~~Scarlette~~Iâve lost count of how many times Iâve tossed on the bed tonight.If this bed werenât so damn big, Iâm sure I wouldâve pushed Liam off alreadyâout of anger, frustration⊠or maybe even guilt.Because thatâs what it feels like now.Like I cheated on him.Like I enjoyed it.Like I let a stranger touch me, and my body betrayed me.And now Iâm stuck in the middleâbetween telling him or pretending it never happened.But why does my mind keep drifting to Kayden?Did he come back? Did he somehow fix his eyes? I mean, it was always supposed to be temporary, right? And that lunatic⊠he always finds a way. Always finds a way to get what he wants.I was still lost in my thoughts when Liamâs voice cut through sharply.âSeriously⊠whatâs wrong with you, huh?âHe turned over to face me, dropping his head right over my chest. His breath was warm.âYour heartâs beating way too fast. Whatâs going on with you?â he asked, raising his head again and meeting my eyes.His next words hit like a
~~Scarlette~~I had no choice but to follow Liam to the party. His mask night party.He handed me a dressâtight, black, glittering. It exposed more than I was comfortable with, especially now. I was pregnant. I should be wearing something that covered me, not showed off everything. But I guess Liam didnât think that far.Not like I had a choice anyway.Refusing would only turn into a fight. And these days, Iâm always the one doing the shouting. The only voice in the argument. Itâs like I donât even get a say anymore. My own damn body doesnât even feel like mine lately.I sat in a corner, away from the crowd, nursing a glass of champagne. My fourth. Or maybe fifth. I lost count. I just kept sipping because Liam had disappearedâagain. Said he had to "mingle with business associates." That was over an hour ago. Maybe two.The longer I waited, the more I could feel my patience crawling out of my skin.To anyone watching, I probably looked like I came here just to drink. To sit alone in my
~~Scarlette~~My hands worked the base while my mouth took moreâslick, warm, sinful. I could feel his thighs tense under my fingers. His cock twitched on my tongue.I knew he was closeâbut I didnât want to finish him. Not yet.I pulled back with a pop, lips red, spit clinging to my chin.âYou taste so fucking good,â I said, licking the tip slowlyâjust to watch his body jerk.I stared up at him, hands still stroking. âI want to make you come like this. In my mouth. Let me.âHis jaw clenched. His eyes were wild.And then his hips rolled forward, silently giving me permission.And I dove back in.He suddenly pulled my head up, forcing my eyes to meet his."Why donât you fuck me instead?â he said, voice rough. âTake that as your apology."Smirking, he shifted and leaned back on the bed, arms resting behind his head like he owned the damn place.âCome on, Brownie. My cockâs dying in wait.âI froze. I could feel my own heartbeat in my ears. The way he laid thereâhard, smug, godlikeâhad my b
~~Scarlette~~I wanted Liam.All of him. His rage. His cock. His body pounding into mine until I couldnât breathe his name without choking on it.He scooped me off the vanity and carried me to the bed.I laid flat, heart pounding, eyes locked on his. He stood at the edge, naked, hard, smirking like the devil himself.âWhy are you still standing there?â I whispered, my voice trembling with need.It felt like my body was begging louder than my voice could. Every nerve inside me screamed for him. To fuck me. To ruin me. Just like he said he would.He tilted his head slightly, that smug look not leaving his face. âYouâre pregnantâŠâ he said roughly. âAnd IâI donât know how to be gentle. I hate that Iâm even saying this⊠but I canât. I canât be soft with you, Scarlette.ââI didnât ask you to be gentle,â I breathed out. âPlease⊠I want you so bad. Please, LiamâŠâI sounded like a begging child desperate for candy. Only this time, the craving was raw, filthy, and aching.He gave a half-smile,
~~Scarlette~~A week.A full damn week.And Liam hasn't come home.Iâve tossed and turned every night, pacing the house like a ghostâevery corner of it filled with his absence. Even the silence feels louder now. Colder.And of course, Mother won't shut up.âThat boy left because he knows that babyâs not his,â she hissed earlier.I laughed.Not because it was funny, but because if I didnât, Iâd scream. That old woman really believes Liam ran away because he canât handle the truth?Ridiculous.Sheâs ridiculous.And she has no idea what sheâs talking about.Every second, Iâve been tempted to call him. To storm out, drag him back by his damn collar and demand he looks me in the eye. But I wonât.No. He owes me.He wronged me. In the most cruel fucking way.Iâm carrying his child. His. And what does he do?He disappears like a coward.Doesnât check in. Doesnât care how Iâm feeling. Doesnât even have the decency to ask if the babyâs okay.He just⊠left.And yesâmaybe I told him to stay away
~~Scarlette~~I donât want to remember how we got home.Or how I ended up inside the Newton house.Or how Liam dragged me into the car while his mother kept shouting about how I was embarrassing the family name.I donât want to remember how I screamed on top of my lungs at the man who broke me the same day I was supposed to give him the best news of our lives.Or how, in all that chaos, I finally realizedâIâd played right into the dirty Newton game.And while I was falling apart, yelling like a fool, Emelia and Mel were smirking.Smirking.Like it was all some kind of win for them.And somehowâsomehowâMother still found a way to tag Mel along.The second we got inside, I ripped my hand out of Liamâs grip."Stay the hell away from me! Miles away, Liam!"I didnât care if I was screaming again. I didnât care who was listening.I turned and stormed upstairs, not wanting to hear another word. Not from him. Not from any of them.But I didnât make it far."Not so fast, Scarlette!"Her voice