Love and Betrayal: Hot Boss Crime Romance (Happy Ever After Bad Boy Series) by Sloane Peterson

Love and Betrayal: Hot Boss Crime Romance (Happy Ever After Bad Boy Series) by Sloane Peterson

Author:Sloane Peterson [Peterson, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sloane Peterson
Published: 2021-08-31T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter Fifteen

Aiden

I told everything to Bruce earlier and he wasn’t happy with me. Not that I blame him, but I have a feeling his reaction is going to be nothing compared to Talia’s. I’m probably the worst person in the world because I didn’t plan on telling her tonight. I mean, I thought about it. But when she opened the door, she just seemed so happy.

I didn’t want to be the one to ruin it.

But as I looked at the ultrasound photo, I realize that this is something I need to get off my chest. Talia needs to know because she’s pregnant with my child. She needs to make a decision when it comes to how involved she wants me to be. Right now, she wants me all in. I can tell.

I could give her the ‘all in’ thing. I want to, but I think her mind’s going to change after this.

She’s looking at me with wide brown eyes, concern etched across her beautiful face. Just moments ago, she was smiling, happy. Snuggling into me like it was her favorite place in the world to be. Now she’s sitting back on the couch, back to looking guarded. It feels like all that I’ve done to break through her walls was for nothing. They’re right back up.

Not that I blame her.

She swallows, looking down as she asks, “What is it, Aiden?”

I can tell that she’s upset about this. She doesn’t even know what it is, but she’s probably running over a thousand possibilities in her mind. I know how Talia ticks. At least I like to think that I do.

I shift on the couch, turning so my body is facing hers. I want to look into her eyes when I tell her that I’ve never told her the whole truth, that I lied to her from the beginning. It’s the least I could fucking do after my mistake.

“I lied to you,” I say quietly, forcing myself to keep looking at her. I’d rather be looking anywhere else when I tell her this, but I owe it to her.

For a moment, it’s like those walls she puts up drop away. I see the panic, the worry, the pain on her face. I haven’t even told her the whole story yet. She stiffens again, still refusing to look at me.

“What did you lie about?” she asks.

“In the beginning. When you asked if there was anything I was hiding, anything else you needed to know to make this easier, I lied and said that there wasn’t.”

I don’t know why I lied. I know she’s going to ask why and I’m going to have to tell her ‘I don’t know’. I don’t have a good answer for that, and I know that that’s not going to be enough for her. Talia likes answers. I can’t give them to her. She also likes honesty and clearly, I couldn’t give that to her either.

I can’t read her anymore. Whatever Talia’s feeling is undetectable. I could take a million guesses and probably be right about a few of them.



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