All Chapters of The Bet That Broke Us: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

MiaI felt fingers crawling slowly up my legs, and I was too comfortable in the position I was sleeping to make a sound. The touch was warm, and almost hypnotic. A sleepy hum escaped me before I even realized it.But the hand didn’t stop. The familiar scent of his cologne filled my nose, and in that instant, I knew who it was. My eyes snapped open. Rolex? I parted my lips to scream, but his palm covered my mouth before I could make a sound.Our eyes met and I watched his index finger moved to his lips.“Shh…” he whispered.His lower body pressed against mine, and I could barely process what was happening. When his hand finally left my mouth, my voice came out shakily. “W…what are you doing?” I whispered, fear and curiosity tangled in my chest.He didn’t answer. Instead, he dipped his face into the crook of my neck. His lips closed around the sensitive spot just below my ear, and a gasp tore from my throat at the sudden rush of heat.I tried to push him away when he began to suck o

MiaI adjusted my dress one last time and checked the mirror, The blouse and shorts clung to me the way it always did, too short, just right where it mattered. Then I unlocked the door and eased it open, peeking out before finally stepping into the hall.My steps were light until I reached the big living room. It was nothing like the places I’d lived before…sparkling white, pristine and cold. White was Rolex’s favorite color. Just the first time I entered his room, it had been the same.Speaking of Rolex, he was nowhere to be seen.I moved to the counter and found a note. Blank. Why would he leave a blank note if he had no message for me? I lifted the paper and discovered food underneath, covered with a net. When I opened it, the aroma of freshly made food hit my nose.He didn’t make this for me… right? I almost laughed at the thought. What if he’d put something in it…something that would make me lose my senses and do things I shouldn’t?No. I wasn’t going to fall for it. I turned to

MiaI stood at the front of Mrs. Pagnole's room, crying with snorts coming out of my nose, but I didn’t care. Mrs. Pagnole opened the door, and it was as if she already understood what was happening.She pulled me in gently and settled me on the couch before handing me some tissues to clean my face.“They’re all scumbags. You shouldn’t cry over those little things…they don’t deserve your tears,” Mrs. Pagnole said.I nodded. She was right. But I just kept falling for every stupid one of the brothers’ games and kept getting hurt instead. I still couldn’t understand what had happened in there.How dare he kiss me and then push me away like I meant nothing? It was my first kiss with a man, with him, apart from the one that happened at the club the other day while I was drunk.If he hated the kiss, he could have at least pretended he didn’t. And it wasn’t me who made him kiss me, he initiated it.Why would he kiss me if he already knew he was going to regret it? Was it because he didn’t wa

RolexThe moment she kissed me back I lost whatever was left of my control, every rational thought vanished as if swallowed by a blackout. I felt like a stranger in my own skin. I wanted to tear the fabric off her and take her, hard without mercy until she had no thought left but me.The pill did this. Every time I took it, the boundaries that kept me human thinned.. Desire turned into a hunger I couldn't tame.I’d told myself I could resist, but the moment she responded to my kiss, the small strength I had left buckled. I hauled myself away from her, breathing like I’d run a race.Her face fell the instant I pulled back, shocked and humiliated all at once. I saw the question in her eyes like; Why would he do that? “Leave,” The word came out harsher than intended.She ran out in tears, her scent hung in the air even after she'd left and it clawed at me. If she’d stayed, I couldn’t promise what would have happened. I would have taken her here and she would have hated me for it. I

Mia I didn’t expect the way he held me. One moment my chest was full of raw hurt from the way he’d treated me yesterday, and the next his arms wrapped around me as if I were everything that mattered. It made my heart trip over itself and my head scramble for a reason.He let me go only far enough to cup my face in his palm, like he wanted to read me with touch. I opened my mouth to speak, but my voice broke in the middle. I was still shaking from what had just happened. Everything looped in my head like a bad film.I forced myself to ignore the image of Rolex killing those two men as though human life meant nothing. He did it to save me, yes, but it reminded me just how much I didn’t know about him.I told myself they were the bad ones…but a part of me couldn’t stop asking how human life had become so cheap to him.“H...he… I was so scared. I thought I was going to die,” I stammered, my voice trembling and my fingers digging into his jacket as if to anchor myself.Before I could sa