Page 21 of Her Greek Inheritance
His threat to take Damien away from her had been the final straw.I’m his mother. He can’t do that!Her mind screamed that declaration over and over again, in an attempt to make it true.
But in reality, she knew that Alexi probably could take Damien away from her. They were headed to his country, where he had the law on his side and she was nothing more than a visitor who didn’t speak the language. In Greece, she didn’t have any rights and he knew it.
Gemma lashed out. “You bastard! What gives you the right to waltz back into our lives after two years and think you can dictate how the future is going to look? I’m Damien’s mother and you can’t just wish me away.”
Alexi had listened calmly and then inclined his head. “No one is wishing you away. I was simply letting you know what to expect in the future.”
Gemma’s control had completely snapped. She scooped Damien up. “Take your idea of the future where the sun doesn’t shine!” She retreated to the bedroom.
Locking the door behind her, she did her best to put on a happy front for her son. She waited until Damien fell asleep before she gave into the tears of fear and frustration that had been threatening to spill over for the last few days. Damien was her world. Just because Alexi contributed some sperm to the conceiving process didn’t mean he had to be involved in the child’s life. He’d been gone for two years when Gemma could have used his help and support.
He’d even offered to try and make a stable home for Damien once they arrived in Greece. She’d laughed at his proposal.He expects me to trust him after all of this?The man must be certifiably insane. He’d burned her not once, but twice now. She wouldn’t let him do so again.I can’t. There is too much at stake.
The only bright side to everything currently happening was that she’d been promised a large bonus once she’d started working on the painting. Not when the restoration work was completed, but just after she started it. Alexi had promised her enough money to pay for her brother’s tuition.Why does even that seem like a betrayal?
She laid her head down as more tears started to fall. She longed for someone to tell her everything was going to be alright, but the only someone around was Alexi.The ruthlessness he’d displayed the last few days was so unlike the man she’d spent three weeks with. She couldn’t make the two images mesh.
She finally gave up and let sleep claim her tired mind. There was nothing she could do about tomorrow now, so she would take each moment as it arrived and trust herself that she would make the right choices when the game was called.But I’ll do it with my son by my side. No way is Alexi taking him away from me.