"You have got to be fucking kidding me! I couldn't have slept with her, I was completely knocked...Oh God." I sat down as realization took over.
Who fucking knew what they had done to me while I was asleep? Who knew what Loreley had done?
"Where are they?" I spat, my head in my hands.
"They?" Liam asked.
"Gideon and Loreley." I clarified.
"It's just Gideon." Liam tensed. "Loreley hasn't been seen since, well, you are probably the last person to have seen her."
"Fuck!" I exclaimed. "Wait!"
"Wait for what, Aidan?"
"If she hasn't been seen, then perhaps he is lying." I felt hopeful.
That hope only lasted about ten minutes. Until Gideon burst into my office, James close behind him.
"Who do you think you are to burst into my office?" I yelled at him.
"How dare you use my daughter and get her pregnant!" Gideon shouted as if he truly cared.
"Use your daughter?" I exclaimed. "Oh, that’s rich, since she drugged me!"
"W-what?" Gideon looked more surprised than shocked. He clearly was aware of something, that asshole.
"That's right, Gideon. I got tested after everything and, turns out, plenty of drugs were found in my system. Do you know anything about that?" I spat at him.
He straightened his shoulders.
"How would I know about your drug habits?" He snapped back.
I smirked. "Go ahead and announce what a whore your daughter is, Gideon, because I have proof that I was drugged that night."
Gideon glared at me. "Well, once the child is born and a blood test is conducted, I suppose that the truth with come out!"
"Oh, I will definitely ask for a blood test! If there even is a baby, which I doubt!" I sneered over my desk at him.
"I wonder if your 'wife' will feel the same way." He smirked and left the room.
"Leave her alone, you fuck…" I ran around my desk, only to be subdued by Liam and James. "Let me go! I’ll kill that—"
"Calm down, Aidan." Liam grunted out, holding my right arm.
"Come on, Aidan, you can’t attack him. That’s what he wants." James held my left arm.
I yanked out of the hold and stood there breathing heavy, trying to regain some kind of composure.
"Fuck…Lilli…" I looked at Liam and he furrowed his brow. "Fuck!" I went for my cell phone on my desk.
It rang and rang, but no answer. I called Viola.
"Aidan?" She answered on the second ring.
"Is Lilli with you?" Please, please let her be with Viola.
"Uh, no…is something wrong?"
"Liam will fill you in." I hung up and tried Lilli again as I walked out of my office. I could feel James on my heels. "Fuck, she isn’t answering!"
"This way, we will take my car." James pulled me toward the garage level and into the private parking for VP’s.
We got into his Porsche and sped through the city. I repeatedly called my wife like a stalker.
The car wasn’t even in park, let alone stopped, when I flew out of the passenger door and into the house. My head almost spun off of my shoulders with the way I looked around for her. Dining room empty, living room empty, bedroom empty….Library.
"Lilli?" I shouted and pushed the door open.
My heart shattered into million pieces when I saw her. Her shoulders were jerking from the silent sobs. She looked up to me with swollen red eyes and tear stained cheeks. One sniffle and then her wrist flicked a glossy piece of paper at me.
"Lilli, it’s Gideon, he is trying…" She put her hand up to stop me.
"I can’t do this. I didn’t sign on for this. It’s too much." She shook her head almost violently as she stood from the lounge chair.
"Please, I doubt that this is even real. He is a bastard who is trying to get control of the company. I never realized how sick he was, but apparently it’s…" Her sobbing broke off my words. I moved to her and wrapped her in my arms.
"Don’t." She sobbed. "I can’t take it. It’s all just too much Aidan." She pushed away from me and looked me dead in the eyes. "I’m sorry."
She hurried out of the room.
My emotions took over and I destroyed the lamp sitting on the side table. One hit and it flew across the room, shattering against the wall. I slouched down into the chair with my head in my hands. She was going to leave again. I was going to lose her, this time for good.
Chapter Nine
Reunions
Lilli
I didn’t know what to do when I opened the priority message envelope that had been delivered.
Having just dealt with Uncle Henry and now this, I was coming undone mentally and emotionally. I stared at the ultra sound picture and the sobs tore through me. I heard my cell phone, but couldn’t move. Frozen in a whirlwind of mixed emotions and tears, I read over the included letter. Loreley was now pregnant and it was supposedly Aidan’s. Another sob tore through my lips.