บททั้งหมดของ Double Daddies Temptation: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

Chapter 72Landon Lancaster ~•~ I felt a wave of irritation slam into me the second Abby and Liam walked into the dining room. Everyone was already seated. Liam strode inside like he owned the place, and like he owned Abby too. My eyes were fixed on his hand placement — he kept it firmly on her waist. The sight made my skin crawl. I knew he was doing it just to spite me. And it was working. Before dinner, I’d tried to keep things civil. I told myself that for one night, I could swallow my pride, tolerate Abby’s presence, and not let Liam get under my skin. But that resolve evaporated the moment I saw them. He pulled a chair out for her and it made me go crazy. It was meant to be me. I was the one who invited her first. Abby hadn’t spoken to me for days. I messed up. I’d sent her a few texts, but she didn’t respond. The worst part was that she didn’t even show up to the office anymore, she filed for a leave for a few weeks and stopped coming before I even approved it.

Chapter 74Liam Lancaster ~•~ I watched Landon closely to hear what his response would be. He opened his mouth to speak, but closed it immediately. I guess he was at a loss for words and was taken aback by the question. “The clients at the company don’t watch random sex tapes on the internet,” I replied before Landon could think of what to come up with. “So don’t make it an issue.” I couldn’t have told him that Abby worked at the company. That part was my fault. But still, he had no right to force her out of a job because of a situation that was beyond her control. He hadn’t said anything about it but I knew that was the direction that the conversation was headed. “I wasn’t talking to you, Liam. I was talking to your brother,” my father replied sternly. “You can sit or leave, I don’t care. But let the responsible adults speak.”My lips pressed into a thin line. “I don’t think we should talk about it now. We can have this conversation later.” Landon’s voice was calm. Too calm.

Chapter 76Landon Lancaster ~•~ I couldn’t believe that my brother could accuse me of doing something as vile as that. Yes, I admit that I was jealous of them, but I wouldn’t go so low just to ruin dinner. And I cared about Abby a lot, so showing her sex tape to my father didn’t make sense. I wouldn’t even show it to anybody on earth. As if the accusations weren’t enough, he went as far as punching me, like I was nothing more than the villain he’d already painted in his head. The sting in my mouth pulsed as I drove away from the house, my jaw aching every time I clenched it. I didn’t have any destination, I just wanted to leave the house. I knew if I stayed back, Liam and I wouldn’t stop fighting. I tasted blood and swallowed it down, gripping the steering wheel tighter than necessary. Liam had always been like this — quick to assume and quicker to act. I replayed the dinner scene in my head, my father’s smug tone when he mentioned the tape, the way Abby’s face had gone pale.

Chapter 78Liam Lancaster ~•~ The last thing I wanted to do was call my brother, but I had no choice because Abby had forced me and I knew I had to listen to her. And maybe, just maybe, I owed Landon an apology. But first, I had to ask my father whether he had actually seen the tape on his own. After I’d talked to him earlier, he didn’t go back to the living room to be with my mom, he went upstairs to his bedroom. So that was where I went to meet him. I knocked on the door a few times before he answered. “You scared me for a second,” he said as I walked into the room. “I thought that was your mother.”I responded with an awkward laugh. “You don’t have to be scared. Your secret is safe with me as long as you allow Abby to stay with the company.” My father stared at me for a long second. “You’ve had many chances to blackmail me with that incident — even when I made it compulsory for you and your brother to live at this house — and you didn’t use it,” he cleared his throat and con

Chapter 80Landon Lancaster ~•~ I knew what my brother was trying to do. He just wanted me to go back to Madison just so he would have Abby all to himself. But going back to Madison wasn’t even an option. She was my past and she needed to stay there. I only went to her house because I needed some sort of comfort and Abby wouldn’t let me go to her own house. We spent the night together but nothing even happened. I didn’t even touch her. The most we did was hug because we hadn’t seen each other in a while. Madison asked me why I’d just shown up without even calling. I didn’t want to tell her about anything that was going on in my life, so I just said they were things I couldn’t talk about. A few minutes after I got there, I drifted off to sleep. And when I woke up in the morning, Madison didn’t say anything about Liam calling my phone, I hadn’t even checked my phone. After Liam and I had gone back and forth for some minutes about Madison, I finally let out a deep sigh and rolled