Filed to story: The Girl He Craves Book by Demiah
Mr. Xavier interlocks their fingers and squeezes her hand in reassurance. We’ll find a way around this Meredith-
‘No dad, I’ll find a way. I don’t want you two involved in this mess-
‘We’re already in this mess the moment he tried to force you to marry that girl. I can talk to him Aiden-
Aiden cuts off his mother. “No! You won’t go near that man.”
I’m startled by his loud tone and even Ashton who wailed. Aiden looks broken when his son cries loudly.
He tries to calm him down but Ashton reaches out for me. Aiden looks hurt but passes him overt me.
‘I’m sorry little man, I didn’t mean to startle you.’ He cooes at Ashton, brushing a finger over his cheek in a comforting manner.
‘I may understand your frustration and anger Aiden, but I am still your mother. Do not ever raise that tone with me again young man.’ Meredith warns, scowling at Aiden who winced. ‘Sorry mom.’ He apologize.
Meredith looks pleased by her son’s apology and then rises to her feet. Her sudden action had us all looking up at her in confusion.
Let’s go hunny, we need to visit a bastard.” She tells her husband who looked at her baffled.
‘Who?” He drawled in confusion and stood up.
‘My father.” Meredith grumble and with a glare at Aiden to tell him he should not argue about this, the two leave.
Aiden groans loudly, throwing his head back.
I looked at him in concern. ‘I don’t think Sergio will hurt his daughter Aiden.”
He sighs. “I know. But I’m not worried about that. I’m worried that she will hurt him.”
My brows knot.
He elaborates after he notices my confused stare.
‘My mother is the only one who could truly hurt Sergio. Once before, my mother was his world. Until she married my father. Let’s just say a hurt Sergio is far worse than an angry one.’
I nod in understanding and brush my fingers through Ashton’s hair.
‘You were about to tell me something about the Muralo siblings before you were interrupted. I’m intrigued.”
Aiden looks at me, chewing his lips before answering. ‘There was a rumor once that the Muralo siblings were involved with each other.”
Was he saying what I think he was?
‘They were involved with incest. Or so one of their bodyguards said a few years back. Apparently he walked in on them but that rumor was quickly squished and that bodyguard had yet to be seen since.”
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Sophie’s pov
My eyes bulged in shock.
If there was one thing I’d think the Morale’s were guilty of, it would not have been incest.
I shivered, my skin crawling. I’m disgusted.
Perhaps I was overreacting since it is but a rumor. But if it were….why would the said bodyguard disappear and have never been seen again after claiming such?
People usually disappear when they’ve seen something they shouldn’t because either the acting parties have paid them off or the acting parties have done something bad to them.
Either way….I can’t help but have an inkling that the statement is true.
‘Do you think it’s true?”
Aiden hums, shrugging a bit. “Christopher has always been really close with his sister, the two are considered inseparable. He’d do anything for her. He sees her as his prized jewel. Everyone knew that. But if they do have a sexual relationship going on, they’re doing a good job in hiding it from the public.”
If Christopher saw Lillian as his prized jewel then that would mean that he would be very upset if anyone hurt Lillian in any way.
Is that why Aiden slept with her and tossed her like she was used tissue?
Did he do that to get on Christopher’s nerves?
Or did he just do it for just the thrill of it?
I bit the inside of my cheek and then voiced out my thoughts. “Is that why you slept with her? Did you want to get one up on him? How did you two even become rivals?”
My brows furrowed as I thought about it.
Christopher and Aiden were like two princes battling for the throne. Only one could conquer such a high position.
Aiden looks away, his face flushed with embarrassment. “Yes. It was to irritate him. I regret doing that and can’t justify myself. I was an asshole. Plain and simple. I’m not going to try to make you feel like you need to forgive me. Be upset with me all you want, as long as you still love me, I can take it.”
‘I’m not upset with you about it, well not anymore. If anything, I was jealous that you slept with others. But it’s all in the past now and I don’t see it doing any good to hold on to such feelings anymore.” I admitted while playing with Ashton’s fingers.
He had quieted down and was now bubbling with slight giggles.
Aiden looked at me in guilt, his face twisting with pain. “I’m sorry Soph. There are so many mistakes I had done in the past, mistakes that brought you pain. I wished I could go back and rewrite them.” He shifts closer to Ash and me and loops his arm over my shoulder. He tucks me closer until I had no choice but to rest on his shoulder. “But let me make one thing clear to you Sophie Bell, no other girl, woman, no one could ever compare to you. You’ve been it for me before you even knew. There’s no need to be jealous of anyone. Not when my heart only beats for you my love.”
He kisses my head tenderly and interlocks our fingers. He sighed, as if the feeling of being close brought him some peace with his raging thoughts. I knew his thoughts were scattered, especially with what happened to him today, there was no way he was not overthinking.
I’m happy that I could at least bring some sense of peace to his thoughts.
‘I promise to fix this. I promise.” He sighed, hugging me and Ash closer as if the mere thought of us being farther away made him sick.
I squeezed his hand because I believed him. If anyone had to fight Sergio and had a chance, it would be Aiden.
There was nothing more strong willed than a man who had been threatened to lose his family. Aiden was not willing to give us up easy, and neither was I going to give him up.
No more.
No one will get in between our future again.
No one.
Aiden pulls away reluctantly while murmuring. “I’ll be back, baby. I need to make a few calls and I will be back.”
The way he spoke I knew he was going to make calls to his private investigator. Aiden was ready to go on the offense. Meredith’s pov
I stormed my way to the huge door.
‘Hunny, are you sure about this?” Grant rushed behind me.
Grant never liked confrontation.
But I have Harrington in my blood, we love confrontation. We crave winning an argument.
“This has to stop today Grant. I can’t have him hurt our boy. He finally found his peace, a family, and the love of his life. I can’t let father make those beautiful things slip through Aiden’s fingers for his own selfish gain.” I grit as I pound my fists on the door.
It shook, surprising Grant with how much power I possess.