“And if you didn’t break up…” she whispers, her eyes going wide as she reads the lines.
The other one gets her the night before the wedding.
At the time, I thought Lennox was insane for putting that in there. Now I wonder if he knew even then, long before I did, that this would never be over. He always thought ahead, had the strategies all planned out. That’s why the fucking Crossbones wanted him so bad.
“No,” Rae whispers, raising her gaze to mine in the mirror. Her face has gone even paler. For some reason, I thought he’d have told her by now. My damn ego is a little bruised that she doesn’t even know about this, as if they haven’t thought of me once since they sent me away in that police car.
“Oh yes,” I say, gathering a handful of her puffy white skirt in my hand and dragging it up. Maybe it’s unfair that she wasn’t in on it, that she didn’t know. But it won’t stop me from fucking her. I’m not taking what’s hers. I’m taking what’s his, and her ignorance in the matter won’t change the outcome. She may not have known about the contract, but she sent me to fucking jail just like he did.
“We were fucking kids when we signed that,” he snarled at me when I barged in downstairs and waved it in his face.
“The devil doesn’t care how old you are when you sign away your soul to him,” I said. “When he’s ready, he still comes to collect.”
“You broke the contract first,” he shouted. “You fucked her, so I got her when you were done. That was the agreement. Why should I honor it when you didn’t? If anything, I should be knocking on your door, demanding a night with Scarlet.”
“Then have your night with Scarlet,” I snapped. “And I’ll have mine with Rae.”
“Don’t fucking touch her, Maddox.”
“I never have.”
“Bullshit. I saw you with my own eyes,” he raged. “Now you’re going to lie to me because I caught you? Because you’re pissed that after you hurt her, she ran to me? I didn’t break the fucking contract, Maddox. You did.”
“I didn’t,” I shouted. “You’re the fucking pussy who snuck around like a snake and stole her instead of fighting for her like a man.”
“I fought like the man I am,” he said. “A smart one who doesn’t use fists to solve every problem. I cared enough to figure out a way to get her. I cared enough to make sure you were out of the way so nothing could distract her from falling in love with me. I cared enough to treat her so well that you can be damn sure she did. Maybe if you’d given a fuck about someone other than yourself, she would have chosen you.”
“You mean, if I’d wanted to win so badly that I’d destroy my own twin’s life?” I asked. “Not to mention hers. Do you even love her, Lennox? Or are you just marrying her to prove you finally beat me at something?”
“Fuck you,” he said. “I’m marrying her.”
“I’d rather fuck her,” I answered. “I’ll bring her back five minutes before the ceremony, and you can marry her tomorrow with my cum running down her legs. You fucking deserve each other.”
At least the asshole fought me for her. I thought he’d just admit defeat and accept the inevitable.
It takes a minute to get all the layers of lace and silky stuff pulled up above Rae’s thighs. She’s wearing white cotton panties, like she’s still as fucking innocent as the day we shared her on the living room floor of my mother’s house. I should have known then that she was never sweet and innocent, even when she was inexperienced.
I can see her pussy through the fabric of her panties, and rage slams into my chest. Lennox took this from me. He’s had her all this time. Time I spent in jail for the night I fought back, even though they could never prove I was the one who broke that asshole’s arms.
I tighten my grip on her throat, jerking her body against mine. “Touch yourself,” I command.
“What?” she asks, her eyes rounding.
“You have one minute to get it wet for me,” I say. “I’m not going to take my time and make it good for you, little girl. I’m not going to be gentle.”
“Maddox, I’ve never… Please don’t do this. You’re scaring me.”
“Time’s up, little girl.” I smile, but when I catch my reflection, I see a man baring his teeth, more savage than reassuring.
“Okay,” Rae says quickly. She takes a breath and slides her hand down her panties. I watch her fingers move, and my cock throbs so hard I can feel it deep down in my groin, an ache for release.
“You should be used to being scared by now,” I tell her. “Isn’t that my brother’s game? Or is this part of it? Your part to play, pretending your scared?”
“No,” she protests. “He’s not like that with me. And I’m not pretending, you asshole.”
“Go on, pull your panties aside,” I say. “I want to see that sweet little cunt I’m going to be fucking tonight.”
She hesitates, her fingers still moving, massaging her flesh. “You can’t just take someone against their will,” she says, but I can see in her eyes that she knows I can.