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He’s been looking for me? That’s a new piece of information.
Kingsley’s playful expression disappears, “I’ve only been looking for her to give her hell for abandoning you.”
“Still…you were never attracted to her?”
“No.”
I narrow my eyes and then grab his dick and it slowly jumps to life beneath my hold.Never been attracted to me, huh?
He glares down at me, his eyes shining with dark lust before he swiftly switches attention to Gwen who’s probably making her favorite tea.
“Your loss,” she says. “Aspen is a catch.”
“Is that so?” Kingsley asks on my behalf.
“Of course. She’s beautiful, smart, and the most accomplished woman I know, so yeah, she’s definitely a catch anyone would wish to have but can’t. Except for that man, obviously.”
A salty taste explodes in my mouth and I realize it’s a tear. A happy tear.
I can die an accomplished woman now. I never thought there would be a day where I’d hear my daughter complimenting me.
It makes all the hardships I went through worthwhile. The bad, the scary, and the terribly ugly.
“If only she weren’t a bit of an alcoholic.” The sadness in Gwen’s voice slaps me across the face.
Kingsley eyes me with a gloatingI told you soexpression written all over his face.
“I didn’t catch it at first,” Gwen continues. “But she always pours alcohol in her coffee when she thinks I’m not looking. The other day, I sat beside her and opened an article about diseases caused by alcohol, but I don’t think she noticed it. I don’t want to tell her about it directly, because she might hate me for it. Oh, do you think I should ask Caroline?”
“Don’t know, don’t care. Also, why are you getting all cozy with Aspen when you hated her to death not a few months ago?”
“That was before I got to know her. She just has no clue how to express her feelings, and it’s adorable sometimes when she stares blankly while trying to make conversation.”
My cheeks heat. Jeez. I’ve never been ashamed of my character until now. The fact that I’m being discussed in third person while I’m right here is even more embarrassing.
“Besides, you’re the one who hates her and I was just following you blindly. Now, I’m my own person.”
“Is that so?”
“That’s right. So don’t interfere or turn her life into hell just to satisfy your ego. I’m watching you, Dad.” I can imagine her making a hand gesture.
“Is this the part where I should be scared?”
“Yup. I’m not going to let you hurt my mom after I finally found her.”
My heel scratches against the floor in my attempts to stop myself from rising and hugging her. While she’s awake this time.
Gwen called me Mom.
Not directly, but it’s close.
“What’s that noise?” she asks suspiciously.
Damn it.
“The cup,” he says without a hint of being flustered. “Now, leave or go to your room so I can work.”
“But I want to have dinner with you.”
