Chapter 14
There was perfeo uldener inside the car everpt for Ga’s soft little snores. She was out as soon as the car rolles. I felt Aidden glance at her every now and then. Thou made me replay the whole day’s incidents in my mind.
We had been to our usual spot for tee–cream. Gas got her soul flavor and made Aiden try it out. He complied without a second word. 1, on the other hand, made an excuse of having a sore throat,
1 for certain knew that Gis really liked Arden. That was good, in fact such a relief. If she would have refused to let him in. I would be the one feeling guilty because Aiden seemed good and really invested in his relationship with her.
1 had been 100 immersed in my thoughts to notice that we were in our neighborhood.
“You can pull over.” I said, “It’s a two minute walk from here”
Aiden spared me a briel look. Im perfectly capable of driving a few more meters.”
“It’s not that. I just don’t want Noah to see us.”
I wasn’t going to be in the way of Aiden knowing his daughter, not any more. But him being in the picture was bound to complicate a lot of things. He was my daughter’s father and my boyfriend’s boss. What a perfectly normal scenario!
“Ah, your boyfriend.” I saw the jaw muscles clench ever so slightly as he pulled to the side.
Yes, my boyfriend who is very much unaware that his boss is his girlfriend’s former one–night stand.”
The second his eyes landed on me. I felt that nervousness seeping in. He somehow had the power to unsettle my nerves by simply staring. I only hoped that it would get better with time. Else co–parenting with him could be a nightmare
wasn’t in highschool for this man to make me act all fidgety, “I want him to know from me, not like this
Christ, why was he still staring! He was fucking intimidating. And beautiful.
That was beside the point but s
Finally he looked ahead into the distance. His hand held the steering in a tight grip. Fine, But make sure you let him know today itself because I’ll be coming to your house to see Gia.”
I sure believed he would. Aiden looked like s
someone who knew well to do good on his threats.
“Okay” I muttered weekly before softly mudging Gia who was very comfortably sitting on my lap. “Gia, get up sweetie!”
She squirmed on my lap before readjusting herself to a better position and dozing off. “I want to sleep”
“We’re home. Come on She finally, with a great deal of effort peeled one eye open and yawned. God, she was adorable! I knew from his smile that Aiden had similar thoughts, He got out and walked over to our side to open the door.
“Come here” He carried Gia out of the car and helped her to her feet.
Aiden further crouched down in front of her. “I’ll see you very soon, okay?” She nodded sleepily before walking into his arms.
I wasn’t expecting her to hug him. Judging by the way Aiden went still. I knew he wasn’t expecting that either.
Took him another second to brush off
If the surprise and wrap his arms around her tiny body. That looked…comforting. I guess
My mind for the tiniest of moments traveled back to any
y childhood. There were instances I remembered to have felt the safety of being wrapped in Dad’s arms. Those were some very distant memories.
“Bye!” She waved at him before walking up to me. I held her hand and looked up at Aiden. He curtly nodded at me before getting into the car and driving off
“Now I have to tell Noah and by today itself.” I said while putting the tray down on the coffee table. Rey jumped off the kitchen counter and followed me to the living room.
sat down on the couch and picked a cookie from the plate. “And I don’t see the problem with that.”
She sa
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it was gonna
15 know hum te berak it to him “Try on bou is my baby–daddy How does one say ” ir sounded had hose much wore it wai sound when I actually seould tell Noah this, I could only imagine. Disappointed, I shumped down on the couch beside Rey and weaved my hands through my hat. My head felt heavy from all the stra
“DC’s quite the predicamnerit you’re in. Your life sounds like a page out of a romance fiction.” Her tone was so clearly full of excitement. Romance Juctiond Definitely not the kind 1 preferred.
“Except in a hot and the problems are very fucking real”
“Well I ser a very easy solution to all your problems” That made me look up, so fast that I was lucky to not have snapped my neck.
“And that i
mp your boyfriend” She said as if that was the most obvious choice and I was dumb to not understand it.
“Trump
I humorlessly chuckled. “Seriously!?”
She lifted her shoulders in a casual shrug “Duh! That puts all your problems to rest, not
ot to mention you’ll be absolutely free to shag Aiden.”
Jeus Rey
“What?” She sprang up from her seat She e did that whenever she wanted to establish her point. Or perhaps everytime she was excited.
“He is fine as fuck.” Heard that one before. Rey had been going on and on about Auden’s looks since the day she first saw his photo. She turned on her heels and looked at me. “Besides, when was the East time Noah did something nice for you except for treating you like his personal chef?”
My forehead creased in visible distress. It was true that Noah had been a bit busy lately but workload did that to you. “There’s nothing wrong with expecting your partner to cook you a warm meal sometimes,”
“No, but there’s absolutely everything wrong with not appreciating that person or the efforts. Denial won’t help you.
I pressed my lips together in a thin line. She was right. I knew that. In the initial stages Noah made sweet gestures, took out time for me, brought me out on dates. Everything has changed now. The maximum time we spent together was when we had sex
I knew all of it but Reya pointing it out at the moment wasn’t helping at the moment. I sighed and leaned back. All this was too overwhelming. My Emotions were going into overdrive.
Even I felt like my relationship with Noah had lost every spark. Almost like dragging one. But for some absurd reason, I could not entertain the thought of breaking up with him. I did care for him and thinking about ending my relationship with him made me feel guilty. As if 1 was kicking him out of my life now that Ava’s father was back in the picture.
“Get up” My thought’s got interrupted by Rey, tugging at my hand.
“Why?” I asked while lening her pull me to my feet,
“Because we’re gonna put on something nice. We’re going clubbing. I have a nice place in mind.”
“What? No-” She cut me off by sticking a finger in my face.
“Yes, and we’re gonna think about these later.”
I shut up very well knowing that I could do nothing to stop us. Her mind was made up. On second thought maybe I needed this small respite.
BEND GIFT
COMMENT
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
atched as the ryping hubbles ceased. A short pause. And she was typing again.
Treva. Should I even care to ask where you got my number!
Aiden. No Just answer my question.
I hit the send burton and waited for her reply while Perez went on about the
e problems with the permits for the Latest construction, a residential
Two whole minutes and no text. I gritted my teeth in annoyance. She had fucking left me on s seen— There came her reply.
Treya: No, I didn’t tell Noah. Yet I will. Just give me some time.
news on him. What was so
I resisted the urge to scoff out loud. As if five years wasn’t enough. Freya needed more time. She just had to drop the news on h difficult about it?
When I first learnt that I had a daughter whom I knew nothing about, I was furious. But now that the initial shock had worn off, the knowledge that 1 had a child with Freya filled me up with an odd sense of satisfaction. I had this immense feeling of possessiveness hitting me in the chest. So the fact that she cared so much about hurting that beefy pig’s delicate feelings annoyed the fuck out of me,
Aiden You have 2 days.
“And! What do you think brother?” Cillian pulled my attention away from the phone. With his hands tucked away in his pockets, his eyes gleamed with amusement while the rest of the lot stared at my face expectantly. That little shit. He knew I wasn’t paying attention and did that on purpose. “We can have this meeting another time.” Everyone was on their feet the very next second and within no time I was left alone with my brother.
Cillun chuckled, shaking his
is head. “I’m starting to believe that this woman possesses some super powers. For you to drift away from business talk is miracle in itself!”“”
“Don’t give me shit I cut him a glare.
“Yeah, I’m guessing you already have some to deal with We lazily walked up to my desk and lowered himself to a seat in front of mine. “What is it
“I don’t need to share everyth
everything with you.”
He hummed, a thoughtful expression coming over his face. “I want to meet my niece.”
“No.” I deadpanned. Gia didn’t know who I actually was, so introducing her to my family was off the table.
Cillian‘
eyes narrowed. “Why not?”
“She doesn’t even know that I’m her father. Even though I tried to say that with utmost nonchalance, it stung like a bitch. I added in a murmur. “And neither does Freya’s boyfriend” ·
A look of realization lit up his face. “Ah So that’s what had you glaring at your phone like you wanted to aim it as the nearest wall. Freya is keeping you a secret from her boyfriend. A dirty little sectel”
“Don’t try me. I’m gonna knock your teeth out.” I gritted in annoyance at the wide grin on his face which remained intact. He was having too much fun with this situation.
“Fine Lapologize” He chased that teasing smile away from his face. “I bet a drink or two would make your situation a little sufferable. Let’s hit the
I didn’t really get to voice my agreement or otherwise, interrupted by another
preselice.
“Did I hear club?” Erica sauntered in. Only she other than Cillian had the permission to walk in without knocking. While sometimes she would pretend to be professional enough to knock, rest of the while she would barge in unannounced.
Cillian looked at her, a mask of cool indifference, which was in fact very different from the actual scenario. She directed her pleading gaze at me. As if that had ever swayed mir,
I sighed and inclined my head. That’s all the confirmation she needed. She placed the file on my desk.
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