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I just didn’t know how I was going to go about it.

Chapter 11

Abby

I didn’t know how to do. I didn’t know how to make let me go. Even as I watched him across the bar, drinking with Brad, he looked so happy. And I was going to ruin that. I knew that was going to be the end result, me hurting him.

I also thought he would be the one to break my heart. I never would have thought it would be me doing the breaking.

But it had to be done. The sooner the better.

I knew what would happen next, he would hate me and leave. He’d go to his new charter and I’d be here. Being Blake’s bitch.

“You alright, Abby?” Kim asked, taking a bar stool next to me.

“Yep, fine.” I sipped on my water.

“Are we going to talk about the roses now? Or should I still pretend like Blake didn’t reach out to you?”

“I’m handling it.” I got up. “Dad in his study?”

“Last time I checked, yeah.”

“Thanks.”

I had enough courage to enter a relationship with Kade. I should have enough to finish it. But first I had to talk to Dad. I walked across the bar and pushed on the black door.

He was at his desk, doing sweet fuck, just drinking and reading the paper.

“Hey Dad.”

“Abby, something wrong?” He put his paper down. Geez, he knew me too well. I only ever wanted to speak to him in private when something was wrong.

“Just need to talk to you.” I dragged a chair across the room and sat across from him in the leather chair. “I’m breaking up with Reaper.”

“What happened to you riding out into the sunset to his new charter?” Dad studied me. “What happened to him being the love of your life?”

Kade was the love of my life. Always will be. But I loved him enough to let him go. He could find a wife that didn’t have my past or a criminal gang leader controlling her.

“I’m seeing someone else.”

Dad grunted.

“I haven’t told him yet,” I added.

“Of course you haven’t, because I still have a clubhouse standing. If he knew, he would be blowing this place apart! You can’t just break up with him because you’ve had a fight or something. He is the father to my grandchild!”

“That’s why I’m telling you first. When I end it with him, I’m staying here. I’ll need your support to help me get him to leave.”

“You want me to end it with him, don’t you?” He narrowed his eyes at me. “Abby, you can’t expect that of me.”

“I’ll be the one to tell him. But I need you to drive the fact home that I’m not changing my mind. Make sure he doesn’t give up the charter, expecting me to come back to him.”

Dad nodded his head. “Fine, you have my support. Who is the new kid you’re seeing?”

“A dangerous criminal. With a record. You know, a real upstanding citizen.”

“Name?”

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