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The words felt like acid in my mouth, and the bile slowly crept upfrom my lips were a necessary evil Protect Jade, protect Jade, protect Jade was stuck on repeat in

Stella looked at Jade, her mouth curved into a depraved sneer “See? He loves rew shrill at the end, and Jade cowered when the firearrip

I approached Stella with caution “Lower the firearet in my car, and drive away Just you and me”

“No,” she snapped “I want Jade to see how ether Maybe then she’ll give you back”

Stella faced me, and motioned me forith her free hand “Come here, Reid, and kiss me”

“I don’t think we should do it here,” I replied “We need privacy, so I can show you properly how much I love you”

Stella shook her head “Do it in front of Jade It’s the only way she will see, and h her thick head that you were always meant to be with me”

I sed the heavy lump in rin was sinister as she trailed a hand up ers slid into my hair, and I tried not to recoil I shivered, and Stella’s smile widened

“See,” she breathed, tilting her head towards ht?”

“So good,” I lied “I miss your hands on me”

That seenite a spark within Stella, because oneme, and the next her mouth was on mine

Make it believable, I told myself If I could do that I would be able to distract Stella enough to disarm her

I brought my hands to her hips, and lowered , but I had no choice Stella moaned when my hands slid up, and shuddered when my thumbs brushed the underside of her breasts I are of Jade, of how she was quietly crying as the scene in front of her unfolded, but I silently pleaded that she would understand I was doing this for her, and for the safety of our unborn child

I pressed Stella againsther with as much enthusiasm necessary to make her believe I was into it, and when her extended arm lowered, I saw my chance and took it

Jade

I felt sick, and it took everything I possessed not to throw up on the bed I watched in horror and despair as Reid continued to kiss Stella So, but I was too unraveled by seeing the with myself wasn’t possible

Stella moaned, and I cuppedto tear me in half

It was excruciating

Painful

Unbearable

Seeing theht I’d buried, and I was having a hard tiht of Stella’s hands on hie I wouldn’t soon forget, and even though Reid was pretending, I couldn’t get past the way his mouth moved over hers

I felt a flutter in my belly, and that made it even harder to quell the need to cry hysterically, and beg them to stop I couldn’t take much more

I diverted h to search for my phone, but deflated when I realized I’d left it in the kitchen It was all in Reid’s hands now

I watched through blurry, tear-filled eyes as Reid pulled Stella flush against his body – a body that I’d always thought of as mine – and moved his hands up her body

I hated it

Every Fucking Second Of It

And then in a flash everything changed

Reid’s handStella’s ar the firear her backwards She cried out, and hit the floor, and Reid lifted the firearm in her direction

I inhaled sharply

“That’s enough,” said Reid “We’re done here, Stella”