Ruthless Touch: A Dark Romance (Born Villains Book 2) by Abbi Cook

Author:Abbi Cook [Cook, Abbi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Vine Media LLC
Published: 2023-01-19T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Gideon

My rage barely contained, I march into the conference room to find Cesare relaxed and watching soccer on the TV. At least one of us is having a good time today.

“Comfortable?” I snap.

The enormous man slowly swivels around in his leather chair and looks at me oddly. “Something on your mind today, Gideon?”

Pinching the bridge of my nose, I try to stem the headache that’s settling into my skull. “No. Sorry.”

“I saw your father in the lobby earlier. Family visits can be a bitch, can’t they?”

As I sit down next to him, I mumble, “You have no idea. What a morning. No stress, but I’m relying on you to salvage this day before it goes straight into the toilet.”

Cesare laughs and shakes his head. “Nothing like putting pressure on a guy.”

For a few moments, I watch whatever match is on the TV and hope to escape my life here. I never wanted this for myself. When my father decided this was to be my fate in our family, all I could think was my fucking life was over.

I’d had such big plans. Once Alex had graduated and was gone from school, I was free to be who I wanted to be. Yes, I was still a Rule and the son of Helix Rule, which meant people always whispered whenever either my brother or I was around. They heard the rumors about what my father did for a living to afford to send us to the best private school in the States, and I always knew part of them would never accept us because of that.

Alex never gave a damn. He reveled in the idea that he could use our father’s violence to intimidate classmates. He made sure to let them know whenever they fucked around with him that whatever they heard about our family was only the tip of the iceberg, and if Helix Rule was bad, Alex Rule was so much worse.

I never wanted people to see me like that vicious animal who’d willingly hurt others with my hands. Physical violence was never my thing.

Not that I was any kinder than my brother or father. I just had my own way of dealing with people who crossed me. While Alex would just beat the hell out of someone who pissed him off, I preferred to choose to fuck with them in other subtle ways that hurt far more than my fists ever could.

It didn’t take long for my fellow classmates to figure out that messing with me was even worse than messing with my brother. Bruises and cuts healed quickly. The torment I visited on someone wasn’t something a person could brace for or be stitched up from.

Fucking with someone mentally takes time, but for someone like me, it was the only way. I could inflict physical pain on those who fucked with me, but I found the joy of torturing people quietly far more exquisite.

“You okay, Gideon? You seem different today.”

Cesare’s question pulls me from my thoughts

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