Chapter 35
Megan
I didn’t know why I followed Julian but never in a million years had I expected him to grab at Cassie. I knew Cassie as a colleague although we definitely weren’t friends. I could even remember her being at my leaving party although the details were a little blurry because I had drunk so much champagne that night but seeing them together struck something in me.
Cassie was a know it all prude. Not someone who a man as good looking as Julian should be chasing. But he was chasing her. And it was only when I tiptoed closer through the trees that I finally heard their conversion.
“Have I broken you already?” His voice was a soft almost sarcastic whisper as he bent her over his arm, his lips just inches from hers.
“You make me sick.” She hissed , twisting her face away like Julian wasn’t one of the most handsome men in the country. No woman in her right mind would not want to kiss him.
I knew the few kisses and soft touches I had shared with him had been mind blowing. It was one of the reasons I had followed him in the first place.
“I want a divorce Julian.”
A coldness enveloped me. And a line appeared between my eyebrows as I frowned. They were married? When had that happened? Why?
I had so many questions and no way of getting answers. Not without moving and showing them that I was out here listening.
His lips found hers. His kiss was brutal and jealousy raged through me when he moaned into her mouth and held her even tighter against his body.
“No.” Julian nipped at Cassie’s lip. Pulling the bottom one away from her gums playfully.
She beat his shoulders but she couldn’t get away. I couldn’t even be sure that she wanted to get away because it looked to me like she enjoyed the feel of his mouth on hers and his hands on her body.
“I will never give you a divorce Cassie.” He said when she finally moved her face away. “I will never let you be free.” Instead of kissing her lips , his mouth descended to her throat. He nipped and sucked and the entire time she beat at his shoulders feebly. “You are mine.”
“Why Julian?” Her fingers dug into the muscles of his shoulders. “Because you are so in love with me?” Her voice dripped with sarcasm.
I held my breath. Was he in love with her? Was that the reason they were married? Had this been a love match?
“Oh please Cassie.” He bit down and even from where I was crouched hidden I could see her wince back and her eyes roll back in ecstasy.
“I don’t love you. Never have and never will. But.” He rubbed at the crescent shape of the teeth prints in her throat. He hadn’t broken her skin but it was close. “I do love making your life miserable. The idea of imprisoning you.” He laughed coldly. “Of keeping you as mine and torturing you forever is a massive turn on to me.”
In answer Cassie stamped down, her foot coming down hard on his instep. Julian howled as he reared back but it gave Cassie the opportunity she needed to escape.
I watched as she ran through the trees before letting my eyes fall back on him. Julian hadn’t moved after her but he was staring in her direction with a mixture of longing and admiration on his face.
He cared for her. It hit me in a rush. He actually cared for her. They might pretend this was just an arrangement and the fact that their wedding hadn’t been publicized told me it had probably started like that but there were feelings there as well. They might be all mixed up with the hate but he liked her.
He might even like her more than he liked me.
“Oh my little hot headed wolf.” Julian shook his head with a chuckle. “Always so quick to run from me. But I’m not chasing you this time-“
I frowned. Had he chased her before. Run her down and caught her like she was prey? And what had happened after he had trapped her. I already knew the answer to that. The passion and fire between them was off the charts. Julian had never once chased me. It was always me who chased him.
Even tonight I was the one to follow him. Forced to sulk around in the shadows to see what he was doing and now I knew. He was out here canoodling with his wife.
It made me sick.
I was losing him and that couldn’t happen. I liked having Julian in my life it gave me so many opportunities.
“Let’s see how you like walking home little hot head.” Still chuckling to himself he walked away.
I had a choice to make. I could follow after him or go after Cassie. In the end there really wasn’t any debate. I launched myself after Cassie. Catching up with her quickly I reached out and caught a handful of her hair. Yanking it back so viciously and so unexpectedly that she fell backwards with a cry on to her back.
Not giving her a chance to defend herself I pinned her down onto the wet leaves and slapped her.
“Whore.” My words screeched out of my mouth like a banshee cry. Again and again I slapped her. Rocking Cassie’s head side to side. “You stay away from him. Stay away.”
Cassie blinked up at me surprised like she was shocked to see me there but the moment she realised it was me she reacted. Twisting quicker than I thought possible she threw me off and to the side. Springing up into a defensive crouching position with something that had a sharp silver point in her hand.
“Stay the fuck away from me Megan.”
It was a pen in her hand. An expensive silver tipped pen. It wasn’t much of a weapon but I knew Cassie was more than capable of doing damage with it.
“I mean it megan. You come near me again and I’ll put this through your eye.”
I believed her. “Just stay away from him.” I growled at her. “He’s mine. He doesn’t love you.”
Cassie sneered. “You are welcome to him. I don’t want him.”
“You’re his wife and-“
“I don’t want him.” Cassie almost screamed. “No woman worth her salt would want a bully like him.” She straightened. “So you can have him. You two deserve each other. Both of you are worthless bully’s.”
Her words cut deeper than I wanted to admit.
“I won’t let you take him from me.”
Cassie straightened. A look of sympathy on her face. “And I’ve told you I don’t want him. Have him. Take him off my hands but do not come near me again Megan. You won’t like what Julian does to people who mess with his property and he think I am his.”
I took a step back and then another. She had a point there even though I didn’t want to admit it. The marriage was obviously a contract but those were just as dangerous as the unions forged from love because Julian would think she was his.
Cassie was his wife by law. And I was-
I whimpered. I was the woman who had taken his money and lied to get it. I was in a very dangerous situation and I knew it. Hitting Cassie, attacking her again in any way wasn’t a good idea.
“He’s mine Cassie, stay away.” I turned on my heel and limped away.
“You can have him. No one but you would take his crap.” Cassie called after me but I didn’t turn back. I just walked away and tried to figure out my next move.
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