Forrest novel Chapter 26

FORREST

“YOU’RE NOT going to see him, Forrest,” Meadow demanded, pinning me with a pointed stare.

Knowing that my mother was around, I flexed my jaw hard as I tried not to lose my temper.

I didn’t even have any fucking idea why she was here in my penthouse with my mother when I was clear with my order the last time we spoke about Mama’s safety.

“What? Are you just gonna stare at me like that?” Unbelievable!

“No.” I squeezed my eyes shut and dug my teeth against my bottom lip as rage radiated off of me. “Listen to me very carefully, Meadow. You don’t get to decide for me. Not anymore. It’s my life, my decisions, and not yours. We’ve been there once, and you decided to leave me instead. Where were you when I needed you? When I was had some shitty days alone. You don’t know anything about me anymore. People get to change for almost six years, Meadow. Just like you said, you can’t wait for that long.”

Her expression hardened. Determination flickered in her eyes before she blinked it off. “Then, at least listen to your mother. We didn’t travel all the way here just for nothing, did we? She couldn’t even sleep, so worried, thinking that her son is about to do something stupid. Then we just watched you while shagging that woman against the bloody door.”

A hazy red flared behind my eyelids. If I wasn’t sure she didn’t care about me anymore, I would have thought she was jealous. “Don’t!” I barked, pointing at her. “Don’t you ever say that word again.”

Meadow swallowed hard, shrinking a little when I raised my voice. I didn’t give a damn to hide my emotions anymore—I was beyond furious.

“Remember your place, Meadow! You don’t have a say to any woman I slept with. It was your decision, should I remind you about that? You chose to stay in England. And don’t you dare talk about Megan that way because she’s not just any woman to me.”

Shit! I completely forgot about her. I snapped my head toward the door where I left her, only to find it empty. Megan was gone.

“Damn it—” Where the fuck is she? I was on the verge of losing control to punch a wall when I sprinted toward the door. A wave of guilt twisted fiercely in my stomach that slowed my pace.

After I threw the door wide, I lashed her a steely stare. “This is your fault. You shouldn’t have come here. I trusted you that you wouldn’t take my mother anywhere without my permission, but you defied me. You put her life at risk. And you shouldn’t be wearing that fucking ring. I will decide what to do to you when I come back and expect that I won’t be easy on you, Meadow. I am the last person you wanna cross, and you just disrespected me and Megan.”

Fury made me say careless words sometimes, but I meant every word I said. I hoped she received the message clearly. “I wish I could say fancy seeing you.”

A surge of anger and worry crowded in my chest when I got inside the damn lift. What happened tonight was the last thing I ever expected.

I thought I could trust Alan with my plan. He did this lest of killing myself in the process and he used his last card—he knew Mama was my weakness, and the only person I would never cross and hurt.

Then Meadow appeared in the picture. Damn it! She would be the last huge mistake I ever made. I had no plan on repeating it.

I reached the ground floor and made my way towards my car, but there were no signs of Megan anywhere my sight could reach. I could hear the pounding of my heartbeat as I ran toward the security post, believing maybe she was still there, waiting for me.

Morgan approached me immediately when he noticed me in such a hurry. “Good evening, Mr. Wood. How can I help you?”