로그인I woke up to a birthday song. Stein was standing by my bed with a cake, singing. My face broke into a smile when I sat up. It was finally here. “Make a wish, Schatz,” he prompted when he finished singing, his eyes glowing in the candlelight.I closed my eyes and made a wish for them to be happy without me, and for this to finally end.I blew out the candles.“What did you wish for?” he asked, setting the cake aside and sitting on the edge of the bed.“Can't tell you." I smiled. “Or it won't come true.”He laughed. “Then I'll guess. You wished for Lukas to visit?”“Maybe.”“Or for me to unlock the chain?”I looked down at the silver band around my ankle. “Do I need to wish for that?”His expression softened. He reached into his pocket and produced the small key. “Actually,” he said, “you don't need this anymore.”My heart stopped. “What?”“I mean ..." He hesitated, turning the key over in his fingers. “You've been different these past few days. I'm ready to try once more with you.”I
KAII tried running again. This time, I broke the window and dragged the wood the chain was fastened to. I was almost there, but he came in before I could jump down the window. He pulled me by my hair and tossed me on the bed. “You're not going anywhere, Schatz!” He hissed, narrowing his eyes at me. “If you escape, I'll always find you. You're safer with me here.”“I'm not! Let me go, you bastard!”He smiled and reached out to touch me. I flinched, and his expression darkened. He took his hand back and glared hard at me. “If you ever try to run, I'll break your legs.”I shivered in fear. “If you can't willingly stay with me with both legs intact, then you don't need them.”“Stein —”“And if you still tried to run despite that, or hurt yourself, I'll kill you, then kill myself. You're stuck with me forever, Schatz. I'm never letting go. You'll forever be by my side!”My lips trembled in fear at the mad expression on his face. I knew he meant every threat. This man is mad, and he's t
STEINDid I finally break him? He had been cold for a week now. Though we talked most of the time, his eyes were now empty. Staring into them was almost like looking into a void. Was I wrong to hold him against his will? Would he regain that warmth if I let him go? But what would happen to me? I shook my head and clenched my jaw hard. No, I wasn't wrong. I did all those things because I love him. He would one day appreciate everything I did for him. “Dad!”I blinked, recalling that I was on a video call with Lukas. Edward had been disturbing Mary for a long time to see Kai. He didn't trust her word about me taking him out on a holiday and wanted to hear it from him, which is why I called and demanded that Lukas speak with Edward. That was one reason, though. I wanted to see if our son could bring that life back to Kai. I smiled. “I'm taking the phone to your daddy now.” I opened the door and stepped in. Kai looked up and let out a disinterested sigh. He was sitting up on the bed
The hallway stretched before me as I ran for dear life, intent on leaving this godforsaken place. My bare feet slapped against the hardwood, but I couldn't slow down. I had to leave this place before Stein woke and realised I wasn't sleeping next to him. I didn't doubt he would give chase, which was why I wanted to put as much distance as I could between us. I took the stairs two and three at a time, stumbling and righting myself as adrenaline pumped through me. I hit the front door at a full sprint and scrabbled for the handle. It turned, but the door didn't budge. It was freaking locked. Of course, it was. I was a fool to think he'd leave it open, even in sleep.I spun around, heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird. I searched until I found the keypad. I swiped my palm on it, and it lit up. I tried his birthday, and the light flashed red.I tried Lukas' birthday. Red. I also tried my birthday and the day we adopted our son, but none of them worked. I tried the day we
“Up,” he said.I stood. My legs were unsteady, my knees sore, and my ass aching in a way that reminded me with every step of what we'd done. He didn't touch me. He walked behind me until I got into the bathroom. He'd removed the only mirror in the room after my mad episode, afraid I would use it to hurt myself. My husband really wasn't taking any damned chances with me.He turned on the shower, tested it on his wrist, and stepped back.“In.”I pulled my shirt off and dropped it on the tile. He watched me, and I made sure he watched. I dragged the shirt slowly over my wrist and turned, so that he could see the ass he was obsessed with. When I turned, his eyes were still on me.The water was hot enough to sting. I stood under it and let it run down my back and between my cheeks, washing the dried come off my thighs. He stripped off his shirt, but my eyes weren't there. It was lower. He was hard again, cock standing up against his stomach, and he didn't bother to hide it. He stepped in
I kept smiling each time he showed up, and most times we even conversed as if everything were okay. I knew that I was finally pulling down his walls, which was why I wanted to hasten it. “Will you come after you drop those plates?” I asked when he picked up the tray. Since I wasn't wounded, I knew he wouldn't return to the room until tomorrow morning. Tonight was the night I planned to escape, and I couldn't afford to let the opportunity pass me. He arched a brow. “Why?”“Where have you been sleeping?”“In the guest room downstairs. Why?”I gulped and sat up on the bed. “Will you sleep with me tonight? I've missed feeling your arms around me while I sleep.”He frowned before he nodded slowly. “If that's what you want. I'll return after doing the dishes.”Gotcha. My lips lifted in a smile, and my eyes crinkled at the sides as I gave him my first genuine smile after a week of faking it. “Okay.” I leaned back against the headboard. “I'll be back in a few,” he said before he left.I
KAIThe rest of the week went by in a blur. By the time Friday knocked on my door, I was drained. I'd stayed awake two nights, thinking of the bloody truce marriage and how to get the fuck out of it. I wasn't like Dad, who thought we needed this. We don't. We have been surviving all these years wit
KAIOnce again, I woke up to that depressing sight of cum sticking to my body. As if that weren't bad enough, there were also stains on the floor, and my reading desk, which I could have sworn was by my table, was in front of my bed, as if I had sat there before retiring to bed. The worst? I couldn
STEIN“I think it's time for you to settle down, Stein,” Dad said, his sharp voice cutting through the phone the second I took his call. “You're 25, and that's old enough to have a family. Your mother and I have found the perfect partner for you. We have a family dinner with them on Friday, and I n
KAII woke up after a disturbing sleep, grunting as I sat up in bed, only to freeze when I noticed the patch on my shorts. You've got to be fucking kidding me!I lifted the waistband and took a glance. Did I freaking have a wet dream? Impossible! The last time I had those was years ago when I was







