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As the door clicks closed behind me, all of my frustration detonates and the only person I want to see right now is Lucas.
His bedroom door is closed with no light shining through the crack at the bottom, so I walk to the gym. I break through the threshold and see him standing in the center shirtless, hitting the red punching back as it sways lightly.
“Enough,” I shout, pulling his attention to me.
His eyes catch mine, and I can see the defeat in them. He dips his head slowly, then raises it again. “Boss.” His voice is weak.
I rub my chin before unbuttoning my suit jacket and throwing it to the floor. I flip the cuffs of my sleeves, rolling them over and over until they reach my elbows. “Tell me, son, did you enjoy fucking my woman? Did her pussy feel so good that it made you forget where your loyalty lies?”
He shakes his head, then widens his stance. “I never slept with her.”
The conviction in his words make me want to believe him, but I know there is still something between him and Charlie, and I need to squash it now.
“I have given you and your brother anything you could ever want or need for the past eight years, and Emil has provided several women who fall at your feet. So, why Charlotte?”
He inhales a sharp breath, then releases it. “It isn’t what you think, boss.”
I step closer and grip the back of his head, pulling him to my shoulder, as I whisper in his ear. “It is exactly what I think.” I pull the piece from my holster and gently run the cold metal barrel alongside his temple. He flinches as my thumb teases the safety. “Consider this your warning. Next time, I won’t hesitate to pull the fucking trigger.”
I kiss his dark hair and push him away. I stare at him and smile, putting away the gun. I kiss my knuckles and begin driving them into his face. Over and over I hit him, and he doesn’t move or try to defend himself. My fists pound into his nose, then move to his ribs until he falls and crumples to the ground.
I wipe the sweat trickling from my forehead. “We will not speak of this again. If I catch you so much as looking at my fucking woman again, I will kill you.”
I jab my foot into his side as a parting gift, then pick up my now wrinkled suit jacket and leave the gym. Once I make it back down the hallway, I linger by Charlie’s door and debate on going inside. I shake my head and continue to the front door. I know if she smarts off to me again, I’m not sure I’d be able to control myself.
I slip back into the night without another word to anyone.
