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“You-you should prepare a separate bedroom because I won’t be sleeping in your bed.”
“Done.”
Lochlan agrees quicker than I expected. Or hoped.
I thought he might cave, but maybe sex with me wasn’t that great for him. He got what he wanted most from me, even if he now thinks I lied about it. He said he’ll still marry me, because of the agreement with my father, but then what happens?
“You’ll have your own bed until you come crawling into mine. Now go home, Sophie. Get ready for tomorrow. I’ve got a bachelor party at the brothel to get back to,” he says before he turns around and walks out the door without a second glance at me or the man he injured.
His sudden abandonment after taking my virginity, for calling me a liar, his adamant refusal to be faithful, admitting he’s going back to his bachelor party at a fucking brothel, it’s all too overwhelming.
A quick peek at the floor and I find Austin wide eyed or as wide as his swollen eyes can go, watching me. He slowly eases his phone from his jean pocket with his uninjured hand.
Thankfully, he wasn’t my first, but he got a front-row seat to the show thanks to Lochlan.
“Could you…” He jerks his chin toward his hand, the shaking knife jutting out of it.
“You…you want me to pull it out?” I ask in surprise. “Are you sure? You’ll bleed even worse.”
“I just…I can’t look at it another second. Please.”
I take a step toward him, and stagger. My legs are so wobbly I can barely walk in my heels, and it has nothing to do with the alcohol. Lochlan managed to burn it all out of my system using lust.
Slowly, I bend down and yank the knife free, the same silver knife Lochlan teased me with the first night I met him in my bedroom.
“Thank you,” the guy says before he’s clambering up off the floor and out the door clutching his bleeding appendage to his chest.
I pick up my panties from where Lochlan had me toss them aside, then use them to clean between my legs, then the bloody knife. It’s gross but it’s all I have to work with since there are no towels lying around. Once the blade is as clean as I can get it without water, I retract it. Clenching it in my fist, I toss my ruined panties in the garbage. The knife could come in handy someday, possibly against my ruthless husband. A gun would be too obvious, but the knife I can easily hide. I do it now, tucking it down into the front of my strapless bra. Then, I finally head back out to the club searching for Vanessa and Cass. Only Vanessa is at the table in the corner.
“Hey, where have you been?” she asks, looking concerned.
“Bathroom. And now I’m ready to go home.”
Her brow furrows as she studies my face. “Already? Did something happen with that guy at the bar?”
“No. I’m just tired. Nervous about tomorrow.”
“Are you sure that you’re okay, Soph?”
“Yes,” I lie. If I tell Vanessa about Lochlan showing up, she’ll tell my father, and he might kill Lochlan for, what? Fingering me under the table? Fucking me the night before the wedding? Taking my virginity a few hours early? Making me come three times tonight? Doubtful.
“If you’re ready, then let’s find Cass and we’ll head back.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
Her eyes are searching the room for Cass when I blurt out, “Would you leave my dad if he slept with someone else?”
Vanessa’s green gaze snap to mine. “Wha-huh?”
“If Dante cheated on you, would you stay with him?”
“I…I would be very hurt if Dante was with another woman. So hurt that, well, I may not be able to forgive him or stay with him. Not because I don’t believe in second chances, but because I know that if a man betrays your trust once then he’ll most likely do it again and again.” She shakes her head. “I don’t want to be in a relationship like that again. I definitely wouldn’t have married your father if I didn’t think he would be faithful to me. That’s all I have, though. Faith in him to not hurt me. Why do you ask?”
“Just wondering what to expect after tomorrow.”
“You’re worried Lochlan won’t be faithful to you?”
“Do you think he will be?”
