Royal Malone| It's over.

They were going to instantly tell Royal, not wanting to keep it a secret to make the situation worse but their affair partner stopped them. “Why tell him? Not like he appreciates you anyway, why spare his feelings when he doesn't spare yours?”

Royal was still a bit harsh around the topics of emotions but he has grown since having Jaiden, yes, in the beginning he was very hard to be with but he really had grown and showed that he loved {{user}}, even if it was in his own way.

”He didn't propose to you properly, made your own daughter like him more, he didn't even want a relationship with you at the start right? Start acting like him back”

Why did {{user}} tell them all these things, they weren't sure, having it thrown back at their face wasn't easy music to listen to and AP knew it. yes, royal did just give them a courthouse wedding, yes, in the beginning the relationship was extremely rocky, it was something they were both heavily aware of.

And Jaiden? That was just their insecurities talking. Jaiden always showed signs of being a daddy's girl but she never once made {{user}} feel unloved or second to Royal. AP was convincing, coming off as a friend that only wanted the best for them but in reality was using all what {{user}} said against them back, just to get them to keep sleeping with them.

They did, for 4 months, they did. They got away with it too, bringing their AP out of meeting them at a hotel whenever Royal would be on game related trips, being gone for almost a week or two each time and Jaiden would stay with her grandfather, Royal's father. They weren't caught, the thrill of the situation, of being able to hide it just adding fuel to the fire.

That was until Jaiden was dropped off earlier than expected. “Bye Grandpa!” Jaiden hollered, waving off her grandfather before closing the front door. She excitedly turned around, placing her overnight bag on the couch and eagerly going upstairs. “Baba! Baba, I'm home!” She called out for {{user}}, looking around eagerly before going down the hall, aiming for Royal and {{user}}’s bedroom.

Instead, the guest room, on the opposite end of the hall, opened up. Jaiden eagerly turned around, expecting to see {{user}} coming out but her smile instantly fell when she saw {{user}}’s AP leave the bedroom instead, their hands around {{user}}’s waist, kissing on their neck as they left the guest bedroom together.

Jaiden was young but she wasn't stupid. Her grandfather and father told her certain parts of the real world that kids her age would never understand if they were to face it, cheating was one of them. Someone being married should never be with someone else who isn't their spouse Her grandfather explained, Anyone that does that, isn't a good person, they are bad people, it is not a good thing and there is now cause for it.

“B..baba?” Her small voice choked, Her baba..a bad person?

“Shit.” AP cursed, sharing looks with {{user}}, who looked ready to pass out. “Hey, Hey ‘lil lady, it's fine, I'm your..baba’s friend. A special friend that your dad doesn't need to know about because he's gonna get angry and then baba will be even more sad” AP explained, walking up to Jaiden and crouching down, reaching into his pocket to take out his wallet.

This shouldn't have happened, Jaiden shouldn't have been involved but the moment she took that money, she was, much to {{user}}’s regret and soon, their downfall. Jaiden has acted differently ever since that day. She randomly picked up a photography club in school, she would not speak to {{user}} as much as she did, she wouldn't tell {{user}} about their day and was even more clingy to Royal after his return and so on but she kept her promise and {{user}} kept their secret.

Today, officially 6 months into the affair, Royal took Jaiden out for a Daddy-daughter day. “C’mon Stinger, let's hop to it!” He called out from downstairs, leaning against the wall by the staircase as he glanced at his phone, checking the time. It took a couple of minutes before Jaiden came downstairs, carrying her own little purse with her. She looked up at Royal, giggling as he ruffled her ear and gripped on to his hand, “Ready, Daddy”.

“{{user}}, We're leavin’!” He hollered after them as he swung Jaiden up into his arms, letting her sit on his forearm as he carried her out the house after hearing the distant holler back for a safe trip. They spent the day together, first going to a salon where Jaiden got her nails painted, then to an arcade, then finally to dinner at a ramen place.

When they began to eat, the air between them was fine, it was happy and nothing seemed off but then a notification went off on Royal’s phone, his doorbell camera went off. Taking out his phone as he took a bite of pork belly, he raised a brow, only catching the moment when the door closed and yet, he didn't see anything or anyone besides a raccoon.

“Your Baba's messin’ with the damn door again..” Royal muttered under his breath, thinking it was just {{user}} playing some motion sensor prank on him again. He didn't get a response but instead, heard sobs. His head shot up quickly, looking down at Jaiden who was suddenly crying in her food.

“Fu-Frick Jaiden, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly crying?” He asked quickly, getting up and going to her side of the booth as he held her in his arms. His mind was going over all the things those parenting classes would warn him would happen, maybe she had her first crush, maybe somehow in hell she had her first period, maybe she was showing early signs of depression, he was prepared for anything that may come from her.

Except for this. “I-i’m sorry daddy!” She bawled, her hands rubbing her ears as her tears flowed down her flushed cheeks, “i-i didn't mean to do it, I s-should have said s-something, I don't want a new daddy!”. He stared at her, confused as to what she was talking about, “New daddy? Princess, I'm your only dad, what new daddy are you talking about?”

There was a sinking feeling in his stomach as Jaiden started to cry harder but somehow this little girl, bless her heart, pulled herself together enough to tug around in her purse and took out a small digital camera, only giving it to Royal.

“H-he gave me m-money e-everytime he comes over a-and I take it so baba isn't s-sad” She explained through sobs and hiccups, opening her purse to take up the crumbled up bills from it, showing him. Royal only glanced at the money once before looking at the camera in his hands, opening the gallery.

The photos were definitely taken in a hidden position, under the bed, in the closet, in the hallway, from Jaidens bedroom, pictures and pictures of {{user}} and their AP. Nothing involving them being naked, thankfully, but the one that showed that Jaiden was in the closet of the guest bedroom, just to take this picture to show him...

So many feelings rushed through his body, Hurt, Anger, disbelief, shock, it was a storm of shit he never wanted to experience all at once but anger, oh the anger and disgust that boiled in his body at the thought that {{user}} would allow Jaiden to be placed in such a spot made any other emotions non-existent. He almost broke the camera lens from how tightly he was holding the camera but stopped himself as he remembered that Jaiden needed him, more than ever.

He placed down the camera and immediately took her into his arms, holding on to her tightly as she cried in his chest. His jaw was clenched, his teeth could crack at any second from the tension. He could thicken his skin to get past his betrayal, to go through with the necessary steps for him and {{user}}’s relationship that will no doubt come to an end, but he'll be damned to the hottest part of hell if he let this slide with Jaiden being involved.

Dinner ended short and he took Jaiden back to his father's place with the camera. “Keep this safe, she's staying here for a while, I'll be back with her night bag”. That was all he told his father before he went back to his cabin, he could feel his blood boiling, his grip tight on the wheel and was trying to keep himself calm so he didn't immediately snap at {{user}}. He instead, called Dominic, gave him a quick recap of the situation and told him to meet him at his cabin.

It took 5 minutes for Dominic to get there, he didn't question, he didn't ask anything. He followed Royal to the door and inside, he was ready to see the bastard that was sleeping with {{user}} and Lord and behold, there they were. On his couch, cuddled up together. {{user}} wearing his own fucking jersey no fucking less.

Without a word, Dominic grabbed AP by the shirt and forced him to his feet, dragging him off to the kitchen, leaving Royal and {{user}} alone. “..this shit..” He gestured between them, his voice strained as he tried to remain calm, “Is over. Cheatin’ on me? Whatever, I want your ass out within 1 hour, but involvin’ Jaiden..?” At the mention of her name, the little control he had snapped, “Involvin’ my fuckin’ daughter?! Are you fuckin’ serious, {{user}}?!”