#interaction: finlay.aikins

[kiillerqueen]

" Who are you trying to convince? 'Cause if it is me than I am sorry you're not going to convince me other wise. " If anyone knew what it was like to be used as a pawn in self imagine it would be Finlay. His step father could be considered the poster man for men whom used their partner's children as good self image. " I do believe that you've done that plenty of times , sweetheart. " The male could never hold back being a smart ass , and it is the reason why he landed himself in trouble plenty of times in life. " I am not jealous of shit and I am definitely not jealous of that dick head you call a boyfriend. You don't need to worry about them attending the event , 'cause it isn't happening. If you believing such things help you sleep at night than just continue telling yourself that , Melody. " Continued || @aeternuswords

[scmethingsweet]

Finlay knows that he is overreacting and being an ass in the current moment. He had believed that the conversation was going to go over much more smoothly , and it had seemed to start off that way even with her questioning if he'd be in it for the money. However the moment that he had felt any sort of possible doubt on her end about the type of man he is , it had turned on a switch that changed his stance. ❝ I will make it clear for you , Caroline. I never once believed that you could be hiding something from me. The reason I did the search had been for my ex's sake for our boys. ❞ He felt like he needed to make her understand that he had no feeling of feeling like he couldn't trust her , and even finding out that she had been keeping a part of her life a secret from him. Finlay still knows that she is a good person. ❝ You don't need to worry I won't be disclosing your secret to my ex. I will tell her I was right about you being a good person. ❞ He is sure that part of Caroline must be worried that he will spill her secret just because she did him wrong that way , but that isn't the type of man he is and never will be. He will make sure his sons are the same. ❝ There should have been nothing for you to be scared of when it comes to me , including feelings wise. I'm not the type of man that drags a woman along if I know there is nothing there. I would have told you if I wasn't feeling it. ❞ A soft sigh falls from the male's lips. ❝ If that is so , than I don't understand why you wouldn't have just come clean about it. If we've been serious this whole time and you wanted to continue that than why not just tell me instead of leaving the chance of me finding out the truth? ❞

❝ Caroline , it was never about me not trusting you. I did it at the request of my ex to make sure that I wouldn't be bringing someone terrible about our sons. Of course I knew you aren't a terrible person , but it was to get her off my back. If anyone had been questioning if they could be trusted , it is clearly on your end when you made the choice to continue to keep your secret. ❞ Finlay almost feels like they're acting like children in the moment playing the blame game. It had never been his intention to try to put any sort of blame on her , but he wasn't going to just sit there and be accused of anything either. ❝ That is the thing , Caroline. The money still doesn't matter to me. In my eyes you're still the same woman that I found myself caring for deeply. My feelings aren't just going to change in a second because I know the truth about you. ❞ He can only hope that she can understand that he is speaking from his heart and always has whenever it comes to her. ❝ I never said that things are finished between us. I am going to leave the ball in your court for that decision. ❞

Finlay was right and she hated it. Caroline would have been mad no matter what, putting Finlay into a real damn if you do, damn if you don't situation. There was always the alternative of him not trying to look into her, to trust her but than again, she had been lying to him and couldn't be trusted either. She had painted not only herself in a corner but Finlay. "That's not what I'm saying Finlay," she protested at his words. Her words had come out wrong but she couldn't think straight at the moment. Of course, he chose to hear only the part that hadn't been important to her. Caroline had the impression that he hadn't hear her when she said she had never cared about someone like she did for him. She didn't want to get hurt so she hadn't want to give herself entirely to him, keeping a part of her heart safe. It was only now that she realized how wrong she had been to do that, to do everything she had done when it came to him. "I'm scared. I've been scared since the moment I met you and it doesn't excuse it but that's part of why I did it." She thought her past, the parts she kept hidden would be the ones to ruin everything but in the end, it had been only her that had done it. "Of course I think we were serious. The money is the only thing about me I kept hidden. I've never been more real than when I'm with you." How could he trust her now?

"I didn't?" she asked as she looked at him, tears threatening to come out. "How could I not? I'm not even sure we fully trusted each others if it came to this." She was spiralling now but there was some truths to her words. Clearly, she had kept something important from him and Finlay hadn't trusted her more if he looked into her. No, that wasn't right, he had way more in his life than she had; his sons. It was only natural that he wanted to know more about her but he hadn't asked her, instead he went behind her back. "I care about you Finlay, I really do. No one has made me feel like this before." Caroline hated how he had found out. "I should have told you," she finally admitted. "I know you wouldn't have cared and that it wouldn't have changed anything. Instead of you finding out this way." He was too good for her. "I can't stay here and see you and not be with you Finlay. I'm not trying to be dramatic but most things I love about this place has to do with you."

[kiillerqueen]

" You honestly believe that we can't provide what our boys need , and why you're shacking up with this guy? " Finlay is just doing his best to understand exactly the point that his ex is trying to get across. Not only that but the male hates the fact that the two hadn't even started the divorce process yet and she is already playing house with someone new. Finlay couldn't pinpoint exactly what it had been that caused their marriage to fail , but he did know that he'd still continue to love her despite everything. How couldn't he? Even if the two couldn't find a way to work things out she'd always be the mother to his son's and for that he'd always be grateful for her bringing two joys into this world. " You believe that I am being mean to you because I have made the choice to not accept this guy? Be honest with me , do the boys even enjoy him outside of the fact that he gives them whatever it is their hearts desire? "

"i would rather our sons didn't go deprived of everything they need." she corrects sharply, not willing to allow the thought to stay in the air for long. brows furrow as frustration takes over, fists clenching by her side as she stares defiantly at finlay. she'd always love him, she couldn't seem to help herself. despite their relationship failing, he was the love of her life. yet she would never truly feel as though she deserved him. her past always felt one step behind her, threatening to attack her - them - out of the blue sometime. she couldn't let that happen. had to break his heart this way, instead of allowing him to understand what she really had been capable of. "if it's that big of a problem, then fine - i was only asking. it's not like i procclaimed it. you don't have to be so fucking mean to me all the time."

[scmethingsweet]

Finlay hadn't exactly had any desire to looking into the history about the woman that he had been sleeping with. It hadn't been until his ex wife got word back that the male seemed to have moved on that she started asking questions about the other woman. When he couldn't answer his ex's question , she had made it a fair point he should know these things if things were to get serious since he shares children with his ex. ❝ Maybe for a couple of days. Are you being serious right now , Caroline? You really think that is what kind of man I am? ❞

━━ ✦ 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 : anyone 30+ ━━ ✦ 𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐓 : caroline comes from an old money family with a distant uncle or great-uncle having been in the white house but she has been in this tiny town for a few weeks now, acting as if she barely has a penny to her name. y/m and her have been sleeping together and she found out that they know who she really was. they can be with her for her money or not, we can plot it out!   ━━ ✦ 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 : feel free to message me to plot!

"How long have you known?" she asked as she looked at their computer screen, history browser on display, her name and picture attached to it. She was sure she could pull it off, that she could be just like everyone else but of course, her family followed her everywhere she went. "Is that what this is? You were hoping for a piece of the cake?"

[kiillerqueen]

" Well I am glad that we're on the same page about accepting the fact that I have my mind made up and it's never going to change. " The pair is still going through the divorce process. It was more like Finlay being a dick for the fun of it when it came to withholding signing the papers. Even though that two are not on the greatest terms at the moment , part of him knows that he is always going to hold some sort of love for his ex. After all she is the mother of his sons. " Did I say something that was false? I mean we do have two boys out of it don't we? " Once again Finlay makes the choice to poke the bear. Knowing he is treading on a thin line of really angering the blonde. " So if I am understanding you correctly you're implying that they much prefer some other man over their own father? " He questions making sure he is understanding Melody correctly. " Melody , I am not going to tell you again. They're not going. Do you understand me? "

Melody just rolled her eyes at the man she had once referred to as her husband. It was almost unimaginable that the two had once loved each other deeply. You wouldn’t think so now with the way they were talking to one another. “Of course I’m not, you have already made up your mind!” She countered in response, hands tossed out to the side in frustration. She shook her head at him. “You know, trying to have conversation with you is like talking to a brick wall!” She moaned in frustration, before taking a small step back, mot trusting herself and her growing annoyance to be close to him. “Oh please, Finn! Why don’t you ask the boys yourself then, huh?” Melody threw back at him, “They have both made it very clear that they want to come with us, and there is nothing you can do about it.”

[kiillerqueen]

" i don't see the point in why you would feel the need to ask me if i am willing to give up my weekend with them when we both know the answer would be no. " finlay definitely hadn't planned that he'd find himself in a failed marriage and fighting over the scheduling of their children. things may be rocky between the two right now , but finlay remembers a time when the two had been so in love with each other that many times their friends would say it'd make them sick. he still couldn't tell a person what went wrong in their marriage because truthfully he wasn't even sure he knew that answer himself. the male snaps himself out of memory lane as he focuses on what his ex ass said. " so you're telling me that you'd much rather our sons around a relationship that is built on lies and greed for a man's money? " finlay questions making sure that he understands exactly where her thinking process is at.

it takes more than a few harsh words from her ex to get her down. before she'd attempted to settle down with him, she'd dealt with a number of men, who liked to tell her exactly what they thought of her. she hadn't minded then and she'd be damned if she cared now. "i was only asking, you don't have to be such a dick about it!" irritation creeps through her veins, cursing herself for letting him in at all. it would never be a good idea, men were good for nothing but as bait, as a way to make good money. her brothers had taught her that, and she'd gone back on their teachings all because she'd been foolish enough to fall in love. "so the fuck what. whether it's for appearances or not, he's able to provide a lot for them. more than either of us could've dreamed of. so judge me all you want to, but i've still got their best interests at heart." she's not in love with her new boyfriend. he's older than she is. potentially older than the pair of them combined. but he was very wealthy, and he wasn't around that often and she'd needed to find a new place to stay. and fast.

[scmethingsweet]

❝ Look how you reacted to the fact that I found out the truth about you. Am I suppose to think that you would act any different about the fact that I decided to look into you , Caroline? ❞ Finlay is just trying to understand how it is he that is suppose to be the bad guy in the situation when it had been her that had made the choice to keep such an important part of her life a secret from him. It makes him question if Caroline had ever fully trusted him if she had made the choice to keep the secret from him as long as she had. ❝ If I mean so much to you as you claim , than why didn't you trust me enough to tell me the truth? ❞ A small sigh escapes him as he continues to try and understand fem's thinking process about the whole situation. ❝ so you're saying that you've never believed that things between us were serious? Jesus , Caroline! Now you have standing here thinking that I was an idiot and read things between the two of us completely wrong. ❞ Maybe Finlay is overreacting , but her words had done a number on him. ❝ Did I not make you feel like you could be completely yourself without thinking different of you? I could careless about the money that you come from , Caroline. What I care about is you , and that is all I've ever cared about since the moment I started to get to know you. I guess I should say the version of me that you allowed me to anyway ... ❞ He knows his last remark is a low blow , but in the moment he is hurting and sometimes when he is hurting bad enough he says things he doesn't mean to. It had been a trait that his ex always used against him in any fight they had.

Finlay sighs at Caroline's words , because as much as he is hurt and angry at her for not being completely honest with him. His feelings for her hadn't changed. He still cares about her greatly , but he doesn't know how to make things go back to how they had been before this conversation. ❝ Caroline , you didn't ruin what we had. Sure things maybe can't be exactly what they had been before hand , but I care about you too much to let that ruin things between us. ❞ A faint smile presenting itself upon his lips. ❝ I would never want you to leave because of me , Caroline. Even if things don't work out for us , i want you to stay. ❞

"And it hurt that you knew and said nothing," she replied. Relationships were supposed to be based on trust but this one had been built on deceit and nothing else. Well, that wasn't entirely true, it was made of many other things, complexes and real ones, but the omission of who she was felt more important than all of them. Other than that, everything about her had been real, more than she had ever been with anyone else. Finlay had gotten things out of Caroline that even she didn't knew were there. His question was expected and yet, it took her off-guard. She wasn't certain how to answer it, if there was an answer that wouldn't hurt him. "I've never cared for someone like I do for you." It wasn't a lie and even if she had told others she loved them before, none felt as important as Finlay was. "I would have told you if things got serious." Which, apparently, they had been, if he wanted her to met the boys. Now she felt like none of it was possible, like it was all ruined because of the truth. "You only got to see that Caroline because you didn't know about the money, because here no one knows. I've never been this me with anyone because of everything that always got in the way. But with you, there's been only me from the start." She believed him, that he didn't know from the start and that it might not have influenced him. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I wished I did so that I didn't ruin what we had." In her mind, there was no chances that Finlay would trust her now, that their relationship could continue. "I'll leave soon, this is your town." It had been everything to her but she wouldn't be able to handle seeing him all the time and she didn't want him to have to be faced with the woman who lied to him.