Page 69 of Vicious Vows

Lionel cut me off before I could finish, "Let me guess you blamed her."

I sighed hard and shook my head, "I'm not fucking used to someone like her. It only makes sense that she would be the one who was going against us." I dropped my head, ashamed of what I was about to admit. "I tried to fucking destroy her. Tried to break her down until there was nothing left. I'm not sure I was unsuccessful."

"Is she dead?" Lionel asked.

"No, but instead of the soft fearful kitten she was days ago, now she's cold. She will barely talk to me."

"Aww brother, you've got woman problems. How fucking domestic."

"Shut the hell up. I don't have time for these types of problems. I even fucking apologized." I snapped.

Lionel blinked at me for a few moments before he threw his head back in laughter. If he wasn't already laid up in the hospital bed I'd have done everything I could to put him in here.

"This shit isn't funny." I growled at him.

"The hell it isn't." He continues to laugh and I lift my foot to kick the base of his bed.

"I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with her."

Finally, Lionel calmed down, "You still need her."

"I know."

"So you're going to have to find a way to get her to forgive you."

"How the hell do I do that?"

"Apologize?"

I sighed, "I told you I already did that."

"Do it again. Many more times. How the hell have you gotten through life without knowing how to properly grovel?" He shook his head as if he were truly disappointed.

"Grovel? I've never had to grovel for anything in my life. I don't beg."

He shrugged his shoulders, "If you want even a chance of getting that woman back you'll learn how to do it and you'll learn well."

I continued to stare at him waiting for him to get to the punchline. He couldn't actually mean for me to debase myself in order to get a woman's affection. I could have any woman I wanted. Of course, I didn't want just any woman. I wanted Faye.

When his expression didn't change I closed my eyes and accepted my fate. If I wanted to get Faye back I'd have to do a whole lot of begging.

Lionel must have realized the moment I gave into my fate. The smile on his face let me know that I would not be living this down for a long long time.

CHAPTER 30

Faye

Every muscle in my body is sore.

Yet I'm in a semi-serene state of mind when I wake up. The light is streaming in from the window, and there's a bit of a breeze behind it.

The windows are open?

My eyelids flutter open and I expect to see Dominic or another guard over my bed just to make sure I'm not trying to escape again. To my surprise, there's no one in the room.

I slide out of the bed, my thighs and back throbbing with the motion, but I don't stop. I'm going to have to get through this part of it if I ever intend to get out of bed again. I dropped my feet down on the hard floor and wiggled my toes.

I walk over to the window, and underneath it, I see a small patch of flowers where there weren't any before.

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