Total pages in book: 78
Estimated words: 72340 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 362(@200wpm)___ 289(@250wpm)___ 241(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72340 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 362(@200wpm)___ 289(@250wpm)___ 241(@300wpm)
“It matters…” I can hear the anxiety in Mack’s voice. Something is very, very wrong.
“Why does it matter? She was nothing before this whole incident and will be nothing after everything takes place. She’s clean. I know it.” Enzo sounds confident, and though I know I have done nothing wrong, if Mack convinces him I did something, I know I am as good as dead.
“It matters because I know she’s not clean. After Jared called me and told me what Luccio said, I did a little digging on her and found some shit out.”
Horror fills my mind. What is it that Mack could have possibly found out about me that will force Enzo to turn me away, or better yet, kill me?
“I’ve never trusted her either,” Eli adds.
Moments of complete silence pass, and I swear they can hear my heart beating out of my chest. A moment later, Enzo speaks through clenched teeth. “What did you find?” Venom is in every word that leaves his mouth.
“She’s the pig. I know it,” Mack exclaims. It’s as if putting my ass on the line was worth something to him.
“No, she’s not. You’re so fucked up, Mack. I have trusted you from day one, but accusing someone of such dumb shit is just—”
“Really? Didn’t the whole basement thing prove that she can’t be trusted? Then she tried to get away at the club. You know she offered me sex in exchange for helping her escape?”
My eyes grow large at his lie. Mack is lying. Why? I thought Eli was the one I had to watch, not Mack! He’s fucking lying to the man I love. He’s feeding Enzo lies.
“That’s a lie,” I declare, walking out of the room. I don’t look at Mack, whose eyes are probably boring into me. Instead, I focus all my attention on Enzo, begging, and pleading with him to know the truth, to believe me.
“I told you the truth. I told you what happened,” I remind him softly, coming to stand near him. I see the gun in his lap and feel like running for the door.
Mack laughs. He actually laughs. “You honestly want to believe this whore over me? She’d sleep with any of us to get what she wants. You’re going to believe her over one of your most trusted men since you came to leadership?”
“That is such a fucking lie! I can’t even stand to look at you, much less want to touch you!” I throw at him. Looking between Mack and Enzo. I can see the indecision on Enzo’s face and that he doesn’t know who to believe.
Then my eyes turn to Eli, and what I see in his eyes shocks the hell out of me. He also looks taken aback and indecisive while staring down Mack like he can’t believe what he just accused me of. I’m so confused right now.
“It’s not a lie, and you know it,” Mack counters with such force that I can practically feel the hate in his words.
“It is, and if you were half the man you’re supposed—”
“Enough!” Enzo screams, causing me to take a step away from him. My body and mind are reeling in an attempt to find the loving man who I had been with mere moments ago.
“Go stand over there…” He gestures to me. When I don’t move right away, he pulls his gun from his waistband and points it at me. I scurry across the wood floor near Mack, even though it’s the last place in the world I want to be.
Enzo’s eyes observe all of us. “One of you is lying, and I’m going to fucking find out who.” His eyes are black as he swings the gun back and forth between us.
“I’ve been your right-hand man since before you became the boss. You aren’t going to accuse me of lying,” Mack states.
Enzo cocks his head, an evil look crossing his face. It’s then I know the man standing before me is nothing like the man who made love to me, the man who showed compassion and shared his story with me. Instead, the man standing before me is the shell of that person. This person has no heart, no feelings, nothing can break him, simply because he believes he has nothing to lose.
“Prove to me how you aren’t lying.”
“How do you want me to do that?” Mack yells, his voice taking on a furious tone. I keep my mouth shut, knowing if I talk out of turn, my brains could very well be splattered across the wall.
I glance over at Eli, who has taken a step back. His eyes ping-ponging between Mack and me like he is trying to solve a puzzle.
“Tell me this information that you found on her,” Enzo sneers, unable to look at me or say my name. That has to mean something, right? That has to mean he feels something for me. That if he points the gun, he won’t actually pull the trigger, right?