Page 27 of Venom
“You shouldn’t have waited, Ivy. It wasn’t okay that you kept it to yourself,” I sigh before I admit, “I didn’t handle seeing her very well, Ivy. She mentioned that she saw Raya with Hayden, that Raya had been seeing him for a while –”
She cuts me off and snaps, “That is bullshit, Cale, she’s trying to get in your head because she knows you're in love with Raya!”
I look and raise a brow at her and confirm, “You know I’m in love with her?” She nods firmly, and I sigh, “Well, if that is the case, why did I fuck Angel out of anger despite knowing Mama is a pathological liar, a few hours after finally having Raya?”
I look away from my sister, not wanting to see the disappointment, but granted, I most likely should have kept looking at her.
I flinch in pain, and a grunt leaves me as I quickly rub the back of my head, the slap throbbing as Ivy shouts,“Are you kidding me, you absolute idiot!”
Damn.
“Okay, I deserved that,” I grunt as I rub my head, and Ivy scoffs, “No, you deserve another swift kick to the balls again! How could you do that to Raya?!”
I glare at my little sister and snap, “Oh, I don’t know maybe because Mama used our childhood against me and got in my head knowing the shit the older generation ingrained in us growing up. The same Mama I could have had a meeting in the club about if you had just told us she was back in town!” Ivy winces knowing I’m right and I sigh, “Look, Raya and I aren’t an item and while I went soft and didn’t even come –”
She cuts me off again and gags, “Too much info, big brother,” as she pulls a disgusted face, making me chuckle before I admit, “I felt like I was cheating on her, little doll.”
Ivy’s eyes soften and I shrug and say, “I want her, I think I have for a long time and Dad is the one who called me out on my feelings years ago. I just didn’t want to admit to them and after the years of back and forth between us, I don’t know if we have a future. Especially not after I fucked Angel a few hours after having her.”
Ivy looks away and I swallow the lump forming in my throat. Raya’s beautiful icy blue eyes come to me, hitting me hard in the chest and I open my mouth to beg her not to tell Raya, to give me a chance to explain shit but the banging of the main door gains our attention. We turn to see a pissed off Angel in mini shorts and crop top storm in.
Awesome.
“Guess Eagle fired her,” Ivy mutters, and I hum and reply, “And I can guarantee she’s here to claim she’s pregnant with my child.”
Ivy looks at me in shock, her eyes wide, and I huff, “I didn’t glove up, little doll.”
Her eyes race between mine, a little disappointment and a little guilt shining in her dark eyes as she confirms, “But you didn’t come?”
I shake my head, and she nods as Angel snaps, “Seriously, you allowed Eagle to sack me?!” I raise a brow at Angel as she sneers, “I told him we had sex, that it was unprotected, so I’m most likely pregnant. He can’t fire me unless he wants a lawsuit!”
“Bitch!” Ivy snaps under her breath while I admit, “I never came, Angel. It was your release you could feel, not mine. Instead, I went soft, so there is no way you are pregnant, and there is definitely no chance you’ll know this early.”
She tenses for a moment before she tries, “Pre-cum, it’s a thing, and I could be pregnant. You need to do the right thing and make me yours. You need to marry me and bring this kid up as a family, and like hell are you firing me because I will sue!”
Ivy goes to move, and I quickly grab her wrist before she hits Angel. The bitch will try to get her arrested for assault, and I say calmly, “I won’t be making you mine, Angel. I have a woman.” Angel’s eyes widen with anger while Ivy looks at me in awe at claiming her friend.
What can I say? It’s the truth.
I state, “I know for a fact you aren’t pregnant, but for now, even though we have enough proof of you stealing from us, we’ll keep you employed at the club until the stick comes back negative, then your ass is out!”
Angel’s breathing picks up, and right about now, she looks like a caged lion before she screeches and then shouts,“I am pregnant and this is not over!”
Angel turns on her too high heels and storms out, while I take a deep breath and get my phone out.
“Cale?” Ivy whispers, but I don’t look at her, too ashamed of my actions, the shit I’ve now caused all because I let my emotions get the better of me, and I pull up Blade’s number, pressing on it, then putting the device to my ear.
“Brother?” he answers after two rings, and I sigh and state, “Angel’s claiming to be pregnant after Eagle sacked her for lying on her time sheet, trying to get a couple grand more a month. We need to monitor her because brother, she’ll try her hardest to get pregnant in the back room at the strip club.”
The back room is where some girls like to have a little extra fun with the customers. We look the other way as long as they pay ten percent of every sale they gain, and it was good until now because Angel will use it to her advantage. I can’t ban her from that room because, knowing the bitch, she’ll report it.
“Fuck’s sake,” Blade snaps, and I hum as Ivy gently presses her hand on my shoulder in support, knowing that as soon as Raya hears of this, I’ll have a bigger fight on my hands than I already do.
Fuck’s sake indeed.
Chapter 10
Raya
