The Hockey Roommate's Filthy Desire novel Chapter 142

Chapter 142

JULIAN’S POV

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Just when I thought she was finally listening to me, just when I thought my words were actually breaking through that icy wall she had built around herself, she hit me with that sharp, emotionless line.

Are you done?

Her words cut through me like a knife. Looking into Aria’s cold, unyielding eyes, a heavy weight settled in my stomach. I knew right then that winning her back wasn’t going to be easy.

It was going to be a brutal, uphill battle to get her to forgive me for the past. But as I stared at her stubborn posture, one thing became absolutely certain in my mind.

I had to keep Brandon as far away from her as humanly possible. I couldn’t let him slide into the space that was supposed to be mine.

I felt like a complete fool for letting her go five years ago. I had thrown away the best thing that had ever happened to me, and seeing her now only made the regret burn hotter.

“I told you to get out, Julian,” Aria said again, her voice cracking slightly but remaining firm. She pointed back toward the hallway.

“Get out of my apartment and do not disturb me or my life ever again. I mean it. I don’t want Amelia to come back from school and see you standing here. You have already caused more than enough damage to last us a lifetime.”

I stood there and just stared at her for a long, quiet moment. My heart genuinely ached inside my chest.

Even with tears shimmering in her eyes and her face pale from anger, she still looked just as beautiful as she did the very first day we met.

She was just older now, her features sharper, carrying the grace and strength of a woman who had survived a storm I helped create.

“I will leave for now, Aria,” I said softly, reaching down to pick up my winter coat from the sofa I threw it over my arm and looked back at her.

“But don’t think for a second that this is over. I won’t hesitate to come back I am not going any where this time. You and Amelia are my family, and I am never going to leave you behind agam

She didn’t answer. She just kept her hand pointed toward the door, her gaze locked on the wall behind me

Realizing I wouldn’t get anything else out of her today. I turned around and walked out of the apartment I shut the heavy door behind me, the loud click echoing in the quiet hallway, and walked down the stairs to the parking lot.

Losing her had been the single biggest mistake of my life. I got into my sports car, slammed the door, and turned the key in the ignition.

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Chapter 142

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The engine roared to life, but the noise couldn’t drown out the sudden rush of memories that started replaying in my head the moment I hit the gas and pulled onto the main road.

My mind flashed back to that terrible day five years ago. When she walked into my private office, trembling and crying, to tell me that she was pregnant, I hadn’t believed a single word.

At first, I genuinely thought the pregnancy was just a cheap, desperate plot to get me to overlook the scandal and forgive her. My pride had been too massive to see straight.

And even when reality finally sank in and I realized she wasn’t lying about the baby, my twisted mind refused to believe the child was mine. I had convinced myself it belonged to Professor Hayes.

I had let my jealousy and the disgusting rumors blind me to the truth of the woman I loved.

The truth was, I had never really believed in love until I met Aria. She was the only one who had ever made me feel alive. After I threw her away, I didn’t even consider the possibility of finding love again.

I assumed my heart was entirely dead, so I just remained with Leonie. I did exactly what my father expected of me, moving through life like a ghost and dancing to whatever tune the old man played.

God, my days with Leonie were the absolute worst. Every single day felt like a punishment.

From the forced, fake smiles I had to flash for the cameras at public events, to the completely emotionless moments we shared behind closed doors.

Even down to the stupid, meaningless sex where I felt absolutely nothing but a hollow emptiness inside. She wasn’t Aria. She could never be Aria.

I gripped the steering wheel so tightly my knuckles turned white. I felt like a total, pathetic mess. What the hell was I thinking all those years? Why had I been so blind?

It was only a year ago that I finally uncovered the truth and found out those damning tapes were completely fabricated.

I had immediately started making plans to ensure Serena would rot behind bars for what she did, but when if came to Aria, I had frozen. I just couldn’t summon the courage to approach her on time.

I was terrified of seeing the exact look of hatred I had just witnessed in her apartment But now? Now. I was completely done being a fool. I was done letting fear and regret dictate my lite

I was going to fight for what was mine, no matter what it took

As I drove faster along the highway, the tires humming against the asphalt my phone sullenly began to ring loudly in the console The screen lit up with a name I despised seeing

Leonie

I bared my teeth in disgust, shoved the phone angrily to the passenger seat and kept my eyes glued to the road. I kept driving, the anger burning a hole through my chest until I finally pulled up outside the towering glass building of Brandon’s corporate office

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