There’s a minute of silence and I have to wonder if the asshole is starting to get a clue.Maybe the fact Torrent is wearing my T-shirt has caught his eye by now.I doubt it has dawned on Torrent.She had her pajama shorts on under it, but you can clearly see she’s wearing a black T-shirt and it’s clearly a man’s too.In fact, it’s the same one I was wearing at Dodger’s wake.Will he notice?I hope to fuck the bastard does.
“I’ve only ever wanted your happiness, Torrent.You know that,” Wolf responds.
“I know, Wolf.I’ve always known that.Do you think we can have dinner together?I’d like to talk to you about some decisions I’ve made,” Torrent says and I grin.
I grin really fucking big.
“I have some shit to catch up on.But we could have dinner tonight if you want, or maybe tomorrow would be better?”Wolf responds, and yeah the asshole knows what time it is.He’s gone from anxious to have time with Torrent to putting her off.
“Tomorrow would be awesome!”Torrent is so relieved at having one more day before she has to tell Wolf, I doubt she even realizes the change in him.I do and I can almost feel his anger brewing.
I listen as Wolf talks with my woman and thankfully for him, he doesn’t try to kiss her.Just the same, I don’t breathe easy until the asshole leaves.I walk back into the kitchen and adjoining living room.Torrent is leaning against the closed front door, staring at me and looking really nervous.
I plant my feet apart and I have my arms crossed at my chest.Torrent and I are going to have this shit out right here and now.
It’s time Torrent sees the man I really am and she’s never calling me Devil, damn it.To Torrent I am Logan.
Spent the majority of my life being called Devil and right now I hate that fucking name and all because Torrent used it.Damn woman is driving me crazy.
Chapter55
Torrent
“You’re mad,”I whisper, and that’s probably the understatement of the century.Devil is fuming.You can literally feel his anger in the room and it’s so thick you can cut it with a knife.
“And here I was worried you didn’t have a brain in that pretty little head of yours,” he responds.
I blink at his harsh words.Devil has never talked to me like that.As much as I understand that he’s upset—maybe even has a right to be that way, I still don’t appreciate it.
“That’s not nice.”
“My woman pushed me out of the room and let another man touch her.I’m not feeling realniceright now, Torrent.”
“Oh stop!It was just a hug!”
“From a man who wants between your legs!”he yells back, and I blanch as the force of his anger is hurled in them.
“Please stop.You’re being ridiculous?—”
“You need to shut up right now, Torrent.So help me God, if you try to tell me I’m being ridiculous right now, I won’t be responsible for what I do to you.”
I feel fear skittering down my back, but I do my best to ignore it.This is Devil; he wouldn’t hurt me.
Unless it’s with words.
“But it is.You know it’s you I love Devil.”
“That right there!”he explodes, and I jump because his voice is so loud and raw.
“What?”I cry.I’m trying to keep it together, but the way Devil is acting, his yelling and thehatecoming off of him, combined with Wolf being back, has me so nervous that I can’t catch my breath.I haven’t been this panicked since I was chained and treated like a dog.I’ve done everything I could to bury those memories and the helplessness they make me feel.Devil is bringing them all back right now and I’m having trouble holding onto my sanity.
“When in the hell did I become Devil?”
“What?I don’t understand.That’s your name and?—”
“Not to you!Not to you, Torrent.With you I’ve always been Logan—always,Torrent.Then this son of a bitch gets back in town and you’re begging me to keep quiet about our relationship and calling me Devil.”
“But that doesn’tmeananything.”