Page 69 of Broken Beauty
We never exchanged last names.
“What's the matter? What?”
“Cal Madden's only daughter.”
Even more questions.
How the hell does he know who my dad is?
“How do you-“
“You're a fucking cunt, Madden.” He lets go of my hands and almost forces me away.
Even more questions run through my head as I try to not let tears form in my eyes. “What's the matter? Why are you mad?”
“Cal Madden's fucking daughter happens to be the one I am fucking around with.”
“Why does that matter? What are you even talking about?”
“Levi Jones', Ariella. You are fucking Levi Jones' son,” Ash says with a straight face.
My eyes widen and I feel panic and shock run through my bones.
Of course, he had to be Levi's son.
I mean Ash did say his dad was one of the most powerful lawyers in New York other than my dad. How did I not see it?
Ash looks almost emotionless as he looks at me. He looks like he hates me and would rather see me die than touch me again.
But all I want is for him to say he's joking and then touch me. I need his reassurance that this isn't real.
That he isn't the one my dad was trying to put away. “Ash-“
“Don't say a fucking thing, Ariella.”
“Ash, I didn't know-“
“I have spent a year of my life trying to defend myself against your father. My father has spent an entire year trying to protect me. What will your dad think when he finds out I'm fucking you?” I hate how Ash is calling this relationship we have 'fucking'. He knows it's more than that. “My dad was having a fucking fit when he found out.”
“Your dad knows?”
“Of course, he does. He was my fucking lawyer, Ariella. He had to know that I am fucking the prosecutor's daughter. This will land me in so much shit if someone were to find out.”
I don't know much about Ash's case but I know it was something bad. I know it had to do with his mom and now all I am wondering is what the hell happened. Nothing about his case is a public record because his dad kept it all under wraps for him and away from the media.
Now it all makes sense.
But now that I know Ash is Levi's son, I want to throw up. It can't be true.
That's why Ash doesn't talk about his mother. I know she is dead from what I heard from my dad but how? Does it have to do with Ash's dad? Does it have to do with Ash? What happened to Ash's mother?
That's all I can think about and how Ash is Levi's son. This can't be happening.
“Ash we can work this out-“
“No.”
Tears are threatening to spill from my eyes. This all is so overwhelming and I don't know how to process any of this information. It's all too much.
