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Fuck, he hadn’t even wanted a social circle. Susan had been the one who’d insisted on that. But he still didn’t want to be humiliated, regardless.
The only good thing to come from being married to his ex was his two girls. Since he had no desire to have any more children, he didn’t see the need for another relationship.
He filed having a girlfriend undernot happening. And his aura was just fine, thank you very much. That hippy chick could stick it.
And by it, I mean my dick. In her mouth.
He gave himself an internal shake.
No!
That would be a disaster. She’d probably want to mediate or something after sex. Or do yoga before.
Why was he still thinking about her?
Dammit, he was. Even while he talked and laughed with the girls on their hike and as he drove them to Susan’s, Dakota was in the back of his mind. He couldn’t figure out what about her had gotten under his skin.
She was nothing like any of the women he’d been hooking up with and was the polar opposite of his ex-wife.
The same woman who marched out of his old house and straight toward his car when he pulled in. He sighed when he saw Susan’s arms folded across her chest, foot tapping, as she stood next to the driver’s side door while they all got out. He was all too familiar with that posture.
She gave the girls a polite smile. “Did you have fun?”
“A blast!” Brianna spoke for both her and her sister as Aiden handed them their backpacks from his trunk.
“I’m glad. Go inside and get packed; we’re leaving in the morning. I just need to talk to your dad for a second.”
He hugged each of his daughters tight and kissed their hair, whispering, “Love you, kiddo,” as they told him goodbye.
This was the part of divorce that sucked ass the most. Leaving his kids.
On the other hand, he had learned to appreciate his precious time with them. When they’d lived under the same roof, before their family fractured, he’d taken his time with them for granted. As Bri had so wisely pointed out the night before when they watchedGilmore Girls.
Not anymore.
Now he just had to deal with a temperamental ex-wife. He wondered what he’d done now to piss her off and had half a mind to brush past her, get in his car, and drive away. He was in such a good mood after his time with his girls, he really didn’t want to spoil it. But as she stood there with a raised eyebrow, tapping her foot, he knew driving off would come back to bite him in the ass.
With a deep sigh, he leaned against the Audi’s driver’s door and waited.
“Lydia Bradford, Aiden? Really?”
He could feel his eyebrows scrunching together. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
“You’re so desperate you have to date your daughter’s best friend’s mom?”
Susan had a lot of nerve. He debated about continuing to let her think he was dating Lydia, since it obviously pissed her off, but then knew the truth would come out when she was in the car for two days with Brianna, and then he’d look petty.
But he kind of wanted to be petty at that moment.
Nah, you’re better than that.
He stood up straight, so his six-foot-one-inch frame was at full-height as he glowered down at her.
“First of all, your right to an opinion about who I’m dating ended the second you fucked another man while we were still married. So, not that it’s any of your business, no, I’m not dating Lydia. I just met the woman yesterday when I picked Bri up from Nicole’s. You need better sources.”
Thisshouldbe the point where she became contrite, but Aiden knew better. Now that he’d put her in her place, this was where she doubled down.
“Obviously something happened if Nicole is telling people at the club her mom is dating you.”
