Chapter 55 - Luke confronts Wren

“I hate having to repeat myself. Get off her before I break every bone in your body” Giovanni O’Connell’s voice was fierce and stern as he spoke.
The young man was boiling with anger and wanted nothing more than to walk over to where Luke was and beat the hell out of him until he was unconscious.
“What the hell is your problem, dude? Get the fuck out of here” Luke fired back in the same tone as he got of Wren and gave the young girl the opportunity to get off the ground.
The lanky-looking man began to make his way towards Giovanni in fast-paced steps that made it look like he was ready for a fight, but the moment he was before him, he turn into a small little chicken.
“One would think you were about to punch me with the pace at which you walked” Giovanni was awfully calm as he spoke, and the irked Luke.
“Who the hell do you think you are, speaking to me like that?” Luke’s pathetic attempt at pushing harshly on Giovanni’s shoulder went done the drain as the man was built twice than he was.
“Was that you trying to scare me? I am sorry mate, but you are going to have to do better than that” Giovanni mocked.
His statement stirred a squabble between both men as they began bickering like two teenagers fighting over a man, but this time, it was a woman they were fighting over.
A woman who looked very pissed at both men, because they were nothing but pieces of shit.
One who hid behind his father to get his way with her, and another who hurt her, and is still hurting her. With the only difference being her heart was still beating for the latter.
But this time, their voices had managed to get the attention of passersby and other onlookers who were now bickering amongst themselves. And she hated that.
She just wanted to go a week without some drama following her.
“Both of you shut the hell up!” her voice was enough to have both men looking like two reindeer caught in red light.
“What the fuck has gotten over the both of you? Yelling like two little kids?” they looked at her with scared expressions on their faces. Then, Giovanni stretched out his arm in an attempt to get hold of Wren but the blonde brushed it away.
“Don’t you fucking touch me” she uttered ferociously panting recklessly like she had been running for a while.
“You know what, you two can go ahead and kill each other, I don’t fucking care” she spat and began to make her way towards the club, leaving both men looking stunned.
“Hey, Wren! We haven’t finished talking. Why did you lie to me” Luke called after the blonde. He left Giovanni standing there and ran after Wren like a kid trying to catch up with the bus.
But the blonde didn’t stop. She kept walking ahead.
She had no idea how the word had spread out that she didn’t have sex with Luke, and she didn’t want to know. She just wanted to walk into the pub and kill her liver with an unreasonable amount of booze.
“I’m fucking talking to you” Luke called out when he was unable to meet up with the blonde.
Wren Austin turned momentarily and gave Luke the middle finger before pushing the doors of the pub open.
At her presence, the pub went dead quiet. It was so quiet that one could hear the wishing sound of leaves and a pin drop.
Wren let out a sigh. Somehow, she had gotten used to the attention poured on her whenever she showed up at the pub, but today, she wanted to make a U-turn.
Matter of fact, she was about to, but the thought of Luke and Giovanni waiting outside for her was the only sign she needed to make the first step towards the counter.
Gwendolyn Jefferson raised a bottle to her and offered her a smile that was almost like the moral boost she needed because she smiled back, took a deep breath and took the first step towards the counter.
“Wow, that was one hell of a walk” Gwen teased handing over the bottle she had raised earlier.
“Was it” she replied, giving Gwendolyn the same knowing smile she gave her. The blonde raised her bottle to Gwen and just when the bottle was about to take a sip, the door to the pub flew ajar, revealing Giovanni and Luke who looked like they had been fighting.
Whilst Gwendolyn leaned on the counter looking interested in what was going on with Luke and Giovanni, Wren Austin decided she has had enough of them for the day and focused on the bottle before her.
“What is going on with those two?” Gwen spoke up after a while when it looked like she wasn’t going to get anything out of them.
“Somehow, Luke found out I didn’t sleep with you and he tried molesting me, and of course, Giovanni just had to save the day” the blonde’s reply proceeded with an eye roll.
Now, one would think from the tone of Wren’s voice that she wasn’t grateful that the young man came to her aid.
False. She was thankful. She didn’t even want to imagine what would have happened if he didn’t show up.
Now, what pissed her off was the fact that it was the second time he was saving her from a situation like this. She didn’t want to feel indebted to the young man.
Wren Austin was determined to stay away from him. And knowing Giovanni, he wouldn’t leave it at that. He would try every attempt to talk to her, and she didn’t want that.
“Luke tried to do what?” Gwen questioned with astonishment in her voice.
“Yeah” Wren brushed it away as though it didn’t mean anything when in reality, she was still shaking over what happened.
“How can you be so calm about it? You should report him. That’s attempted rape and it will warrant him two years in jail” Gwen uttered.
“And have his father come after me?” Wren’s question was enough to silence the dark-haired.
That was the reality of the situation. Wren couldn’t report Luke because she knew Hunter will pull some strings and he will be out in twenty-four. She would have risked her life for nothing.
Hunter will be upset and he will take it out on her.
So for now, she was just going to sit this one out.
And wait for the perfect time to carry out her revenge on them.
They wouldn’t know what hit them
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