Chapter 9
Sophia’s POV
I fell in love with my brother.[]
His name is Fabian Elkedonia.Such a beautiful name.[]
I knew it was wrong. Because we weren’t actually related by blood.[]
By the time Robert Elkedonia found me, I had been living on the streets of London, digging through dumpsters just to survive.]
He said he was sorry he came too late. He’d been my mother’s first love, but they broke up finally.
I wanted to say it was okay, but couldn’t form the words. Because he was too late.
I knew I was being manipulative by holding this over him.[]
I knew I couldn’t be my abuser’s biological daughter, because no real father would do those things to his child.
Robert brought me to the Elkedonia estate and introduced me to seventeen–year–old Fabian“This is your sister,Fabian.Take care of her.“[]
Fabian raised an eyebrow and said, “Fine.“Then proceeded to torment me at school.]
The harder I cried, the filthier the water they dumped on my head.I didn’t know how to change his opinion of me.[]
At home, though, he was different. When I got my first period, he was the first to notice.
He kicked the bucket where I’d hidden my bloody clothes, disgusted“So revolting!“[]
But then, he tossed a pack of pads onto my bed.“Don’t let me see that disgusting mess again, or you’ll regret it!“]]
Robert was pleased to see his illegitimate daughter and biological son getting along better.
He started sending me to bring Fabian hot milk every night.[]
I stupidly barged into his room one night and caught a pillow to the face, along with Fabian’s pissed–off voice:[]
“Get the fuck out!“]
I caught a glimpse of something suspicious under his blankets.
“Dad told me to bring you milk.“[]
Fabian yanked me inside, slamming the door.“You interrupted me!” He backed me against the wall.
My first instinct was to apologize. He said“You need to help me.“[]
I nervously agreed. But I was clumsy, and he kept hissing in pain.[]
I apologized over and over, but he just told me to get lost.
I felt worthless then, too incompetent to even jerk him off properly.[]
The next time I came home drenched in toilet water courtesy of the lacrosse team, Fabian’s face went dark. He made a call right in front of me“Didn’t I make myself crystal fucking clear? She’s My sister!“]
“Touch her again and I’ll make sure you never play college ball.“]
The guy on the other end was practically groveling “Sorry, bro. We didn’t know she was off–limits. Won’t happen again.“[]
I twisted my soaked shirt nervously, whispering“But back when we were in school, you were the one leading the charge against me.“[]
Fabian smiled, leaning in close, his cologne making me dizzy as my back hit the wall.
You’re absolutely right, Sophia. That’s because only I get to mess with what’s mine.“]
“No one else has that right!“]
Is that how it works?I didn’t know.[]
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Fabian taught me that when kissing, I should close my eyes and remember to breathe.
When playing games, I shouldn’t get distracted.[]
If my hands were hurt, it didn’t matter–use mouth. He said practice makes perfect, so I wouldn’t keep “hurting” him.[]
I refused once, he was angry.[]
He didn’t say a word, but his eyes tracked me like prey.]]
That night, I had a fever.[]
Fabian somehow appeared in my locked bedroom with pills. In my delirium, I couldn’t figure out how he got in. But my head was on fire, too much pain to think straight.
Fabian whispered“Take your medicine like a good girl.“]
The “fevers” kept coming back. Every night he’d wake me for more medicine, leaving me a zombie who couldn’t stay awake in class.[]
When Fabian was called to school about my grades tanking, he went full protective brother mode“We’v done with this shithole!”
I was pathetically grateful that someone would defend me like that.
On his birthday, I wore a sexy sundress. Twenty–three–year–old Fabian didn’t even blink as he wrapped his jacket around my shoulders.
I climbed onto his lap, crying with sexual frustration. “I’m eighteen now. Legal.This is my present to you.“[]
He shook his head“Sophia, we’re not kids anymore.“[]
“This thing between us needs to stop!What you’re feeling isn’t love–it’s just attachment issues and emotional dependency. You need meet guys your own age.[]
But, brother…
When I sobbed and begged you to stop, you covered my mouth.I’ve literally brainwashed myself into loving you, and now you’re pushing me away?
The sounds from the study eventually shocked Robert.In a rage, he shipped me off to a “wellness hospital“.[]
Electric shock therapy. Pills.]
Daily sessions to convince me my “relationship” with Fabian was a joke.[]
Later, Fabian showed up at the facility, limping slightlyHe claimed Robert had attacked him with a golf club.[]
He told me to wait for him. Wait until he married a business bride, until he controlled the Sullivans fortune–then we could disappear together.
I didn’t believe his bullshit anymore. I just sat there, mute.[]
Fabian kept kissing my face, my neck, begging me to say something.[]
Finally, I said “Don’t you touch your fiancée.“[]
He swore he wouldn’t.
I said I wanted to embroider my initials into every pair of his boxers, so he’d think of me whenever he dropped his pants.[]
Fabian’s jaw clenched as he agreed through gritted teeth.[]
I couldn’t break out of a locked psychiatric ward. But who would believe me?I couldn’t love Fabian anymore.
I stitched “SOS” again and again, but either no one saw or no one cared.]
I was like a message in a bottle thrown into an ocean of indifference,I was too broken to even scream for help anymore.[]
Until one day.A fire alarm blared through the facility.[]
A nurse I’d never seen before whispered“Now’s your chance, Run, Miss Elkedonia.“[]
Disoriented. I somehow ended up at that villa.[]
They were hosting Fabian’s engagement party to a heiress.[]
That beautiful Miss Montgomery seemed genuinely in love with the monster I knew.]
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I realized then that Fabian could have released me anytime–it was never about his father’s interference.]]
out.
Locked in the baseroom, I screamed until my voice gave out.
Every post I’d made was drafted and edited by Fabian first.[]
He kissed me with mock tenderness“You really love your brother that much, huh?” []
“Is that so?”
I kissed him back like a trained pet, nodding.[]
His smile vanished, his eyes turning to ice“If you loved me so much, why the fuck did you run?!”
“You’ve been very, very bad.“[]
“And bad girls get punished.“[]
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