Filed to story: The Girl He Craves Book by Demiah
I shook my head. It was obvious he’d not admit that he wanted revenge on me. Aiden was after all way too smart to fall into a trap like this. “You’re frustrating! I don’t want to be your secretary Aiden! I’ll go back to work with Bernard but I don’t want to be your secretary.” I huffed. The storm in his eyes turns cold and then darkens. I feared I had just woken up the lion from his slumber.
He pinned me down with that stare and a shiver so cold and electrifying curled down my spine.
His jaw clench and popped and I knew that my words had upset him. Because gone was the indifferent look and now hello to the angry look. “Are you fucking him?” He asked through clenched teeth. If this was a cartoon show, Aiden would have smoke coming out of his ears.
I blanched in shock. What the hell?
“What?” I asked, my eyes widening in shock.
“Are you fucking Bernard Sophie? Why is it that you’re so close to the damn man that you’d do anything to not get him fired?!” He sneered with fury curling on his tongue.
I looked at him in stunned silence. Completely shocked that he’d think this of me.
Why would he even ask such a question? He was trying to fire an innocent man so of course I’d do anything to be the reason that man can’t feed his family!
But when I continued to stare at Aiden, something flashes in his eyes. A moment that the mask in his eyes cracked.
Jealousy.
He was jealous.
Was he jealous of Bernard?
Out of all people, Aiden Xavier was jealous of Bernard!
I didn’t know if to laugh or be annoyed that he had the audacity to ask me such a question because of his jealousy.
“You’re jealous.” I accused with a snort and watch him quickly hide the look of jealousy that had been gleaming under the veil of his eyes.
He huffed tearing his eyes away from me. “Don’t be ridiculous why would I be jealous of that old man?”
Him ripping his gaze away from me only showed me that he indeed was jealous.
“Then why would you ask such a stupid question?” I huffed.
He turns back to face me, his features back to showing that he was indifferent. “Was the question that hard to answer Sophie? It’s a simple yes and no question.”
I raised a brow. Was he really trying to make a U-turn back to his question so he’d not have to answer mine?
I rolled my eyes. His arrogance.was suffocating.
“I don’t see why you need to know the answer to that question Aiden. You’re not obligated to know who I sleep with and don’t sleep with. Let’s keep you as Ashton’s father and nothing more.
His eyes shift in irritation. “And that’s exactly why I need to know if there’s another man in your life Sophie. I need to know if another man will try to take my spot
“Wait.” I cut in his angry rant. “What spot are you talking about because I just told you, the only spot you have in my life is being Ashton’s father. That doesn’t mean you need to know who I sleep with. And God Aiden, no one can take your spot as Ashton’s father
“Yet if I were to have never found out about him and you got yourself a man, then what would have become of that situation Sophie? Would that bastard not have raised my son instead of me?! Would he have not taken my spot!?” He spat cutting me off.
I shook my head and threw my hands up in frustration. “No one would’ve taken your spot Aiden because there’s no one to take it then and now! I’m not fucking anyone not that it’s your business to know anyway. But would you stop throwing my mistake in my face every damn conversation we have?!”
I’m seething and I’m angry and I don’t give a damn how loud my voice is. I breathed out and tried to relax while rubbing at my temples.
Every conversation I have with him, I get a migraine lurking behind my lids. He was always frustrating in high school and now he was even more so.
“I know I screwed up Aiden and for the rest of my life, I’ll regret and remember what stupid decision I made by keeping him away from you. But God, for once can you keep it out of the conversation?” “No,” Aiden responded bluntly.
Sophie’s pov
No?
I looked up at him and peered into his eyes. There’s no trace of any emotion that would tell me what he was thinking in his head right now.
“I’m not going to stop bringing it up. I’m going to keep saying it until I no longer feel anger every time I think about it, Sophie.” He grumbles. “Don’t act like you don’t know why I did what I did Aiden! At that time I thought I was making the right choice. I’ve always put Ashton’s best interest before mine “Putting his best interest by keeping him away from his father. Is that what you call putting his best interest, Sophie!?” He barked, the veins in his neck more visible.
“I did what I thought was right! You’ve always hurt me, I thought you’d hurt him too! I wanted to protect him Aiden. You can’t be mad that I thought you’d not love him, especially with the way you treated me for years.”
My chest rose and fell as I breathed heavily and quickly.
Aiden remains quiet but his stormy gaze is still on me. And then he spoke up after a couple of stifling seconds.
“What makes you think I wouldn’t have loved him, Sophie? Was I that much of a villain in your story that you thought I’d not love my own son?”
I peered at him and then I laughed.
But it comes out dry and dried out of emotion. “Villain? Aiden you must’ve forgotten how you treated me during high school. But don’t worry, you’re not the only villain in my story. I’m also a villain. So I guess we’re both villains. So don’t act like what you’ve done to me is any better than what I’ve done to you. We both screwed up.”
Aiden looked at me and then shook his head. “I’m not going to argue with you right now Sophie. Especially when we both might say something the other will regret.”
“Good because I don’t feel like arguing right now either. I’m tired of arguing with you today. Let’s focus on the main issue at hand right now. I refuse to be your secretary if you only want revenge Aiden.” I said sending a pointed look his way.
Aiden snorted. “You really don’t have a choice in this Sophie. But.” He stops and reaches for the phone on his desk.
“Revenge is the last thing on my mind.” He finishes and I didn’t believe a single word he just said.
If Aiden was the same guy from high school then revenge was definitely on his mind. It would be the first!
Seeing as there was no way out of this I stayed silent. What would be the point in continuing to fight him on this when he would only threaten me with Bernard again?
And of course, I wouldn’t risk Bernard getting fired because of me so I would agree and he’d get exactly what he wanted.
Eyeing him curiously as he punched in a few numbers I asked.
“Am I dismissed then boss?” I asked him sarcastically.
Since I had a new role in being the Ceo’s secretary then I might as well go to see where I was stationed to work.
Aiden looks up from the phone, shook his head no then lifted his finger to silence me and tell me to wait.
A woman’s voice filters through the office seconds later and I stiffen.
“Yes Mr. Xavier?” The woman coughed a bit.
Looking at me without batting a lash, Aiden said. “Get the best women’s brand office clothes in my office in less than thirty minutes.” He ordered.
“Size sir?” The woman squeaked through the phone.
Was that his personal assistant? Was she not sick?
Aiden’s eyes roamed over my figure before he responds cooly. I watch in shock as he says my exact size and I squirm when his eyes practically feast on my breasts.
I sat back down on the sofa awkwardly because that was the only way I could get his eyes to move off my breasts without acting foolish.
But his eyes just followed and I glared at him. Noticing my glare, he had the nerve to smirk and wink.
I let out an annoyed breath. One minute we were down each other’s throats the next Aiden was flirting with me and I was fighting the urge to jump his bones. When he ends the call with the woman I asked in curiosity. “How do you know my size?”
His eyes went back to roaming my figure and they stopped yet again on my breasts. I blew out a breath through my nose.