Rapine 2: Ravished by the Billionaire (The Trophy Wife) (26 page)

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

We walk through the empty parking garage. I can hear the steady click, click, click of my stilettos echo against the cold concrete. As gorgeous and as expensive as these stilettos are, I can’t wait to take them off; I can feel the straps cutting into my ankles as I hang onto Julian for support.

I
hook one of my arms around Julian’s arm and with my other hand I lace my fingers around Julian’s rock solid bicep as we follow the garage ramp down to where the car is parked. I feel the coolness of the air in the garage hit my skin.

Julian
slows and reaches over, sweeping away a stray strand of my hair from my face. “How did you like the show?”

“
I really enjoyed it, honey.” I smile but I’m not thinking about the fighting anymore. I’m so ready for Julian to take me home and ravish me.

We turn the last corner in front of where Julia
n has parked the car and we freeze in position. A man dressed in all black—black suit, black shirt and black pants—is standing in front of our black Bugatti Veyron with his arms folded, waiting for us, thirty feet away.

“Oh my God
,” I gasp and quickly clutch Julian’s bicep tighter as he bristles.

Derek smiles evilly at us. He looks larger and more muscularly built than I remember
him being. I shiver and suddenly feel so cold.

There is a moment of gripping silence as Derek observes us.

“Derek,” Julian hisses. “This is unanticipated. What are you doing here?”

“
I’ve come to repossess my property,” Derek hisses angrily through clenched teeth.

“Oh yeah. So you’re going to fight me again?” Julian
says intrepidly.

“You’re fucking right.
” Derek grins.

“You fucking lose if I kill you,”
Julian hisses menacingly.

“
Not if I kill you first,” Derek spits.

“You’re really s
o sure of yourself?” Julian asks as he shoots a fierce penetrating stare at Derek.

“You bet you.
” Derek smirks.

“I don’
t want to have to kill you man,” Julian warns in a dangerously evil tone.

“You won’t have to,”
Derek spits angrily. “I’m here to break every single bone on your body—like beautiful music to my ears it shall be.” Derek laughs loudly. “Then, I’ll make sure all the blood drains from you and the maggots devour what’s left of your rotten body.”

Julian stands taller
and puffs up his chest. “Pretty bold threats for a man who couldn’t fucking stand straight at our last encounter.”

“Well, I’m ready now,” Derek
straightens himself up, puffs up his chest, and pounds his fists together. He locks eyes with Julian and whispers, “Winner gets the girl.”

I instinctively move behind Julian as fear rips through my body. I can’t imagine
Derek hurting Julian in any way and having to go back to Derek. My mind quickly retorts,
oh no that is so not happening, Julian is going to rip Derek to shreds.

Julian’s hand comes around
behind him and grips my hand tightly to reassure me. “Fuck you. She’s mine,” Julian roars.

Derek
tightly compresses his lips, ignoring Julian.

“Cheryl, darling, how are you?
” Derek asks as he meets my eyes over Julian’s shoulder. I notice the pain etched on Derek’s face as he studies me. “Did you think I wouldn’t come for you?” Derek asks me softly. “Did you think I would just…let you go?”

“She doesn’t want you anymore,” Julian
spits. “She chooses to be with me.”

“Let the girl speak for herself,” Derek
snarls angrily as he takes a few steps closer to us.

“Derek, I
—”

My throat instan
tly dries up and my voice weakens as I scan Derek’s face. The last time I’d seen him we were in Vegas having fun. At that time, I had loved this man so much and I was so eager to marry him. However, my feelings have changed now. Julian has completely took over my heart and my soul. I search if there are any traces of love left for Derek and quickly realize there are none.

“Derek
, I love Julian,” I finally respond.

“Fuck you,” Derek roars
maliciously at me.

I stand back, shocked. He has never swore at me like that before.

Derek eyes me thoughtfully and gains his composure.
“I know you love me.”

“I love Julian.
” I grip Julian’s hand tightly. “I don’t love you anymore,” I sternly tell Derek.

“You will be with me
and you will love me like you did before, end of discussion,” Derek snaps, his face raging red.

“No
, I won’t,” I snap back.

An evil grin comes over Derek’s fa
ce, his eyes gleam. “When I win and get you back,” Derek snarls, “I will fuck you so good no amount of pain killers will—”

My eyes widen and
I’m instantly filled with anxiety.

Julian lets go
of my hand and shoots forward to where Derek stands, coming right up to Derek’s face. “You die now,” Julian roars into Derek’s face.

“You first,”
Derek growls. “But no fucking weapons. We fight like real men.” Derek pulls out a gun from his inside suit pocket.

“No weapons,” Julian
spits and pulls out his gun from his inside suit pocket. I watch as both men toss their guns far aside at the same time.

Derek slides out of his
black suit jacket and rips off his black shirt to reveal his bulky muscles. He looks much more muscularly built than before.

Ad
renaline spikes through my body and my heart leaps into my throat. I quickly glance around. There is not even one car parked anywhere in sight. The parking garage is completely empty, there is no one here. It is a completely private street fight between Julian and Derek.

I say a silent prayer for Julian to win, even though I feel confident he
will as I watch Julian take off his suit jacket and rip off his shirt.

“Let’
s go,” Derek barks, bouncing on his feet, his eyes burning with anger.

Both men are now wearing nothing but black pants.
I notice that both men look about equal in build. They are fighting like real men, no weapons allowed, just pure physical and mental skill to prove who is better.

I have no doubt in my mind that Julian will win but
I reason that if worse comes to worse I will quickly run over and reach for one of the guns that has been tossed aside.

There is an eerie silence
as for a few split seconds, Derek and Julian ferociously stare into each other’s eyes like two vicious tigers before battle.

My heart is beating so fast, I feel like it will explode any minute. 
“Please stop! Don’t do this,” I cry out in vain, hoping my plea will be heard before they lay their hands on each other but knowing it is hopeless. I already know very well that nothing I say will stop this fight from happening.

“I’m going to break you,”
Julian roars at Derek.

Derek aims a
punch but Julian easily sidesteps Derek’s strike. Julian steps back just as Derek aims another punch.

It’s only just begin, but I wish it was already over.
Secretly, a little evil voice in the back of my mind says,
I hope Julian incapacitates Derek so this is over for good
. I don’t want to think about it, but this could mean Julian kills Derek. Thinking that I would want the man I was engaged to killed makes me feel guilty. I still have faint memories of how well he treated me, how he kissed me, how he had made love to me. But now, as I look at his grimacing face, a shiver goes through me. Something has changed about him.

A
ll the love that I have and will ever have is now only for Julian and nothing can change that even if Derek wins and tries to get me back. However, there’s just no chance he will. Julian is faster, stronger, and more powerful than Derek. I recall how quickly Julian took Derek down at their last fight.

The
dark evil side of my brain speaks now.
If Julian does permanently disable Derek today, at least then Derek will stop pestering us.
I want all this bullshit to just be over with.

Both men are bobbing up and down on their feet
like pro UFC fighters with both their hands formed into fists, guarding their face as they stare wrathfully into each other’s eyes.

Derek charge
s at Julian, springing forward and trying to catch him off guard but Julian backs away with calm ease. The men circle each other, bouncing on their feet.

Derek takes two
springing steps forward and swings a haymaker punch right at Julian’s head but Julian ducks just in time.

Julian
’s knee shoots up and smashes Derek’s nose. Blood sprays from Derek’s nose and down his lip.

Yes, yes,
my mind screams.

Julian
aims a side kick at Derek’s rib but Derek grabs his leg and throws him down. Julian lands on his hands, quickly pushing himself back up.

I see Julian and Derek each landing a few punches on each other.
Julian lands a few kicks at Derek’s left and right side.

Come on Julian
,
my mind cheers.

Derek lands a
kick at Julian’s stomach, throwing him off guard. Derek lands an uppercut punch and I see blood spattering from Julian’s face.

No
,
my mind screams. Derek looks like he’s been training. He’s faster and stronger than before.
Could he have been training hard all this time I haven’t seen him, preparing for this fight?
Subconsciously, I sense this is exactly what Derek has been up to all this time. And to think that when I first tried to contact Derek and got no reply, I really thought it was over, that Derek didn’t want me anymore, that he gave up.

Derek lands a
nother few punches and kicks at Julian.

Julian lands a few punches.

Derek lands a hook punch and more blood spatters from Julian’s face.

Julian lands a spinning k
ick, sending Derek back a few feet.

Derek composes himself and comes forward. Julian lands a few more punches and kicks.

Julian lands a very powerful flying side kick sending Derek stumbling back, almost falling down.

Yes, yes,
my mind cheers.

Derek aims a few kicks which Julian easily sidesteps.

Julian lands a few punches at Derek’s left rib and head.

Derek
lands a few shin kicks and a kick to the ribs, sending Julian to the ground, but he quickly recovers and gets back up with lighting speed.

Julian’
s lands a series of punches at Derek’s face and stomach.

Go Julian
! Knock him out,
my mind shrieks.

Julian lands an axe k
ick knocking Derek down to the ground.

OMG, yes,
it’s like Julian heard me, which is not a far off possibility, the mind reader that he is.

Derek speedily
lifts himself up.

Julian’s foot smashes into Derek’s side
causing Derek to groan and move away.

Derek aims a few punches, while Julian
expertly ducks each punch.

Julian lands a series of kicks and punches, causing Derek to stumble and lose balance.
Derek escapes a few feet from Julian, quickly regains his footing and pounds his fists together as he focuses on Julian.

Julian lands a series of kicks at Derek’s left and right side.

My adrenaline is pumping to the maximum, my heart is beating so fast I feel like it will come out of my chest.
Go Julian, go Julian,
my mind cheers.

Julian
lands a few back and front kicks.

Yes!

Derek grabs Julian’s kicking foot and pushes him down to the ground.

No!

Julian quickly arises and sends a series of jabs to Derek’s head.

Yes!

Derek lands a few crazy spinning kicks and Julian appears to lose his footing, stumbling over but he quickly regains his balance.

Julian lands
a severe kick to Derek’s head. Derek loses his footing and falls to the ground.

Derek
quickly gets up and aims a series of kicks but Julian easily blocks them.

Julian
continues to expertly block all of Derek’s kicks and punches.

Derek aims and lands a punch to Julian’s head. More blood splatters from Julian’s face.

Derek lands a strong kick to Julian’s side, knocking him down.