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“Shhh,” he whispers while placing soft kisses in my hair. He has one hand around my back at the waist and the other is running up and down along my spine. His touch is light and the soft and soothing strokes work to calm me down a little until only sniffles can be heard.
When I feel like I’m fine again, I get off his lap and plop my butt on the ground next to him. We’re now sitting side by side, braced against the tree. I see him turn to look at me out of the corner of my eye.
“What are you doing here?” I ask before he can say anything else.
“The better question is what are you doing here? You were supposed to go right home after you were done in the library and then text me when you got there,” he grumbles, trying to keep his anger at bay.
“Well, shit happens,” I say, shrugging.
“What the hell happened? And why are you sitting in the fucking rain?” he snaps in a growly tone.
“I love the rain,” I tell him.
“You had me worried when I couldn’t find you!” he bites out. I look at his face and there’s a softness in his eyes that I’ve seen a few times since my hospital stint. He’s mad but he’s also… dare I say, scared? But that’s absurd. What would he be afraid of?
“I thought you wouldn’t care. Or maybe you just thought that you lost your possession or something. But, not to worry, I’m right here,” I snap right back at him. “Don’t worry, I don’t have enough money saved to disappear on you yet.”
“You have money. My father opened an account for you. Even if you did disappear, I’d search the world until I found you just to drag you back with me. You’ll never be able to get away from me, baby, because I’ll always find you,” he says.
“I don’t want it, lest you accuse me of being a gold digger again. Yeah, thanks but no thanks.” I scoff at him.
“What happened to your face? You better tell me because I have no qualms about getting the information out of you with any means necessary. If that doesn’t motivate you to tell me what happened, then I’ll spank your fucking ass right here and right now for leaving town when you weren’t supposed to,” he says as he brings his face right in front of mine.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m fucked in the head when it comes to Knox Riverside. Even though I hate him, I can’t help the involuntary shiver that goes through my body at his words. I mean, the spanking part, not the part where this asshole thinks that he owns me or something.
“I don’t need your permission, asshole. You. Don’t. Fucking. Own. Me!” I snap the last part out.
“Oh, but that’s where you’re wrong, baby. I own every motherfucking inch of you. This pussy,” he says as he cups my pussy and I let out a moan at his touch. “This ass, and especially that mouth that’s always getting you in trouble. You see how your body is primed and ready for me to take it even though we’re out in the open?” he asks. When I look up at him, he has a smirk firmly planted on his face.
“Don’t feel special. I’d take any dick that was here right now,” I snap at him. Obviously, that isn’t true but I just want to hurt this asshole. He always acts like a possessive caveman when I mention another man and I love to rile him up just because it’s oh so much fun.
In the next instant though, he drags me closer to him and before I even know what’s happening, I’m on my stomach in his lap and my pants are pulled down to just below my butt cheeks.
I try to squirm out of his lap and away from him, but he’s got a tight grip on me. He lifts his other hand and it comes down on my ass. I let out a scream as the pain registers.
He’s not spanking me hard but something in my mind cracks and it transports me back to last night when they were assaulting me. I can feel the punch and kicks to my body again as if they were real.
I know it’s not happening right now but my mind can’t seem to comprehend that. I thrash harder and scream, trying to get away from him. I manage to get off his lap and then scramble away from him.
I’m shaking and my breaths come out in fast pants. I don’t know what’s happening right now but it’s like I’m still there, alone on the side of the road, with those monsters. A moment later, I come to my senses when I feel Knox shaking me.
I look up into his stormy blue eyes that are tinged with worry. I realize that we’re standing and he has me pinned against the tree with his hand wrapped around my throat. He’s so close to me and I inhale his scent.
“What the fuck just happened?”
“I-I don’t know,” I whisper shakily.
“You better tell me right fucking now what happened to your face and I’m not fucking joking!” he snaps in my face and I start crying all over again.
“I um, I got into a car accident last night, okay?” I snap.
“Fucking hell!” he groans as he pulls me in closer and wraps his arm around me. I close my eyes for a second as I rest my head on his chest. He’s taller than me and my head is up to his pecs. It feels safe with the way he’s holding on to me and my emotions go haywire again. He’s the last person I should ever feel safe with.
I guess it’s better the monster you know than the ones you don’t…
“Are you okay? Did you go to the hospital? Did you get hurt bad? What did the doctors say?” he asks, firing off one question after the next.
“Fuck me,” I tell him a second later, not even bothering to answer his questions. He pulls back to look at me but I don’t say anything else. I don’t care if this makes me a bad person but I need to use him to forget about that guy’s touch on my body. Otherwise, I’ll run myself mad with all the emotions and thoughts running through my mind and my body.
