Teaching Aleck (The Last Hangman MC #2)(26)

“What can I say? I’m stubborn.” I shrug.

“Stubborn? That’s worse than being stubborn.”

“Okay, I’m a coward. It’s bad timing me telling you all of this when you are in a relationship, but I literally just found out from Ayden a couple of minutes ago, ask her and you’ll see.” I can’t help but get myself all worked up. I hate that she has this power over me.

“Calm down, Sanford!” She glares at me and hugs me. “God, I’ve missed you.”

I sigh happily. “I’ve missed you too, Love.” I kiss her forehead and caress down her back softly. I’ve missed you more than you could ever imagine.

“I really should get going, I’ll see you around. Please, don’t be a stranger and stop avoiding me!” She pokes my chest with her perfectly manicured fingers. I grab her hand and kiss each knuckle.

“I promise I won’t. You’ll see me so often you’ll get sick of it.” I grin and wink at her.

“Never.” She stands on her toes and kisses the corner of my lips. My dick jumps to attention. Fuck me!

She walks out of the waiting room and waves at me. I smile at her and stare at the spot where she was just standing like a f*cking fool. The things she does to me…

Even if I didn’t show her how hurt and pissed I was, I’m f*cking losing my mind over the fact that she’s dating that f*cking *. I know I’m the one who told her she should date someone normal, but f*ck if it didn’t hurt to see her with another guy. Especially when she clearly wasn’t happy with the way he was treating her, but that doesn’t change the fact that she goes home with him and not me. I should have told her sooner. I need to prove to her that I’m serious and want her in my life…permanently, and not because she’s now taken. Sure it’s sped things up, but that’s because it’s made me realized how much I actually do like and need her in my life. I just hope she will be able to handle my past and not run away forever...





CHAPTER 11



Charline

Talk about awkward moment. Seeing Aleck when I was with Brian wasn’t something I was expecting. I thought he was out of town or something since he’s never around anymore. I guess I was wrong. It felt good to see him again and be in his arms, even if it was just for a couple of seconds.

I feel bad feeling happy in another man’s arms than the ones of my boyfriend, but I just can’t help my body’s reaction to Aleck. He has a unique pull on me and no matter what, he will always have.

Things aren’t as perfect as they seem with Brian. He’s not a bad man, he’s a perfect gentleman, very sweet, funny, smart and has a nice toned body. He sounds like the perfect combo, but things aren’t just as exciting as they were in the beginning. I really enjoyed being with him at the start. Things were fun and good, but now? we've fallen into a routine and I just don’t feel as into him as I used to. I have no idea how to break it to him. I’ve never had to do that, and I’d rather have him dump me than the other way around, but I’ll have to do it eventually.

The sight of Aleck confused the hell out of me, but with what he had to say? I’m downright lost. One minute he doesn’t want a relationship at all, and now he tells me he’s been thinking about giving us a chance. Way to give me emotional whiplash. He’s worse than a woman sometimes. I chuckle to myself.

“What’s so funny, Love?” I look up at Brian who’s still standing by the elevators.

“Nothing, just lost in my thoughts.” I join him and we walk to Ayd’s room.

“What were you thinking about?” He looks at me, pressing me to answer.

“Just something that crossed my mind, nothing important.” I shrug.

“If it’s not important, tell me.”

“Look, I’m not going to tell you every single thing that crosses my mind. You’re going to think I’m crazy if I tell you half the things that cross my mind. So just drop it.”

“It’s that guy isn’t it? It’s Aleck.” He glares at me.

“I’ve known Aleck for seven years or so now, I haven’t seen him in months, since we started dating actually, so don’t bring him into the middle of this. It was good to see him and catch up with him, and I hope to be able to hang out with my friend more now that he’s back in town.” Technically not a lie, right?

“This is not over,” he whispers loudly before we walk into Ayden’s room.

“Whatever,” I mutter.

I wish Brian would leave me alone so I could talk to Ayd, I could use her opinion on the mess that I’m in, but with him around, it’s not possible. I can’t possibly tell him to get lost because I want to talk about the guy he’s jealous about. I don’t think it would go down well.

We stay for a while, visiting Ayden, but she’s getting pretty tired so we leave early.

We get into Brian’s car, and he starts his twenty questions right away. “Did you and Aleck ever date?”

“Where is this coming from?” I look at him.

“Just answer the question.” He sighs, irritated.

“No, we never dated.” I’m getting irritated too.

“Don’t use that tone with me.”

“Woah, buddy, you were the one being all pissy about this situation, so think about what you say before telling me what to do.”