*Dove* Cold icy hands. Rotting breath fanning across my skin.“Look at this golden pussy. Oh, how I have missed you, Dovie.”A chill ran down my spine. I tried to press my back further into the wall. I needed to get out of here.“Do you miss me, baby?” His hand crept lower and lower toward my core.“Please,” I pleaded. “No, please.”“You’re mine.”“No!” My body lurched forward in the bed, my skin drenched in sweat. The moonlight streamed into the room, illuminating half of the space.I looked around the room and saw that I was in our bedroom. My hand came to rest on my racing heart and I let out a few shaky breaths.You’re okay…you’re okay…I kept chanting that inside of my head over and over again. My body felt like it had run two full marathons. Every muscle was sore. All I could feel was the ache in my muscles and the creaking of my bones as I peeled the sheets off my body.“Ah,” I hissed as I placed my legs on the floor. The cool wood felt nice under my sore soles. “W
Miles sat in his wheelchair looking at me with a small smile playing on his lips. His eyes were tender and soft, and his aura alone was enough to calm some of the chaos that my father had induced.For a moment, time stood still and it was just he and I who existed in that moment. There was no one else but us.It was a blissful moment.“How are you feeling?” he asked, breaking the calm moment. “You gave me quite the scare.”“Umm…” I tried to find my voice, “I’m sorry. I just…a lot happened.”“I’m sure.” His features twisted into one of deep concern. “Do you want to talk about it?”Do I?Dylan was a thing of my past and so was the incident. But somehow my history had followed me to the new life I had created here.Why? Why could I not just have peace for once? All my life, all I had ever known was pain and suffering.My father. My mother. The assault. Dylan.This was meant to be my time of joy and happiness but I was quickly coming to realize that good things didn’t always stay
I stared down at my phone completely and utterly shocked.I had to blink a few times to make sure that I was seeing exactly what I was seeing.There was no way that this was the man that she was marrying. This had to be some kind of mistake.I clicked on the comment section and read what they all had to say.‘You two are so good together ’‘Oh my Gosh was he not with her sister?’‘You guys are going to have the cutest babies’I read comment after comment and it all just kept getting realer and realer with each passing second. There was no way that this was real right now.She was marrying my ex-boyfriend. The man that I had loved so deeply and who had broken my heart in two.“Dove?” Miles tried to grab my attention. “Dove?”I lifted my head, “yes?”“Are you okay? You look like you’ve seen a ghost?”I nodded my head but no words came out. I was still in bitter and utter shock.“Dove?” My husband wheeled himself to my direction and placed his hand on my shoulder. “Are you
She pulled my hair while I pulled hers. We rolled around on the ground trying to claw at each other, anger fueling my actions.“I am going to kill you,” Sylvia sneered at me as she got on top of me, attempting to punch me.I dodged the blows but she was able to land one good punch that hit me right in the mouth, causing the taste of metallic to touch my tongue. I turned my head to the side and spit out all the excess blood.I flipped us over so now I was on top of her. “I have been waiting to do this.”I drew my hand back ready to strike her stupid little face but my arm was held back. I was expecting to find Dylan there but instead, I was being stared down at by my father’s raging green eyes.“What are you doing, Dove?”I ripped my hand from his grip and stood from my sister's abdomen. She had now resorted to crying quietly under her breath to get sympathy from my father. Of course, she fucking was. “Daddy she just attacked me,” she whimpered, dusting herself off as she rose t
*Dylan* I had no idea what I was doing outside with her. I had no business being out here with her when my fiancée was inside, likely watching this exchange. “I don’t want to talk to you, Dylan.” Dove turned away from me and looked out to the road. “Your wife-to-be will not be happy to see you talking to me. And I would hate to put her head in the mud again.”I looked down at her hand and saw that she was bleeding.“You’re bleeding.” I tried to reach for her hand but she moved away from me. “Don’t be childish, let me see and help you.”“Now you want to help?” she snapped. “Where were you when I needed help three years ago?”The venom in her voice was potent and lethal. She was out for blood.“You weren’t at work,” I stated, ignoring her words. This was the only thing that I could think of to break the ice.“I was sick. What are you going to do? Fire me?” There was a challenge in her voice.It was rare for Dove to get fired up. She was often a levelheaded person. She didn’t
*Miles* I could feel her eyes on me the entire time as I drove us back into town. She had a million and one questions, I was sure of it.In my defense, I had not thought it all the way through. I had just heard her tears and my little ruse was the last thing on my mind. I just knew that I needed to get to her.She had left in such a haste and I had been constricted to that damn chair. But now the secret was out. She knew that I could walk. I had been keeping this secure for the past three years since my accident. I didn’t want my enemies to know that I was healed after the stunt they had tried to pull on me.“So, are we going to talk about the elephant in the car or we are going to pretend like you don’t have full mobility of your legs?”I came to a traffic stop and turned to meet her eyes. Dove’s eyes were set on my legs as they controlled the large car. She had a look of both confusion and horror on her face.I couldn’t blame her.She had been set up to marry a cripple who
*Dove* Monday had come too far quickly. I didn’t want to be around Dylan again after the shit show that had taken place at my dad’s place. Not only that but I had found out that my paralyzed husband was not so paralyzed after all. The man could walk just fine.I knew that Miles had promised me that I would be under his protection but I still felt uneasy. I didn’t know who that guy was from the basement parking and going back to work was bringing up a lot of anxiety.I had been battling with an idea the entire weekend. With Dylan at my workplace and now being my boss and also marrying my half-sister, it was all too much for me.New York was meant to be my fresh start. A chance for me to carve my own path but the ghosts of my past had come back to haunt me.I had yet to tell my friends the full scope of what happened but I had given them the summarized version and by that I mean I told them that I was fine and feeling better. I was a coward, I know, but I had no choice. I was not
*Miles* I had been anxious to get home to see Dove. She had not responded to any of my texts or calls and I figured that today would be a hard day for her. She was quitting the job that she had loved with everything in her heart all because of that bastard. When I walked out of the elevator I found her sitting in the kitchen and no Greta in sight. She heard my steps, lifted her gaze from her wine glass, and looked at me.“Hey.” Her voice was soft and tender. I could see the sanders swimming in her eyes. “How was your day?”“It was all right.” I came to sit beside her by the island in the center of the space. “I can see that yours put you through the wringer.” I tapped the stem of her wine glass.“Oh yeah, this…” She gave one humorless laugh that didn’t quite reach her eyes. “I needed a little something to take the edge off I guess. It’s been a hard day.”I hated seeing her like this. So broken…so dejected…so lost.I wanted to put back all the broken pieces that had fallen f