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Still, he did nothing more.
He just… stared at her. First, he recognized her voice. Then his eyes dipped to her neck where the necklace he’d given her lay against her skin.
“How?” he asked, his voice anguished.
“Raf,” Noelle whimpered.
“Youliedto me,” he growled viciously. “You fucking lied to me!”
“I can explain. Please let me go,” she whispered, her eyes sparkling with unshed tears.
All her bravado had flown out the window and she felt at such an utter loss, she didn’t know what to do or how to react.
“Lucero, huh?” he asked, his tone sinister. “You played me for a fool for months. You fucking bitch,” he rasped out, one hand coming around her neck again. Yet he wasn’t hurting her. At least not as she’d imagined he would. He only kept her rooted to the spot, perfectly restrained.
“Was it fun? Taking the piss out of me?”
“Raf, please…” Noelle whispered, her eyes growing wide with fear.
She didn’t know this Raf. While she was aware he was on those drugs, she couldn’t have ever imagined him to be quite so… aggressive.
“Please what? What the hell was your goal? Make me fall in love with you and then laugh in my face? Laugh at the poor slave that thought he could have a chance with his mistress?” He gave a dry laugh. “They don’t call you la diabla for nothing, do they?” He sneered.
“I can explain. It wasn’t a game. I swear I wasn’t trying to fool you. Everything I said was real.Everything!” she cried out.
But her words didn’t seem to have any effect on him. If anything, they made him angrier, his face contorting as he gazed down upon her.
“I should fucking kill you,” he rasped, his nostrils flaring.
At the same time, both his hands closed over her throat, the pressure increasing exponentially.
Noelle blinked in shock, her mouth dropping open as she could not find the words to rebut him. What could she say, when he was right? When shewasguilty.
“Then kill me,” she whispered, the words low and anguished. “Kill me if that’s going to make it better. But it doesn’t change the truth—that I love you. And I think you love me too.”
His eyes widened, his long lashes fluttering once, twice.
Slowly, his grip loosened until Noelle could finally drag a proper breath into her battered lungs.
Raf leaned back, still staring at her.
“Raf… Please listen to me.” She swallowed hard, bringing her hand to massage her neck. “I…”
“You need to leave,” he said, tension vibrating off him. “You need to leave.Now!Or I will make good on that promise and kill you.”
Noelle was taken aback by his words, just as she was by what she saw in his eyes.
He meant it.
He was truly going to kill her.
Her heart beating wildly in her chest—from sheer panic or horror, she didn’t know—she scrambled from underneath him, dragging herself off the floor. Her legs shook. Her entire body was trembling.
But it wasn’t as bad as Raf’s.
Shudders racked his body as he held himself immobile on the ground, his jaw locked tight, his muscles bulging in his arms.
“Run!” he shouted.
