Chapter 39 BURN IT ALL TO HELL.
LUCIEN'S POINT OF VIEW.
"Enough." My voice cut through the chaos, and her mother froze in between her rants. She stares at me with fearful eyes as I pull Sloane closer to me.
Turning to the very people I knew would cause this, I asked;
"You think this makes you powerful, Roxanne? You think this is something to joke with?" I asked, fighting the urge to bash Matt's head against the wall.
She smirks confidently, with her hand propped on her hip, "Yes, someone had to show little Miss Charity Case here where she belongs. And it's not dressed in gowns she can never afford, nor is it on your arm." She said, her face red with anger as she stared at Sloane.
"Give it a rest, Roxanne. I only fucked you once, and it was a mediocre screw. I don't know what everyone's told you, but the only good thing about you is the fact that you have an on-staff doctor ready to cure your sexua;;y transmitted diseases."
Everyone gasps at my revelation, and she blushes in embarrassment at my revelation. It's something she thought she could hide, but the damn hospital she went to was owned by my cousin, and I knew everything.
"Well....it doesn't change the fact that she's a fucking nobody." She says, and I turn away from her to face the bitch playing mother.
"And you, do you think this is fair to your own daughter? What did Roxanne offer you, hmm? Some drugs, from what I can see, were the price for humiliating your own flesh and blood. " I said, staring at the needle lodged in her arm with disgust.
She reels back from the force of my words, as she itches her neck, arms, and face. Her dirt-stained skin reeks, as she bleeds openly from her harsh itching.
Scrunching my face in disgust, I stared at her with the urge to have her kicked out immediately. "I want you to know that you are better off rotting in hell, and after today, you will never see Sloane again, not unless I have anything to do with it, at least."
I waved at six of my bodyguards, "Take out the trash." I ordered, watching as they headed her way, and lifted her into the air.
"No, Sloane's a bitch. I should have killed your ass when you were in my womb, and now I regret it. I'll be back, I swear it. I will be back in no time." She screams, trying to fight against their tight hold, but they don't let up. They dragged her out of the hall, taking her crazed rants with them.
The only place she would live in now is the fucking psych ward she escaped from.
I held onto Sloane, pulling her into my arms as I wiped her tear-stained cheeks, "It's gonna be okay. I'm here." I whispered, pulling her to me. She heaved against my chest as she buried her face in my chest.
Turning my head to the one person that should have acted like a fucking man in this situation, I stared at Matt with a look I wished could kill. My hands itched with the need to break something;
His jaw, his nose, his fucking legs.
"I'll be right back," I whispered to Sloane, pecking her lips, and handed her over to Theo and the guys. They stood on either of her sides protectively, as they stared at Matt with a combination of hard eyes.
Undoing my cufflinks, I placed them on the table beside me and undid my suit buttons before taking the jacket off.
I popped the top buttons of my shirt, without letting up in my staring at Matt. He shifted uncomfortably and moved slightly behind Roxanne.
The fucking coward was hiding behind his girlfriend like a little bitch.
"Come here," I ordered, my voice low and deadly as I worked on my shirt buttons. He didn't move an inch from where he stood, earning a smirk from me.
I love it when they make it difficult,
In no time, two of my minions pulled him from behind Roxanne and dragged him to where I stood. Pinning her with a glare, I said, "Since you messed with what's mine, I'll fuck up what's yours."
"Tell them what you did, Matt," I ordered, my hands in my pocket as I stood before him with false calm, my tall frame towering over his shorter one.
He gulped, the sound almost comical, as he looked up at me with fearful eyes. "It wasn't my idea! It was all Roxanne. I didn't want to do it, but she made me do it all. She bribed Sloane's mom and forced her here with some drugs. I never wanted to do it.....But I couldn't say no." He confesses, and the room plunges into a mix of shocked gasps as everyone whispers among themselves.
"She bribed her mom?"
"No way."
"Damn, Roxanne's a bitch."
They whisper amongst themselves, but all I can focus on is his confession.
"So you acted like a little bitch, hmm?" His eyes dim at my words, as fear coats his expression
Swinging my arm, my fist connected with his jaw, eliciting a sharp pop from him. Relishing in the crack, as his nose cracked, I punched him again. This time, my fist made contact with his jaw.
"Since you don't want to be a man, I should treat you like a bitch." I said, kicking him in the chest. He falls back from the force of my kick, gurgling in pain as he scrambles away....or tries to.
My minions pick him up, preventing him from going far, and they drag him back to me.
My fingers closed around his bruised jaw as I said, fixing him with an empty stare." My bitch."
The second he saw the look in my eyes, his own eyes widened in a mix of shock and fear, as he tried to move away from me.
"Please, it won't happen again." He choked, scrambling to get to his feet.
"You can't just do this. This school isn't your fucking kingdom!" Roxanne yelled from where she stood, and to my surprise, a hand darted out to stop her from moving.
Seraphina.
She pins Roxanne with a glare so cold it could kill, or ice a volcano. "Don't interfere. You've done enough." She says, her voice low and menacing.
"Who the hell are you?" Roxanne asks, her voice condescending.
To my and everyone's surprise, Seraphina raises her hand and connects it with Roxanne's face.
SMACK!
The force of the slap echoes in the silent hall, as Seraphina slaps Roxanne with a force so deep, Roxanne's feet falter, and she clutches her face in shock.
"What the hell?!" She yells, staring at Seraphina with a mix of fear and shock.
Seraphina places a hand to her lips in response, gesturing for her to keep quiet. "There's more where that came from, so I'd suggest you shut the fuck up." She says, her voice maintaining that low, menacing tempo, but as usual, Roxanne never listened, because she kept talking.
"I don't care about what you think! You are nothing here, you under-" She's interrupted mid-speech, because Seraphina smacks her again, but this time, it's with more force, because Roxanne falls, landing on her butt as she stares up at Seraphina with our shock on her bewildered face.
Seraphina's handprint was already visible on her cheek.
"Don't make me tell you again. There's more where that came from." She says, before looking past me, saying, "Continue."
With a devious smirk, I connect my knee with Matt's jaw, relishing in that sick pop as he falls back.
Pulling him by his hair, I drag him, walking till we stop in front of Sloane, before I lift his head to meet her eyes.
"Apologize, before I remove every fucking tooth in your damned mouth."
He chokes as he says, "I'm sorry." Sobbing like the bitch he is, he plops to the floor as I release my grip on him.
Turning to the rest of the party, I raise my voice high enough for them to fuckin hear, "This is the last time I'll say this;
Sloane Bishops is mine. You fuck with her, and you fuck with me. If I hear word of what happened tonight from anyone, or anywhere, this will look like a circus act. Because what I would do to the sorry fuck who dares to touch what's mine...will be go gory, and horrifying, you'd use it as a tale to keep your children up at night."
With that, I walk to my girl, circle my arms around her, and press my lips to hers in a passionate kiss.