My Baby’s Daddy Is Mr CEO

Chapter 37

Chapter 37 Arianna sat in her room in thoughts, she was heartbroken after everything that had happened. Even though Oliver had tried to cheer her up before leaving for work, she was still sad. She had been worried from the instant that she heard Grandpa Gomez was coming back, she had a bad feeling about it but no one took her seriously, now her fear was starting to come true. She was only at peace that her husband stood by her but at the same time, she felt bad that she would be responsible for causing problems between the Grandpa and Grandson. Grandpa Gomez was the only close family member that Oliver had, so it hurt Aria that she had to make Oliver go against him. * * * * * * * * * * From her window, she could see a limousine ride into the compound and she knew it was Grandpa Go, the old man had gone to visit the Stark Enterprises. Arianna quickly came up with an idea, she waited till he was in, then headed to him with a chessboard. Grandpa Go was seated in the sitting room when she walked downstairs. She hoped not to meet Nora down there and fortunately for her, Nora had left the mansion to tour around the city. “Good afternoon sir,” Arianna said, after contemplating for minutes if to call him sir or Grandpa. “Afternoon, Aria right?” he asked, with a questioning glare. “Yes Sir,” she replied and smiled nervously. Grandpa Go coughed slightly and sat upright, “I think Mr. Noah or Mr. Gomez would do.” “Um… okay sir, I mean Mr. Noah,” she replied and looked down. “I was thinking if I could keep you company with a game of chess,” she added. Grandpa Gomez wrinkled his eyebrows in scrutiny, then he chuckled. “Do you see yourself as a worthy player against me?” He asked. “Not exactly sir, I recently learnt from Oliver so now I want to experience playing against the best,” she said and walked closer to him. “I see, have you won a game against Oliver before?” Grandpa Go asked. “Well, not exactly… but”

“I like your spirit,” Grandpa Go said and laughed, “You couldn’t even beat my grandson and you think you stand a chance against me?” Aria chuckled and finally sat down opposite him, she dropped the chessboard on the table in their middle. “You see sir; I have been taught to have hope, even when there seems to be no possibility of winning. I believe I can stand a chance against you,” Aria replied. “Wow, your confidence is amazing, now I would love to shatter it completely,” he said and laughed evilly. Aria smiled as usual, revealing those beautiful teeth, her emerald green eyes reflecting with the light. “Alright, I will take that as a yes.” Aria chose to play with the white players, which means she had to go first. She started with one of the Pawns taking two squares forward, while Grandpa Go made a similar move with one of his pawns. Before long, Grandpa Go had captured one of her pawns with his by moving diagonally. He looked at her and chuckled, Aria just smiled with a confident face. “Nice one, didn’t see that coming.” “Well no one does, until I capture their king,” Grandpa Go replied and laughed. “Really? Well I don’t know about you, but I would never let anyone capture my king, he matters a lot to me and I would protect him, just as much as he protects his queen too.” Aria replied with her eyes fixed on the chessboard as she moved the pieces of chess. Grandpa Go knew that she was making reference to her married life with the game, he was a smart old man after all and he got the unsaid words in her comment. “Sometimes Aria, we can’t stop things which are meant to be and some things are not just for us,” he replied and moved the chess. He had made use of his knight and captured yet another of the opponent player “That is very true sir, but I don’t take what does not belong to me, so everything I go after is mine,” Aria replied, a smile still plastered on her face.

“Sometimes, your concept about something might be wrong, and what you think belongs to you might actually not be really yours.” Grandpa Go smiled. Aria made a move with her king and Grandpa Go chuckled. “Is everything fine Grandpa?” she asked with a giggle “Yes, it is just that you made a wrong move and this game would end sooner than I thought.” He laughed. “No Grandpa, of course humans all make mistakes, but only a fool makes the same mistake twice, I know just what I am doing,” she laughed. “oh, so you think it is a good idea to bring out your king in harm’s way, rather than protect him? You know the whole game depends on his safety.” Grandpa Go said. “I know that Mr. Noah, but sometimes, we need to make risky decisions in order to achieve our goals, that is the fun of living, taking risks,” she replied. “In the case you don’t know dear, some risks are not worth taking.” Grandpa Go responded and moved his Rook forward, capturing yet another player. Out of sixteen pieces, Aria had just six left and two were pawns, while Grandpa Go had about eleven left. At this point, Grandpa Go was certain that the game would end soon; he didn’t even need to try hard. “You are right about that Grandpa, some risks are not worth taking, but if you have a goal you desperately need to achieve and your loved ones standing behind you, then no risk is not worth taking,” she grinned. “Hmm… you debate quite well, but you can’t beat a politician in one, I was trained for this kind of stuff,” Grandpa Go said and laughed. “Maybe you are right, but you should really not underestimate anyone or come to conclusions about them, especially when you don’t know anything much about them,” Aria replied softly. “I don’t need to spend a lifetime studying people, I just have to glance at them once and I can tell the kind of people they are,” he replied. “Really? So what kind of person do you think I am?” Aria asked, avoiding the old man’s eyes. Even at his age, they still held fire in them.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Grandpa Go was quiet after her question, he looked up to her while moving his Rookies, “I will tell you that after the game ends,” he replied and smiled. “I guess that would be right now, checkmate!” Aria announced and took her final step to capture his king. “What?” Grandpa Go said with wide eyes, he looked down on the chessboard and was shocked with what he saw, he couldn’t believe it. “No, this can’t be true, you won? But how did you even do it?” he queried with wrinkled eyebrows. Aria chuckled, trying not to upset the old man. “Well Grandpa, you were busy watching the movement of my king and trying to capture him, that you forgot the most powerful piece in chess, I captured your king with my Queen.” She replied and laughed. “Hmm, that is a smart technique, did Oliver teach you that?” “No grandpa, I figured it out myself.” She smiled. “Well, I am impressed, you have set a record for winning against me, especially as a newbie but that changes nothing. You asked what I think about you, alright… Here is what I think; you are a really nice person with humor and good values, but you are not someone worthy to be my son’s wife and even if you were, I am sorry but the promise I made to my best friend stops you two from being together.” He announced. Aria tried to keep the smile on her face, at least he had said she was nice, so it was not her personality that he disliked. She just had to find a way to convince him that she and Oliver belonged together, that they were meant to be. “Alright Grandpa, thank you for being honest, I would leave you to rest now so that I can also check on my Baby. It was fun playing with you, I hope to do that some other time,” She replied and stood up. “Sure, and when there is a next time, I am definitely going to win,” he laughed softly. “Looking forward to that,” she replied and walked away. She climbed up the stairs and back to her room. Grandpa Go watched her as she left, he couldn’t believe he had lost a game of chess to a female and a newbie at that; no one must know about this, no one at all!!