LOGANFor a moment, I was transfixed to a spot, in utter shock from the turnout of my confession.Ashley had never bolted away from me that way after an argument, in fact, we’d never left without hashing out an issue and ending up in each other’s arms afterward.But now, we’d suffered the first major rift between us and I couldn’t help but direct all my anger at Scarlett. She was the reason for all these bullshit and my hatred for her had intensified by a thousand folds as I realized it.Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to track her and make her suffer because I needed to go after Ashley.In a matter of seconds I was storming out of the main door and I felt a dreadful chill grip me when I noticed that Ashley’s car was no longer in the space where she’d parked. I’d assumed that she would just find some place downstairs to blow off steam, but she was so enraged that she’d driven off.I didn’t even care about the scorching sun as I hurried in to grab my car keys and marched towards
LOGANThe first thing I heard that signaled I’d regained consciousness was the faint jazz playing in the background.Slowly, I opened my eyes and the first sight I was greeted with was the portrait of Ashley and I from when she’d forced me into a photo booth on Valentine’s Day, so I immediately knew that I’d awoken in her room.Just as I started to struggle to get myself into a sitting position, the door opened and Ashley walked in holding a glass of blood. Despite my weakness, I could smell it easily.“Logan, please don’t do that, you need your rest,” she hurried to my side and used her free hand to nudge me back into a lying position.I fought back the grunt that tried to escape when my back hit the bed so as to not worry her.“I’m so relieved that you’re awake,” she reached for my face and rubbed my jawline softly, “I was seconds away from calling Alex to send your family physician over.”When a smile spread across her face, I felt my entire body scatter with lightning bolts. It’d
ALEXShe means nothing to me, nothing.The only worthy title to ascribe to her would be that of a cumslut, but I couldn’t comprehend why she was stirring these foreign emotions within me of late.This afternoon, when I heard Logan yell all that crap about her, the intensity of the anger that overwhelmed me almost made me crack my facade. As an alpha, it wasn’t a big deal to conceal my appearance even though inwardly I was fighting a battle I didn’t understand, but today it was much harder to hold that mask in place.When I saw the marks on her neck where she stood, I was completely furious. I’d felt like replicating those marks on his neck in a way they’d never heal and it scared me that I’d wanted to protect a good for nothing whore so fiercely.In fact, as the argument grew more intense, I was fighting off the urge to march over to them and yank Logan’s head right off his body, or drown him in the pool along with his flimsy reasons for laying a finger on her.I had to keep reminding
SCARLETTI had the evening off for the day because I didn’t have a shift at the cafe so I was currently scrolling through Netflix to find the next poor Kdrama I’d binge watch and obsess about.However, my hopes of relaxation were thrown out of the window completely when mom barged into my room with a mischievous smile on her face.Before she even opened her mouth to speak, I knew she was bound to ruin my evening.“Good news, honey! I’ve asked Michael to join us for a family dinner next week and I can’t wait to immerse him into our lovely family!” she spread her hands in the air triumphantly as she dropped a literal grenade on me.I angrily slammed my laptop shut and faced her head on.“Really mom!? Why would you go around throwing invitations around to a man I’m barely dating? And worst of all, you didn’t think to involve me, a fully grown woman, in the decision to do so!?” I was absolutely irritated at her guts.Mom waved a hand and rolled her eyes playfully like she didn’t grasp how
ALEXNot a bone on my body believed a thing she’d said.There was no way on earth she wasn’t acting all that out. I couldn’t make sense of why she’d be acting when it was just her mom she was speaking to, but I just knew that she was faking it.As long as I was concerned, Scarlett and her mom were two halves of a whole and they shared the same greedy views about marrying for money. But it was getting harder and harder to hold onto that perspective of mine when Scarlett had refused to marry Micheal just like the other day.Maybe she was gunning for a bigger fish than him that could keep her generations wealthy rather than a person that could only assure her of comfort and not an entire bloodline. That definitely made sense.Still, why has she been leading Micheal on by going on dates when she has no intention of marrying him? Why does she see the need to lie that she’s looking for love when she’s simply in search of deeper pockets while keeping her other options open?It was futile to
SCARLETTI’d just gotten off a call with my best friend and I was in high spirits after catching up on proper girl talk when I heard a knock on my door.At first I thought it was my mom and I was about to play dead, but when I didn’t pick up her scent, I let curiosity get the better of me.“Yeah? Come on in,” I called out cautiously, staring at the door like I had the ability to see through it.When a maid walked in, instant relief filled me that it wasn’t either of the Vaughn brothers.“Miss Ashley has requested your presence on the patio,” she informed me politely before leaving.While I didn’t know what to expect, Ashley was one of the few genuine people I knew so I tried not to overthink things. I threw on a jacket and made my way to the patio, only to be met with the Baugh brother I hated the most.Logan.Granted, Ashley was also present and she was clinging to his side, but the fact that the maid was only told to mention her name means that they baited me into coming here. The g
SCARLETTI’d known Logan didn't mean a word of his apology, but I hadn't expected him to fall out of character barely minutes after I’d left them.Yet, here I was mourning whatever would remain of my wrist when his tortuous grip eventually loosened.“I was just playing nice because Ashley was present, so, it goes without saying that I’m not sorry about a fucking thing, and you hadn't been such a whiny bitch, Blake wouldn’t have had reason to blow things out of proportion,” he looked at me like he’d hated me deeply even in his past lives.Honestly, I’m convinced I must've hated him twice as much. Every word that left his lips was vile and insensitive.“Well, you put on a horrible show out there because i wasn't fooled for a second,” I dared to talk back because the rage boiling within me didn't care about the consequences.I regretted that the second his grip on my wrist tightened and he leaned forward, flashing me his fangs while his breathing picked audibly.“None of that was meant f
SCARLETTI noticed a sore spot appear where the light had hit Logan’s skin and judging from the harsh hiss that left his lips, it had caused him some level of pain or discomfort.Everyone seemed to have noticed what happened and Micheal quickly directed the light away from him while his phone kept ringing.“I’m so sorry about that, Logan,” he apologized heartily as he hurriedly got to his feet, but Logan waves off the apology, “I have that on to signify important calls.”Micheal looked unconvinced that he’d been forgiven because of the frown that now covered Logan’s face.“Uh, excuse me please, I have to take this,” he swiped his answer button and pressed his phone to his ear while walking out of the dining room.As Micheal disappeared behind the curtains, my mind reverted back to Logan and I realized that the sore spot I’d seen earlier resembled a mild sun burn and I couldn’t help but wonder if the light contained UV days to have affected him that way.However, I didn’t dwell on it m