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Boom.
I forcefully escaped, ignoring the disappointed expression taking hold of his face.
What did he expect?
“Kid—”
I didn’t allow him to finish, quickly walking away. I thought facing our past would be too much to bear, never thinking our future would be harder to endure.
Future? Where did that come from?
He was messing with my head. I took a walk while he showered, and once he was fully dressed in his suit, appearing like the Alpha CEO, it was much easier to be around him. His guard was back up, and I couldn’t help but remember that for most of my life, I’d prayed for him to bring it down, and now I wished for the opposite to happen.
We said our goodbyes, and I didn’t speak to him the entire drive back to the hotel. Except we didn’t go to the suite. When the driver pulled into my favorite restaurant, I was well aware Julian had told him to.
“I’m not going in there with you.”
“Autumn, one way or another, you’re going to have dinner with me. The choice is yours on how you’d like to enter that facility.”
Flinging my door open, I stepped out. Pretty much stomping my feet the entire way in. With one foot in front of the other, I walked inside with Julian behind me at the same exact time my life came tumbling down on me. Right there in front of our faces was our past beating me senseless.
My stare locked with the person I’d least expected, but he was focused on the man behind me.
Both men ready for a battle.
Over me.
Chapter Seventeen
—Autumn—
“Christian,” I breathed out, overwhelmed by the turn of events.
His eyes flew from Julian to me. “What the fuck is this?”
“It’s not what you think.”
“Actually, it’s exactly what you’re thinking.”
I glared at Julian. “Stop it.”
“Stop what, kid? He knows the truth. There’s no need to hide it from him anymore.”
“Is this why you texted me to meet you here? For this, Autumn?”
“I didn’t text you to meet me here. What are you talking about?”
“It wasn’t her,” Julian declared in a steady, calm tone. “It was me from her phone.”
“Are you fucking kidding me?” I bit. “Why would you do that?” I couldn’t believe he’d undermined me again, going behind my back to confront the one person I didn’t want to deal with right now. Like dealing with us wasn’t already enough for me to handle.
“Because there was no better time than the present. You said you wanted me to reach out, make things right, and that’s exactly what I’m doing. I’m done hiding our relationship from him.”
“We’re not in a relationship!”
My brother chimed in, “So who’s lying, Autumn? You or him?”
“Christian, just let me think for a second.”
