Chapter 74

Chapter 74

After security handled my brother and threw him out on his a ss I made sure to check on Corinna. I had

found her curled up in the corner of her room hyperventilating. It had taken me over thirty minutes of

me trying to calm her down. But even after her body was still shaking. I knew that she was likely in

some form of shock.

After she started crying again, I called my personal doctor to come over and he was over within twenty

minutes. He was able to give her a sedative that knocked her out. I had never seen her so broken

before in my entire life. She looked like a deer in headlights and I would be lying if I said it didn’t touch

my heart in some way. The girl had been a bi tch but she didn’t deserve any of this. No one deserved to

have to live under the tyranny of a man like Ashton.

I knew that Adelaide didn’t want to ask for her help but after what happened today, I needed to do

something. She would want me to do something. I had tried to call her but as expected my wife was still

avoiding me.

So I did the next best thing and decided to call someone for help. I called Angela and that was how she

ended up sitting in my kitchen with a coffee mug in her hands. I had a glass of scotch in one hand and

an ice pack over my knuckles.

The anger had dwindled and now all that was left were the little. remnants that lingered behind.

“Are you okay?” she finally broke the silence that had enveloped us.

“No.” I stared out the window. “This is all so f ucked up. You should have seen him, Angela.”

There were parts of me that wanted to finish off my brother but I knew The focus now was to

disconnect Ashton from my sister-in-law. The lawyer we had hired was useless and Angela worked at

the best firm in the state.

that would only add to my problems.

had the resources to help her and I would do what I needed to. Adelaide wanted me to be kinder to her

sister and this was me extending my kindness. I only hoped that when she learned what I did she

would understand.

“You should have seen her. She looked terrified out of her mind.” I

couldn’t get the blood-curdling scream she let out when I tried to hold her. Her entire body shook

violently and she only fully calmed when the doctor arrived. “There’s more than we know that went on

back in Vegas between the two of them.”

My brother was a master manipulator and he knew how to get to people. He had done it with my wife

and now he was doing it with Corinna. She didn’t deserve this kind of pain at all.

“I wish you would have told me sooner.” I could feel her eyes on me but I kept my gaze forward. “I

actually haven’t heard from you in a while, I was starting to think I had offended you in some way.”

It wasn’t me who she had offended but that didn’t matter. What mattered was making sure that Corinna

got the help that she needed.

“Can you help her?” I took a sip of the scotch, allowing the liquid to burn my throat. It was ten in the

morning and I was drinking hard liquor. I was by no means an alcoholic but it made this situation

somewhat bearable. “She needs to get rid of this as shole and I need the process to be as quick and

efficient as possible.”

“I’m more than happy to help but I think it’s only fair you give me an explanation, Damon. You just went

ghost on me. You didn’t respond to my texts or calls. Did I do something to upset you?”

I looked at her through my peripheral, giving her a side-eye. “I wasn’t trying to be a di ck. I was only

trying to make my wife feel more comfortable.”

I watched her shoulders tense momentarily before they relaxed. “So it was Adelaide then?”

I nodded.

“She hates me?”

This time I turned to her. “She doesn’t hate you. But she just feels like you are trying to get a little too

close to me.”

Her eyebrows pulled together into a frown. “Close to you? Like I want to steal you from her?”

Her reaction was one of complete shock and confusion.

Maybe my wife had been wrong. Maybe she didn’t like me the

she said she did after all.

way that

“I don’t mean to offend you, Damon. But after my ex, I don’t know how long it’s going to take for me to

feel anything for anyone else.” She smiled sadly. “And if I ever made you feel uncomfortable in any way

shape or form I’m so-”

“No, don’t apologize. I told Adelaide that it was nothing of the sort but I guess she was just feeling …

protective over me.” I sighed, bringing all my attention back to my drink. “I used to have a play boy

reputation and it was hard for her when we first got together. I just didn’t want to give her any reason to

feel uncomfortable. Im sure you can understand why I did what I did.”

“Why you look like a man who’s been kicked

She shook her head. “Is tha

in the groin?”

One thing about Angela that didn’t escape my notice was the fact that she was very perceptive and

able to read people with ease. It was quite refreshing to not have to put on a face and act happy when I

clearly

wasn’t.

“Partly.” This had been one of the worst fights that Adelaide been in. “I messed up and said something

stup id.”

and

I ha

She hummed in agreement. “I don’t mean to intrude, but did this have anything to do with the article of

her and Gabriel?”

“You saw that?” Well, I guess the world saw it. I had hoped that somehow it hadn’t had such a big

reach. But what was I to expect? The movie she was working on was going to be a global

phenomenon. All eyes were on her and the cast.

She nodded.

“So, I can help Corinna. But what would she think of me helping you now? Won’t she get upset seeing

me in your house?”

I opened my mouth to respond but the sound of my wife’s voice beat me to it.

“I’m debating on how I currently feel,” Adelaide said.

There she stood in the archway of the kitchen with her arms crossed over her chest. Her eyes weren’t

looking at me but rather the woman I had invited into our home. “Hello, Angela. What a surprise to see

you here… again.”

I could tell from her tone alone that she was less than pleased with

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Angela’s presence here. And I was yet again in hot water.

“Baby.” I stood from my seat.

This was the first time I was seeing her after our fight. The pressure in my chest released a little from

simply being in her presence.

Her eyes moved to mine slowly, almost painstakingly slow. There was no warmth in them. All I got from

her was nothing but a blank stare.

I knew her mind was turning. She had made it clear how she felt about this woman and we had even

gotten into a fight about her. And now I had brought her here. Maybe I had jumped the gun a little too

early. Maybe I should have waited and spoken to her first.

“Why is she here, Damon?”

I only prayed that the next thing that came out of my mouth didn’t destroy us even further.