Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Night He Owned Me: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

“Are you sure? You can stay here if you want,” I said, still running my hand up and down her back. “The couch is pretty comfortable. Or you can have my bed, and I can take the couch.”Amalia sat up and shook her head. “I want to go home. Can you call my dad while I throw up?”Amalia got up and stumbled to the bathroom as if nothing had happened. She groaned as she fell into one wall before sinking to the ground and crawling the rest of the way to the washroom.It had been long since I had last seen her this drunk. She was better off without Jaxon, but the next few weeks would be hell while she got over the relationship.Amalia tended to fall in love hard and fast when we were in university. She would think that she was head over heels for these men, and then when they broke her heart a few weeks later, she would spend nearly a month mourning a relationship that never was.I sighed and sent a message to Brandon while Amalia retched. When she finally stumbled back into the living room,

GinaWhenIwalkedintothe office on Monday morning, I froze. Mateo was sitting at my desk, one of my pictures in his hand. He spun from one side to the other in my chair, his lips pressed together in a thin line.He looked up and saw me, his frown only deepening. Mateo put the picture back down on my desk and got up.“Morning, Mateo,” I said, dropping my purse off under my desk. “Odd to see you here. I thought that you liked working from home.”“I do,” he said, not offering anything else as he tucked my chair in before I could sit down.“Alright. Well, is there something that I can help you with? I have several listings to get up on the website, and I can’t do that if you’re blocking my desk.”The corner of his mouth twitched as he looked down at me, his dark eyes narrowing. “I have something that I need to talk to you about. I was warned that you don’t hold your tongue, but I didn’t think you would start with me this early morning.”Other employees started to enter the building. Shelby

GinaOver the last two months, hiding my relationship with Brandon has been getting harder and harder. Nevertheless, we do our best to keep our relationship a secret.However, Amalia has nearly caught us a few times.I snuck out Brandon’s window more than once and ran to my car parked down the street. The next day I would have to listen to Amalia telling me about her theories on her dad’s dating life.She was sure he was seeing someone, which made me feel worse. Amalia would lose her shit if she found out that I was the mystery woman sneaking out in the middle of the night.It was getting too stressful to hide it from her, but it was too late to turn back.I’m falling for Brandon.Hell, I’ve already fallen. He had me at hello, and I’ve been enamored by him every moment since, even though it would have been better for the both of us if I wasn’t.I sighed as I leaned over the sink in my bathroom, my stomach tossing and turning.I had been holed up in my apartment for the last week, feel

Mateo shook his head. “There has to be more to it than happiness. Let’s pretend that the potential career damage isn’t a factor. Have you ever thought about what your daughter will think about this?”“Don’t drag Amalia into it.”“You need to weigh all the options and stop thinking with your dick.”My hands clenched into fists as I bit back the words on the tip of my tongue.“Consider what you’re doing,” Mateo said as he stood up. “The cleaners are only here once a week. You’re lucky that they found it before someone else did.”I crossed my arms and arched an eyebrow. “Do I need to worry about you?”“Me? Telling people about your little office affair? No. I may not support your actions, but you have been in a better mood since you started seeing Gina. And I like her. She’s got a backbone.”Mateo grinned and left the office, closing the door behind him. I sighed and ran my hands down my face when he was gone.Keeping my relationship with Gina a secret would be more complex than expected

“And what did you do? You hurt me anyway.” Amalia’s eyes were glassy as she glanced away from me. “I want you to end it with her.”“Then I’ll do it.”The words hurt me to say. It felt like I was ramming a knife through my chest, but my daughter was the only family I had left. I wasn’t going to alienate her. If breaking up with Gina was what it took to keep my daughter in my life, then that is what I had to do.“You’re too old for her. What the hell happens when you get even older? Will she spend the last good years of her life changing your diaper?” Tears tracked down Amalia’s cheeks. “And what about you? Are you going to spend the next few years trying to keep up with someone as young and ambitious as Gina?”As much as I hated to admit it, Amalia was making all the points that had spent the last several weeks circling through my mind. I knew that there was no way I would be able to keep up with Gina forever.That was supposed to be a problem when we got older.“Break up with her, Dad