Touching The Heart Of Ace (SAMPLE)

Chapter 46

I heard the bathroom door open.

Robbie sat on the edge of bath tub staring at me. He took my wet hand and rubbed gently on the back of my hand.

"Is she awake?"

"No."

He changed the visual to the nursery on the monitor we recently installed in the bathroom. My bathroom to be precise. So, I could take long baths, without worrying about Princess. Robbie was silent, and silent Robbie made me nervous.

I took my hand off him and washed myself. I walked into the bathrobe Robbie stretched for me.

He was still not talking and I was steadily getting worried. What did Jason say? Or was that mom?

"Angel?"

I met his gaze in the mirror as I blow dried my hair.

"Jason is only looking out for you, you know?"

"He talked to you." I rolled my tongue in my mouth. That was a low blow from Jason's side. This decision was solely on me. Robbie had no idea I was going to take care of Princess.

"Baby..." I glared at him. When did they become best friends? Of all the times, they decided to be chummy to fight me on one thing I was so sure about.

Robbie sighed and pressed me to his chest.

"There are only two people in this whole world I would let to advise me on decisions related to us. One is your mother, other is Jason." I felt like crying. No one wanted to know what I wanted, they did not care. "My Angel, you are precious to me in the way I can never describe. And I trust Jason because I know he will never do anything to hurt you."

"HE IS HURTING ME NOW." I didn't mean to shout. Then water filled in my eyes and I was sniffling.

Robbie was not getting it; Jason was not getting it; Mom wanted me to only come here on weekends. It would not do any good and I was able to change mom's mind.

Was it because he did not want me here? Robbie had begged me to come here several times before but I never set foot in this house because he bought this after his marriage; supposedly to start a family. When I changed my mind and he did not want me here anymore.

"Sweetheart." There was a definite warning in his voice. Oh really! Was he going to kick me out if I was not going obey. He could try. "There is nothing that would make me happier than to see my Angles' faces every single second of my life."

"Doesn't look like it." I turned my face away and Robbie forcefully turned me to him. I glared at his chest. Why did he not need me here?

"You are not dropping out of college. You are going back, on Sunday. I have everything figured out."

"It is my life and I decide what I want to do."

The bastard chuckled, his face hardening. "You decide all you want, but you are going." He checked his phone and tried to walk away.

My nails were digging on his elbow but I was not backing off. "What! You don't get to do that to me. I am staying and that is final. Don't think you know what is good for me, Robert Brantley."

"I know you and that is enough. Don't fight me on this, you know it would change nothing. Cry all you want; you have three days."

Why was no one seeing the things my way? I heard a whimper from the bedroom monitor. I pulled myself together to check on my baby.

"She is not your baby, Goose. Stop saying like that. It will only bring pain, not just to you, but to her, her dad and her mom. She is not yours." Jason had said that to me when Robbie was at office. He visited after a few days of our lash out, still trying to take me with him.