Derek's Reign

Chapter 7

-Macy P.O.V.-

I feel kind of silly that I felt some type of jealousy when I saw Derek’s sister jump into his arms. Well, that was before I knew it was his sister. I don’t know what it is about this man, but I feel safe around him and I feel something else too…although I cannot describe it. I must say...I like Mara. She is sweet and nice as she is showing me around.

“Alright and this is your room.” She tells me as she walks in.

I walk in and I gap at how big it is. This is a guest room?? What the hell. The room is HUGE! It has a queen-sized bed in the middle of room while off to the left there is a mini living room type area and off to the right is the closet and bathroom. The living room has a couch facing a flat screened tv along with a little table off the side while the closet is huge as well! It is a walk-in closet that has space enough for two people in my book…hell maybe even 3 people.

I make my way over to the bathroom and see that it has a walk-in shower with a tub and a two-person sink. It also has storage that is filled with towel and space to put your things. The bathroom is also a very bright clean white color as the bedroom is a greyish color with white on the baseboards. It feels comfortable…which is something that I am not used to.

By the time I am done walking around and gapping at everything, I look over to see Mara laying on the bed sideways as she texts on her phone. I decide to go ahead and unpack some of my things, so I head over to the walk-in closet as I put away some of my things, quickly. Once I am done, I head out and over to Mara. She notices I am done, and she sits up while smiling at me.

“So, what do you think?” She asks me as I am sitting on the bed with her.

“I think this is big enough for a small apartment.” I tell her while chuckling.

She laughs at me before she responds. “Please, this guest bedroom is so damn small that I could fit two of these in my master bedroom in my apartment. But I guess it will do.” She says with a shrug.

I just look at her with wide eyes wondering how big her apartment is. She sees me looking and raises an eyebrow at me with looking confused. “Sorry, I am just wondering how big your apartment is because this is more than enough for me.” I tell her sheepishly.

“No, I am sorry. I didn’t mean to sound so snooty when I said that.” She tells me while she hops off the bed. She then turns me to me. “So, are you hungry?” I nod my head at her. “Well, come on and let’s go get something to eat.” She tells me with a smile on her face.

As I get off the bed, something hits my mind. I look up to see her almost at the door and I decide that it is now or never. “Could I ask you a question?”

She stops and turns around. “Of course.”

“What does your brother do for work?” I ask her as I chew on my bottom lip.

She just tilts her head and sighs before she straightens herself up. “He will need to tell you that. I know that mean seem like a bad thing for me not telling you, but it is better if he tells you. What I will tell you is that you are safe. Trust me, if I were EVER in trouble and my mother or father weren’t around then I would be coming here to my brother.”

I don’t know why but that settles my nerves a little bit. I seriously don’t know what it is, but I just feel safe here….so I will take her word for it. I just nod my head and then she turns back around while she leads me to the kitchen. As we are walking to the kitchen, we hear someone being loud. Mara freezes and puts her arm up to stop me. I look at her with a confused look on my face as the voice gets even louder. She starts to move me behind, but I look over her shoulder to see someone being pushed out of the kitchen….

-Derek P.O.V.-

After Mara takes Macy, I decide to get some work done. I start to head up to my office when I get a knock on my door. My mind goes on high alert since I was not expecting anybody. I turn around to go and answer the door when I come face to face with that piece of s**t who scared Macy. Brad.

I smile darkly as I look him up and down. “What can I do for you, Brad?”

He scoffs as he looks at me. “You know why I am here. You had one of your little minions to dig up some dirt on me and now I am here to answer to that.”

Hmm. This is getting more and more interesting. He must be a rich kid or in the Mafia game if he knew of me looking into him. He must some rich kid because if he were in the Mafia game then he wouldn’t have been able to walk up to my front door. After a moment of silence, he just pushes me aside as he walks into my house.

I turn around and close my door. If he thinks he scares me then he has another thing coming. This is going to be fun. Once the door is closed, I lean back against it while he stares me down.

“You look me up because of that bi**h?” He sneers at me. I see red instantly, but I must remind myself that she is in my house and I don’t want her to see me get violent.

“I looked you up because you threatened Macy, yes. She is my business now.” I tell him as I push myself off the door.

I walk past him as I head over to my kitchen. I smirk to myself when he follows me. I must say this little punk is going to be fun to play with. Once in the kitchen, I pour myself a drink.

“Do you know who the f**k I am? I am Brad Miller the son of Red Miller, so you better back the f**k off.” I chuckle at him as he tries to sound threatening.

I turn to face him as I set my cup down. “Wow, your daddy is some rich man that somehow makes you think that you have power over others when it doesn’t.” I sneer at him as I take a step forward. “I am Derek Bates who is the son of Willow and Damien Bates. Do you really think that you scare me? How about you run home and tell your daddy who I am, so he really knows who you are trying to f**k with.”

By the time I am done, he tried to swing at me, but I block him while I land a hit to his right cheek. He stumbles back as I stalk over to him. He doesn’t have time to recover as I hit him once more with so much force that it causes him to fall out of the kitchen. I walk over to him, but I stop in my track as I hear a whimper. I don’t have to look to know it is Macy. I stop what I am doing as I pull my phone out of my pocket.

D: Boss

Me: Come in here and get this scum off my floor. NOW

D: Si Capo.

I hang up as I put my phone back in my pocket. As soon as my phone hits down in my pocket, my men come busting through the door. They pick Brad off of my floor and start to pull him out while he is screaming. One of my men stay behind and I walk over to him.

“Guard the house and close the gate. I don’t want him to enter this property again.”

He bows. “Si Capo.” He then walks away while he tells the rest of my men.

I turn around to see Mara walking towards me with a very scared Macy. I turn to Macy as I see that she starting to shake from fear with tears pricking her eyes.

“It is okay. He will not be able to step foot near this house again. I promise you.” I tell her and she looks up from the floor at me.

She then did something that I wasn’t expecting. She walked up to me and flung her arms around me.