Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 96287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 96287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
“Don’t look to Raven for advice. If she found out, she’d be pissed.”
“What do you want, if you win the wager?” Carlos asked.
“You wear the Prospect patch for a year, and you become the Hell’s Bastards MC little lapdog.”
“And if I win?” Carlos asked.
“You can have anything you want,” Big Dick said. “So I guess the question is, what do you want?”
“Your patch,” Carlos said. “That is what I will have, and you will become a prospect again, earning your right to the club.”
“I don’t think this is a good idea, guys,” Kinky said. “Larissa is protected by Smokey.”
“Smokey won’t find out,” Big Dick said. “You’re not going to say anything, because that would jeopardize your position with Hailey.”
And the video came to a stop. But the damage was gone.
“What the ever-loving fuck?” Raven asked.
There had been images of him, of Larissa. One was just before he found that fucking camera at the bakery. Others were of him and Larissa sneaking kisses around town. There was even one of them naked.
“You couldn’t just leave her alone?” Ava asked. “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Smokey and the club looked at him, and that was when Big Dick realized he hadn’t quite figured it out. Cadeon had set this all up.
He hadn’t been able to find his fucking cell phone after fighting with the piece of shit in the restaurant. This had all been part of his plan. He’d already opened the thing with his code, intent on calling Carlos. When Cadeon took it, he must have kept it active. And seeing as Ava had her own cell phone, he had a horrible feeling Cadeon had sent that video to all of his contacts, including his parents, as well as his brothers, Harlow, and ... Larissa.
“Fuck!” He rushed past them and tried to get to the main clubhouse, but Smokey grabbed him.
“You fucking lied to me. When I asked you to find out who it was that was seeing Larissa. It was you. You were the one pressuring her.”
“I didn’t fucking pressure her!” he yelled. He had to get to Larissa. She would see the video and he was well and truly fucked. How the fuck had this happened?
He let his guard down fucking once, and the panic he felt was indescribable. Larissa would be at the bakery. He had to get to her, to tell her he had every intention of stopping the bet. It meant nothing to him.
“I love her!” There, he yelled it at Smokey. “Don’t you fucking see, this was the fucking big thing that was coming. Cadeon did this on purpose.”
“You and Carlos did this,” Raven said. “You made that fucked-up deal, and Larissa paid the price.”
And then he heard the car pulling into the parking lot. He shoved Smokey off him, and he rushed out to go to her, and as he stepped outside, he saw the tears in her eyes. The Larissa he had left this morning, who was telling him she loved him, now stared at him in accusation.
“Is it true?”
“Larissa, you have to let me—”
“You made a bet about me? That’s why you were everywhere and showing me attention. It had nothing to do with you having feelings for me, did it? It was all about what you wanted.”
“Larissa, please—”
“Did you make a bet about me? About using me?” she asked, and this time she screamed it at him.
He had never seen her lose her temper. It was all in her eyes, the pain he had caused. She had come to him to find out the truth.
There was no denying it.
“I was going to stop it,” Big Dick said.
“Why? You won your bet, didn’t you? You got me to fall in love with you, and you got what you wanted. Congratulations, you truly are a big dick.” Larissa turned to look at Ava. “I quit.”
And with that, she climbed back into her car and pulled out of the clubhouse parking lot.
“Larissa, fuck, stop!”
He had not been prepared for this. This was not how it was supposed to go.
Cadeon had warned him. Cadeon had brought something big, and he hadn’t been ready for it.
That video had been played to so many people. Larissa’s life played out for all to see. Everyone thinking the worst. He rushed out, but it was too late, Larissa had already driven off. He watched Larissa’s car driving away, and he glanced back to the clubhouse and knew the guys were pissed. Raven was there, arms folded, and she glared at him.
There was no getting away from this. He had brought this on himself.
The guys left the main parking lot and started making their way inside the bar.
Raven moved toward him, and he didn’t stop the punch that came to his face. It was hard, fast, and swift, but it didn’t break his nose.