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“Please,”I beg, hating the quiver in my voice. “Just let me go.”
“Idon’t think so.”He leans in, breath hot on my skin. “You belong to me now.”
I squeeze my eyes shut, willing this to be some twisted nightmare I’ll wake up from. But the hard door at my back and his muscular frame caging me in are all too real.
Desperate, I raise my knee, aiming for his groin. But he catches my leg effortlessly, pressing it back against the door. I cry out as pain shoots through my thigh.
“Feisty,”he chuckles darkly. “I like that.”
His hand trails up my leg as I struggle uselessly, his touch sending waves of revulsion through me. When his fingers brush the edge of my skirt, I shudder.
“Stop!”I gasp. “Get off me!”
He ignores my protests, gripping my chin with bruising force. “Open your eyes,”he growls, his voice dripping with menace. “I want you looking at me when I touch your cunt.”
Tears burn behind my eyelids, but I obey, blinking up at his cold, lustful gaze. His smile widens, and his teeth flash white against the darkness.
“There’s my girl.”
He leans in closer, his breath hot against my lips. I brace myself for his unwelcome kiss, my heart pounding in a frantic rhythm of fear, revulsion, and another rather disturbing sensation.
“Hey! Get away from her!”
Relief floods through me hearing Alice’s voice. The hulking stranger pauses, body tensing against mine. For a moment, I think he won’t release me.
But then he steps back, cold eyes flicking between Alice and me. I stumble away from the bathroom door on shaky legs, heart pounding.
Alice is at my side in an instant, grabbing my hand. “Come on, let’s get out of here.”
I allow her to pull me through the crowd, my breath coming out in panicked gasps while we race toward the carnival’s exit. Alice tightly grips my hand, guiding me to the street.
As soon as the carnival is behind us, I tear up. Sobs wrack my body as the adrenaline wears off, leaving me trembling and hollow.
Alice immediately pulls me into a fierce hug. “Shh, it’s okay. You’re safe now.”
I cling to her, the encounter replaying in vivid detail behind my eyes. The man’s imposing size as he backed me against the door. The rumble of his voice describing how he planned to terrorize me. The feeling of his rough hands holding me in place.
“He knows my name,”I gasp. “He knows where I live. He...he said he’s going to break in and...”
I trail off with a choked sob, unable to continue.
Alice’s grip on me tightens, her voice fierce. “He’s not going to touch you, Lily. I won’t let him.”
Despite her reassuring words, cold dread seeps through me. This stranger clearly has an obsession with me, and he didn’t seem deterred when Alice intervened.
“What if he follows us?”I ask in a small voice.
Alice’s expression hardens. “I’ll run him over if he tries. No one messes with my best friend.”
A watery laugh escapes me. Leave it to Alice to threaten vehicular manslaughter so casually. But her protective anger helps steady my frayed nerves. “You do realize we walked here, right?”
She laughs. “Oh yeah, that screws that plan.”
When the tears finally slow, Alice pulls back to study my face. “Do you want to go to the police?”
I hesitate, wrapping my arms around myself. I should report this man, but I don’t want to recount what happened.
“No,”I say at last. “I want to go home.”
