Scoundrel: A Bad Alpha Dads Shifter MC Romance (The Protectors of the Pack Book 5) by Keira Blackwood

Author:Keira Blackwood [Blackwood, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paramour Press
Published: 2019-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Paige

My eyes stung with unshed tears. I held them back and bit my tongue, determined to be strong.

Jett Greyson wasn’t worth it. Not if this was how he treated us. Fate was a fucking bitch.

This man was not my mate, no matter what my heart told me. He didn’t care about me, he didn’t care about either of us. He’d spent his night fucking someone else while I took care of his kid. That’s what I was to him—the babysitter.

I ran to my car, as fast as I could get Evie to run without knocking her down. I opened the back door for her and then climbed into the driver’s seat. The car was a barrier, a wall between me and the world, between me and Jett.

With my fists clenched on the wheel, I mustered the courage to look back to the door. I expected him to follow, to try and explain his way out of this mess. He didn’t.

He hadn’t even bothered to try. Part of me was glad that the confrontation was over, and I didn’t have to talk about it or listen to excuses. But as I sat here, I couldn’t believe he wasn’t going to try. That felt just as messed up, if not more so, than everything else.

Here was my article—Love Hurts. That was a song, though, right? How about Love is a Rusty Blade Puncturing Your Heart. It had a nice to ring to it. Ha.

“Aunt Paige?” Evie’s soft voice pulled me from my bitter reverie. I tilted the rearview and met her gaze in the mirror, trying my damnedest to plaster on a smile.

“Yeah?”

“Are you okay?”

“Of course, sweetie. We’re just changing plans is all.” Better not to stay any longer in the parking lot or I was just as likely to go back inside and start yelling as I was to drive away.

I sucked in a deep breath and started driving. Where exactly we were headed...I had no idea. I couldn’t go sit in my room. I needed distraction.

“Aunt Paige?”

“Yes?”

“Did I do something wrong?”

I swallowed hard and tried my damnedest to maintain my composure. “Of course not, Evie. Why would you think that?”

“You said I was going to be with...my dad.”

My heart broke even more for her than it did for me. After everything Evie had been through, she assumed somehow she could be to blame when something went wrong.

“You’ll see him soon,” I said, not knowing if that was true or not. “But first we need to go to the store.”

“What store?”

Good question. “Well, how much did your Aunt Sylvia pack for you when she dropped you off?”

“I packed myself.” There was pride in her words instead of sadness. Good.

“Awesome,” I said. “What did you pack?”

“My favorite pajamas.”

“What else?”

“This shirt and pants.”

“Great. Anything else?”

“My backpack?”

Not so great. But, that gave us something to do. Focus on the positive.

“Sounds like you need some clothes.”

“But I have clothes.”

“Not much with you, though you did do a great job packing.”

“Oh.” She sank in her seat.

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