Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

182. Olivia - New friend V

Rueben opens his beer. "No wonder you are still single despite your daddy being rich and all that shit. No man wants to be with a woman who nags all the fucking time. Unless you learn to keep your mouth closed, you will end up an old maid. And not to mention your makeup and clothes."

Alma narrows her eyes. "What about them?"

"Too much fucking glitter. You think men are attracted to that shit?" Rueben asks. "That shit from Hell has a habit of even getting between buttchecks."

"I like glitter. Also, I don't give a shit about men's opinions on how I dress. So fuck off," Alma huffs.

Rueben drinks from his beer. "You should care if you ever want to get married. No Lord would want a sparkly clown like you as a bonded."

Alma grabs one of the glasses from the table and throws it in Rueben's direction while screaming, "Hijo de puta! Son of a bitch. You can go ahead and kiss my sparkly ass!"

Rueben ducks, avoiding being hit by the glass, which slams into Jasper's forehead as he enters the kitchen, cutting him above his left eyebrow. The glass falls on the floor and breaks.

"What the hell?" Jasper looks confused.

I gasp. "Are you alright?" Despite the circumstances in which I came to live on the farm, Jasper has always been kind to me and I don't like seeing him hurt. "Sit on a chair so that Mose can look at your wound."

The confusion on Jasper's face disappears, and he smiles before grimacing. "It really hurts," he complains as he sits on a chair. "But you being here helps."

innocent people get hurt," Mose sneers before going to Jasper. "Can someone give me the first aid kit?" Ansel goes

fault," Alma huffs and

because you are toxic. If you are done with the show,

making me think the snowstorm will

I try to reason with Rueben. "She

am trying to convince Rueben to let

my problem,"

shift my weight from one leg to another, ignoring the pain in

cuts me short before I can finish my protest. "And where is she supposed to sleep? The guest

shrug. "There are plenty of rooms

going to have a woman who is not you sleeping in our beds. We might be fucking assholes, but we

Tyson and Rueben shout at

with Ansel on this one," Jasper

wife. So technically, it is Olivia's house too." Actually, they brought me here to fuck me and record it before Rueben ends my life, but I don't point that out. Mose puts a bandaid over Jasper's cut. At the rate we are using them, he will have to buy more soon.

who likes to stick her nose into everyone's business," Rueben snorts. "Snowstorm or not,

leave after I have had breakfast and have spoken to Olivia,"

returns to Alma. He drinks from his beer

and chocolate and a knife