Chapter 20
TRIVA
Taking care of uð Like that was fine but he made it sound like he was doing us a favor and it was something I should be obliged to him for As if I hadn’t taken care of him all this time1
“Well thank you for taking care of us. But that doesn’t mean you can keep Gia away from her father.”
1 folded my arms against my chest. Gia didn’t have her father uptill now and that was because of me. I wouldn’t just let her miss another chance at that. Although, I douta Auden would stand aside and let that happen.
“Yeah? Where was this father all these year” He got in my face all of a sudden but I held my place.
“He didn’t know about her. It’s on me
“So, you are already defending him?” And suddenly he flinched away like I had burned him.
gy left in
in me to deal
A fresh surge of irritation fueled my headache. How was he so dramatic? I hadn’t slept in twenty four hours. There was no energy with thn at the moment
“This is ridiculous. I can’t do this right now”
I had taken only a few steps towards Gia’s room when he grabbed my arm and spun me around. “Why are you running away?”
1 yanked my arm out of his hold. “I’m walking away because you refuse to see reason.”
“It’s my fault now?” His voice’v
AIDEN
went up several pitches while I blinked, twice. God Give me some patience.
Avery noticed the moment I had walked in. She bent sidewards and whispered something in Freya’s cars. Seconds later she looked up at me, checks turning an adorable shade of pink.
her
By the time I reached her, the older lady was already on her way to the kitchen. I let my eyes fall on Freya. She was gorgeous even in those simple t- shin and jeans. I wanted nothing more than to wrap my hand around that ponytail and kiss the shit out of her. I was fucking tempted. As if she could hear my thoughts, her blush deepened under my gaze
Freya cleared her throat. “Avery likes you
So that was in fact about me, considering Freya’s words, something good. And whatever she said about me had made Freya blush. That knowledge alone put me in a good fucking mood.
“Yeah! What did she say!
“Oh, uhm–it’s nothing” She seemed to be regretting her previous sen
sentence. Now I was fucking curious. I tilted my head to the side and stared at
“Definitely not nothing if it makes you blush like that.” My words were met with immediate denial. “I wasn’t blushing” If anything the blush was more intense. I reached out and touched her cheek.
She shuddered. Freya wasn’t that unaffected by mr. 1 had to fight off a smile that threatened to fall upon my lips at this piece of revelation. She released a harsh breath and stepped back. I pulled my hand back and thrusted them inside
my pockets.
“Can we go? We’re gonna be late” she spoke, cutting me an annoyed glare. My lips twitched. Her indignation was adorable.
“Wouldn’t want that.” She walked past me and out of the bakery to where my car was parked. I didn’t bring my driver. The little bits and fragments of time I had with Freya and my daughter, I refused to share them with an outsider.
I was right behind her and opened the passenger door for her. Freya raised one perfectly shaped brow at me.
“You are acting like a gentleman”
The corner of my lips tugged up in a faint smirk as Lassessed her face. Her eyes dropped to my mouth for a hot second before she dragged them back, a bule guarded this time, almost a limle wary,
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“So you think I’m not a prideman” Terya bát dosen inn her lower lip while she contemplated her answer. Douffest a groan and the urge my reach out
resquinar came. I did nothing to stop the smirk stretching into a smile. Good. She was aware. But even with that knowledge she won’t get
away from me. I wond le be
or behind her and walked to the other
geatured with my head towards the car. Throwing another doubtful look my way, she got in. I closed the door
trok a second before getting inin the duver’s seat.
My obsession with Freys had only grown over the years. Her making an appearance after all these years had only made it worse. Being confined in a place with her without being able to touch her is a lot of sinuggle. I would probably burst a coronary if the situation doesn’t change anytime soon. “So–uhm. I spoke to Noah this morning” Freya spoke, clicking the seat belt in place. I did the same before pulling the car to the street.
“And–How did that gol
“He_gol upset!” It sounded more like a question, almost as if she was confused if upset was the right word to describe what had gone down.
“Details, Freya”
She looked outside, chewing on her bottom lip. I was having a hard time trying not to pull her by the nape and crash my mouth against hers. Freya was a temptation. An irresistible one at that. One that had fucked all semblance of control right off me.
“He accused me of going behind his back with you. I explained, but he’s not quite happy with you being there in the picture.” Her voice drifted, last words quite impossible to hear.
My previous arousal was getting fast drowned by the surge of fury. I could imagine the extent of tantrum that whiny bastard must have thrown The fact that he thought he had any say in matters concerning my daughter and I, was reason enough for me to throw him under a moving car. My Crip on the steering wheel tightened.
that sh
“He’ll understand. He just needs some time to process it.” I heard the underlying concern. She was worried honestly, she wasn’t helping his case. Her concern for that stupid man–child was grating at my nerves,
I of what I might do to that fucker. Quite
“I’m sure I gritted out, not taking my eyes off the road. From my peripheral vision I could see Freya considering me. She was trying to gauge my feelings. She finally sighed and looked away, probably unsuccessful. Years and years of practice helped me keep my emotions in check, now turned
into an unconscious habit.
The rest of the ride was filled with deafening silence. Neither of us spoke a word until we were at Gia’s school to pick her up. Freya wrapped her up in a warm hug and kissed her nose. All that annoyance buzzing under my skin dissipated almost immediately
As I watched that interaction, a strange and fierce feeling of possessiveness gripped my insides. I wanted to protect them from everything bad in this world. I was worried of how overwhelmingly strong the feeling was.
“Aiden‘” Gia pulled out of her mother’s arms and beamed up at me. I bent down to adjust with her height.
“Happy to see me, sweetheart!” She nodded with a toothy grin
in before wrapping her hands around my neck. “I misardy
I you she mumbled into my chest and I felt like my heart could burst with th
“And I missed you. Sa much-
that sudden rush of emotions. I kissed her hair.
“Can we go to the park!” Another toothy grin? Was Lexpected to be able to say no to that face?
“Of course, we can
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