Pyke novel Chapter 27

“What do you mean you’re dropping the complaint?” Kyland rebukes as soon as the word drop leaves my mouth.

I sit on the couch, ignoring his sharp voice and eyes blazing like a torch. When Pyke told me who Aaron Gray is, I know I’m going to be under public scrutiny. Pyke was not happy though. Nevertheless, he didn’t argue about it. I’ve no doubt when he said he will stand by my side if I’ll change my mind.

“Are you listening to me, Camila? Why are you going to do that? Did Hughes force you to drop it?” He can literally burn this whole apartment with anger. His face turns red, nostrils are flaring, and hands already balled into fists.

“Leave him out of this, Kyland,” Bianca says, cutting the tensions in the room. She takes a seat beside me.

“Oh.” He raises his brow. “Are you on that asshole’s side, too?” he asks with sarcasm.

“No, Kill, but if Cam decided to drop, then we have to respect it. I know it’s hard for her to be in a situation like this, so, please, this is what she wants.”

“Where have you been?” angry Kyland asks and stops in front of me. I know he won’t let it go until he gets the answer, though he knows my answer is going to be obvious.

I lift my gaze up to meet his brown eyes that can slice me in half.

“Don’t tell me you stayed with Megan because I know she’s still out of town with her boss to meet a client.”

That’s what I thought.

My heart thuds as my body quickly tenses, “Why are you asking me if you know the answer? You know I’m not gonna lie to you, don’t you?” I snap at him.

“Yeah, but you never respect my words, Cam. You’ve been secretive since you met that asshole. You change a lot, and I don’t know you anymore.”

“I’m not keeping secrets alone, Kill.” My lips quiver. My words almost come out as a whisper. It hurts to hear from him that I’ve changed in his eyes, where in fact, I’m still the same person who grew up with him.

“She can do whatever she wants, Baby. She’s always been a good girl—”

“And suddenly, she wants to be a bad girl now, that’s it?” Kyland narrows his eyes to Bianca.

“Kyland, will you stop that? Let’s hear why she decides to drop, that’s what you wanted to know, don’t you?”

I stay silent and just listen to my cousin and Bianca as they banter.

“Hughes is an asshole—a manwhore. He will just hurt my cousin. He will throw her like trash and never looks back once he gets what he wants from her,” he responses to Bianca, but his angry stare never misses to throw in my direction.

“You don’t know that. You’ve been his friend and have known him for three years now, Baby. Stop judging him, he may be a playboy, but he never hurt anyone. I mean, he never cheated on them. Those women just wanted to taste a little part of Pyke. Let’s face it, Baby, he’s a walking god.” Bianca giggles, making my cousin growl.

“I can’t believe you’re defending Hughes over me. And you just compliment him in front of your child’s father.” Kyland crosses his arms across his chest, scowling at her.

“Yeah, you’ve said that last week that you haven’t seen him with women lately. You laughed at him that his Apa might get an infection. You even mentioned him turning into a pussy. Now, it answers your suspicions.”

“He might bang somewhere. He can just pick up or call anyone and bring them to the hotel. That doesn’t prove him to be a lesser asshole, you know.”

Pyke hasn’t been with another woman since we slept together? Kyland still doesn’t know about Pyke and Xandry’s bet? He punched Pyke at the hospital for that incident alone.

“Yeah, he did buy Cam a two hundred grand car.”

Kill roll his eyes. “He doesn’t care about money, B, as long as his dick is deep in someone’s pussy!”

I groan. “Did you just tell me I’m a whore, Kill? I can’t believe you think of me that low. FYI, I didn’t take that car. I slept with him because I like him, and I can sleep with any man I want!” I jerk to my feet and stomp to the kitchen. My emotions are swirling inside me with what happened to my life lately.

My eyes sting and start to water. I take a deep breath to stop crying again. My ears perk when I hear footsteps from my back. I don’t have to turn around to know who’s following me judging by the thud alone.

“I didn’t mean like that, Cam. You’re like my sister, and you know how I am overprotective when it comes to you even if it doesn’t involve Hughes.”

“Well, I doubt that now,” I reply with a scathing tone. I open the fridge and take a can of soda. I flip it open and drain the content into my mouth.

“Why him, Cam?” his voice seems in pain and worry.

I shift my stare at him, placing down the soda can on the countertop. His feature softens, but his brows still wrinkling.

“I don’t know.” I shrug. “Just so you know, he hated himself for ignoring Bash’s warning about Aaron Gray. He just wanted to help get me a job. Stop blaming him, Kill, besides, no one sees it coming.”

“Why do you want to drop the complaint?”

“I dropped it already. Do you know what trouble I can get if I will continue this? Besides, who will believe me? He’s the grandson of a former U.S Senator. Gray has a billion-dollar empire. Those women he allegedly abused just vanished without a trace. Nobody knows what happened to them until now. Do you want that to happen to me, too?”

“How did you know all these?” his voice softens and wonders.

“Let’s face it, Kill, he’s untouchable. I don’t want to see my face on every page of the tabloids and flashes in every goddamn TV screen because I was harassed by the business tycoon’s son.”

“I’m so sorry, Cam.” Kyland walks closer to me and pulls me into a hug.

“I’m so sorry, too, Kill. I made you worry a lot lately.”