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Hatred swims deep in the pool of his blue eyes. “She found something that she shouldn’t have.”
“What did she find, Xavier?” I say with an air of despondency.
He glances over his shoulder. “Let’s head home, we’ve already been out here long enough.”
“I can’t believe this.” And I can’t. It’s hard to process everything. “He’ll kill you too,” I whisper as we get in his car.
“I’m not worried about that.”
“Maybe I can help you,” I offer.
Steely eyes look over at me. “No. It's not that simple.”
I’m at war with my emotions as we take the car back to his place. I’m confused and angry, but more than anything my drive to escape is stronger than ever.
If Xavier needs me to get to my father, then I need to make sure I’m not around. Because I fear what my father would do to him.
Xavier may think he has his plan in place, but I don't want to take any chances.
Chapter 20
Xavier
Fuck. I never should've told her. I can feel her barrage of unspoken questions weakening my armor as my driver whisks us home. The secret filled air in the car suffocates me until we pull up in the drive, and I open the door and can breathe again.
Dean, already privy to her failed escape attempt, stands with arms crossed in the foyer when we enter.
“If you want pussy, I’m sure she'd give it to you.”
I’ve always gotten along with Dean, my best friend for so many years, but right in this moment, his words piss me off. Red, hot anger erupts. I've had enough of his reminders of what I can't have. In a flash, I slam him against the wall.
“Don’t ever speak about her that way again,” I spit out. “Do you understand?”
“Fuck, I get it,” he barks out.
His eyes land on Rhiannon, and I release him to grab her hand. “Let’s go.”
I don’t give a fuck what he thinks anymore. I don’t care what anyone thinks anymore.
“Where are we going?” Rhiannon asks, once we’re out of the room.
“Anywhere. And stop questioning me already.” I keep walking with purpose down the hall, past the guards, and into the garage. “Get in,” I say, pointing to a black Mercedes sedan.
Her eyes doubt me for a moment before she slides into the passenger side.
I get in, open the garage with the remote, and start the car. “Let’s get the fuck away for a day.”
She sits back, doesn’t say a word, but has a small barely there smile on her face.
And I’d be a fucking liar if I didn’t say it warmed me up from the inside out seeing it. She turns on the radio, and for the next twenty minutes, she's silent, until, knowing Rhiannon, she can't take it anymore.
“Thanks for sticking up for me.”
I pull into a field far away from the house and keep the engine running as I turn in my seat to face her. She watches me with her thick lashed brown eyes. I’ve always loved her eyes, but how they stare at me right now is a million times better. “Let’s pretend for one day none of this is happening.” Her voice is soft like her. “Just me and you.”
“I like the sound of that.” Anything to not deal with the bullshit going on around us.
“I just want to know you like I used to.” She shifts in her seat to face me.
