Broken Bond by C.J. Primer
Chapter 38
38
CALLUM
“I was beginning to think you were avoiding me,” Troy mutters dryly as he
forces his way past me into my apartment.
My muscles lock up as his shoulder knocks into mine. “Yeah, well I knew you wouldn’t stop calling until I picked up,” I
grumble.
I glare after my stepfather as he strides right into the living room like he owns the damn place, and all the effort I put into calming myself prior to this interaction is immediately wasted at the sight of him in my space. My jaw ticks in agitation, fingers twitching at my sides. I’m not fond of anybody intruding on my space, Nessa being the only exception.
That’s who I’m really doing this for. My
girl is an idealist; she can’t abide not seeing wrongs righted, so if there’s one to uncover here, I’ll try, for her. I finally picked up one of Troy’s calls this
morning and told him he could come over for a chat, though I still have doubts about Chase’s plan actually working. It’s
clever, but he doesn’t know Troy like I do. It’d take a sledgehammer for this man to
crack.
“Your mother’s hurt that you haven’t stopped by since you returned,” Fuckface comments as he sinks down onto my
sofa, throwing an arm over the back and settling in.
“I doubt that,” I snort.
He gives me a once-over, the corners of his eyes crinkling with a smile. “You’re right. She hasn’t even asked about you.” 7
He’s clearly wasting no time in trying to get under my skin. He should know by
now that I’m not phased by my mother’s indifference, though. I just shrug, striding into the room and taking a seat in the recliner on the opposite side, maintaining a detached, aloof exterior even though I feel bile crawling up my
throat.
Realizing his first barb didn’t land, Troy switches tactics. “Pity about that girlfriend of yours,” he murmurs as he picks a piece of lint off the sofa, flicking it
away.
My pulse picks up speed. Damnit. “What about her?” I grit out.
That patronizing grin of his that I fucking hate makes a swift appearance, my stepdad delighting in managing to strike a nerve. “Spencer said he’s seen her out with Miles,” he says, attempting to twist the knife. When I don’t immediately react, he presses on. “It must hurt, seeing her move on so quickly. And with one of
your so-called friends, no less.” Troy sucks in a hissed breath through his teeth, feigning a wince of sympathy. “You did the right thing, though, breaking that
off. Glad to see you took my advice to
heart.”
“We’re back together, actually,” I mutter before I can stop myself. I wasn’t
planning on revealing that little tidbit of information to this asshole, but seeing him sitting on my couch looking so smug, it just slips out. This is what he does; burrows himself under my skin until my knee-jerk reactions overpower rationality.
Troy’s brows shoot up, his impenetrable mask slipping momentarily. Then he fucking chuckles, like my life is all some big joke to him. “Interesting,” he tuts. ” Surprised you’d want her back after
another man had her.”
“You wanted Mom.” 13
I see the split-second reaction, the curl of his lip, the flash of anger in his eyes. But just as quickly as it appeared, he smooths it over, schooling his expression. “Well, I certainly hope she isn’t pregnant,” he muses. Pausing, his eyes narrow, that familiar look of hatred swirling behind them as he fixes me with a venomous gaze. “I’d hate for you to have to see what it’s like to live with another man’s
mistake.” 7
don’t let him see it. He’s never tried to hide how
I don’t want anything from him except for him
I sigh, leaning back in the recliner and
my fingertips against the
want me to apologize for
discussed it the
least he’s cutting right to the chase.
for Spence, just like you asked me to. Problem is, the position you were after for him has already been
again. ” What? By
the grin that pulls at my
stiffens as his eyes narrow in rage, steam practically coming out of his ears. “You
can’t help it- this guy never allows his feathers to be ruffled. It’s so damn satisfying to see him being the one to
shakes his head in disbelief. ” You can’t
not?” I
know what you did. I’d hate to
you think
I interrupt, frustration
my
it, nor the tight set
relaxes back into
smile creasing his
have asked you to be an
had,” he says matter-of- factly. “Friend or not,
risk by granting
loose cannon.”
the recliner as I suppress my instinctual reaction. I won’t let him see that he’s
not if this plan
we rehearsed. “He said the current enforcers have
who isn’t afraid to do
to be done.
killer instinct.”
in disbelief, his composed mask slipping again.
what I wanted you
lie tastes bitter on my lips, but I press on, sticking to the script. “And it worked, it got me out
barks. ” Oh, that’s
together, though. Somehow, I press on, without missing a beat. “You were
she was paid to be,” Troy
Bingo.
goes ramrod
right- it was a
all along.
I never see
this time, I never thought to examine why Troy was there that night, waiting in the wings.
Chase let me
reason behind Alpha Vaughn’s suspicion of Troy. Apparently, my
for himself in the past and was repeatedly passed over. Vaughn speculated that after Troy’s
project that onto his son, and given
on the
were the case, it could’ve been his
sense. Too much fucking
you’re so clever, huh?” Fuckface chuckles dryly, shaking his head.
and for a second, I think he’s caught onto what I’m. trying to do here. But then
it somehow makes you special? That you can use it to
embarrassment. You’ve always been weak, crying when I sent you to time-out, crying when you thought you’d killed that whore. I
it was hilarious, a
son.”
Wait, what?
I stammer, trying to conceal the
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