Double Crossed

twenty

Written by: @thetorturedpoet_13  

Taylor Alison Kingsley Swift's POV

I had lost everything. Every single thing I had ever wanted. Every single thing I ever wished for, I had lost it all.

The pretty house with the picket fence, the family I wished for, what I could have had with Travis, I gave it all up to win it all. And I had. Except for one thing. I still wasn't the official leader of Vegas.

I stood next to the black limonene waiting for the airplane's door to open while my brain was still with Travis. He loved me. He wanted to be with me. He had chosen me over well also me but I had been oh so close to getting everything I wanted with him.

And now he hated me beyond compare. And I knew he would never be able to forgive me for it.

"Bambina!" My father called out coming out from the steps waving at me, followed by Austin. I hadn't seen them ever since I took over Vegas and usually I was excited to see them but today I couldn't be excited about anything and I knew that.

"Hey dad." I gave him a little nod as per usual, wearing my disguise just in case even though it was now pretty much pointless. Travis knew my secret, my identity and he wouldn't keep it from anyone.

"Austin." I moved to give my brother a quick hug, his hand rubbing over the small of my back. "Good to see you again Teffy." He mumbled back before pulling away, ruffling through the red haired wig I was wearing.

"Let's get going don't wanna be lurking around in public for too long, do we?" I asked gesturing towards the limo and getting in as my driver opened the door for me, followed by the both of them.

My dad took a seat opposite me and Austin , not one inch of his suit even flighty wrinkled or imperfect, as per usual.

"So how far are you in taking the city?" He asked looking at his watch, as per usual. Always on time, always working and business. A little sting got through my heart at his question.

"You haven't read the report I sent?" I asked fiddling with the gloves I wore like I had when I was a little child and he would ask for my report card without ever seeing even one of my exams.

"Why bother, so how far are you? Is it ours yet?" He rolled his eyes checking the clock yet again.

I sighed leaning back a little and rubbing my temple before I answered. "I took all of it from them, their assets, their clients, the locations all of it. We're basically the royalty of Vegas by now."

Austin huffed rolling his eyes "It still amazes me how you can get whatever you want jut by sleeping with these men like you can't be that good. You're basically a glorified hooker at this point."

Before I could answer my father chimed in annoyed. "Okay so why am I not the king of Vegas yet? We have all the assets, we have all the means, what's stopping us?"

I swallowed hard. I knew exactly what it took to be respected as the leader of the city, what was needed to be done to get that title.

That was how the city worked. Kill the leader, become the leader. If you didn't kill the leader, no one would respect you as the next one. But I wasn't able to do it, I couldn't and as much as I wanted to hate myself for that it was impossible.

I knew it and I always had. I loved Travis, more than anything. I loved him even when we were kids, when we found each other after all these years, when he didn't know his feelings, I loved him even when he hated me, I loved him even when he fucked the woman he thought wasn't me.

And now that he had realized he loved me too, that he chose me, he hated me more than anything and a understood. I knew why and I hated that part of me that hurt him. But I had to, I had no choice.