All Chapters of FALLING FOR HIS DADDY: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

A heavy silence fell in the room and beyond. I couldn’t see Vincent’s face, but I could imagine the rage burning inside him. I myself was shaking from where I was, so what of him? How was he going to handle the shame? The embarrassment would swallow him whole before he could even take up that mop and the bucket. God!“This is unacceptable, Dad!” Vincent muttered. “You can’t humiliate me like this. A janitor? What do you expect my friends and everyone in this hospital to say and think of me?”“You should have thought about what people would say about your failure before planning to be a failure. I am willing to bear the shame; you should not be having a hard time given that you brought this upon yourself.”“But, Dad, come on. To hell with being a surgeon then. Give me a better position in one of yours then. You can do that, right? Yeah?”The boy had balls, huh! I mean, where was the apology for failing his father like that? Where was his remorse? His pity for his dad, who had worked so

Everything was so wrong—what he was doing to me was wrong. What I was allowing myself to feel was wrong. Being close like that was so damn wrong!I jerked back, putting space between us. “No.” My voice was hoarse, my hands clenched into fists. My palms were sweaty, but he couldn’t see that. “You need to stop.” My heart ached at my own words.Dr. Aldrich arched a brow, clearly amused. “Are you sure?”Didn’t he want to?I swallowed hard, trying to steady myself. “Yes. We should forget what happened between us. It was a mistake. A one-time thing. From now on, we act like strangers. For the sake of a professional working relationship.”“There is nothing like a mistake where two adults are in consent over something. At least that is what this old guy here knows.”And he thought that was funny? For shame’s sake, I would have chosen to just die of heartaches rather than sleep with my ex’s dad if I knew. Why is he taking this matter so lightly?“Did you know all this before now? You knew who

He shook his head. “I can never stand in the way of your success, Leylla. But I will be here for you. For anything you will ever need.” He took my hand and kissed it.Why was he contradicting me?If he didn’t want to be in the way of my career, if he was certain that he was a distraction that I should not allow to get to me, why was he kissing me like that? He was sure of what he was doing to me. Why was he confusing me? Why would he urge me to forget him and then turn around and kiss me so senselessly?But oh well, it was not like I was planning on getting distracted on this path anyway. He wanted me to focus on my career. Then by all means, because that had been my plan all along.I slipped from his hold and stood up. I shook off that heat that was still clinging to me and took in a very long breath. I started walking out, but his words stayed with me.“You will be working with me.”I turned around. Wasn’t that obvious? We were in the same space. He was going to be my senior. “I kno

I barely remembered the rush up the stairs.It was only the sounds of pain and that I had developed for my tormentors that lingered. The hand was feeling numb, but the pain was there. So deep.The cold of the floor and water still clung to my skin. My clothes were soaked and stuck to me like another layer of my skin, and my arm throbbed as if the bones were screaming. Yet, in the blur of pain, I could still feel his touch. The way he held me. The way he effortlessly dodged everything and everyone as he ran up the stairs and corridors.He could see my tears. Could feel my pains. But he did not say a word. Did not ask anything. And I appreciated that. I hated him seeing me crying, but the pain was unbearable. And he happened to be my only solace. I rested my head on his chest and let tears flow. Let him carry me to wherever.He pushed open the door to his private office, a room that felt too grand, too clean, too pure for someone like me in that moment—drenched, broken, humiliated. But h

Dr. Aldrich shook his head in defeat. “It is pointless trying to reason with a fool. And it saddens me so much that you have turned this way. I am not happy as your father.”Vincent scoffed with so much detest. “And I am a proud son after all that you are doing? Trading the affection meant for me for this woman? You are acting like she has you wrapped around her finger. You defend her, protect her, praise her, trust her, place your hope on her…”“Because she deserves it,” Dr. Aldrich snapped, cutting his son off. “She has shown all the potential, and I am not the only one who is a witness to that. I did not write all those reports in her profile, did I?”Vincent glared at me. His cold glare lingered for far too long, shooting daggers that I knew meant the trouble was not yet over.Then he took a step closer to Dr. Aldrich. They faced each other, like two antagonists ready to tear each other into pieces. “And the way to look at her? The way you rushed to help her? The way you carried h