A deafening silence fell on them as soon as Aiden popped the question.
"Aiden, please don't make me choose," the vampire said after a while.
He put both hands on Aiden's shoulders and looked him deep in the eyes.
"You and he have different positions in my life. There is no competition at all," he reasoned.
Aiden tossed out a burst of cheerless laughter in response.
"You already made a choice," he remarked.
Ryan wanted to have both of them; Aiden as his lover and Alain as his adopted son.
The problem was simply that Aiden refused to be under the same roof as Alain ever again. He and his mother hurt Aiden enough, and the latter refused to repeat the past.
"I am sorry, Ryan. This is my bottom line," Aiden said.
He took Ryan's hands off his shoulders.
Ryan refused to give up so easily. He pulled at Aiden's waist and narrowed his eyes at him, "What are you saying?"
"I am saying that if you don't kick him out of your life, consider that we are over."
"Aiden...!"
