“The ring,” she says, holding it out to Archard.
He takes it slowly from her hand and inspects it.
“I’m declaring Kai the winner of this round. I’ll notify you both twenty-four-hours before the next round starts,” Archard says before leaving the room like he can’t get out of here fast enough.
“Tried to run and realized you couldn’t, not without my help?” I say.
“No, I wasn’t running. I just needed some time to think.”
“I’m sure you did after what you did.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means you didn’t want to face me after you fucked him!”
She glares at me, giving me all of her hatred. But she has no right to be mad, not right now. Now I get to be pissed.
“Do you have any idea the damage you caused?”
Her mouth drops open at my words. “The damage I caused you? Are you serious?”
“Yes! You ruined my reputation. Black’s reputation. You told him you were married to me, and then you fucked him. Repeatedly. He told the world he had stolen my whore, my wife. No one will think I can rule when I let my woman get taken from me so easily.”
Her face reddens, and for the first time since I’ve known her, I don’t think her skin would feel like ice if I touched her. It would be scalding like fire. Burning and torching my skin from her hatred from me.
“Why the fuck would you tell him we were married?”
“One; you never told me not to. But I didn’t tell him.”
“Then how did he figure it out?”
“The ring you gave me. He knew it was an engagement ring. He wanted to know whose it was. I couldn’t come up with a lie, so I said you.”
I stare down at her finger, searching for the ring she claims almost ruined me.
“Where is it?”
Her face goes white.
“Where. Is. The. Ring. Kai?”
“It’s gone.”
I raise an eyebrow. “You sold it?”
“Milo has it.”
What. The. Fuck?
“Spreading your legs for him wasn’t enough? You had to hurt me by giving him the only possession I care about?”
I see red. I’ve never been so angry. So out of control. I knock everything from my desk in one swoop just needing to be destructive. Then I grab the chair and fling it across the room. I want to hurt Kai like she hurt me.
There was no reason to sleep with Milo. No reason she could give that would make me understand how she could fuck me in the bathroom and then five minutes later fuck another man simply to win a game. No reason she could give to explain why she would give him the ring meant to protect her.
“You fucking whore!” I spit out.
“You sold me! You fucking sold me! Did you think I would be loyal to you? That just because you fucked me, I would never fuck another man?”