The Billionaire And His Son Want Me Back by Juliette Vaughan

Chapter 107

'Not this again,' Paisley thought, fighting back a groan. "Why are you so hung up on love? We're not kids anymore," she said.

"So you don't love him, do you?" Dominick pressed for an answer.

Paisley didn't bother responding. She kept her eyes fixed on Paul, silently willing him to wake up so she could get out of there.

But Dominick wouldn't let her dodge the question. He stepped right in front of her, blocking her view of Paul. "Paisley, I know you never remarried. That you've been raising the kid on your own."

"What are you getting at?" Paisley felt a headache coming on from dealing with Dominick.

Dominick stared at Paisley intently, his eyes full of sincerity. His voice carried a mix of compromise, resignation, and desperate longing.

"I'll treat Rena like my own daughter and love her as if she were mine. Just marry me again, and I can pretend everything that happened before was just a bad dream," Dominick said softly.

Paisley let out a laugh of disbelief. "Why on earth would I want to marry you again?"

"We're both single, and we have Grayson. Isn't getting back together the obvious choice?" Dominick spoke like it was the most natural thing in the world.

"Get back together?" Paisley met his eyes head-on, deciding to lay it all out. "What kind of marriage are we talking about here? The kind where you love me only when your schedule allows it?

"Or the kind where you drop everything the moment Marissa needs something? Or maybe the kind where your family still won't accept me after four whole years?

get? A husband too busy to care about me, some

deepen. "Listen, what's going on with Marissa and me—" "Save it," Paisley cut him off. "I don't care what's happening between you and

just let me " Dominick

a fit of coughing from Paul interrupted their

bedside. His tense expression melted into

his eyes searched the room until they found Paisley. A

made Paisley's heart clench. She walked over with a lump in her throat. "Mr. Paul Vanderbilt, I'm glad you're awake." She still couldn't bring herself to

of disappointment crossed Paul's face. "Thank you for saving me. I might have

did the weight finally lift from her chest. She turned to Dominick in a businesslike manner. "Since Mr. Paul Vanderbilt is awake, it means he's pulled through this time. Charles and Jonathan will handle his ongoing treatment. My work here is done,

my leave." Paisley grabbed her bag from the couch and

wait." Dominick

hospital bed, Paul watched them

He'd hoped his grandson might somehow patch

it came to feelings. Each thing he said just made matters

idea what kind of mess that would've turned into. He hoped the interruption would give them both a chance to cool off and talk things through properly. "Paisley, hold on a second." Dominick caught her arm in the hallway.

a deep breath to steady herself. "Look, Dominick, I was stupid before, buying into all that love stuff. But I'm

away again, Dominick blurted out desperately, "What about Grayson?

now. "No. He's your child. I'm just his biological mother. Of course, I'll pay child support if that's

Grayson that he said when he was

said, kids might