Bonds of the Alpha Billionaire (Maya and Alex)

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

-Maya's POV-

"You don't have to say it back," he rushed on, his voice attempting to mask the vulnerability I saw reflected in his eyes. "And maybe I shouldn't have been so hasty. I just... can't hide how I feel. You're an amazing woman, Amaya, and..."

He trailed off, searching my face, and a wave of panic washed over me. I couldn't let him get any closer, not emotionally, not physically.

"I have kids," the words tumbled out in a rush, escaping my control before I could stop them.

He blinked, a flicker of confusion replacing the affection in his eyes. "What?"

I could almost hear my father's voice, a chilling echo in the back of my head, warning me against this very moment.

"Two of them," I blurted out, my voice ragged. "Twins. And I didn't... I mean, my father didn't want me to tell you. But I don't want to lie to you anymore,

Ivan."

Silence stretched between us, thick and suffocating. He just stared at me, his expression unreadable. The longer he remained silent, the heavier the weight of my confession became. "Ivan? Please, say something."

Then, a flicker of something dark crossed his features. Anpor? Hurt? Whatever it was, sent a shiver down my spine.

"How long were you going to keep it a secret?" His voice was low, laced with a dangerous edge. "Wait, that's not even the question I should be asking. Who is the father?"

My mouth gaped open and closed like a fish out of water. No words came out, no justifications, no explanations.

Frustration flared in his eyes, quickly replaced by a chilling resignation. He let out a humorless scoff "Fine," he muttered, the single word heavy with disappointment.

He turned away, his broad shoulders slumped in defeat, "I trust you can find your way back to wherever you go to hide your lies," he said, his voice cold

and distant.

"Ivan, please!"

He just kept walking, leaving me alone in the echoing silence of the room. As he reached the doorway, a sliver of

his face was unreadable. "No, Amaya," he said finally. "I'm not. But I need time. Time to process

sigh, he disappeared out the door, leaving me alone in the darkness

shaky breath, I opted against calling a cab. Walking, I reasoned,

energy as 1 walked. My destination remained unknown, my mind consumed by the fallout that awaited me. My father's face, twisted with fury, flashed through my thoughts, fueling a fresh

of my heels filled my ears and without realizing it, my

Chapter 17

stopped to stare at the

The Rusty Compass.

by the occasional clinking of glasses. A lone young woman stood behind

get a

a beat longer than necessary. Her eyes, the color of

her gaze night?"

"The roughest of them all," I confessed, letting out a

turned into two, then three and before I realized, I was spilling my guts

expression a mask of quiet understanding. When I finished,

then, a sudden commotion erupted near the back of the bar. Three burly men shoved their way through a swinging door, their laughter grating in the previously subdued atmosphere. One of them, a man with

of your strongest stuff, sweetheart," he barked at Riley, his gaze leering. "And make it

her hazel, "I'm sorry but there

and your gunes."

fist on the counter, the force rattling the glasses behind Riley, "This place ain't for the likes of us, huh? What makes

"You are

in here. I'm pretty sure you know

until he was in Riley's face,

the barstool, the weight of the situation

surprisingly calm despite the churning in my

sneered, his gaze flickering to me with undisguised hostility. "This ain't

I countered, taking a deep breath, "it kind of is. This is a decent place, and causing trouble

kind of joke, sweetheart? You think you can

his buddies, a hulking mass of a man let out a guttural laugh. "Yeah,

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