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"I-I can’t take it anymore," she says breathlessly after she cli in a limp heap beside me "My entire body aches"

"Mmm, come here" I roll on my side and pull her to me, her back to ainst my semi-hard cock "Go to sleep"

"I don’t want to," she protests, but she sounds sleepy and her voice softens "I don’t want this night to end"

I pressher scentwith the heady s I can to destroy her and she wants more More of me

I can’t believe it

I don’t deserve her

But she’s mine And no one can take her away from me

No one

Chapter Twenty-three

Violet

My life can be defined by certain ed I was almost five when my mother committed suicide and ain I became more responsible and took care of Rose like she was my baby, not my baby sister And Lily took care of me

I was fourteen the first time Lily’s face--and naked body covered with black bars across the ossip website That was the ju to destroy her life in any way possible Not only destroy her life, but her relationship with our father, trashing the family name, the family business … all of it

I became the responsible sister Even more so

I was nineteen when a irl assaulted and tried to rape ht would be a long time That moment became my family’s secret shame and in turn, it became my burden to bear Father couldn’t handle any ht off my assailant, he didn’t want to talk about it

The incident ept under the rug Forgotten by everyone

Except le one of thoseleft when it had been zigging right I ith the zag, changingto a new plan and always, always pushing forward the best I could

Sometimes I failed I backpedaled here and there, but it couldn’t be helped Afterthe trial, I fell completely apart I believed Alan had broken me He was locked up in a jail cell and I let hi I needed to seek outside help in order to realize it wasn’t my fault That the only one who really broke , I finally believed I knew exactly as going to happen I had e Babies The two of us together, running Fleur Cosmetics That would be my future and I was ready for it

Then Ryder came into my life and … rocked it I broke up with Zachary I fell into the arms of another ether Ryder keeps me off balance He scares ht?

I don’t even knoho I am any in s, the bruises on my ass almost unbearable My entire body is sore and when he left , just before dawn after he fucked ain, he smiled and kissed me and said four words that seared theet you’re mine