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“Is this what you want?” he asks, sounding strangely calm. “Do you want me to set you free?”
I shrug. It's all I have. I'm too nervous to say yes. I'm too nervous to tell him that I want to be with Charlie.
Tugging at my hand, making me whine out in pain, Maksim forces me to look up at him.
“Okay.” He nods a few times, turning my hand over so he can see the bite mark on my wrist. “You have two options-”
My heartbeat reaches its summit, pounding so hard that I'm sure he can hear it.
“-Option one,” he looks up from my wounded arm, right into my eyes, “I'll set you free, but I want you first.”
I draw in my eyebrows, studying the expression on his face. Lust?
Does he mean...
Maksim leans closer to me, his soft, shoulder length hair just touching my face. Dropping my eyes to the floor, I sink into my shoulders. I know exactly what he means.
“I want to fuck you,” he whispers in my ear, confirming my suspicions.
I quiver as vulgar, disturbing images romp through my mind, the memory of him fucking me with such viciousness.
“I want to show you what you're walking away from, Blaire. I want to kiss every inch of you... make love to you...” He pushes his other hand between my legs and cups my sex over my shorts, making me heave internally. “I want to make you feel good. Know once and for all how much I desire you.”
I can't take that deal. I can't even entertain it. Charlie won't want me if I'm tainted by Maksim, and I don't want to be on my own. I'd rather stay with Maksim than be alone.
I wait for Maksim to say, “Option two-” then he pauses for a few seconds, removing his hand from my sex.
I squeeze my thighs together, my toes curling with nerves.
“If you won't let me fuck you,” he says, “then you'll stay with me.”
Still with my eyes down, I whisper, “Okay.”
“Is that what you want, my little pet?” Leaning into me, he kisses the side of my face with suspicious affection, his cold lips chilling me from within. “Do you want to stay with me?”
“Sure I do,” I lie, squeezing my eyes shut.
He pulls on my hand again, urging me to face him properly, so I'm practically sitting between his legs. The movement emphasizes how tight and painful the skin on my back is; how new the scabs are.
“Blaire,” he says my name, causing me to shrink away, “for us to go back to the way we were before Charlie, you have to get rid of him.”
I blink at Maksim then as he sits back, my heart splitting in my chest. I don't want to tell Charlie to go, but if it means Maksim will be nice to me again, I'll do my best to achieve his objective.
“Charlie won't listen to me if I tell him to go,c?pMaksim, but... I'll-I'll try.”
A smile, and then Maksim laughs. “No, my little pet. I want you to getrid!of him,” he elongates 'rid'. “You're the only person I know who can get close enough to slay him. So I urge you-”
“No!” I say too abruptly, too willingly, pushing to my feet. My body floods with pain, but still, I stand my ground. “I won't do that.” I point at Maksim, warning, “I won't kill Charlie.”
Just the thought of hurting Charlie makes me want to put a bullet in my head. I will if I ever feel the urge to hurt him.
To my utter surprise, Maksim doesn't look annoyed with me. He looks entertained with my daring.
“Then, I guess you'd better take your clothes off, my stunning little redhead, so we can say a proper goodbye.”
———
Maksim gets up from his chair and peels off my t-shirt. I look at the floor the entire time, as he pulls it up over my head, leaving me topless. I couldn't bear a bra when I dressed earlier. I'm in too much pain for anything tight to be touching my back.
