Fight For Her (Devil's Right Hand MC #2)

Chapter 14

Brenna's POV

My eyes slowly flutter open as the light shining through the curtains dances over me. I move my hand to try and find Hazel who always crawls into my bed in the middle of the night, but I find a much larger body beside me instead. Reality begins to set in along with the memories of last night, all the happiness of freedom that I felt, no matter how short-lived it was.

Here comes the hard part. Now, I have to tell him about Hazel.

Last night, I realized how real my feelings for him have become, and it's not fair to anyone to continue living in this false reality. I need to give him the choice, I need to give him an out, and a small part of me hopes he'll take it.

Oh yeah, I should probably mention how my default defense mechanism is pushing people away, that may explain a lot.

"Morning," he says as he pushes my hair out of my face.

"Morning," I reply as I turn over to face him. As I study his face, I notice a look of uncertainty and tiredness in his eyes, as if he didn't sleep last night.

"You sleep okay?" I ask as I snuggle into him but he stays rigid, not wrapping his arms around me.

"Yeah."

"You okay?" I question even though it is clear everything is not okay.

"What time do you have to leave?" he asks as he stands from the bed and puts on a pair of sweatpants.

"Not for a while, I um- I actually wanted to talk to you about something," I say cautiously as I grab his t-shirt from last night and pull it over my head.

"Yeah, we definitely need to talk," he says and he looks down at the ground.

What the fuck happened?! Last night we were fine, we were happy. How did a switch flip in his head so quickly?

"Okay," I say, giving him the opportunity to say what he needs to. Nervously, I walk over to my small overnight bag and start taking my clothes out so I can get dressed quickly if I need to make a run for it 

"Look," he starts as he puts on a clean t-shirt,  "you know some of what my club does, right?"

"I know a little," I reply as I pick up my clothes from last night.

"If you're in trouble we can help get you out," he says with a solemn look in his eyes.

Wait what? What kind of trouble does he think I'm in?

"Thank you," I say, awkwardly trying to figure out what the fuck he is talking about, "but I'm not in trouble."

"I mean, if someone is hurting you, you can tell me," he pushes with a knowing look in his eye but my confusion just escalates.

Did he find out about Joey? No, there is no way he would even think to look because he is only legally tied to Hazel, not me.

"No one is hurting me," I explain one more time.

"Drop the act Brenna, I know," he says with aggravation in his raised voice.

"Know what?" I ask one more time, trying to make sense of this in my head.

"I know about your husband!" He yells as he walks towards me with frustration and concern swimming in his eyes.

Wait - what the actual fuck.

"My what?" I laugh. How the fuck did he get everything so twisted?

"It all makes sense now, the secrets and lies, you constantly holding back. I was stupid not to see it earlier," he says with pain in his voice. A pain I caused, even though I have no idea how.