Page 31 of Maximus

“I told you I would cut that thing off if you fucked around on me! You’d better be glad I gave you those blades back, or you’d be calling me Lorena.”

“Sunflower, you got this all wrong.”

“Don’t call me that. You don’t get to call me sweet names after breaking my heart. I knew this would happen. I finally opened up and gave you my heart. I fucking told you that I loved you. How could you do this and with my best friend?”

“Baby, please…”

He looked desperate and on the verge of tears. Well, good for him. I hope that little whiff of Chili’s snatch was worth it. He will never get another whiff of mine.Fucker!

“Fuck you! And fuck you too, Kim! I hate both of you. Stay the fuck away from me. If I see either of you, I promise, I will gut you like a fish.”

I stormed into his room, slammed his phone on the floor and grabbed mine from the dresser. After all that, I strolled my happy ass back to work.Who does that?I had an uncontrollable need to please King. He was like a father figure to me, and I didn’t want to let him down. I knew one thing, though. As soon as my shift was done, I would be packing my stuff and leaving this place. There was no way I could stand to see Maximus and Chili together.

The clubhouse was unusually quiet all day. It seemed as if word had gotten out about my little tirade in the hall. It wasn’t exactly a secret. I did yell the house down. My heart was broken. For once, I had the right to act out of character. Since I didn’t have any customers to serve, I sat behind the bar and dreamed up scenarios where I could get away with murdering the bitches who betrayed me. I wouldn’t waste my time saying their names anymore.

After work, I went to my room, packed a bag, and left the clubhouse. I was no longer in danger since Bruce was laying on a dirt trail covered in snake bites. Unless he came back from the dead, he wasn’t a threat to me. I decided to get a room at a local hotel for a little while. There was no way I could return to Granny’s house. The police would think it was odd and might start investigating me.

“Hey, Gia. Can we talk?”

As I exited the front gate, Yardbird called out to me. I felt bad for him because he was in the same position as me. However, he would have to deal with his own stuff. I had enough going on in my head. I couldn’t help him. Instead of answering his plea, I ran to the corner and jumped in my rideshare.

Sitting in my hotel room on the bed, I thought about what I was going to do with my life. Just when I thought I had everything all figured out, I was blindsided by this mess. I knew better than to trust a man. So far in my life, my dad and King had been the only men I had been close to, who hadn’t betrayed me.

My heart felt like it had been stabbed in a million places and then set on fire. It hurt like you couldn’t imagine, but I wouldn’t let it break me. I was a survivor. I made it through the torture my stepdad put me through, and I would make it through this. I was drifting off to sleep when my phone rang. I started to ignore it, but something told me to answer the call.

“Hello?”

“Where the fuck are you?”

King’s voice roared through the phone, causing me to jump. Oh, boy. He was pissed.

“I’m at a hotel.”

“Why the fuck are you there? Did I lift my order for you to stay in place at the clubhouse? I’ll answer that for you. Hell no! I need you to get your ass back on this compound before this phone call is over.”

“I’m sorry, King. I can’t do that.”

“Why the fuck not?”

I took a deep breath before answering him. I knew he was aware of what happened between Maximus, Chili, and me. King knew everything that went on in the clubhouse. Especially, since I made a scene.

“I believe you know what went down. I can’t be there right now. If I see either of their stupid faces, I will be doing time.”

King chuckled, and I knew he wasn’t as angry as he pretended to be. He was probably more scared than anything. It wasn’t like me to disobey an order. I was the good girl, after all.

“Yeah, I heard. I just wanted to get your point of view. Everyone has an opinion, and I’ve been bombarded with texts and phone calls all day. I talked to both Maximus and Chili and got their sides. Now, tell me what you think happened.”

“I was working in the club this morning when I discovered I had his phone. I went to his room to retrieve mine and give his back. When I was halfway down the hall, I saw Chili leaving his room. She was half dressed, which is normal for her, but then she was buttoning her shirt.”

“Okay, that sounds bad, but did you let them explain?”

“What could they say? I saw her. She was grinning up at him all happy. I know that look. He’s put it on my face plenty of times.”

“Whoa! TMI, little girl. Let’s get back to the situation at hand.”

“Well okay, then I saw him with no shirt on and his jeans hanging low on his hips like he just finished having sex. He was grinning too. Anytime I even mention Chili around him, he gets this scowl on his face like he smells something foul. I guess I know now that it was all a rouse. He was just trying to throw me off their scent.”

“Is that really what you think? Because I can tell you the man has never shown any interest in another woman since I’ve known him. Before I found out you and he were an item, I seriously questioned his sexuality because nobody could get his attention. Now, I know it was because he was into you. I can tell you from experience, when a real man finds the love of his life, his dick doesn’t work for another woman.”

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