The Returning Ex (Completed)

Chapter 8 - “Have you been with anyone sexually after me?”

Chapter 8 – “Have you been with anyone sexually after me?”

Tristan Wilder

POV

I got into the elevator and headed to the top floor. Its been a long two weeks. And not seeing her was the worst. I got to the floor and there was no one at the desk so I walked straight to her office. Before I left weeks ago, I made sure she would be safe so I searched her company and made sure it was all secure and there was no way he could strike here.

I walked into her office and the first thing I saw was Aria sitting at her desk and a man dangerously close to her all I wanted to do was knock him the hell out. I cleared my throat so they would break apart and they did. Was he her new boyfriend? Did she really move on?

“Sorry” I apologises

I secretly glared at the asshole that was excessively close to the woman I loved. He openly glared back at me.

Aria cleared her throat and looked at the asshole “Matt fix the mistakes and bring it to me to sign we need to send this out to Intech today” she orders.

She hands him the documents and he leaves. I glared at him until I couldn’t see him anymore.

“Tristan…” Aria says softly

I look over at her and nod

“Mind telling me what you doing here?” she asks

“Checking on you and my son” I say. Honestly I had to make sure she was okay, I had a few of my army buddies watching her secretly and they reported to me every day but it wasn’t as good as seeing her in person.

“Why?” she asks

‘Making sure you’re safe’ I say silently

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(FLASHBACK)

(TWO WEEKS AGO)

“Wilder” I answered my phone

“Ahh Agent Wilder what a pretty little fiancée you have there. Oh and there’s a son as well. It would be a shame if anything ought to happen to them. Don’t you think?” The Italian bastard Pennima asks

I knew it was him. Pennima was a notorious wanna be mafia boss, he killed anyone who stands in his way and he had no conscience, he would go after the families of the agents who went after him and he would kill them that’s why I took up with case because I didn’t have family. I knew there was a mole in the agency because no one knew about Aria or our past.

“You have it all wrong Penn. But its not the first time you’re wrong, am I right?” I lied through my teeth

“I know they’re your family Wilder” He says

“They’re not. I’m just helping an old friend find her son. You know men like me can’t stick to one woman” I lied

I was confident they had no idea what Austin looked like because Aria had protected him from the media. Even if they did find what he looked like, the fact that Aria’s dad had green eyes helped me.

“You’re lying!” he shouts

Oh I rattled him interesting…

“What’s the fun in that Penn?” I ask chuckling

“You’re lying” he says

“Why would I? I’m leaving for DC tomorrow there’s nothing left for me in LA. If they were really my family how come in the nine years that boy has been alive have I never met him? Or how come I haven’t been in LA in ten years? You’re barking up the wrong tree Penn. Don’t forget who her father is, if you hurt someone from the Jacobs family. You’ll be seeking war from a military family.” I explain

The Jacobs family wasn’t just the riches family in the world but they had strong ties to the military and the underworld. But I needed to warn Aria’s dad about the threat.

“Your tattoo…” He says weakly. It was hilarious to listen to him pulling at straws.

“Its just a tattoo I got when I was young and dumb, I was 17 Penn. It means nothing. If I remove it, it would ruin my sleeve” I lied. I didn’t care about the sleeve I cared about the name, I should have put the damn thing on top of my heart.

“I don’t believe you. I’ll be in touch. Remember I’m watching you Wilder” he says trying to sound threatening

“Bye Bye. Tell your mole to get you the correct information next time” I say chuckling

He hung up soon thereafter. I knew I needed to get as far away from Aria as possible. I needed to find out who the mole was. I needed to keep Aria and our son safe. I needed to find out who the hell Pennima was so I could take him out so I could be with the love of my life.

I took a deep breath, and returned to Aria I found her staring into the distance. What alarmed me was the tears running down her face. I called out to her, it took calling her four times to get her to respond.

“Aria”

“Aria”

“Aria”

“Aria”

I looked at her, I saw tears in her eyes. I looked away I knew I was a sucker for her tears. I needed to be strong.

“We need to talk Aria” I said

She nods.

We walked up the stairs to my old room. I walked in front of her. I knew if I looked into her eyes I would put both her and our son in danger by giving in and I couldn’t have that. I couldn’t risk her or our sons life like that. I looked at her she was eyeing the room. I knew I would have to say it. To protect her and Austin. I took a deep breath and let it out

“Maddie left it as things were when we left.” I said in a harsh tone so she could believe me.

She looked as if she was in a daze. I started to become anxious and started pacing how was I going look the woman I love in the eye and tell her that I no longer loved her, it would hurt me more that it would her. Okay here goes nothing I take a deep breath and look at her.

“Look Aria things have definitely changed. I’ve changed hell you’ve changed. What I’m trying to say is that I’ll always be there for my son, but my life is in DC. He can always visit me when I’m free or I’ll visit him when I can. But my life is back in DC and I really need to get back there.” I say, but I was trying to convince myself than I was her. I couldn’t look her in the eye. I knew that would give me away.

“Wh-What about us?” she asked.

That took me by surprise. I paused and looked at her. I looked at her she was looking at the ground. Dammit she was going to make me say it. I didn’t want to. I closed my eyes. I knew this was to protect her and I would do anything to protect her.

“What us? There is no us. There hasn’t been an us in ten years Aria. I promise to be there for my son. But I cannot be with a woman who doesn’t trust me and doesn’t believe me when I said I didn’t kiss that girl she took me off guard. I would never have done anything like that to you” I said and that made her look at me. The look of hurt in her eyes made me feel guilty. I wished I didn’t have to do this. But there’s a mole in the FBI and I need to get the person responsible first before I could even entertain the idea of us being together. I didn’t think after we broke up that I’ll ever be in a situation as such.

Looking at her hurt me more than I was shot and was medically discharged from the army. Giving up on my dream of being in the army. I didn’t even feel this bad when she broke up with me ten years ago. I hated hurting her. But I would rather have her alive than dead.

I watch as she looks at my tattoo. God I saw a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

“Aria it’s just a tattoo I was millions of them. I suggest you drop it.” I say harshly. I was frustrated, I didn’t want to do this. Why was everyone so obsessed with my tattoo.

“But I thought….” Aria says

“Aria you think too much, I’ll set up a will for my son and pay back child support. I hope you will put my name on my son’s birth certificate Aria” I cut her off

I needed her to get security to protect both her and Austin. Knowing Pennima he would hurt her just to send me a message. And I couldn’t afford that.

“I suggest you security on you and our son, I don’t need you wasting the FBI’s resources every time Austin runs away. It’s embarrassing and a waste of man power which could be used to catch actual criminals.” I say hoping she got the message.

My phone rang.

“Wilder” I answered

“Agent Wilder.” A familiar female voice came from the other side of the line.

Reyes?” I ask

“Yes, I got a call from Garcia she’s in the Karma Islands, she wants to meet with us.” She says

“What? Already?” I asked shocked

“Yes apparently Pennima had been planning a attack” she responds

“Oh okay sure I’ll be right there”

“I’m at the base waiting for you” She says

“Sure see you soon” I say hanging up

This is my chance to bring Pennima down and to protect Aria and Austin.

“Aria I need to go. I probably would be gone for a while. When I return to LA I’ll phone you, so I could see my son.” I say before walking out of the room and getting to the base.

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I blinked at her remembering what happened the last time I saw her.

“Aria could you please up security on yourself and on Austin?” I ask her

I knew I wasn’t followed here and I’m sure she has her office swept daily for bugs, Aria deals with a lot of military and government contracts, she needs to do daily sweeps.

“Why? Tristan what’s going on? Does it have something to do with what happened two weeks ago?” she asks

“For once can you just do as I say without questioning me please?” I ask

“Are you seriously going to explain to me why you show up at my office demanding things from me?” she ask

“Aria please?” I half beg.

This was going to be harder than I thought it would be. I hate not being able to tell her and also I hated keeping her in the dark but I didn’t want to worry her. I would do anything to protect this woman. I hated hurting her two weeks ago.

She nods picking up her phone writing a text.

“My parents are returning from a cruise this week so I suggest you go and see our son before they return my father still wants you dead for sleeping with me.” She says

God I almost forgot about Niklaus Jacobs. I know I need to speak to him. I need to meet with him though. He would help me protect his daughter and grandson. I would need to go back to Canon soon. It was a private island near Karma Grove. (I made it up, not a real place) Garcia was staying there. She was supposed to be feeding us information but nothing useful has come of the two week trip to Canon. My gut has been telling me that she’s been holding out on us and the fact that she was too easy to turn for some reason gave me doubts about her.

“Actually I really need to speak to your father. Can you set that up?” I ask

She looks at me in surprise.

“Relax Aria he’ll speak to me or let me speak to Aaron (Aria’s brother)” I say

I needed Niklaus’s guards since there was a mole in the agency and I didn’t have anyone I could trust. I also needed him to know about the threat. I have help from my old army buddies but it’s not enough.

“Austin will be here at 2:30 p.m. he’ll be coming here you could wait here for your son. He’ll be happy to see you” she says

I nod walking over to her sofa in the office. I take a seat, checking my latest case files.

She went back to work. I was done in a half an hour, after that I watched her. I leaned back against the sofa watching her every move. She still did the same cute things she did when we were dating. The she bites her bottom lip when she’s trying to concentrate. And biting the inside of her cheek when she doesn’t understand something.

I couldn’t help but smile at how cute she looked. She suddenly looked up, I didn’t have enough time to fix my expression.

“What?” she asks tilting her heard to the left.

“Nah, you still do that thing when you’re concentrating. Where you bite your lip” I say smiling

I noticed her blushing

I chuckled at her “What’s wrong Aria? Don’t come get shy on me” I say in an amused tone

She looks down shaking her head “Nothing, do you want something? I was going to ask Matt to get me a coffee” she says struggling to c***k her neck. She looked uncomfortable

I walked up to her and stood behind her. I started massaging her shoulders and neck. She started moaning in pleasure and it took me back to our summer in Greece.

“You know the moans coming out of your mouth makes me want to push you onto this desk, hike up this damn tight skirt and take you from behind and hear those moans out loud” I say moving her hair and kissing her neck.

She moaned again. I saw her biting her lip. I knew I needed to stop.

“Aria can I ask you something?” I asked

I just really wanted to know this and I was kind of curious about it.

She nods.

“Have you been with anyone sexually after me?” I asked her

I felt her tense up. I caught her off guard…

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