CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
What the fuck?
I jumped out of bed, threw on my sleep shirt and stomped to the front door. Whoever the hell was banging on the damn thing was about to get a piece of my mind. It’s been two weeks since the window creeper incident and we still haven’t found who it was, but right now, I yearned for it to be whoever was at the door; I was ready to snap the jerk’s neck.
I didn’t know what time it was, but it was easily too early for this crap. Tony was in the shower, but he’d already woken me once.
“Preciosa, I’m taking a shower. Be ready for me when I get out,” he’d said because for the past week, I’d been out of commission.
Figures.
I finally lose my virginity, have the best sex imaginable and then mother nature decides to pay me a visit.
Stupid bitch.
But today, it was over. It was pretty much over last night, but I wasn’t ready to go there yet... if at all. I was adventurous, but that seemed… messy. So, I didn’t take the chance.
The banging stopped, but just as I made it to the door it started again. I wrenched it open and shouted, “What!” before I saw who it was.
My whole body stiffened as rage infused every muscle in my body.
“What are you doing here?” Destiny asked, her voice like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. I cringed and twisted my face up in disgust. I looked down at Tony’s t-shirt that barely covered my body and then faced her again.
“Fucking your brother. What’s it look like I’m doing?”
Her eyes grew wide and I narrowed mine.
Bring it!
This bitch needed to be taught a lesson and I was ready to take her ass to school. I mentally took off my earing and kicked off my heels.
I crossed my arms over my chest and watched her every move. I still couldn’t get over the fact that she was Tony’s sister. They looked nothing alike; Tony with his jet black hair and olive skin, and then Destiny with her platinum blonde hair and pale skin. I guess the only thing they had in common were their eyes, both caramel.
But with her, I didn’t picture vanilla ice cream… more like white on rice because if this bitch said one thing to piss me off I was going to be all over her ass.
“I can’t believe my brother would let you step foot in our father’s house,” she hissed through her perfectly straight white teeth.
“I can’t believe your brother had to grow up with an STD infested skank as a sister,” I hissed right back.
“You bitch!” she screeched.
I shrugged.
“Where’s my brother?”
“I’m right here,” Tony’s deep voice answered before I could even open my mouth and tell her it was none of her fucking business. He also didn’t sound happy and when I twisted my neck his narrowed eyes were directed right at me.
“What?” I snapped as my gaze traveled down his body. He was wearing low-riding jeans, no shirt and his feet were bare. His hair was wet and messy, and he obviously forgot to dry off because water droplets glistened on his chest.
I contained the urge to jump him and decided to give him a dirty look instead. Plus, he sounded ready for a battle, and if I had to, I’d take him and his sister on at the same time.
“Why’d you open the door?” he asked in a low growl. I threw daggers at Destiny before I faced him again.
I pointed in the witch’s direction. “Because she wouldn’t stop banging on it.”
He shook his head and when he grumbled, “I’ll deal with your ass later,” my body grew solid.
“What are you doin’ here?” he asked his sister in an angry tone and her face completely changed. She suddenly went from evil bitch to little Miss Innocent.
“Why would you bring here after what she did?” Destiny asked in the fakest “pity me” tone I’d ever heard.
“Cut the shit, Dest. Brian has so much money you don’t give two shits who he fucks. Now, what are you doin’ here?”
I would have preferred it if he’d backhanded me.
The past two weeks we spent together had been amazing. I wouldn’t say we were inseparable, we couldn’t always be together, but that only made every bit of time we spent together that much more special. He’d moved me into his room, everything, there was no discussion. I’d just walked into the house after having spent extra time with Starla when Tony was moving all my stuff. He’d moved everything out of the hall bathroom and into his.
He’d kiss me awake every morning and we’d never missed a breakfast together. Even though his days were full of meetings, visits with owners and riders, working on the ranch or working out finances in his office, he’d still made time to visit Starla with me every day.
We might not have had lunch together every day, but he’d made sure he didn’t miss dinner. Our evenings were spent talking… a lot of talking, watching movies or just relaxing. He’d tell me about his day and I’d do the same. Although, my days really only consisted of Starla and Tony so there wasn’t much for me to tell.
I’d started going a little stir crazy not being able to leave the house. I’d want to go into town, go sight-seeing, eat at the diner again, but Zacharias still hadn’t been caught. I still thought Tony was taking things too far, but I wouldn’t argue with him about it.
I liked it here… no, I loved it here. I could see myself living my life on the ranch with Tony.
But his words were a major wake-up call. He seemed happy. I was more than happy. I thought he was beginning to trust me; that he believed me about the past, but I never would have imagined he still thought I slept with his sister’s fiancé.
“Can we talk somewhere without her around?” Destiny asked as she nodded her head in my direction, but Tony shook his.
“You’re here for money. That’s the only reason you ever come here. How much do you need and why?” Tony asked.
Destiny froze.
“I can’t believe you just said that,” she hissed at him and then glared at me.
“It’s the truth. How much?”
“Three thousand,” she snapped and I gasped.
Tony ignored me and asked, “What for?”
“Ummm… it’s a retainer for my divorce attorney.”
I couldn’t stop the half snort half laugh that escaped.
“Trish,” Tony barked.
“You’re no better than me,” Destiny said suddenly and I turned my attention toward her.
“Excuse me?”
“You had sex with my fiancé the night of my engagement party!” she shouted.
I bristled.
“I didn’t have sex with him! I only took those pictures to pay you back and you deserved it!” I shouted back, over Tony’s shoulder because he’d just inserted himself between me and his sister.
“Trish, calm down,” Tony ordered, but I wasn’t in the mood to be ordered around.
“You know what? Fuck you both!” I shouted and started to storm away only to freeze when I heard Destiny say, “He said it was so bad he couldn’t even remember it.”
I whipped around and stormed up to her, only to be blocked by Tony. He put his hands on my waist to keep me in place.
I lifted and screamed over his shoulder, “He couldn’t remember it because it didn’t happen you fucking moron!”
She laughed at me. She actually had the nerve to laugh at me! I struggled against Tony’s hold until he twisted his neck. “Leave!” he roared her. “Get the fuck out of my house, Dest! You want the money, I’ll send it to you, but get the fuck out of here!”
She smirked.
“I’m going to kill her,” I said from somewhere so deep in my throat I thought Tony was going to have to call an exorcist when this was over. My head was going to start spinning any minute. Destiny turned and I watched her hop down the front steps.
“Calm down!” Tony gave me a little shake.
“I hate her. I’m sorry. I know she’s your sister, but I fucking hate her!”
“Trish, you have to get over this grudge you have against her, you’re gonna have to let it go.”
“Oh yeah? Just like you’ve let go of the grudge you have against me?”
He looked confused, like he had no idea what I was talking about and his, “What?” only confirmed it.
“You still think I cheated on you. You could have defended me when your dumbass sister started running her mouth, but you didn’t.”
“I’m working on it,” he grumbled.
“You know what? You can keep working on it, but I’m not staying here while you work it out.” I was about to spin around, but something over his shoulder caught my attention.