Page 24 of Aidan (The Doherty Mafia)
“You’re the one who has shown up out of the blue five years later.”
She sighed and shook her head.
“I went to live with my aunt’s family. I’d never met them before, so they were basically strangers to me. My dad spoke to them and made the arrangements.”
“And you just followed his command.”
“I had no other choice, Aidan.”
“Yes you did. You could have come to me. You could have told me how they were guilt tripping you. Unless you agreed with them.”
Her green eyes grew larger as she stared back at me. I stood very still, waiting for an answer. I needed to know if she agreed with her parents.
Leah finally broke the gaze and looked away.
“Of course I didn’t agree with them, Aidan. I was in love with you.”
Tears filled her eyes. She refused to look at me, and I could see she was embarrassed by her own emotions. She didn’t want to cry in front of me, and all I wanted to do was wipe away her tears.
I didn’t care about someone crying. In fact, I had no patience for it. Except when Leah cried.
I wanted her to stop. I was on the verge of promising her the world. I’d give her everything she wanted—as long as I didn’t have to see her cry.
She hurriedly rubbed her cheeks in an attempt to stop.
She stared at me again, clutching the bottle of beer tightly.
“I was very young and very stupid, Aidan. I made a big mistake.”
Maybe I pushed it too hard. Maybe Leah was right. How many times was she going to apologize? Hadn’t she done it enough? When would I be satisfied?
Maybe I could never forgive her.
Maybe this was never going to work.
I didn’t even know what she wanted from me. Why was she here?
“Would you have returned if it wasn’t for your mother’s illness?” I asked.
She stared at the bottle in her hands—in an effort to avoid looking at me. Then she looked up and licked her lips.
“I don’t know how to answer that question truthfully, Aidan. I have worked very hard the last five years to try and forget about you. I never came back here because I knew I’d come running straight into your arms if I did. I didn’t think it would be fair on you.”
“What makes you think I’d take you back?” I growled, narrowing my eyes at her.
“That’s not what I was expecting. I still don’t expect it. I just…thought it would be for the best if we both moved on with our lives. The way you have been doing.”
I emptied the beer from my bottle down my throat. I wanted her again. Already.
Watching her sitting curled up on my couch like that made my cock throb. She wasn’t wearing any underwear. Despite the long length of the shirt, her pussy was still on full display. The tastiest, juiciest pussy I had ever taken possession of.
I didn’t know how long she would be here. If she would ever be mine again. I wanted her now. Before time ran out.
“So you came back for your mother, and I’m just a side note.”
Leah shook her head.
“I came back for mom because I felt it was a part of my duty as a daughter, a part of my moral obligation. But you’re not a side note. You’re just…something I couldn’t resist. No matter how much I tried to leave you alone. I thought I was doing it for your sake. I thought I could come here and you would never find out about it. But I had to see you.”
My shoulders heaved as I glared at her. Maybe she was right—it would have been easier in so many ways if she hadn’t made that phone call. I wouldn’t be in the mess I was in right now if I never saw her again.
“I’m sorry if I’ve made your life more complicated, Aidan. I wish I was strong enough to resist the temptation of seeing you again,” she continued.
I stood against the wall, knocking my head back on it and staring at the ceiling.
“You can stop apologizing to me now,” I replied.
I believed her. I believed she had done what she thought she had to do.
I blamed her parents for everything.
Leah got off the couch, put her bottle down on the floor and came towards me. The closer she came to me, the weaker I felt. She walked slowly, all sexy, staring at me from under her heavy lids.
I was falling for her again. For her beauty and her smile, for that amazing curvy body of hers, for the softness of her voice. It fucked with my head because I couldn’t get away from the other problem.
The problem of the Barons.
I would have to bring it up at some point. She owed me an explanation for what she was doing with that guy. But I didn’t want to ask her right now.
