“No buts,” he said continuing hiskisses.
His hands trailedup the inside of my thighs, making me quiver, but all I could thinkabout was the other man I had been longing for since I had beentaken. I had to make him hurt me—had to make him want to hurt me soI wouldn’t have to live with the guilt of enjoying this if my bodywas stupid enough to like it.
“I’m sorry. I just don’t have the heart for this,” I utteredin anger. “Because it belongs to someone else, along with myloyalty.”
I was terrified toprovoke his jealousy, but I couldn’t take this. I knew of only oneway to stop it.
“What. Did you. Just. Say?” Darren asked very sharply,bringing his eyes back up to mine.
I stared at himwith absolute hatred. I wanted him to know that my body mightbelong to him, but that was it. My heart and soul belonged tosomeone else and that would never change no matter what hedid.
When I didn’tanswer, his hand shot out for my throat and gripped it likeavise. I groaned andgasped for air, terror rising in my blood as I started to regret mydecision. What if this was one of those moments when he might snapand accidentally kill me? Maybe I hadn’t really thought thisthrough.
“I swear to God,Jaden,if you make me repeat myself today onemore time …” he growled, his grip getting tighter andtighter.
The muscles in myarms strained as I fought for oxygen, tears involuntarily springingfrom my eyes and falling down my cheeks. Shit, he was furious nowand fear filled my belly as if I had consumed too much ofit.
“I’m sorry,” I croaked out. It was all I could manage tosay.
“You’re sorry?” Darren almost laughed,wide-eyedand angry,until he got real low to my face. “Not fucking yet, youaren’t.”
And then he kissedme so roughly, he actually bit my lip and drew blood. I squirmedand shrieked, trying to buck him off me until he finally releasedmy mouth. Fear coursed through my body. I was bound totheheadboardand hisheavy body trapped my legs under him. There was no way for me todefend myself. I was completely at his mercy, and it looked like hewas really running low on that at the moment. God, I was fuckingstupid.
This was worsethan the last time he showed how jealous he could be, especiallysince I now had no way to protect myself. Panic surged through myveins, intoxicating my rationality and bringing me to the point ofbegging for mercy and forgiveness, but I wasn’t that goneyet.
“I’m over here giving you all the pleasure your body desiresand you have the nerve to tell me where you think your loyaltylies? Are you fucking kidding me?!”
He gave me anotherhard squeeze for good measure and released my throat. Darren thenwrenched my thighs apart and placed himself between them. Unzippinghis jeans, he unleashed his straining erection and plowed into me.I gasped loudly as his dick filled me up, stretching my core pastthe breaking point.
“You want pain, baby doll, you gotit.”
In and out, hedrilled into me, whatever gentleness he had exhibited beforecompletely absent. He unleashed all his fury into my body, bitingme, bruising my skin with his grip, but it seemed pretty obvious hewas enjoying himself as he punished me with his cock. I finallylooked away from him, unable to stand the expression on his face ashe took what he wanted over and over again.
“Look at me,” he growled, gripping my face roughly in hishand. “Don’t you dare take your eyes off mine.” And then he lacedhis fingers through my hair and pulled it taut so that I had nochoice but to keep my eyes locked onhis.
“I hate you,” I hissed at him, looking him right in the eyeslike he wanted me to.
“Good,” he shot back, slamming into me evenharder.
God, I couldn’temphasize the word hate enough. He wanted me to watch him while heenjoyed taking my body however he wanted. It took everything I hadnot to let another tear slide out, but I was losing control and heloved it. He loved showing me how easy it was for him to dominateme, even though I thought I was so much better than this. Maybethat was what made it worse.
He then suddenlygrabbed my throat again and squeezed. He just loved to put hishands there. It wasn’t just a way of hurting me; it was a way ofpossessing me. “You’re mine, Jaden,” he growled, still plowing intome. “And nothing will ever change that.”
I felt sick to mystomach as I tried to come to terms with hiswords.
Nothing will ever change that …
Bullshit. I wouldchange that. One way or another, with one of us dead, it wouldchange.
I cried out as hecame close to finishing and sped up his pace, thrusting harder anddeeper. Finally, he came; he collapsed on top of me but still heldup most of his weight while keeping himself buried insideme.
“You know what, Jaden?” Darren finally said, rising up on hiselbows. “I have half a mind to go find that piece of shit you oncecalled a boyfriend, bring him back here, and make you watch me killhim. Would you like that? Because I know Iwould.”
My heart sank intomy stomach, shriveling into tiny knots at the thought of what hejust said. With Kayla gone, he had effectively discovered my trueKryptonite. I couldn’t let him hurt Jason. I would kill himfirst.
It seemed stupidfor him to go after my family—too much of a risk—but after a while,the heat would die down and they could become easy targets. Jasonwasstrong,though, andjust as tough as I was, maybe even tougher. That was why he was soperfect for me. We had always complemented each other so well,having many of the same interests, and always taking any challengehead-on when it came our way. We were an unstoppable force togetherand everyone knew it. He would want me to survive this so that whenI eventually escaped, he would help me take my vengeance. I had togive in now. If he killed Jason, I would have nothing left to livefor and I would probably just off myself at that point, and thenthere would be no one to stop this sadisticmotherfucker.
“Please,” I whispered, trying to ignore the pulsing achebetween my legs. “Please, don’t. You’re right. I shouldn’t havebeen thinking about him. It’s just …”
