[Austin’s POV] I stare at my father while feeling like he gut punched me. What the actual f**k was happening lately? Why was he turning on his flesh and blood for a woman and an abomination? Fuck. Everyone around me was going crazy and it was clear there was nothing I could do about it. “You may leave now.” My father’s voice is filled with finality I know that he has no interest in speaking any further to me and that if I pushed the topic right now it would only cause more trouble than it was worth and that’s why, I nod and turn and head out of his office to find Aiden waiting. “You shouldn’t push him.” He says, kicking off the wall he leans against. “You know how stubborn he can be. I mean, where do you think you got it from?” “Did you wait around to poke at me?” I demand, shooting

