Chapter 8 - She's My Woman

Eric's POV:

“Eric? Hey, man! I didn’t know you were coming.” He changes his stance and tries to appear like nothing happened. Justin didn’t call him to tell him I’m here. He comes towards me.

“What happened? Wasn’t that a VIP client?” I fake my knowledge over the event.

“Eric. I don’t give a shit on him. Nobody acts like that with Selena. She’s my woman. I’m sorry, bro.” You don’t say.

“Your woman? Since when?” I try to keep calm.

“Since we were in school.” He chuckles at me, having an aura surround him for the memories.

“Don?” I haven’t changed my stance since I made my appearance known.

“Yeah?” He’s still in those memories; I can feel it.

“She’s my woman.” I say it on a dry, heavy voice.

His eyes widen, his forehead gets stretched, and his lips are apart. Silence reigns the air for a whole minute. “I don’t think I’ve heard it right. Did you say something like Selena, as in, my Selena, is your woman? Since when?” He looks at me in disbelief.

“Since this morning. She’s mine.” I keep an Alpha look over him.

“Eric? Are you on something? I don’t smell alcohol.” He actually sniffs me.

“No. I don’t use drugs. You know that.” He’s hammering my nerves.

“She can’t be yours. Trust me.” He takes a step back with a final remark.

“And why is that? Enlighten me.” I think I’ll have the hallway’s walls redecorated with his blood.

“Did she sleep with you?” He grins at me.

“What if she did?” He’s one inch away from being dead.

“That can’t be possible.” I see him relaxing his shoulders and owning a confident smile.

“Why? She did.” I lie, but he’s got me all curious.

“And how was she, huh?” He winks at me and keeps that annoying smile plastered to his damned face.

“She satisfied me in such a way that she became officially my woman.” I smirk.

“Yeah? She’s a pro, right?” He chuckles.

“Want me to kill you this instant?” I have my jawline contracted.

“Eric. Honestly now. We are sworn brothers. How was she?” He becomes serious on me.

“I told you. Not going to divulge my intimacy with my woman. Have limits, will you?” Why is he so prone on this? Did he fuck her? I’m losing my temper.

“Eric. Was she special in any way?” He smirks.

“Of course. I told you she satisfied me completely.” I take a serious look, studying his face.

He laughs out loud, placing his left hand into his pocket. “You know, Eric? There are two things that don’t connect to your story.”

I roll my eyes at him. “She’s my woman! Since when do I have to justify myself for such a thing?” I thunder.

“Bro! If she was your woman, she wouldn’t come to me for money. That’s one! And two! She satisfied you completely, man?! She’s a fucking virgin! And I haven’t seen in her eyes the loss of that purity! I know her for the last 20 fucking years! She never accepts anyone! She’s against relationships! She only studies and works her ass off with all the shit she is in! Wanted to be a top lawyer! But since the fall, she needs to take care of her family and family business! No one touches her! Last time I wanted to do that, the only time I lost control, three months ago, she fucking beat the shit out of me! I was drunk! You saw what she did to that guy perhaps! She’s off limits! She’s never going to be impressed by you or me, or anyone! She’s different! She’s on her own mind and self-stability!” He motions to his head, leaving me in shock of what I hear. “But I am going to do anything she wants from me! Maybe, I say maybe, she will wake up one day, and accept me!” He’s sending me angry looks.

“Don?” I look on the floor. “She’s mine.” I raise my burning eyes at him. “Nobody is touching her. Do you understand my position here in front of you?”

“Eric. Don’t do this to me, man.” He is fidgeting. He knows what that means. I’m claiming her as the leader over him.

“Do you understand what I’m telling you?” I growl.

“You destroy me right now. I know her for a lifetime! I want her in so long, Eric! She’s rightfully mine! Don’t do this to me!” He screams, raking his fingers through his hair, with watery eyes. “Since when do you know her, huh? Do you think you just meet her and she’s yours? She’s not like that! You can’t have her!”

“I don’t wait for decades to take what’s mine, Don. I see it and I take it. That’s how I am.” I stress each word that comes out of my mouth making Don go crazy.

“She won’t accept you! You have no power over her!” He tries to see the light in the darkness he is.

“She will and I have. I bought all her debts from the bank. All three million. I’m the new creditor. Her payback to me? She’s marrying me.” The final blow on him.

“You did what?!” I see his intention to grab me and start a fight, but he knows he has zero chances with me. He’s a great fighter but I’m over him. He knows his place on that, so he controls himself. His body and face scream at me. I understand his pain, yet I can’t do anything about it. She’s mine. And from the last info he has spilled, those two months, make it a lifetime. I have never been so sure in life over something. I’m hers and she’s mine all the way. Nothing will ever come between us.

“She’s going to be my wife. I’ll see you tonight on the racing field.” I walk away, leaving him there in tears and shock, having my men on my steps down the stairs.

“Eric?” Justin calls my name from the front seat as we tail Selena. She’s at a coffee shop. My Angel…

“Yeah.” I answer, looking at her on my phone while she takes a sip from her coffee.

“Heard all of it. What are you going to do? Ruin her?” He’s looking at me in the rear mirror.

“She’s going to be my wife. End of discussion.” I cut him speaking and look at her more.

“For two months?” His voice gets stressed.

“For eternity.” I say looking at him in the mirror. He gives me a satisfied smile. He knows I’m serious.