New Life : A Second Chance

"Leave him with me for the night," Kyle said suddenly, "You can pick him up tomorrow, at Cafe Xena."

The Cafe was the one located across the HQ.

Sayuri pushed Kyle\'s chest and sat up on the sofa, reaching out to take her drink. Kyle beat her to it and placed it in her hand.

After taking several gulps of it, Sayuri let out a satisfying \'ahhh\' as she put down the glass while licking her lips, "That was nice."

When Samantha saw that Sayuri didn\'t object nor say anything about Kyle\'s sudden request, she felt smug. She had been right about Kyle Jr. being important to Kyle. No matter who Kyle was with right now, he would dump her so that he could do right by his son.

Of course Samantha had no objections to her son staying with his father. Her son was the most adorable being on Earth, and Kyle would definitely fall in love with him. By tomorrow, Samantha would have her man back.

"Of course you can," Samantha said with a huge smile, "You\'re the father, after all."

Sayuri pursed her lips, thinking that this would only make Samantha more delusional but it had to be done. It was obvious that Samantha had a screw loose somewhere and they needed to separate the boy with his mother.

For evaluation purposes.

Kyle had communicated as such via morse code when he was holding her and she agreed with him completely.

Problem was, as she was thinking this, Kyle kissed her then.

She frowned.

He was really taking advantage now, wasn\'t he? Not pleased, she bit his lips, drawing blood but he did not stop. At least, he knew better than to stick his tongue in and was merely kissing her lips in earnest. After a minute more, he finally let her go with some slight regret.

Sayuri glared at him for a second, then her face went completely normal when she faced Samantha.

Deep down, Kyle shuddered.

He knew he had pushed his luck earlier, but he just couldn\'t help it. After being turned on so much, then seeing her purse her lips like that … he just moved and claimed it. He hated to admit that he was not strong enough to resist her and he knew he had to get that part under control.

She just looked so damn inviting.

Kyle smiled ruefully.

He was definitely going to get it later. He should have kissed her longer, actually. Since he was damned anyway, he should have taken full advantage of the situation.

He licked his wounded lip and grinned.

Another mark by her.

He wondered what sort of rumours would be going around the HQ after this.

Which reminds him. He had better give the order that Sayuri would have the same access as the Elite Five and his parents in the HQ. If she had been held up anywhere, he would probably have gotten an earful from her later on.

Right now, there were more urgent matters to settle.

Samantha, who was now fed-up with their constant show of affection, was waiting impatiently at the door.

Taking Sayuri\'s hand in his, Kyle walked out and led the way to his office.

When the door was opened and the little boy saw his mother, his angelic face burst into a smile. Kyle subconsciously squeezed Sayuri\'s hand tighter, his heart in a mess. Truly, the innocent one in this whole thing was that little boy and Kyle did not really know what was the best method to tackle this.

Though he had told him the truth earlier, the hope and desire did not fade from the boy\'s face. The boy truly believed and had faith in his mother.

Would he be able to handle the fact that he, Kyle, was not his father? That he - and most likely his mother, as well - had been living a lie all this time? How can Kyle handle this?

The reason why Kyle wanted to spend time with Junior was to assess his mental state and well-being. Correcting the lies would be difficult and not possible within a day. The child would most likely get traumatized but if he was to allow the lie to continue, it would only get worse.

The child would feel betrayed.

There was no easy solution.

"Mummy!" Junior said happily, and ran over to her. He noticed Kyle behind his mother and he was smiling as well, until he saw Kyle holding onto Sayuri\'s hand.

"Mummy, why is Daddy holding her hand?" he asked innocently.

Before Samantha could answer, Sayuri had stepped forward and went down on her knees to be at his eye level, "Hello, my name is Sayuri. Nice to meet you."

The boy was startled at first, but answered politely, "I\'m Kyle Junior. Nice to meet you, too."

"Kyle Junior? Why, what a coincidence. My husband\'s name is Kyle as well," Sayuri said and she turned to Kyle, "Right, honey?"

"Husband?!" Samantha almost shrieked, "He\'s not your husband!"

Sayuri blinked, "Well, yes, he isn\'t officially my husband right now but he\'s as good as is."

Junior looked confused.

"But but … Mummy said Daddy would be with us from now on," he said, his lips quivering, "That we would be one family."

"It\'s not Mummy\'s fault," Sayuri said gently, "She didn\'t know about me. Look, your mother already agreed to let you stay overnight with us. So we can get to know you. Would you like that?"

His eyes went wide and he looked at his mother excitedly, "Can I? Really?"