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To where I swore I would try

Tears fell off my face I knew what he was saying was true, but I’d signed that stupid f*****g contract to agree to his stupid rules. He abruptly stopped pulling me down onto the bench. “Tell me everything Alaina, and I mean everything I’m your friend and you can trust me.”

“I don’t know, Jasper.”

“Trust me Alaina. I know you’ve never been too happy about this situation he put you in, and i think my assumptions are correct by looking at your tears eyes right now.”

“I don’t know.”

“Trust me Alaina, that’s all I ask. I will be by your side through this, we are friends and friends stick together.”

“Okay if you insist.” I exhaled telling Jasper everything from when I began working as an intern at his company and how he wouldn’t let me split my intern up so I could do my fashion degree. My parents dying in a crash and leaving me with a substantial amount of debt. And last of all how he devised this ridiculous contract into me marrying him. So he would take care of my debt. And how much I hated this guy for taking my life away from me.

He placed his arm around me hugging me. “I’m so sorry Alaina, he’s sly and manipulating. He always gets what he wants at any costs. I’ll help you get out of this I promise. I know people who would willingly help you just in order to destroy him if you let me.”

“I don’t know Jasper, if I break the contract I will have to pay back all I owe him, plus interest and he’ll make sure no one will ever hire me.”

“We’ll sort this I promise.’ He kissed my forehead. I’d never felt so closer to someone as I do right now. ‘Just lay low don’t let him get suspicious, it will all end good trust me.”

I wished I could.

I rarely trusted anyone and he was expecting me to trust him. Could I trust him not to turn it all around on me and tell Elijah what we’d discussed?

He took his arms from around me, wiping my tears away. “Come on let’s go inside.”

I nodded.

“Let’s show him that you don’t care.”

I nodded and smiled he slipped his fingers in between mine and led me back to the reception. ‘Let’s dance Alaina.’

I nodded.

He smiled pulling me close dancing with me. I felt so free in this moment until it was sadly disturbed by the one and only Elijah f*****g Rivera.

“May I?”

Jasper looked up at him, his eyes looked like they cut through ice, let alone the thin air around us right now.

“May I have this dance with my wife?”

Jasper looked at me and nodded. I didn’t need a scene right now. “Sure.”

He pecked my forehead and left.

Elijah grabbed me forcefully, pulong me to his hard chest. “You two are getting awfully comfy.”

“Really? I find that hard to believe.”

“Why were you with him, Alaina?”

“I believe you invited him, and I believe you were nowhere in sight so he offered to keep me company.”

“But why him? I thought you both hated one another?”

“You’re reading too much into it Elijah . We have never hated one another, just our opinions make us differ from one another.’

“Again, why were you dancing with him?”

“Like I said already, you were nowhere in sight, and he was. We talked and he asked for a dance.”

“Well I would prefer if you didn't.”

“For f**k sake Elijah he’s f*****g GAY!’ I said a little too loudly. ‘AND IF YOU WEREN’T SO BUSY f*****g ONE OF YOUR WHORES. I DOUBT HE WOULD HAVE COME OVER TO ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!”

“WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?”

“YOU HEARD!” I screamed everyone turning around this was not what I wanted, but he had to know I was pissed. “YOU STINK ELIJAH. I CAN SMELL THE WHORES PERFUME ON YOU, IT f*****g REEKES.”

He glared angrily at me grabbing my hand pulling me out of the reception. “Where are we going?”

He chose not to answer, dragging me through the hotel up the stairs, opening the door, throwing me in. I fell to the floor, he slammed the door. I got up to the force of the slap across my face. I fell back but gained my balance. “How f*****g dare you show me up at my own f*****g wedding and reception, infront of my buisness colleagues.”

“Boo hop, what a shame the big almighty Elijah how we have fallen.” I replied, sarcastically.

His hand cracked my face again. “How dare you b***h, you belong to me and you do as I say.”

“I don’t f*****g think so. I hate you.”

He slapped me again f**k this was getting old fast. “You think you’re good at hitting a woman? Well let me tell you something Mr. f*****g Rivera you aint going to hit this bitch.”

“You’re my wife and you do as I tell you!”

“Not in this lifetime.”

“You’re going to regret being disobedient, Alaina.”

“And you’re going to regret fuckng all those f*****g whores.”

“What I do is none of your f*****g business.”

“I believe it is. It's our wedding day and I’m your wife.”

“And that is all you’ll ever be.”

Now I’m pissed and worked right up, how f*****g dare he! First he tells me I can’t talk or dance with another man yet he can f**k any w***e he pleases. My fist clenched and I pulled it back, I was so f*****g wound up he was going to regret those words he just spat. I threw the punch he grabbed my hand twisting it behind my back, his eyes cold and unreadable.

“You think you know me Alaina. You know nothing, if you want to be treated like a w***e I’ll treat you like one.”

s**t what’s he going to do?

He pushed me down onto the bed. “Just remember this is on you Alaina, this is what you wanted.”

No it wasn’t. I thought our wedding day would be memorable for all the right reasons, not the wrong ones. I heard his belt buckle open.

Oh my god please help me!

Since the last time I crossed the line

I woke in the morning sore and bruised. How could he have done this to me? How could he have taken my virginity like that? He reaped me over and over again, he wanted to prove I was someone I was not, a w***e. I hate him. I officially hate Elijah f*****g Rivera. How dare he do this to me! I screamed inside my head. I pulled myself up out of bed. I needed a shower to get last night's horrific events washed away from me. I slowly made my way to the bathroom, collecting my clothes and towels, making my way inside, making sure I locked the door so no uninvited guests came in. I turned the shower on and waited for it to heat up before I slipped in under the spray of hot and relaxing water as all the dirt and grime washed away from last night's events. I just can’t think why a man like that is so cruel. He's had many women. Was he like that with them too? Or was it just me and he had a point to make? I really didn’t want to know nor did I want to stop around to find out.

I slipped out of the shower, turned it off, I dried myself, slipped into some new and clean clothes, slipped into my shoes.

I stepped out of the bathroom. I wasn't aware he was in the room. He wasn't there when I left to take a shower. He slipped his arms around me. “Good morning Alaina.” He said, kissing my neck. “You smell good. If I knew you were going to shower I would’ve joined you.” He remarked.

Had he forgotten what happened last night?

He leaned to my ear talking into it. “If you keep being a good girl, I’ll give you something you’ll enjoy.” He said, kissing me. “But, if you continue to be a bad girl, it will be a repeat of last night.” He said, kissing my neck again.

He obviously hadn’t. I wished not to be reminded of it,but he just had to bring it up.

“Now come down stairs for breakfast or I’ll devour you right here right now.”

“I’m not hungry.”

“And it’s not a request, Alaina.”

“Fine, just give me five.”

He smiled, kissing my neck. “Five minutes Alaina, or you’ll know what happens if your a bad girl.” He took his arm from around me and smacked my ass. “Five minutes Alaina.”

I nodded as he left the room, closing the door behind him. Tears fell off my face. How the hell was I going to get out of this hell that he made me choose?