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“No time wasting. We have about twenty minutes before what I have planned is scheduled to start,” he tells me as he walks us toward the bathroom.
I don’t argue anymore since the clothes I was wearing earlier are still a little damp. The bathroom is huge, spacious, elegant and definitely screams money. The tub is filled with water and the aroma is calming.
He steps up behind me and gently starts to take my clothes off. When I’m completely naked, he just stands there and stares at me.
“Fucking hell,” he mutters when he no doubt sees the bruises. “Is this all because of the accident?”
“Yes,” I tell him. He pulls me into him and starts giving them a kiss one by one. His touch is soft and gentle and it brings tears to my eyes. I’m so fucking confused when it comes to us and where we stand.
On the one hand. I still fucking hate him, but on the other, when he’s with me, I don’t think about being raped. I don’t feel like I’m broken, even though I know I am. When he’s done kissing every last one of my bruises, he pulls me toward the tub and helps me get in. I wince as I sit down and the hot water touches my skin but a moment later it feels good. He grabs a loofah and starts to wash me and I start to relax a little.
Fifteen minutes later, he helps me out of the tub and grabs a towel to dry my skin. He takes his time as he slowly moves his hand up and down my body, all the while staring at me. But I avoid his eyes. This is all a little too intimate for me. Once he’s done, he pulls a soft and fluffy robe over me.
He grabs my hand and walks us out of the bathroom and toward the window. He sits down on the chair before pulling me onto his lap. A minute later on all the big advertising screens, it’s my face I see. I gasp ‘cause what the fuck?
“What the hell?” I ask, turning to look at him.
“Just watch,” he says, turning my head back toward the window to watch.
I continue watching as different short videos stitched together begin to play. Whoever caught them did so at various unguarded moments. In some, there’s a hint of a smile, in others, I look a bit sad and wistful. Words start appearing and I take my time reading them.
‘There’s nothing I won’t do to tell you how sorry I am. For all the shit I did, I’ll spend my lifetime making it up to you. You are the light in my world. You brought that light at a time when all I could see was darkness. Now that your world is filled with darkness, it’s my turn to fill it with light again. My sunshine, my world, my everything,’
Tears stream down my cheeks as I read the words playing in a loop on the screens. I look down and can see people have stopped and are watching as well. I don’t know if this is embarrassing as hell or really sweet.
“Why would you do this?” I question through sobs.
“You deserve big gestures to tell you how sorry I am. This is just the beginning,” he tells me while wiping the tears away.
There’s a knock on the door as someone delivers room service for us. He motions for me to come sit at the table as he starts to uncover our food. I follow since I’m still in shock from what he just did.
Six
RAINE
We endedup spending the night at the hotel. After we ate our late lunch that he once again had to feed me himself, Knox had someone come up to the room and give me a massage. I was pampered for close to two hours and it was heavenly.
Though when I was lying on the massage table with my back on display, he seemed like he wanted to commit murder or something and I had to calm his dumbass down and remind him that it was the accident. He just said that he hated to see all those bruises on me.
Now as we get to the airport, Knox keeps driving until we’re at the area where the private planes are parked. When he comes to a stop, he finally lets go of my hand so that we can both get out of the vehicle. As soon as we step out, a man in a suit appears out of nowhere and begins speaking to Knox.
“Hello, Mr. Riverside. The plane is ready to go whenever you are, sir,” the man says.
“Thank you,” Knox says before dismissing the man and he walks away.
“Sir? What a load of crap. Of course, he’s one of those rich pricks who has their own private plane,” I mutter under my breath.
“Well, since you’re a part of the family now, you do have use of said plane,” he says right in my ear from behind me. I let out a squeak at his words. Fucking hell! I need to be more aware of my surroundings. When the hell did he even get behind me?
“Nah, I’m good,”
“Plus, I bet you weren’t saying any of that when you were using your friend’s plane to get here,” he grumbles.
I didn’t think he was paying attention to hear what I said but then again, I could give less of a fuck right now. I’m mad again and everything about this asshole is just pissing me off today. I don’t know what the hell is going on with me. My mood goes from nice to anger in two seconds flat. Everything is just annoying me today.
And yes, I’d rather focus on this anger instead of what’s really plaguing me, which is all the nice shit he did for me yesterday. He’s not forgiven yet just because he did one nice thing. I shoot a glare his way and the dickhead has the audacity to smirk at me. What a cunt!
“So, I’m taking that to mean that I can use it to get away from you,” I ask a moment later with a sickly sweet smile on my face. He narrows his eyes at me.
