MIA’S POV

I saw the look on their faces. I know they are all thinking the same thing. Who is Ava and if she’s Thunder’s daughter? Why did she call him her dad? I looked at him, his eyes were all on Ava. Stephanie is still the same, her eyes are still mad at me. I looked at Dad and Marga, I was happy they were still healthy, but Dad looks very pale.

“Mia, who is she?” Dad asked looking at Ava.

I smiled and looked at her. Ava looked at me with those worried eyes of her, but I nodded at her. She looked at Dad walking toward us.

“Everyone, this is Ava, my daughter. Ava, say hi to everyone.” I told her.

Ava swallowed hard and looked at them. Her eyes first landed on her dad. I saw the surprised look on her face.

“Daddy.” everyone gasped.

Stephanie and Shantalle looked more scared rather than shocked, while Dad and my stepmom gasped in surprise. Thunder slowly looked at me. I looked away. I didn’t want to be lost in his eyes again. It’s been seven years, but my heart still beats for him.

Ava hugged his legs, and his hands were shaking. He didn’t know what to do.

“Wait! What the hell is this, Mia? Is this part of your prank?” Stephanie still couldn’t believe it.

“Stephanie, Ava is Thunder’s daughter. She’s also seven years old. I was one month pregnant with her when I left this place. As you can see, no DNA is needed. Ava is Thunder’s 100% daughter. But, if you still don’t believe, we can have a DNA. Relieved?” I glared at her.

I didn’t know why Stephanie became like this. I should have known that she planned everything. After her mom married my dad, she then took Thunder from me. She knew Thunder was my first of everything, yet, she still hurt me.

“Enough, the kids are here.” I looked at them and Thunder is covering Ava’s ears, while Marga covered Shantalle’s.

“I’m sorry, dad. I am just happy to see you again.” I mean it.

I hugged him and he hugged me back. We really missed each other a lot. I even shed a tear, but quickly wiped it.

“I am sorry, dad. I am so sorry I left you, but I am back. I will take care of you.” I felt his hand patting my back, to calm me down.

“It’s okay, my dear. Daddy still loves you. You just surprised me about Ava. Looks like we need more time to patch things with her.” he giggled.

I thought he was going to get mad at me. He loosened our hug and he caressed my face. I felt safe again.

“I am so much proud of you. Even though you hid her from us, I still love you.” he tried not to cry.

Stephanie walked out of the room. I knew from now on she was scared of finding out that Thunder had another child. I looked at Shantalle and smiled at her.

“Hey, little girl. Daniel says your name is Shantalle.” I bent down.

“Yes, and who are you? Are you my aunt?” with her voice, Daniel was right. She really is a brat.

I chuckled and told her just to call me Aunt. I looked at Thunder and still, he didn’t dare say anything to our daughter.

“Come on, Shan and Marga, let’s just wait for them at the dining.” Dad knew what to do.

He called them to give us privacy. Thunder was left with us. Ava looked at me with a worried look. Her eyes are asking me why he is acting like that. I thought this would be easier.

“Thunder, she’s your daughter. If you’re doubting, look at her face properly.” His eyes looked at me and Ava.

“Don’t talk like that in front of her. I can feel she’s mine, but why didn’t you tell me?” Ava gasped.

I bent down and caressed her face. I never told him that I hid her from them. I just didn’t want her to hate me for doing that.

“I am sorry, dear. You’re still young to understand. I did for a reason.” I sighed.

THUNDER’S POV

It’s not that I am surprised that I have another daughter. I don’t doubt that Ava isn’t my daughter, because she looks like me. I knew she had a right to hide her from me, because I cheated on her, but I still have the right to know about her.

“Let’s talk about it later on. I’ll just talk to my daughter.” Ava and Mia are both surprised.

Their eyes meant something. I didn’t know what to feel. I was mad at her, but when I saw Ava, she lifted my anger. Mia gave us space. I knelt and looked at my carbon copy. I can’t help but smile.

“Hi, Ava. I am your dad. Aren’t you mad at me?” I want to make sure how she feels.

I was surprised she hugged me and inserted her face on my neck. I looked at Mia who was about to cry. She turned her back.

“I am not mad at you, daddy! I am happier because I finally met you! Mom always says you were busy.” I felt so bad for her.

This is Mia’s fault. Ava deserved to know about me seven years ago, but because of Mia’s selfishness, we weren’t close.

“Don’t worry, baby. Daddy will catch things up with you. I promise. I will play with you every single time.” for her to feel happy.

I heard her giggle. She loosened her hug and looked at me. Her blue eyes, which are the same as mine, mesmerized me.

“Daddy? Is she, my sister?” we were shocked when Shantalle was standing in front of us.

Mia held Ava’s hands. I stood up and walked toward her. Looking at Shantalle, she isn’t happy about having another sister.

“Yes, baby, Ava is your sister. You should play with her.” I fixed her clip.

I was surprised when she slapped my hand.

“What?! No! I don’t want her to be my sister! No way! Mommy!” She ran out.

I don't know what to do. Shantalle hates Ava already. I looked at Ava, and her face was saddened. Mia is trying to make her feel happy. Melissa called us for an early dinner. I asked one of the maids to call for Stephanie.

“Ava, are you hungry? We’re going to eat again.” I heard Mia ask her.

“You had eaten already?” I asked her.

“Yeah, at McDonalds. Ava was hungry and we stopped over there.” but Ava says she’s hungry again.

The three of us headed to the dining hall. Shantalle is sitting beside her mother and glaring at us. My wife is mad, but I should talk to her about this.

The dinner went well even though we weren’t all talking too much. It was still awkward for all of us, but we were surprised by Ava’s jolliness. She got it from Mia, which I was happy with because she made us all happy and relieved our situation.

“Thunder, what the heck?!” Stephanie surprised me out of nowhere.

“Steph, please. I know this is also awkward, but she’s, my daughter. I can’t do anything about it.” I sighed.

She was complaining that we should go home already now that Mia was back with our daughter. When she left their mansion, it was she who insisted on staying here.

“She’s your daughter, but Shantalle is your daughter too. She’s inside our room, crying, and telling me that she didn’t want to have someone to half your love. Gosh! I can’t believe Mia could do this!” There she goes again.

I put my arms on her shoulders. Her eyes looked so worried.

“Fine, we can leave here, but I can still visit and take my daughter if I want to. Seven years, honey, I need to fulfill those years I wasn’t beside her.” her eyes widened.

She’s my wife. She should agree with my decision. I just want everything to be fixed, especially for Ava. They are downstairs talking with David.

“What if Mia is using your daughter for you to go back to her?!” I closed the door.

Everyone might hear us arguing. I took a deep breath and told her to calm down. Although she was being too much, I needed to scold her to stop thinking things.

“What the heck are you saying? Mia isn’t like that.” I scoffed.

“Really? So, you admit that you still love her, don’t you?” my eyes widened.

She looked so calm asking me that, but I could feel her anger in her eyes. I have never seen my wife mad like this right now.

“Steph, I didn’t say anything like that. Why are you thinking such things? You’re my wife and you are the one I love. Please, quit thinking a lot of things!” I can’t help myself but raise my voice to her.

Her face became calm. Suddenly, we were stopped by a knock on our door. We were surprised to find it was Mia with her calm reaction. What’s wrong with her? She looked so calm and unbothered.

“Hi? I am sorry if I interrupt you with something. I came to talk to you. I know this is very awkward. Dad also told me we would stay here to be with him. If you don’t mind? Because as far as I know, this is our house.” she must have heard us arguing.

I took a deep breath and looked at my wife. Stephanie was trying to hold onto her anger.

“We don’t mind, Mia. Besides, we are going back to our house.” my wife answered.

Mia’s eyes widened and nodded. Has she moved on from me? Why do I feel like this? I should feel happy that she moved on. After all the heartaches I gave her.

“Okay. By the way, Steph, can I borrow your husband for a while?” She looked at me.

Stephanie was very surprised. I even heard her cussed.

"Y-Yeah, sure. I'll just go and check on Shantalle." she looked at me.

“Don’t worry. I am not going to do anything to him. I’ll return him afterward.” Mia added.

Stephanie just left us. Mia took a deep sigh as she looked around our room. It must have hurt her that Steph and I even used our bedroom while we were still together. A bitter smile appeared on her face.

“Looks like you enjoyed staying in ‘our’ bedroom.” she chuckled.

“Anyways, I came here to talk about Ava. I know you have the right to get mad at me, but I also had the right to hide her from you. Fast forward, I don’t want us to argue about it already. I had already moved on. So, please tell your wife not to be bitter with me. Ava and I just want to be with my Dad again. I hope you understand, and I just want to make her happy, and that is, she wants to see you.” she still couldn’t look at me.

There were a lot of things I wanted to tell her, but there were no words that came out of my mouth. Why did I become a coward in front of her?

“And oh, yeah, please find time with her. Ava is just so pleased to meet you. I hope you will not disappoint her.” she finally looked at me with a smile.

That smile, her smile that I once fell in love with.

“I want to say a lot of things, but all I can do right now is to agree with you. If we are treating each other nicely, we’re good.” she was surprised.

Maybe she didn’t expect that from me. She left me already. I lazily sat down on the bed and closed my eyes. Why am I feeling like this? The door suddenly opened, and my wife looked very angry at me.

STEPHANIE’S POV

I hate Mia! I really hate her. How dare she say that to me? Of course, I know she’s the real owner of this house, but she was gone for seven years. Yet, she just showed up with a daughter? She’s just lucky that her daughter looks like Thunder, or else.

“Hey, we’re done. You can take your husband back.” how dare she smirk on me like that.

Looking at Mia, she never changed. She’s still pretty, and she doesn’t even look like she gave birth.

“I didn’t say anything that you might steal him.” I smiled, sarcastically.

“Steal him? From you? Ohh, the last time I checked, you were the one who stole him from me.” my eyes widened.

My hands are shaking in anger.

“I didn’t steal him from you, Mia! He was the one who came to me, and begged me to give him a child which you couldn’t give.” I want to pull her hair.

Mia rolled her eyes at me.

“That was before. Do you think he would have married you if you didn’t get pregnant? Wait, you were saying Ava mustn’t be his child. Should we run a DNA to make sure? How about you? Do you think we also need DNA to run if Shantalle is his daughter?” my heart beats faster.

I walked toward but before I slapped her, she was too fast to stop my hand. Her eyes are flaming while looking into my eyes. This isn’t the Mia I met before. She changed.

“Don’t you dare touch me? And why do you look affected? Now, you know how I feel. Next time, think before you speak.” she let go of my hand and turned her back.

I took a deep breath as I opened the door. I saw Thunder sitting like a weak ghost.

"See! Your ex-wife was rude to me. I know she was trying to make me mad, but I will never let her win." I groaned and sat beside him.

Thunder isn't still saying anything. I know that look on his face. It was the same look he found out Mia signed their divorce agreement and that she left.

"Thunder, can you please be honest with me? Do you still have feelings for Mia?" I don't care if he will say yes.

Yes or no, I will not still let them be back together. I tried harder to win and go here. I did my best. I still befriended Mia before, even though I hated her. I hate her, because everyone at school loves her. I hate her because she's so smart, while I was just good. I hate being her shadow, and now that she's back, I will never let her be on top again.

"I just feel so guilty, Steph, and can you please stop asking me about that thing? It's so irritating!" he just walked out on me.

I knew it. He just couldn't tell straight on my face.

"Mommy, are they going to live here too? I asked Ava, and she said her mom said they are going to live here with grandad and grandmom." I feel so bad for my daughter.

I asked her to sit with me and held her face.

"Yes, baby, they are going to stay here. But we are going back to our own home." she was surprised.

"What?! Why?! I don't want to go away from grandmom and granddad. Ava will steal them from me." I grinned.

My daughter is still young, but she already knows how to be brave, which is likely the same as me.

"Baby, how about this? Your dad and I will go back to our house, and you can stay here with them." her face brightened up.

Since Shantalle was young, I have already given her everything she needs and wants; attention, love, care, and toys she needs. Now that she's seven years old like that Ava, I will let her stay here with them. I know she can handle herself.

"Really?! I would love that! I am going to tell them about it." she was so excited as she ran out of our room.

THUNDER'S POV

"Daddy! Grandpa! Grandmom, mommy said I can stay here with you." I was speechless.

"What? Why? I thought you were going home with us?" but she pouted and scoffed.

Shantalle hates rejecting her decisions, especially if her mom already agreed. She really wanted to stay here, because she loves her grandparents.

"Why are you leaving?" there she goes again.

I hated if Mia would look at me and talk to me.

"Yeah, dad, why are you leaving? I just got here." Ava looked so sad.

But we were surprised when Shantalle pushed her. Good thing Mia was behind her, and she caught her. I pulled Shantalle over me and scolded her.

"That's not nice, Shantalle. Apologize to your sister!" her eyes are watering.

"Why are you scolding my daughter?!" Stephanie grabbed her from me.

I am tired of this drama of theirs. They always act like this, but they don't even choose the right place to do it.

"Honey, she pushed Ava. What if Mia wasn't there? Ava must have broken her head or worse. Shantalle, I want you to apologize to her." I am so mad right now.

Shantalle hid behind her mom's legs.

"Enough, Thunder. Your daughter will not even listen to you. Shantalle, come here." David called her.

We all looked at her walking toward him and sat beside him.

"Why did you do that?" he caressed her face.

Ava looked still scared, while Mia looked so mad.

"I don't want her calling my daddy her daddy too, granddad. I don't want to be her sister too, and I want them to leave. I hate her. I hate them." we were all surprised.

"Shantalle! That's bad. Mia and Ava are also your family, don't talk like that." Marie spoke.

Shantalle cried. I looked at Stephani and told her to go and talk to our daughter, but suddenly, Mia cut us off.

"I don't want always this to happen, dad. If my daughter is being treated like this in here, we will just live in a hotel. I don't want my daughter to see these things." she was really mad.