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“Thank you, Jaxon, for understanding. Just please know I may never be ready for something like that.”
Jaxon lifts his head and his brows dip down into a frown. “I don’t believe that. The pain of what you went through is still too fresh. I believe that once you fully trust me and know deep down in the heart of you that I would never hurt you, you’ll be ready. You’re a strong person, Bailey, you just have to realize that for yourself.”
His words lighten my heart, although I don’t entirely believe them. I’m not strong. If I were, I would have gotten away from Steven sooner. I would have found the strength and courage to say no to him when he first turned on me. It’s really sweet of Jaxon to think of me as strong, but I know it can’t be true.
“Let’s get you back home,” Jaxon says, before giving me a short and sweet kiss.
After pulling back and standing up, he holds out his hand for me to grab. He tugs me up beside him and grabs the blanket to refold it. We silently make our way back to his motorcycle, both of us unsure of what to say. After a few minutes, Jaxon surprises me.
“My mom wants to meet you. She asked me to bring you over for our family dinner next Wednesday. Will you come?”
I’m so taken aback by the request that I stumble over a twig. Jaxon immediately grabs my arms to steady me. After I catch my balance, he slips his hand in mine and we continue walking.
I’m not exactly sure how I feel about meeting his mom. On the one hand, I would love to know more about Jaxon and his family. On the other hand, it’ll make it harder to leave. I’ve already grown to care about Jaxon and his sisters; I don’t need another Walker family member to care about.
I can’t find it in myself to be rude and tell him no. “Umm… yeah sure, I’d love to come to dinner at your mom’s place.”
I bite nervously at my lip. I wonder what she’ll think of me. Will she look at me and tell that there’s something off? God, I really hope this is not a mistake!
“Hey, it’s going to be okay. She’s going to love you. You actually remind me of her a little. She didn’t have a very good life with my dad. Cara wasn’t the only woman my dad cheated on my mom with. She has such a soft heart, but is a force to be reckoned with, as well. She never let it show that she was heartbroken by the betrayal, but we all knew. She was always our rock and was there every time we needed her.”
I smile at his description, wishing my own mother could have been half as incredible. “She sounds like a pretty special woman.”
“She is. And so are you. So much more special than you realize. I know she’ll see you just as I do.”
“Thank you, Jaxon. I can’t wait to meet her.”
Once we reach Jaxon’s motorcycle, he releases my hand and straps the helmet back on my head. After I’m firmly plastered to his back once again, he brings his bike to life and we start our trek back to town.
12
“I WANT YOU TO GO to him and pull out his cock and suck it,” Steven whispers in my ear from behind me, while I’m tossing a salad together to go with our dinner.
I give a violent jerk at his words and whip my head around to look at him, expecting to see laughter in his eyes as he makes the joke. What I see when I do face him is not laughter, but hard determination. There’s also darkness in his eyes I’ve never seen before, and that’s what makes me realize he’s completely serious.
“What? No! Have you lost your mind? I can’t do that!” I respond in a shouted whisper to his ludicrous request.
The look he gives me sends chills down my body. He reaches out, grips my hair, and pulls my head back with a jerk.
“You’ll do what I say, and you’ll do it now,” he growls in my face.
At first I’m completely stunned at the anger I see in his eyes. I start to struggle against him, but he’s too strong for me. I don’t know what’s gotten into him, but he can’t be serious.
“Steven, please, you’re hurting me. Why are you acting like this?” I start pleading with him. Tears appear in my eyes from both the pain of him pulling my hair and the way he’s acting.
A creepy smile slides across his lips and my fear spikes. He smacks me across the face. The force of the slap causes me to stumble back, and I hit my hip on the corner of the counter. The relief of him no longer pulling my hair is short lived because the pain in my hip is brutal.
Warm liquid seeps out the corner of my mouth, and I know the slap has busted my lip. I glance over to where Steven’s friend is seated on our couch, expecting him to come to my rescue. What I see causes my stomach to turn. He’s just sitting there watching the scene unfold while he slowly strokes himself through his pants. The sight disgusts me, and I pull my eyes away to look up at Steven.
When he’s standing over me, he reaches down and grabs another handful of hair to pull me up to him.
“It doesn’t matter why I’m acting this way. What matters now is things are going to change around here. I’m tired of waiting for you to come to heel. I’m tired of trying to gently coax you to the way I like things. No more waiting. No more coaxing. Now get the fuck over there and suck his cock, or I’ll make you do it!”
I try again to make him see reason.
“Please, Steven. Don’t make me do this.” It falls on deaf ears.
Another nasty grin stretches across his face. “I was hoping you wouldn’t go willingly.”
