Intoxicated || An Eminem Fanfiction

Chapter 28

Leila POV

I checked my phone again, glaring at the delivered notification under my picture message.

I knew he'd seen it.

It didn't surprise me that the technology illiterate asshole probably doesn't realise that I knew he'd opened it and seen it.

Two fucking days.

I was beginning to think maybe the asshole was blind.

I slammed my phone down on the table in front of me, making Laura jump.

Who exactly does he think he is ignoring me like that.

"Leila, what the hell?"

"He's ignoring me"

She looked at me confused as she topped up our wine glasses.

"Who?"

"Marshall, I sent him a-" I paused for a moment "A tasteful picture"

She snorts "I thought you weren't interested in him?"

"I'm not but he's fun to play with"

Laura pulled a face, her eyebrows shooting up.

"Only you would take one of the meanest men in the whole rap industry, who is bursting with mommy issues, resentment for women and misogyny, and sit there, telling me, he's fun to play with"

I shrug "Is there a point behind that whole statement?"

"You really think a man can't destroy you?"

"They can't if I won't let them"

"Baby girl, it's not a matter of letting him, if he wants to do so he will, regardless if you let him or not, he is not some politician with a wife at home and a dozen side chicks" Laura said with picking up her glass.

"I know you're worried but I got this, he's harmless"

She threw me a tight-lipped expression, eyes fixed on me, her disapproval evident this time.

Usually, when Laura was silent I was definitely doing something wrong.

This time I'm not taking any chances.

"Trust me, Laura, this will play out just the way I want it"

"I feel like as a fan, you're still grossly underestimating the man, like your disdain for him has made you forgot what he's capable of, at the end of the day Alec and Trick and whoever else you know can be coming for him on your behalf and it's still gonna mean shit to him, because he's gonna want to see you burn at the stake and laugh about your demise" Laura said, waving her hand matter of factly "We were at the concert where he sang a song about his killing his wife, murdering a blow-up doll dressed like her while she stood in the crowd watching"

"You're being dramatic, that was when he was hyped up on drugs all the time-"

"You're being very naive to think that wasn't his personality magnified by the drugs" She said with a sigh "I love the guy, he's sweet, caring, treated Travis and I with nothing but respect, and treated Travis like family when he worked there, even now, but I wouldn't think twice the damage he would do to both our careers if we crossed him"

I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes sitting back in my seat as Laura waved the waiter to bring us two more drinks over "You're acting like I don't know how to handle a man when he throws a tantrum"

Inside I was kinda getting miffed that she would underestimate me like that.

He was as complicated as everyone thinks he was.