Chapter 27.
Kaden POV.
It has been a week since I last saw Courtney, but that was because of the massive fight we had. I know she has been avoiding me and I should give her her space. Even if it is taking everything in me to not go looking for her, hold her and tell her how much on an asshole I was being to not consider her feelings.
But then there is the other part of me telling me she is overreacting and she is using the hormones from the pregnancy to act. Even so, no matter which way you look at it, she is still
carrying my daughter, no, our daughter. She has lost the only woman in her life that would better understand and help her with all of this. Not to mention everything that she has been
through lately.
But I know she is overreacting. She can’t expect me to not mention Chloe or what happened in
the past as much as she wants to gloss over it, sweep it under the rug. She is going to have to
face it, and so am I.
I walk through the mansion, because I refuse to call it a clubhouse because it is, in fact, a
damn mansion. I hear the music coming from the garage.
Beastie Boys Sabotage. I open the door that connects the garage to the house and walk in to
find Courtney with her long red hair in a messy bun, wearing dirty dungarees and a white vest
top. She has a wrench in her hand and grease on her hands and cheek.
I stand watching behind her in the doorway as she leans over the open hood of the Raptor. I
smile at her when she throws her head back and sings the chorus of the song, releasing a roar
type sound. Nodding her head as she gets back to work.
She is a character. But what is more interesting is that she is working on the cage. Does she
even know what she is doing? I walk closer to look and she is changing something. I see the
laptop hooked up to something.
She is running a diagnostic, but why? We have mechanics for that. I move around to the other side and just watch her. She hasn’t noticed me too lost in what she is doing.
I cough slightly to gain her attention when he lifts her face and I smile at her, seeing the sparkle in her green–gold eyes; the grease smeared on her cheek makes her look even more beautiful. She leans back and places her hands on the cloth putting the wrench in her back pocket, before she grabs another cloth from her front pocket and wipes her fingers on it,
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blowing a breath up to her forehead to push back the unruly red strand that has fallen into her
eyes.
“Kaden, what can I do for you?” She asks as she turns her head towards her laptop and smiles at something on the screen.
“I was looking for you, actually. Have you eaten yet?” I ask her, knowing she probably hasn’t. How long has she been in here for?
“What time is it?” she asks as she turns to step down and I move to help her, but she is safely on the ground before I can. She looks f*****g adorable in her dungarees over her bump.
“Just after one. Come on, clean up and we will get something to eat.” I say to her and I can
see she is uncomfortable.
“Look about the other day. I need to apologise for how I reacted. I was acting on my hormones and I know that is no excuse for my shitty behaviour and attitude. I’m sorry you have every
right to talk to whoever you want to. I know I can’t stop you from talking about her because
she is important to this operation. And I know she is important to you in some ways. I just
don’t want to know anything about her.” She says to me and my heart is pounding in my chest
as I hear her apologise to me for causing her pain.
“No, baby. I should be the one to apologise for everything I did to you.” I tell her when she
sighs, shaking her head at me as she waddles towards the door that leads into the mansion.
“No, it’s ok. Well, it isn’t, but I have to get over it like you told me to and I have. It’s done. I don’t see the point in bringing it up anymore. So if that is all, I need to eat and get back to work.” She says to me and I just look at her with my mouth open. So she is just going to dismiss this
like it is nothing? Does that mean she doesn’t care anymore?
“For what it’s worth, Court, I am sorry for everything and for how I reacted to it all.” I say to her when she holds her hand up and sighs.
“Let it go. There is no point on dwelling on the past. It’s done. Besides, who you stick your d**k in is none of my business. Same as who I choose to be with is none of yours. Have a great day
Venom.” That statement makes my blood boil and my fists clench. Is she going to move on from me? Have another man raise our daughter? I think f*****g not. Over my dead body will I allow another man to see that side of her or another man to raise my daughter.
“Courtney, wait, what do you mean?” I ask as I follow her through the mansion to the kitchen where she walks to the sink and begins to wash her hands, removing all the grease and oil.
“What do you want from me, Venom? You had me, lost me, now you want to be the knight in
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shining armour? You think I will allow you to have that kind of control over me again? You’re dead wrong. All I want from you is to be there for her, not me, her.” She says as she places a hand on her belly.
Have I truly lost her? No, I won’t believe that, not even in the slightest.
“Listen to me, Courtney. I want you both. You are both mine. I will not watch you be with
another, and I certainly won’t allow another man to raise our daughter.” I growl at her and she
smirks before it becomes a predatory grin on her face.
“You lost that right to me a long time ago. But that is in the past, just like you should be. But
here you are. Fate clearly has other plans for us. Which I think is bullshit. I was doing just fine
without you and I will be just as fine now. Anything that concerns our daughter, I will let you
know. I think it’s best you walk away from me, Kaden. Don’t make this harder than it needs to
- be. You made your choice, and that wasn’t me. I get it you were drugged, but you kept her
alive. Same as my dad kept her mother alive. This is the mess I don’t want or need for me or
her.” She says to me with her hand on her bump and I know I seriously f****d up.
Courtney is strong, too f*****g strong. That strength is making her arrogant and blind to what
is standing in front of her. I can see it in her. She is not the same woman I fell for all those
months ago and she is this way because of a number of factors and I am one of them.
I hate myself even more now for all of this. Maybe I should keep my distance from her. When
she is ready, she will come to me.
“Ok, as you wish. But know this, Courtney: when you need me, I will be there. I do love you and I know you don’t believe that right now. Enjoy your lunch Courtney, and please be careful in the garage.” I say to her and she just looks at me, no emotion on her face, but her eyes look sad.
Sad that I am giving up on her.
“You too. See you around Venom.” She turns her back to me and I shake my head and walk
away from her.
The saying goes, if you love them, let them go and if they were meant to be they will come
back. The only problem is, I don’t think Courtney will ever come back.
