Chapter 7: The Mystery Woman

Gabriel’s POV

Chapter 2 The Mystery Woman

“How bad?” I asked, my anger slowly building. Just as I suspected, he had made a mistake and was probably in need of help.

“Really bad, Dad. I messed up the one good thing I had going on in my life.”

“What happened?” I asked, wanting to hear the full story before reacting. Over the years, I learned to wait for all the information before giving a response.

“It’s my girlfriend… I messed up badly with her.”

“Girlfriend?” I repeated, relieved that it was a relationship issue and not something more serious. I let out the breath I’d been holding and leaned back in my chair. “I didn’t know you had a girlfriend.”

“Dad, I do… we’ve been together for a year and a half.”

My eyes widened in surprise.

“I’m sorry I kept it hidden. I wanted to tell you at the right time.”

“You kept a serious relationship secret from me? I thought we were close. But apparently, you still see me as an old man who doesn’t need to know everything about your life,” I said, hurt but willing to move on. “I’m disappointed, but let’s focus on what you did.”

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“I cheated,” he blurted out, the remorse clear on his face. “Last night she walked in on me with another

woman.”

“Adrian,” I said sternly, my anger rising. “What the hell?”

“Dad, I need your help, not your judgment,” he pleaded, his voice full of desperation.

hands in surrender. “So, I assume your relationship with her is

exactly,” he exclaimed, his desperation clear. “I want her back. It was a stupid moment of weakness,

lying and cheating were things I

love her. It was

the right advice. I didn’t want him to keep hurting someone who didn’t deserve

my gaze on him, a tactic I’d perfected over the years. He knew I could see right through him.

a few

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But it’s only because we’re not having s*x, and as the months went by,

I knew my son well enough to understand how important that aspect of a relationship

she wanted to wait until marriage, and

shock. A smirk graced my lips.

not funny,” he said,

you agreeing to keep the marriage bed untouched is laughable, and I think you that. So why did

know

successful and helped me turn my life around. I knew I couldn’t let s*x make me lose someone so

warned. “People make their own choices, and your mother

My girlfriend is different. She’s the kind of woman who would

listen. You’re my son, and I want to help you,

with him.

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me, she seems like a good person. You’ve hurt her, so it’s not just

her again,” he pleaded, desperation clear in his

is an action that hurts your partner and sometimes is capable of destroying them and the relationship you both worked hard to build.”

please… there must be something I can do to get her back,” he begged, his eyes sincere as he reached out to hold my hand. The look in his eyes softened my heart.

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