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Authors: Kaylee Song
Chapter Twenty-Two
Joanna
“I don’t know what the hell you’re trying to pull, but Greyson will come for me.” I said it with such anger that I was astounded when he turned to me and laughed.
It wasn’t the kind of chuckle you get from someone who doesn’t believe you, no, it was a full-bodied laugh.
“That, my dear, is exactly what I am hoping for.” He smiled at me, “When I exposed you I did so out of anger. You turned me down. You married him.”
I wasn’t chained. Wasn’t tied down, no. I didn’t need to be David had two of his men posted at the door and even if I got out there was nowhere to go. He had me trapped down by the docks. If I tried to run they could easily overtake me. He knew that and so did I, so I didn’t try to run. I just sat on the ratty sofa and tapped my foot.
“I was never going to marry you. You’re unstable.” That earned me a nasty slap across the face. He swung his hand so hard that the crack rang out across the room.
Fuck.
“I’m not unstable. I’m smart. Strategic. You’d see that if you would’ve just listened. If you would’ve stopped to assess the situation. You could’ve been a fucking queen, and now look at you. Just another pregnant whore.”
He spit the words out like they would infect him just for saying them. He was so filled with disgust with me that he slowed his speech. “You’ve ruined everything. I started chaos, a war, over you. Fucking Helen of Troy.”
“I highly doubt I’m that beautiful,” I said. His wit was no match for mine.
“No, but you are Greyson’s weakness. He will come looking for you, and then I’ll strike. That stupid sap has been moping ever since you walked out of his life. When I found out you were pregnant I knew it was the perfect opportunity.” He was almost fucking maniacal with his hands clasped together. I didn’t know if he was doing it for effect or if it was just the way he was. David was teetering on the edge of insane, I knew that much.
“How did you-”
“The same way Greyson knew. I just paid his PI to tell me first. Money. People are easily swayed by it. Not you though. Not money, not freedom. Nothing I could say was going to convince you. You thought he would love you, but he just threw you away.” It was the truth, and it stung worse than the slap in the face he delivered.
“Ah, I do believe I hear that classic Chevelle engine now. I knew he couldn’t resist.” I heard it just after he called attention to it and I knew instantly it was him. I could feel it in my bones.
It was a trap, but I didn’t care. I wanted him to come. I knew he would rescue me.
And if he couldn’t, I would be subject to David and whatever he wanted.
I’d rather die.
“David, let her go.” Greyson’s voice rang out from an unknown place.
“No. She’s too useful. Fight me for her, the winner inherits the family, the merger.” So that was what he wanted from me. The joining of the two families was still important to him. He thought he could create an all spanning empire from the marriage.
Clearly he didn’t know my uncle.
Two gunshots rang out and the men guarding the door fell.
“The fuck?” David asked.
“You think I just showed up? I’ve been here for a while, little brother. The rest of your guards are in a similar state. Don’t worry, they aren’t dead. Just tranked. Father was curious as to who would aid you in this. So was I,” Greyson growled as he stepped behind the shadows. “There are two ways to play this. You can let her go and we can all walk away alive, or we can fight it out.” He had his gun pointed right at David’s head.
“No weapons, just fists. I’ll fight you.” David set his gun down and kicked it aside.
“And the gun in your boot,” Greyson said.
He threw that out too.
Greyson dropped his weapons, but David didn’t wait. He charged right at him as soon as he bent down, running full speed at the father of my baby while he was vulnerable.
I screamed for Greyson to stand but he dodged easily and got back up landing a punch right on David’s temple.
The two of them grappled one another landing body blows into each other over and over again. I wanted to throw myself at David, but I knew it was foolish. Especially with the precious life in my tummy, one that I had to fight to protect.
David was strong, but Greyson was stronger, his rage-filled strength held no match. He slammed David onto the ground over and over again, his head hitting the concrete.
David’s wide-eyed surprised betrayed him, but he fought back until his eyes closed and unconsciousness subdued him.
I could see Greyson raise his hand for the final blow and I screamed out, “no!”
It was all I could do to keep him from murdering in front of me.
He pulled up that fist and then threw David’s unconscious form away from him.
It was like I’d broken a spell over him and he stood and turned towards me, walking slowly as he took me in.
“Greyson-” I said as tears streamed down my face.
“Don’t you ever fucking refuse me again, Joanna.” He grabbed me and pulled me into him, the blood on his hands coming off on my clothing. I didn’t care. I didn’t care that it was streaming from a cut on his brow or his busted nose.
“You threw me away,” I wailed.
“I’m a fucking fool, but you aren’t.” He kissed me, his passion so strong that I had to fight to be let go. To catch my breath. “You, you give me my humanity. You remind me exactly why I am living. Without you I’ve been wasting away. Look at me, Jo. Look at what I’ve become.”
I did. I saw the ragged, broken man he was. The rabid dog that took out David. I knew that was him. Part of him, but it had taken over. It had taken everything away.
And now he was standing there begging me to bring him back to reality. Back to his humanity.
I couldn’t say no. I loved him too much. So I just grabbed him and kissed him again. Long moments passed before I looked over to the lifeless form on the floor. He wasn’t getting up, I couldn’t even tell if he was breathing.
“Is he?” I asked, David wasn’t moving.
“No. You saved him, but he will have to answer my father.”
I winced. I knew that wasn’t going to end well for him. It was what he deserved though.
“Good.”
“And you, you are coming home with me. I’m not going to fucking take no for an answer. You’re mine. All of you. And that baby too.”
I nodded. “As long as you promise never to throw me away again.”
“You have permission to shoot me in the head if I try.”
Epilogue
Joanna
I don’t know how long I’d been sitting out on the balcony rubbing my belly, but when Greyson came out I breathed a little easier.
“How was work?” I asked.
“It went. My father decided to sentence David today.”
James had been holding David for a month.
“What happened?”
Since that night we’d promised not to keep secrets from one another, even when it wasn’t something we wanted to hear.
“I thought he would kill him, but he didn’t.”
“No?” I asked.
“No, he banished him. Actually told him to leave the state and never come back. My father has never been soft about anyone. Never in his entire life.” He shook his head and sat down across from me, grabbing my hands and pulling me over on to his lap.
“I dunno about that, Greyson. He loves you. Without his approval it would’ve made our situation very difficult.” I wanted to be fair about his father, but my instinct was to hate him. He’d pushed me away from Greyson, made life very difficult. I didn’t forget or forgive that kind of pain easily.
“How is the little one today?” he asked as he put his hand over my belly. He was rewarded with a little kick.
“I’ll never get used to that,” he said as he kissed my cheek.
“How are relations with my uncle?” I hated to ask. I didn’t want to ask. I’d promised I wouldn’t, but I couldn’t help it. Since the day I was rescued I hadn’t heard from my father, my uncle, anyone.
“Tense, Joanna. We’re in the middle of a war, with no sign of stopping.”
It was what I expected. I’d never wanted to bring a baby into something like this. I’d never wanted to love a man like him. But I did.
“It will all work itself out, Jo. It won’t be easy, but I promise you it will.” He kissed me softly and pulled me closer. “I love you. I won’t let anything take away my family.”
I’d never felt so secure anywhere as I did in his arms. I knew whatever we came up against he would protect me, and I would pull him back into his humanity.
We belonged together.
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