Chapter 22 Review

Colt’s POV

I don’t know how last night could’ve gotten any more chaotic! I just wanted to spend some time with Rory and relax. Who invited Belle and Jack? And now that I think about it, I still want to know how the hell they actually knew we were going to be there!

There is no way they didn’t come there specifically to start a fight! I heard it the moment Belle called my name. She knew exactly what she would find and she was going to play on everyone’s opinions, making us out to be the bad guys.

It started out great! Rory was rockin’ that dress I bought her, just like I thought she would. Actually, she looked better than I’d let my imagination wonder. I wanted to feel her up against my body, if she felt half as enticing as she looked I wasn’t sure how the night would’ve ended. I was trying my damnedest not to put my hands where they shouldn’t go… Not when I still have a damn ball and chain shackling me to my morals. I can’t promise I’ll behave after the marriage is officially dissolved, but I’m gonna try to control my hormones until then.

Now that I think about it, it was probably a good thing I didn’t have a drop of alcohol in my system or I probably would’ve done something I shouldn’t… And not just to Aurora’s body… I don’t know the last time I was so damn tempted… When she smiled up at me, my body sparked to life like it hadn’t in so long… I wanted to feel… everything! But I didn’t. I still need her to trust me, especially after what she told me about her ex. I know if I would’ve been drunk, I’m not sure I could’ve resisted the temptation to at least kiss her… But she’s not the only reason I’m glad I didn’t drink last night.

It was what I could’ve done to Jack! I wanted to throttle the man. As it is, I’ve got bruised knuckles, but I don’t regret it. The fact that he was able to walk away on his own feet and not be carried away in a stretcher is a witness to my restraint!

I remember the moment Jack turned on Rory. “This is all your fault!”

I couldn’t believe he would accuse her like that. I completely flipped when he attacked her for no reason.

“What the hell do you think you are doing talking to Rory like that?” I’d demanded. I should’a called the cops right then. It would’ve saved Rory a lot of pain. Now I’m left with regret.

Belle was a whole other type of disaster. “You stole my husband from me!” She’d lied.

I can’t believe the slut was accusing her of stealing me from her, when she had pushed me away! She damn well knows why I kicked her out and she had the guts to twist things up in her favor… At least in the eyes of those watching us like some damn soap opera.

I can’t believe she attacked Rory like that! What the hell was she thinking? She probably wasn’t… Then again, she wasn’t tipsy. She knew exactly what she was doing when she barged in on us at the club and caused a scene. I’m not gonna make some stupid excuse as to why she did what she did. I’m gonna chalk it up to jealousy or some crap like that…

Although she has no reason to be jealous! She’s the one who cheated on me and I gave her everything… Thinking back on it, I really don’t see what it was I was actually getting from our marriage… It sure as hell wasn’t love!