The buzz of muffled voices continues.
“What was I?” I ask coldly, tilting my head, my eyes never leaving Zach’s.
He grimaces, and my lips curl, my eyebrows pinching together.
Why?
“If you continued your affair with Darra, why did you need me?” I ask, my voice surprisingly steady.
His body becomes unnaturally still as his chin drops to his chest.
“Kat,” he says, his voice thickening.
I stare at him until his gaze drops to his hands.
“You were sleeping with her while you were living with me?” My voice is distant, flat. “You lied to me. You deceived me.”
A dark flush sweeps up his neck and across his face. My eyes track its progress. A sheen of sweat breaks out on his forehead and upper lip. Yet, there’s no satisfaction. How can there be? His lies and deceit set in motion a string of events that can never be undone.
“Kat,” he whispers, his gaze pleading. “I?—”
My stomach contracts.
Darra steps forward.
“You were convenient,” her tone is smug. “Enabled him to stay near Lottie.”
She cocks her head, her lips twisting in a sneer.
It takes every ounce of self-control to prevent me from slapping the smug look off her face. I’m a Frazer, I won’t give her the satisfaction.
She’s toxic, always has been, but Elijah was too blind to see the snake he invited into our lives.
The charge in the air changes. Darra thrusts out her chest, not sensing the danger as she continues her rant.
“He should be thanking you,” she spits. “You’re as frigid as your brother. Is it surprising he looked elsewhere?”
Zach spins to Darra.
“Shut up. Enough of your toxic lies,” he hisses. His gaze hardens as he stares at his ex-lover.
Elijah gets up and stalks towards Darra.
“Get out,” he snaps.
Her head tilts up as she slowly raises an eyebrow.
My brother stops, inhaling deeply, making her give a short, disgusted snort.
Elijah moves forward, but Caleb grabs his arm. Caleb might be the joker among us all, but he has a fierce sense of loyalty.
“Don’t give her the satisfaction,” he says, stepping between them, his hands landing hard against Elijah’s chest, stopping his forward motion.
Caleb turns his head, his voice cutting through the silence. “Get your toxic arse out of my brother’s apartment.”
Darra sneers and rolls her eyes.
I grit my teeth harder.
