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Only after he finished his memories did he open his painfilled eyes. They sat in silence for a few long seconds before he asked, “What does Lukus know that I don’t?”
“It doesn’t really matter. I was stupid enough to go there…”
“Brianna. What am I missing?”
“I didn’t go there to cheat on you, Markus. I went there because he’s blackmailing me.”
“Blackmail? Why the fuck wouldn’t you come to me with that?” He yelled directly into her face.
She rushed to explain. “Because, he has pictures. Videos. Terrible shit from the past that would hurt you—hurtus. I was stupid. I should have known it was just a trap. But once he got me behind closed doors… there was nothing I could do. He’s just too strong.”
“Too strong? Wait. What are you saying? You didn’t want him to tie you up and belt you?”
Brianna had to be truthful, as much as it hurt. “I’d love to blame all this on Jake because I was absolutely not a willing participant this time, but the fact is I did go with him once a long time ago. He has photos. It’s how he lured me there this time.”
“So, if you didn’t… but you came. I heard you.”
“I did, and I hate myself for it, but…”
Darkness turned her husband’s beautiful brown eyes almost black as he silently thought through what she’d said. For the briefest of moments, she worried his newfound anger was directed at her and she panicked, worried she’d already ruined their precarious reunion.
“Rape?” Markus said the hated word she’d refused to use herself. She couldn’t formulate a response as the ugly word hung between them until Markus’s tortured revelation. “You mean I just sat there, listening to you being raped?” His voice cracked as perspiration gathered on his brow.
The pain in his eyes took her back to the night he’d left her in the box at the Punishment Pit. It was an agony she’d prayed she’d never see again on her handsome husband’s face. Like that night, she rushed to try to ease his pain.
“Honey, please. I was stupid to go there with him. I know what he’s capable of.”
“Are you actually defending him?” Markus pushed up, flailing above her as his anger grew.
Bri reached out wrap her arms around her husband’s neck, trying her best to hold him close. “Of course not! I hate him with every fiber of my being. But that doesn’t change the fact that with the exception of the anal sex, what he did to me in that hotel room wasn’t any different than what he’s done to me dozens of times over the years.”
“Fuck, I thought I hated him yesterday. How the hell are you acting so calmly?” He gritted the words out as if they brought him pain.
“I guess because what he did to me wasn’t even close to as bad as the pain I felt knowing I’d hurt you. Knowing I’d risked our marriage. As long as you and I come through this okay, what Jake did to me is old news.”
“Maybe for you, but not for me. Not by a long shot.”
Brianna scrambled to think of a way to bring their hard conversation back around to their reunion. To their renewed commitment to their marriage and each other.
“I know one way you can make both of us feel better,” she offered.
“I sincerely doubt that, unless you tell me Davenport is behind bars… or better yet, six feet under.”
God, I pray he doesn’t mean that. As much as I want Jake to pay, I don’t want Markus to do something reckless that will get him in trouble with the law.
She did her best to bring their earlier playfulness back. “I was thinking more along the lines of you… well… you know…”
“Bri, I don’t know shit anymore.”
“That’s too bad. I was hoping you could show me how anal sex is really supposed to be with someone you love.”
That got his attention. His brown eyes locked on her gaze from above. “You can’t be serious. Now. In the middle of this heavy discussion, you want to distract me? With sex?”
“Actually, withanalsex. And yes.” She flashed her husband her brightest smile.
He didn’t dare laugh, or even smile, but she noticed a new lightness back in his eyes as he cautioned her. “I was actually contemplating spanking you all over again for keeping all this important information from me last night.”
Her heart rate took off at a trot at the thought of her sexy husband disciplining her. She’d only dreamed of it before. That it was a reality seemed impossible.
