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“I understand,” she said in a short voice.
As I rubbed the ice over her, I enjoyed how her burning ass felt against my palms. She was finally going to listen and not put herself in danger again. Her reckless behavior nearly got her killed. When I found her crying in the maze, I wanted to strangle the motherfucker who scared her.
It shouldn't happen again.
Chapter 22
Lacy
Ifelthumiliatedandembarrassed.
I didn’t say a word when Ethan helped me stand back up on shaky legs. I pulled my panties back up over my thighs that Ryder had ripped off. I groaned in pain when the fabric touched my burning ass, so I pulled it off and stomped upstairs with it in my hands.
“Save those panties aside for me,” growled Ryder, and I ignored him, but my pussy twitched in response.
“Don’t follow me,” I hissed at the guys.
None of them stopped Ryder from delivering his archaic punishment. And he had the honor of licking my pussy too. I was still throbbing with arousal, and my stomach clenched for an orgasm, but I didn’t dare beg him for that. I couldn’t show any weakness in front of them.
I locked the bathroom door and sat on the toilet. Sitting on there for a little while would be easier than sitting directly on a chair. My ass burned, but it wasn’t too bad after the ice he applied to it. Familiar rage began brewing inside of me. Tears pricked my eyes and flowed down my face.
I cried, with my face buried in my hands. I lost all track of time when I was done.
Then I got up and wrapped myself in a bath towel. I should probably shower, but when I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw someone I didn’t want to be reminded of—the broken girl years ago who was kicked out into the rain by her ex. My makeup was smeared from my crying, returning me to those terrible memories. All these years of building my life and self-esteem were destroyed in one moment.
There was no way I was going to let it happen again.
With rage simmering inside me, I burst out of the bathroom and stomped back down the stairs with tears streaming down my face- my towel still wrapped around my body. The men stopped talking and looked at me with widened eyes.
“Out! All of you!” I screamed. I saw nothing but red right now.
“What are you saying?” asked Ryder slowly as he got up from the couch. Ready to walk over to me and threaten me again.
Like hell, he would.
“You’re fucking fired,” I shouted. “Get out of my house. No one ever lays a finger on me like that, and this will be the last time it ever happens. I never want to see your faces again.”
“Are you sure, Lacy?”
“I’m damn sure,” I said, seething internally.
“If that’s what you want, then,” said Ryder, stony-faced. He nodded to his team. “Get all your things.”
“Lacy, we’re sorry,” said Adrian, his eyes flicking between me and Ryder. There was nothing but tension between us, and my heart raced with rage and adrenaline.
“I spent years building myself up,” I said. “I’m not about to let all of you ruin it for me. None of you defended me when Ryder went crazy on me. None of you helped me when I wanted to leave the house to have some fun or even go to work.”
The men looked morose and upset as they gathered their weapons, hiding in every crevice of my house. I gripped my towel tightly to my chest as I watched them. The air conditioner dried the tears on my cheeks while I stood there like a statue at the bottom of the staircase.
Adrian and Cooper tried talking to me, but I wasn’t having it.
I didn’t want to hear from any of them. The heartbreak on the men’s faces was evident when they finally knew I wasn’t their omega and that there would never be a chance of us happening. When they were finally leaving, Ryder looked back at me again at the front door.
“It was great knowing you, Lacy,” he said. “I’m sorry if I scared you. Don’t be reckless, and take care of yourself. Okay?”
Something about him standing there, looking at me with sadness in his eyes, made me want to bawl and cry. But I held myself together.
Be strong, Lacy.
