5. A MISTAKE?

AIDAN NIGHTINGALE.

I watched as Octavia’s face turned so red in embarrassment that my fist clenched and my teeth gritted. My wolf reared its head, the last thing I wanted to do was stand back and listen to someone that doesn’t worth even a strand of her hair call her a fucking slut.

Who does he think he is? Does he think that just because he’s my son then I’m absolutely going to support him?

HE HAD STUPIDLY CHEATED ON HER WHILE I WAS READY TO BURN DOWN THE WORLD JUST BECAUSE SHE HAD CRIED.

He doesn’t deserve her and right now, he sure as hell does not deserve to call her a slut! Not ok my fucking watch.

“Wait, okay, I break up with you and the first thing you do is seek out my father? Are you fucking sick?” Eren’s voice resonated through the entire building and my blood boiled.

“I— I didn’t—”

“I get it, Octavia, you’re so desperate for attention that you don’t care who you get it from.” Eren spat before Octavia could even think and the more he spoke, the angrier I became.

My blood ran hot and I could see the entire building turning red as I tasted blood at the tip of my tongue, blood also welled up in my eyes as I glared at my son.

‘Kill him!’ My wolf ordered, his anger radiating through me and threatening to push me over the edge. My animalistic instinct to kill this boy was overwhelming, stronger than I’d ever felt.

He’s my son. I can’t kill him and I’d honestly just fucked his ex-girlfriend and taken away her virginity, I don’t exactly have the right to talk but I didn’t want to listen to him insult her either.

“You’re so fucking disgusting, Avia, I mean, I knew you were easy, but my father? My father? That’s low! What did you do? Beg him to fuck you?!”

“Even your smell right now is so disgusting, I feel like I’m going to barf. Did I hurt you that much? You couldn’t bear seeing your best friend suck my cock, you should have told me you wanted that kind of attention and I might have given it to you.” My son yapped on and each time, I felt myself reaching my limit.

“You couldn’t bear that so you spread your legs for the first man who gave you the attention you so desperately craved. Fucking pathetic that it had to be my father.” He laughed as he turned to me.

I swear to the moon goddess that I have loved this boy since the very moment that I carried him in my arms but right now….

Right now I want to tear him apart.

“You knew I was dating her and you slept with her anyway?” He asked and just as I opened my mouth to speak, I felt something aggressive ripple through me.

“I’m not mad at you, dad, she’s a slut and you needed one to warm your bed, she’s easy, you got her.” He finished as he bursted out laughing again.

How dare he? How dare he call her a slut?

Fury surged through my veins and rage pulsed beneath my skin. My body trembled so hard that I had to dig my nails into my own skin to keep from slashing him.

My eyes drifted towards Octavia and just at that moment, I exploded inside me like an erupting volcano when I saw her biting her lower lip as tears welled up in her eyes.

“Give her some money and send her away, you don’t have any use for her anymore, do you?” Eren laughed and I just couldn’t take it anymore.

“EREN!” I barked, my voice having so much effect that I felt the ground shake beneath my feet and my son’s eyes widened as the croissant he was about to bite into fell out of his hand.

Shit. I’d let my rage show.

I was drowning in a flood of fury and I’d done a terrible fucking job hiding it. My eyes burned red and my chest heaved as my breathing paced.

“How d—”

“How dare you?” Octavia took the words right out of my mouth, the sound of her voice was like music to my ears, causing me to stop in my tracks as I turned to face her.

She looked different, she didn’t even feel like the timid girl that had tears welled up in my eyes when my son said all those horrible things to her.

The air around her had changed and both her voice and eyes were completely void of emotion as she bursted out in a laugh that had no hint of humor.

“Me? A slut? From you?” She asked amidst the laughter that suddenly stopped as she glared right at Eren, “did you really just call me a slut because you’re mad I didn’t let you fuck me?!” She spat, her voice firm.

“Oh, Eren, of everyone that could say nasty things to me and call me names, you don’t have any right to say anything of that sort to me!” She continued.

“I was loyal to you even when it was glaring that you were cheating on me! Hell, I was also calm when I found out you were fucking your receptionist but I still fucking stayed!”

“I planned the perfect proposal for us even when you made me feel so insecure and weak, I still wanted to spend the rest of my life with you because I loved you but what do I get? A live show of my best friend sucking your dick.” She laughed.

“No, Eren, you don’t get to call me names and yes, I fucked your dad! Even after always saying No to you, what are you going to do about it?!” I could tell she was breaking, I could feel it but boy, I’ve never been more proud of her.

“Call me whatever you want but at least I had the decency to be a slut after I broke up with you!” She went on, emphasizing on the ‘I’ and ‘you’.

“I don’t care how you feel, at least not anymore, we’re done. Over and I get to live my life however I want it now!” She finished and I watched as she stormed back upstairs.

Something glistened in Eren’s eyes as they followed Octavia’s steps. She had always been so quiet, gentle and kind but this particular Octavia was different from the one we both know.

This Octavia had the heat and she’d turned it up to max! She’s fiery and just thinking about it made my cock twitch.

I felt a small smile tug at the side of my lips as my son turned to face me, he looked frustrated, he wasn’t used to being humiliated like this and as the Alpha King, I understood why being an Alpha himself, he would feel like that.

“Are you going to send her away?” He asked me, his voice and eyes completely devoid and hollow as he spoke, “dad, don’t tell me my stepmother is going to be my ex-girlfriend.” He added and I almost burst out laughing.

She’s my mate but I can’t tell him that.

“Have you forgotten how to speak to your Alpha King!” I scolded and watched as my son trembled, “I don’t care if you’re my son, you don’t get to choose who I decide to spend the rest of my life with.” I finished as I took a sip of my scotch.

“So, I’m going to be seeing more of her?” He questioned, “are you not ashamed of having an affair with your son’s—”

“You guys broke up,” I cut in before he could finish, “you both have nothing together anymore just like she said.” I paused as the silence settled between us.

Eren and I never really got along, we were always at loggerheads and bringing him up alone wasn’t easy. He was a brat who never appreciates anything I did for him.

At first I’d thought that it was because he had lost his mother at a very young age but I was wrong, this is who he is, a selfish, self-absorbed, arrogant brat and that’s partly my fault.

“You cheated on her and expected her to wallow and live miserably? You’re mad because you weren’t expecting her to move on from you that fast.” I laughed as I recounted.

“If it wasn’t me, it would have been someone else. I didn’t raise an irresponsible cheat, Eren, I don’t know how you managed to ruin what people would die to get their hands on.” I continued.

“And by people, you mean you, don’t you?” He asked, “I didn’t think I could be more disappointed in you but, father, you surprise me everytime.” He added with a hint of laughter.

“I don’t care what you say, you don’t get to insult her just because she moved on to someone better, she might have been your ex but she’s mine now.” I affirmed, my territorial behavior taking the best of me.

“I can’t look at you right now.” My son spat before storming out of my house and soon, I heard the engine of his car revving as he drove off.

Sighing, I dropped my scotch and made my way back to my room, my heart aching just before I opened the door and when I did, I immediately saw why.

Octavia was crying and shivering, her palms were shaking and she was hiccuping as the tears trickled down her cheeks.

“Hey. Hey! What’s the matter? Why? Why are you crying?” I asked as I rushed towards her and when she faced me properly, I felt my heart stop.

I didn’t think I could ever be a total simp for anyone but for this woman, I’m losing my damn mind.

“T—th— this was a mistake, right? I can’t— I really can’t do this anymore.” She said amidst tears as she sprung up and began to rummage through her clothes, throwing them on.

At first, I’d thought she needed space and time and I wanted to stay away from her but staying away from her was what I did the first time and how did that help me.

My legs moving as if they had a mind of their own, my palm clamped down on her wrist as I turned her over until her head hit my chest.

“You regret it, don’t you?” She asked in a low voice as if putting words in my mouth, “you also think this was a mistake too, don’t you?” She added and I sighed.

Stroking her hair as she relaxed against my chest, I tried to search deep into my soul for that regret, I’d just fucked my son’s ex-girlfriend and not just that, my son and I just had a falling out because of it but strangely, I felt nothing remotely close to regret.

“I have never done anything I regret,” I responded as I lifted her face so that she was looking into my eyes, holding it captive.

“And my only mistake, Octavia, was letting you go once. I’m not about to do it again.”