Free Breaking All the Rules (Billionaire Romance) (The A List Series (Book 2)) by Savannah Rylan

Chapter ONE:
    Breccan
     
     
    The fingers on my left hand tightened, stretching the still healing scabs from my fight with Jude last week to their limits. I flexed and unflexed, trying hard to reign in my anger thinking about it once again. I inhaled deeply; fighting for control, yet every time my eyes closed all I could see was Cora’s face, frozen in fear as that son of a bitch attacked her. Violated her.
     
    I paid little attention to the meeting happening around me, my thoughts focused solely on Cora.
     
    “…The producers are concerned. Advanced screenings have not gone well and…”
     
    The talking heads sitting at the table in front of me babbled on and on. I don’t know what the fuck they expected of me. I did my job. Why did they somehow think I should do theirs too? I didn’t give two shits about this movie. I had much more important matters to attend to.
     
    “…really think that if we went this route, it will drum up enough public interest to put us back on track…”
     
    I blinked, looking over at Simon. He rolled his eyes at whatever these baboons were babbling on about, apparently giving as many shits as I did.
     
    Relaxing the muscles in my shoulders. I exhaled slowly. Replaying what happened last week, over and over in my mind. It had played on a constant loop since it happened, taunting me. Where I went wrong. Where I fucked up. I knew I should have never sent her out alone at that hour. I hadn’t been thinking. Too wrapped up on planning the last item on her list and I was exhausted after filming for the last fifteen hours and… no, that was no excuse.
     
    My gut tightened, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right. I don’t know how, but within minutes of watching her sway those soft hips away in search of the jouk stew, I knew I needed to find her.
     
    As I walked through the darkened city streets, her terrified cries echoed off the walls, sending me into overdrive as my feet flew down the road after road, desperately searching. Finally, I spotted her arms flailing, legs kicking, as Jude pinned her against the brick wall. 
     
    Her screams of terror as Jude attacked her, gutted me. Lowering my shoulders, I didn’t hesitate as I careened into him, driving both of us into the cement below. Jude’s eyes dilated as I approached. He knew what was coming next. He remembered what happened before. He knew what was about to happen now.
     
    My fist slammed into his face, the bones of his nose crushed beneath the force of my hand. I pulled back, landing a second and then a third, as blood sprayed across the pavement.  My head tilted, focusing on Cora out of the corner of my eye. Her hands were shaking as she whimpered, trying to hold the broken straps of her top together. Her eyes were vacant, staring off into nothing as shock overtook her now.
     
    He’d hurt her. He laid his hands on her beautiful, unmarred skin. “You’re a dead man”, I growled. I grabbed him by the hair, holding him still as my other hand pulled back once more.
     
    “Are you sure you want to go along with this, Brec?” Simon asked me, bringing me out of my head.
     
    My eyes glanced over and focused on the two producers, their greedy faces were so eager they were practically salivating. And shit if I had any idea what they wanted from me. I’d been too busy thinking about Cora. Again. I could not get her out of my mind. And it wasn’t just her being attacked. It was everything about her. The cute slurping noise she made when she ate soup. Or the way her nose always wrinkled when she was annoyed. The pure joy on her face as we took the helicopter ride. I especially enjoyed the way her eyes seemed to brighten when she saw me looking at her. It’s like she could hear my thoughts. As if she knew how much I want to run my hands—
     
    “Breccan? Well?”
     
    Fuck.  I needed to say something. “Yeah, fine. Whatever. Just send Simon the details. I’ve gotta go.”
     
    I stood up, closed