Chapter 61
Chapter Sixty-One
Alexei
“Are you going to tell me what’s up with you?” Axel said as I punched the bag again. This time there was nothing to fuel my anger. Not even my heartbreak could force me into this gym like it had before.
“There’s nothing to tell.”
Because how on earth could I explain what was happening? My own father threatened my girlfriend’s life all because in his eyes she wasn’t good enough. I couldn’t even speak to my mother about it. She’d breezed through my front door a week after it all happened with a newspaper and an angry gleam in her eyes. She slammed the newspaper down on the counter in front of me and asked what I’d done. All I could do was shake my head. She spent an hour in my penthouse trying to get answers out of me, but there were none.
“Alexei, we’ve been through a lot together. It shouldn’t be that difficult for you to divulge what’s happened with Audrey.”
“She’s too good for me.” It was all I could come up with because, in the scheme of things, it was true. I was dreading the upcoming wedding. I hadn’t seen Audrey since everything happened. It was a blessing and a curse. She stayed away from Central Park. Lu only showed up every once in a while as if she couldn’t enjoy her favorite spot anymore because of me. I’d tried to talk to her but when she turned and walked away from me, I was thankful because I didn’t know what I would actually say when it came down to it.
I’m sorry?
Yeah, right. I could be as sorry as can be but I had no reasoning behind breaking up with her friend besides the fact that I was an asshole.
“You aren’t lying. So she dumped you?”
Another punch, this one lacked most of my strength. I didn’t have it in me. My father stole everything from me but my money and now I found that I didn’t even want it if it meant having to live without the woman I loved.
“No.” Even my response sounded weak.
“Make it make sense, dude.”
I shrugged, yanked my gloves off, and jumped out of the ring. I just didn’t have much left in me. I needed to save my strength for the cameras because I knew if I wasn’t convincing enough, my father would kill Audrey anyway.