Chapter 3
FRIVA
“That’ll be
“The girl spoke without looking up from the monitor. I paid for our frozen treats and moved out of the line, giving way to other customers. This has always been a popular spot for ice–creams. We have been coming here since the day Gia decided that she loved ice–cream.
“Here you go. One salted caramel and one cotton candy. Enjoy
“Thank you.”
1 handed Gis her cone and received a splitting grin in response. That right there was my weak point. I had worked my ass off to keep that smile on her face imaci.
It hadn’t been easy.
Six years back that night, it was supposed to be just one night of mind–blowing sex to forget the heartbreak. I had left his apartment with a lot more than I had bargained for
Tabsolutely loved my daughter and couldn’t be more grateful to have her in my life but at that time it wasn’t easy for me. Dylan’s betrayal was hand on me and to top it off was my parent’s lack of faith in me.
They loved Dylan and he cashed on it. He span the whole thing on me. Supposedly, it was me who had been cheating on him for a while and he couldn’t speak about this to either of our parents because he was picking up the pieces of his heart that I broke. To his story’s utmost convenience, 1 had ended up pregnant with that man’s child
Forget about his mom and dad, but my parents it didn’t take them even a second thought to cut all ties with me. It was almost laughable how my parents trusted that lying piece of shit over their own daughter.
I was a mess, my life was a complete mess at that point. I could hardly provide the financial support a child would need. The profits from the bakery weren’t enough at that time, considering how costly apartments were in NY. I had no sort of emotional support, absolutely no one to fall back upon. Wasn’t a practical decision but I couldn’t just get the abortion done. The baby was the only family I had
Rey came in like a blessing amidst all of it. I could never be grateful enough for the kind of support she had provided. She shared her apartment with me and didn’t let me share the rent. She did more than anyone ever did for me. I still remembered how excited she was to meet Gia. Post delivery she had returned with a bottle of champagne The old cranky nurse wasn’t impressed at all!
When Gia was around two years old. I wanted to move out. The profits from the bakery were coming in, God, it was difficult convincing Rey! She had stopped talking to me for two complete days.
A small finger poked my side, effectively bringing me back from my thoughts
“Look at that dog!” My eyes followed her finger that was pointing at a golden retriever, playing with a little boy.
“Mommy, can we pl
an option.
can we please get a dog?” She peered up at me with those puppy eyes. 1 absolutely didn’t have the heart to refuse her but I didn’t have
“Gia, I told you this before, sweetie. Noah doesn’t like dogs.”
Noah was my boyfriend. We first met at my bakery two years back. He was there to get a
Cake for had my attention after that cheating scumbag, minus that one stranger from that one night.
for his friend’s birthday. He was the first guy that
This time I was responsible for more than just me. I had Gia and couldn’t afford to make mistakes. I was a little apprehensive to give in to it after my last experience. But Noah was persistent. He became a regular at my cafe and it was two months before our first date. Six months into it and he wanted me to move in with him. Rey was dead against it I wasn’t too convinced either. Took me a year to actually take the step, hoping it wasn’t a
wrong one
Gia pulled a face and slumped back. “But how can som
can someone not like dogs?”
I sighed. Gia had been asking me for a dog for some time now but I couldn’t help it. Noals didn’t like dogs at all and I felt like she should learn to respect other people’s choices,
I gently caressed her head. “I’m sorry, sweetheart” She kept aggressively licking at the ice–cream while watching the retriever smother the boy with kisses.
AIDEN
The door to my cabin opened without as much as a knock. Couldn’t be anyone other than Cillian. I was taking the liberty of assuming that no employee of mine would have that much courage.
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Chapter 3
“Don’t tell me you’re thinking about her.” Cillian sounded like he had given up on me and my sanity.
ir kreen
Well he wasn’t wrong. I was in fact thinking about her. I always did. For five years I had been obsessively thinking about her. Those serene eyes haunted my dreams every other night.
The biggest fucking irony of it was that I didn’t even have her name, I had no dainn clue of who she was, knew nothing about her except for how she tasted. She had destroyed me for anyone else. Sex hadn’t been that fucking good ever since.
1 had woken up to an empty bed, her side coll. She was gone and had left no trace of her, almost as if she was just a fragment of my imagination and not an actual person I had spent my entire night with. I had looked for a note, anything that would help me get in touch. Nothing. How did 1 not get her name??
A chuckle rang out
“That good a pussy, huh?” 1 gritted at the amusement in his voice.
“Stop talking”
That earned me another laugh before he decided to let go of that topic. “You remember we have the annual day coming up, right?”
“Fuck.” I swore under my breath, having completely forgotten about it.
“Yeah.” He drawled, amused.
“Erica looks after that. I remind her.” I said, leaning back in my chair and les a faint smirk touch my lips. “Or would you like to do the honors?” It was my turn to be amused at the way his eyes narrowed for a split second before his expression turned indifferent.
“I’ll pass
1 decided it was
bext
to leave it there.
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