Total pages in book: 152
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
I know where she is going with this. I blow out a breath and reply. “Since I was nineteen and yes, she’s the girl in my tattoo.” She puts her hands together under her chin as if praying and her eyes light up like the fourth of July.
“She’s the one then?” she asks nervously.
“Yes, she’s the one alright,” Cam casually remarks as he walks into the kitchen and kisses Brigetta on the cheek. She slaps him away.
“I asked your brother,” she snaps, and her eyes shoot back to me.
I put my hands on my hips. “Yeah. She’s the one, as annoying as that is,” I sigh.
She jumps up and down on the spot in excitement and Cam laughs as I slump onto the breakfast chair.
“Don’t look so excited,” Cameron remarks as he slaps me on the back.
I frown and blow out a breath. “Being in love is fucking annoying, Cameron, you have no idea.”
He does a fake cold shiver. “Yes, I can imagine, that’s why I’m not planning on doing it for at least…ten years.” I roll my eyes.
Ben walks into the kitchen. “Can I see you in the security room, Josh?”
I frown. “Sure.” I follow him out of the room and down the corridor. “What’s this about?” I ask and he looks at me uncomfortably.
“I have been running the security tapes this morning and I found something very interesting at Murphy’s house.”
I frown and gesture to the screen. “Run the tape.” He puts it on and my stomach drops. I watch in slow motion as Adrian’s boyfriend, Ross, drives into the driveway of Adrian’s house in Adrian’s car. He’s not alone, he has another man with him, and it is nighttime. “What time is this?” I snap.
“Two a.m.,” he replies. I rub my forehead in frustration. Fuck, I know where this is going. We both sit in silence as the tape plays, he goes around and opens the car door for the guy and pulls him out and then he is pinning him up against the car kissing him…Adrian’s fucking car…at Adrian’s fucking house. I stand still with my legs wide and my arms crossed as I watch. I am fuming. That sleazy fuck.
“That’s not it,” Ben says, and my eyes widen.
“How many?” I ask.
He winces. “I’m up to twelve and we had only been gone eight weeks, there is another four weeks to go through yet.”
Contempt drips from my every pore, never have I hated anyone like I do Ross. And unfortunately, I now have the proof of what I have known all along. I feel sick. How am I supposed to tell Adrian this shit? He deserves better. I blow out a breath and return to the living room to get my phone and I text Adrian.
Hi Murph, can you come over now?
I wait for him to reply and a text beeps.
Not really. What’s up?
I text back.
Where are you?
A text beeps back.
I’m at home but I am going to Ross’s soon. Can’t I see you later? Is it really that urgent?
I fume again at the mention of that prick’s name.
YES, this is a matter of urgency.
Get here now!
I wait for his reply.
You’re a pain in my ass, Stanton. See you soon.
I turn to Ben.
“Bring the car around, time to pay lover boy a visit.”
He nods, understanding my meaning. “Sure thing.”
I walk up the stairs with renewed purpose. He’s fucked with the wrong person if he thinks I will let him do this and get away with it. I walk into my room to quickly get dressed and there she is. Lying naked in the middle of my bed smiling up at me. My god, those dimples are beautiful. I lie down on the bed next to her and gently kiss her lips as I push the hair off her forehead.
“Morning, beautiful, how did you sleep?”
She gives me a mussed-up sexy smile. “Fine thanks, but you know I hate waking up alone. Where have you been?” she says as she stretches her arms. I kiss her again and smile. “Can you do me a favor?”
She smiles and nods as she runs her hand up my legs to my shorts. “Hmm, I like the sound of that,” she purrs.
I wish. “No, not that, can you keep Adrian busy for an hour or so? I need to organize something for him, a surprise, and I don’t want him to know. Could you do that for me, Presh?”
She frowns. “You want me to babysit Adrian?”
I smile and nod. “Exactly, thanks, baby. I will make it up to you later.” I jump up and start pulling on my clothes in a hurry. I need to leave before Murph gets here. I give her a peck on the cheek and dart toward the staircase, pretending not to see her disgruntled face.
We pull up out the front of Ross’s house and both sit in silence as we weigh up the situation. I slowly get out of the car and Ben follows me up the path in silence. He’s going to be sorry and begging for mercy by the time I’ve finished with him. That’s if I don’t kill him first. I don’t know if I have ever been so furious in my life.