“Are you stalking Larissa?” I asked him and he just stood there with a raised brow.
He turned to her, his eyes scanned her from top to bottom.
“You really think I’d waste a nanosecond of my time on you?” He asked her in an icy tone, his words sharp enough to cut through glass. Sharp enough to bruise Larissa and her ego.
Larissa’s blush was replaced with anger. Larissa was beautiful, hell, to me she was by far prettier than me and she had never been insulted before, not by any other man but Christian.
“Don’t talk to my friend like that!” I snapped bringing his attention to me, it was a bad move.
Without talking he walked towards me, his steps were precise yet slow.
“What was that UNCLE shit about?” He asked me, he was so close to me now that all my ferociousness had disappeared.
I was like a tiny little kitten, vulnerable.
I swallowed hard.
“Answer me Jenna” he demanded but my tongue was tied.
He had a big bad effect on me, I felt my legs melting slowly.
“You texted me yesterday highlighting the UNCLE and when you spoke to me some minutes ago you added stress to the UNCLE.. are you serious Jenna?” He asked me.
“It’s true” i said trying to cover up my fear.
The pained expression returned and he took two steps backwards, away from me. I felt rei and disappointed at the same time.
“This is the way you want it, you’ll have it” he said walking out of the closet and into bedroom. “Just a reminder, dear niece, next time don’t accuse me if stalking your unattractive friends”
Larissa gasped and she turned to me, hurt and pain in her eyy, a singky tear escaped her eyy and she trembled when Christian slammed her entrance door.
“That’s bastard” I cursed under my breath going to Larissa for a hug.
****
I punched the steering of the car and the horn blared.
. I was angry and bitter.
Everything had suddenly gone south, it was worse than I had prepared for.
“Uncle” I scoffed, I never had a problem with that word until it left Jenna’s lips, she had directed it to me and now I hated the word so fucking much.
I had caused all this, I slammed my hand against the steering again.
She was being roo stubborn, all I wanted to do was give her space to develop a mindset that would accommodate our relationship, what was really happening was that she was beginning to hate me, she was beginning to see me as nothing more than her uncle.
My nightmare was finally unfolding before my eyes, where my baby would actually hate me. Where she would loose all emotions for me and all I would be in her eyes is her step uncle.
I drive back to my house and my brother had me made himself breakfast.
“Don’t tell me you found her” he said playfully.
“I did, aren’t you going to ask me how or where ?”
“Come on, tell me, was she a part time stripper in a downtown club?” He asked with a laugh.
“What is wrong you” I asked him angrily.
He dropped his mug on the coffee table and turned to my face.
“You’ve been very mean lately. Not that you’ve ever been friendly but you never snapped at me before” he said.
“You don’t know your daughter’s whereabouts and when I finally find her you don’t ask me how she is, instead you make a stupid out of it”
“It’s just a joke, it doesn’t hurt, it wasn’t meant you hurt, you were supposed to laugh ”
“I was supposed to laugh at the fact that your daughter was missing or the fact that you just call her a stripper?!”
He inhaled sharply.
“My daughter Christ, not yours, mine. So don’t act like you can protect her more than me, do you think you can care for her more than I can” I felt my hand clenching at my side, his words did more damage than he was intending to cause.
“I just want her to loosen up and learn to mix work with real fun”
“You have got to go home, I need to work ” I told him.
“Are you chasing me?” He asked me , his eyes filled with shock.
“I am. You should leave now before your next word would make me break your jaw ” I warned.
“You’re crazy ” he said standing up.
“I certainly am” I’m crazy over your daughter.
****
“Stop pulling at it” Larissa warned.
“How can I stop, Larissa butt cheeks are out and they’re freezing” I complained.
“You’re just exaggerating, when we get into the club, trust me, it would be warm, especially if you find a guy to grind those fat ass on” she said teasingly.
I shook with laughter trying my best to keep my fingers away from the hem of the cream frees.
After getting backlashed by Christian, the handsomest and richest man in the country, Larissa decided that her comeback was to strip down and show off our well sculpted bodies.
“Girl, I am feeling this dress” Larissa said running in her high stilettos. She was wearing a denim short that was like a thong and tight black crop top that was like a headband.
She had done her hair in a high ponytail and she was on fire.
She had given me a tube dress, it was tight and it didn’t go past my ass at all.
I had let my hair down and it was wavy and curly.
“Baby girl, if sees you now I’m sure he’s going to be on his knees licking your feet and begging you for a second chance” Larissa told me with a wide smile.
She pulled me into the club and immediately we stepped in, we were the life of the party. We stood at the center of the dance floor, taking up enough space because we were taking back our self confidence and raising our self esteem by force after it was dragged through the mud.
I didn’t tell Larissa, because I just couldn’t let her take on the emotional toll but my heart felt as if it was bleeding. I danced for her and dressed up for her but inside, I was tormented by all the memories of when Christian held me and given me the pleasure of a lifetime only for him to reject me the next minute.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned around to meet a pair of familiar eyes. I gasped.