Next One Is a Babe

All at once, Logan grabbed his shoulder. Shawn was a clean, thin, and polite man, while Logan was a head taller than him, and he was sturdy. Thus, when they were placed side by side, Shawn was no match for him.

Logan turned to him impatiently, and he clamped down on his shoulder. “What did you call me?”

Shawn was about to snap at him, but the pain from his shoulder was starting to sear, begging for his attention. When he tried to pull away from Logan’s grip, he realized he had an iron grip on him, thus couldn’t. A while later, Shawn’s expression finally started to change, and he held his shoulder. “Let go of me!” he protested.

Logan held on to his shoulder and flung him across the yard. “Scram.”

With his weak build, Shawn couldn’t fight back against Logan, and the throw made him stagger toward the front door.

Shocked by what Logan did, Lola gasped and went up to Logan. “Why’d you do that?” she whispered in a voice only audible to them both.

Logan looked at Shawn with contempt. “You can’t let scum like him do whatever he wants.”

Shawn fell down with a thud, and he scrambled to get up. After shooting a look at Logan and Lola who was behind him, he nodded in realization. “Oh, I get it now. What you did last night was just an excuse so you can date this b*stard. You didn’t have to do that, you know. I ain’t clingy, so just tell me you like him, and that’ll be the end of it. You don’t have to make yourself look like a damsel in distress, Lola. I did nothing wrong to you.”

Lola frowned again. She pushed Logan away and went up to Shawn, her eyes on him. “I don’t think I’m a damsel in distress, nor do I think you did me dirty. After all, we started dating for our own goals. I don’t even like you, so don’t think too highly of yourself. Do you know why I want to break up? Because I’m disgusted by what you did. Don’t think you’re innocent, Shawn. Think about your ex. Can you really say you did nothing wrong? Can you say you’re innocent?”

The commotion in the yard attracted Fiona’s attention, and she came out with her shovel. When she noticed the tension in the air, she thought Shawn was here for trouble. “Why are you here?” She came up with her shovel. “We told the matchmaker last night that this marriage is off. And I’ll tell you now, Lola isn’t going to marry a scum like you. You’ll only lead her to hell.”