Page 36 of Crown Jewels
“Why not?” Vahn cocked a brow. “Two people alone with alcohol, shit happens.”
“I can prove I’m not pregnant.” Ha, He couldn’t argue that one.
“Oh, I didn’t tell him you were pregnant. I said you might be.”
Son of a bitch. “My brother will believe me.”
Vahn tipped his head and asked, “You sure about that?”
Yes. Mostly. Sure Mitch half listened to most of the stuff that I said, but he nodded at all of it.
“Well, I’ll let you absorb all of that.” Vahn wiped his mouth with a napkin and stood up. “I gotta go to work.”
“Wait…” I held up a finger. “Let me get this straight. You just sat here and told me that I belong to you, and now you’re going to go fuck someone else?”
His brow lifted. “Do you want me to stay?”
Fuck no. I didn’t want to be anywhere near him.
“Just leave.” I waved him off.
“Kiss before I go?” He asked.
“Fork in the eye?” I asked back.
Vahn chuckled and headed for the door. “See you after work babe.”
“Don’t call me babe.” I yelled after him.
That was it, I was going to find out what Vahn Kessler was hiding, and I’d use it to bring him down.
EMMA
Ispent the first hour after Vahn left trying to get a hold of my brother, but his phone was off. Which meant one of three things. He was with a girl, he was gambling, or he was mad at me.
Mitch typically didn’t ignore me when he was pissed. If anything it was the opposite. He preferred to verbally voice his grievances. But this was different. He thought I slept with his best friend.
Mitch didn’t have an easy time making friends. Me being with Vahn was a betrayal on another level. Mind you, one could argue that the same would go for Vahn. I was his baby sister. So,if he was mad at me then he would definitely be mad at Vahn, which he might be. In order for me to know that, he would have to answer his phone.
“Ugh!” I tossed my phone on the couch beside me.
This was a nightmare. Vahn had done a complete flip, and gone from hating me to claiming me like I was some prized pig. Meanwhile, Mitch was out there somewhere, feeling hurt because the only two people he had betrayed him, and I couldn’t even get him to answer a damn text.
Huffing out a breath, I looked over at the bird in the corner. Was that a new cage? It looked bigger. Maybe I was smaller? I felt smaller.
Yesterday I was feeling confident and proud. I’d finally shown the two overprotective men in my life that I didn’t need them. I could handle myself. That led to me getting attacked then being claimed. How did that go so wrong? I really was shit at reading men.
Wait a minute…
I was attacked. My professor almost raped me. Where was my brother then? Here I was, feeling guilty about a lie that someone else told, and I was the one who was assaulted. Why should I be worried about him, when he clearly wasn’t worried about me? Mitch didn’t even call to see if I was okay.
What if he was in trouble? What if he got beaten up again, and was lying in a ditch with no one around to help? No, Vahn said he talked to him. So, why hadn’t Mitch called me? Surely I would’ve heard from him by now, right?
No, I didn’t like this. Something was wrong.
I picked up my phone and sent a text to my brother.
Me: Mitch, if I don’t hear from you in the next five minutes, I’m calling the cops.
