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APRICOT
The anger rolling off Grimm is nearly thick enough to slice through. I want to kick myself for not remembering to throw that paper away. Why didn’t I? I wanted to be able to tell him, but I was going to wait until tomorrow or the day after. We’ve already been through enough in one day and need a break from it all.
God, I’m such an idiot.
“Apricot.” The way he all but growls my name in warning, I know I can’t lie to him, not that I would.
“I’ve been receiving letters like that one for years. I’ve always thrown them away and brushed them off,” I whisper, going on to tell him the rest of it. How I thought it wasn’t anything to worry about. I tell him how they’d stopped; this was the first one I’ve gotten in a while. When I’m finished, I can all but taste the fury radiating off Grimm.
“You didn’t think for one second when they started or any other time to tell someone?” he demands through gritted teeth, staring at me through slitted eyes.
“I didn’t want to because everyone would make a big deal about something that’s nothing.”
“Bullshit.”
“It is not,” I snap quietly.
“It is and you know it,” he snaps right back, getting directly in my face. So close, our noses touch.
“Grimm, it’s not anything to worry about,” I mutter and press my hands against his chest to push him back, but he doesn’t budge.
“I suggest you rethink that because that letter is a fuckin’ threat, Apricot. One that clearly states someone is not only watchingyou,but they’re fuckin’ stalkingyouand intend to do something again toyou.”
“It isn’t. I told you, I’ve been getting those letters, and nothing has ever happened before.”
“You’ve been damn lucky nothing fuckin’ happened to you,” he growls, his hands moving from the counter where he has me pinned to spear in my hair as his mouth slants and clamps down on mine.
His lips are firm and hard as he kisses me angrily.
Unable to stop myself, I open for him, and he takes it, thrusting his tongue in to claim my mouth. I melt into him, my fingers clenching at the front of his shirt, holding on as if he’s all that’s keeping me upright.
Grimm releases my hair and drops his hands down to cup my rear and lifts me. I wrap my arms and legs around him, and he moves, carrying me up the stairs. In the room, Grimm drops me on the bed and stares down at me through lust-filled eyes that still have a look of fury in them. I swallow nervously, but I don’t move. I can’t.
I watch as Grimm turns from the bed and stalks to my closet. He throws the door open and grabs something from within. When he comes back, he stops at the side of the bed.
“Stand up, baby,” he commands, his voice still harsh but with a hit of raggedness to it.
I do as he wants and stand directly in front of him.
“Strip.”
It’s all he says, and I do. I remove my shirt and jeans, then my bra and undies.
“Grimm.”
“No talking, Apricot, not right now. I’ll tell you when.”
Never in my wildest dreams did I think his voice could sound like it does when he makes his order that I not speak.
“Get back on the bed, hands and knees to the mattress, ass in the air.”
Between my legs, I feel the wetness seep from my slit. On shaky legs, I turn my back to Grimm and climb onto the bed on my hands and knees. In this position, I can’t help but feel exposed.
Grimm moves, a hand rubbing one of my butt cheeks. “You fucked up, and now you’re gonna take your punishment,” he says, pulling his hand back only to bring it down again with a sharp sting that he rubs away.
“Grimm,” I cry out in shock, my body jolting.
“Quiet, baby,” he orders. “Way I see it, you earned four spankings for not telling anyone about having epilepsy and another two for scaring the shit out of me. And for this shit with the letters, six more. Now, you’re gonna get those, and with each one, you’re gonna count them out.” He brings his hand down again, and my back arches as he soothes the pain away. “That was two, these next ones are yours to call out.”
