Ethan's POV

"Say what?" I demanded as my heart started to pound in my chest rapidly.

"You might be Aiddan's father." She whispered, choking on a sob.

"How?" I asked, confused, frowning down at her bent head.

"When I conceived Aiddan I had just gotten left at the altar by my ex-fiancé. And in my attempt to stop the pain I was feeling I had gone to some bar that one of my friends suggested. I met a guy there. And before I knew what was happening we had gone to his house and uhh." She started to blush trying to find a good word. "Had sex. When I woke up the next morning I got out of his house as fast as I could for fear of his rejection. That house was this one."

I was at a loss for words. I vaguely remember that night. It was when I had been in my drunken stupor from the loss of my father. "So...Aiddan is mine? There was no other guy? Not even your ex-fiancé?" I realized that I said that a little too harshly when her head jerked up and she glared at me in indignation. But hey, you can't blame me for wanting all the details.

"No. No other guy. It couldn't have been Mark's because at that point he had been on a 'business trip' for almost three months. And after you there was nobody." She explained to me as she looked down guiltily.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" I asked, dragging a hand through my hair. "Actually, no. Why didn't you try contacting me when you found out you were pregnant?"

"Do you think you would have believed me if I told you that I was pregnant? You. A billionaire with a freaking empire of companies? No. I don't think so.

She had a point there. "But still. At the most I would have demanded a DNA test when he was born. You still should have told me!" I breathed out in anger.

"I realized that okay? I just didn't want MY son to go through the pain of his father being there for him then walking out like he was a rug beneath his feet when he found a better family." She whispered brokenly as tears fell down her face.

"Oh." I said in sudden understanding. I probably would have been skeptical about it. "That still doesn't mean I don't have the right to know that I have a son."

"I've missed out on three years of his life. I missed his birth, first steps, and first words. Hell I missed his first everything pretty much. I wouldn't have ever left him. Even if we hadn't worked out. I would never step out on a child of my own making." I ranted in anger as I realized I'd never get those three precious years of his life back. "Did you plan on ever telling me if it hadn't been for what's been happening lately?"

"No. Not really. I wasn't even that sure of how old you were at the time. For all I knew you were married and already had kids. I didn't bother with any research because I knew you were rich by the house and I didn't want to risk having my child taken from my custody." She whispered in defeat as she slowly sank to the floor, pressing her back to the wall. "But now I might have just done that."

I went to point out that those weren't really valid reasons when her last statement hit me full force. She thought I was going to take Aiddan away from her? "Wait. I'm not going to take our child away from his mother. What kind of father would I be to do that? Aiddan deserves to have a mother just as much as he deserves to have his father."

"You're not going to sue me for custody?" She questioned softly as she looked up at me.

"Of course not!" I exclaimed as I bent down to be eye level with her. "Besides I don't really see the point in that when I'm trying to get you to be mine."