The Girl He Craves novel (Sophie and Aiden) novel Chapter 59

Aiden’s pov

I’m marching down the lengthy staircase, cursing every living thing I can think of.

I’m frustrated. I’m confused. I’m hurt.

Thad not expected something like this from Sophie. Not the innocent girl I painted in my head years ago.

But then I remembered how she abandoned me in jail and then I realized Sophie was never the innocent girl I portrayed her to be.

I opened the old door, shouldering a woman who was just entering. I’m too angered and frustrated to apologize. She curses me and I ignore her as I march over to the SUV waiting for me.

Mitch is ducked in a way that you’d not notice him at first glance. And though the sight is rather amusing, I don’t laugh nor smile.

The only thing I feel is anger. Towards Sophie. Burning rage.

Mitch notices me and fixes himself on the seat and unlocks the door. I open the door and got in. I’m breathing heavily and literally breathing out fire.

Mitch looks at me through the rearview mirror and looks confused and worried. “Are you okay Mr. Xavier?”

I ran my shaky hand through my nose and looked at the apartment. I shake my head in disbelief.

“I have a son.” I breathed out slowly in disbelief. Now saying it out loud, I can’t help but think that maybe I had gone mad.

Maybe I didn’t have a son and this was all an illusion.

I shake my head. That was impossible.

Ashton was as real as anyone. I felt him, I held him in my arms. He’s mine. He’s my son. He’s not a hallucination and a fragmen of my imagination.

He was real.

I groan in frustration and anger. Him being really made it all the more hurtful that Sophie didn’t tell me about him.

“Pardon Mr. Xavier?” Mitch asked, looking at me confused.

I shake my head and passed a hand over my face. “I have a son Mitch. A fucking son that I didn’t know about.” I groaned.

Mitch looks stunned by my revelation and then winces. “You

didn’t know about him?”

I shook my head no. “I didn’t. She kept his existence from me.”

Mitch shakes his head. “Well that’s not good. What are you going to do about it, sir?” He asked and then rushed out. “If you don’t mind me asking sir.”

I shake my head and looked at the apartment one last time and then looked at Mitch. My eyes met his but they also met the familiar old car that she owned through the mirror rearview mirror.

It’s so old that the poor thing looks ready to collapse at any time.

There is no way in hell I’ll have her driving around with my son on that old death trap everywhere.

I’m getting her a new one tomorrow morning as soon as possible.

Maybe by tomorrow or tonight, I’ll have a functioning brain and know what to do. Because right now, all I want to do is punch a damn wall.

“I don’t know. All i know is that I’ll never let her keep him away from me any longer. Whether she likes it or not, I’m now in my son’s life. And there’s nothing she can do about it.” I said and after a few more words passed between us, I told him to drive me over to the closest hotel from here.

Sophie’s pov

Tears are trailing down my cheeks like a river. Ashton’s head is on my shoulder and by the soft little sounds that came from his lips, I knew he had fallen asleep.

I would’ve been a sobbing mess if I didn’t want him to have that nap. When I’m sure he had fallen asleep completely, I put him to rest.

He shifts a bit but goes right back to sleep.

My heart aches.

Aiden was right, I was a demon for keeping Ashton’s existence away from his knowledge.

My fear of him rejecting Ash the same way he rejected me and hurt me messed me up enough to make the worst decision in my life.

And now I was about to pay the price.