Page 108 of Mayhem
“So…you trapped him,” Chayse stated because it was not a question.
“I secured my future and my future past him. I get a nice little settlement according to our prenup. I wanted to have options, but you’re young and optimistic. When you get it, I’m sure you’ll be glad for that little guaranteed payout since I’m sure Kieran was quite generous. What will you walk away with?”
Alijah shook her head. “No,” she stated.
“You get nothing out of it?” Lilian asked as if she was appalled, and the two women with her looked embarrassed. “You poor girl. You should have been smarter and asked for something.”
Alijah opened her mouth to say something, but this woman was getting on Erin’s nerves, and she beat her to it. “You give women a bad name. Going around, trapping men into marriages, and then pocket-watching everyone else because you’re actually miserable with your life. You want to make yourself look so fucking important and above everyone else, but you just come off looking desperate and shallow. I pity you, and I’m sure there’s a long line of people for me to get behind.”
Erin could tell she’d hit a nerve by the way Lilian’s eye began to twitch. The women behind her seemed stunned and amused. She would guess they were always putting up with this woman’s bullshit.
“Women like me?” Lilian asked with a scoff. “You don’t have room to talk. I saw you walk in on Paetyn Silva’s arm, and then I saw you kiss Cruz Adair in the hallway. People that live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
“Girl, my house is made of the sturdiest brick with the best foundation. So, with all the disrespect I can muster, bitch fuck you.”
Erin felt an arm wrap around her waist, pulling her back into a chest. She didn’t have to look to know that it was Paetyn. Kieran stood beside Alijah a few seconds later, his arm around her waist.
“What’s going on?” Kieran asked.
“We were having a pleasant conversation, and then this one,” Lilian stated, pointing at Erin. “Decided to attack me verbally.”
“This one is about to break your fucking finger and chop you in the throat,” Erin responded with a smile.
“Angel,” Paetyn warned.
Erin ignored it. “We weren’t having a pleasant conversation. You were just being nosey. Who asks someone what they’re getting according to their prenup if they get divorced?”
Cruz and Nik joined them. The latter went to stand behind Chayse, one of his arms over her shoulders, while Cruz stood next to her and Paetyn.
“I simply stated that I’m sure he was generous,” Lilian said, and Erin looked that bitch upside her head because that was not all she’d said.
“I wasn’t generous,” Kieran stated. “Because I didn’t ask her to sign one.”
Lilian’s eyes doubled in size, and Erin didn’t understand why she was so worried about other people. “What?” she asked, shocked.
“I guess that means I love and trust my wife more than your husband trusts you,” Kieran drove the nail home. Alijah stuck her tongue in her cheek to keep from laughing while Chayse giggled, and a shit-eating grin spread across Erin’s face.
Lilian’s eyes swept over them in embarrassment, and when they shifted between Paetyn and Cruz, they seemed to light up.Not today, bitch,Erin thought. She leaned back against Paetyn, angling her head to kiss his chin. A second later, he dropped a kiss on her lips. She pulled Cruz to stand in front of her before pulling him down to kiss him. Erin refrained from flipping Lilian off while doing so and was proud of herself.
The noise the other woman let out was laughable, and she was stomping away when Erin looked around Cruz.
“She and her husband are quite the pair,” Alijah stated.
“She’s going to stroke out on the other side of the room now, Erin,” Chayse laughed.
Erin shrugged. “Fuck her. Let this be a lesson to stay out of other people’s business.”
Cruz retook his original position. “Where are Remy and Lawrence?” he asked.
“They left,” Chayse supplied. “Remy said he had other things to do.”
“Other things being Lawrence,” Nik replied.
“Doingother thingsdoesn’t sound like a bad idea,” Cruz stated, and Erin could feel his eyes on her.
“I agree,” Kieran cosigned. “Let’s go home, gorgeous,”
“I can’t think of a reason for us to stay any longer,” Nik stated.
