I thought that would stop him. Just like at the party.
I thought wrong.
After all, the same trick doesn’t work twice. At least not on someone like Aiden.
If I’ve taken him by surprise once, he’ll make sure it never happens again.
He grinds his hips against mine and continues kissing me savagely. His hand cradles my face to pin me in place as he smears his blood all over my lips and tongue.
He makes me taste him. Taste what I did to him. This time, he doesn’t let me go. He makes me feel it over and over again as he twirls his tongue against mine.
The water washes away the blood, but not the lingering taste he leaves behind.
When he pulls away, I forget to breathe as I stare at his cut lower lip. At his rogue, exotic features.
“I never lie to you.”
I stare, not sure what he means.
“I don’t lie to you, so when I say nothing happened with Queens. It means nothing fucking happened with Queens.” He drags his thumb down my lower lip as if he’s still kissing me. “But if you continue acting this way, I don’t know what I’ll do.”
My lips tremble. “I told you. If you touch Silver, I swear to God, we’re fucking over no matter what you do.”
“No matter what I do, huh?” His fingers wrap around my throat as he pushes his hard cock against the bottom of my stomach. “Do you think you’ll ever get rid of me?”
“If you touch Silver or anyone else, you better be ready to rape me, then.” I deadpan.
The corner of his lip tilts in a cruel smirk. “Are you sure you want to throw that
word around when you know I have no boundaries when it comes to you, sweetheart?”
I meet his gaze through blurry eyes. “I’m curious if you’ll still want the shell I’ll become.”
His left eye twitches.
“Do you know what a shell means, Aiden?” My voice raises with confidence. “It means that I’ll be your fucktoy. I’ll do everything you want without thinking about it. I’ll have no thoughts of my own and I’ll fade into nothing.”
“Shut up.”
“I’ll be good. I’ll be so good to you, Aiden. You’ll find no resistance,” I taunt. “I’ll be yours and you won’t even have to remind me of it anymore.”
“Shut the fuck up, Elsa.” He pulls my hands from the wall and slams them against it again.
“Why?” I breathe harshly. “Isn’t that what you want? Isn’t that what you’ve been trying to do since the beginning? Destroy me? So do it. Rape doesn’t scare you, right? So do it now and ruin me once and for all.”
He watches me intently with his left eye twitching like crazy.
I just hit a button.
Aiden loves the challenge I bring to his life. He said it himself that I break the endless vicious cycle. I figured he’d be pissed off if I threaten to take all the challenge away, but I didn’t think it’d hit his buttons this hard.
It takes him longer than usual to strap his reaction behind the infuriating poker face.
His mouth hovers inches away from mine. His intoxicating scent is all I can smell. His harsh breathing mingles with mine, almost muting the water beating down on us.
“Nice try, sweetheart.” He tilts his head, a smirk tugging on his lips. “You almost got me there.”
Shit. Fuck.