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I wrapped my hands around him and sobbed into his chest.
Goddess, I hope he didn’t change his mind. I hope I won’t turn like her. I hope he was right about me because I didn’t know who I was anymore.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE – Taking a Break
Gabriel’s POV
I was holding her in my arms tightly. Her sobs were a stab to my heart.
“Is that why you were so afraid?” I asked her quietly. “You thought I would hate you?”
She nodded and looked up at me.
“I was sure you would hate me once you realized that the woman who raised me took your family away,” she said with a trembling voice.
“She did,” I nodded and wiped her tears away. “But you had no fault in that. And you are nothing like her.”
Her lips quivered and she placed her head back on my chest. I hugged her tightly and kissed the top of her head.
I looked at Nick and Annie. I could see sadness and worry in their eyes.
My heart was breaking when she was in pain. I wished I could take it all away. I wished that bitch took me instead. At least Aria would have been safe here with our grandma.
Aria lifted her head and let go of me. She wiped her tears away and sat back down on the bed next to Nick. He lifted her up and placed her in his lap.
“No way you are sitting next to me when my lap is empty,” Nick said when she tried to protest.
Annie chuckled and sat next to them on the bed.
“Why didn’t she kill me?” Aria asked quietly.
Nick growled and I clenched my fists.
“Your grandma said that she thought we shouldn’t even be born,” Aria said, looking at me. “Why didn’t she kill me when she took me away? What changed her mind?”
“Our grandma,” I said sternly. “And I don’t know.”
“Maybe she couldn’t do it. She probably fell in love with you as soon as she got you,” Annie said. “She loved you, Aria.”
“No,” Aria said and shook her head. “She didn’t love me at first.”
I narrowed my eyes on her. What does she mean by that?
“What do you mean?” Nick asked her before I could.
Aria sighed and looked down at her hands.
“I didn’t want to tell you this, but when I got my memories back, I found out she was not a really good grandma when I was a kid,” she said quietly.
“Why?” Annie asked surprised. “I mean I know what she did, but she was great when we were living in our village.”
“She was,” Aria nodded. “But when I was little, she used to hit me, starve me, and tell me that I was a mistake.”
I froze.
Nick growled loudly.
Annie gasped and covered her mouth.
