Falling For My Ex's Dad by Oma Green

Chapter 174

Chapter 175: She's Not Moving In With Us

Gabriel's POV

I sat at the dining table, seething, the rage in me growing hotter every goddamn second.

Across the table, Adrian and Clairessa sat so close their arms brushed. He leaned in, whispering something in her ear. She smiled-smiled like she loved whatever nonsense he was feeding her.

My blood burned.

Her eyes met mine once. Just once.

Then she looked away like I didn't exist. Like I hadn't given her twenty-four hours to tell him the truth.

And judging by the way he looked at her-like she was some innocent angel who saved his life-she hadn't said a word.

It was more than obvious she hadn't told him a damn thing.

She was still pretending. Same as always.

But she had no idea what hell I'd unleash if she kept this up.

God... I was going to-

I couldn't even say it.

Couldn't bring myself to hate her, no matter how much I wanted to.

Especially not when she was sitting beside my son, touching him, smiling for him

—and jealousy slammed into me like a punch to the ribs.

Shit. How could I still want the same woman my son was in love with?

How could I still ache for her?

Fuck...

She had him so tightly wrapped around her finger he couldn't see straight. Infatuated. Lost. Blind.

He was caught in her web now, just like I had been. And Clairessa-she was the one spinning it. Seducing both of us. Playing both sides.

Lying through those soft lips.

I dug my nails into my palms beneath the table, forcing myself to stay put.

No.

No, this wasn't Adrian's fault.

She was the one who shattered everything.

The reason I couldn't look at my own son without feeling betrayed.

And now she sat there, acting like she was innocent.

Like none of it had happened.

Like she hadn't torn my goddamn soul apart.

And fuck-I had to do something before she ruined us both.

Just as the rage clawed closer to the surface, Gretchen's voice cut in.

turned to him, "I'm dying to hear how

up, a boyish grin spreading as he looked at

of college. First day of

turning to

I didn't challenge him—I just corrected

teasingly. "I

sure you do," Adrian laughed. "Claire had no mercy. She shredded my logic and

murmured, still smiling. "You just didn't get

Still challenging me even

about her. She keeps

Love.

twisted in my gut like a

glanced at me

for a second before drifting back to the two

the

she brings me joy you can't imagine," Adrian said,

She stiffened.

I saw it.

didn't

all

fists under the table, willing myself to stay calm-but it wasn't

urge to tear them apart screamed through

to steer the conversation away, her voice tight and too polished. "Adrian, you're

Claire. I met her earlier in the kitchen-she's

like a goddamn fool. “She might seem shy now, but once you get to know her

sure," Gretchen added sweetly. "Welcome

a faint, uneasy

kind. She makes me want

That was it.

scraped against the floor as I leaned forward, slamming my

through the

eyes turned to

myself back into my seat, jaw clenched, fury boiling

"Mr.

me," I said, voice low, eyes locked on Adrian. "My son

flashing across

your priority-when your life is still in

fell, the light fading from

fraction of the humiliation he'd been shoving

in his seat, visibly

said. I'm ready to turn my life around. I want

caught me off guard.

voice firm.

swell of pride

this trainwreck

been knocked into you. We leave for the city tomorrow.

of course, he

one condition," Adrian added,

he said it, I knew. Whatever composure I had left

torn to shreds.

demands," I said coldly. "Let's not forget who's doing whom a favor. I can take

tight. "You've made

You should be on your knees

in, her voice gentle. "Mr. Storm,

gave her a grateful

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