He pressed his entire body against me, and the heat was so intense that it was suffocating me. I could t think straight, and I couldn’t even look up at him as I desperately tried to push him away. “Nice work with the camera, by the way” he chuckled. “Emily and I weren’t even aware that it was still
MARCUSThere's just something so satisfying about putting a woman in her place. It's the most therapeutic thing you could possibly do, and it's so refreshing to know that where she might have thought she had the upper hand on you, it was never even a competition. Some women just deserved to be remin
Sometimes, the level of my genius was just so astounding. Occasionally, I would glance at her out of the corner of my eyes, and I would notice the vacant, haunting expression in her eyes. She hadn't even glanced in my direction once, and a tiny part of me found that insulting. She could at least lo
“Please tell me this is a joke.”Ciara looked like she wanted to murder someone. We were sitting in her office, and she was pacing the length of the room, her heels clacking on the tiles and filling the silence between us. I couldn’t bring myself to look up at her, or even say anything worthwhile. I
At the moment, it didn’t feel like we had any hope. But something about her statement made me shift uneasily. Marcus had always had a lawyer ever since he was a teenager. Carlos used to tell me stories of how much trouble he would get into during his college days with Ethan, and how they always had
“Does Brenda know?”He blinked at me confusedly, and then a flash of terror swept across his face. “You wouldn’t dare.”“You’re right,” I said. “I wouldn’t. Because unlike you, I do not turn around and stab the people I thought were my friends in the back.”I knew I’d struck a chord, because for on
I barely paid attention to what anyone was saying in the room. Everyone seemed to be talking at the same time, and all I could hear was the sound of my own heart beating slowly. I kept my eyes fixed on the papers in front of me, and I couldn't even see the words properly. All I could think about wa
“I have just one question for you, Marcus,” I said, never breaking his gaze. “I’m listening,” he replied icily. “Did you ever love me, or was it all just a plot to humiliate me?” He tilted his head to the side, and the corner of his lips twitched. I wondered what he found amusing exactly, and wha
“Forget them,” he said. “We’ll get you some new ones once we’re out of the country.”“Chris, listen to me,” I said. “Please, just let me do this. I won’t take long. You can watch me the entire time.”He stared at me with his eyes narrowed, clearly trying to figure out what I was up to. To be honest,
I saw the moment the gun went off, with the brief flash at the end of the barrel, while I threw myself entirely onto Chris' arm in an attempt to shove him out of the way. But the bullet had been shot, and I turned in horror to find Ethan falling to the ground. And in the moment, I felt like the worl
Oh, God!"Chris," I whispered, my voice barely above a whisper, “what happened to you?"He flinched like I'd slapped him, and his eyes darted down to the marks. "D-don't l-l-look at that,” he said, stammering as he stepped away from me, keeping the gun leveled at my head. "What happened to you, Chr
I'd never felt more fear in my entire life than I did staring down the barrel of a gun, with Chris standing on the other end. To say that I was terrified would have been the understatement of the century. I froze completely, like a deer caught in headlights. And it was as if my brain had switched of
"I'll always worry about you," he said. "It doesn't matter what the circumstances are.""That's so sweet," I said. "Now run along and let me finish packing up here."He looked like he wanted to argue, but I stared him down adamantly until he gave up and shook his head, accepting his own defeat and t
"Please tell me you're joking," I said, staring at his canvas in disbelief. "If you tilt your head slightly to the side, it's not so bad," he replied. "Seriously, I think it's even flattering.""Ethan, is this really how you see me?" I asked. "All you've done is draw a slim brunette with huge tits
I stood in front of my canvas and took a deep breath. The air smelled like damp earth and pine needles, like the kind of crispyness that made your lungs feel cleaner. There were a few birds chirping in the trees, and the forest whispered around us as I stared at the blank canvas and just appreciated
By the time we finished having breakfast, the sun had already broken through the trees, and it was starting to feel like early spring. I stood in the kitchen doorway with my arms crossed and eyes squinting into the light as I stared outside at the lake. It was a beautiful day, my stomach was full, I
“Fuck!” he groaned, stepping away from me slowly and chuckling to himself. “What?” I asked. “Nothing,” he replied, before he leaned forward and kissed me again. “I just love you so freaking much.”“I love you too,” I replied. We stayed like that for a while, just standing under the water with no