“Oh, I’m not going to rape you, Adelina. I’m going to show you that you’re mine. When I want you, it will be in my bed, and you will not fight me.”
He jerked the material away from her body, so that her back was fully exposed.
He trailed his fingers up and down her spine. She tried to push upward but then he pressed his knee between her thighs and shoved his heavy body against hers.
“Take this punishment, and understand what it means.” He gently stroked her skin, from her shoulders to where the top of her thong panties lay flat against her skin.
“Why are you doing this? I trusted you.”
“No, you didn’t. If you trusted me, then you’d be in my bed right now, and I would be lost inside of you.”
He leaned down and pressed his mouth against her skin.
“I won’t leave any scars, but it will hurt. It’s meant to hurt, Adelina. It will be a reminder to where your loyalties must lie. If you’re not with me, then you will lose those who are closest to you.”
He stood up straight, and she didn’t dare move.
“You’re mine now, Adelina.”
“Oh!” She screamed as the first strike hit her back. She started to move when the second strike hit her. She screamed again, and began to turn when two more strikes hit her hard against her back. Tears poured from her eyes. It burned and the pain radiated against her flesh.
“Please stop. I’ll do anything you want. Please stop hurting me.”
She closed her eyes and waited for another strike from the hard, flat stick.
But it never came. Instead Raymond leaned over her and licked her earlobe before he whispered against her cheek. He kissed her mouth, plunged his tongue between her teeth until she couldn’t breathe and was forced to release her lips.
“You are mine. I have a plan, and you will follow it. Understood?”
She was shaking when she nodded her head and wondered how the hell she was going to get out of this. Why did this man want revenge on Flynn and Jett? How was she going to keep Kaitlin and Bryer alive?
* * * *
“What did you say?” Jett asked Cash and Zane when they showed up to their penthouse with Al, their main security guy.
“I saw it with my own eyes. Adelina was there for more than an hour.”
“And this means what? Maybe a coincidence? Did she meet that guy she’s dating, Raymond, there?” Jett asked.
Al looked at Cash. “Tell them everything. They have a right to know if Adelina is working against them,” Zane stated, and both Flynn and Jett just stared at him.
“I’m sorry. We watched and when she came out, she was moving slowly and walking funny.”
“Walking funny how? Like she was sitting too long?”
“I know what he means, and there’s no way she’s working for this guy, whoever he is.”
“The place is owned by Margliado. Sergio was there. She apparently went in to see him,” Al told them.
“Motherfucker. How could this be? How can she be involved?” Flynn asked aloud.
“She’s been here for two years. Two fucking years. Who is this asshole, Margliado?” Jett asked.
“We’re trying to get a face. What are you two going to do about Adelina?” Zane asked.
“We’re going to confront her. We need to know the truth. And we both know how to get the truth out of criminals,” Flynn stated very seriously before he walked out of the room.
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