Wreck Me - An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Lee Mae & Cassie Alexandra

Author:Lee Mae & Cassie Alexandra [Mae, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-06T05:00:00+00:00

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Zack

I WAS REELING from the revelation that Nikki’s father was the man who’d robbed my dad blind. I didn’t know how to react, didn’t know what to say or do.

My mother didn’t seem to have the same problem. She marched straight over to Nicole, her index finger pointing at my girlfriend. “Your father is the reason my husband killed himself. If Richmond Easton hadn’t taken everything from him, he’d still be alive today!”

“I…I didn’t know anything about it,” Nikki stammered, her bottom lip quivering. “I swear!”

Mom’s eyes narrowed. “You toss around your love for Paris and your summer in Spain, the fact that you lived in a mansion and had every advantage. The whole time, your father was swindling people to provide you with your perfect lifestyle.”

“I had no idea. I just thought my dad was a successful businessman. It wasn’t until the FBI raided his office that my mom and I even found out he was in trouble.”

Shaking her head, my mother refused to be satisfied by whatever Nikki had to say. And, honestly, I couldn’t blame her. My heart was beating hard enough to cause internal bruising. My girlfriend’s dad had stolen all of our money. Even worse, he’d stolen my dad’s life.

“Get out,” Mom said, her voice low and urgent.

“Please, let me explain,” Nicole began, her voice wavering.

“GET OUT!”

Mom rarely yelled, but now her voice filled the house, the rage in her tone unmissable.

Nicole jerked like she’d been hit, but she remained frozen. Her gaze met mine, and I could see the fear and confusion there.

I sprang into action, grabbing Nikki by the arm and leading her toward the front door.

“Zack, please,” she said, struggling to keep up. “I swear I didn’t know! I would have told you if I knew!”

I was too angry to believe her. “Oh, yeah? Well, you never told me how rich you were, or the fact that your dad is in prison.”

My mother had carefully followed the demise of Richmond Easton earlier this year, but I’d never paid much attention to the conman’s name. I was more interested in how he committed his crimes, and how he got my father to fall for them. Hence all the time spent at the library, teaching myself about investment schemes.

Mom and I both had agreed, however, that prison was too good for the man who’d brought my father to the point of suicide, and I’d fantasized about all manner of terrible things happening to him behind bars.

What I’d never imagined is that I would meet his daughter and fall for her.

If she’d been honest with me from the beginning, this never would have happened.

“Zack, can’t we talk this over? You can’t just toss me out of your house!”

“Watch me.” I opened the front door and thrust Nicole through it. Then I closed it behind me. Leaning against it, I felt as if my heart was cracking apart in my chest.

“Zack!” she yelled from the other side of the door. “Don’t do this! This isn’t my fault.

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