SEDUCED BY LUST - CHAPTER 22

Fighting back the urge to slap him, I turn on my heel and leave him on his knees sobbing on the foyer floor. As I reach the kitchen, I hear him scrambling to his feet and the sounds of his footsteps following me.

“Delaney! Why are you walking away from me? Come back here, I'm trying to make up with you!” He says hollering.

Ignoring his outburst, I continue the task of pouring myself a double shot of the Irish whiskey, I have taken to keep around the house in honor of Grant. My response to his heavy breathing coupled with huffing and puffing is to pour myself another drink.

Seeing ignoring him and drinking on my own Marcus reaches for the bottle and I slap his hand away. “No, that's not for you!” The last thing I need is for Marcus to get slobbering drunk and passing out while I'm trying to leave town.

“The hell it's not, I bought it!” He snaps.

“No, I bought it with my own money and if you hadn't been a che