Total pages in book: 91
Estimated words: 90448 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 452(@200wpm)___ 362(@250wpm)___ 301(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 90448 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 452(@200wpm)___ 362(@250wpm)___ 301(@300wpm)
Chase raised his head and targeted Gabe with his eyes. “Get. Out. Now. I see you near Jasmine again and I’ll ruin your fucking life.”
I couldn’t believe this was happening.
“No. You won’t.” I scowled at him. “He’s my friend. You don’t even think about threatening him.”
Apparently my opinion didn’t hold a candle to Chase’s demands because the guards guided Gabe out of apartment four.
“I’m so sorry.” I ran to Gabe, who had his hands held behind his back.
He shook his head and tried to get out of the guards’ hold. “No. Don’t worry about it.”
“Be careful with him!” I yelled at the guards. “He can walk by himself.”
They released him, but got in his way when he tried to re-enter my apartment. Gabe cursed under his breath and wiped some of the blood off his face. “Don’t worry about me. I’ll call you tonight.”
I bobbed my head up and down. He seemed like he was embarrassed as he hurried down the stairs. I marched back into my apartment pissed.
How dare Chase hit my friend! Who the hell did he think he was? He was just on a date with Wendy!
“Get out! All of you get out now!” I yelled.
“We need to talk,” Dawn said. “This is exactly why I didn’t want you dating—”
“Dawn, I am so warning you. If you don’t get out of my apartment you’ll be as bloody as Chase. I swear to god!” I headed her way.
She stepped back. “Fine, but we’ll discuss this tomorrow.”
It was in that moment when Troy stumbled out of my guest room buttoning his jeans. I frowned at him. “You might as well go back to what you were doing.”
“What?” Troy held his hands up and paused when he glanced at Chase’s bloody face, as well as the guards and women in my apartment. “What the fuck happened?”
Dawn led Wendy and a gaping Lucy out of my apartment.
The guards left with them. Chase remained. He tore open his buttoned shirt. Buttons flew everywhere and fell on my carpet. He balled up the shirt and began wiping his face.
“Troy, I need to talk to Chase. Can you give me some time?” I asked.
“Yell for me if you need me,” he said.
Chase glared at me and leaned on the edge of my couch.
“I will.”
Chapter 29
Unsure
I glared at Chase. “You have some nerve hitting Gabe..”
Chase wiped the blood off his face with his shirt. A few rips showed in his suit pants. He stretched his face and cracked his neck. “Your finger was in his mouth.”
“I’m dating him now.” I placed my hands on my hips. “So get used to it.”
“Get used to it?” He slung his bloody shirt on my couch and stalked toward me with the fluid movements of a predator. A wild expression set on his face. I
had to force myself to not run away screaming.
In fact, if Troy hadn’t been in the other room I probably would have raced away.
Chase paused an inch in front of me. “Get used to it? You sure about that?”
“Yes.” I stared at his huge bare chest instead of his eyes and formed my hands into tight little fists. “We had an agreement. I date who I want and if you don’t like it, then I walk away.”
He sneered. “I’m sorry, but walking away from me is no longer an option.”
I backed up into the wall.
Movement came from the guest room.
Then the door clicked. I figured Vivian was forcing Troy to stay in the room and not run out and attack Chase. If she was, then I was glad. I doubted Chase would get my brother out of jail if Troy beat him to a pulp.
“Can I confess something to you?” He tilted his head to the side. Anger glazed his eyes.
“Go ahead.” I swallowed.
“When I first saw you I thought you were from a high society family, and later I discovered you came from poverty.” He rubbed his face. “I was sad for you, but excited that I could be the man to spoil and provide you with things you’d never dreamed of.”
“Where are you going with this?” I didn’t want him straying away from the real problem—him assaulting my friend for absolutely no reason.
“I was supposed to give you firsts. I was supposed to change your idea about love and relationships.” He touched his chest. “But from the very first moment in Pyramid you changed the damned game.” He closed the distance between us. “You had me groveling. Then every day since you’ve been opening my mind to new experiences and feelings. You’ve been fun and exciting to be around.”
“What does this have to do with you hitting Gabe?”
“Everything,” he snarled.
“Then get to it.” I was getting frustrated and didn’t care if he knew it.
“Dawn, Wendy, and even Lucy at times have come to me crying and distraught about our situation. I’d do my best to console them and say they would get used to it, but I never truly understood how they felt.” His breath brushed against my forehead right before he kissed it.