Chapter Thirteen
Sofia pushed his away roughly. “Don’t touch me.”
Ivo was there then, getting between the two of them. “Who is this, Sofia? Who the hell are you?”
Fergus bristled. “I am Sofia’s father, Fergus Rutland. And you?” He drew himself but couldn’t match Ivo’s great stature, height, certainly in the face of Ivo’s anger.
“Ex-step-father, I believe, and from what Sofia has told me, you threw her out of your family the day she buried her mother. You have no rights here, you son of a b***h. Get out of here.”
Fergus ignored him, and looked straight at Sofia. “Sofia…I know what I did was wrong. I know I can never make up for it. Please, let me try.”
Sofia was trembling so hard that Ivo put his arms around her to stop her from falling down. “No, I don’t want you here.”
Fergus, to h
