Saved (Tempted #2) Read Online Free

number I didn’t know.
    Unknown number- U look lonely. Want me 2 take care of that? ;)
    Me- who is this?
    Unknown number- Look up & look straight.
    So, I followed the instructions and I saw Luca staring at me. And he was sporting that ever present smirk.
    Me: leave me alone.
    Luca- U want me to break you out of here?
    Me: Y would I take u up on that offer?
    Luca- So u could show him what he’s missing.
    Me- & why do u want 2 help me do that?
    Luca- Because I like 2 watch him squirm.
    “Maddie, we know you’re not seeing anyone. So, put the phone down and stop pretending to text some mystery man in front of West. It’s kind of desperate,” Marilyn said, giving me a sympathetic smile.
    “It’s no mystery man, sweetheart. It’s someone he knows well. And do I look desperate to you?” I asked her, giving her the fakest smile I could.
    “Well, why isn’t he here?” she asked, challenging me.
    That was the final straw. I was going to crush his heart just like he crushed mine.
    “Actually, he is,” I told her, looking down at my phone.
    Me- let’s do it.
    Luca- Welcome to the dark side.
    Why was everyone that was interested in me an idiot? I mean, seriously.
    I could make him believe that I was interested in Luca. I could make him jealous just like he was trying to do with me. Two could play that game. It broke my heart that it came to that but he started it.
    I looked up and saw Luca walking towards the table. Game on.
    “Maddie, I’ve been looking for you everywhere. Do you mind if I join you?” Luca asked, looking around the table.
    I saw West lock his jaw and look at me accusingly. I knew he hated Luca with every fiber of his being but at the same time he knew I hated Marilyn just the same.
    “Yeah, I mind,” West said, slamming his hand down on the table.
    “Hey, hey. Everybody calm down,” Roman said, “No, we don’t mind. Just keep it civil.”
    “Always,” Luca said, smiling at West.
    “I don’t see another chair. Sorry, you can leave now,” West said, smirking.
    “That’s fine. Maddie can sit on my lap,” Luca told him, pulling me up from the chair and placing me on his lap.
    West dropped his head as Ethan whispered in his ear. I knew Ethan was trying to calm him down. He was always the peace maker. Looking around I saw everyone’s facial expressions. They all looked shocked. I had forgot everything he did to make trouble for Roman and Emma. How could I have done this to them? But they didn’t know what Marilyn and West had taken from me. I was going to explain everything to Emma and Grace tomorrow. I owed it to them. I owed to myself. it was extremely hard to keep it all locked inside.
    “Why do you look so mad, West? You have the infamous Marilyn Martin sitting next to you,” Luca asked, looking dead in West’s eyes.
    Marilyn started smiling. She thought that was a compliment but I knew he was just calling her a whore.
    Maybe I could like Luca after all.
    “I’m not mad. Just feeling a little sick. I think I’m going to step out for a second,” West said, getting up from his chair and exiting the Restaurant.
    Guilt hit my stomach like a ton of bricks. I knew brining Luca into it was wrong but I had no other choice. Or did I?
    “Excuse me, I’ll be right back,” I told them, running after West.
    By the time I got outside I saw him standing in the rain and it was really coming down.
    “West, what are you doing? You’re going to be sick!” I yelled from under the small tent covering.
    “I’m already sick, Maddie. How could you crawl on his lap?”
    “Really? How could you bring her?” I yelled, feeling the heavy rain hit my skin as I walked toward him.
    “I brought her because you won’t let me in. You’ve locked me out for five years. I thought if I brought her you might get jealous and fight for us,” he admitted, running his hands over his face.
    “I want to fight for us but I already lost so much fighting for us the first time,” I told, looking down at the puddles