Innocence

Chapter 8

Alex has been gone for 2 days which means he'll be here tomorrow.

I would say I'm excited but I feel like that's obvious.

"Would you stop squirming?"

I sigh.
"I'm sorry but I can't wait for him to get back."

"What? You don't enjoy my company?"

I turn around on his lap and instead of facing the TV I turn to straddle him.
"Of course I enjoy your company. But I like it better when Alex is here too."

He smiled at my response.
"Good. Because if you didn't then I'd punish you."

I paused at his response.
"What do you mean..?"

He didn't answer me he just smirked.
"I'm gonna go make dinner."

His hand groped my butt. I tried not to blush. I took what he did as my que to scoot off of him.

I turned to watch TV and tried to ignore what I'm feeling.

We haven't done anything but Tristan has been flirting with me shamelessly since Alex left.

I feel bad because I like Alex and Tristan. I don't want to hurt them.

I can hear pots and pans clanging in the kitchen.

I'm focused solely on the TV when I hear my phone ding.

I look down at it in confusion and notice it's Alex.

When did I give him my number?

A- 'hey. how's everything going?'

Me- 'how'd you get my number? DID YOU GO THROUGH MY PHONE?!'

'No. I would never do that. Tristan gave it to me. He has connections. He told you this.'

I let out the breath I had been holding.

I have nothing to hide on my phone but that doesn't mean I want people to look through it.

'everything is going good here. me and Tristan are getting along very well.'

I bite my bottom lip.
My thoughts running rampant.

Maybe a little too well..?

'glad to hear it. I'd love to hear more about it but I have to go. Text me before you go to sleep?'

'mhmm :)'

I heard a crash and I shot up off the couch.

I could hear voices. I couldn't make out what they were saying but I knew one of them was Tristan. The other voice I couldn't recognize.

I peered past the corner into the kitchen.

Tristan was on the ground and a man had a gun pointed at his head.

I quietly stepped back into the Living room and reached under the couch.

The guys do really shady shit. I kind of expected they had enemies and I wanted to be prepared so I hid some of the weapons the guys owned around the house.

They had a whole room full of them, they wouldn't miss them.

I walked to the kitchen quietly, raised the gun and shot him in the back of the head.

I dropped it and walked over to Tristan sitting on my knees in front of him checking him for injuries.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine," he put his hand under my chin and lifted it up so I was looking at his face. I relaxed at the sight of a smile on his face. "Where did you learn to shoot princess?"

"It doesn't matter. Who was that guy?"

"One of Brandon's men. Call Alex and tell him what happened. I'll clean up."
He got up off the ground and looked down at me.

I got up off my knees and walked back into the living room to text Alex.

He was worried but I made him promise he wouldn't ruin this deal that they had to make.

He only agreed once I assured him we were fine about a million times.

I can't wait to see him tomorrow.

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