Chapter 34
Lark
I am fucking fuming as I follow Anthony down the hall toward his office. The need to get out my bow is strong, but then I curse internally.
I didn’t bring one with me.
Not that I can use one yet, but it would be nice to have on hand when needed. Next time I go home, I make a mental note to bring a couple of them over along with some extra arrows, targets, and a few supplies to carve.
Walking into his office, I fight to keep a neutral look on my face when I see Brandy perched on the edge of the sofa.
She’s crossed her legs which has her short skirt revealing a lot more leg because of the high slits on either side.
Her hands rest on her knee and as soon as she sees Anthony, she shifts slightly, thrusting her chest out even more.
Her cropped tank top is barely restraining her breasts, so much so that I can see the top of her areolas.
Anthony takes a seat behind his desk, leaning on his forearms. As his muscles flex, I bite my lip to keep my lusty thoughts at bay and focus back on the matter at hand.
“Queen,” Devil says as he gestures to a chair next to Anthony. Thankfully it’s to Anthony’s right so I don’t have to walk in front of the bitch. I wouldn’t put it past her to try and trip me.
Once I’m seated, I look back at Brandy, who is watching me with a look of disgust on her face.
The muscles in my jaw clench, which have the muscles along my hairline also tightening. The claw marks along those muscles burn, but I channel that pain into my anger.
“Care to explain yourself?” Anthony bites out, but Brandy ignores the barb and as she switches her focus to him, a seductive look comes over her as she bats her eyelashes at him.
“I was just looking out for you, Reaper. You’re the President of the club.
You deserve an Old Lady that’s worthy, beautiful, and someone who won’t cheat on you.
She’s just a disaster waiting to happen.
She already tried to ruin one relationship and is on her way to ruining another.
Her fried fat ass should be dragged out of here.
I don’t get why I’m the one in trouble when she brings trouble everywhere she goes!
She should be the one you’re angry at, not me. ”
Red hot fury ignites in my veins at what she’s implying. It’s only Devil’s gentle hand on my shoulder and the small shake of Anthony’s head that keeps me in my seat.
“So, you think you know Lark better than me, huh? Tell me, why do you think she isn’t worthy of being with me?”
Brandy scoffs. “Everyone knows she seduced Kelly Brass’ boyfriend and tried to steal him away from her.
And when that didn’t work, she moved on to her other best friend’s boyfriend and started fucking him, too!
It’s inevitable that she’ll start cheating on you as soon as you give her what she wants.
She probably set fire to her own house just to get attention. ”
I see red and Devil’s hand tightens on my shoulders for a moment before it slips away.
“You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about,” I ground out.
“I was dating Aiden first. Not even a month later, Kelly wormed her way into his bed. They were fucking behind my back, not the other way around. As for your other comment about fucking another friend’s boyfriend, I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.
The only person I’ve been with after Aiden and I broke up is Reaper.
I have never cheated on anyone in my life and I never will. That’s not the type of person I am.”
Brandy rolls her eyes before curling her lip in disgust as she looks up and down my body. “I have proof that you seduced Aiden away from Kelly and are trying to seduce Zac away from Khloe, so you can stop lying, you fucking cow.”
I damn near throw up at the mental image of fucking Zac, but I push the bile down and focus on her other words.
I give a little shrug and notice out of the corner of my eye that Anthony’s muscles are coiled so tight I’m afraid he might do something he regrets if this bitch keeps this up.
“Alright, prove it. I’m sure any proof you have is doctored and pieced together since I’m not the one lying here.”
She gives me a smug, satisfied look as she digs her phone out from between her boobs. I wrinkle my nose. What is with people and storing their phones in their boobs? Boob sweat is a real thing.
She taps on her phone, her fake nails clicking against it as she taps. A moment later, she leans forward and sets her phone on Anthony’s desk, while trying to give him a good look of her chest.
“Python,” Anthony barks out without even looking down at the phone. Brandy flinches at his tone and the hard look on his face.
Python takes her phone and flips through whatever ‘proof’ she thinks she has.
He frowns after a moment and studies the phone closer.
Then he taps away on it for a bit. Looking up from the phone to his face, it’s obvious that whatever he saw pissed him off.
He pulls out his phone and after a moment, goes back to tapping on hers.
After a few seconds, he shakes his head as he tosses her phone onto the couch next to her.
“I cleared out the photos and videos. Your so called ‘proof’ was a sex tape and some pictures that were taken when Aiden was seeing Lark, not Kelly. It was all over town when Aiden asked Lark out, so those of us that actually use their fucking brains instead of listening to manipulating lies knows that Kelly was in the wrong the whole time, not Lark. As for the rest of your proof, those were pictures that were doctored using the sex tape and the pictures to make it look like she was fucking Zac. I know for a fact that Lark would never touch that fucking asshole, so there’s no way she’d ever fuck him. ”
Brandy fumes after verifying that everything she had is in fact gone like Python said. My gut twists that he saw me like that but then my anger rises when I realize that Aiden filmed me and took pictures of me like that. I never consented to any of that.
“Where did you get those pictures and videos from?” Anthony asks her, his voice darker and colder than anything I’ve ever heard before. Wait, that’s not true. He used that voice the day he stood up for me at the supper club when he was talking to Richard and Aiden.
Brandy looks down her nose at me again. “Kelly’s my cousin.
She gave them to me. And she’s not the one lying, that fucking fat bitch is the one that’s lying!
My cousin would never do what you’re all saying she did.
She loves Aiden and dotes on Grace. She’d never be a homewrecker like her,” she spits out.
I lean back in my chair and reach over, placing my hand on Anthony’s leg, trying to get him to calm down before he does something he might regret.
“I see Kelly’s continuing her manipulative ways.
I guess you haven’t heard that Aiden’s been cheating on her since two months after they were married.
Once Kelly had Grace and healed, she’s been fucking their pool boy.
Everyone’s speculating that the baby she’s pregnant with now is his, not Aiden’s.
Aiden and Kelly haven’t shared a room since he started cheating on her.
And before you even ask, no I won’t reveal my source to you, but she saw everything with her own eyes.
Your cousin has been feeding you a bunch of lies because she can’t stand to have an imperfect image.
I should know, she was one of my best friends since she moved here in second grade. ”
I pause as I wave my hand dismissively.
“But, judging from your face, nothing we say is going to change your mind. You’ve made up your mind about me before you even got to know me, so that’s on you, not me.”
“This is your first strike, Brandy.”
Brandy’s eyes widen and her mouth drops open in shock. “What? Why? She’s the one in the wrong here, not me!”
Anthony slams his fist down on his desk and I swear I heard the wood crack.
“Listen here and listen good. The fact that you’re too stupid to realize your cousin is a manipulative cunt is not our problem, it’s yours.
If you ever go after my woman again like you did today, you will not like the consequences.
Keep in mind that my woman is an expert bow and gun hunter as well as knowing her way around a knife.
You hurt her again and I won’t stop her from making you pay for whatever you’ve done.
” He pauses as he glares at her. “Now, if you can’t accept the fact that I will never fucking touch you or fuck you, then you need to pack your shit and get the fuck out,” he growls.
Brandy stares at him in disbelief and after a moment, her eyes turn glassy.
“But I love you, Reaper. Why can’t you see that I’m the one that’s meant for you? I can take care of you in ways that she never can. Why can’t you see that she’s the one that’s manipulated everyone? Not me. Not Kelly. Her.”
Anthony shakes his head. “But I don’t love you.
I never have and I never will. Your beauty is only skin deep, and you’ve proven you don’t have the brains to even figure out that you’re the one that’s been manipulated.
I’ve known Lark since we were kids. There isn’t a manipulative bone in her body.
She is beautiful inside and out. So what that she has scars?
I have them too. She’s the woman I love and will always love.
” He pauses and looks over at me. The love shining in his eyes has me wishing we were alone, but that will have to wait until later.
The heat in his eyes tells me he feels the same, and I fight not to squirm in my seat.
As he turns back toward Brandy, his eyes harden and burn with anger. Brandy shrinks back under his anger, and for the first time since we’ve been in here, she looks uncertain.
“It’s decision time. Are you going to let this go and treat my woman with the respect she deserves? Or are you packing your shit and leaving?”
Brandy swallows thickly as she looks down at her hands. “Stay,” she quietly replies.