Page 7 of Aidan (The Doherty Mafia)
When I barged into the toilets, some guy was pissing in the urinal and I barked at him to leave. He must have caught sight of the weapon tucked in my belt and he ran out before he had a chance to zip himself up.
Just hearing her voice again had done this to me. I didn’t know how I would react if I actually saw her.
Leah with her long red hair. Green eyes. Her full curvaceous figure that got my cock going within seconds.
I went up to the wall and leaned against it. I drank some more, relieved at the burning sensation in my throat and stomach.
Seeing her again would be the stupidest thing I could do. It took me months—no years to get over her. And even then, I didn’t think I could ever truly be over her. I would never forget about her because I was so sure she was the one.
She was the only girl who made me stop in my tracks. Made me fantasize about having a family. Having a woman. Having one woman.
I had never given myself to someone that way, and after she left—I could never give myself to anyone again.
Chicks came and went. Some weeks, I fucked a new one every night just to stop myself from thinking about Leah all the time.
But each new fuck was the same as the previous one. They did nothing for me. My cock got greedy but my mind and body felt nothing. I still wanted Leah. I always wanted Leah.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket. The screen was cracked from earlier when I smashed it on the bar counter.
I wrote a quick text to the number she had called from.
“Meet me tomorrow behind Sylvio’s Garage. Noon.”
Once that text was sent I flung the bottle of vodka against the wall where it crashed and fell all over the floor. I was mad at myself. I had no self control.
She was back and I couldn’t stay away from her. Even though I knew seeing her again would fuck me up.
But maybe this was exactly what I needed. Maybe I could fuck her one last time. Wasn’t that what I really wanted all these years—to fuck her again? To feel her body underneath me. Her moans in my ear.
And once I was done fucking her, I would make her feel exactly what she did to me five years ago.
This time I was going to be prepared for Leah Michaels and whatever voodoo she had planned for me.
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Leah
This was a mistake. I knew that from the moment I read Aidan’s text the previous night. I had actually been relieved when he growled at me on the phone and refused to meet with me. That was the excuse I needed to justify why I couldn’t work with Aldo.
But now I didn’t have a choice.
Aidan would be waiting for me at the spot we first had sex five years ago. I knew exactly why he’d picked this place—because he wanted to remind me of everything I had given up by disappearing on him.
I saw his car parked at the same spot behind the vacant garage. The same place he’d parked the first time we were here together.
I was nervous, scared, excited and anxious—all these mixed feelings inside me made me nearly sick. I could feel a physical ache in my stomach as I walked towards the car.
He stepped out, slamming the door shut behind him.
Five years later, I stood in front of a man I had fallen utterly in love with. The father of my baby. The man I had given up because my parents told me to. This was all my fault and I wished he knew how I would never forgive myself for it.
The years had been very giving to Aidan. He looked bigger now, more muscular. He had a thick, dark beard. His hair was the same soft chestnut color, but now he wore it longer.
Those same piercing blue eyes stared back at me, following my every move like he could see right through me.
My knees nearly buckled from the physical effect he had on me. He was still the sexiest man I had ever seen.
I had three choices.
I could tell him everything right now. About why I left. The baby. Aldo. After that, the future would be entirely up to him.
Or I could tell him about Aldo and nothing about the baby. But then, I ran the risk of Aidan eventually finding out and making me pay for my past actions.
Finally, I had the choice of going along with Aldo’s plan. That would keep my secret safe and my mother safe too.
My mind whizzed as I tried to decide what to do—all while melting under Aidan’s harsh stare.
It wasn’t until he finally spoke that I realized we’d been silent for a very long time.
