The Hockey Roommate's Filthy Desire novel Chapter 139

Chapter 139

ARIA’S POV

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I sat on the edge of my sofa, staring at my phone. It felt like a heavy, poisonous weight in my hand. A few seconds after the first text, the screen lit up again with a new message.

Julian did not just send a text this time. He sent a file. My fingers were shaking so much that I almost dropped the phone, but I forced myself to open it.

It was an official report from a medical lab. There it was, in black and white, the proof that Amelia was his. I felt a wave of hot, burning fury wash over me.

What gave him the right? What gave him the audacity to run a medical test on my child without asking me first? At first, I tried to tell myself it was a lie.

I thought it was a fake paper he made on a computer to scare me. Amelia had been with me all evening, and she had not mentioned anyone sticking her with a needle.

She didn’t say anything about a doctor collecting a blood sample. I typed back with trembling thumbs, my vision blurry with anger.

“This is fake, Julian. You are a liar. You never touched her with a needle, and she was never alone with a doctor. Stop trying to scare me.”

His reply came back almost instantly, as if he was waiting for me to snap.

“I didn’t need a needle, Aria. I am not a monster. I didn’t do much at all. I just kept the plastic spoon she used for her ice cream at the hotel. The doctor only needed the saliva left on that spoon to get the DNA. It was very easy. Besides, you and I both know the math is correct. Look at her age. It proves she was made when we were still together. You can’t run from the truth anymore. She is mine.”

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I felt sick to my stomach. I felt like I was going to throw up right there on the rug. He had planned this from the very start. He didn’t just want to see her. He wanted to steal a piece of her.

He had used a simple, sweet treat like a cup of ice cream to trick a five–year–old girl and steal her DNA

I couldn’t stay inside the house. I felt like the walls were closing in on me, getting tighter and tighter Inceded to scream, but I couldn’t wake Amelia up.

She had been through enough today. I grabbed a sweater, stepped out onto the small balcony, and closed the glass door very quietly behind me.

The night air was cold and biting, but I didn’t feel it. I was burning up with a rage that felt like tire m my veins. I called his number. I didn’t care what time it was. The moment he answered, I didn’t even give him a chance to say “hello.”

“You are a sick, disgusting man!” I hissed into the phone, my voice low but full of hate. “You are a drunkard and a thief! Why are you suddenly chasing after my daughter now? Where were you for the last five years of her life? Were you too busy playing house with Leonie? Did you finally marry her, or did she finally realize what a monster you are and leave you?”

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“Aria, please, listen to me,” Julian said. His voice was calm and smooth, which only made me want to scream louder. “I never married Leonie. I sent her away a long time ago. I have been looking for you for years, Aria. I have been searching every city since I found out that the leaked sex tape from years ago was fake.”

I froze. The cold air suddenly felt much colder. “You found out it was fake?”

“Yes. It was all a plot, Aria,” he continued, his voice sounding desperate. “Serena and her friends planned the whole thing. They set you up to make it look like you were cheating on me with that man. I know that now. I know you were innocent. I know I made a mistake.”

“I do not give a damn about what you believe now!” I yelled, tears of anger stinging my eyes.

“You accused me of sleeping with my professor. You called me names I can never forget. When I needed you most, when I was scared and had no money and nowhere to go, you turned your back on me. You didn’t even look at the evidence. You just threw me out like I was trash! I went through my entire pregnancy alone. I walked into that hospital and gave birth to my child alone. I sat in that room with no one to hold my hand while I was in pain. You have no claim to her. You are a stranger to her!”

While I was yelling, my mind went to Brandon. Brandon was the one who was there. Brandon was the one who stayed by my side through the hard nights.

When Amelia was a baby and she wouldn’t stop crying, Brandon was the one who walked the floor with her so I could sleep for an hour. He was the one who bought her first shoes and cheered for her when she learned to walk.

Brandon had been there for every single holiday and every single scraped knee. He was the real father, even if the blood didn’t match.

“Aria, please. Just calm down and think for a second,” Julian said. He sounded like he was trying to be the “good guy,” but it felt like he was twisting a knife in my heart.

“I know you have worked hard. I know you finally got back your father’s company and you are successful now. I want us to put the past behind us. I want you to come back to me so we can be one big, happy family again. For Amelia’s sake, she needs her real father.”

At that moment, a memory hit me like a punch to the gut. I remembered the legal papers and the secret meetings I had found out about later.

Julian hadn’t just broken my heart; he was part of the group that tried to steal my father’s legacy and his company. He had been working with the very people who wanted to take away everything my father had worked his whole life to build.

I broke down right there on the balcony. I slid down against the cold metal railing and started sobbing, my whole body shaking. How could I have been such a fool?

Julian was never just a man who didn’t trust me. He was my enemy. He was part of the plan to ruin my family’s name and take our money.

And instead of seeing him for who he really was, I had loved him blindly. I had given him my heart, I had slept with him, and I had gotten pregnant by a man who was actively trying to destroy my father’s life.

“I regret every single second I ever spent with you,” I sobbed into the phone, my voice thick with pain and

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