Wreck Me (Corrupt Legacy Series #2)

“This is not your fault.”

“What the fuck is happening here?” Dane asks, pacing around.

“Family matter. Leave,” Kaden tells him.

Instead, Dane plops on the chair next to my side and challenges him while lifting a cup of water from the nightstand, bringing it to my lips.

“I thought you were mad at me,” I whisper.

“I am. That doesn’t mean I won’t take care of you.”

I take a few sips. The nurse comes back and offers me a protein bar. The thought of eating has me shaking my head, but Kaden has lost his patience with me because he sticks the bar into my mouth, making me sputter. The angry energy rippling from Dane stills all sound around us. He has reached his breaking point, and Kaden has no idea what he has done.

I shoot to my feet and push Kaden off Abigail. Kaden can worry about her, but shoving that protein bar in her mouth while she chokes on it is too much. Not with me, asshole.

I shove him into the wall next to her bed, contemplating squeezing the life out of him. “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”

He stumbles but regains his footing quickly, pinning me with a serious stare. “Stay away from this.”

I am so pumped up for a fight that I ball my hand into a fist, ready to smash his face. But he doesn’t even flinch. On the contrary, he arches an arrogant brow at me, daring me. He knows full well that if I attack him, I will be expelled immediately.

“Please, stop.” It’s her sweet voice that drags me back from whatever violent hell I’d been trapped in.

Kaden passes me by, watching me and then her. The asshole’s jaw unclenches, as if coming to terms with something. A worried look replaces the angry one.

“Please, eat.”

She chews slowly, as if every bite is a chore.

“Good, small bites. It’s okay.”

They have an entire conversation like this. Jealousy rears three beastly and monstrous heads.

She gives him half, and says, “This is all I can eat.”

He purses his lips and sits in the other chair.

“How long, Abi? This shit is getting worse and stop saying you have it under control.”

“I’m trying, Kaden.”

“No, you’re fucking not.”

He raises his voice again, and she yanks the needle from her vein. Droplets of blood paint the inside of her arm. Seeing the life bleeding out of her makes me want to speed into a fucking wall. I’d rather crash than ever witness that.

“Really mature. That was the only good nutrition that you’ve put inside you in a while.”

From wrestling with jealousy to battling confusion, worry wins.

“What does she have?” I ask him because I am so done with her omitting and hiding stuff from me. Fuck, the moment I saw her pale face and uncoordinated walk in the hallway, I rushed to her and caught her just in time.

“Eat it, or I’m telling him.”

At his threat, Abigail grabs the bar and eats it, deflating me. She chews the bar angrily, her eyes filled with accusation.

Kaden ignores that and cocks his head at me. “Look after her.”

I glare at him. He doesn’t have to ask that of me.