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I chuckled. “Nah, sometimes the cheap stuff is just as good, if not better. No worries.” I glanced over at the front door. “Did you lock the door?”
She nodded. “You don’t think he’ll try anything tonight, do you?”
“I don’t know, honestly. I wouldn’t be surprised. That’s why I didn’t want you alone tonight.” She was sitting next to me on the couch but seemed so far away.
“He has a darker side,” she said quietly, taking another sip of wine. “It’s what drew me to him in the first place. And fighting was sort of our thing.”
“Your thing”? Has he ever hurt you, Alex?” I said through clenched teeth, waiting for her answer. I couldn’t believe she had put up with this guy for so long.
“Some people call it passion. Hell, that’s what I called it in the beginning. But then he got more possessive, more demanding. We’d fight like crazy, even at the club, just ask Max or Stephanie. She kept telling me to ditch him; that he was bad news, but I wouldn’t listen. We’d come back here or go to his place or get a room at the club and have the most amazing sex. I had wanted to end it for awhile, but the sex was addicting.” Her face was suddenly red with embarrassment. “Thankfully, right after I ended things with him he was transferred to California and I thought that would be the end of it.”
I nodded. I knew how passionate Alex was and my fists clenched tightly, thinking about his hands on her body. I hated the thought of someone like Will mistreating her in any way or taking advantage of her. “Well, hopefully he’ll finally get the hint.” I doubted it, but I’d never admit that to her though.
She chewed her lower lip, her eyes filled with doubt. “I hope so.”
I reached out and grabbed her hand, squeezing it. She smiled and didn’t let go. We sat in comfortable silence after that, watching the movie, holding hands. Soon I heard her even breathing and realized she was asleep. I reached behind us, grabbing the blanket from the back of the couch. I covered her with it and before I knew it, she had moved over and was snuggled against me. There was no way I was going to wake her; her warm little body felt too good.
I was disappointed we didn’t get to talk about the night she left my house, but I knew she was exhausted from dealing with Will, so I was going to enjoy her being so close. My eyelids started to get heavy as she slept soundly against me. Just as I was about to drift off to sleep, I heard a loud bang at the front door.
“Alex, you whore! Is that asshole in there with you? Open this fucking door up right now!”
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ALEX
My eyelids flew open as I heard Will's voice. That asshole was here! And by the slur in his voice, I could tell he was drunk. There was no telling what he might do. I started trembling almost immediately.
“Go away, Will!” I yelled, hoping he would leave.
“Fuck you, Alex. Open the goddamn door and let me in. Or are you too busy fucking that dickhead? I’m going to kick his ass and then tie you up and punish you until you are screaming for mercy. And I’ll make that fucker watch!”
My blood went cold and my eyes filled with tears.
Paul jumped up from the couch. “Don’t engage him. Just go into your bedroom and lock the door. Call 911.”
“Maybe if we ignore him, he’ll go away.” I looked at Paul, panicked. I had suspected Will might show up at my house tonight, but now that he was actually here, I was suddenly terrified.
Paul shook his head. “It’s too late now. He won’t go away. Maybe if you'd just been here, but he noticed my car, and now all he sees is red.” His blue eyes darkened and I watched the vein in his neck throb again.
There was banging at the door again. “Open the fucking door, Alex, you bitch. I mean it!”
Before either of us had a chance to respond, my door flew open with a splitting sound. Will came flying in, headed right towards me. He had kicked the door open.
“You fucking bitch. You get me kicked out of the club,” he grabbed me and pushed me against the door, his hand tight on my neck. “And then I find you here with him. You really are the club whore.”
The next thing I knew, Paul had pulled Will off of me and pinned him to the floor. “I already warned you once, that'snothow you speak to a lady.” Paul’s face was bright red as he held him down, the muscles of his arms bulging. He was quite a bit larger than Will and had no trouble keeping him down.
Will let out a crazy laugh that chilled me to the bone as he struggled underneath Paul. “I told you earlier, that bitch is no lady.” He looked over at me. “Right, slut? Ladies don’t let men do the things to them that you let me do to you”
I screamed as Paul hauled off and hit Will with a growl, blood flying from his nose. “Quiet, dickhead!”
Will’s dark eyes were wild now and he spit at Paul. “Who the fuck do you think you are?”
“Your worst fucking nightmare if you keep messing with Alex.” Paul continued to sit on Will, keeping him pinned to the floor.
“So this is your latest victim, huh, Alex? How long before you get tired of his cock and move on to someone else?”
I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at Will smugly. “Maybe I was just holding out for a real man.”
