"Elise, am I something you can casually give away?"
Before I could finish, Jonathan suddenly tightened his grip. He looked at me like I was some stubborn, hopeless case.
A sharp pain flared on my cheek, but I held it in and stared right back at him. I hadn't said anything wrong, so I had no reason to feel guilty.
His dark eyes churned like a stormy sea. Just when I thought he'd explode in anger, he said nothing and bit down hard on my lip.
I let out a quiet hiss, holding back any words as my eyes welled up.
When I tasted the metallic sting of blood, I pushed him away and slapped his face hard.
He pursed his lips, sneered coldly, said nothing, then grabbed my chin again and kissed me.
My eyes went wide as I struggled with all my might.
He easily cuffed my hands behind my back, stealing the air from my mouth relentlessly.
That faint taste of blood spread through my mouth, seeping into every cell of my body.
Every pore in me screamed to push him away, to break free.
And I tried
That feeling of being taken by force chilled me to the bone, Dely despair and disgust del ine.
Howen, he sermed blind to my fear and dread. For the fist tiine, ashadow at the sun, and i was
truly tell how terrifying it was when he got serious. My strength against him was like throwing
the verge of breaking inlids arms.
He only needed to spark a sma
“Joruthun, is Elise reling any better?
I looked up in ser Alicia standing these, all wide–eyed and cent, lile she hadn’t just wathed in on a painfully tense ment
“Jonathan, I’m sorry for taking up your time. You’d have had time to see ise home it hadn’t gotten hurt. Then she wouldn’t have nearly gotten into trouble alone. at home,”
She was masterful at throwing shade. I wasn’t sure if Jonathan understood the meaning of her words, but I did
She was clearly saying that she was the one who truly mattered to him, and I was always just lids fallback
Whether it was when both of us tell into the water before and he didn’t hesitate to swim to Alicia, be this time when both of us got hit and he chose to stay by her – side in her hospital room, even with Jimalarady there, be still dove her.
That was exactly what Alicia was trying to say.
I closed my eyes, my patience for these two completely our “Can you leave now?
The airfione
Alicia looked taken aback by my bluntness. “Elise, what did I ever do to offend you?
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