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As the words leave my lips, I see pain wash over his face like a storm cloud rolling in. Gray stares at me, his face a mask of shock then slowly, the shock gives way to a deep, raw pain. Those blue eyes that have looked at me with lust and affection, now watch me with desolate emptiness. Almost like I’m the one who’s ripped his heart out of his chest and left a gaping wound, not the other way around.
Are you not the one who said that the only thing women are good for is on their backs or working behind a desk? It’s not my fault that your daughter is good for both.
No, he has no right to look utterly broken. I’m the one in love, the one betrayed. The one who was stupid enough to fall for a man she knew was using her.
“Scarlett—”
The sound of people approaching sends my heart racing. “All the evidence you need is there,” I whisper, nodding at the flash drive in his hands. “Go now!”
I leave him staring at me as I run away. I don’t turn around to see if he leaves, hoping he’s able to make his way out of the building. He is a Rebel after all. I ought to worry about my own neck.
I’m practically panting and my side hurts when I finally let myself back into my father’s office. I fumble with the lock and breathe out a sigh of relief when it locks. With everything settled, I allow myself to collapse to the floor as a sob wrenches from my throat.
He’s gone.
I knew we’d never work. Gray and I come from opposite sides of the same world. We were never meant to be.I don’t regret him. Gray gave me life in the time we spent together, and I’ll reward him by betraying my father and the Vipers. Whatever happens to me next, at least I had him.
With my face pressed against the cool floor, I softly curse out all bikers even as my heart aches for the one I was never supposed to fall for.
Chapter Ten
Gray
The cold metal of the fence bites into my palms as I pull myself up, my muscles screaming in protest.
I’m free, finally, but the feeling of escape is muted, dulled by the ache in my chest. My mind, a whirlwind of images of her. Those beautiful hazel eyes, brimming with tears, and that sexy mouth trembling as she looked away. Betrayal in her expression.
I hope to never see you again.
Men are yelling behind me, their voices drawing closer, but I manage to jump off to the other side before they can make their way to me. My body is battered and bruised, but the pain barely touches the ache in my chest. I turn around to glance at the four-story building, gripping the flash drive tightly in my clenched hand as I talk myself out of storming back in there to get her. I would only get us both killed. There are more than a dozen men inside, most of whom are heavily armed, and I am just one man. I need backup. But no matter what, I’m getting Scarlett out of there today.
To take down Stone and his goons, I’ll need more than just will. I need backup.A lot of it.
“Fuck!” I curse under my breath, glancing up at the floor I believe she’s holed up on. Did she really expect me to run and leave her behind, rush to the safety of my clubhouse on the other end of town and leave her to deal with the consequences of my actions?
I was careless. I put both our lives at risk. Whether or not she hates me now, it’s not right that she has to stay and deal with the fallout.
I pat my pockets for my phone, heaving a sigh when I find it in my back pocket. The Vipers didn’t bother searching me, or maybe they are just sadistic bastards, hoping to torture and kill me with my phone within reach. Loving the fact that I would know help was so close, and yet, so far away. Well, they miscalculated on that.
“Saint,” the deep baritone of the Rebel’s president breaks through the speaker.
I move to a small alley between two stores as I start to speak. “I’ve been made,” I say, cursing myself for a fool.
“Where are you? Do you need help getting out?”
Not me.“I have the evidence we need to prove Stone’s and the Vipers’ involvement in the auction and with the Den.” My fist opens, and I stare at the black flash drive. My heart clenches once more at the memory of Scarlett’s tear-stained face and the fear in her eyes. “But you need to come get it, and help me eradicate a snake infestation while you’re at it.”
Long beats of silence pass before, “How many of us do you need?”
“Enough to take down a dozen men, heavily armed.”
“Well then, it’s a good thing Priest and his guys are in town; they’ll be up for some action. Something exciting for themto do during their visit,” he muses, and I hear the smile in his voice. “Send me your location; we’ll be there ASAP.”
“And Saint,” I say before he can hang up.
“What’s?”
” Bring me a shirt too,” I say, my eyes moving back to the building that I’m sure is about to break into chaos. “And a gun.”
