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No, I’d begged him to do it.
Heat flushes my body, and I bury my head into my pillow. I’ve lost my freaking mind.
I pull myself out of bed and drag myself into the shower. I stay under the heated water, letting it sink into my muscles until my fingers prune.
Towel wrapped around me, I make my way to the kitchen and hit the On button on the coffee machine, checking my phone while I wait for it to heat. There are several missed calls from Mia.
Mia: I guess you didn’t need to be saved after all.
Mia: Text me and let me know you’re okay.
Mia: I’m not kidding. I need you to message me back.
Me: I’m fine. He left. I fell asleep.
Nothing was technically a lie, just a lot missing.
Mia: Lunch date this week?
Me: Sure.
Mia: Perfect, I’ll set it up with Piper.
There’s another missed text message from an unknown number. My thumb hovers over it before I hit Open. Ice coats my skin, and my stomach drops to the floor.
Unknown: Misty, it’s your father. You clearly have us blocked. We saw the pictures with you and Damon Everette at the club. Come home so we can discuss it. You belong here with us.
I block the number instantly, fighting to breathe. I won’t go back there. I can’t.
A low sob escapes me, and I fight back the second one. I’m done crying over my family. I should’ve known they’d see the picture of Damon and me fighting outside his club. The news has gotten a hold of it and acted like it was the juiciest story of the year. It’s not surprising that they reached out. They’d always wanted to climb the social ladder, and no one is higher than Damon.
So long as the angle I spun of us just working together stays at the forefront, there’s no reason for my parents to come after me. They want me home so they can hand me over to Thomas like some kind of bribe. And there’s nothing I won’t do to stop that.
I never told Piper, Mia, and Sidney about my past. I didn’t want them to know this dark side of my life. I wanted them to see me as the happy, free girl I am now.
Guilt pricks at my sternum, knowing that I’m not being fair to them. That my friends would support me, no matter what. Hell, my biggest problem would be stopping them from flying over there and doing something that got us all in jail. I chuckle and look at my phone again, not letting my dad control me anymore.
There’s only one way I can fix this. Marry Damon.
I smile, tingling filling my chest at the thought of how pissed he’ll be when I tell him my own set of rules.
Chapter 18
Damon
“Isn’t it a bit early to be drinking?” Bash asks, snickering. I glare at my brothers through my computer screen. Apparently, Matthias had enough of my shit and put together a little intervention after last night’s stunt.
“No.” I take another sip, not even feeling the burn anymore. I returned to my office after leaving Misty’s, knowing there was no chance I’d be able to sleep.
I’d tried to be a decent man and give Misty the space she needed to process the fact we’re getting married. I love that my Little Nymph’s charming to everyone else but has no problem showing me all the fire she buries deep inside. That’s how I want her—open, free, real.
She’s been burying her feelings, but not with me. Never with me.
Which is why I thought I’d give her some space to come to the only possible solution on her own.
She will be my wife.
When the alarm I had set up on her door beeped last night, I said fuck it and pulled up my surveillance app.
