Chapter 39
AIDEN
the FUCK was that?” Freya asked behind me as we stepped out of the elevator. I knew she had been seething through the entirety of the ride home and that she would eventually charge.
1, on the other hand, was livid. My insides seared with white hot jealousy watching her on lunch with another man, talking and smiling. I could hardly fucking concentrate on the meeting. It was a matter of time before I had stopped pretending that I was listening to them and excised myself.
Why were you on lunch with him!” My voice came out calm and composed, a total contradiction to the feelings that bubbled inside.
“Don’t! 1 asked you something. What was that?” She hissed. I thrusted my hands inside my pockets and looked away only for her to take a step closer in my direction:
“You need to know that you can’t just turn up
ap and walk me away like that.”
“Is that why you want to move out? Because you’re dating Connor Warren Completely ignoring her words, I gritted the question out. The words Tasted foul in my mouth. Even the thought of Freya staying with Connor Warren–FUCK–1 wanted to break something
Freya’s Exce twisted with confusion. “What? No! I’m not dating him.”
Then why dad he take you our on lunch?
“We went to discuss something regarding business. Her words carried a note of incredulousness like them on a business lunch was the obvious
-1 scoffed, remembering how fucking happy they both looked, smiling at each other’s words. “Yeah, he seemed pretty invested in your business
Freya shut her eyes close and let out an exasperated sigh. Her jaws worked as she stepped even closer till we were standing only inches apart. Up this close, her coffee fragrance practically assaulted my stuck
“Why does it matter, huh!” She jabbed a finger against my chest, making my muscles go stiff “I don’t ask you questions about who you meet why, do I?
1 stared down at the finger touching me through layers of fucking clothes. My mind was torn between pushing her away and kissing the fuck out of her. In this situation, any kind of physical contact wasn’t helping, even if there were a thousand layers in between.
I grabbed the wrist of her hand that was touching me. “What did the mean by you’ll come by later? You have another date planned or something?”
Freya’s eyes burned with annoyance before something else flashed in them. Her eyes searched mine while she taunted me, her words hining my mouth. “Given the way you’re acting. I might think you’re jealous or something” Her gaze flicked to my lips for a split second before she looked back at me. “So tell me, are you“”
It was a god damn task to not throw all cautions into the wind and ravage her mouth like I truly wanted. I had to remind myself that she had been through a lot and she probably would not appreciate it FUCK!
I pushed myself off her and put a good few feet between us. Freya looked a litle flushed and that told me she wasn’t quite unaffected.
“Careful, Freya. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to.” I warned over my shoulder, before walking off to my room
I stared at the blabbering mess standing right in front of me. I seriously would have to talk to the HR regarding hiring of such incompetent employees.
The blinked before actually having the nerve to look relieved. “Of course”
| could feel Gillian’s eyes on me, judging and assessing from where he was sitting on the other side of the desk. He spent a long few seconds before
I glanced up from my computer screen to look at his contemplative face Thank you. For your solicited advice
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Did he take the hint! Nope.
That’s the third employer of the day under my watch, brother. Unless someone shat in your breakfast bowl. I’m guessing lack of good sex has made you so cranky.” He continued like 1 was sitting with my shrink trying to figure out my crisis of the week.
“I’m sure you have work to do?
He didn’t mind that at this point I wasn’t even looking at him. That’s how younger siblings are. Relentless and without an ounce of dignity. “Im doing it. It’s my job to kok after my dear brother.
1 hummed. “Spare me the bullshit”
“What happened, brother! Your babymama not giving you any?” Cillian was leaning forward and his voice was down to a whisper as if we were highschoolers gossiping.
“I’m gonna call security on you.” I deadpanned.
He laughed in my face. “You can’t. You love me.
“Don’t try me.”
He was like this bug that just won’t go away but just when I was expecting him to keep sprouting shit, his expressions sobered.
No. Not this. Not now.
“I went to visit Mom last night.” Called it
“For fuck’s sake.” I cursed under my breath and leaned back in my seat. I called it. He was here on behalf of our mother. To try and talk me into the fucking family dinner.
“Why can’t you just come to one dinner if that would make her happy?”
“I’m under no obligation to make anyone happy” I gritted out, not caring that it made me sound like an absolute jerk.
He rose from his seat and rubbed his temple before plaining me with a serious look “Aiden, she was really upset. Don’t forget all the things she had gone through. Don’t punish her for things our father did.”
I was tempted. So fucking tempted to disclose why I didn’t give a fuckabout our mother. He would understand, I knew that but that would crush the regard in which he held her. He loved her, Cillian loved that woman and I wasn’t going to take that away. So what did I do instead? I gave in.
“Fine.” I could taste the regret almost immediately.
“This weekend,”
I sighed. “I’ll clear my schedule
Cillian nodded before getting up. He however made no effort to leave. By the way he was staring at me with a contemplative gaze I knew to brace myself for something bad.
“One more thing.” There it was. He grabbed the back of the chair.
“I may have told them that you have a daughter.” He stared at my face cautiously. When I didn’t say anything, he spit the rest of it out. “And they are expecting you to bring her along.”
I blinked, almost sure I had heard him wrong. That he hadn’t just told my parents about my daughter.
“You did what!”
“Come on, it’s not like you would be able to hide Gia from them forever.”
I would. If there was a chance, that’s exactly what I would have done. But that was beside the point. Gla didn’t know yet. She didn’t know that I was her father and I’m supposed to bring her to a family dinner!
“Leave.” I gritted out, trying extremely hard to curb my desire to throw him off the fifteen floors.
“Have a good day, brother.”
a Tanıtastic day I was having!
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