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“You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into,” Alejandro warned.
“No,” Parker asserted. “It’s Gemma who doesn’t. And that’s because you hide behind NDAs like a fucking coward.”
“You better watch it.”
“Or what? Who’s scared now?” Parker taunted with all the confidence in the world, but each word he spat felt like stepping on broken glass: painful, impossibly transparent, and difficult to extract.
Alejandro ripped his hand away from Parker’s. “You got a problem with me, take it up in court… but you leave Gemma out of this.” He reached for me again, but Parker stood up.
“You don’t fucking listen, do you?” His rumble lodged itself into my chest.
I stood up immediately, and Camilla followed, reaching for Parker’s side. “Gentlemen…” I said quietly.
“I’m everything you’re not, including appreciative for who and what Gemma really is. I won’t stop until she’s mine to keep.Everypiece of her.”
“She. Is. Not. Yours,” Parker hammered each word, stepping closer to Alejandro, bracing his position for god knows what. “Fuck court, I’ve made my judgments.”
Alejandro glared, silently contemplating his next words until he caught my pleading eyes. He knew I didn’t want this, he always knew everything, just by looking at me. “You need to calm down. I’m not doing this in front of Gemma—”
“Parker, please,” Camilla interjected, watching as the crowd began to whisper to each other, with no security to stop us. “People are staring.”
I tried to remain calm, my thoughts disrupted by how close Parker was to Alejandro. I noticed everything, my own anxiousness and anger reflected in his eyes, the suspended uncertainty of what was to come. They were each watching the other, pensive and quiet, seeking any excuse to lose control.
But then, Parker stopped everything that he was doing.
Sniffing.
Furrowing.
“What the fuck is this?” He took a step back, uncertain of what he was fathoming, “Cherry smoke?” Parker turned to me with a fiery gaze as I covered my mouth.
The secret was out. Parker knew I lied about the perfume, the scent he smelt on the couch, as Alejandro hid in my bedroom. God, the whole thing made me feel so feverish.
“I like them sweet.” Alejandro grinned, “I told you before, I won’t stop till Gemma is mine… and that means going where I want, when I want, even through the window of your own fire escape.”
Parker slammed his hand onto the table, reaching beneath it, flipping it over as if it were weightless. He removed all barriers blocking him from Alejandro, attacking him with all the rage he bottled inside. I barely processed the screams of others around us, as their drinks fell to the floor, shattering shards of tequila-scented glass along my heels.
He snatched Alejandro, dragging him by his lapel. “You broke into my house? You were in Gemma’s room? I’m pressing charges!”
“Prove it.” Alejandro replied, eerily calm.
“Gemma will attest to it… she’ll always choose me.”
“Parker, don’t you dare!” I shouted, causing both men to stop and acknowledge me. This wasn’t a legal battle, nor a disagreement; this was for territory, this was for me. And I wasn’t some plot of land to spill blood over. “I’m not playing this game anymore. It’s enough.”
“It’s not enough.” Parker warned, “Gemma, he’s dangerous.”
“We’re leaving.” Alejandro looked at me, eager to convince me with the assertiveness that Parker hated. “You don’t need to be here for this. We can take care of each other.”
Never had I seen Parker’s eyes so enraged, the whites enveloped like a horse ready to rear. Something snapped within his jaw.Alejandro the caretaker? Alejandro with me?
It was all so sudden.
Smack.
Alejandro grunted, his back slammed against the stone like a fastball pitch into a mitt. I screamed as Parker shoved Alejandro against the marbled pillar beside him, releasing the most exerted power of brute force that could be felt at our feet.
“Takecare of each other? Just like youtookcare of Natalie Brower?” Parker fucking growled as an unruly wave of hair set loose along his face.
