RAVENA A few days later...It was just over a week before I turned eighteen, and with that, Marina and I would finally leave that backwater, never to return.My God! I couldn't believe it was so close, that the dream we had fought for our whole lives would finally come true.We spent several years saving money, making plans, and thinking about the smallest details. Since it was no longer just the two of us, but we also had a baby, we would need even more money, at least enough to guarantee a few months' rent on a nice apartment until we could find a job. However, we were already making ends meet by overcharging for the baby's layette, which we did every week at the Belize shopping mall, without Adrian suspecting that he was being robbed.He didn't pay much attention to what we were doing, he was so focused on ensuring our safety, on making sure we didn't leave the house without a group of armed security guards following us, because he believed that his enemies would attempt to kill m
— Not yet... I want to taste you a little more.He went back to licking my clitoris with those rhythmic movements, stimulating it relentlessly, until he realized I was going to explode and then he abandoned it again, penetrating my vagina with his tongue, torturing me a little more.— Please… let me cum…Finally, he obliged me, moving his tongue over my most sensitive spot again, until I plunged into ecstasy, moaning loudly, my back rising from the mattress, sweat breaking out on my forehead.After licking every last drop of my pleasure, Adrian settled his large body over mine again, taking my mouth with possession, while positioning the head of his cock at my soaked entrance and penetrating me, making me moan and adjust my body to better accommodate his size.With languid movements, with skillful precision, he began to enter and leave me, reaching me very deep, allowing me to feel every inch of his hard member against my slippery walls. With his breathing increasingly labored, agains
— There are no cats here. There was someone on this balcony and they could still be out there. — He grabbed my arm and led me back to the room. He locked the balcony door from the inside and put the key in his pants pocket. — I'll tell the security guards. I want you to promise me that you'll wait for me here, that you won't leave this room.The lump in my stomach churned a little more, fearing that if he got out, someone might hurt him.— Tell the security guards on your cell phone and stay here with me — I asked.— I'll use my cell phone, but I want to help you search. Lock the door when I leave and don't go far from here.With that, Adrian gave me a quick kiss on the forehead and hurried towards the door, picking up his discarded shirt and putting it on as he left the room.**As soon as Adrian left the room, I locked the door from the inside, got dressed and tried to stay calm, but it was impossible. An intense fear overcame me, images of him being killed, in different ways, passe
Since the first day I arrived at Adrian's house, he had been harassing me. I just never imagined he would go so far, to commit such insanity. Being a private detective was his job. Did he act like this with all his clients? It was truly unbelievable.—On the day of the trial, we can testify about what he said here — suggested one of the security guards, breaking the long silence.—And who will believe this madness? — Adrian asked. — At the very least, they will think I am paying you to lie.The security guards looked at each other, concluding that he was right.Devastated, Adrian let himself fall into an armchair and leaned forward, burying his head between his two hands, certainly realizing that there was no way to undo this, that William would find a way to arrange for him to spend the rest of his life in jail, paying for a crime he did not commit.It was then that the guilt fell on my shoulders, crushing me cruelly, attacking me to the core. If it weren't for me, none of this would
RAVENA Unlike me, Marina could move around the city freely, without the constant vigilance of security guards, so she spent the whole morning outside the house, successfully solving everything we needed. After lunch, I told Adrian that we were going to the mall to buy some more items for the baby's layette and we left the house, in the car driven by the driver, with one of the security guards sitting in the front seat next to him and two others in a second car that was right behind us.As planned, we went straight to a children's clothing store, right there in Santa Clara, whose owner we had paid to help us escape. It was much easier than I imagined to get away from the security guards, who stayed at the front of the store, near the door, while we went to the back. We went into the bathroom together, from where we jumped out the window, ending up in the backyard of the store owner's house and from there we went to the back street. There, we were finally free of the armed men who were
I practically ran to the bathroom and stood there, waiting. I didn't know how long it took for the Diazepam to take effect, or even if it would work if taken with alcohol. The only thing I knew was that if he was still awake when I came out of that bathroom, I would be completely screwed. There would be no chance of escaping being raped.Oh my! I should have paid more attention to Sandra's words when she referred to the use of this medication to make her victims fall asleep. I hadn't even read the package insert. Marina had obtained the prescription for the medication by bribing one of the doctors at the city hospital, just like my mother used to do. Who would have thought that one day I would act like her? At least in my case, it was for a good cause.Time dragged on with impressive slowness. It must have been at least half an hour since I had entered the bathroom when I finally came out, apprehensive, frozen with fear. To my complete relief, the scoundrel was sleeping peacefully, in
ADRIAN— What the hell! How can you lose two teenagers in a city this size?! — I yelled, to the security guard on the other end of the line.I was at home, taking care of business, when he called to say that the two girls had managed to disappear from his sight after entering a children's clothing store in Santa Clara. They were nothing more than amateurs, unprofessional, so they could be tricked by two teenage girls. Who did I have to kill to get a professional who was worth the money I was spending?“That’s not all, sir,” he continued, his voice taking on a serious tone that put me on alert. “We went to the hotel where William is staying, and the receptionist confirmed that the two of them were there and went up to his room.”Suddenly, I could no longer feel my legs and I fell into an armchair. My body froze, a profusion of incomprehensible feelings bombarded me devastatingly. I couldn't believe that Ravena had given herself to that lunatic, and what was worse: in exchange for the e
I didn't know if I believed her, she might be saying that to get away with it. I needed to take Raven to the doctor to be sure.—What kind of monsters are you? Would you kill your own grandson and nephew? In exchange for what? — he asked as he fought against his loss of control.If I didn't hold back, I would have killed those sons of bitches.— As if you care! — Soraya growled. — That fetus wouldn't even exist if it weren't for us. I put it in there, I have every right to take it out.I had to get out of there before I became a murderer. I would have turned the three of them over to the police if I hadn't been certain that doing so would bring the Santa Clara police chief straight to me. So I turned to the head of security and gave the order:— Take them away from the city, to the most remote and distant place you can find, take off all their clothes and leave them there. I want to see how they will manage.— Damn, man! You don't need this! — Daniel complained and I didn't even look
RAVENA Five years later...It was Sunday and the day was sunny, although a cool, constant breeze was blowing, easing the heat of that time of year.As we used to do on weekends, when we weren't traveling to some paradise destination, Adrian and I would have a barbecue in the backyard of our house in São Paulo. We had three maids who worked with us from Monday to Friday, but on Saturdays and Sundays, I insisted that we prepare everything ourselves.While my handsome husband was busy grilling the meat on the large barbecue in the pool area, the children were playing on the lawn further ahead, running excitedly after a ball, along with Mr. Arnaldo, who could barely keep up with them . Heitor, our firstborn, was the fastest. He scored all the goals, but he didn't let his younger sister, Maria Flor, get left out, making it easier for her to kick the ball a few times, even though it wasn't easy to keep up with her brother at three years old.Watching them, I was filled with affection and p
— Sorry for the interruption, guys, but I had to come up here and make a fool of myself so that the girl I love would believe in my love. — He fell silent for a moment and there was a shower of boos and whispers of admiration, which became audible in equal measure. — Ravena, I love you, more than I've ever been able to love anyone in my life. — When they heard my name being pronounced, the crowd moved away, forming a semicircle, creating space between me and the stage, all eyes turned in my direction, while I remained petrified, with my heart racing, my face burning with shame, for becoming the center of attention. — With you, I learned to forgive, something I never imagined I would be capable of. You taught me to love and, as selfish as it may be, I want to spend the rest of my life by your side. Forgive me for all the stupid things I said before. Come home with me, my love, we'll raise our child together .He fell silent and a deathly silence fell over the place, all attention was f
Burning with fury, I crossed the few meters that separated us, dodging the crazed dancers along the way and closed my hand around his arm, causing him a small fright.—Come with me. We need to talk. — I had to change the tone of my voice so that it would be audible over the sound of the loud music.Raven stared at me in silence for a moment, her eyes filled with disbelief. But then she seemed to come to her senses again, her face contorted with anger, as she jerked her arm out of my grasp.— I have nothing to talk to you about! — she shouted, enraged.— Yes, there is. Come with me right now! — I replied.When I closed my hand around her arm again, determined to get her out of that hell, the idiot who had a crush on her had the nerve to come at me, wanting to fight.— She already said she doesn't want to talk to you, man. Let her go — he said.I slapped my free hand on his chest and it took just one push for him to stagger back. But he had his cousin and other friends who had joined th
ADRIANI was in the middle of one of the most important meetings about that project, the last one I would hold with the engineers and shareholders before my return to São Paulo, and yet I couldn't concentrate on anything the men and women seated around the large rectangular table were saying.As had been the case for the past few weeks, all I could think about was Raven. I was about to go crazy with her new habits, with that new mania of always leaving the house, going back and forth to Belize, having fun as if there was no tomorrow.I really wanted to be happy for her, for the fact that she was managing to move on without me, after all that was how things had to be. She was just living her life as she should. However, I was on the verge of madness, I couldn't stop thinking about her, about what she did with those idiots out there. Because of such thoughts, I had reached the height of absurdity by ordering my security guards to keep that Fernando guy as far away from her as possible,
The next day, I had lunch in my room again, to avoid meeting him around the house. In the afternoon, at a time when Adrian was never home, I went downstairs with Marina to sunbathe near the pool, as I had been doing for the last few days.She and I were lying side by side, stretched out on lounge chairs, wearing only our bikinis, when unexpectedly Adrian approached, coming from the direction of the house, looking like a mirage with his athletic and elegant build, inside the blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and gray dress pants.“Marina, could you leave us alone for a moment?” he asked, his voice much calmer than the day before, his large body blocking my sun.— Of course. — Cowardly as always, Marina got up and left the garden almost running.Adrian sat sideways in her seat, facing me, while I lay there, motionless, my eyes half-closed against the sun, unable to keep every tiny part of my body from becoming aware of his proximity. The unwanted heat of lust welled up
According to Marina, we were celebrating my birthday, so I could choose anywhere we wanted to go. There weren’t many entertainment options in Belize, so I ended up choosing the amusement park, which I had only heard of from photos that people from Santa Clara posted on social media when they were there. It seemed childish for my age, but it was a place I had always wanted to visit, so I decided to take advantage of the opportunity.That's where we spent the whole afternoon, having fun on the rides, playing games, dancing, talking nonsense and relaxing, like normal people did. It was this kind of happiness that Adrian was talking about when he said that I needed to live my youth before tying myself down to marriage and children.I agreed with him that that kind of pastime, that being carefree was really fun, but it didn't even come close to what existed between us, or at least what I believed existed.My choice would always have been to stay with him, but unfortunately he didn't want m
The week that followed was one of the worst of my life. In order to avoid seeing Adrian, I spent practically the entire day in my room, ate my meals there, only left when I was sure he wasn't home, and only went out to the back garden to get some sun.All the time I felt dominated by blind hatred, no longer able to cry, but only regret having once trusted that man, having loved him and opened my heart to him. He was like my mother, a scoundrel and without scruples, the only difference was that we didn't have the same blood running through our veins.To my salvation, Marina was my constant companion, she was always with me, cheering me up, encouraging me to leave that room and go out and live life. Every day, she invited me to go shopping in Belize, as before, but I was afraid of harming the baby, since the doctor had recommended that I rest.After a week, I was tired of being cooped up, so I used some of the money I had been saving to bring one of Belize's most renowned doctors to the
RAVENAI woke up feeling my throat extremely dry, my body slightly aching. For a moment, I was dazed, not knowing where I was, or what had happened. I blinked a few times, focusing on the ceiling above me. It was white, unfamiliar. I looked around and discovered that I was in a hospital room, with an IV hooked up to my arm.Adrian was sitting in an armchair next to me, his attention focused on the screen of a laptop, and it was only when I looked at him that I remembered everything that had happened, his contemptuous words, the fall down the stairs.As I was overcome by an agonizing anguish, my hands went to my belly, almost by reflex, looking for my baby, without being able to distinguish if he was still there.— My baby… — I stammered, but my voice barely came out. — My baby — I said again and, this time, I managed to get Adrian’s attention, who immediately put down the computer and stood up, standing next to me.— Raven, thank God you're awake. How are you feeling?The sound of his
Ravena still tried to resist, placing her hands on my chest and pushing me away, but in the end she let her desire get the better of her and allowed me to strip her of her robe and take her to bed.There was so much to say, but there was no space for words. All I could do was take her to myself, overcome by the certainty that this would be the last time I would taste her, that I would kiss my son while he was still in her belly. The last time she would be mine, because after we talked, she would never look at me again.Overcome by a whirlwind of heightened emotions, I loved her with all my intensity, giving and receiving pleasure, kissing every tiny part of her body, saving her taste and her smell, experiencing for the last time the sensation of being inside her. Until, finally, we lay motionless in bed, naked, sweaty, cuddled up to each other, enveloped by a silence filled with a restlessness whose reasons were different for both of us.“Raven, I love you,” I whispered. Before she ha