Chained to You, Vol. 5: Seduced (Vegas Billionaires) by Alexia Praks

Author:Alexia Praks [Praks, Alexia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xia Press
Published: 2017-04-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Mia

Aria furrowed her brow for a moment as her eyes stared off at Alfie and Sammy in the distance. The naughty duo was still energetically chasing each other near the park bushes.

“Not really,” she said finally.

Her answer made my heart ache. To have a person you didn’t much like watching over you and controlling your every move wasn’t pleasant; that was for sure. Aria must have felt very constricted and unhappy.

“Why?” I asked weakly.

Aria pulled a face and said in distaste, “’Cause she’s weird. She makes me do things I don’t like.”

“Does she?” James asked.

From the corner of my eyes, I could see he had a hard expression on his face again.

“What type of things, Aria?” When he saw his daughter was about to evade his interrogation, he continued. “Sweetheart, Daddy wants to know everything. I love you, you understand? I don’t want anyone to hurt or upset you.”

Aria pulled her face again before succumbing to her father’s inquiry. “You promise you won’t tell on me?”

I frowned at this remark. Seriously? Tell on her? If Aria said that, then there was no doubt Sophie was threatening the little girl. Instantly I felt disgusted by the woman. How could she do that to Aria, a little girl who needed an older female’s approval and affection? More than that, an older female such as Sophie who should be a role model?

I knew it was hard for James to make such a childish promise, but he nodded regardless, just to ease his daughter’s fear. Truth be told, who was he going to tell anyway? Since there was no one bigger or more influential than James himself.

Aria cast her eyes downward and said, “Umm… Sophie keeps telling me I’m naughty and silly and that I’m a bad little girl. I have to behave because otherwise Daddy won’t love me. She said me if I keep being so naughty, like talking too much and running around too much and playing with Alfie and Sammy too much, then Daddy won’t come home to see me like Mommy won’t come home to me. That Daddy won’t buy me presents and won’t play with me and will run away and never come back like Mommy did. So I have to behave.”

She raised her head, a shameful look on her adorable face. “Mommy hates me because I’m naughty and talk too much; that’s why. But I’m really, really sorry, Daddy, because I can’t help myself when I’m with you, so I talk lots ’cause I’m so happy when I’m with you.”

She buried her face in the side of James’s neck and began to sob, ashamed of herself.

I felt my heart break right then and there for Aria and subconsciously stroked the little girl’s small back to ease her pain. For sure, it was the first time I’d ever heard Aria talking about her mother, whom I just surmised had run away from home.

“It’s okay, sweetheart,” James said. “It’s Daddy’s fault Daddy wasn’t there for you.”

James was blaming himself for his daughter’s suffering under Sophie’s hands.

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