“I’m a bigger idiot than I thought. I mean,gawd, Imarriedhim.” She threw her arms up and turned back to the dresser.
I held up my hand, attempting to get her attention. If she saw me, she ignored me. I could feel Rule behind me, but he didn’t intervene. He was going to let her pack her shit and leave.
“I knew it was too good to be true.” Her eyes narrowed, and she spared me a glance. “What I don’t understand is what’s in it for you. Both of you. It’s got to be something.”
She didn’t give us a chance to respond just continued to pack.
I tapped out a message.
— Let me explain.
Laikyn didn’t bother to look at her phone.
— Please. Just stop.
She ignored that one, too.
“I am so done with men. I don’t give a shit if they are good for sex. I’m fucking done.”
“Stop!”
Laikyn jerked back, shocked by the vehemence in the word. Or maybe she was shocked because that word and the sound to go with it had come out of my mouth.
Rule was suddenly there, his hand on the back of my neck. His eyes locked with mine, and he stared in wonder.
I wanted to explain. I wanted to tell them how I was feeling about this whole fucking mess, but when I tried, nothing came out. My brain wouldn’t command my vocal cords to work.
I swallowed hard and took a deep breath before marching into Laikyn’s room. I grabbed her phone off the dresser and held it to her face, forcing her to look at my messages.
Her eyes were glassy with tears when she finally nodded.
When she took her phone, I grabbed mine and typed a message, this time to both of them.
— You two need to talk, and I need a minute. Don’t you dare fucking leave. Either of you.
“Okay,” Laikyn said, all her bluster gone.
I looked at Rule, wanting him to agree.
“Fine.”
Trusting that they would be there when I came back, I went into my bedroom, closed the door, and proceeded to have a panic attack.
26
Laikyn
I knew I had a bewildered lookon my face, but for the life of me, I couldn’t do anything but stare after Jinx in wonder.
He’d actually spoken.
Only one word, but it had delivered the same punch as if he’d read a novel.
And that one word had taken the fight right out of me.
Oh, sure, I was still mad. Pissed, in fact. But the word … his voice … it was on repeat in my head, and I wanted it to go on forever.
“Come on,” Rule urged, gesturing down the hall. “We owe him this.”
