LOGINStacy I breathe into life, the smell of something sharp and sterile, like cleaning chemicals mixed with cold damp air. And when I twisted my wrist to confirm I'm alive, a deep needling ache stings me. I blinked, groaning softly as light pressed against the back of my eyelids.Light?I forced my eyes open.A single bulb hung from the ceiling, flickering every few seconds, casting a weak, jaundiced glow in the room. The faulty—yet, slightly active—bulb in the room is the only reason I think this tatty room hasn't been completely abandoned over generations. My breath quickened, a trembling rush rattled in my chest.In this strange room, there are no windows.There are no doors visible from this angle.Not even a single source for ventilation!It's just a bed—a narrow metal frame with a thin mattress whose sheets are stiff beneath my back. And strapped to the tethered mattress are ropes. Brow ropes, I think. They're thick, unforgiving, and are cutting into my skin with every twitch of my
Edward It's a quick drive back to consciousness, and that leads to a sharp, splitting, skull-cracking headache tearing through the left side of my head. My eyelids drag open like lead curtains, revealing a thick veil of darkness. My head swiveled. There were no walls, no ceiling, no outline of anything. Just a void and a faint smell of damp concrete and iron.This is a basement. I'm quite sure of that.But whose it is?Realization slapped me hard on my face. These people have found me, captured me in the second most humiliating way.The first was them using my son as leverage. I tried lifting my hands, but the moment I moved, something cinched around my ribs and arms, tight enough to crush my bone.I am wearing a straitjacket jacket. I can recognize it because I have few of them in my own torture room.But still, I'm fazed by how much audacity these fucker's got.I jerked again, harder this time.The straps cut into my skin, but the jacket didn’t budge.“Great,” I muttered to nobody.
Quincy Last night was shitty.No other word fits.Jordan had the audacity to make me lie on my bed without fulfilling his so-called “promise” he gave me.A handjob was all I got in return, and that was before he said an undebatable “No.”His excuse?“You ain't done with everything yet, pretty boy.”Apparently, there was one last task.And that task was exactly why I found myself punching numbers into the prison’s crusty cell-line phone early in the morning, sweating like a farmhand under the sun, trying very hard to pretend Jordan’s oversized presence behind me didn’t exist.“Is it ringing?” he asked.He wasn’t even paying attention. Just sitting on the patchy lawn like a bored king, arms resting on his knees, staring at the chaos of inmates like he could snap them all in half if he felt like it.“I’m still trying to remember the ten digits of his private line,” I muttered, shifting my weight on my leg, shoulder aching from mowing the entire damn yard. “I’ve forgotten his digits just
Third Person's POV It’s nine-thirty post meridiem.After a long day of work, showing up at board meetings, conflicted mind spiraling, Edward was set to see Stacy. A one-on-one chitchat would be better than a phone conversation—so he thought.“Where to, sir?” Myles asked in his usual polite and professional tone. There was nervousness in his stance when he opened the door for Edward, and Edward can't figure that out. Not like he cared, anyway.Edward stepped into the car steadily—sophisticatedly, even, his jaw twitching in irritation. His patience had been a fragile thing all week; tonight, it wasn’t even that.“Myles,” Edward muttered, exhaling. “You’re the one who told me the driver called in sick. Why the hell are you now acting like you don’t know where I’m going?”Myles blinked, momentarily taken aback. “My apologies, sir. My bad. Won’t happen again.”Edward clicked his tongue, already regretting the snap but unwilling to acknowledge it. His temples pulsed—another headache formin
JordanI’ve agreed—out loud, in my damn soul—to be obsessed and possessive over his stupid ass. And I’m two seconds from telling him straight-up that I’ve got him wrapped around my fingers… with solid evidence sculpted into his body every time I step into his space.The crazy part is, four months ago, being close to him made him stiffen like I was pointing a gun his way. Now? Now he’s turning into a whole damn man-whore about it. Flustered, needy, taunting me like he’s brave.And because of that? He followed my command on instinct.That’s how deep the leash runs.He pushed off the wall without thinking, stood right in front of me like a pretty little offering. Like a physical confession of how much I already own.My face ended up right near his cock.Close enough to smell him.Close enough to taste the heat radiating off him.Close enough that one tiny shove from him and I’d have my nose buried in his groin, inhaling him like I’ve been starved for decades.And honestly, I am starving.
Quincy I sure the fuck know what I’m doing.Unfortunately.I’d give my little act of obnoxiousness a name if I cared enough.Taunting Jordan.Yeah, that feels about right.Trust me, I know I’ll regret this. My skull already aches with the future consequences. But there’s something twistedly addicting about poking that jealous beast crouched inside him. Even if it means getting tossed around his way—rough-palmed, short-tempered, and absolutely unforgiving.I knew I’d reek of Stacy’s perfume the moment I let her hug me.I knew her lip gloss would smear across my mouth like a crime scene.And still—still—I didn’t push her away fast enough.I was trying to… what?Revive something?Some faded spark I used to feel for her?I turned our soft kisses sharp, desperate—trying to mimic the kind of feral tension I’ve been living in lately. The kind Jordan laces into my bloodstream with one look, one breath, one shove against a wall.But with Stacy…God, it just made everything worse.Pressing my




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