The Returning Ex (Completed)

Chapter 12 - Taking to my father

Chapter 12 - Taking to my father

Aria Jacobs

POV

We were at the mask ball my mother had planned for Austin. Tristan and I were staring into each other’s eyes he held my left hand. He had a black leather mask on. I cupped my free hand over his cheek, letting the cool leather material slide beneath my fingers; his face was sharp and angular, and his jaw tense under my touch, it looked as if he was worried I would remove his mask. I teased removing it however I left it as I rose to my toes and pressed my lips against his smooth soft lips.

Tristan gasped and pulled back “I don’t…”

I cut him off by smashing my lips against his once again. I tasted the wine on his lips. He didn’t respond at first but then he started kissing me back, he kissed me gently at first but then he reached for something more, pulling my body against his, I could feel the heat radiating from his crown jewels, he kissed me harder. His lips were warm. I ran my fingers through his hair. I try to focus at the task on hand, but it was so hard not to get lost in the kiss. I whimpered as he shoved his tongue roughly in my mouth. His hands gripping the side of my waists painfully tight as if he was scared I would disappear.

He’d never kissed me like this before I could feel how much he needed me. I needed him to, I’m sure he could feel how much I needed him too.

“Mommy”

“Mommy”

“Mommy”

I felt someone shaking me

I opened my eyes and looked at my son. Oh God it was just a dream.

I feel my cheeks heat up. I fan my face. I’m so embarrassed right now.

“Mommy are you okay?” Austin asks me

I nod.

“Can you wait downstairs I’ll be down in a second okay?” I say

He nods and leaves the room. Oh, Lord I need Jesus. I need holy water for the dream I just had.

I cannot believe that just happened. I run my hands over my face trying to think. I look at the time its 6:00 A.M.

I get up, take a quick shower, and get ready for the day.

I get downstairs and see Austin making breakfast. I smile and walk up to him kissing him on the side of the head. He makes a face but doesn’t say anything. He wants something. I know my son well enough to know that, this breakfast and him hitting me kiss him is going to cost me.

“What do you want?” I ask him as I sit down at the kitchen island

“Ho-How did you know?” he asks me

I shrug and ask him “What is it spit it out”

“You know how my birthday is coming up in a couple of months?” he says

I nod taking a sip of my earl grey tea.

“Well I was wondering if I could invite dad since he is back in our lives” Austin says

I nod “That’s fine by me as long as you tell your grandfather” I say

I wasn’t sure if my father still hates Tristan, my parents came home from their trip last night and would be visiting later and when they find out what their precious grandson has been up to. I know my father is going to flip. But I knew my mother would be happy because she has always liked Tristan and when she heard what happened ten years ago she took Tristan side and defended him.

“Doesn’t granddad like dad?” he asks

“It’s complicated.” I said taking a sip of tea.

“Mom there’s more…” Austin says

I look at him and nod.

“I don’t want any gifts for my birthday. I only want one thing.” He says

I already feel that this is not going to be good.

“You know how grandma has all the performances and dances sorted?” he asks

I nod.

“Well I may have hacked grandma’s email and added you and daddy for the dance, which that one song.” He says

I spit out my tea chocking gasping for air. Tristan is so going to blame me for this. He is not going to let me get off this easily.

“Austin you don’t want anything else?” I ask with a sigh.

“No it’s my first birthday with my dad and I want it to be special. Also you need to convince dad” he says

I started laughing at how ridiculous he sounded.

He ran up the stairs and came back in seconds with my phone.

“What are you going to do with that?” I asked

“You are going to phone daddy” he says

I shake my head. Oh hell no not so early in the morning and I’m not going to have Austin bully me into speaking to Tristan not after our argument. After the things I’ve said. Oh no no. not going to happen. He was going to bite my head off.

Austin gives me his signature pout and puppy dog eyes. And I knew then and there I was putty in his hands. I try not to look at him but it wasn’t helping.

“Fine” I grab the phone and call Tristan.

“Hello?” I hear Tristan’s deep and sexy voice coming through the other side of the phone.

I started thinking about my dream again. I shake my head and try to stay on point.

“Tristan… uhm are you busy today?” I ask

“I am Kinda why do you ask?” he asks dismissively

I take a deep breath after I look at my son who by the way was distracting me. “Well I was hoping you’re not busy I need to speak to you about Austin’s birthday party” I say

“What about it?” he asked. It sounded like he was outside.

“Well our son doesn’t want any gifts from the two of us but he wants a dance the two of us dancing to a song of his choosing. I would like to meet to talk about this” I say

I could hear the wheels turning in Tristan’s head, he is thinking about a way to get out of this. So was I.

“You do know what his planning right?” Tristan asks obviously I knew my son had big plans for his father and I to get back together.

I not realising he can’t see me I shake my head and look at my son who was trying to listen in on our conversation. So I got up and walked up the stairs.

“I do. Please Tristan I haven’t asked you for anything but I ask for you to do this for our son?” I say answering his question as soon as I got into my room closing the door behind me

“Oh what happened to let’s not confuse him?” he asks

“What are you talking about?” I ask completely confused about what his talking about

“Well your exact words were. ‘Tristan we can’t keep going back and forth like this. We have a son. Since you don’t want a relationship it’s best if we don’t confuse him or get his hopes up about us being a couple. I can’t do this anymore the back and forth not knowing where I stand with you needs to stop.’ So what’s with let’s do this for him?” Tristan says word for word what I had said to him in my office two days ago

“Tristan…” I say

“No don’t come Tristan me. You say I’m toying with your emotions but what about all the things you’ve done and said before or is double standards?” Tristan says harshly

“Tristan don’t be like this please” I beg him

“Bye Aria” he says hanging up.

What the hell was that?

I walked into our movie room. I switch on my parents engagement video.

I watch as they watching a movie my father created especially for my mother so he could propose.

She was so into the movie she did not even notice the other people in the room. I watched how a nine-year-old boy (My father) vowed to marry my mother. I watched until it got to the good part.

My father got up.

“Can you let me do it?” he said to the screen

My mother looked at my father shocked. And the guy on the screen looked towards my father

“Are you sure?” he asked

“Yes… Throw it to me” my father says

The guy on the screen took a small red box out of his pocket and threw it in my father’s direction, a similar box flew into dad’s direction.

My father caught it and went down on one knee in front of my mother.

“Zelina I know we are already married but I never gave you a wedding proposal, I wanted you to have this moment, I wanted you to feel special, that’s why I didn’t want to plan a wedding because I never formally proposed to you… So Zelina Gold Jacobs, will you marry me Niklaus Jacobs and promise me to love me forever?” my father asked her

She was in tears and so was I as I watched my father confess his love for my mother. How come couldn’t I have a love story as good as theirs? My love won’t even have a civil conversation with me.

“I do” my mother said

“You know your mother was pregnant with you there” I heard my father say

I turned to see him watching me from the door.

I wiped the tears from my eyes and got up. My father walked towards me and I hugged him when he reached me.

“How was your trip?” I ask pulling away from him

“It was good. Your mother made me go shopping almost every day and barely bought anything.” He complained

I smiled. Sounded like my mother she loved going to malls just to walk around she hated spending money.

“So why are you watching my engagement video? Are missing that fool again?” My father asks

I shake my head or I wasn’t missing him my heart was craving him.

“So have you spoken to your grandson yet?” I ask him changing the subject.

He shakes his head.

“Why what has double T done?” he asks

He calls my son double Trouble due the amount of trouble Austin causes and the fact that my father thinks it has something to do with who his father is.

I controlled the urge I had to roll my eyes and think of a way to tell my father what happened.

“So your grandson hacked into our compounds security systems, and sneaked out in the middle of the night, I thought that he was kidnapped and called the cops…” I start to say. I could see the wheels in my father’s head turn. “So the FBI I got involved and you won’t believe who the lead agent on the case was.” I say

“You saw Tristan!” my father growled out. And turned

Then it hit me, of course my father had known where Tristan was.

“What happened next?” my father asked

I couldn’t believe bit, my father knew for years how much I had missed Tristan but he never said anything. I can’t he would do this to me.

“How long have you known where he was?” I asked him

“Sweetheart I was just trying to protect you from that boy, look how he left you. You were a mess after he left, I found you passed out in the middle of nowhere when you found out he was deployed and when I got word of him being medically discharged from the army, I started monitoring him. I did it for you. I don’t want to have to pick up the pieces again when he hurts you again” my father said

“You had no right, daddy that wasn’t your decision to make, I am a grown woman who can make her own choices and mistakes. My son grew up without a father and created a mess I had to use my connections to fix, hacking into the FBI server is a criminal offense he could have been arrested or me as his mother.” I say

I wasn’t shouting, I would never raise my voice at my father however I was disappointed. But then something he said stuck with me, Medically discharged. What happened to Tristan?

“Wh-why why was he discharged?” I asked

“He got shot near his heart” My father said.

I gasp.

“Aria sweetheart you saw him so you know he is okay” my father says

I nod, but how would I know if his actually okay?

And I did something stupid. I ran. I got into my car and drove to Maddie’s house.