Aria gasped for breath. Her face turned to the side as her eyes found mine. "How can you say this isn’t a punishment, you sadist?" She choked out.
My eyes darkened in response. I pressed down on her lower back, pushing her against my hard cock, and shoved her legs open. When she immediately tried to close them, I slapped the inside of her thighs until she spread them open.Upset with her continuous resistance, I slapped the tips of my fingers against her pussy. The room echoed with the sounds of her dripping wet pussy."Listen to how soaked you are, Tesorina. Does this sound like pain or pleasure to you?"Her legs flew shut, trapping my hand between her thighs, a strategic mistake she was going to pay for and I made sure of that. Curling my fingers, I found her opening and thrust two fingers into her."Oh, god," she cried, her spine arching."Just as tight as I'd thought," I hissed between clenched teeth. "You were meant for me."I could tell she haEven with my pleas, Aria remained stubborn. Her ass was now completely red, a beautiful painting of painful welts. I caressed them gently with my thumb and she hissed in pain. “You know what I want. Say it or I’ll keep going.”Fresh tears deposited at the corner of her eye and rushed down her cheeks. I scooped them up with a finger and suck them into my mouth, not willing to waste even one drop. I lifted the belt. “I won’t...” Aria started.I stopped instantly. My hand remained frozen by her barely audible interruption. And I waited. Three seconds... Six... Eight. Twelve. The belt connected with the top of her thighs this time. She jolted and screamed, falling limply back against the bed. “I won’t run away from you again,” she finally whispered. Tired, in pain, traumatized. Victory erupted in my veins. I tossed the belt to the side of the bed and released her wrists, flipping her over in my arms. She cried out when her welted ass came into contact with my
ARIA'S POV . Pietro let me spend the rest of the day in what he called our bedroom. He left with Nika a couple of minutes after wrecking my body with an orgasm. I spent the day scanning through the rooms in his house. There were a couple of them. Some were empty, some locked. This wasn't the same house I came to in my wedding dress. This house was different. I knew he was keeping me here because he didn't trust that I wouldn't attempt to run away from him again. The security was tight. There was no way I would attempt running without getting caught. Unless... I attempt it anyway and pray for luck. I met some of his domestic staff. A live-in housekeeper, who doubles up as his chef. The housekeeper introduced me to the other staff members. Aside from the gardener, who lives in the servant quarters, the rest of the workers come in at least twice a week. By evening, I had lasagna, prepared by Melody, the housekeeper. Then I retired for the night. My mind, already made up that I woul
The reality of what Pietro did stared at me. He wanted to frighten the hell out of me before he finally carried out his plans. There were chains dangling from the ceiling and from the wall of the room. There were about two racks with sets of whips and canes of different sizes on display. I had no idea whips came in different shapes and designs. There were whips like that of horses, ones that were twisted to form a thick twist, ones that were braided with their tips ending in fringe leather. There was another glass rack that contained vibrators of various types, shapes, and sizes. One of the vibrators was shaped like a hand. An agonized laughter escaped my lips. Pietro Eppolito is indeed a fucking sadist. A sadist with a fucking sense of humor. There was a bed that looked like the type I'd seen in the hospital during my appointments at the family planning unit. Then, a sink was by the side, and a cart was next to it with a neatly folded stack of towels. "Pietro, you are a monst
He stared at me as if he was trying to see inside my soul. "Fear..." he rasped. "Fear is a crazy thing." He held onto my dress, and I froze, scared that if I moved even a tiny bit, I would die. His eyes were on my face. One of his hands held the cape of my dress, and the other one held onto the knife.I almost pleaded with him to look down, so his knife doesn't nip me. Eyes still glued to my face, he brought the knife to my throat and I turned into a make-believe rigid statue. Tears filled my eyes and rolled down my cheeks.He brought the knife lower and with a snap, ripped my dress. "You are so beautiful, Aria," he said, a thick wave of honesty in his voice. Next, he knelt down and kissed the area around my navel. It was so unexpected that I didn't have time to brace myself against the shocking pleasure it brought me. His lips were soft and sensuous, and a wave of desire burned through my body before I could stop it. No, no, no. I forced myself to think of the lifeless body of
"Three." Pietro struck the left cheek. I was feeling every blow as a lightning strike that would never end until eternity. I wailed my heart out, desperately pulling and grabbing at the chains. "Stop." The survival part of my brain pleaded. I couldn't throw my hands out to block the blows. Neither could I run away. All I had was my mouth to let out pitiful, weak, useless pleas that would do nothing but fall on deaf ears. Another crack across the left cheek. "Eight." "Stop, stop, stop." My voice rose higher and higher until it became nothing but a helpless squeak. I was sobbing, gulping for air. When he struck my ass again, I thought I was going to die. "Ten strikes done..." he said. Oh God, fifteen more to go. I can’t survive this. "Please, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, I’m really, really sorry." He didn't care and he didn't listen. He resumed, and this time it was continuous spanking across each butt cheek, moving from top to bottom. He barked the numbers in an eerily satisfying
When Pietro finally uncuffed my wrists, I almost sank to my knees, but he caught me right on time. "Are you ever going to run from me again?" "No, Sir." I sobbed out the words, hanging my head in despair, too ashamed of my weakness to look at him. I thought I’d be much much stronger than this. He scooped me up, and I jerked in pain as he carried me across the room. Everywhere my whipped flesh touched him, the painful agony multiplied. He carried me and made me lie on a soft padded couch. A minute later, I felt him massaging salve on my whip marks. The burns cooled significantly. His gentle hands swept over my skin, stroking, numbing and soothing comfort into my flesh. I moaned with gratitude. He moved over every throbbing inch, and the feeling of his palms on my skin turned out to be the most delicious sensation I’ve ever experienced in a while. His hands were talented. He knew just how much pressure to apply and when to press down and not. I forced myself to go silent and stif
Alone like this, with nothing to distract me, the full horror of my situation came crashing back down. I’m trapped with a criminal. Who’s going to come to my rescue? I tried to be positive and think of nothing but comforting thoughts so that I don’t go crazy. Maybe Steve would come for me or at least highlight the police soon. If he doesn't, then very soon, my father would get worried enough to look for me too. Hannah ought to be looking for me, too. Celia would have told them about me. Oh no, that’s the worst... If my father finds out that Pietro has me, he won’t bother looking for me. He’ll assume I’m safe with him. So, everybody is going to go on with their lives like my absence means nothing. Nobody is going to be worried enough to challenge Pietro? A wail of agony escaped my lips. I’ll be able to escape somehow. I may not know just how, yet. But it's best to keep my hopes up. “You are a piece of shit, Pietro!” I yelled, sitting up on the mattress and looking around to find
Pietro dripped shampoo into my hair and lathered it up. His fingers expertly massaged my scalp, and I closed my eyes and surrendered to the beautiful sensation. Then he rinsed it off and repeated the process with the conditioner. He took his time, his attention shockingly tender. When he rinsed the conditioner off and slid a soapy cloth between my legs, I flinched, but forced myself to relax. I felt warm pleasure flowing through my body with each stroke of the cloth. He slid it through the folds, caressing me with it, and my breathing sped up. It felt so good that, for a moment, I forgot what he did to me. Then I closed my eyes again and firmly forced myself to remember that he was the enemy, and every submission he forced on me took away some of my power. But it was hard to concentrate on that when my whole body was melting and my legs were spreading of their own will, welcoming the firm rubbing motion across my slit. Waves of pleasure flowed through my body with each stroke
He was expecting me to just hand my phone to him. I was aware of what would happen to me if I refused to give him the phone. But as shameful as it may sound, I wanted that. I’ve been craving it ever since Steve took me away from him. To put my want in motion, I shot out of my seat, my purse firmly clutched in my hand, I started heading toward the restrooms in the back. He chased after me and caught me halfway down. My purse fell to the ground, and I let out a false cry. He captured my wrists in one hand and easily tied them together with his necktie. Then he took out my cell phone and dropped it on the floor, squashing it several times and shattering it in the process. "You idiot. I bought that phone barely three weeks ago." I howled. "Oh so sad," He faked out. "Do you want to cry now?" Goddammit, I was wet for this man. Even his cruel words turned me on so fucking much. I'm damaged!Suddenly, he bent my arms painfully and steered me down to a co
I shook my head. "No. I can’t live like this, Pietro. You need to let me out of this car, now. You need to let me live my life."I grabbed at the door handle, but of course, it was locked. "I can’t. It’s not safe out there for you. I lost a couple of my men when Steve attacked our home. The backup that came fast enough were killed too. I'm trying to build up enough defense to shield us for the time being, until we track Steve down.""Kidnapping me again isn't the solution." I reasoned."I'm not kidnapping you, Amore. I let you go because I knew you needed that time away. Both of us do. Now I've realized my mistakes and I'm going to right all my wrongs. It's a promise."A wave of ice crashed over me. "So, you're not letting me go? We can't end this sham of a marriage?""Not if I'm still alive, Amore.""Then I'll kill you.""That sounds refreshing. But baby I promise you, I'm going to change. I'll work hard to earn your love and trust again. But I can't let you let you go." He grabbed m
The night was close to the worse ones I always had in that shitty cell in Pietro's home. I barely slept all through. I kept waking up, checking the windows and the doors for any sign of a break-in.Finally, it was morning and I barely slept up to an hour. Once Celia left to check her new space and made me promise to go with her to see the space tomorrow, I pulled on bootcut jeans and a knitted top. And pushed Pietro's ring into my finger to help scare away randy men. I'd removed it when I got to the airport in Queensland. Then I tucked my taser and pepper spray in my purse, and managed to fit in three pocket knives: one in my purse, the second inside my boot, and the third was clutched together with my purse since it was customized to look like a cute key holder.With shaking hands, I scribbled a note for Celia and dropped about ten thousand dollars for her beside the note. I told her how grateful I was for everything she’d done for me and promised that I'd be back soon and I was onl
I almost drowned, almost!But Max held me up and let out a silly crackle of laughter that I was forced to join him while scanning my eyes around, trying not to look too obvious. I saw nothing; no one seemed out of place. I guess I didn't have the capacity to decipher these sorts of things.After a while, I asked, "Did Pietro send you?" He smiled, so sweet, so calm like we were two innocent kids with absolutely nothing to worry about. "Angelo sent me." He replied."What?" I mouthed. "That's crazy." He nodded in agreement. "But why? How? I mean..." I paused. "All of this seems like a coincidence. You own a grocery store, and you just opened a lovely restaurant on Bristen.""Your friend, we've been keeping an eye on her." That was all he said."Why?" I repeated."My family just struck a business deal with Pietro Eppolito." He replied, directing me on how to stabilize my floating technique. "It's a long story and time's short. I'm going to call out a number for you and you have to do wel
Dressed in a simple sundress, myself, Celia and a couple of the friends she'd made overtime were seated at a table for six. Still not completely ready to be seen, I'd settled for the barest minimum; a simple black tweed dress and black flats. I had no jewelry or makeup on, and my hair was pulled in a not-so-complimentary ponytail. I wanted to be invisible. It was the first time I’d actually been out to socialize with people since I escaped Steve and Pietro... Almost an hour later, we were working our way through desert while listening to cool music. I had started relaxing when I suddenly felt a strange prickle of danger. I scanned the room, looking for Pietro, Giancarlo, Steve, or any figure that could suggest danger. I didn't see any. The host came over to greet us and my chocolate cake got stuck somewhere in my throat. It was the guy that followed me from the grocery store a couple of days ago. The very one that couldn't just let me be. He flashed a sweet smile my way. "Hi, st
ARIA'S POV.Over the next couple of days, I found myself moving in a sort of haze. Celia was making inquiries about the area and the possibility of starting up a small beauty brand.The plan was to start up small and save the rest of the money for rainy days. Each time I tried to offer her a large chunk of the cash I had on me, she would blatantly reject it. So, I went ahead to stuck up the house with groceries and got a new phone since I discarded the burner phone Pietro gave me. The phone didn't leave the airport with me. I flushed it down one of the toilets at the airport.My life over the past couple of days was to wake up, bathe, eat, and browse the internet for notable schools and some of their openings that would allow me to study online and still bag a good cert.My body used this opportunity to heal a little more every day. I even put some weight back on. I watched TV, exercised, and read books every single day. On days when she's not meeting up with a business advisor, Ce
PIETRO'S POV."You let her leave, why?" Edoardo asked me.I shrugged, "I'm trying to be better. I can't keep her against her will. However, I'm keeping an eye on her. She's safe." I replied."You're sure that's the right thing to do?" He asked, giving me that quizzical stare that got me instantly pissed. "Are you going to keep asking about my wife or would you at least ask why I sent for you?" I shot at him."Goddammit, Pietro. What's eating you up?"I hissed and looked at the window, seeking to direct my gaze anywhere else but at him. "Where the fuck is Carlo?" I asked him."He's making sure the last of the hostages we released from Steve Amati's warehouse get to their homes in one piece. Why did you send for me though? I've made no progress with Amati's whereabouts if that's your reason for sending for me." I shook my head. "That's not all," I told him. "Roberto Kostas..." I paused. Snagging an almost empty glass of martini on my home office table, I gulped it down hurriedly and
ARIA'S POV.When I arrived with my luggage, Celia was waiting for me at the airport premises. It had been almost four months since I set my eyes on her, and she looked way thinner but still very much pretty.As she drove us into a small brick apartment, I blinked at the simplicity and comfort of the neighborhood. "I can't believe you'll ever choose to live in a country home," I told her.She smiled. "Desperate times, Aria."We stepped down from the car and I pulled out my box from the back seat. "But you said Zachary signed the papers and he didn't make a fuss. So why leave Zurich?""To start a new life." She replied. "I'd always planned to move to another City or county after the divorce. Also, I ran into someone that made my move, quicker"She said, but paused, "I ran into someone from my past.""Who?""Giuseppe. You remember him, don't you?""The mystery guy you used to talk about all the time. You said you guys broke up." I repl
In response, I stroked her arm, my fingers trailing soft lines over her skin. "I was out of my fucking mind when I thought you were going to die. I just knew I wouldn't be able to function without you." I told her and she slumped into my arms, all the fight gone out of her. Her head rested on my shoulder, and she sobbed until my shirt became damp with her tears. "My God, I'm a complete mess. And it's all because of you." She sobbed. "What have you done to me? I can’t stop thinking about you. I hate it. You’ve invaded my mind, and I can’t get rid of you." Beautiful warmth spread through me. I'd been praying so hard that she still felt something for me. Something, anything at all. And hearing her say the words had me riling with excitement. "You’ll come home with me, Amore. We’ll make this work, together." She sat up and moved away from me, but I held onto her arm. "I'm not going back to that house with you. No." Her voice was hoarse. "I'm going on my ow