*CADEN*
I decided to go face him. Maybe I had to make it clear to him in person that he should stop coming to my company.
“Make him wait for at the conference hall.” I ordered.
My secretary nodded and walked away.
“Is he hoping to suddenly beco family again?” Mason asked .
I scoffed. “As if.”
**************
I walked into the conference hall and saw him sitting there, waiting for .
For a mont, we only stared at each other.
It had been eight years since I last saw him, he seed to have aged a lot.
I had no fond mory of him even before that incident happened. He was always away, he was always busy with work. It had always been my mom and I and when my mom passed, it had felt as if I had lost the only person who cared about .
Sighing, I pushed aside all those mories and walked forward, calmly taking a seat.
“What do you want, Mr Steele?” I began.
He frowned at . “Mr Steele?”
“Isn’t that what you’re called?”
“I know it’s been years since we last saw each other but I’m still your father, Caden.” He said, calmly.
That was amusing to know. “Really? Last ti I checked, you disowned .”
“You had to understand how things were back then. The board of directors, all my investors were upset that my son murdered soone, they didn’t want to do business with anymore. I had to only make that announcent so they’d know that I wasn’t in support of the murder at all. In my heart, you were still my son.”
I laughed. “How about after my na got cleared? It was proven that I wasn’t a murderer, you saw no need to reach out to the son that was still in your mind?” I taunted.
I saw his throat moved, convulsively.
“I...I...I wanted to but...”
“No, you didn’t. When you disowned and announced Bennett as your only son, you ant it. When I got released, you saw no need in reaching out to , you didn’t care how I survived in jail and after I got out, you still didn’t care how life was going to be for . Hell, you thought I was going to beco nothing. Now that it’s publicly known that I own Ford Group, you ca running here, wanting to et with and pulling the “father card” on . If I was a nobody today, you wouldn’t be in my presence right now. So cut the bullshit.”
He held his palms together. “I am truly sorry, Caden. I know you’re mad at and you have every right to be. But I know your mother would not want us to be on bad terms...”
“Don’t you dare bring my mother into this, you cheating bastard!” I thundered and stood up.
Placing my hands on the desk, I stared at him, squarely.
“Listen to , Mr Steele. You and I are not related. Do not co to anymore.”
He stood up and shakily grabbed my hand.
“Caden, you have to forgive . I am your father. Together, Steele and Ford Groups would do great things.”
I tugged my hand away from his.
I couldn’t say I wasn’t disappointed.
I knew that was why he was here.
But I was kind of disappointed that he couldn’t even maybe lie a little, maybe lie that he was here to be a true father to .
But no.
He was only here because I owned Ford Group.
“I do not want to be associated with you. And lastly, warn Matilda, if she tries shit with this ti, I’d crush her.” With that, I headed for the door.
He hurried up to .
“What do you an by that?”
I signaled security and he was dragged out of my company.
**********
That evening I sat on the swivel chair in my study.
I never thought I’d see my father again. And I didn’t know what to expect if I ever did.
I had thought maybe, I’d feel nothing.
But I was actually feeling sothing right now.
I didn’t miss him.
But I missed the feeling of having a father. I missed having a family.
I sighed against the swivel chair. Alora wasn’t ho tonight. I had been inford by her manager that she was filming a scene downtown, it’d take a lot of ti so she was spending the night at an hotel close by.
So far, there had been no more leads to find the person who had wanted her dead.
Mason and his team were still trying to figure out how to trace the source of those texts.
But Mason’s bodyguards were still following her and I also did when I had the chance.
Tonight, I was particularly feeling lonely. Perhaps because I knew I was yet to have what I really wanted.
Alora.
Should I just go ahead and tell her about my true feelings for her?
Tell her I wanted her in my life.
Should I tell her that I wanted to build a family with her?
Maybe, just maybe she might want that with too.
A knock sounded on my door.
“Co in.” I let out.
The door opened and Ellie walked in.
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