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He snorts “Cindy Williams will be Mrs Cindy Archer”

My pulse accelerates at his words Now I understand why he’s talking to me He thinks he can hurt me He thinks I’one and fallen for Ryat after one fucking night! Seriously? So, because a guy finally fucked me, I’m supposed to love him?

He steps into me, and it presses my back into the wall “Matt …” I warn

Leaning into my ear, he whispers, “She will be his wife She will have his kids And she will be the one tied to his bed that he fucks”

A coldness runs up my spine Not at his words but how he says the shivers down my spine

He pulls back and smiles down at s forout, he plays with a piece of hair that’s fallen out of myyou for now, but I will be the one ill have you for the rest of your ht of day” Leaning forward, he licks up the side ofme taste vomit “And you will pay for what you’ve done towith you now, but I will own you Till death do us part And that won’t coh for you” His eyes drop to the hickeys that Ryat left on my neck, then the bruises on my arms and wrists “You may be his slut, but you will be my worthless whore” Then he walks off

RYAT

“WHY DIDN’T YOU choose me?” Cindy asks, her hands on her hips “I know my name was on that list,” she snaps at me

I say nothing Not every girl gets chosen We have fifteen seniors this year and hundreds of women’s names on the list That’s why some Lords choose to haveto be a chosen is a

Gunner laughs at her words “Why the fuck would he pick you as his chosen? He’s stuck fucking you every day after his graduation until he dies Why would he add a year to that prison sentence?”

Baring her teeth, she lets out a growl and spins around, sto off down the hall