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“Lie down,” he mutters, patting the bed, and I roll my eyes, watching as he reaches his hand out. “Elena!”
“At least he isn’t an asshole when drunk,” Lexa says.
“Yeah, but sober, he is a jerk,” I remind her, when I feel him grip my wrist and tug me down onto the bed.
“Axton, I am not to blame if you wake up beside me.”
“I have wanted you in my bed from the moment I got you back. Shh, and let me hug you,” he mumbles.
“Could have fooled me, must have imagined the hell he has raised. Don’t buy it, Elena. I won’t risk losing our babies,” Lexa says, as if I’ve lost track of our plans.
He keeps muttering nonsense, and I listen to him ramble while fighting the urge to sleep myself since I am now lying down.
“I’m sorry, Elena,” he whispers, his hand moving over my bump.
I say nothing, knowing it changes nothing. He could apologize all he wants, but the damage is done, and he will realize that when he wakes in the morning, and I am no longer here. I am not foolish enough to risk my boys.
I wait a bit, thinking he is asleep, before sliding out from under his arm. If only things were like this when I came back. I was willing to give him a chance then since I had nothing left to lose, but now I know him. I know this is just a facade, another version of him. I won’t be tricked again.
“Where are you going?” he mumbles, gripping the back of my dress. He groans, pulling his keys from his pocket, dumping them on the bedside table, and fumbling with the buttons on his shirt before becoming frustrated and yanking on it.
“Wait, I will help you,” I tell him, climbing back onto the bed. I undo them, helping him remove his clothes until he is just in his boxer shorts.
“Are you coming back?” he mutters as I climb off the bed. “Stay with me; I know I don’t deserve it, but please.”
I chew my lip. “I’m just getting out of this dress,” I lie.
“Just take it off,” he says, rolling and reaching for me.
I step away from him, and he sighs.
“I’ll come back. I just need to get out of this dress.”
I walk to the door when he speaks again. “Can you bring me a drink of water and some Advil when you come back?” he mutters, rolling onto his stomach.
I nod and walk out quickly, slipping pajamas on in case he is awake when I bring him his water. Going into the kitchen, I grab a bottle of water from the fridge before noticing the vial I hid in the crisper earlier. Lexa laughs in my head as I grab it.
“Payback is a bitch,” she cackles.
“That it is,” I tell her. I pour the clear liquid into the bottle, shake it, and pop the cap on. Slipping back into the room, I find Axton snoring.
“Damn, I was hoping he would drink it,” she sulks.
I sit it on the bedside table next to his keys before double-checking he is asleep. I grab his shoulder, giving it a shake, but he continues snoring. Carefully, I steal his keys before slipping out of the room. Then, I move toward my room, chucking Axton’s hoodie on—I never returned it—before packing what I can into a bag Tieriny’s left here. Moving toward the kitchen, I stop by the main door and listen for the guard.
“We need money,” Lexa hisses at me, and I chew my lip, looking at the safe hidden by a painting.
“He probably changed the lock combination.”
“Only one way to find out,” she tells me, and I sigh.
I can still hear the guard groaning, so I know I can’t leave yet, so there is no harm in checking. I listen for movement in the apartment as I carefully lower the painting and open the panel. I cringe with each sound the buttons make, expecting him to come rushing out. Putting the last digit in, it unlocks. Lexa bounces happily in my head. Even I am shocked he didn’t change it. I grab all the money out, stuffing it in the bag before going to close the door when I stop.
“What are you doing?” she hisses at me as I make my way to the phone and grab the notepad and paper.
“Leaving him a note,” I tell her.
She shakes her head at me before laughing at what I write. I stick it in the safe, closing the door, but I leave the painting off. Making my way back to the door, I hear the guard. He groans before I hear him running off.
