Cassie stands there for a moment, looking at Jayme and I. God, I don’t know what I am going to say. What do I do? She walks off stage, and I see her head toward the office. As I turn back to grab my coat, Theo is there, right in my face, with his smug grin. I want to punch him right in his cocky face, shattering his teeth.
"I hope she was worth it, Mr. Ryder," he says, chuckling to himself. How the fuck does he know my name. Jayme is quick to come up next to me. He is ready to either hold me back or jump in the fight; I’m not sure which. “Ah, Mr. Morelli. So kind of youto join us in New York. I hope you enjoy my pet. She’s very... responsive. Wouldn’t you say, Mr. Ryder?” He looks at me, the grin now replaced by a scowl. Did she fucking tell him about last night, and why did he call Jayme Morelli?
"She’s worth every fucking penny. You don’t deserve her after what you have done to her. How could you auction her off like that." I don’t fucking care anymore; he knows it is me.
"Deserve her? That worthless slut doesn’t deserve me. I gave her everything and what does she do to pay me back? She fuck’s you the moment you are back in town."
"For your information, Theo," I let his name slide out slowly. Yea bitch I know your name. "We have never hooked up. Ever. That’s not the kind of relationship we have. But I guess even after beating the info out of her, you still didn’t believe her."
“No? So you didn’t have my girl pressed against the door last night? Her legs wrapped around your waist. How did she taste, Mr. Ryder? Sweet, isn’t she?” He just scoffs at me. Jayme looks like he is about to punch him now, too.
“How the fuck would you know any of that? Did she tell you? If so, then I am assuming you know she walked away, and nothing escalated further.”
“Trust me, I know everything that goes on in Cassandra’s apartment. But she did stay at your house, and I don’t know what happened behind those closed doors, now do I?”
I go to speak but he holds up his hand, silencing me. I am about to punch him when I see the other guy from in front of us staring at me, smirking. Who the fuck is this dude?
"Whatever, Lucian, I just made a hell of a lot of money off of her. You can have your fun for one night. But trust me when I say this: she will be coming back to me. She is mine. She will come back on her own, too. And then I can watch your sad little face as you realize she will never be yours. Cassandra has better taste than that."
"Guys, is there a problem?" The bouncer comes over and crosses his arms in front of us.
"Nope. I was just congratulating these men on their win. They are very invested in number 10."
The bouncer rolls his eyes and walks off.
"Remember, boys, have fun tonight because you won’t be seeing her again. At least until I’m finished with her and she’s all broken and used, then maybe you can have her back." He laughs as he turns and walks away.
I go to lunge at him, but Jayme pulls me back.
"Dude, he isn’t worth it. We will not only get kicked out of here, but we could lose our membership at both places. Just let him go. We will figure out something. Cassie won’t go back after tonight. Let’s just get her and go home.” Jayme pleads.
"Fine." I feel defeated. What if she does go back to him? He has to be threatening her. She wouldn’t willingly stay with someone that hurts her, would she?
As I walk away, my eyes lock with the other guy bidding against us. He is smiling at me and tilts his glass up towards me again. I have to know who the fuck he is. I stalk over to him.
"Hey. Who the hell are you, and how do I know you?"
I know we are supposed to be anonymous tonight, but I think we crossed that line when Theo and I were arguing.
The guy looks around before moving his mask half off his face. Holy shit, it’s that Alec guy from the bar. The one I blocked from Cassie’s phone. He also must have heard Jayme say her name.
"I guess you win again. You must really love her for you to keep fighting for her over and over. Little tip: tell her. Cause from what I remember at the bar, she still thinks you are just friends. Give her my regards, even though she never texted me back." He gives me a knowing smile. Touché Sir, touché.
Jayme is looking confused at this point.
"See you around, boys," Alec says as he turns back to the next woman on stage.
"Who the hell was that, and how did he know you and Cassie?!" Jayme demands.
"She met him at the bar the other night. She gave him her number, but I pulled her away when he got too close. Then that night, he texted her, but I intervened..."
"Intervened how Lucian?"
"I may or may not have gotten into her phone. Deleted his texts, blocked him, and then fully cleared her trash can so there was no evidence."
"Jesus, dude, you really are hung up on her. Welp, let's go claim our prize. By the way, what are we going to tell her since you obviously have problems telling her about yourself? " He says sarcastically.
Fuck. I hadn’t thought about that before. Shit.
