Page 4 of Inevitable

“What is your name?” The guy next to me asks.

“Ashlynn,” I say with a polite smile.

“I am Mike,” he says, scooting a couple of inches closer to me.

I nod in acknowledgement but don’t make eye contact. Instead, my eyes land on my best friend who is currently shoving her tongue down the douchebags throat. She works fast.

After a few more minutes, Kiki and the guy get up saying that they are going to hang out at his place. I roll my eyes at her. We were supposed to hangout tonight but that turned in to me getting ditched real quick. She smiles at me and mouths, “Go for him.”

I look at the guy next to me, who is currently sporting a predatory smile aimed right at me before I look back to her. I shake my head sharply once. She shrugs before she saunters out of the bar with her one-night stand.

“Can you let me out? I am going to head home,” I ask, trying to sound casual but my irritation at being ditched bleeds through.

“You don’t want to hang out with me?” He asks teasingly as he gives me a fake pout.

Nope.

I give a sympathetic smile. “Sorry, I have an early morning.”

He slides out of the booth and offers a hand for me. I accept it and thank him as I quickly step past him and walk out the front door. I walk a little trying to find a taxi but don’t see one so far. I make my way down the road a little farther when I feel someone grab my arm.

I turn around to yell at the person and see that it is Mike. I thought I already ditched this guy. Before I can say anything, he drags me down a side alley next to the bar and slams my back against the concrete wall. He pins my hands above my head and shoves his thigh in between my legs, effectively locking my body against him.

“What the hell are you doing!” I shout.

“C’mon baby. I know you want me. Just sit back and relax.”

He gives me a lecherous smile as he starts kissing my neck. I struggle against his hold, but he doesn’t budge an inch. I start to panic. Before I open my mouth to scream a hooded figure comes out of the darkness and rips Mike off of me. The stranger slams Mike onto the ground and quickly jumps on top of him, raining down punch after punch. Not bothering to see how this plays out, I take off running as fast as I can back out to the road. Thankfully, I find a line of taxis at the curb and I jump into the first one I see, shouting for them to go.

My body shakes uncontrollably the entire drive home. We pull through the wrought iron gates and up the circular driveway. I pay the cab driver and thank him before I step out of the car and walk up the steps.

Our house is extremely lavish, even for a senator. My father has always had expensive taste and believes in flaunting it as much as possible. That is where we completely differ. I can’t stand how ostentatious this place is. It is beautiful in a way I suppose though to me it resembles something a movie star would live in. Everything is extravagant and over the top.

The large pillars that line the front give off that old money vibe, even though my mother came from a lower middle-class family and my dad was raised in foster care. Maybe that’s where his need to prove how far he has come stems from.

I head straight up to my bedroom and throw myself onto my bed. That was so close. Who knows what would have happened to me if that hooded person hadn’t shown up? I am fairly certain I know exactly what would have happened and the thought alone causes a shiver to run down my body. I feel an intense amount of gratitude for whoever it was that happened to be in the right place at the right time. It is almost like I have a guardian angel or something, looking out for me. I close my eyes and try to bring on a sleep that never quite comes.

Chapter Two

Ashlynn

The next morning, I just make it to my office when Kiki comes strolling in with just had sex hair. I roll my eyes and scoff.

“Good morning chicky. How was your night?” She asks with a carefree grin.

“Oh, how was it? I don’t know, how would you describe a night where you were almost assaulted?” I bite.

Her smile drops and confusion takes over her face. “Wait what?”

“Your little toy for the night’s buddy? He followed me outside when I blew him off and drug me down an alleyway. He was going to rape me and maybe worse till this stranger came out of nowhere. If it wasn’t for that person, he would have gotten what he wanted.”

“Seriously? Are you okay?” Concern is evident across her face and it makes me feel bad for snapping at her.

I blow out a frustrated breath. I don’t know why I am so mad at Kiki. It isn’t her fault she attracts slime balls. Or at least people that are friends with slime balls. But I can’t help but feel irritated that if she wouldn’t have left me alone with that guy none of it would have ever happened. Still, it isn’t Kiki’s fault and if she would have known she probably would have whipped out her pepper spray and kicked the guy in the balls before he could even flinch.

“I am fine. It was just…scary.”

“Hell yeah, it was. I am so sorry Ash. If I would have known, you know I would have never left.”

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