Page 83 of Another Christmas from Hell

“It’s because of him, isn’t it?” Kevin demanded as he followed her.

“I don’t have time to do this right now, Kevin. I’m sorry,” Cayley said, moving to go find Bryce when Kevin’s next words stopped her.

“You are fucking unbelievable,” Kevin said as she slowly turned around, barely aware of their audience, and faced the man that she’d once stupidly convinced herself to spend the rest of her life with.

“Why is that?” Cayley asked as the rest of the James boys joined them along with Mr. James, her aunt, and Jess.

“I can’t believe I wasted two years of my life on you,” Kevin bit out coldly as Craig moved to go after Kevin, only to have his father reach over and stop him.

“Ditto,” Cayley said evenly as she reached for that ring again, more determined than ever to get it off her finger just so that she could have the satisfaction of throwing it at his head.

“You’re a fucking bitch,” Kevin said, shaking his head in disgust.

Nodding, Cayley said, “And we’re done here,” as she turned around to leave only to go still at his next words.

“I guess it’s true what they say, you’re as big a whore as his mother,” Kevin said as Cayley slowly turned around just in time to watch him shift his gaze to Rory as he added, “Guess it runs in the family. You’ll fit in perfectly.”

With that, Cayley pulled her hand back as she curled it into a fist and sent it flying, only to remember too late that she was wearing a dress, wasn’t exactly coordinated, and realized that the marble pillar was a lot closer than she thought. That was followed by the reminder that she was still wearing the engagement ring, a pained gasp, and a satisfied sigh as a pair of large hands grabbed hold of her shoulders and stopped her from falling on her face.

“This really is going to be the best Christmas ever,” Sean murmured as he gently pushed her behind him before facing the man that went too far. “You’re lucky I’m here instead of my brother.”

“And why’s that?” Kevin bit out.

“Because I’m only going to hurt you,” Sean said, managing to hit Kevin in the face as an audiblecrackmade its way throughout the foyer seconds before he hit the floor.

With that, Sean released another satisfied sigh, grabbed her good hand, and headed for the door with a murmured, “Let’s go find the asshole, shall we?” reminding her why he was her best friend.

CHAPTER46

He didn’t fucking need her, Bryce thought, yanking his tie free and threw it against the wall, and when that wasn’t enough, he grabbed the sledgehammer leaning against the wall and swung it, destroying the wall on impact.

He should have fucking seen this coming.

He should have fucking known.

He should have-

“FUCK!”

She fucking played him so well, Bryce thought, reaching down and grabbed the brick he’d knocked free and threw it across the room, taking out the window by the shelves. He didn’t fucking care anymore. He was going to renovate this fucking house, sell it for an obscene amount of money, get on the first plane that would take him away from her, live his fucking life, and finally embrace the Bradford within and fuck her out of his memory.

The asshole could have her, Bryce decided, grabbing the sledgehammer and-

“Go away!” he shouted when he heard the knock at the front door.

“Bryce, open the door,” came the demand from the one woman that should have known better than to fucking play with him.

“I’m not in the mood to play this fucking game with you, Cayley,” Bryce said, swinging the sledgehammer and took out the rest of the wall.

“And I’m not in the mood to have this argument with you through a door,” Cayley said with an annoyed sigh, followed by the sounds of her trying to open the door.

Determined to ignore her, Bryce moved onto the other wall and swung that sledgehammer, praying that she took pity on him and went back to her fiancé so that he could lose his fucking mind in peace. He was a fucking moron to believe that he could have her. He-

“My ass,” came the sadly mumbled words that had him sighing heavily as he looked over his shoulder in time to see Cayley pull herself off the floor, reminding him that he really needed to replace the windows soon when he spotted the window open behind her.

“Get out,” Bryce said, shaking his head as he turned his attention back to the wall that he was taking out.

“No,” Cayley said as she stepped in front of him.

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