Surviving Ivy Page 18

  “And look where that got him. He is dead because of her and she refuses to have anything to do with the family.” Brad hated that his father was right about Jessica. She was not his one. Nothing about her even slightly interested his bear. The sex was okay, but he did have to admit it was just a means to take care of his needs and even that hadn’t happened in months. She was not his one, but it was his choice to mate her. There was no way he was letting Fate pick a female for him. He didn’t want to take the chance of his one being human, especially the one he suspected Fate had picked out for him.

  “Have you thought that maybe you are to blame for Tori’s refusal to have anything to do with the family?” asked Bentley. He stared at his son.

  “Her mother was very clear at the hospital about what Tori thought about shifters. I did what I had to do to protect the family,” said Brad. He didn’t like defending his decisions to his father.

  “But you never actually spoke to Tori. You just spoke to her mother. You didn’t give Tori a chance to say goodbye to Ben, and you didn’t give us the chance to help her through the loss of her mate.”

  “Her mother made it very clear that Tori didn’t want our help.” Brad could still remember every hateful thing Tori’s mother said about the family and how Tori wanted nothing to do with them because of how they had ruined her life.

  To protect the family, Brad closed all of Ben’s credit cards and bank accounts. He, to be fair, sent Tori a check for half a million dollars. Any money hungry female would have been happy with that amount.

  Three weeks later, the uncashed check arrived in his mailbox with a nice “FUCK YOU!” written in bold, red letters across the check. Obviously, it wasn’t enough for her.