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It was just sex. Besides, how would he even know Steve took me? He has no idea who I am or where I came from. No one does.
Despair and dread engulf me, two doors in the cell I’m going back to, one that I’m sure I’ll never be able to escape from again.
DON’Tdo this to yourself, Summer! You didn’t need anyone before to get away. Keep it together, you’ll find a way to escape Steve!
Steve is still talking, rambling on in his nasal drone, Why did I not notice how annoying his voice is before?
Probably because he hadn’t kidnapped me before, and I made every attempt to ignore every single thing about him except his coffee order.
“Everything has been arranged, Summer. The ceremony will be next week. Our fathers thought it would allow a story to be sent out to the members of how you came to me overseas because you couldn’t bear to be apart from me any longer. That will explain your disappearance.”
Gag, gag, gag! Don’t make me sick! Me go to you? Not even if you were the last man on earth! Even if HE wasn’t your father, you are the last man I would ever marry.
He continues, obviously to himself because I’m still gagged and bound and am completely unable to participate in this delusional conversation.
“They’re already spreading the word of our return and that you insist on a speedy wedding. That you cannot bear not being my wife one day more.”
What a sick, twisted man! Are you fucking insane?! You must be, that’s the only explanation. They’re all deranged over there.
I need to get him to trust me. I have to get him to let down his guard. He’s not looking at me, but off in the distance, or at his fingernails, or tugging at a string that’s not there on his slacks. But he doesn’t stop talking.
“Your gown is almost ready; we’ll be back in perfect time for your final fitting. I made certain it meets my standards,” finally, he turns his eyes to mine. “You can thank me when you see it, you don’t have to now.”
NOW. Look at him like you adore him, like you worship the ground he walks on, like you love him more than life itself.
GAG, GAG, GAG!
And I do, I give him the sappiest, most sincere puppy dog eyes ever in the history of love filled eyes. I look at him so sweetly, you could make cotton-candy from my tears if I were crying right now. Because you can bet I really, really want to.
Acknowledgement registers on his features, I can see it penetrating his self-absorbed ramblings.
“Summer,” his look becomes heated. “Would you like to thank me now?”
Steve palms my breast, I force myself not to cringe away repulsed by his touch, as he painfully squeezes it.
I can do this, it’s just my body. It’s been defiled thousands of times before by his father. It means nothing!
I nod slowly never breaking our gaze.
“When I first arrived in this hovel, I had hopes we could begin our relationship,” another painful squeeze. “I knew you would be so happy when I told you, you were the lucky one that’s meant to be my bride,” just shut up and get this over with! This time he twists it, hard, What the hell? “But you were so distant. I finally realized you were scared.”
Let him think whatever he wants as long as it gets me what I need.
I nod again and turn up the sickly adoration in my stare.
He grips my jaw again roughly and his eyes turn hard.
“I’ve been wondering about your training, Summer,” he says. His tone sends a cold shiver through me. “I know how stern my father can be, I’ve spent a lifetime with him. Why do you think I left and never came back?” his expression shifts to anger before it becomes sinister. “I’m quite certain he was thorough. But I have no doubt it’s nowhere near up to my standards and needs.”
As hard as I try, I can’t stop my eyes from widening in terror.
He smiles. But there’s absolutely nothing pleasant about it.
“I can’t stand the thought of touching you after that vile dog, not until you’re properly cleaned. But,” he rips the duct tape from my face.
I scream. God, how I scream. The pain is a blistering, searing burn, I’m sure he’s pulled layers of skin from my face.
His smile gets bigger.
