Family Forever (Book 5 in Nemi Forever series)

Chapter 21

Demi

The moment the thought came to my head that I was married, I realized I needed to stop. For a few minutes, I was giving in to my impulses & I knew, now, this was wrong. Feeling Rafe's wet lips on my neck, my mouth opened to let a tiny moan escape, then, suddenly, I was aware that this wasn't Nick. This wasn't Nick's mouth on my neck or his hand on my ass. I had to stop this. NOW. I needed to get Rafe off of me. What would Nick think? I opened my eyes & I saw Nick standing there staring at me. The look on his face, in his eyes, was one I will never forget. I shoved Rafe off of me, sitting up on the couch. 

"Nick!" I whispered, watching him walk over to Rafe, grab him by his neck & punch him. Rafe spun, then fell to the floor. He went to stand but Nick was leaning over Rafe & he took a swing at his head. Greg came out of nowhere & grabbed Nick by the arms. I saw Rafe's face flash with anger as he started to stand up, looking as if he was going to kill Nick. I jumped up from the spot on the couch, "Nick!" I moved to stand in between Rafe & Nick, facing Rafe. "NO! Rafe! Don't touch him!" I screamed in Rafe's face, then turned so I could see both of them. I realized I had tears in my eyes. 

"Did you forget she was married?" Nick snarled to Rafe, in the most hateful tone I had ever heard him use. His eyes narrowed at me & I saw pure rage. A few tears leaked from my eyes. "Looks like you forgot!" Nick inhaled, looking upward, then his eyes found mine before he grumbled. "Don't come home tonight." His eyes were hard when he said that sentence to me, so hard I let out a few sobs as I watched him turn & leave with Greg. 

What did I do? What the fuck did I do? I buried my face in my hands, crying uncontrollably. I felt Rafe's arm around my shoulder & I shook him off of me. "Jesus. Do not touch me." I glared at him. "Do not touch me ever again." I ran after Nick. 

I saw Nick heading to Greg's car & I screamed his name, before I started running after him. When I got to Nick he had opened the car door & I grabbed his shirt that hung out under the jacket he was wearing. I was sobbing so hard, but I managed to speak anyway. "Nick. Please let me explain." 

Nick wiped his face. "Explain what? Explain why you were making out with some guy? Why his hand was on your ass?" He was shouting at me & I couldn't blame him. I heard the pain in his voice.  

I grabbed his shirt on his chest & he pushed my hands away. "Please, Nick. It's not what it looked like." 

Nick laughed, slightly, through his tears. "Not what it looked like?" He laughed harder now. 

"We were just kissing." I said in a whimper. 

"Oh, okay. Just kissing. That was not a kiss. That was foreplay. If I had come in ten minutes later, you would have been naked." 

"NO." I said, with a fierceness, as I shook my head. "No, that wouldn't have happened. I was about to stop it when you came in." 

Nick laughed an evil laugh. "Sure you were. Now I know why you didn't want me stopping by the studio. Tell me. How long have you two been sleeping together?" 

I grabbed Nick's jacket, pulling myself to him a little. "I swear on the lives of our children that I did not sleep with him & I wasn't going to. That was the first time anything happened. I got caught up in a moment." I tried to stop my sobbing, but it was difficult. 

"Caught up in a moment? Is that what you call that? I call it breaking a promise. I call it forgetting about us." Nick's breath caught on his words, making the guilt even worse.  

"I'm so sorry. You have to forgive me." I pleaded with him. 

Nick grabbed my hands & shoved them, forcefully, down. "I'm not sure I could ever forgive you."