UNTIL I MET YOU : CHAPTER 241 – 250
Gray gets out of the car and opens my side door for me to get out. Reid has already left with Alexa in his arms.
“I’m sorry,” I say as I step out of the car.
He ignores me again and shuts the door.
This is unbearable. Why the silent treatment? I know I deserve it, but not to this extent.
I wince at my shoulder—it hurts more than ever. I actually forgot that a windshield glass shard is still embedded in my flesh.
Gray sighs and holds my wrist as he begins walking. For once, he doesn’t look angry. He looks calm and sad.
His workers look at us as we enter. I ignore Nick’s pitiful look and stare at the floor.
We walk upstairs to Gray’s room. He sits me on the couch and leaves.
Why did he have to leave me? Is he even aware that a glass shard is still stabbed in my skin?
I try to take it out, but I stop when I hear Gray’s voice.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” he says.
I look up at him, and he’s holding a first-aid kit.
He sits on the spot next to me and drops the kit between us.
“It’s gonna hurt a lot, so close your eyes,” he says.
I shake my head sideways.
He rolls his eyes and starts to pull it out. It feels like my shoulder is falling off. I scream, and Gray stops at once.
He sighs and looks into my eyes. Tears have already stained my face, and I know I look like shit.
He tucks my hair behind my ear and cups my cheek.
Gray kisses me at once, and that catches me off guard. I shut my eyes and let his mouth roam mine. I part my lips to kiss back, but he stops.
I open my eyes to look at him, and he’s holding the broken glass, covered in my blood.
He already pulled it out. How did he do that, and I didn’t feel a thing?
He helps me shrug off the pea coat and cleans the wound with alcohol. I scream and swat him several times as he cleans the cut. It hurts like hell.
After applying treatment, Gray covers the cut with a bandage.
I take several deep breaths and look down at my shoulder.
“How did you find me?” I ask as he puts away the first-aid kit.
“Really? How could you go out to party without even telling me? You even told me you visited your parents. I knew that sounded strange. I can’t believe you would lie about something like that,” he scolds.
I sigh and look at my lap. “I’m sorry.”
“You’re sorry? Ariel, you almost got shot again. What if I didn’t even show up? What if I didn’t give you that pendant?”
Maybe he should be asking what if I didn’t put it on. What if I was stupid enough to take it off, forgetting the fact that Gray made sure it had a tracking device?
I think I always make stupid decisions when I’m in bad shape.
“I’m really sorry. I found out some ugly truth, and I hate to think about it. I wanted to feel numb and forget everything.”
He looks calm for once. Gray sits next to me. He lifts me off the couch and places me on his lap.
His right arm caresses my hips to my lower back as he draws small circles on my bare skin.
“What did you find out?” he asks.
His gray eyes watch me, and I feel terribly guilty for lying to him.
“Sinclair…”
His brows furrow as he looks at me blankly.
“Again?”
“Gray, look, it’s different this time.”
“What do you mean?” he asks with a bored tone.
“He’s my father.”
I feel his hand tense on my back as he clenches his jaw. His eyes look dull all of a sudden as he stares at me emotionlessly.
He’s pissed.
“It’s true. He visited my family at home, and he had a DNA test, Gray. He’s my real father, and I didn’t see that coming either.”
He still looks emotionless. His facial expression portrays emptiness and nothing. Gray grabs my waist and sits me back on the couch. He stands up and puffs out his breath. His hands run down his hair, and he’s not looking at me. He walks to the nightstand by the bed and picks up a cigarette and a lighter as he heads to the balcony.
I watch him struggle to light it as he keeps the lighter in his pocket. He inhales the stick, and the next thing that follows is a cloud of smoke.
UNTIL I MET YOU : CHAPTER 241 – 250
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