And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 57: Convincing Hale

Walking back into the suite we were staying in, I headed straight for my room. I didn’t want to see anyone, and the last thing! wanted to do was talk. My head was a swirling mess of confusion over what had happened.

“Ivy!” Damian’s voice called out as the sound of the front door opened. “Ivy??”

“Will you shut the fuck up?” James snapped as the sound of his bedroom door opened.

“Where is she?” Damian replied, and as I sat in my room, I couldn’t help but sigh.

I had gone out to find Damian and Hale to bring them both home and, instead, I was met with chaos and heartache. Damian and Hale had both been in the arms of other women, and my heart clenched at the fact they didn’t seem to care for me.

As tears streamed down my face, I quickly wiped them away only to have my bedroom door thrown open, and Damian’s dark eyes staring down at me.

“Ivy, please let me explain”

“No,” I snapped, shaking my head. “Your actions spoke louder than words, and I don’t think there is anything for you to say to change my mind.”

The sobs I fought to hold back tore at me. I had given myself to him, and was falling in love with the idea of all of them being mine, and yet he did this to me.

“Stop it,” he growled. “You’re going to listen to me. That was all an act. I had to make her think things were okay with us so that I could find Hale. Otherwise, we would never have found them.”

Stunned by his confession, I couldn’t help but feel that there were things he was leaving out.

“Did you kiss her?” I asked him.

“What?” He was taken aback by my question, but at the same time, I had to know

*Did. You. Kiss. Her?”

Laughter escaped him as he shook his head, “I don’t see how that is relevant.”

It was clear, though, that the answer to my question was yes. “So you did. Guess you will do anything to stay undercover then. Especially since you and she have a very close history.”

you that?” he growled angrily. “Did James tell

actually, he didn’t before you act stupid,” I

his demand, and walked towards my doorway where

tried to close the door. Only to be stopped

“We’re not done talking.”

been eventful enough.” Hale’s voice called out from just out of my sight, and pushing past Damian. I stepped into the hallway

understand why he had decided to

sighed before bringing the bottle of whiskey to his lips. “Yep. Call it

that the Hale I once knew was gone. No longer was the sexy, happy

softly, staring at him. I wasn’t sure what I hoped for, but it wasn’t a cold glance and a small laugh as he shook his head slightly, as if unsure on how to

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Chapter 57: Convincing Hale

who was never really yours,

painfully tore at my heart, and not wanting to let them see me cry,

have been so foolish to think that things would be different

Damian’s POV

did I want things to

thinking I could have things the way I wanted. Thinking that she wouldn’t come

beautiful woman in

had. What killed me the most was the look she had when she saw Hale. She had waited for days to

me to punish him for hurting our

snapped as I stepped into the

mouth, James,” I growled, “You

as he clenched his fists, “I caused? I didn’t

Hale, I watched as he took a seat on

“The fact you two are fighting over a woman who doesn’t belong to us. The bond is broken, and you told us to

I didn’t understand why he was acting the way he was because it was

exactly broken. The bond is still there. She gets to choose whether she wants a normal life or she wants us as her

him as he leaned forward on his knees shaking his head, “what are you talking about?