Wicked Game 02 - Something Wicked by Olivia Fuller

Author:Olivia Fuller [Fuller, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Olivia Fuller
Published: 2014-01-27T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Summer 1817

“What have you done?” Greg cornered Brad as he left his residence early the next morning.

“What have I done?” Brad laughed as he tried to side step and pass Greg.

Greg stepped in front of him and blocked his path. “Yes, Brad. What have you done?”

Brad laughed again, and the shrillness of it made Greg’s ears hurt. “You know very well what I’ve done…”

“So it was you then who told her step-father?”

“Of course. I hope it didn’t take you too long to figure that out.”

Brad tried to pass by again, but this time Greg put his palms on the wall, one on either side of Brad’s head, trapping him against the wall.

“Fix it,” Greg spat.

“Oh. But that’s the best part.” He smiled sardonically. “I already have.”

“What do you mean?” Greg slapped his palm against the wall by Brad’s head.

“I did fix it already. All of this. Telling her step-father is how I fixed it.”

“Fixed what?” Greg punctuated each word with another slap against the wall.

“Well, her life of course. You sure weren’t bloody man enough to do it—to save her from this path she was on and make her an honest woman, I mean. You say you care about her and yet, who is the one saving her?”

“Mary doesn’t need saving!”

“Well, you don’t get to make that call anymore.”

“Tell her. Either you tell her what you’ve done or I will!”

“Oh. Well that’s not going to happen,” Brad responded with another laugh.

“And why not?”

“Because you’re forgetting one very important detail…”

“And what’s that?” Greg asked.

Brad’s smile made him appear too pleased for his own good. “I may have told her step-father, but who told me?”

Greg clenched his jaw. God damn it.

For just a moment he’d forgotten how this all started… What had he done? And what could he do now to remedy it?

“Oh, yes. I’ve also forgotten to tell you another important detail.” Brad crossed his arms and tilted up one corner of his mouth cheekily. “There’s a contract.”

Greg shook his head in complete disbelief. “A contract? But Mary would never—”

“So smug. Perhaps you don’t know her as well as you think, because she did.” Brad flashed another self-satisfied smile. “It’s too late to change anything now.”

That’s what Mary had meant. It had been obvious to him that she was distraught with the whole situation, and yet she had not only agreed to marry Brad, she had apparently signed a contract…

What was he missing? Greg clenched his fists.

“So you see, even if you try to explain this all to her, and by some miracle of nature, she doesn’t despise you, it won’t make any difference. Because no matter what, she’s going to be my wife. Mine.”

“Damn you, Bradley Barnes!” Greg yelled, finally releasing Brad.

“Wait, wait, wait.” Brad held up one hand to silence Greg. “I’m not completely heartless. I’ll give you a say in deciding how the rest of this plays out.”

Greg tightened his jaw and crossed her arms in front of his chest. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“You keep your mouth shut and I won’t cut you out of her life forever once we’re married.

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