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Laura had a rough pregnancy. Bedridden, very sick. She went into labor six weeks early. Your mother and I were there when they wheeled her back for an emergency C-section. Elli wasn’t breathing. Laura was bleeding. She ended up having a hysterectomy.”
So is she Ryats cousin ?
“Linc wants an heir. An Asher heir.”
“Do you think he’d ask her to have his child?” he snaps. “He’s inserting himself into that house to get close to Elli. He saw what James did. He’ll do the same. You can’t watch her twenty-four seven, son.”
Hell, he gave up his future, knowing that one day he’ll get his chance at revenge.
“I’m saying when he gets the chance, he’ll take it. And if you’ve tampered with her birth control, she’ll have his child. Not yours.”
“I’m sorry,” she whispers. I grip her face in both of my hands. “Don’t fucking apologize to me, Elli. You have nothing to be sorry for.”
“I’m not going anywhere, little demon,” I say, and she sniffs, biting her bottom lip nervously. “I will be whoever you need, whenever you need me.”
I’m going to show this woman that one man can be everything she needs.
I started using drugs when I was sixteen, the day after I lost my virginity to James.
“Why don’t you help me out.” “Anything.” He wraps his arms around me, pulling my body flush with his. “Fuck me.” I gently kiss the corner of his lip. “I want your cum dripping out of my pussy when I give my toast.” He pushes me away, spins me around, and slaps my ass. “Bend over and pull up your dress,” he orders, not needing to be told twice.
A dream
I never thought to ask her why she started doing them. I should have. Maybe then I would have paid more attention to her life changing right before my eyes.
When I found him, he had been dead for several hours.
It’s crazy what one little match could do. What a flame so small could destroy.
I watch the smoke rise before disappearing with disappointment and jealousy. I wish I could do that. Just float away, fade into nothing.
I’m in the mood to fuck some shit up.
“But one day, you will belong to me. And when that day comes, you’ll beg for drugs to numb the pain I will cause.”
I’m not ready to go there with him. How much can he find out about me before he just throws his hands up and says fuck it, you’re not worth all the trouble? I don’t want to find out.
“You’re just like your father. And that’s exactly why you’ll die like him.”
“Do us all a favor and get it over with. Take a few extra drugs next time. Just don’t die in this house.” Laura snorts.
“Raped?” Her mother’s mouth drops. “You think I didn’t know that you sat outside my office listening to my sessions? You think I didn’t know that you tricked James into fucking you?”
Elli’s watery eyes go wide, and she gasps. “Tricked him? I did no such thing—”
“You really think that I wasn’t aware that you were a whore who spread her legs for my husband?” ...
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The only parent she had just admitted that she knew what was happening but chose not to protect her. Not to stop it.
“Lie to me again.” I frown. “I’ve never lied to you.” “When …” She licks her lips. “When we were on the boat, and you told me you loved me.” Her eyes seem to soften. “I want to hear that again.”
“That’s what it feels like to love you, Ellington Jade Asher. It’s goddamn fucking consuming. Suffocating.”
“I’ll never lie to you, little demon. I will beat that ass black and blue. I’ll fuck that pretty mouth, and I’ll take this cunt whenever I want. But always remember, Elli, that I love you. And no man on this earth will ever come close to feeling what I feel for you. And if he thinks he does, I’ll rip his fucking heart out.”
When he finds what he wants, he holds his phone up into my face. My wide eyes go to his.
have two options. One—let him live. Two—kill him right here, right now. “You’ve got five minutes,” I say. Depending on what he has to say will depend on which option I choose.
then pushes open the two large stained glass doors.
“I bought us this house, Elli.”
“A place for you to feel safe.”
She has no clue what I’m doing, but she will eventually. And then it’ll be too late.
“You mean your best friend doesn’t know about Daddy and his friend?”
“She’s fucked both of her stepdads.” Leaning forward, she whispers in my ear, “What do you think your mother would do if she found out?”
Pushing her hip out, Amelia looks down at her nails. “Your brother.”
“Seriously? Now we know you’re lying. Because my brother is not fucking you.”
“If you can keep a secret about fucking Corbin, then I think you can keep my secret of what just happened,” I snap.
“Touch me again and I’ll break your fucking hand. Do you understand?” “Sin.” She gasps. “You’re hurting me.”
Yeah, I do. He’s going to leave with my little demon and share her with his friend. I want to slit his throat right fucking here in front of everyone.
“Yeah. I’m free.” I’ll teach them both a lesson they won’t forget.
It’s not just the sex but that he also told Amelia about James and Lincoln. She’s got a big mouth. She’ll go and tell everyone.
He made his choice, and it wasn’t me.
El oh el girrrrl
I’m numb, my heart shattered. I’ve never known pain like this. It’s as if someone has stabbed me, and I’m bleeding to death.
When his cold eyes meet mine, he finally answers, “She’ll do.”
My skin is on fire, my pulse racing. She let him touch her. Finger her. Put her in handcuffs, for fuck’s sake.
“We’re going to fuck you up, you little whore. You’ll be begging for death before we grant it.”
Are there really men in the world who think like this ? Get off to “we will make you beg for death” really? It’s weird & I have cnc fantasies….but Marcus . I can’t wait to see what sin does to you . I hope you’re the one begging for death by the end of it . Weirdo.
“You’re right.” I stand and turn to face him. “You are next.” Then I throw the knife, enjoying the shrill scream that follows.
Now that I do, I’m terrified. Not of him but what I’d do for him.
When I spent three years of celibacy for initiation, he put her through three years of initiation too.
cold chill runs up my spine when he speaks. I watch his lips move, hear his words, but with the blood rushing in my ears, I’m unable to process what he’s saying to me.
