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I couldn’t take my eyes off of her as we all waited for her response, She was going to say no, shehadto say no. I felt Cooper inch closer to me and I found myself not moving away but feeling a connection to him as we both stood and prayed for her to get the fuck out of here.
Tears filled her eyes, and a few of the Brothers began to murmur as the silence stretched on. Her mouth fell open, words didn’t come. Instead she pulled away from him sharply and ran.
Cooper exhaled heavily, but I wasn’t ready to relax yet, because Lorenzo didn’t stay standing before us. He followed after her, keeping a slow pace with a fake smile plastered onto his face. As the door closed behind him noise erupted around the bar.
Everyone was questioning what the fuck we had just witnessed, but my attention remained on the door. I took a step forward, but a firm hand landed on my chest. Cooper placed himself in front of me and pushed a drink into my hand. I’d been so caught up in what had just happened that I didn’t even realise that Jen had returned and refilled my glass. I sank the drink in one long mouthful and attempted to move past the man blocking my way.
“Move.” I demanded as he stepped from side to side in front of me.
“Don’t be anidiotaAdonis.” he said, mocking me.
My fist clenched but before I could move again to hit him, he lifted his phone and held it up to my face. On the screen was a live video of Nutmeg and Lorenzo, stood outside the bar.
“Just watch before you do anything yeah?” he said and handed me his phone.
Lorenzo was standing directly outside the door. If anyone walked out right now, they’d head straight into the middle of this argument, and it was clear that that was what was going on out there. He was stood statue still, but Nutmeg was pacing, shouting, lunging at him, then falling back before she did anything too stupid.
I watched as he slowly moved towards her, then wrapped his arms around her. I couldn’t see either of their faces anymore, but I could see her wriggling in his hold, then she fell still. The next second, he pulled away from her and I could see her face again. It was ghostly white, her eyes were bulging, and she began to tug on her earring.Fuck.
He placed a hand on her back and guided her to the door, she floated along beside him with a stunned look on her face. He paused before opening the door and pushed something into her hand. She looked down and then hurriedly pushed what I presumed was a ring onto her finger.
They entered the bar, and Lorenzo beamed at us all.
“She said yes.” he exclaimed, and The Brothers descended on him, showering him with congratulations and best wishes while everyone else in the bar clapped and cheered.
Cooper and I remained at the bar, and I passed his phone back to him.
“Should we?” he asked.
“I suppose we should. Better keep up appearances.”
We waited until the crowd dispersed and Lorenzo pulled Nutmeg to his side. No one had congratulated her, and her face sank as she realised no one gave a shit about her anymore. Except us. We cared. Me and Captain Dickface.
“Congratulations,” I said to my stepfather, and Cooper echoed my sentiments.
“Thanks boys,” he said, “This silly little thing was so overwhelmed by my proposal that she didn’t know what to do, I’m so happy she calmed down and said yes.” he grinned; it was terrifying.
“Let’s drink.” he said loudly, and the Brotherhood all roared with excitement as they bombarded Jen at the bar.
I stepped away from the unhappy couple, and as I did, I heard Lorenzo whisper to Nutmeg.
“Smile before I make the fucking call.”
10
Meg
I forced a smile to my face, the hardest smile that I have ever had to force. My stomach was twisted up in tight knots. I needed to get the hell out of here.What the fuck am I going to do now?
Fifteen minutes ago…
I ran. The second those words sank in, I ran. I don’t know why I expected to get far, but I’d hoped to make it further than three buildings away. Huge arms wrapped around my waist and dragged me backwards. I didn’t need to turn to face the person to know who it was, their hold on me was so tight I could barely breathe. I didn’t bother to thrash around, he wouldn’t drag me back inside like this, it wouldn’t look good. He’d have to release me before we got back to the door of The Crown.
A moment later I was dropped to my feet and propelled around to face him before being forced back into the wall beside the door. His arms landed on either side of me, caging me in. I stood as tall as I could manage and lifted my chin.Come on Meg, he will not break you.
“That was a very silly move amore mio.” he said in a low rumble.
I didn’t speak though. I just held his gaze and let the fire of my rage burn through my eyes.
