Free What Happened After Vegas? (Unexpected Love #2) by Sharon Cummin Page B

back from his greedy, lying ass.
    "No,"
she snapped. "We are not together."
    Rachel
moved to step around Jake, but he held his arm out so she couldn't
get passed. She knew Cliff had caught a glimpse of her.
    "Move
your fucking arm now, Jake. Do not stop her from moving passed you,"
Cliff growled out.
    She
pushed against Jake.
    "I
thought it was you at the door, Cliff. He pushed passed me into my
apartment before I could stop him. When he shoved me against the
wall, I tried to get away from him. He grabbed my hair and kissed me.
I struggled to push him off of me. I broke a picture, and there's
glass on the floor. He's fucking drunk and talking crazy about me
being with him."
    Cliff
grabbed Jake and shoved him against the door. He looked into Rachel's
eyes. There were tears streaming down her face. She knew her hair was
a mess from Jake putting his hands in it. Rachel felt embarrassed
that Jake had been able to do that to her. What if Cliff hadn't shown
up on time, she thought? Fear of what could have happened began to
take her over. Cliff was right to be worried about Jake. She had
assured him that Jake was all talk and there was no way he would have
hurt her. How wrong was she? What would he have done to her? What
kind of man was he turning into?
    "You
fucking put your hands on her when she asked you not to," Cliff
yelled.
    Rachel
snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the anger in his voice. It
was the first time she had seen him upset like that. He still had
Jake against the door by the neck.
    "She's
my wife," Jake barked back. "Why are you here?"
    "I
came to pick up my date," Cliff said through clenched teeth.
    "What?"
Jake asked with realization setting in on his face. "She's the
one that told you."
    "If
you ever touch her again, you will be the sorriest man alive. Do you
hear me? Not only will you never work again as a lawyer, but you'll
be lucky if you can walk when I get done. You never touch a woman
without permission, and Rachel is not just any woman. She's my woman.
If you ever come anywhere near her again, I will fucking ruin your
life. I will protect her with every single thing I have, Jake, and I
have way more than you."
    Cliff
began to loosen his hold when Jake turned his head to face Rachel.
    "You
fucking bitch. You had to find a way to get me back, didn't you? I
got the house and everything we had together, and you got nothing.
You just couldn't let it go, could you? You had to find a way to get
even, so you started fucking my boss. I'm so glad I never gave you
what you really wanted. Now you're too damn old to have that baby you
wanted so badly. You must have fucked him better than you did me. I
don't know what he sees in you. Just so you know, I was fucking her
the entire time I worked there. I fucked her all over our house. I
even took her on trips. The ones you always wanted to go on."
    Before
he could get another word out, Cliff pulled back and punched him in
the face. Rachel heard the crack of Jake's nose, as he fell to the
ground like the pile of shit he was. Cliff grabbed Rachel and pulled
her into his arms, as he dried her tears with his hand.
    "I
should have gotten here earlier," he whispered into her hair. "I
promised to protect you. He will never have that chance again."
    Cliff
wrapped one arm around her and pulled his phone out of his pocket
with the other. He called the police and stood holding her until they
got there. She couldn't stop the tears from falling. All she could
think about was how stupid she had been for never seeing Jake for who
he was. He couldn't have turned into the man he was moments before
she found them that night. When she thought about him holding her
against the wall, she thought about what could have happened. She
looked up to see Cliff looking down at her with sad eyes and felt so
bad for dragging him into her crazy world. He deserved better than
her. Cliff was the most amazing man. His arms held her so tight. She
thought about what he had said about her being his and