Not seeing the redness currently building on Raya’s cheeks he sneers, “Why don’t you go and spend daddy’s money instead of getting in my family’s business and while you’re at it, stay the fuck away from my sister!”
“And he’s done it,” Fury sighs just as Raya snaps, “Oh fuck off, Venom!” and my eyes widen, “Go and get some club girl to suck your dick, you know because you can’t get it anywhere else especially if you’re not wearing that leather!”
Venom scoffs, “Oh, so the kitten has claws, huh?”
Fucks sake he’s just digging himself in a hole...
Raya curls her lip at him and sneers, “Yeah, I do, and if you’re not careful, I’m going to scratch your eyes out, so back off, wanna be biker boy before I do something thatyouwill regret and keep my daddy’s name out of your stupid ass mouth!”
I quickly clamp my teeth on my bottom lip to stop my laughter while Fury quickly looks my way and mouths, “Wanna be biker boy?”
My shoulders shake with the silent laughter I’m trying to hold back as we look at the squabbling pair.
Venom’s brows rise at her fight, but she ignores our reactions and turns to a grinning Skylar and says, “I’ve got to get back to work. I’ll call you.”
Skylar nods, and Tate quickly kisses Raya’s cheek as she hugs Skylar and her before she turns to me and says, “Fight for her.”
I nod in return before she looks at Venom with disgust instead of the shy girl with a crush and walks away without another word.
He tenses his jaw and fists his hands, and I smirk and mutter to Fury, “I’ll give it a year.” He returns, “Five months, a grand, you are on,” and we bump fists.
“And you wonder why I want nothing to do with the brotherhood with how you treat women,” Skylah sighs, shaking her head.
She gives Tate a kiss and instead of handing her to her dad, not wanting to be near him causing him to now fist his hands, she passes her to me and says to a pouting Tate, “I’ll see you soon sweetheart,” before giving me a pointed look then walks away without another word and Fury curses.
“Daddy said a no-no,” Tate whispers, and I hum, kissing her head.
Shaking his head Venom looks at me, taking his eyes off Raya’s ass, something he’ll deny looking at and confirms, “Chloroform?” and I nod in agreement and repeat, “Chloroform,” causing Fury to sigh and mutter, “Knew I should have kept my plans to myself,” and I shrug.
It’s time to start planning and get my girl back, and hopefully, I won’t do what my dad did to my mama and hurt her more than I already have and that she won’t resent me because it’s time to fight for her.
Chapter 10
Ivy – Present day
My bottom lip quivers as I look at myself in the long mirror, not recognizing myself and I quickly bite it, hoping my tears stay at bay.
This is wrong, so very, very wrong.
This isn’t how I wanted to look on my wedding day. The hair, the dress, the shoes, heck, even the groom, are all wrong.
I always imagined wearing a skater dress and boots with my hair up in some fancy twist being held up by the flower clip Psycho gave me on my sixteenth birthday and he’d be the one waiting for me at the end of the aisle but not here. Not in a church like Mama booked but at Rose Gardens in the summer with the flowers all blossoming and the sun setting behind us before he rode off with me on the back of his bike after making me his.
But this, right here, isn’t my dream wedding. It’s my nightmare, and everything is completely wrong. Not even Tate is here today as my flower girl. Fury doesn’t agree with the wedding and refused my mama to bring her when she requested her. The only time that I’ve seen her is when she’s with Skylar because I haven’t stepped foot in the clubhouse, mainly because I’m terrified that I’ll out Mama.
My tears blur my vision as I look at myself. My hair is down and wavey, my makeup a little overdone, and the long princess wedding dress that Mama chose flares from underneath my breasts, perfectly hiding my small 20-week bump but showcasing my large chest because, in her words,‘I need to keep Hayden satisfied’, while Luna, Blade’s old lady and soon-to-be wife, arranges the bottom of it, trying not to stand on it in the process.
Maybe if she accidentally tears it, the wedding can get called off, or perhaps I can set it on fire with me inside, and I’ll have to go to the hospital instead…
Wishful thinking, though, right?
Dammit, why hasn’t he showed up?!
I blink several times, trying not to let my tears fall. Mama has planned this down to a tee, right down to the flowers on the tables in the reception room. She has not once offered me an out by bringing Dad into the issue with the Hyenas, knowing he could make her problems disappear, problems that she has made mine.
Raya was right, Mama is selfish for putting this on me.
She chose to get with a brother, and knowing their ways, she decided to stay all this time, yet what I wanted no longer appealed to her. As soon as I said I was fine with the marriage, hoping to give myself time to convince her to speak to Dad, was the day her true colors shone through.
