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Chapter Thirteen
Vanessa
“Get off me,” she said.
Fear caught in her throat and made her go still. This felt a lot like what Jeremy used to do to her. He’d tell her he wanted sex, and she’d say no. When she was feeling bold, that was. Most times, she gave in and let him do what he wanted, but sometimes, she didn’t feel like letting him. On those occasions, he would chase her down. More than once, he pushed her down, held her, and tore her clothes from her. More than once, he forced her legs apart and shoved inside her while she cried and screamed in pain. And he loved to smack her while he did it. She usually ended up bleeding from several places by the time he was done with her.
She looked at Hunter, eyes wild with panic. He saw her expression and softened his own.
“I promise I won’t hurt you. I need you to listen to me. Please.”
She said nothing but looked at him. She relaxed a tiny bit, but not fully. She couldn’t relax so long as he was holding her down.
“Are you going to listen?” he asked.
She nodded.
“Okay. Now. You absolutely cannot go on the run again. I know you think it’s the best thing. I’ve seen CPS in action, though, and you’re underestimating them. If keeping Opal with you is your main goal, you have to stay put until that’s resolved. Do you understand?”
She clenched her jaw and glared at him.
“I can protect you both if you’re here. You also have Mari’s help. If you’re here, I have people who can help me, I have places to go. I have cars and money and weapons. I don’t have any of that if we’re on the run. Do you understand?”
She again refused to answer him. She didn’t want to admit he was making sense. His arguments were starting to sink in.
“I will take care of Jeremy. Do you believe me? Do you trust me?”
She didn’t want to answer. She wanted to kick him hard in the groin and get away from him and figure this out for herself. Staying here was easy. Letting him help her was easy. Nothing in her life had been easy. If things weren’t hard, it felt like it was only a matter of time until something came crashing down.
But what if it could be easy with him? What if he was right and running made everything worse? What if he really could protect them and take care of Jeremy?
Finally, she gave in. “Yes.”
“Yes what?”
“Yes, I trust you.”
“Are you going to run?”
“No.”
He raised an eyebrow at her, challenging her. “Are you sure?”
“Yes,” she said, letting her body fall into the bed, limp. She couldn’t struggle anymore. She didn’t want to.
“One more question.” He leaned closer to her and whispered, “How bad do you want me right now?”
She wanted to slap him rather than admit she was turned on. Because she did trust him, having him be the one to hold her down gave her a small thrill that she’d never felt before. Once the fear left her, it was replaced with curiosity. What would it be like to let him have her? Nothing like with Jeremy, surely. But if it was anything like last night, when he touched her…
Her body warmed and she contracted with the remembered pleasure of it.
He kissed along her neck, biting gently at her jaw. Chills ran through her. Her legs were free and she wrapped one around his waist. He pressed down on her, letting his hard dick press against her crotch.
She pulled one hand from out of his reach and ran it through his blonde waves. She wound her fingers in and tugged gently. He moaned in response and pressed his lips to hers, hard. His mouth moved in tense motions, sucking her lip, her tongue, pressing his tongue into her mouth. Like he was trying to devour her and she was devouring him right back.
His hand found its way to her breast. She still wore only her night gown under her robe. Nothing to get in his way. He pinched her nipple hard, sending a tingling wave through her. She let out a moan and bit down on his earlobe. Her nails ran along his back. But his shirt was in her way. She reached the bottom hem of it and yanked up until it was over his head.
His bare chest was hard and muscled in the morning light of the room. She dug her fingers into his abs, enjoying the feel of solid muscle. She ran her hands over his thick biceps and down his back. Her nails dug into his flesh, pulling him down closer to her.
