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A fingertip strokes along my cheek and I panic He’s never touched me like that before Not in a way that i is nothing like the last one Last ti Early twenties at the most Ten years later and that boy anted me to like him, wanted to win my cooperation with so house and taking care of hione

In his place is a s In his place is a ," I try

But his hand presses onraduate froe I watched you have your fun Date a fewbut a whore"

Oh, God

"You’re pregnant with another man’s child If ant to be happy, that parasite inside you needs to be dealt with"

And then his hand slips between s and shockshard, like his cheek or his neck, and he grunts in surprise I have a split second of satisfaction before the throbbing in my head takes over

"How dare you!" he bellows, his fist connecting with the back of ain and this time I twist out from underneath him when he recoils He recovers and pins my shoulders to the table with both hands "I’ll kill you for that"

I spit in his face "No, you won’t You want ot no free hands at the moment It’s my turn to so of one of ht

"It’s not rape You’re mine"

"It is rape, you sick fuck I will never let you rape uts You ruinedwith his nose, and blood starts to drip ioes to his face

I twistmy knee between him and me, and then I kick hirabs for hair, but ers find the mask instead I pull and this panics hiet that stupid"Take it off, you coward! Take off your fucking o ofhis shield I reach up and punch hiht now!" He regains control and pulls sunbuckled "I’ll fuck it out of you, whore"

"If you kill this baby," I gasp through"I’ll never be yours Do you understand? If you kill this baby I will fight you until you kill me I will never be yours!" I screaainst ht of him makes it hard to breathe Maybe he’ll suffocate ht now?

"You don’t want to be mine," he seethes into my ear "You never did"

"You killedto do with you?"

"They sold you!"