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He sounds confident, but I’m not sold.
“What are you going to do when you get Harvey alone? He won’t be easy to break.” He’s just as stubborn as any of these assholes. I’ve never seen him interact with other alpha males before, but the way he treated us girls was enough to terrify me.
Thiago raises an eyebrow. “You don’t think we can do it, do you?” he asks calmly.
“I do have faith in you, but I also know what he’s capable of. He won’t go down easily. Even if you do get him to break, what are you going to do? Tell him to shut his mouth and let the girls go? Kill him? All I know is that if you keep him alive, he’ll either come after you until he ends you, or get someone to do it for him.”
It’s the truth. I believe they can take him down, but they better be ready for the vengeance he’ll enact if they leave him alive. He’ll probably say that he’ll stop, that he’ll let the girls go, but he won’t. He’ll either let them go—probably disposing of them in a bloody, permanent way—and wait for a while before finding new girls, or he’ll come after Lya and the guys until he kills them. He doesn’t take kindly to people getting involved in his business.
“We’ll threaten to expose him if he continues. He probably wouldn’t want the general public to know about his disgusting operation and associations. We’ll get it to work.”
Part of me wonders if they’re not telling me the full plan, like they’re trying to weaken the blow because they think I’ll break, or mess it up. “Hmm, doesn’t sound too bad. I think we need to work through it some more before you guys go do it, but it’s not bad.”
“Just us? You don’t want to go with us, for closure?” Lya looks at me quizzically.
I’d agreed to help them with the information, but I never really thought about actually going with them. I wouldloveto destroy the man who ruined me, but the thought of being face to face with him again freaks me out.
“I honestly don’t know, Lya. I haven’t really thought about it.”
She must be able to sense my confusion and fear, because she just nods.
“Why don’t we talk about this more tomorrow?’ Thiago suggests. “We’ll finalize everything, and figure out who is or is not going.”
“Alright, I think I’m going to head to bed then.” I get up without looking at anyone else, and put my plate in the kitchen. I haven’t eaten a thing—my stomach is starting to hurt again, so I’m not sure I’d be able to keep it down. Between all this talk of Harvey and the thoughts of Greyson swirling around my head, I can’t sit down here any longer without getting upset or saying something I shouldn’t.
Now, I just have to make it through the next few hours until I can be with Greyson again.
I’ve been impatiently waiting to see Lainey again since I left her at the library earlier. Watching her beautiful face walk away from me tears me up every time. I think she’s getting a soft spot for me, and it doesn’t hurt that Ms. Mabel seems to keep hyping me up.
Ms. Mabel reminds me of a nanny I had as a kid, which makes me like her even more. Always feisty, but looking out for others. The nannies were the only people I was ever close to after my mother left.
My blood boils thinking about how she left me with a man she knew was evil. I hate her for leaving, but at times, I don’t blame her. I just wish I’d been on her list of priorities to take when she escaped from the hell that was our house.
My father was nasty and abusive, but I’m trying to be the exact opposite of the man he was when it comes to Lainey. She makes me want to be better.
I’m spending most of my days lately just watching her work, which is oddly satisfying. Every book she picks up and puts back on the shelf, she first has to inspect because of her own curiosity. She feels the cover, opens to the first page, and slides her hand down it. I’m not sure she even realizes she has this little routine, but it’s adorable how connected she feels to these books.
It felt so good to take her for lunch and have her alone for a while in our own bubble, even if the topics of conversation were difficult. And after some convincing, she agreed to sneak out of the house and come over tonight.
I know that if Lya and her guys knew about me, they’d never let Lainey see me again. Then I’d have to do terrible things, which I wouldn’t regret but which would probably devastate Lainey.
Not being able to take my mind off of her, I spend the rest of the day mindlessly flipping through channels on the TV, and cleaning up around the house. Around nine o’clock, I decide to take a shower so I can be nice and clean for her.
I can’t believe I’m finally getting somewhere with her. She’ll be mine soon.
I change into a nice pair of jeans and a gray t-shirt, before spraying on some cologne, wanting to look and smell my best for her.
My stomach flutters at the thought of Lainey coming here.The girl I love is going to be in my home—and hopefully my bed—before the night is over.
I head out the door, and make my way to where Lainey is staying.That’s just temporary. She’ll be living with me soon enough.Parking my car down the street from the house, I shut off the engine and wait for her.
We’ve spent time together in the library and had lunch together, but we haven’t been in this intimate of a situation before. She agreed, so that must mean she’s slowly starting to trust me. The thought brings a warmth into my body that I haven’t felt in nine years.
It feels so surreal that she’s actually finally back in my life. I’ve slowly wormed my way under her skin, and she’s finally starting to let me in.
Getting impatient, I keep checking the time on my dashboard. I hope that isn’t right. We agreed to meet down the street at midnight, and it’s now twenty past.
Where the hell are you, Lainey?
