Chapter 43
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Gabriel looks around our quaint little lanove much
That makes two of us ||
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My water trails off and I put my banils no Larry’s shinodders. “This is Dacia.” I present her to him. “Lucia, this is my friend, Gabriel.“}
Gabriel’s eyes flick to me in question, and I give a subtle sing. I have no idea how in introduce him.]
“Hello,” Galiciel says to her:||
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feet and looks up at him. “You’re very big” “Tall, I correct her.
“You’re very small” he replies.||
“Luras Marks calls nie a mouse because Ein so small,” she says mattered factly.|||
as if surprised. “You tell a Marks that he hung ears.||
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What
“This is Dominic “Teut thens off. “Dom, this is Gabriel.” “Hi,” Don says without an mort as a glance.[
3 jaw ticks as he stares at him, dearly annoyed by his rude behavior, Fuck!]
“Would you like a cup of coffee?” I ask to change the subject[]
Gabriel’s eyes cuine hark fo “Yes,” he replies |
“Why don’t you pays go outside and play before dinner?” 1 take a simile; everything is great here. Nothing!
“I don’t wand to po aquide,” Dom replies ||
Gabriel’s unimpressed eyes flick over to him ||
“Go upstairs then, awretir “1 widen my eyes at him. Not now, forker.
Dogs stomps up the stairs as if I’m a major inconveniener ||
This damn kid will be the death o
see. Happy, happy, happy
as she continues to look up at him. “Why are you wearing that?“||
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last six years, it’s that sleeping with a dominant man may be hot, but ratsing one as your
Lory stands at Gabriel’s reta
one as your son is a
son is a lot less desirable.
“Wearing what?” he
“That” She gestures to his cathers|||
“My T
She nods with
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a gonty smule. “t’s funny, “You never saw a mit before?” He frowns ||
“Upstairs, sweetie.” I cut her off. Please stop telling him how uncultured we are. “Momy has grown up things to discuss with Gabriel,” I glauce myrt at him to see that his face is erid and expressionless
Take the offer, Lucy, trust me upstairs is a much better option.|||
She skips upstairs and the room falls silent, sigh Don’t leave me alone with him []
Gabriel sinks into a chair at the dining table and I flick on the coffee machine
Shit I search my mind for the nest
I glance over my shoulder to see him looking around my house, Leant imaglar what he’s thinking Everything in his world is opulent and over thetop luxury and this is a line Ing cabin o on the lake where everything is homemade. Even our casbluts on the couch are crocheted, not that I like them, Mavis down the road makes me all kinds of ugly shit. The kids think her creations are marvelous and who am i to be a grineti [
I put Gabriel’s coffee down on the table and take a seat beside him
Tou.” I swalloy
I swallow the bucket of sand in my throat. To assuming the results are back.“||
“Yes” His eyes hold mine. How were you so pare?” “Because I don’t sleep armand, and you know that.” He calls his lips and remains silent:||
So what happens now?”
He is his coffee and winces, “Ugh. What is this fucking shit?“]]
“Coffee, Gabriel‘
“Christ almighty, you still make the worst fucking cup of coffee. He pushes his cup forward. “That’s inedible.” “You drink it, not a snap! He raises an eyebrow as a silent warning, and 1 widen my eyes bark |
“Don’t
“Don’t you.”
God, this is never going to work
We fall stent for a while |
Finally, I ask him what I need to know. “What are you doing here?” “I came to make the arrangements,” Arrangements?||
“Tor what?
“You’re going to have to move back to New York.”
“Sorry >
Tivery busy with a lot on and I don’t have time to be coming out here.“]]
inovers will pack for you and everything will be taken care of “
“Of course I will cover the costs and get you a nice place, the move
I stare at him as I have an out of body experience||
“I was thinking of my penthouse in Park Avenue, you may decorate it however you wish, I suppose.” He thinks for a moment. “But I want to get a say on the interior designer you choose.”
i blink in surprise. “No.”
“What about my terrace in Manhattan, then? I thought you may prefer that one, it is only four bedrooms, though, and it doesn’t have as good a view. ” He thinks for a moment. “And the commute to my place will take longer in peak hour traffic. No. I think I would prefer in Park Avenue.
it’s a two–story penthouse, it’s a lot bigger and doser in my place.”
“I’m not moving anywhere“]
“what do you mea?”]
“The kids‘ lives are here. Their friends and school are here.” I shrug. I’m not moving them anywhere.“]
Yes. You are.
move back to New York. You have no say in where we live.“]
“No. I’m not.” I feel my temper begin to rise. You can’t just barge in here and demand that I m
He narrows his eyes. “I want and will be taking fifty percent custody of my children. With or without your permission.”
“Your children?” I cross my arms as my temper prepares to blow. “That’s a joke, right?“||
“What the fuck is that supposed to mean? he whispers angrily. Thave the paperwork to prove it“]
“you made it very clear the night they were conceived that it was a seminal transfer
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His eyes flicker with fury
“You are a sperm donor and nothing more.“||
“How fucking dare you,” he hisses. “You walk into my office late at night after a Christmas party and seduce me on my desk, Strategically fall pregnant. Carry my child in secret for nine months, give birth to not one but two of my children and never once call to let me know. He stands, Who the fucking hell do you think you are kidding with this Pollyanna art. And while we are at it, how dare you name my son Domini?‘
me to call him?*|
“What did you want me to
*Gabriel
“I know a Gabriel, and it turned me off the name.”
“You can talk, you’re a deceiving witch who is using my children as a weapon against me.1
“Get out.“]
“No.1
Get the
“Get the fuck out,” I whisper angrily. “We don’t want you here.”
“They don’t even know me.
“And that’s how it should stay. Go home to your fiancée, Gabriel. Start again, have a million Italian babies with her,
He glares at me. “I’m organizing the move.”
“Go to hell.”
“you want to do this?” He raises an eyebrow. “You really want to push me, because I I can go for full custody if that suits you better.”
“And there it is,” I whisper angrily. “I knew it was coming. Get the fuck out right now.”
“You cannot stop me from seeing them.”
“I never said I was. If you want to build a relationship
p with them, you come here to do it. You are the adult, you are the one who needs to make the effort. You have a private jet, for fuck’s sake, you can fly in whenever you want.“]
*1 want them closer“]
“Get to know them first“||
“If you live in New York, you can come back here every weekend.”
“What explore. “Can you even h
yourself? You have absolutely no interest in these children and their well being. Let me get
et this straight, yo
you want them
to live in New York through the week and come back here on the weekends
“Yes.
“But you work fourteen hour days through the werk. Hie opens his mouth in say something but I cut him off ||
“And at the time when you could actually spend some quality time with them on the weekends, you want to pack them up and send them back here to get out of your hair.”
“That isn’t how it i
“That’s exactly how it is.” I march to the door and open it. “Get out.”
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