A Soft Devil (COMPLETED)

Chapter 43

"Stay the fuck away from her," she growled to him.

"You and I both know I can't do that," Ethan responded stepping closer to her.

"More like don't want to."

He looked mad and irritated, but mostly tried. She walked up closer to him, but another guy held her back before she could step any closer. He looked familiar.

I squinted my eyes to get a better look until it hit me like a stack of bricks. My throat went dry, and my body went limp when I saw him. The breath got knocked out of me when I saw him holding back Sofia. I whispered an oh my fuck under my breath at how different he looked, yet he never changed. He got skinner, but he looked healthier. His hair got longer, and he grew a lot since the last time I saw him. I think that was almost two or three years ago.

I thought about what Kayla was thinking when she saw him. She was closer to him than I was. They were each other's best friends, first times, first loves, but that got ripped away from them. When Kayla had to do her time in juvenile prison, Miss Angela sent him to a different group home. She claimed it was because of too many kids in the home, but I think she was lying. I think she moved him because she knew about him and Kayla. We never knew where she sent him, but we knew it was far away from Harlem. Kayla was heartbroken when she got back to see he wasn't there. Omar and I tried to cheer her up, but she isolated herself due to her probation and sadness.

I looked to my side to see Kayla's reaction. She was holding back something by the way her jaw clenched and fists tightened.

My attention clicked back when I felt Grayson's arm no longer around my waist. Grayson stood in front of Ethan while Alex and Chris were beside him.

"Fuck off me Charley," she said trying to push him off, but he held her back.

"No Sofia you fuck off," he spat at her.

Everybody looked at him shocked. Charley's personality has definitely changed too.

"Who the-"

"I'm talkin to you. This matter's between Ethan, Zaria, and Mason. You ain't blood, so step the fuck back before you make this night worse for Derek and Bella. It's their engagement party. Show some fuckin respect."

"You betta watch who the fuck you talkin to. Don't forget I was the one who found your skinny drugged out ass on the side of the road bout to die. You show some fuckin respect."

"Sofia!" Derek bellowed making us all look his way.
He looked mad, but I could tell he was trying to control his anger.
"Get the fuck upstairs, and if you say another word, I would really hate to kick Ray outta the gang because his girl isn't actin right."

"I ain't his girl, so I'll leave. You don't have to worry bout that, but what you should worry bout is that time in Cali when you asked me to fulfill your desires because Bella was too annoying at the moment to do it for you."

I'm almost positive all jaws dropped on the floor. I didn't even know Bella like that, but it was wrong how he cheated on her. She's beautiful, and I saw the love in her eyes when she looked at him.

"Oh you fuckin slut," Elena told her.

"I may be a slut, but at least I'm not a cheater."