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The fucking reject son who fucks up every chance he gets

Just because of …

Her

I jerk my arm away and sneer, “Don’t”

“Luca?” Her brows rise but fall ih she finally realizes who I truly am “You owe me this”

“I don’t owe you anything,” I spit back

“I took Liam withwith every word she speaks “He died because of you”

I fish my knife from my pocket and point it at her, which immediately makes her freeze

“He died because you kissed hiritted teeth

She starescloser and closer to her chest A single tear forms in her eyes, but she blinks it away

“So … that’s it? That’s the hill you’re willing to die on?” she says, her voice fluctuating in tone “You were the one who toldto make us marry”

I look away as a vicious smile appears on s around”

A shocked gasp hitches in her throat, but I don’t care

After a few seconds, she says “You’re a monster”

The words come out in a stone-cold manner, but it doesn’t faze me anymore

I’ve already accepted who I a to do to make her mine

But she … She holds her head up with a kind of pride that makes me want to slice her open and tear out her heart

Because if it can’t beto anyone

Jill

When the car stops, we’re at the airport, andhigh above our heads as we get out of the car

My wrists are still bound, and Lex told Luca to keep a careful eye on me so I don’t run away

“Why are we here?” I ask, wondering e didn’t go to their house

“Because you’re getting married,” Lex answers, “on the Canary Islands, far away fro parents”

I stop walking “What now?”

I don’t understand I thought h to prepare for … him