“This was supposed to be my ticket. Do you think I really wanted to work as a flight attendant? Of course not! What I wanted to do was meet some rich fucking harem and not have to work a day again in my life. It’s what I fucking deserve! Then along you come and mess up everything. And now I’ve lost my job, and those assholes from the palace are chasing me down. I’ve got nowhere to go. And. It’s. Your. Fault.”
Okay. So she was completely delusional.
“My fault? You put a laxative in my porridge!” Vivi snapped at her.
“So? It wasn’t going to harm you. Just make you unattractive to Caleb and Aleki.”
Not Wolfe?
And she thought Marilyn wanted a rich harem? Not that her guys seemed short on money. But she didn’t think they were ultra-wealthy either.
“You wanted Aleki and Caleb?”
“Just to fuck. I thought we’d have a fun plane ride home. Also figured I could then use them to get me an introduction to some of the princes’ richer friends. I’m not stupid. I wasn’t aiming for the princes. But maybe some lesser family or something. But you ruined it all!”
Dear. Lord.
“I didn’t ruin anything. You did this all yourself.”
“Shut up! Shut up!” she screamed, coming forward with the knife held up. Oh shit! Vivi dove to the side. She landed on the ground and rolled.
Get up! Run!
Then something ran past her, tackling Marilyn who screeched. Something clanged on the ground. The knife?
“You fucking bitch!” Aleki yelled.
She turned, her heart racing, her entire body shaking as she watched Aleki easily subdue Marilyn. He had her on her stomach on the ground, her hands behind her back as he pinned her down. She screamed, trying to wriggle free. The knife lay a few feet away. She should probably get that, but she couldn’t seem to move.
“Baby! Baby, are you okay?”
Slowly, she moved her gaze away from Marilyn to look up at Aleki. “What?”
On some level, she knew that she had to be in shock. But she couldn’t seem to shake the cloud surrounding her.
“You’re going to get what’s coming to you, bitch!” Marilyn screamed. “I saw to that.”
“Shut up,” Aleki snapped. “Baby girl. Look at me. Look at me,” he insisted.
“Yes?” she asked, trying to ignore Marilyn.
“I need you to do something for me. Can you do that?”
“Yes.” She could do anything for him when he used that voice. He sounded so sweet. Like he loved her.
“I do love you, baby girl.”
“Let me go!” Marilyn screeched. “Your life will be ruined, bitch! It’s already done, you just don’t know it yet!”
Vivi flinched.
“Shut the fuck up,” Aleki snarled. “Listen to me now. I’m going to slide my phone to you. I want you to call Caleb for me. Can you do that?”
“I can do that.” She thought she could.
The phone skidded along the ground. She picked it up. Marilyn screamed, making her drop it.
“Oh no. Oh no.” She picked it up, running her hand across the front. “I think I broke the screen.”