Forever Yours novel Chapter 23

It's been a month since the baby was born. Nathan decided to name her Sandra in honor of his late mother. The baby was showered with so much love and attention both from her parents and grandparents.

Michelle has had sleepless nights for the past month, waking up in the middle of the night to rock her baby to sleep in her cradle or sometimes to feed her.

Michelle realized that being a mother wasn't an easy task, it has its own toll on her.

Nathan tries his best to be a wonderful father to his daughter. He comes back home late from work, not like Michelle was complaining but she needed him by her side to be her strength. He could always take care of work later but he needs to be present to watch his daughter grow. She doesn't want to mention anything to him because she didn't want him to feel like she was jealous of the attention he was paying to his work. They had decided to let this time pass before they got married.

It was Thanksgiving day, Nathan told Michelle about the Thanksgiving dinner at their family house.

Michelle hasn't been to any family gathering since she began dating Nathan because she was avoiding to meet with Rebecca after the last incident. This was a Thanksgiving, the very first one with the baby. She contemplated whether or not to attend but made up her mind that she wasn't going to be present.

Michelle told Nathan about her decision, he wasn't happy but he ended up respecting her decision. She told him that she would be spending hers with her mom and that he could go with the baby. She was a family member and she was also safe with her father. So, Nathan left for the Thanksgiving dinner with Sandra.

Michelle went to the bathroom and showered after Nathan left. She picked a black lace high neck midi dress with black heels to wear. She wore her makeup light and decided to leave her hair straight. When she was satisfied with her looks, she left the house and drove to her mom's.

She got to her mom's place after going to a wine store to get a bottle of wine as a gift for her mom.

Michelle walked into the house not bothering to knock. Her mom wasn't in the living room, so she went to the bedroom to look for her but she wasn't there. Michelle then went into the kitchen, she could perceive mouth watering aroma coming from the kitchen. She walked into the kitchen and saw her mom helping the maids out with the cooking. They were making rice, sauc, salad and the most important of them all, the turkey.

They were also making banana tart for dessert.

She walked up to her mom and gave her a peck on the cheek.

"Happy Thanksgiving mom. I got this for you" she said giving her mom the wine.

Leah was beyond surprised to see Michelle here.

"Thanks honey" she replied with a confused look.

She gave the maids certain instructions to follow then went out of the kitchen with Michelle. They went to the garden to talk

"Aren't you supposed to be with Nathan and my granddaughter?" Leah questioned

"I wanted to spend my Thanksgiving with you.. besides Nathan needs to also spend some time with Sandra, she's his daughter" Michelle replied

"Are you sure?... Or is it because you don't want to see Rebecca?" Leah asked. Michelle just rolled her eyes at her mother's question

"Fine mom... I honestly don't want to see her" she honestly replied

"When will you stop running away from her?" Her mom asked

"Mom, is it a crime to come spend some time with you?"

"No, it's not honey.. but it has to be with good intentions"

"Oh Mom!" Michelle didn't want to argue with her mom

"Michelle, you and I know why you are here"

"Mom, I don't want to see that woman... I can't face her cos she always talks me down and I don't want that tonight.. not in front of my baby" Michelle said running her fingers through her hair and sighed deeply.

Rebecca raised an eyebrow, giving Nathan a skeptical look

"I knew that girl was up to no good. First, she caused a rift between brother's, after getting what she wants, she turns you to a babysitter... she's incredible" Rebecca finished sarcastically.

Derek just stared at his mom. He couldn't believe she hasn't still outgrown this attitude.

Nathan's hand was in a fist as he tried to control his anger.

"Look mom, I will not sit here and tolerate this rubbish. Whatever goes on in my relationship is my business and not yours. Whatever you did with Derek's relationship won't be tolerated by me... And let me remind you, the child you're referring to is mine"

The atmosphere was really tense.

Rebecca was surprised by Nathan's outburst. The room was still in an awkward silence until it was broken by a quiet voice

"Hi"

They all turned towards the direction of the voice. To their surprise, it was Michelle. Nathan immediately stood up from his seat and walked up to her

"I thought you were with your mom?" He quietly asked

"I figured you'd need a hand with Sandra, so I changed my mind" she replied.

Derek couldn't believe he was seeing Michelle. She looked as beautiful as ever, not changing one bit even after giving birth, rather her breasts were now fuller than he remembered.

He couldn't believe she was now with Nathan. She had forgot all about him and had moved on.