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Aiden tensed beside me, and I knew he was just as irritated with his father's questioning as I was. But I refused to let Gavin see me ruffled.
"For as long as he'll have me," I said, my voice firm. "I love him, Mr. Crude. I plan to submit to him in every way possible."
Gavin's eyes widened. But I held his gaze, refusing to back down.
"I'll be curious to see if you can indeed keep up with my son," Gavin said. "He's quite demanding."
"I think he'll find he's met his match with me."
Aiden squeezed my shoulder, and I knew he was pleased. Gavin looked like he wanted to argue more, but he stood instead.
"Well, I suppose we'll see," he said, his tone dismissive. "Goodbye, Selena."
"Goodbye, Mr. Crude," I replied, standing up as well.
As he left, Xander lingered in the hall. Aiden went ahead to the door with his father while Xander and I spoke quietly. Xander was just checking on me, but I'd decided to let the way Gavin's speech bothered me show in my face and posture. I didn't want to seem too perfectly composed, because that wasn't normal.
Gavin's gaze flashed at us from down the hallway. "She seems quite close to Xander."
Fuck. He should’ve stayed upstairs until Gavin was gone.
"We do all live together," Aiden said lightly.
"And are you going to continue to live together?" Gavin asked him. "Did you find a slut like your brother did, someone who needs more than one cock to satisfy her?"
Aiden winced. "Dad, if you're wondering why Gabe never talks to you, I have some thoughts."
"Don't be a smartass," Gavin said.
“Don’t be mad at me because I’m the one who’s here and Gabe is gone,” Aiden said. “I do everything you ask.”
Gavin rubbed his hand across his face. To my surprise, the tension seemed to dissipate as he dropped his hand. “I do appreciate you, Aiden. I appreciate you bringing me that Belladonna.”
“I’ll find the rest of them before they can take another try,” Aiden promised.
Anxiety twisted my gut. Maybe Aiden wouldn’t betray them, but if he had information about them, they were still in danger.
“Don’t kill the rest,” Gavin cautioned. “There are quite a few people in the underworld who would pay well for them.”
"Whatever you want, Dad," Aiden said, his tone mildly annoyed, as if selling assassins for torture and revenge was an everyday occurrence.
Once his father was finally gone, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Aiden pulled me into a tight embrace. "You were amazing," he said, kissing my forehead.
"Thanks," I said, feeling a wave of relief wash over me. "I didn't do a good job of pretending to be submissive."
"I don't want you to be submissive to anyone else," Aiden said. His hands on my hips squeezed gently, his fingers sinking into my ass, and my hips swayed forward against his. "I love your fire. I just want to earn your submissionto me."
"I didn't realize that was how it worked," I said.
"That's how it works with me," he promised.
"I don't think your father liked me very much."
"He doesn’t like that you're real, instead of someone he chose for me, someone he planted in my path and he can control," he said bitterly.
“What did he mean? About your brother?”
