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Chapter 2
My breath caught in my throat as I took him in. He was as sexy as ever, all 6ft of him. His hair fell loose at his muscular shoulders, his brown eyes were locked on mine and his lips wore one of his half smiles. I stood frozen to the spot when Tasha pulled me into a hug. It took every ounce of self-control I had not to punch her.
"Rose, it's so good to see you, goodness you've changed," she said moving to stand in front of Christian. That's when I remembered who he had in his arms. This was not good. Ava buried her face in Christians shoulder, "Who's this then?" she said, playing with Ava's hair. I took her out of Christians arms.
"She's shy," I replied icily.
"You took up a child minding job Rose?" she laughed.
I started to panic and couldn't think of what to say. Lissa stepped forward, "Didn't you know? This is Ava, Rose's daughter." Dimitri caught my eyes a look of shock and confusion on his face. Oh this was so not good.
"Wow, Rose, you really have changed," Tasha smiled.
"I should go," I said quickly. Lissa looked surprised.
"I thought you were staying for dinner?" she asked.
"Yeah, well, Ava's had a long day and I've got some paper work to do." I told her heading towards the door.
"Hang on, doesn't she need to change out of that dress?" Lissa said.
"Oh, right, yeah," I muttered taking Ava into Lissa's room. As soon as I had put her down I started pulling off her shoes and getting the dress off.
"Mommy, why can't we stay?" Ava whined.
"Not now Ava please, I've had a busy day," I answered pulling her little shirt over her head. I was putting her socks on when the door opened and Dimitri walked in, "Ava why don't you go and get Uncle Chrissie to help you with your shoes? Mommy just wants to talk to an old friend" I told her and she ran out.
"You've changed Roza," Dimitri said in his sexy accent. The old nickname sent shivers down my spine.
"Yeah, you too," I breathed, though he hadn't really changed at all.
"I don't know what to say, your daughter is beautiful, just like you," he whispered.
I closed my eyes breathing heavily, "Don't say that," I said opening my eyes, "You can't say things like that to me, not after what you did." My voice was shaky.
"I am truly sorry Roza, I never meant to cause you any pain. I did what I thought was best." he told me.
"What you thought was best?" I hissed, trying to stay in control, "How was leaving me for the best?" he opened his mouth to speak but I held up a hand to stop him, "I don't want to hear it, I just want to move on and I don't want to speak about any of this again. You should get back to Tasha. I'm sure she's wondering where you are," I muttered.
"Rose, I just wanted to say I'm sorry, I did a lot of things I wish I could change-"
"Dimitri, please just don't OK?" I whispered cutting him off. He walked to the door, stopped and turned back to me.
"Where is Ava's father?" he asked suddenly.
I tried to keep my face calm, "He left. It was no big deal," I said. His face told me he didn't know that he was Ava's father. How would he? Everyone knew a dhampir could not have a child with another dhampir. Well everyone except me and Adrian. We had discussed it many times and came to the conclusion it was something to do with me being shadow kissed.
"He shouldn't have left you," Dimitri said finally before leaving.
I walked home in a daze. Going over Dimitri's words in my head, "He Shouldn't have left you," What the hell was that supposed to mean? Did it mean that he regretted leaving me? No, I wasn't going to get my hopes up, and why should I care if he did regret what he did, he broke my heart I could never forgive him. When we got home I gave Ava a quick bath, read her a story then put her to bed. She fell asleep almost instantly for which I was grateful. I called Adrian and he came over. We both sat at the table as I explained what had happened at Lissa's.
"Well, that's a bit unlucky isn't it?" He said, smirking.
"This isn't funny Adrian. What if he guesses? Or someone else does? They look so alike." I told him.
"Rose, just chill for a second OK? No one is going to guess. They only look alike to you because you know Dimitri is her father," he took my hand, "I promised to keep it a secret, and I will, but maybe if it's going to make you so nervous you should just tell him yourself,"
I stared at him in amazement, "You are joking right? He left me, for Tasha, without even saying goodbye. Right after I slept with him. Why should I trust him now. He ruined my life," I finished angrily.
"He didn't ruin your life. You got Ava out of it didn't you?" he argued.
"Yeah, and I had to deal with her on my own," I argued back.
"You weren't on your own Rose," Adrian said, suddenly making me feel guilty. He loved me and I was hurting him so much.
"I know, I'm sorry Adrian," I whispered.
"It's fine. Do you want me to stay tonight? I could take Ava somewhere tomorrow?" he asked.
"She'd like that," I said smiling at him. He walked towards the spare room, "Adrian-" he turned back, "I really am grateful for everything you've done for me and Ava," he nodded at me then walked out.
I was laying in bed later feeling guilty for not being able to love Adrian back. A part of me also felt horrible for lying to Dimitri and everyone else about Ava. When I had found out I was pregnant I thought I would have to lie, not so people wouldn't find out about me and Dimitri, though that was part of it, but so I wouldn't have to talk about him and people wouldn't know he'd left me after he'd said he loved me. It had hurt so much back then, hell, it still hurts, but now, I didn't know if I could go on lying if I had to face him everyday.
Authors Note: Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, if not let me know why and I'll try do better next time.
Love Gracii xxxx
