Page 31 of One Night Seduction (ONS #1)

“I want a divorce,” he says stoically.

A broken sound escapes Marissa as the hurt in her eyes transforms into something dangerous.

“You fucking WHORE!” she screams as she leaps across the table, smacking, scratching, and beating the absolute shit out of each other.

“You’ve ruined my life!” Marissa shouts.

“You’ve ruined mine! How could you fuck Logan?”

A sharp slap jerks Kelly’s face to the side as Marissa laughs bitterly.

“How could I…How could you fuck my HUSBAND?”

“He always initiated. I’d never do that to you,” Kelly defends.

Marissa’s eyes widen in disbelief because, honestly, what kind of fucking excuse is that?

“What you did was so much worse,” Kelly snarls as she shoves away from Marissa, standing to her feet. “My Logan would never have come onto you, which means you seduced him!”

Her moral compass is so fucking skewed it’s incomprehensible.

“You stupid cunt, I never fucked Logan!” Marissa shouts.

Here we go.

“Yeah, right.” Kelly laughs like she doesn’t believe a word .

I see Tyson positioning himself between him and Kelly more as Marissa continues.

“Yeah. Right. Never. Those aren’t my panties, and they aren’t your panties, so I wonder who they could belong to,” she says, giving Kelly a deadpan stare.

The fury in Kelly’s eyes shifts for a moment, confusion clouding her gaze before understanding clicks in. Like something out of a horror movie, she slowly turns her head to face Arianna. Guilt is etched all over my sweet girl’s face before an animalistic screech rips out of Kelly.

She dives for Arianna, landing a sharp slap across her cheek before Tyson holds her back, picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder. He walks her to the other side of the room where she rages like a wild animal.

I rush over to her, cupping her face tenderly as I examine where her mother struck her.

“We messed up so bad,” she whispers softly.

“No, we didn’t, Sparrow.”

She opens her mouth to say something when Tyson screams.

“The bitch bit me!”

Kelly storms across the room towards her daughter as I intercept her, holding her by her arms.

“Kelly! Enough!”

She thrashes against my hold, vibrating with feral rage as I shake her harshly.

“I said enough! Do you hear me! You’ve done enough!”

“Me?” she gasps. “What about you! You’ve been fucking my daughter! How long? How long have you been fucking us both? Since we got married? Before? Did you leave me for her?”

“No, Kelly, we aren’t all disgusting homewreckers like you!” Marissa shouts .

“Shut up!” Kelly screams before looking back at me.

“Arianna and I were together long after you and I divorced.”

“But not long after you were inside me!” she snarls.

“Remember that, Ari . Remember when you walked in on your boyfriend inside your mommy ?” she says, sneering every name as she gnashes her teeth.

Arianna looks like she’s going to be sick as she looks away.

“If you’re gonna be a slut, at least own it. You’re fucking a man old enough to be your father. Hell, he was your father. Step up and claim your prize, you worthless fucking whore!”

“SHUT UP!” I thunder, loud enough to stun the entire room into silence.

“Shut your fucking mouth right now. You are done. You are selfish, miserable, and ugly as fuck on the inside. You’ve betrayed your sister, happily it seems, for decades.

You’ve attacked your daughter and reduced her to nothing her entire life.

All you see is yourself, your goals, and your desires.

No one else in the world matters besides you.

That’s why I left you. Not to mention you cheated on me.

Sounds like it was more than once if you and Tom were fucking while we were married. Tom?” I ask for clarification.

The slimy bastard seems to have no shame as his eyes cut to me, and he gives a quick nod.

Thought so.

A horrified sob escapes Marissa as she runs off to the bathroom, slamming the door shut as she does. Tom sighs, standing to his feet and heading for the back porch. He’s not even going to attempt to console his wife or apologize or anything. Real nice guy.

Tears are streaming down Kelly’s face as she looks up at me hopelessly. I’m not finished with her yet, though.

“We are nothing, we’ve always been nothing.

Even when we were married, clearly, it meant nothing.

Do not call me, do not reach out to me. If you so much as take a step closer than three hundred yards to myself or Arianna, I will have you arrested on site.

We will be filing a restraining order against you, today.

Goodbye, Kelly. It’s been a complete displeasure to know you. ”

She sobs, falling to her knees as she lays on the floor. I don’t try to soften the blow, and I don’t pay her an ounce of attention as I hold my hand out for Arianna. I’m surprised how quickly she takes it, lacing our fingers together as we make our way up the stairs.

When we get to the top, Brady and Melanie are staring at us with looks of concern and heartbreak. I give them sympathetic frowns as we move past them, heading for Arianna’s room first.

Wordlessly, I begin helping her pack when Ty comes in, staring at his forearm with a frown.

“Fucking bitch. You think I could get rabies? Or whatever STD she no doubt has.”

My stomach sours at that. I didn’t consider STDs when I fucked her on the pool table.

I should have, though, knowing her. Arianna and I share a worried look, and I rest my hand on her shoulder as I nod, letting her know I understand her fears and we’ll take care of anything when we get back to Seattle.

Once Arianna is all packed, we grab mine and Tyson’s things before heading downstairs. I look out the back window to see Tom and Marissa arguing before Marissa slaps him across the face. Good for her.

Kelly is still curled up into a ball, sobbing a puddle of tears on the floor.

None of us give her a second look before we are out the door and heading to our cars.

I hate that Arianna has to drive right now, given everything.

With the state of things, though, I don’t trust that her car would be safe here.

Tyson starts up his car while we load our bags. He comes around to hug Arianna, whispering something into her ear that I miss. She hugs him tightly, nodding before giving him a watery smile. He returns it, taking her hand and pressing a gentle kiss to the back of it before getting in his car.

Arianna turns to me, and I immediately pull her into my arms.

“I’m so sorry. I know that was probably the worst case scenario.”

“It’s fine. I just want to go home.”

I couldn’t agree more. “I’m gonna take you home, Sparrow. Follow me.”

She swallows, giving me a shaky nod before I lift her chin up, bending down to press my lips to hers.