Page 14 of Forgive You

I should’ve never opened my damn door. At least then I would still have the option to pretend my ex-boyfriend isn’t blackmailing me to participate in his grand scheme to fuck over everyone I care about.

“Can you calm the fuck down? I can barely keep up.”

My forehead crinkles in a deep frown, as I take him in with a slight shake of my head, halting my feet.

“That was the point.”

His hair is styled flawlessly in a crest, his teeth pearl white and dashing every time he smiles. A metal gaze that pierces through your nervous system. Even his suit is filled perfectly with broad, chiseled shoulders, though he gained a few lovehandles I noticed when he was changing into his suit an hour ago.

He’s handsome.

Like a real-life Johnny Bravo, and I have no doubt that every woman here will turn their heads to get a good peek at himwhen he enters their perimeter. It’s eerie how much his younger brothers look like him, even though they arenothingalike.

All three of them have that natural Spencer charm, twisting every woman around their finger within minutes. But I know better. Jacob is the odd man out, and I’m waiting for his eyes to turn black and reveal he’s a fucking demon.

“When did you become so uptight?” Jacob holds still next to me, straightening his maroon bow tie.

“Here’s a thought?” I laugh sardonically. “Maybe when you made me quit my job and feed my dad some bullshit story about how I wasn’t enjoying real estate anymore? Or when you showed up at my doorstep two hours ago, forcing me to give up everything I’ve worked for since I could walk?”

I don’t even care that he was out to get me. I watched him with his brothers for the past decade and I know how cruel he can be if he doesn’t like you. But I didn’t expect him to deliberately come between my dad and I for his own personal gain.

Let alone make the demands that he has.

I should’ve known he would come back for more. I let him get close enough to see the table. Now he wants a fucking seat.

“You’re being really dramatic.”

“And you’re being a sadistic asshole. You made your point, Jacob. Don’t tell Jason anything. Got it. You can crawl back into whatever hole you crawled out of.”

“And not say hi to my baby brother, no way.” The wolfish grin he’s plastering on his mouth creates a deeper snarl on mine, and this time I speak the words out loud.

“I hate you.”

It feels good, but at the same time, it does absolutely nothing, because it’s not gonna change anything. He’s not affected by my words.

He steps into my space, his voice low, his energy overwhelming and almost crippling. But I’m not that girl anymore. I’m done being scared of him. I just want him gone.

“Once upon a time, you loved me.”

“Once upon a time, I was blinded by bullshit.”

My clutch starts to vibrate, and I twist the button to flip the lid. With my hand firmly against his chest, I hold him back, before I reach into my purse and pull out my phone.

“Shit. Stay here. Don’t fucking move and don’t talk to anyone.”

Without waiting for his reply, I dart out of the room, into a corner of the foyer, and answer the call.

“You never called me back, bitch. What the fuck is going on?” Kayla sounds as worried as she does curious, and I roll my eyes at this entire fucked-up situation while folding my clutch closed and tucking it underneath my arm.

“Jacob showed up.” I suck all the air into my lungs I can fit, then exhale to get the edge off my mood.Fucking useless.

“What? Why?”

To make sure I don’t tell his brother that he’s blackmailing me to get my position at my father’s company? Yeah, if I tell her that, she’ll be standing on my father’s doorstep within an hour and everything will have been for nothing.

“I don’t know.”

“To win you back?”

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