Warning: Triggering Content⚠️ I tried to scream but he placed his tie into my mouth, gagging me.My hands above my head were held in a firm grip, so tight I couldn't wiggle. His thighs had had locked my lower body in place. His eyes were bloodshot and I could tell he was in some mental space other than here."Michael, please... please, let me go." My eyes said, appealing to whatever shred of humanity he had left within him at that point. I felt so helpless as tears streamed down the sides of my face."Don't worry. You'll enjoy this. I promise you."I begged and pleaded but everything fell on deaf ears. His free hand had found my shorts and pulled down the sides. I closed my eyes, silently crying as I waited for him to do whatever he wanted and just get it over with.I embraced the darkness. I probably wasn't meant for much anyway. I'd escaped into some place in my mind. Somewhere I almost never went to. I was a happy person most of the time but happiness almost never liked me. I ne
Kol was extra gentle with me as he washed my skin. My energy was spent so I had to rely on him even to the point of taking off and putting on my clothes.He carried me to his bed and lay down beside. I didn't let him leave my side as I held on to him as tightly and as closely as possible. "You scared me so much. You wouldn't wake up even throughout the night." "I'm sorry." I sniffled, wishing I hadn't inconvenienced him."You have absolutely nothing to be sorry about. It was my fault. I'll never let anything happen to you again." His voice soft against my ears. I squeezed his shirt tight wanting him to hold me against him. He understood and placed his arms around my head and I stretched my hands over his torso.The night was cold but his body provided me with more than enough warmth. He placed a kiss on my forehead as I began to drift asleep.It was a near traumatic experience and I relieved the scene in my dreams. In it, Michael completed what he'd started. I woke up with a scream
I looked closely into the bin.A bouquet of roses?Kol didn't seem like the kind of guy to buy himself flowers, most especially roses. Besides, even if it did, why would he chuck them into the bin with the wrap still on it? Quite strange."Tori?" I jumped at the sudden sound. I hadn't heard Kol get in."In here!" I yelled, walking to the bed and sitting on it. In a matter of seconds, he was with me."Hey..." His dimples popped out as he smiled. I couldn't hide my smile myself."What?" My cheeks reddened as he kept staring at me. "Nothing." but the smile on his face remained."Oh My God! Stop." I placed my hands on my face, turning away from him. He moved towards me and pried my fingers from my face."Don't even try to hide from me. You're so beautiful." I was a puddle of emotions on the inside.I was feeling things I shouldn't have felt yet. Things I didn't want to admit I felt for this man. It had to be too early. Way too early.I mean, we hadn't even gone on a date yet.His eyes f
I listened as he spoke, not moving. Only my fingers rubbed circles along his back."My mum was always high on something or drunk as f*ck. She never cared where the money came from or what her son did to get it, just that it did.""We'd gotten into a fight that night. She couldn't find money where I'd kept it and I wouldn't give her any either. She threw me out."He moved us so he was laying down and I was on top of him, my cheeks on his chest while his hands remained on my waist."That was when I met Jason. He'd been in one of the shelters set up in one of our streets and he was in a way worse off condition than I was. Naturally, we became close."I rose my head to look up at him. I wanted to see his face as he recalled events from the past. "Jason always used underhanded methods sometimes to get what we wanted. I hadn't noticed much because no one gave a f*ck about us and we just wanted to survive and Jason was doing that quite well.I had come up with an idea and we were looking for
"What?"Kol's head reeled back in shock like he hadn't expected me to say such words"Why would you... Where did you get that?"He looked at me, his brows raised in question.I only shrugged."It doesn't matter." To be honest, it didn't. All I wanted hear from him was the truth. "Of course not. I haven't been with anyone since Clara and that was a long time ago. Was that really why you avoided me all day?"My cheeks tinged with embarrassment as I realised I could've saved myself from a world of hurt and anger.I pulled the blanket over me and pretended to sleep. I was dying of embarrassment."Tori..." He chuckled beside me as he pulled me flush against his chest."You could've just asked me, you know..."I could feel the heat of his body even through the blanket, warming me up everywhere you could possibly think of.He tried to pull the blanket away from my face but I wouldn't let him."You're so cute when you're pissed off." He was getting on my nerves on purpose. I took off the bla
"You okay?"I faked a smile at Thea and nodded, my heart still running at a thunderous speed. "Yeah. Would you like some toast?"She looked at me quizzically first because we'd just eaten but a smile spread along her face. I just needed an excuse to collect myself."Of course. Make that two for me." She yelled after me.I picked up pieces of bread, buttered them up and put them in the toaster while I looked at the message again.The sender had no name, nothing.I tried calling the number but the number didn't exist.I racked my brain to figure out who could've sent me the message but absolutely no one came to mind.I figured it was a mistake and deleted the message. I picked up the toast and carried on with my activities.Thea hadn't suspected a thing and for that I was relieved. I didn't want her to be worried for absolutely no reason. "The year is ending, isn't it?"We looked up at the sky from our balcony, wrapped up in blankets."Yeah." I agreed with her. The year had started ex
The drive back home was silent. Way too silent for my liking.I hadn’t expected him to say it back but I hadn’t expected him to lock up. His jaw tensed as his knuckles turned white, tightening on the steering wheel.“Kol?” He didn’t answer as I followed him inside his house. From the time of the retreat, I realised he had two places. One as a work base and the other his primary home.“Kol?” I called again. Had I somehow pissed him or said something wrong?He stopped in his tracks and whirled around to face me. I stepped back a beat at the sudden motion.“Are you okay?” I was worried about his silence. His smile turned sad as he approached me.He placed both his hands on my face and pulled me closer to his.“No…”“No, I’m not.”“You beat me to it.” He placed a soft kiss on my lips.“What?” I asked, confused.He picked me up and placed me on his kitchen aisle. “You are one of the smartest people I know, the kindest."“You are beautiful, in and out. Your smile lights up my day and I fe
I looked around the kitchen for what I could make for breakfast. It was a new year and I was feeling brand new as well so I opted for bacon, eggs and a hash brown skillet. I tried to be as quiet as possible as I moved around.I was about to move the skillet from the stove when I felt hands over my stomach. I screamed“That’s different from last night.” I turned around and smacked his chest. He was referring to my screams and I didn’t have to know that.“You’re such a jerk.” I placed the skillet on a platform and dropped the gloves“But I love your screams… I know they’re for me.” His eyes roamed over my body and lowered to my bare legs. I was wearing one of his shirts with nothing else underneath and it was extremely large on me.“Oh My God… just eat.” My face flushed as I could tell what thoughts were spawning in his head. I could barely walk and I didn’t think I could handle him again this morning.“What did Thea say last night? When we were about to leave…” I offered Kol water as he