Always Running (MATURE CONTENT)

CHAPTER 40

The door opened, and Nessa begged for Lucas not to be there. She wouldn't be able to take it and there would be no forgiving him that time. Her guard stood behind her feeling her stress and unease. They all found a way to touch her to let her know that they were with her.

Ryder closed his eyes and prayed that Lucas was not in that apartment. Nessa would be destroyed and there would be no coming back from betrayal like that. Not for a woman like Nessa.

"Is he here?" Nessa asked, not wanting to walk inside. Her stomach churned. She held her stomach as the babies moved uneasily inside her. She was transmitting her anguish and her fear to them.

"What's wrong? Is who here?" Reagan opened the door wide for Nessa to walk inside.

"Mac, where is he? He isn't answering his phone, he's not at the office. Henley won't answer either and Zane and Travis are off the grid. Something is going on." Nessa walked inside and sat down on the couch. She was coming unhinged. She put her hands over her very swollen belly and closed her eyes willing her babies to calm down.

"Lucas would never come here, Nessa, not after the misunderstanding. I'm sure he's in a meeting and will get in touch with you later. You need to—"

Nessa's ringing phone cut Reagan off. She took it from her back pocket and saw it was Lucas calling her.

"Where the hell are you? I've been worried sick, Mac. I going to kick you in the—"

"Long time no hear, Liv."

The voice on the other end made her blood run cold. She stood up and walked to the door and opened it motioning for her guard to walk inside.

"What's wrong?" Ryder was the first to see her pale expression as he walked inside the apartment.

Nessa pulled the phone away from her ear and put it on the speaker. "Where's Lucas?"

"Liv, Liv, Liv, always so impatient. You never learned that virtue, did you? But then again, whores like you only know how to do one thing and you, Liv were always good at fucking."

Nessa closed her eyes commanding her body to relax for the sake of the babies.

"Justin, where is Lucas?" she asked again, knowing that he would not answer her.

"Oh, don't worry, your man is here with me, keeping me company with his little friends."

So many thoughts ran through her head at that moment. Justin had Lucas, but how? How the hell did he manage to get close enough to him and Henley without them seeing him? It wasn't like those two to be caught off guard.

Blake stepped outside of the apartment and closed the door gently, not making any noise.

Maggie held on to her arm and kept it from shaking, and Ryder had an arm around her waist holding her up. He had his phone out and was typing with his thumb.

"What the fuck do you want? And be quick about it I don't have all day."

Justin laughed and then Nessa heard skin hitting skin and a loud groan. "Keep your fucking sass up and your man here will suffer the consequences," Justin said, trying to use the most menacing tone he could muster.

"Stop." Nessa was terrified. She knew very well what that monster was capable of doing. She had the proof on her back and in her soul. "What do you want Justin?"

The line went silent for a while and Nessa could hear what sounded like skin hitting skin again and loud moaning, then she heard a scream, and she froze. Her mind went faster than her heart could handle. She had to shut down or her babies would suffer her emotions.