Chapter 75
AIDAN
I wanted more.
I wanted everything, but Tara seemed to not, or she was in a battle with herself. I wanted to hold her and tell her that it was all going to be alright and that I was just as scared as she was, but she ran away from me so fast, it was like her feet were on fire.
She needed space to think, so I stayed in the office on the same floor that she was, giving her exactly that–space. As much as I could though. I tuned everything else out, listening closely for her heartbeat to make sure that she wasn’t having a mental breakdown or berating herself.
No one had the right to do that to her, not even Tara herself.
It didn’t take long for me to get lost in thought, thinking about the feel of her skin against mine, her in my arms, our hearts thrashing against our chests almost at the same fucking rate, her taste.
Goddess.
My body was still stiff with arousal, and it
so hard to maintain control over my desires.
I was so deep in thought that I practically lost track of how much time I had spent in the office.
Listening now, I couldn’t hear her heart beating anymore.
Was Tara okay?
I zoomed out of the office, sprinting down the hallway, and by the
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More bursting the next door open in search of her, only to find Tara almost
got to Nadia’s room where I left her only some minutes ago, she wasn’t there.
Panic was beginning to set deep in my bones that I didn’t think properl
completely naked.
The words died in my throat, and so did the panic, and the first thought th..
What. The. Fuck!
occurred to me was to look away, only that I couldn’t.
Were those…accident scars?
Tara scrambled to cover herself from me, obviously not wanting me to notice, but I’d seen something that I couldn’t unsee, and I wasn’t going to pretend
that I didn’t.
“Tara,” my voice was hardly recognizable, sounding more like a growl than anything else. Tara’s back was still facing me.
‘I’m sorry. I was unsettled, so I went out for a swim. I thought you had left already,” Tara apologized as she threw a towel around herself. Hiding. Whereas, I couldn’t see past the fury that was threatening to blind me.
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Was Tara in an accident? Or did someone do that to her?
“Tara, what happened to you?”
My legs had carried me across the room now, but Tara wouldn’t look at me. I came in front of her, only for her to spin around, avoiding my gaze.
“Tara, look at me!”
She didn’t.
“Don’t hide from me, Tara.”
I turned her by her shoulders to face me, and the look on Tara’s face alone was enough to shatter me. Her eyes were filled with tears, but she fought them from falling.
Weakly dropping to my knees, I pushed the towel aside to see that I wasn’t imagining things. Tara’s otherwise smooth skin was battered around her stomach, and it didn’t look like these were just scars from one event. It was a lot. Enough to bring tears that I hadn’t shed in decades to my eyes.
Tara spoke before I could, still trying to cover herself.
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“I gave birth to Nadia through a C–section, Aidan, alright? If you’re going to judge me for that, itt um to you. dit agam and again,” she said defiantly, but I could see the shrunken look in her eyes.
My voice was so small. “I can see that, Tara, but what’s this?”
My fingers came up to trial the irregular jarring of her skin, grazing over what was most definitely a stair wount.
“Who did this to you?”
Tara flinched back like my touch was fire. A surprised look settled in her eyes, but that was only for a fleeting moment as now anger took over ther features.
“We’re going to play dumb now, aren’t we? Are you fucking playing me with me right now, Aidan?? Are you crazy?!
Tara tied the towel around herself tighter, stepping away to put as much distance between uss ass possible.
I was just as confused. Was I supposed to know what happened?
“Tara, what do you mean?”
She scoffed. “You are a psychopath.”
The tears she was holding back spilled from her eyes, and she didn’t bother to wipe them off. She held a hand to her head like the weight was too much for her to carry, and I wanted nothing more than to reach out to her and fix whatever this was..
“Tara,” I called again, and she snapped.
“Don’t fucking call me like you care, Aidan! Don’t! This was you! You sent her after me, right after you threatenet my life. You didn’t even give me a chance to get out, Aidan. How can you be so cruel to reject us, order our death, still come here to act like a saint, and them try to mi itt im my face?
Tears were flying down Tara’s face right now, but I couldn’t even think straight.
What the hell did she mean by that?
“Ordered your death? When? Why would I do that?”
Tara took a step back, and she paused, studying my features.
I got up.
“Wait, Tara, what happened? I swear to you, I am confused as hell here. Can you please talk to me?”
I could see a hundred thoughts running through Tara’s mind, but she finally spoke.
“You want me to believe that you had no idea this happened?”
“What happened!?” Goddamnit! I was going to lose my mind to madness if she didn’t give me clarity on what was going on. Was this my fathers doing”
My eyes shot wide on seeing Tara tense up, but she shook her head once, and she lowered her voice.
“Kayla,”
No.
Tara s face turned to stone.
“Kayla happened to me and my unborn child, Aidan. You both lured me to the hotel where Kayla bathed me in acid when I tried to leave and stucks a blade where Nadia’s head was at when the acid didn’t do it. That was right after you threatened my life, and she implied that you gave her the go–ahead, as well as the blade and acid.”
Each word from Tara’s mouth was like a repeated punch to my throat,
What the fuck!
No fucking way Tara thought I tried to kill her. All these years and that’s what she thought of me?
Tara, 1 fought to call out, but there was no strength in my words.
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She wasn’t done. “And right after you slept with her too.”
Right.
I really made Tara think I did that.
I was beginning to realize just how stupid I was.
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