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My chest constricted, pressing tightly against the walls of my heart.
“Stop it.”
I watched meekly as he dragged his stride toward Evie. “I'm warning you, Evie. Keep quiet.”
“I will,” she sobbed. “Just… leave him, please.”
James froze before his head tilted to release a humorless laugh.
“What the fuck has he told you.”
Without waiting for a response, he turned to me.
“You sneaky bastard, this is what you've been up to.” I winced at the spite in his voice. “Messing around with my daughter!”
“It... It was…” I tried to speak, rising up, but he cut me off with a raging gaze.
“It was what? A mistake? Fuck it, Ethan, she’s half your age.”
I swallowed.
“You took advantage of my daughter. My own daughter, Ethan!” He pointed to his chest, his voice growing shaky with each word.
He fisted his scalp, his breathing growing even heavier.
“You know what I said when I saw the news?”
I shut my eyes.
“I said my best friend would never move like that. I said I trusted him with my life to be a father figure. You know how much she means to me. Yet you went ahead and messed around with her.”
“Tell me. How long have you had eyes on her? Since she was a teenager?”
God, no.
“James, I never—”
“What else have you done?”
The air was silent, thick with palpable tension as he took threatening steps toward me.
“Answer me, Ethan. What else have you done to my daughter?”
When I didn't reply, he froze.
I could see the new wave of anger that crossed his furrowed brows. It extended to his fist that clenched and unclenched with force.
“My God, you've fucked her.”
My heart skipped a beat.
“Daddy n—”
A loud sound ricocheted through the air as he slammed his palm on the counter. “Don't you fucking dare tell me how to act when you're equally as guilty as him!”
With nose flaring and urgency in his strides, he launched a kick at my guts. I hunched at the pain as I stumbled to the floor.
In a split second, he charged at me.
