Page 48 of Lust

Ivory walked to the front door, opening it and I watch her expression drop. She looks stunned. So much for never having a relationship with him, I rolled my eyes.

Before Ivory says anything I approach.

“Ivory you might remember my friend from the tracks? It’s Kace Striking, in case you don’t know him.” I say and she turned to the side to look at me, speechless. “Kace is crashing with us for a while. In the room across from yours actually.”

Her mouth drops open, and she looks at Elle for help—who shrugs her shoulders.

And while Ivory I would imagine was thinking, this can’t be happening—I just smirk at her. This was happening. Kace was standing right in front of her, and things were about to get interesting.

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Ivory

Ilook at Kace, who is standing in front of me. My eyes go to Gabe. He can’t be serious right now. But he just smirks at me, like his evil plan is unfolding perfectly. My eyes go back to Kace. The biker. The man that broke my heart.

Standing right in front of me.

“Excuse us.” Elle says, grabbing my arm and pulling me into her study. By this point I’m freaking out.

“This can’t be happening.” I say with wide eyes, and Elle grips my shoulders.

“Okay Ivy, breathe, in and out.” She says, and firmly squeezes my shoulders. As if breathing is going to solve my problem. “You’ll be okay. You’ll get through this.”

“He is standing in your foyer!” I sound as shocked as I feel. “Oh my god. This can’t be happening.” I push her hands off me and pace. “Kace Striking is in your foyer.” My eyes are wide and I look at Elle. “You can not let him stay here!” To which she shrugs her shoulders. “Elle! You can not let the man that destroyed me, stay under the same roof as me!”

She rolls her eyes. “Calm down drama queen. You are over him right?”

I inhaled sharply. “Yes. No. Most likely not. What the hell am I going to do!”

“Breathe Ivy.”

“Fuck breathing. My ex is standing with my brother!” I point an arm at the foyer. “Since when are they friends! Since when did they agree on anything. God I’m going to pass out.”

I glanced at the door and now realized that Elle, hadn’t fucking shut it! Which meant everything I just said, could be heard by Gabe and Kace. Surely my luck wasn’t that bad. I walked out and see Gabe and Kace standing there. Yes. Indeed they had head every word of my melt down.

I blinked and walked for the front door. Suddenly that emergency at the garage became my problem and no longer my lead mechanics.

I brush past Kace, only for him to lock eyes with me. “I’ll be seeing you darling.” He says it like he isn’t going anywhere, even though I don’t want him here. He says it like he is sticking around. I have no words, so I move past him. Hoping that when I come back, him and Gabe have killed each other.

Cause god knows those two can’t be in the same room as each other for longer than half a moment, without needing to kill each other.

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“It’slike Gabe was kidnapped and aliens have taken him over.” Elle whispers at me in the kitchen. My eyes go off dinner and on to the boys. Gabe and Kace were watching the football game. Oh wait it gets better, they were having a mild conversation regarding the plays.

I shrugged it off. To be honest with myself I thought he would be gone by the time I got here. I thought Kace would have punched Gabe and left. I was wrong because I came home at dinner time, to see them watching the game and Elle cooking.

“So how far is tea?” I changed the subject off the fact my brother and ex are watching the game.

“Honestly if I don’t burn it ten minutes.” She says, and points at the phone. “We’ve been silent all day, people are flooding us with concerns.”

“Well we can’t stream my love life mess can we.” I hissed at her.

Elle and I then enter a whispering yelling match at each other about streaming my personal life drama with the whole of social media. She wants to tell our fans, and grow the tension. I don’t want anything to do with it.

“I said no.” I snapped at her loudly, and the boys look at us. Causing me to glance away from Elle and on the stir fry. “Just hurry and serve this so I can leave.” I go get the plates and head to the table.

“Dinner.” Elle chimed.

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