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What in the entire fuck? Was he serious?
“Elias?” I could tell my brother was surprised by the call more than anyone. I hadn’t spoken with him since I’d left our family home yesterday. At nine when he dialed me no doubt to demand my cooperation I declined his call and shut off my phone knowing that it wouldn’t make the problem go away but it would offer me some time.
“I asked you a question, Christian. Were you aware…?”
“Where the hell are you?”
“At Liberté Abstraite. He just physically assaulted Shilo,” I yelled, throwing my hands up.
“I barely touched him, and if you want that to remain the cause, I suggest you instruct him right now that he is to treat Cress with the respect she deserves. If he values his position here, he won’t ever in his fucking life talk to her with anything less than respect.”
“You can’t be serious,” I groaned. This was not happening.
But it was…
“Christian…” Elias growled, eyes on me.
There was no way my brother was going to stand for this nonsense or at least I thought he wouldn’t but…
“Is Shilo near you?”
“You’re on speaker.”
“Shilo, whatever the fuck you did, make sure it doesn’t happen again and apologize to my sister.”
“Fuck you, Devereaux,” Shilo choked out, finally managing to stand.
“Fuck me means fuck your position with Liberté Abstraite. You wanna try that again?”
Shilo’s eyes narrowed, jaw flexed, and he glanced at me, then Elias. “It won’t happen again. Iapologize, Cress.”
“Good. Elias, is that all?”
The arrogant son of a bitch didn’t answer my brother. He simply ended the call and I was floored. Why the hell was my brother, who bowed to no one, folding on demand for Elias Omari?
Shilo attempted to move away from us but Elias blocked his path.
“You’ve got what you wanted, will you please move?” Shilo’s voice held no confidence.
“Christian and I are twoverydifferent people. This was your one and only pass. If you don’t remember who the fuck she belongs to, then it won’t be Christian or your position here you need to worry about. It will beme.”
He took a step closer to Shilo who flinched and nodded quickly before hurrying around Elias, massaging his neck as he moved up the stairs. “Rehearsal is over. Everyone be here tonight by six,” he yelled before disappearing backstage.
I half-expected everyone to linger but they didn’t, not even Li who lifted a brow at me before he quietly left the stage. The whispers were loud, but my rage drowned out what my peers were saying.
“What the hell was that and why are you here? You were supposed to be on a flight this morning going back to wherever you came from.”
“Is he always that disrespectful?”
Is this man insane?
Stupid question. Definitely insane. He’d just manhandled my director and was now staring at me demanding I answer his question while he skipped right over mine. Two could play that game.
“Whyare you here?” I yelled, throwing my hands up.
“I asked you a question, Cress. Is he always that disrespectful?”
“Are you serious right now?”
