Ididn’t care if it seemedpremature. I started screaming, and his startled shock at myunexpected screams gave me the opportunity to push him away. I tookoff running, but I didn’t get very far before I felt a tug on theback of my jacket, and I went careening to the ground. The impactof the fall stole my breath and my screams came to an abruptend.
Before I couldget my bearings, Branson had me turnedover onto my back, holding me prisoner by his weighton my body. “Just for that, I’m not going to stop until you’re sotorn apart, they’re not going to be able to sew you back together,”he snarled. “Let’s see how much Mason wants to fuck you then, whenyou’re split from pussy to asshole, you uppity bitch.”
“Get offme!” I screamed, as soon as Igot my breath back.
His handsstarted roaming and his breathreeked of alcohol. “I can’t wait to send you back to Masoncovered in my fucking cum.”
His touch wasmaking me want to vomit witheach caress. I couldn’t let this happen. And I knew…Iknewthat no matter what was going on with me andMason, he wouldn’t want this for me. “Mason’s going to kill you,” Ithreatened.
“Maybe,” hecackled,“but, while I mightbe dead, he’ll have to spend the rest of his life knowing he wasn’tthe only one to cum inside his precious pussy.”
The fear his wordsinstilled was real.
Ipunched.
I kicked.
I screamed.
I fought.
God, how I fought
I scream andfought with everything I had. Iignored the tearing sound of my clothes. I ignored thecrushing weight of his body. I ignored it all as I fought to savemyself. When the blow to my face turned everything dark, my lastthought was of Mason.
Chapter 24
Mason~
Not a lotrattled me, but I had to admitbeing here, knowing it was going to change myworld-ourworld-had me anxious. I wanted to getthis over with and run back to Shane and beg herforgiveness.
It’s been onlyone week, but that was enough to tell me that there was no way I’dbe able to spend the rest ofmy life without her. I had been climbing the walls after only twodays. Seven days later, I felt like I was losing my grip onreality.
My fatherwalked into his study with my mother falling in his wake. WhenAiden had called him and toldhim we were all coming home, because we needed to talk, he hadlet him know that we demanded our mother’s presence, as well. Myfather had tried to protest, but when Aiden had mentioned that mymother’s attendance was insisted upon by Michael, he caved. HaroldReginal Buchanan might be a world class bastard, but he wasn’tstupid. And even he knew enough to be wary of Michael.
After all, he’sthe one who createdhim.
His strideswere purposeful, and he looked every bit the billionairedevilhe was, as he went tostand behind his desk. My mother chose to stand next to the bar inhis study while Aiden, Mike, Gabe and I took up the center of theroom.
Myfather wasted no time. “So,what’s all this about?”
“Shane’s mygirlfriend,” I answered, easily. Now that I was here, doing this, the words were easy.“Everything on that video is true. I beat the fuck out of BransonMorgan because he had put his hands on what’s mine.”
His face tookon a horrible hue of red. “I knew it,” he spat. “I fucking knew youwere lying to me about her.” Ididn’t reply to the truth of his words. “Well, I won’t have it,Mason. Do you hear me?” He fisted his hands at his side. “I willnot have my firstborn son getting in bed with a nobody!”
I crossed myarms over my chest and stare himdown. “It’s not up to you, Dad. Shane’s mine and I’m notgiving her up.Period.”
His fist raineddown on the surface of his oakdesk. “Yes, you are!” he bellowed. “You are going to finish withthat tramp and if you need a girlfriend that badly, then findsomeone worthy of standing by your side.”
Iuncrossed my arms and stalkedtoward his desk. I placed my palms down on top of the desk andleaned into him. It never sat well with him that we had allsurpassed his height. “You have it all wrong,” I replied. “I’m notworthy to stand next toher.”
My father’sanger was all over his faceand in every nerve of his body. Nobody defied him, least of all,his sons. He ruled his family with an iron fist, and he wasn’tabout to lose control of us now. “You walk away from that girl or Iwill make sure you lose everything, Mason. Your house, school, yourdegree, your money, Buchanan Industries…I’ll take it all away!You’ll be left with nothing but a whore wh-”
“Call Shane awhore or a nobody in front of me one more time, Dad, and see what happens,” Aiden’s voice cutthrough the room.
Idon’t think I have ever feltso much love for my brother as I did in this moment where he’sdefending his sister; the woman I loved.
Dad’s head shotover in Aiden’s direction.“What? Are you guys all fucking her?”
