126Brianna Pounds“What are you doing?”“I need you to listen to me. Please, don't do this to me.”I had expected a sweet rush of satisfaction to spread across my chest seeing him on his knees, begging like that. Instead, my chest felt heavy, coated in bitter resentment.“Everyone is watching. Get off your knees.”“No.” He dropped to all fours like a dog, looking ready to crawl after me if I moved even an inch toward the exit.“Nicodemo, stop it. What on earth are you doing?”“I need you,” his voice cracked, raw with emotion. “Everything you think you know might be right, but I had my reasons!”A reason? It was almost laughable, except nothing about this situation was funny, and watching him degrade himself was humiliating. Humiliating for me, humiliating for him, and worst of all, he was wasting my precious time.“Get up!” I commanded.He refused to move up even a fraction of an inch. “I said get off your knees, Nicodemo!”“Brianna, please...”“I won't listen.” I clenched my teeth t
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