Married to the Devil

Chapter 26

The motel I decided to stay in is near the middle of the city, close to the downtown area. It's a fresh change of pace and I love it here.

Best of all, there's little chance of me running into anyone I know.

Knowing Evelyn for just about forever told me that she probably announced my life story to the world. Except, by now I bet it was all twisted up to exclude her little episode of embarrassment.

If I counted down everyone I knew that would include Cass, Josh's family, and-of course- my family.

They still didn't know a damn thing. I think Mum got the message that I didn't want to reply after she left 20 angry messages on my phone back at my birthday party. I still haven't completed checking the entire list either. I bet there's a lot of swearing in the last few.

She's right to be concerned about me. But I do wonder how she managed to restrain herself from cornering me at the supermarket.

I'm glad she hasn't resorted to that yet because there's no way I could've told her before and now that she probably hasn't heard the story from me, there's no way I can face her now either.

Goddamnit! Out of all the villains to get stuck with, I get Evelyn.

First of all, she doesn't even have that villain look to her. She looks like a glossy, perfectly feminine model from the next cover of Vogue. And second of all, she has the determination of an Olympic racer on steroids. What kind of rotten luck is that?

And then there's the issue of Derek Carter.

My current husband and soon to be ex-husband.

There's always trouble when Derek's involved. Even as a kid he had a shit load of issues not even counting the one with Callumn, my brother.

I miss Callumn. He always knew what to do even when everyone else didn't. He was always the strong one in the family, the rational minded one. And I know that he'd have a solution for me now that my world was tumbling down.

I hate Derek. I hate him so much it hurts. And it hurts even more because it was all a trick for him. A game. He didn't care about me and maybe he never did. He is trouble.

I moved out of the apartment the second Derek, Josh and Evelyn left. I didn't want to stick around in case anyone swung by the house to pay me an unwanted visit. I told Cass I was temporarily moving to a new location and she wasn't allowed to tell anyone where I was staying. She wasn't told why though, she'd get that from Evelyn soon enough.

I'm glad that in all this time I still had Cass. She really was my savior.

The doorbell to my suite rang and I swung off my bed to answer it. The room service I called for earlier seemed to have finally arrived. Clearly, I'm giving myself luxuries for obvious reasons.

When my feet shuffle over to the door expecting to see a uniformed waiter with a triple fudge chocolate sundae, I see my Mom and Dad instead.

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Callumn is over reacting. He thinks I'm under reacting, if that's even a word. And so, we've had an argument ending something like him telling me not to see Derek again and me telling him that I will anyway.

It's a classic brother- sister argument that's so foreign to us I should be relishing it. Instead, I'm feeling like a dog with droopy ears.

Callumn, Cass, and I walked down the school hallway to our lockers for lunch money. When I reach my familiar metallic blue locker I'm suddenly yanked by the arm and spun around.

A pair of perfectly delicious lips set themselves on mine. I'm so shocked that I barely have the time to respond and my open mouth is easy access for the slimeball to stick his tongue down my throat.

In midst of the forced kiss, my stomach flutters familiarly at the sight of Derek Carter pulling me as close as he can to me.

Our bodies seemed be trying to blend into one another when his hands snuck up behind my back and roughly tugged me into him. My chest was being crushed by the weight and the pleasure that I felt.

In a flash, he let go of me and kissed the side of my face while looking directly at my fuming brother.

"Thanks Katie, " He said as smug and as loud he could, "We should do it again sometime."

And then with that he left just as quickly as he came.

Authors note:

Short chapter but it's meant to pack emotion and meaning behind people's actions. Heh heh heh... the numerous cliffhangers though are fun to play around with. Happy reading! :)