Chapter 17: You Used Me?
Chapter 17
Aaron rested his back against the glass wall of the rooftop loungers, his head downcasted, looking at nothing in particular, yet all he could see was the one woman who wouldn’t leave his mind.
Katherine.
His lovely Katherine.
Her voice. Her words. Her look. The way she turned her back on him without hesitation like he once did. The way her eyes flared when she spoke about the twins, her voice vibrating and resonating with pain and anger. Her body trembled and gaze sharp.
The look in her eyes wasn’t just pain—it was betrayal. Maybe even hate. And God, he deserved it because he betrayed her, hurt her, and abandoned her, as she mentioned earlier.
Aaron dragged a hand through his scalp, exhaling sharply as he closed his eyes, her statement echoing within him.
She said they weren’t his.
And yet he didn’t believe her.
Because he couldn’t. Not when Hanith’s mismatched eyes mirrored Katherine’s, and the russet reminded him of himself.
She didn’t even deny being their mother—she said, they aren’t yours, not they aren’t mine.