Lahat ng Kabanata ng LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU'RE MINE; A Don's obsession : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 37

~~Ines~~My lips parted, but nothing came out.What the hell was I supposed to say to that?He wasn't lying, and that was what made it so much worse. I could deny everything else, but I couldn't change what had happened in that bathroom, no matter how badly I wished I could. The fact that he remembered every humiliating detail, and had no problem throwing it in my face, made me want to disappear.“Until that debt is cleared,” he murmured, his voice brushing against my ear, “you'll do whatever I say.”The words settled over me like a threat, leaving me struggling to hold on to the little courage I'd managed to gather.Then his mouth moved to my neck, his lips pressing against the tender skin beneath my jaw as his hand remained firmly around my face. His teeth grazed me lightly before he kissed the same spot, slow enough that I had time to register what he was doing and hate how difficult it was to ignore.My whole body went rigid, caught between the instinct to pull away and the unwant

~~Ines~~Behind her, the two maids gasped in unison when those words left her lips, and for a moment, even they seemed to struggle to believe what they'd just heard.And me? For a second, I thought she was kidding, because surely no one could stand there and announce that they were going to kill someone with such a straight face. I would have called her a good actress if it weren't for the look in her eyes, which was so cold and dead that it wiped every trace of doubt from my mind.That was when the panic really set in, creeping through me as the realization hit that this crazy bitch might actually be serious.If I was going to die, it wasn't going to be at her hands, tied to a fucking chair in some dusty wine cellar like an animal waiting to be slaughtered. If I had to die, I wanted it to be in a more decent way, not at the mercy of a woman who looked like she'd enjoy watching the life drain out of me.“Zoya, wait!” one of the maids stuttered, her voice trembling so badly that she n

~~Ines~~The guard shifted his attention from Zoya to me, and I swallowed hard, trying to keep my gaze steady even as the edges of my vision began to blur.He crouched in front of me until we were at eye level, his expression so empty that I couldn't tell what was going through his head.“She won't say a damn word,” he murmured.Before I could even process what he meant, he reached out and grabbed my jaw, squeezing so hard that pain shot through my face as he forced me to look directly into his eyes.“Listen to me carefully, little rat,” he warned, his voice quiet but carrying enough menace to make my skin crawl. “You're going to get up, walk out of here, and pretend tonight never fucking happened. If you utter a single word to the Don...” He paused, leaning closer until I could feel his breath against my face, and his voice dropped to a deadly whisper. “I will find you. I don't care where you hide in this estate. I'll drag you out and kill you myself.” His fingers tightened around m

~~Ines~~The next morning, I didn't wake up on my own.A bucket of ice-cold water hit my face and chest, making me gasp and jerk upright. I wiped at my eyes with the back of my hand, blinking furiously as I tried to make sense of what was happening. My clothes were sticking to my skin, and the cold had already started working its way into my bones.For one stupid second, I thought I was back in that cellar, with water filling my nose and mouth.My stomach twisted.Then I saw Valya standing over me with an empty bucket in her hand. The morning light coming through the small window fell behind her, making her look even more intimidating.Oh, I hated this house."Get your ass up from there!""And why did you sleep in the storage room?" she demanded, looking around at the boxes and old furniture. "What happened to your bed?"Last night came rushing back to me.Zoya.That crazy bitch had looked ready to kill me yesterday. There was no way I was going to lie in that bed and close my eyes,