Queen bites if he does not know you, Thandry,” Ben said.
I quickly pulled my hand, making him bark intoughter in amusement.
“Hmm, you got me there, little guy.” I squinted my eyes at him.
Ben’s grin grew wide as he walked backward cautiously. In one swift move, he was already in my arms.
I lifted him up like he weighed nothing, and it made me easier to swing him over my shoulder like a
sack. He giggled at my back, grabbing a handful of my hair. Ben continuedughing as I ced his
legs on my shoulders.
“Let’s go home,” I announced as I walked out of the door. “Hold on tight, okay?”
“Yes, sir.”
Hearing Bob and a woman whispering made me slow my pace.
“Why did you leave him with a stranger?” Judging by her voice, the woman was pissed off.
The angry woman had hands already propped on her hips.
“He could be—”
“A serial killer?”
The woman snapped her head at me. Her eyes widened--the most beautiful and rarest teal blue eyes
I’ve ever seen. Holy shit! She’s Ben’s mom. How wonderful?
She had the same round small face as Bianca’s but her nose was smaller than her sister. Her
champagne blonde hair was curled in a luxurious foamed cascading on her shoulders. Her pink tongue
flicked between her full lips in a nervous way.
Fuck me! Those lips. Damnit, she’s Ben’s mom for the love of fuck!
An image of her lips made my cock suddenly thicken. I shook the thought out of my head and inwardly
groaned at how my shitty brain worked.
Her eyes grew wider the moment her gazended on my shoulders. “Ben, get down. What do you think
you’re you doing up there? I told you not to talk to a stranger, Ben. You’re not gonna have Mom’s
cookies tonight!” She tried to pull Ben down, but I was too tall for her five three or four inches height.
“Mommy, this is Thandry.”
“Just get down, Benoyce Arthur. I mean it, now!”
“Wait, ine,” I said as I tried to bend down.
“You don’t call me as—” She abruptly stopped, looking at her son then pressed her lips into an angry
line.
“Say it,” I dared her.
“Say what?”
“What you’re about to say.” I cocked my brow, challenging her. I may be an asshole, but I never cuss in
front of children.
“I’m not gonna let him hear it.”
“Good.” I bent my knees to squat and ce Ben to the ground. “I’m not a stranger, ine. I’m here with
your sister.”
Ben got down silently. I admired him on how he quickly obeyed his mom’s words.
“Come here, Ben, let’s go home.” She offered her hand to her son, but Ben didn’t grab it and just
glumly nced at his mom’s opened hand.
I grabbed it instead. Tighter. And let the electricity zap into our hands. Her hand was warm, soft, and
very feminine. My heartbeat instantly quickened just the feeling of her delicate skin on mine.
ine pulled her hand back forcibly, shooting me a re.
“Not yet, gorgeous.” Not yet, not now, or maybe not ever because she feels so damn good.
“I’m Xandry by the way. Nice to meet you, ine.” I smiled and shook our hands.
“I don’t care who you are, Xander.” She broke the stare, looked down at her son, and calmly said,
“Come here, big guy,”
“It’s Xandry. Alexander Henry.”
“I said I don’t care!”
“Do care about your child then, sweetheart. He’s a good kid.” I gave her a calm-the-fuck-down-looked.
“Don’t teach me about how I should discipline my child, and I know he’s a good and smart kid.”
I grabbed both of their hands and walked out of the stable.
“Let. Go. Of. Me.” She hissed. Instead of doing so, I let go of Ben’s hand and closed the door behind
me.
“We’re going in the same direction, to your house, right? So I’ming with you. I might get lost on my
way.” Which was impossible. I looked at Ben. “Wannae up?”
He nodded enthusiastically--hazel eyes filled with hope.
“Not a chance, Ben,” his mom disagreed, making his shoulders sag.
I inwardly rolled my eyes and looked at her intently. “Will you do everything to make Ben happy?”
Her eyes narrowed. “Of course, what stup—id question is that?”
“Then let me carry your kid.”
“Look, Alexander. I love my son but I don’t want him to get close to you then you’ll be gone in two
days,” ine whispered.
“At least make him happy while I’m here,” I whispered back.
“You don’t get it, Alexander Henry.”
My lips formed into a smirk. “I like the way you say my name.”
“Ass.”
“Mommy.” Ben’s eyes bouncing between me and ine.
“I said, us, Baby. Me and you.”
“And Sandry...” Ben trailed off making me grin from ear to ear. Now, it’s Sandry. There was progress
right there, little guy.
“See, Ben likes me.”
“That’s what I don’t like.”
“Let’s go home.” I knew what she meant, and I couldn’t argue with her when she was right. I gripped
her hand as she stomped beside me. She was wearing tight jeans with a pair of knee boots.
Who does the fuck says a woman doesn’t look sexy wearing knee boots? But angry ine was a lot
sexier than any woman I’ve ever met.
“Sandry, can wee back there again?” The boy asked while his mom was raging beside me.
“Of course.”
“Do you know how to ride a horse?”
“Don’t lie,” ine interrupted quietly.
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“I’ll try, Ben.”
“Mommy can teach you.”
“No, Ben. He will be busy with Auntie tomorrow, right Xander?” She arched a brow, her eyes still filled
with anger.
Was she really trying to mispronounce my name on purpose? Like I care.
“I can excuse myself from them. I’m not actually needed so you can show me around, right, Mommy?” I
cocked my brow with a mischievous smile to ine who just threw back a re.
“Mommy teach Sandry how to ride a horse, please?”
“Please, Mommy? I know how to ride but a different kind of horse.” I smirked at her.
Her face turned red and redder as we reached their porch. I let go of her hand because I didn’t want to
die with a hole in my head.
She quickly grabbed Ben’s hand as soon as she freed from my grip. “Let’s go, Ben.”
“See youter, Ben.” A wide smile spread across my face as I waved to the smiling boy.
“I thought you’re lost. I almost call the sheriff for a search and rescue team. Thought a bear attacked
you out there.”
My smile instantly faded with Knd’s sarcastic remarks. “I can still tell them our threesomes, Knd,”
I warned him though it was a joke and a jerk moved, but damn him if it didn’t piss me off.
“I never had a threesome with you, asshole. And stay away from her. What are those holding hands all
about anyway?” His tone deepened.
I faced him, meeting his flinty eyes. “I don’t think it’s any of your business, Knd. She’s a grown
woman—”
“A beautiful, intelligent, and who happened to be a heartbroken, a single mom who loves her son very
much. She’s vulnerable and she’s not a type of woman who you fuck, so fuck off! Or I will warn her and
tell her about your ventures and what you did to Cam.”
“You don’t dare do that.” My nose red. He might be close to Pyke but if he was going to try to mind
my fucking business then he didn’t know who the real Xandry was.
Heughed, making my body quiver. “Try me, man. Let me remind you, you are here because of Pyke,
and this is my moment to prove that I deserve to be Bianca’s husband. Don’t you dare ruin it, or I will
fuck you to the hell and back.”