Mag-log in“You FUCKING WHORE! That’s what you are. Got pregnant for him and now trying to pin it on me. Sign the divorce papers, that bastard isn’t mine!” His words cut deeper than the wounds on my skin as I lay out in the cold. What happens when the man you love becomes your punishment? When your husband’s fists replace his vows, And the cousin you grew up calling sister takes your place in his bed? You don’t break. You survive. They left you for dead. But when you rise again, you’re not the same broken woman they buried You’re the storm they can’t escape. Now there’s another man, one who’d burn the city to protect you. And when your ex crawls back, whispering, “Forgive me, Emily … I made a mistake,” You just smile and say, “You’re right. You were, now you’re just a memory from my past.
view moreWhere’s the presentation file?!” Adrian’s voice thundered through the phone.
I froze in the kitchen, a half-cut onion in my hand. “You told me this morning you didn’t need it,” I whispered. “So now you’re arguing? You’re useless. If you can’t do anything else, at least learn to obey. Bring me the files now, or you’ll regret it.” He hung up. My hands trembled as I grabbed the folder from the table. Five years of marriage, and I was still scared every time he raised his voice. He had been snapping at me for months. I kept telling myself it was the stress from work. I grabbed the briefcase with the folder and rushed out. Rain came down hard, soaking me as I caught bus after bus to reach his office. Adrian Cole was one of the richest men in Norchester. People respected him in public, but at home, his words cut me to pieces. The guards at the gate looked me over. “What’s she doing here again?” one muttered. “Her face could haunt your dreams,” the other said. I lowered my head and kept walking. The office went quiet the moment I walked in, dripping water onto the floor. “Emily?” Adrian’s eyes narrowed. “Why do you always have to look like a stray dog who had the entire city’s sewage dumped on her?” I lifted the briefcase with the folders from the waterproof bag. “You told me to bring this.” Whispers spread around the room. “Why did Mr. Cole marry her?” “She hasn’t even given him a child.” Adrian’s jaw tightened. “Get out.” When I didn’t move fast enough, he came over and gripped my neck until I could barely breathe. “This is the last time I want to see your face here. Do you understand? You humiliate me every time. I curse the day I married you. He had always looked at my cousin Kira with a softness he never showed me. We grew up together, but once he met her, I knew he loved her more. I nodded quickly, shaking. “I’ll leave… please, it’s raining. Can you drop me off?” He shoved me aside. “Go the way you came. I didn’t bring you here.” I went home, my neck throbbing. Five years of marriage had given me both joy and misery. Joy, because I had learned to love Adrian. Misery, because he always loved someone else. That night, I cried myself to sleep. Cold water splashed across my face, followed by a sharp slap. “You dare sleep while I go hungry?” Adrian’s voice cut through me. The clock read 2 a.m. I had slept straight through the evening. “I’m sorry,” I whispered. “I’ll make it now.” His eyes were like ice. “Don’t bother. I’ll have what I see.” He grabbed my wrist and pulled me down onto the bed. His eyes don’t leave mine as he pulls his hard cock from his pants and positions himself at the entrance of my dry pussy. He pushed his cock into me until his entire length is just inside and then he thrusts hard, filling me completely. Reaching down, he drags one of my legs up and pulls my body away from the bed, his fingers digging hard into my flesh. His other hand wraps around the front of my already tender throat until I’m stretched between the tip of his cock and the bed. I could already tell this is going to hurt not because I didn’t want the sex, but I had no atom of arousal and wasn’t wet, leaving my pussy sore. I gasp as he thrusts into me with a force that borders on pain, my body straining against the unyielding bed. The mixture of pleasure and discomfort sends a pulsing sensation through me, heightening every sensation. His grip on my throat tightens, restricting my airflow. “Please Adrian, I’m in p…pains.” I manage to voice out while whimpering. His movements are rough and unrelenting, his cock pounding into me with an urgency that matches the darkness in his eyes. Each thrust sends shockwaves of pain radiating through my body. I struggle to find my breath, my mind clouded by a heavy cocktail of thoughts. The pressure on my throat intensifies, he kissed my cheeks so softly. “Ah you always feel so good. I guess you do have one useful thing about you." He came crashing on me as soon as he came, the rest blurred into pain and humiliation, my tears soaking the pillow in silence as I sought for sleep. By morning, I forced myself to make his breakfast exactly as he liked. My body ached, but I hoped it would calm him. Adrian sat, sipped the tea, and spat it out. “What is this? Cold? Tasteless?” He shoved the cup away, hot liquid spilling over my hands. I bit back a cry as the burn spread. He didn’t care. His glare was worse than the pain.REED I didn’t realize how long I’d been staring at the empty hallway until Travis cleared his throat beside me. “She left through the east exit,” he said. “Do you want me to follow?” I hesitated. Something about that woman had lingered with me… the way she held herself like she expected the world to hit her again at any moment. She looked like someone who needed help. Someone who needed saving. But I had a board meeting in twenty minutes. “Find out who she is,” I finally said. “Yes, Boss.” I left the hospital, half-expecting Travis to call me with a name. Instead, an hour later, he reported that she’d slipped into thin air. No sign of her in any ward, lobby, side door… nothing. It wasn’t the first mystery haunting my thoughts. By the time my meeting ended, the weight of everything else I’d been avoiding came crashing back. The woman I’d raped weeks ago. The memory made my stomach tighten every time it crawled up. I hadn’t meant to touch her. I’d been drunk, drugged, reall
I felt completely out of place beside Kira. She looked like she’d stepped straight out of a magazine shoot, full glam, hair smooth and shiny, the new dress Vincent had gifted her fitting her like it had been sewn onto her body. Meanwhile, I looked like someone they’d dragged in from the parking lot. My hair frizzed the moment I stepped inside, and the simple dress I’d worn suddenly felt childish. People didn’t even bother lowering their voices. “Are we sure they’re related? She looks worse than the help.” “That’s the girl from the cheating scandal, right?” My face burned. I hadn’t done anything wrong, but shame didn’t care. Shame always found me first. Kira went up on the small platform they’d set for her, holding her bouquet like she was receiving an award. Then she paused, lifting a piece of fabric soft pink that looked like part of another dress. Her mouth wobbled. She didn’t cry yet, but she knew just how far to push it. “This was supposed to be my second outfit,” she said
“Adrian?”My voice cracked, weak and trembling, the name tearing from my throat like glass. My eyes stung as the scene before me burned into my brain.Adrian was there inside Kira. My cousin’s back was arched, her nails digging into his shoulders, her laughter mingling with his guttural moans. They didn’t even stop when I opened the door.Adrian looked at me. He looked and yet he didn’t stop. His thrusts grew rougher, Kira’s moans and whimpers blend with the sound of his own primal groans, filling the room.She kept shaking as she came. Adrian followed, groaning in orgasm, his body jerking in ways he’d never with me.I couldn’t breathe. My hand clutched the doorframe, nails cutting into the wood. My legs trembled, refusing to move. When it was over, Kira rolled lazily off his body, a satisfied grin curling her lips. “Oh, don’t look so shocked, cuz.”Adrian pulled on his trousers, but instead of guilt, there was only irritation in his eyes. “What are you doing here, Emily?” His voice
With no way to cover the bills myself, I had no choice but to call my boss, Mark. He fronted the money for my surgery and made sure I had a private room during recovery. The doctor urged me to rest until the bones healed, but silence was my only company.I spoke to no one until the day I was discharged. That was when Adrian finally walked in. His eyes widened slightly when he saw me. The weight loss, the gauntness I hardly recognized myself either. He stood by the bed, hands in his pockets, his expression sharp. “So this is your trick? To make me pity you?”I clenched my jaw. “Why would I waste my energy on that? Whether I live or die doesn’t matter to you.”His jaw twitched. For a moment, his eyes darkened, his fist tightening like he wanted to strike me. Instead, his voice cut like glass. “You’re right. You’re nothing but filth. Tell me, how does a married woman end up in a hotel bed with another man?”I looked away, staring at the sterile white wall. His words carved me open, more






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