Chapter 75: Chapter 75 Seeing his father again *CADEN* I decided to go face him. Maybe I had to make it clear to him in person that he should stop coming to my company. “Make him wait for me at the conference hall.” I ordered. My secretary nodded and walked away. “Is he hoping to suddenly become family again?” Mason asked me. I scoffed. “As if.” ************** I walked into the conference hall and saw him sitting there, waiting for me. For a moment, we only stared at each other. It had been eight years since I last saw him, he seemed to have aged a lot. I had no fond memory of him even before that incident happened. He was always away, he was always busy with work. It had always been my mom and I and when my mom passed, it had felt as if I had lost the only person who cared about me. Sighing, I pushed aside all those memories and walked forward, calmly taking a seat. “What do you want, Mr Steele?” I began. He frowned at me. “Mr Steele?” “Isn’t that what you’re called?” “I know it’s been years since we last saw each other but I’m still your father, Caden.” He said, calmly. That was amusing to know. “Really? Last time I checked, you disowned me.” “You had to understand how things were back then. The board of directors, all my investors were upset that my son murdered someone, they didn’t want to do business with me anymore. I had to only make that announcement so they’d know that I wasn’t in support of the murder at all. In my heart, you were still my son.” I laughed. “How about after my name got cleared? It was proven that I wasn’t a murderer, you saw no need to reach out to the son that was still in your mind?” I taunted. I saw his throat moved, convulsively. “I...I...I wanted to but...” “No, you didn’t. When you disowned me and announced Bennett as your only son, you meant it. When I got released, you saw no need in reaching out to me, you didn’t care how I survived in jail and after I got out, you still didn’t care how life was going to be for me. Hell, you thought I was going to become nothing. Now that it’s publicly known that I own Ford Group, you came running here, wanting to meet with me and pulling the “father card” on me. If I was a nobody today, you wouldn’t be in my presence right now. So cut the bullshit.” He held his palms together. “I am truly sorry, Caden. I know you’re mad at me and you have every right to be. But I know your mother would not want us to be on bad terms...” “Don’t you dare bring my mother into this, you cheating bastard!” I thundered and stood up. Placing my hands on the desk, I stared at him, squarely. “Listen to me, Mr Steele. You and I are not related. Do not come to me anymore.” He stood up and shakily grabbed my hand. “Caden, you have to forgive me. I am your father. Together, Steele and Ford Groups would do great things.” I tugged my hand away from his. I couldn’t say I wasn’t disappointed. I knew that was why he was here. But I was kind of disappointed that he couldn’t even maybe lie a little, maybe lie that he was here to be a true father to me. But no. He was only here because I owned Ford Group. “I do not want to be associated with you. And lastly, warn Matilda, if she tries shit with me this time, I’d crush her.” With that, I headed for the door. He hurried up to me. “What do you mean by that?” I signaled security and he was dragged out of my company. ********** That evening I sat on the swivel chair in my study. I never thought I’d see my father again. And I didn’t know what to expect if I ever did. I had thought maybe, I’d feel nothing. But I was actually feeling something right now. I didn’t miss him. But I missed the feeling of having a father. I missed having a family. I sighed against the swivel chair. Alora wasn’t home tonight. I had been informed by her manager that she was filming a scene downtown, it’d take a lot of time so she was spending the night at an hotel close by. So far, there had been no more leads to find the person who had wanted her dead. Mason and his team were still trying to figure out how to trace the source of those texts. But Mason’s bodyguards were still following her and I also did when I had the chance. Tonight, I was particularly feeling lonely. Perhaps because I knew I was yet to have what I really wanted. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢 Alora. Should I just go ahead and tell her about my true feelings for her? Tell her I wanted her in my life. Should I tell her that I wanted to build a family with her? Maybe, just maybe she might want that with me too. A knock sounded on my door. “Come in.” I let out. The door opened and Ellie walked in.