stared them in shock, frozen in place, as unbearable pain crashed through my body. “How could you?” My question came out in a whisper.
“That’s fresh coming from you,” he spat out with disdain and anger. “Now if you don’t mind, I’d like this hot piece of ass to finish taking care of some business below.”
Before I could respond, Damian turned his back on me and pushed the blonde’s head back down behind the bar counter. Tears streamed down my face as I watched as he threw his head back in pleasure and let out a primal groan.
As the room began to spin around me, I knew I had to get out of here. I couldn’t bear to see this any longer. My legs came back to life and I turned and ran as fast as I could away from what I had just witnessed, away from the root of all my pain, away from the love of my life.
CHAPTER NINE
Damian
“Get up. No need to pretend any longer,” I barked. I took a step back from the blonde as I heard Alexis run off in tears.
I can’t believe that even now, she’s still putting up a front like I somehow fucking matter to her. She and I both know the truth—that she’s fucking Chris. I felt my rage bubble up inside me as I imagined Chris and Alexis laughing together as they talked about my stupidity. You know she’s just like your mother, but you just wouldn’t listen to yourself . The thought gutted me as I realized there was no way I could refute it now.
The blonde got up from the floor and straightened up. “You know, I can do more than pretend to blow you. I’d love to actually do it.” She reached for the zipper of my jeans.
I grabbed her hands and pushed them away. “I’m not interested.”
“Asshole,” the blonde pouted and crossed her arms across her chest. I knew I had offended her. Most guys probably wouldn’t have passed on a chance to fuck her. But I wasn’t in the mood to fuck, and I definitely wasn’t interested.
“Well, as promised, your drinks are on the house tonight. What do you want?”
“I want a Damian Style shot…from your cock.” As she moved her hand down my chest, she bit her lower lip and gave me the come-hither stare I’d become accustomed to with these type of women.
“Give it a rest. I’ve already said no. Don’t ask me again.” I gestured for her to get out from behind the bar.
“Fine. Suit yourself. I’ll get a gin and tonic.” She walked around to the other side of the bar counter and turned back toward me. “But tell me something.”
“What?” I grabbed a clean glass and began to make her drink order.
“Why did you ask me to pretend to give you a blowjob? I assume it was to make that girl upset. But how did you know she was going to be here?”
I handed her the gin and tonic. “I just wanted to hurt her.” I looked away from the blonde as I felt a wave of guilt consume me.
“Well, you definitely accomplished that.” The blonde chuckled as she sipped her drink.
“You think?” I was not convinced.
“Hello? Did you not see how pale her face got when she saw me? Did you not see how hard she tried to fight back those tears?”
“Right.”
As much as I wanted to believe that Alexis was as cold-hearted as my mother, I knew the blonde was right. Alexis had looked hurt when she thought this blonde had given me a blowjob.
When I had seen Chris half naked at Alexis’s door earlier, I had been fuming and had wanted to do something that could cause her to feel half the pain that she had caused me. But as I thought back to the hurt that I had seen in her eyes, my chest tightened at the memory. I’d thought that the sight of her in pain would somehow help ease my own.
But it hadn’t.
The sight of her in tears had crushed me beyond belief, and I’d had to turn away from her to avoid seeing any more. I had to keep my composure and make her believe that she hadn’t hurt me, that knowing she had been with another man hadn’t ripped out my heart. She’d already broken me, but I just couldn’t let her
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