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I don’t let go If anything, I clutch it harder And I do so

"Please," I say desperately, "please, don’t do this"

He s to pull at the blanket, slowly and inexorably I know he’s doing it this way to prolong the torture He could easily rip the blanket away fro

"I don’t want this," I tell hih the constriction inunexpectedly breathy

He looks aleam in his eyes "No? You think I couldn’t feel your reaction to me in the club?"

I shake" My voice is thick with unshed tears "I only want Jake--"

In an instant, his hand is wrapped aroundelse, doesn’t squeeze, but the threat is there I can feel the violence within him, and I’m terrified

He leans doard me "You don’t want that boy," he says harshly "He can never give you what I can Do you understandelse

He releases o of the blanket I want to see you naked again"

Again? He must’ve been the one to undress me

I try to plaster o of the blanket

He sighs

Two seconds later, the blanket is on the floor As I had suspected, I don’t stand a chance when he uses his full strength

I resist the only way I can Instead of standing there and letting him look aton the floor, s, and I sit there like that, tre, thick hair strea ainst my knees I’down my cheeks

"Nora," he says, and there is a steely note in his voice "Get up Get up right now"

I shakeat him

"Nora, this can be pleasurable for you or it can be painful It’s really up to you"

Pleasurable? Is he insane? My entire body is shaking with sobs at this point