Bonds
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!”
walking, leaving me alone in the echoing silence of the room. As he
said finally. “I’m not. But I need time. Time to process this.” He paused again, his gaze lingering on me for a beat longer before he continued, “I’ll call you
disappeared out the door, leaving me alone in the darkness with the deafening
shaky breath, I opted against calling a cab. Walking, I reasoned,
My destination remained unknown, my mind consumed by the fallout that awaited me. My father’s face, twisted with fury, flashed through
my ears and without realizing it, my steps had carried me towards a
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stopped to stare at the sign
The Rusty Compass.
scent of stale beer and well-worn leather. The low murmur of conversation hung in the air, punctuated by the occasional clinking of glasses. A lone young woman stood behind the bar, her auburn hair cascading down her shoulders in fiery
I get a double scotch,
glanced up, lingering on my face for a beat longer than necessary. Her eyes, the color of
her gaze night?”
through me. “The roughest of them all,” I confessed, letting
I realized, I was spilling my
of quiet understanding. When I finished, a heavy silence settled between
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 a shaved head and a gold chain glinting around his
strongest stuff, sweetheart,” he barked at
defiance sparked in her hazel, “I’m sorry but there are no drinks available. This is a peaceful bar and it is not for
and your gunes.”
head of the newcomer clanked as he slammed his fist on the counter, the force rattling the glasses behind Riley, “This place ain’t for the likes of us, huh? What makes you think you can
“You are
in here. I’m pretty sure you know that. You are just looking to
him as he moved closer until he was in Riley’s face, “Again Lask. What are you going to
the edge of the barstool, the weight of the situation pressing down
voice surprisingly calm despite the churning in
you to tell us what to do?” The man sneered, his gaze flickering to me with undisguised hostility.
countered, taking a deep breath, “it kind of is. This is
across his face. “This some kind of joke, sweetheart? You think
man let out a guttural laugh. “Yeah, maybe she should
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