Entangled (The Accidental Billionaires #2) - J. S. Scott Page 0,6

he did, he deserved an Academy Award for his performance.

My breathing was ragged and erratic when I ran out the door of Eli’s home, and then slumped back against it in disbelief after I’d closed it behind me.

What had never been obvious to me before about Aiden came crashing down on my head.

He didn’t know why I was angry.

He didn’t know that I’d explained everything to him in a heartfelt letter, and then never got an answer.

He didn’t know that it had destroyed me to leave with someone else.

Aiden Sinclair was confused about why I’d left Citrus Beach.

He had no idea that I’d been pregnant with his daughter when I’d gone.

CHAPTER 2

AIDEN

“What in the hell was that all about?” Seth asked as he slid into the chair that Skye had just dramatically vacated. “Skye looked pissed.”

I shrugged. I’d been trying for almost a year not to wonder what was going on in that beautiful blonde head of Skye Weston’s, but I’d never completely succeeded. “I have no fucking idea.”

I fucking hated the fact that she was still as beautiful as she had been when she was eighteen. Her expressive, big green eyes could still make me want to climb mountains to give her anything she wanted.

Hell, I should have gotten over those emotions years ago, after she’d left me for a rich guy.

The rest of my family had been momentarily distracted by Skye leaving so abruptly, but they’d gone back to their previous conversations.

I couldn’t forget her departure quite as easily.

“What did she say?” Seth pressed.

“She seems to think I should know why in the hell she left. How would I know? She took off with a rich guy and left my poverty-stricken ass behind. End of story.”

I’d been pretty torn up about her taking off with a wealthy man and forgetting all about the two of us so damn easily.

Maybe we had been young, but Skye and I had connected in a way that I’d never experienced before and had never found again. Not even close.

When she’d come back to Citrus Beach after her mother had died, years later, I was still pissed off that she’d dumped me so easily. Fuck knew I’d never forgotten her, but I’d been willing to bury the hatchet since so much time had gone by. She was my sister Jade’s friend.

But I’d been surprised to learn that she wanted nothing to do with me, like I’d done something wrong.

“Maybe she did leave a letter or something,” Seth suggested uneasily.

My brother’s voice was much more hesitant than usual, and since he sounded so guilty, I turned my head to look at him.

Seth and I were close. Really close. We’d grown up together with only a year between us. So I knew that look.

I stood and hauled him up with me so we could take it outside.

“You know something,” I accused as we hit the back porch. I finally let go of his shirt. “Somebody would have needed to let Skye into the house if she’d left a note. Did you let her in? Did she leave some kind of communication or not? Tell me. No bullshit.”

“What does it matter, Aiden? It’s over. It was done years ago when Skye left Citrus Beach and married another guy,” Seth replied as he leaned against the porch railing.

“It matters,” I growled.

Seth shrugged. “Okay, maybe I did take the letter she left. Jesus, Aiden. You were all torn up about her leaving. The last thing you needed was a written farewell. I thought you’d be able to get over her quicker if you didn’t have to read a bunch of crap from her. She left you for somebody else. What more was there to say?”

My vision was clouded with rage, and for the first time in my life, I wanted to seriously hurt one of my own brothers. “What did it say?”

“I have no idea,” he admitted. “I never opened it. It wasn’t addressed to me. I tossed it in the fireplace and watched it burn. Looking back, maybe it wasn’t the right thing to do. But we were all working our asses off to survive. When I saw your reaction to the fact that Skye had left for San Diego with somebody else, I didn’t want you to have any reminders of her around. So I took the letter before you saw it.”

I rubbed the back of my neck, trying to ease the tension there. I wanted to punch my brother out for taking that letter, but