Free The Absolution of Aidan (The Syndicate Series Book 3) by Kathy Coopmans Page B

make sure this woman they’re talking about is protected as well. Now, can we please go?” With that he drops his hand and my damn body misses his touch already.
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    My stomach alters restlessly. I notice my hands are gripping my steering wheel strongly. My pulse is pounding at my temples. Aidan followed me to my apartment, and now he’s walking toward my car. I’m afraid to step out for fear I may trip and fall flat on my face from how bad my legs are shaking.
    Why I’m nervous about the two of them meeting beats the shit out of me. I just am. Maybe it’s because I haven’t shared Diesel with anyone else except my parents since he was born. And now, I’m not going to be the center of this little boy’s universe anymore.
    “Get a damn grip, Deidre, he’s his father, for Christ sake. They need each other.” I reach over, grabbing my phone and wallet off of the passenger seat, and twist back to open my door when Aidan beats me to it, opens it, and guids me out, slipping his hand into mine.
    “Hell, I’m nervous,” he blurts out. I chuckle at the irony of both of us feeling the same way.
    “Don’t be. He’s a baby.” I hold back my own nerves the second I see his face when I look up and see his descending, slanting eyebrows, his downward-turned lips giving him an unnatural-looking frown.
    “Would you stop?” I let go of his hand and thread my arm through his. “He’s going to love you,” I say truthfully.
    I almost want to laugh at this big man who’s scared to meet his son. Aidan is dark, mysterious, and sexy as hell. God, is he sexy. I would love to be able to start licking from the tips of his toes up those muscular, meaty legs, stop and lick his big, thick cock. Oh, for god’s sake. I might have to go see a sex therapist next. Nah. Do they make medication to tame down a woman’s aching pussy? Like a reverse Viagra pill? Get your head straight, Deidre .
    I toss my tainted desires aside, pushing forward the reason why we’re here.
    Maybe, just maybe, the two of us can come to an agreement of some sorts. We took our sexual frustrations out on each other but we don’t have to live together anymore, grating down on each other’s last nerve. We’re going to be fine raising a child separately yet together as parents. There, with every step further we take, I feel better.
    He’s changed over the past year. He’s still hot-tempered, well, maybe not. I don’t know. He had every right to blow his fucking gasket with his family today.
    The way he handled the news I told him today, though, is solid proof he’s changed the way he feels towards me. The dickhead of a man I remember would have accused me of trapping his ass or some shit. I was expecting him to deny it. To be pissed the hell off when he saw me. Not that it was any of his business where I went or what I did with my life. But he was the exact opposite.
    The ride up the elevator is quiet. Out of the corner of my eye, I can see he’s starting to sweat. There’s nothing more I can say to him. This is something he has to deal with on his own terms.
    The closer we get to my floor, the more anxious I become, all nerves demolished. Happiness floats through me like a fast current. I’m happy for my boy, happy for his father, and happy for myself. If anyone would have told me a little over a year ago that I was going to be a mom, or that a one-night stand destined to happen from the moment Aidan and I set eyes on each other would be the reason for this happiness I’m feeling now, I may have either cunt-punched or dick-kicked them, sending them flying. Your life can change quickly. You blink one second, and the next someone is telling you you’re pregnant. Your life doesn’t belong to you anymore. You become a parent. Your life revolves around them and their needs. It’s the greatest feeling in the world. One you can never explain to another person unless they’re parents themselves. Which is why I don’t get the way Aidan’s mom can be so