“Let me guess. You’re calling me Alexandra, so I’m in big trouble? Assuming I’m grounded, you’ll take all my privileges off me because you are the controlling Lex Edwards.”
His eyes widen as his nostrils flare. Lowering his gaze for a moment, he’s obviously trying to control himself because Mom told him to.
“You’re damn right you’re grounded,” he shouts, slamming his fist on the counter. “How dare you worry your mother and me over your careless actions. You live in this house. You abide by our rules.”
Of course, he has no sympathy. He has no idea what happened tonight, and even if I told him the truth, he’d find a way to turn it into all about his rules.
“I’m over your rules!” I yell back, eyes blazing with fire. “I didn’t ask to be Lex Edwards daughter. This life was thrust upon me.”
“This life?” He tilts his head in confusion. “A life of having a roof over your head, food on the table, private schooling? I’m sorry. Please explain how awful it is for you to have what many children have to fight for.”
If only he knew the truth.
I drop my eyes to the floor. “You have no idea.”
“No idea how spoiled you are? You have everything you want. Please, enlighten me. How terrible it is to grow up as our daughter?”
Slowly, I lift my gaze to meet his matching emerald eyes. He waits for me to respond, but what is there to say?
“I hate you.”
And as quick as the words leave my mouth, I exit the kitchen and run up to my bedroom. Shutting the door behind me, I lean back against it as tears fall down my cheeks.
It’s all his fault.
I aborted Cole’s baby because of him.
And now, I must live with this decision for the rest of my life.
All because I carry the Edwards’ name …