登入Sunesis's POVMy entire body went rigid with shock. My eyes widened as I darted from the body on the ground, to the men around me, to the man who had just stepped in.My heart stopped beating, and my jaw dropped.How…I rubbed my sweaty palms on my clothes, trying to get them dry, but it wasn’t working.I gulped hard to wet my parched throat.I blinked rapidly, trying to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.Cause I had to be hallucinating. It couldn’t actually be real, could it?I sized him up from head to toe and back.It was him, sure enough.Standing before me in black boots and a leather jacket was the same man who had occupied my thoughts for weeks.“Jay…” I called slowly.He glanced my way, his face ice cold.His eyes had darkened, and the aura around him screamed danger. He looked absolutely nothing like the friendly neighbor who had gone out of his way to help me.His glare bore holes through my skin. My body heated up under his gaze, and I could feel myself shrinking beneath it.
Sunesis's POVMy hands trembled at my sides as his eyes traveled down my body. I turned my face away forcefully, but he gripped my chin tightly, forcing me to look at him.A wave of disgust washed over me as he turned my face from side to side, studying me with the patience of a predator sizing up its prey.The strong stench of alcohol on his breath churned my stomach and made bile rise in my throat.I gagged and fought the urge to throw up at his feet. I had never been able to tolerate alcohol. Even its smell alone was enough to make me nauseous.Two emotions battled within me, fear and disgust, each struggling to overpower the other.I clenched my fists. I wasn’t going to accept this.I couldn’t let anyone find me here, especially not in this position with this bastard who clearly had no manners.“You’re beautiful,” he muttered.He leaned in to kiss my neck, but I scrunched my nose in disgust and leaned away. He groaned in frustration and raised his hand to slap me.I ducked, lifted
Sunesis’s POV I looked around the room. It looked exactly the same way it had the last day I had been there. A pang of pain shot across my chest as I took in the ambience of the room. The loud music from the living room blasted through the walls, but inside, it seemed kind of peaceful, like there was some kind of presence here. I walked toward the closet and found it still full. He didn’t even bother to pack, almost as if the things in the room weren’t important. Nothing had shifted. Or maybe he had plans to return, but his cousin had… I shook the thought from my mind. I wasn’t about to let myself settle into the illusion that Jay was coming back. Because I knew it would only hurt more when he didn’t. I picked up a shirt and slowly brought it to my nose, catching a whiff of Jay’s scent. The combination of oak and sandalwood I had come to love. I hadn’t realized how much I missed it until now. I settled on the bed. Just like the first time, it felt cool and comforting agai
Sunesis’s POVI sniffed and inhaled deeply, clearing my throat afterward.I didn’t want my voice to sound broken or weak. I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of knowing I was at my lowest. Never. I could kneel for the manager at the club, beg the men who brought the quit notice, but never would I lower myself for Blake.He had proven over the years that he wasn’t worth shit.Not a teardrop, not a single plea, nothing. I had long grown out of making excuses for the fucking bastard.“You’ll call a thousand times, Blake, and you’ll get the same response every time.” I paused, each word spoken slowly, my voice steady.I sounded calmer than I actually felt, but that was the plan. I couldn’t let him figure out that a storm had broken loose inside me and that I was struggling to keep myself together.How I could even form a full sentence without tearing up was a mystery I couldn’t fully understand, but I guess that’s just something rage does to you.“No, Blake. No… I’m not going to be your
Sunesis’s POV The shrill sound of my alarm clock rang persistently, piercing through my subconscious and pulling me back from the dream world to reality. I let out a groan as I reached for the damned thing to shut it off. The silence that followed was a blessed relief, but it was short-lived. I had barely shut my eyes and drifted off when the ringing started all over again. “For goodness’ sake, can’t a girl get a moment of sleep before the day begins?” I muttered and reached for the alarm, shutting it off. I shut my eyes again, but sleep wasn’t forthcoming, so I lay on my bed, wide awake, staring at the damp ceiling. The sound of raindrops hitting the roof echoed through my room like hammers striking nails. I let out a sigh and pulled the duvet over myself as the chill seeped into my bones. I shifted on the bed, and a sharp pain shot through my ribs. Seconds had turned into minutes, minutes into hours, and hours into days. In the blink of an eye, a week had passed since
Sunesis’s POV I tilted my head sideways, my hand still hovering over the doorknob.I turned slowly to look at Blake, whose face was smug. The man was so used to getting what he wanted that a single “no” from me infuriated the hell out of him. Back then, he had no hold over me, so he took the rejection with disappointment and found someone or something else to lash out on.But now, he had leverage. He was smart, I’d give him that.Cutting me off from my other source of income and hanging my position here over my head as a threat, so I had no choice but to fall to my knees and beg.“I mean every word of it,” his words pierced through my train of thought, snapping me back to reality.“And you know I don’t go back on my words, ever… I won’t start now,” he sneered.I let out a sigh. “Okay,” I muttered with a single nod and pushed the door open.“If you walk out of this office, the offer is off the table, and you’re officially fired.”I glanced at him one last time and walked out the door.







