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In Ruins: Chapter 40
It was nearly three in the afternoon when I finally went home. My parents were out for the weekend, so they didn’t miss me since I’d spoken to them before going to the game the night before.
I clutched the notebook in my hand and got out of my car, not bothering to go to my house first. I marched to Fox’s and knocked on the door. When he didn’t answer, I opened it, knowing someone had to be home since there was a car I didn’t recognize sitting in his driveway.
I marched up to his bedroom, ready to tell him to go to hell when I heard voices coming from within. I paused outside the nearly closed door, breathing hard as Juliet’s voice filtered through the crack.
‘I want this, Fox. I know you do too.’
‘Why are you like this, Juliet? I tried to get you to do this for months, but you always said no. It’s not like you’re a fucking virgin,’ Fox shot back. I swallowed hard, trying to control my breathing as I listened. He told me they broke up, so why the hell was she in his bedroom? Then it hit me like a fist to the face. He’d been lying the entire time. I had the notebook to prove it. If he’d lied to me about his feelings, then this shouldn’t come as a big shocker.
‘Why are you being like this?’ she countered. ‘You’ve wanted to have sex for ages, Fox. I’m giving you the in, and you’re being a jerk about it. I’ll even fuck the guys.”
Fox let out a soft chuckle.
‘You know how I feel, Juliet. And you know how they feel.”
‘And you know what I told you. If you don’t want to, I can always tell-‘
‘Shut up,’ he snarled. I flinched and moved to the wall beside the door as Fox’s footsteps sounded out. They stopped a moment later.
‘I told you to leave Rosalie alone. I fucking meant it, Juliet. You will not even look in her direction.’
“You’ve had me on her for a long time, Fox. I did what you wanted. Now give me what I want, baby,’ she purred back. ‘You know how to make it go away.’
Fox was quiet. All I could hear in that silence was the roar of my pulse in my ears.
‘And if I do this, you stop your shit? You delete everything?’
Juliet giggled. ‘Yes.’
More silence met my ears before Fox spoke again.
‘Come here,’ he whispered in a shaky voice. I nearly gagged when I heard the unmistakable sounds of kissing and heavy breathing followed by the dull thud of someone losing their clothes and the sounds of a zipper coming undone.
I stood outside his door as the ugly sounds flooded my ears. The creaking of the bed. The soft moans of Juliet. Fox’s heavy breathing.
Finally, I found my courage and stepped forward. I would not play their games anymore. I flung the door open. It banged against the wall and Fox sat up abruptly beneath the covers, no shirt on. It didn’t take a genius to figure out Juliet was missing her clothes beneath the sheets.
‘Rosie,’ Fox choked out, struggling to untangle himself from his bedding. I glared at him as he rushed to me, his boxers still on at least.
‘It’s not what you think.’
‘It doesn’t matter,’ I said, my voice stronger than I expected. I shoved the notebook into his bare chest. ‘I’m only bringing back that thing you’ve been looking for.’ I stared past Fox to see Juliet smiling at me from her spot in his bed. I shook my head and looked to Fox, whose face was a mask of devastation.
‘Rosie, don’t. Please. Let me explain.’ He reached out for me as I backed away.
‘No need, Fox. Your book answered a lot of questions. And this?’ I nodded to Juliet. ‘Proved the rest.’
‘Rosie, it’s not like that! Stop!’ He reached for me again, but I lifted my hand and smacked him across his face. He stood, stunned, gaping at me, my red handprint on his cheek.Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.
‘Your plan was to ruin me. But you didn’t. You only strengthened me. If it’s games you want to play, then let’s play, Fox,’ I hissed, breathing hard as I glared at him. ‘Try to keep up.’
I backed out of his doorway, taking in the terror on his face as he stared back at me.
‘Rosie,’ he choked out, tears slipping down his cheeks. ‘No.‘
I kept moving, my eyes locked on his, and didn’t turn around until I was well out of his room.
And then I ran.
I didn’t look back. There was nothing left to see anyway.
To be continued in
In Silence (A Black Falls High Novel, Book 2)