Chapter 9 – Weakness

Was she about to do this, after all this man had caused her?

Hell, who was she kidding, she wanted this. Jake and their son were perhaps her only weakness and she had guarded both of her weakness behind her cold exterior. Maybe if she gave in, just this once, then nothing bad would happen. The life that she had built around herself wouldn't collapse in a fiery hell. Casting aside her inhibitions, she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and began to bite and nibble at his neck, a place, she knew drove him around the bend, "You had better make it quick, you filthy son of a bitch."

Jake chuckled warmly and wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and brought her across to one of the pillars that obstructed the view from the oncoming people that would be there very soon. He had no intention of making this quick, but he was going to do it in the time span that they had and he was going to enjoy himself. He missed her, he had done this many times since the last time with Rose and quite frankly, the rest of that had nothing on her. She was the best, and she would always be his.

Slumped against the pillar, she breathed in heavily and untied her hands from behind Jake's neck to wipe the hair that had matted itself to her forehead. Sighing, when Jake literally got off of and out of her, she stood there a moment and braced herself on her knees. She couldn't believe she had given in like that. What the hell was she thinking? That a quick fuck was going to make everything better? No, it was a part of their game to top each other and frankly Jake had just won it, "Why the fuck did you do that?"

"Why the fuck were you making that face at the guard?" Jake demanded.

Fixing the buttons on her jacket and pulling the tie out of her hair, her dirty blond tresses fell to her shoulders and she put her hands on her hips. How dare he do this to her, after what he did, "I don't answer to you, you're the one who left me, pregnant, and you didn't even give me a chance to say it!"

"I know," Jake backed down at that instant, there were no words to say how guilty that he was feeling because of that and it was an open wound to her.

"And it wasn't so much that you would have been away, I could have handled that, your son would still know his family," Rose stepped forward and in her current mindset, the past ten minutes never happened, "I made sure of that, I made sure that he knew your mother and your sister and your father. But you didn't even allow me the courtesy to tell you I was-…"

She was cut off again and this time it was from Jake himself, rushing up to her and pulling her tight against him and delivering a swift, but passionate kiss onto her lips, "Rose, this entire thing has been my fault, you know me, if I would have known that I had a child with you, I would have dropped everything and helped you. Now when you were going to tell me, that night in Central Park, I had just found out that I became the third richest man in history, you'll have to forgive me if I was under a bit of stress."

Rose held a finger up and bared her teeth, "Like I said, I can understand that part and I was completely supportive of it, I still am. What I'm pissed off about and what I've been pissed off about was the fact that you were so caught up in yourself that you didn't even let me FUCKING SPEAK!"

He lowered his head, "I know Rose, and I felt and do feel like shit."

"Good," She crossed her arms over her chest, "While you were away making shit loads of cash and screwing plastic dumb bitches, I was becoming Huntsmistress and at the same time, trying to conceal the fact that my son's father was a dragon, do you know what would happen if they found out!"

Jake had an idea and it made him frown, he didn't want to think about it.

"They would have killed him and then me, it wasn't easy, but I did it, you are damn lucky that I was manipulative and cunning enough to fool my Uncle into believing that Trevor's father was just a simply human," Rose narrowed her eyes and stepped closer to him, "I have been waiting a fucking decade to chew you out and you will not rob me of the chance, do you understand me Jake?"

He nodded, "Crystal."

"I have made the point clear throughout the Huntsclan that no one fucks with my child, I have protected him and shielded him from all possible ways that someone could find out about his heritage," She poked him hard in the chest, but he didn't move, "I also gave a place to protect him in the form of your Mother, she isn't pissed like I am, but she's disappointed about what you did."

Jake shook his head, "It didn't seem like that when I spoke with her."

"Wha-…You've seen her?" Rose asked, rather shocked.

"Last night when I got in, that's how I found out," Jake explained quietly.

"And she didn't tell you that she was disappointed?" She demanded crossly.

He shook his head, "I told you she didn't seem like that."

"Of course," Rose snorted derisively, "You know what, since you know about him, I'm going to let you see your child, and you have to explain the reasons that he didn't grow up with you and the reasons you left, do you understand."

After finding out about him and after knowing Rose like he did, the last thing he expected to find out is that she wanted him to have a relationship with their son, "I can't believe that you're going to let me even speak to him."

"Well why wouldn't I Jake? I'm not so cold, vindictive bitch. I mean, yes I am, but I'm not about to do you like you did me all those years ago," Rose slapped her hands to her side. But after she blew out a frustrated sigh, she rubbed the bridge of her nose, "He's so much like you anyway, it scares me."

Jake laughed, it was a withdrawn laugh, but it was a laugh none the less.

And for the first time in ten years, he heard her laugh, it was a laugh that he missed and a laugh that he wanted to hear again, "I mean just yesterday, the kid blew up the science lab at the academy with some of his friends. The Headmaster wanted to put him in the pit with a Kraken for it but-…"

"What?" He was now the one who was demanding things.

"Oh don't worry," She held up a finger with a slight laugh, "When I found out about his intentions, I slit the little fucker's throat for threatening our kid."

Jake sighed and looked down to his watch, "Look, as much as I love talking with you again, I have to get onto the trading floor for the opening bell. Unless you want to join me? Maybe we can have lunch, you know what-…"

"No," Rose offered his a polite smile, "I'd enjoy having lunch with you."