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“I’m not very good at timing, but I need to get this out.”
Sebastian gets up and is naked. I liked the view of his bare b**t. He has always had a nice round b**t. He pulls up his boxers, then grabs his jeans and reaches into the back pocket to get something.
He comes back to me with a smile.
“Aria, you taught me how to love again, something that’s only brought pain and misery to me.” Sebastian chuckled a little, and I sat up with the sheets around me.
“I hurt you, I hurt you really bad and I’ll never forgive myself for that.” He bit his bottom lip and looked down. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done to leave you in that damn house. It took so much to leave you.”
“But I did it to keep you safe from this way of life and from me.”
“And I also wanted to learn how to be a man, a man worthy of you.” He says this to finish.
He stopped for a moment before looking back up at me. His eyes were full of feelings.
Sebastian says, “I’m hard to deal with and cold-hearted, but I can’t be heartless with you.”
“You made me who I am today, and I’ll always be thankful for that.”
Tears ran down my face. This is all I’ve ever wanted.
What the hell is he doing? He gets on one knee. He takes a small box out from behind him and opens it to show a beautiful diamond engagement ring.
“I love you a shit tonne, Aria Callahan.”
“Will you marry me?”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing; so many things were going through my mind. Was I really ready to let go of all the pain he had caused me? I looked down at the box that held my future. This one ring could change my whole life.
“Boss, we found them,” Caleb says as he bursts in with a computer in his hands. I held the sheets tightly against my body. Caleb’s jaw clicked angrily when he saw me.
Caleb was with Sebastian the whole time, and every day I missed him. I thought he left to get away from this business, but he was just a coward and left Sebastian behind. He looked at me, then turned his head to look at Sebastian.
“Your son means that Aria is the mother?” He moves closer to Sebastian.
Sebastian stood up and walked forward, just like Caleb had. “Yes,” he said, and then he stopped.
“Can you all stop and tell me where my son is?” I stood up, still holding the sheets tightly around me.
Caleb scoffs and then looks back at me, looking disgusted. He doesn’t have the right; he left me when I needed him most as a friend. He chose his job over his sister. Maya would be very upset with him.
Caleb says, “Henry has been keeping Miguel in a warehouse right off the shore.”
“Great. Let’s go.” I smiled and tried to walk to the door, but Sebastian pulled me back by the arm.
“Pumpkin, you’re forgetting that you’re naked and we need to hear the plan first,” Sebastian whispers.
“Keep going,” he says to Caleb.
Before looking back at us, Caleb types something into the computer.
Caleb says, “Henry Benorik is a trained hitman, which means he works for someone higher, like Sebastian. We don’t know who, but it’s someone who’s making Henry do all their dirty work.”
Sebastian asked, “How did we not know this?”
“Believe me, he didn’t want us to know, but for some reason he let us find out.”
“That’s why he knew so much about guns, about combat, and about me.” I said to myself.
“Henry never signed the papers for that marriage. This has been his plan all along. My best guess is that he wants Sebastian to suffer, and the best way to do that is to mess with the women he loves and his child.” Caleb’s voice gets deeper when he says “women he loves,” which is clear that he was uncomfortable. I don’t blame him.
“That said, get ready. I have men picked out just for this.” Caleb turns to the door.
“Thanks, Caleb.” He says this before both men nod at each other. After that, Caleb left the room, leaving Sebastian and me alone.
Sebastian just asked me to marry him a few minutes ago, and the awkwardness was killing me.
“I’ll have an answer for you after we get Miguel, but right now I just want to focus on getting our son back,” I said.
Sebastian’s jaw tightened before he nodded. “I need to talk to some people, get ready, and meet me in the living room.” He was about to leave when he turned around and kissed me. I kissed him back.
He told his housekeeper to get me some clothes. I went to the living room after I was done because I heard voices coming from there. I saw men getting ready and women getting weapons when I turned the corner. I gulped. I’ve never really met Sebastian’s gang. I saw Caleb sitting on the couch and putting a gun behind his jeans. Why was Caleb getting dressed?
I went over to him. I asked, “What are you doing?”
Everyone looked at me for a second and then turned away. He looked at me in shock. He laughs and then grabs an even bigger gun. He straps it over himself and stands up to meet me.
“Getting dressed.” He says quickly.
“I know that, but why? You’re not coming.” I crossed my arms over my chest. I don’t want to lose Caleb because he is the only thing I have of Maya. My best friend would kill me if I let him put himself in danger because he has a daughter who will miss him.
“Listen, Aria. I’m the underboss, which means I’m second in command. My job is to keep Sebastian and his family safe, even if it means dying,” Caleb whispers.
What?
“You took the position, how could you?” I pushed against his chest, and he fell back a little, but his face stayed the same.
Caleb signed his life away. He won’t be able to see Amara again without putting her in danger.
“You didn’t think about Amara?” I pushed his chest again, but he grabbed my wrist before I could do it again.
“Amara?” he asked.
He didn’t even know his daughter’s name; he never asked about her or Nina.
“Your daughter.” My voice was full of anger. “You never even checked on her,” I said quietly. His face didn’t change.
“I hate to ruin your dreams, but we both know who’s going to take over the black skulls, and it’s not you.” I said in a harsh whisper. Caleb’s eyes flashed with rage, and his jaw clicked like it always does.
I saw Sebastian standing on top of the stairs out of the corner of my eye. His eyes met mine, then they moved down to my wrist. I pulled my wrist out of Caleb’s grip and walked away from him. I can’t even stand next to Caleb because he makes me sick.
“Get Miguel and kill anyone who tries to stop us,” Sebastian yells, getting everyone’s attention. He tells everyone who seems okay with everything, “No one kills Henry; the bastard is mine.” They don’t even care that they’re risking their lives for my child, who isn’t even related to them.
Everyone starts to leave, and I walk over to Sebastian, who is currently loading up on weapons.
“I need to let you go, Sebastian,” I said quietly. His back muscles tightened against his black t-shirt, which fit him perfectly.