Total pages in book: 107
Estimated words: 98418 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 492(@200wpm)___ 394(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98418 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 492(@200wpm)___ 394(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
"Big mistake buddy." She says before quickly bringing her knee up to his crotch with blinding speed, he doubles over gasping for air. She grabs the back of his head and brings her knee up again, smashing his face into it. Blood explodes everywhere. He cries out clutching his face.
The second guy storms toward her grabbing her wrist and twisting it, she cries out. Anger surges through me at the sight of him touching her. I swing and punch him in the jaw. I don't even see the return punch coming and I don't feel it. It only serves to feed the red mist that’s now descending, before I can take another swing at him, Lilly thrusts the heel of her hand at his throat, making him cough and stagger back. She quickly repeats the movement, this time breaking his nose.
Two bouncers burst through the fire exit, taking in the scene.
"Holy shit." They look at me leaning against the wall with blood running down my lip. The two guys both clutching their faces on the floor. "Did you do this?" They ask me, I shake my head and indicate toward Lilly. "They were trying to mug me." I laugh.
Lilly glares at me from across the alley. Her chest and neck are spattered in blood, as is her right knee. "Are you okay?" One of the bouncers asks her with wide eyes.
She nods her head once. "It's not my blood."
"Damn girl, do you want a job?" The second bouncer asks laughing, seeming to appraise her differently.
She smiles. "I'm good thanks."
She turns and walks back through the door and I push off the wall to follow her. "Lilly wait." The fight outside has sobered me up somewhat.
I grab her elbow and she turns around to face me, her jaw is set in a determined stance. "What Theo?"
"I...thank you." People are staring at us both covered in blood, god knows what we must look like.
"Yeah well, the next time you decide to get stupidly drunk, don't go wondering off on your own in the dark. You're asking for trouble." Anger rolls off of her in waves.
"Lilly I..." I have to tell her, right now, at least then I can live my life without regret right? "Lilly I love you." I blurt. Her face goes pale before her expression softens. She reaches up and wipes away the tear I hadn’t realised was streaming down my cheek. I close my eyes, wanting to make this moment last just a little longer.
"If you knew me, you wouldn’t.” She whispers.
“I know you.” I whisper. “I love you.”
“I'm sorry Theo...I can't." She turns away, but not before I see her face crumple. As I watch her walk away the tears freely stream down my face.
No, I think I’d rather live in regret, not knowing that she doesn't feel the same way. It’s official. I’m a pussy.
Chapter 16 – Lilly
I'm sitting on the sofa with an ice pack on my knee when Molly walks in and slaps a newspaper down in front of me, stabbing at the page with her finger. "Have you seen this?" She asks coldly.
There are two pictures on the page, one is of me leaving Poison on Saturday night spattered in blood, looking like something out of a horror film. The second is of Theo leaving with blood trickling down his lip, holding an ice pack to his jaw. The article speculates whether London’s former most eligible has bitten off more than he can chew and is suffering some form of domestic abuse at the hands of his new 'feisty red head'. I roll my eyes and push the paper away. Seriously? The whole thing is ridiculous. People put two and two together and came up with that?!
She shakes her head. "I can't believe you did that last night Lilly. What were you thinking? What if they'd had a knife or something?" She has her hands on her hips.
I roll my eyes again at her melodramatic tone. "They didn't though, and I wasn't just going to leave his stupid drunk arse there to get the shit kicked out of him."
She sighs. "You should have shouted for help."
"By the time I had gotten help they would have been long gone."
"You just..." She takes a deep breath. "I want you to realise that it could have been so much worse. I'd rather see Theo get the shit kicked out of him than you."
I close my eyes, taking a deep breath in an attempt to ward off the lump in my throat. "I couldn't leave him." I whisper.
She places her hand on my cheek. "He's out there getting himself so wasted that you have to defend him, and you're throwing yourself into fights to protect him." She shakes her head. "When are the two of you going to stop fighting fate and realise that you're meant for each other."