Forget Me Not: A Dark Romance by Rachel Leigh

Author:Rachel Leigh [Leigh, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-27T16:00:00+00:00

A spark of light was rekindled inside me that day. That man denied being an angel, but he sure as hell felt like one.

If only that flame still burned. As I sit on this bathroom floor, still alone and curled into a ball as panic seizes my chest, I can’t help but wonder if it ever truly will all be worth it.

Chapter

Seventeen

ALARIC

Teeth grinding and chest heaving, my palms slam to the table, rattling the glasses filled with cola and ice. “Do we have a problem over here, boys?”

Three pairs of eyes shoot to me. One scoffs, the other laughs, because that's what he likes to do apparently. And the third, well, he just stares down with trembling hands gripping the page of a menu.

“Dude,” says the one wearing a high school football jacket, “do we know you?”

“Not yet. But you’re about to.”

“Get lost,” his loudmouth friend sneers as he reaches for his drink.

I intercept it, snatching the glass up and squeezing it in my hard so hard, I’m surprised it hasn’t shattered yet. My knuckles turn white and the veins in my arms bulge. “I see we’ve got some comedians over here. You think it’s fun to humiliate girls? Make them upset? Make them cry?”

“It was pretty fucking funny to us,” the one in the jacket says, shrugging as if he didn’t just hurt the one person on this planet I would kill for.

I slam the glass down on the table, the liquid sloshing over the top. My fingers like claws, I grab the asshole by the throat, cutting off his air supply.

I’m well aware that I’m drawing the attention of the other guests, but I do not fucking care. My goal is to make them see me, admire me. Well, they should admire me for taking out the trash for free. “When she comes out of the bathroom—if she comes out—you’re gonna apologize to her. Then, you’re gonna get the fuck out of this tavern and never step foot in it again. Do I make myself clear?”

Suddenly, it’s not so funny to him anymore as he nods what little I allow him to under my grip. His Adam's apple bobs against my fingers as he gulps.

The others just sit there, knowing it would be a bad move to try and defend their friend’s honor.

I give his head a swift shove and drop my hold on him. “If I ever see any of you three assholes speak to that girl again,” I lean close, my voice a whisper, “I’ll slit all your goddamn throats.”

Three pair of eyes widen in shock, and I’m certain the threat has dissolved. But when I turn to walk away and I hear the chuckle of laughter coming from the one I had in a chokehold, I’m even more certain that he hasn’t learned his lesson. He will, though. In due time, he’ll pay for hurting my girl.

My adrenaline is pumping fiercely as I walk to the bathrooms. An elderly couple flinches as I pass by them, but I force a smile on my face, trying to alleviate the intense situation.

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