Handled

Chapter Thirty-Two

Silos' POV 

I storm into the Cords meeting room, to find the atmosphere tense. 

David stood besides a shaking Darla, men dressed in black suits filled around the room looking deadly and in the center of it all was Jonathan Vice. 

He stood as I strode towards him, my eyes not finding the person I was looking for, as I slip my hand into his. 

He shakes my hand with a grim look, he still looked the same as he had years ago when I fighting illegally in his clubs and gyms. 

"Nice to see you again, Silos." 

I nod. 

The tilt of his eyes and the curve his nose had my chest constricting painfully as images of warm brown skin and sharp brown eyes shot across my mind. 

I hadn't stopped thinking of Vienna since the day we collided in a divorce signing and slowly but surely she'd somehow made it impossible for me not to spend every moment thinking of her. 

I had wanted to chase her down yesterday, hold her to my chest and kiss her. Tell her that no one had ever treated me the way she had, had gifted me friendship and love the way she had. But she hadn't been wrong, for the past two years I had been in love with my best friend's wife. 

Those words had been like knives to my chest as she threw them in my face. 

I wanted to tell her it wasn't true, that I didn't love Raina anymore, not when she was looking at me or smiling. 

But, how could I? 

I'd loved Raina for so long, how could I simply have my entire heart belong to someone else and in such a short amount of time? It didn't makes sense. 

So I didn't say anything, I went back upstairs and helped put ice on Raina's flaming cheek. 

I didn't think about how I was a coward. 

How I was too afraid to let go of something old and established for her. For this new feeling that thrummed through my chest whenever she smiled at me. For something real and strong and very possibly the only love I would need in this life. 

How could I? 

A coward. I'm a fucking coward. 

I looked across the room again, trying not seem anxious. 

My heart had soared this morning when I'd gotten a text from Vienna telling me to meet her at her job at noon. Maybe, she wasn't mad anymore, maybe she was willing to give me time to listen to me. 

I just needed to tell her that I was confused. Unsure, and that a little time I would know what I wanted. 

But, I did know one thing for sure and that was that I didn't want her out of my life, I didn't want her gone. I'd hardly slept last night knowing she wasn't inside the safety of my home, that someone else was having to protect her.

David closed his eyes like he was going to be sick. 

Where the fuck is she? 

"Did Vienna call this meeting?" I asked, staring at the group gathered. 

Darla began sobbing. 

My entire body tensed as I looked back at the older gentleman in front of me his eyes alight with recognition and something that had my stomach churning. Darla did many scary things but sobbing was not one of them and the dark look in Jonathan Vice's eyes was reflected in David's as he rubbed his hand down Darla's back trying to comfort her.