Chapter 108-1
Il a virgin Sofia?” He asks, as my heart sinks.
you still
My stomach burches, the sudden question hanging in the air like a dink overpowering cloud.
The words hit me harder than I had ever expected, leaving me breathless, trapped between the crushing weight of fear and the sickening with of just how far Ashton was willing to push this,
His eyes gleam with something dark, something predatory, and i situation, but I can
I have literally nowhere to run or to hide…
nothing more than to retreat into myself, to escape the
My hand tightens around the water bottle, the plastic creaking under my grip as I try to hold it together, to keep the panic at bay. I force my breath to remain steady, but inside, I’m unraveling quicker than I can even comprehend.
I know the question is just a question. It’s a test, a way for him to see if he can break me, if he can control me any further. He wants to see how I react, whether I flinch or crumble or whether just give in,
it won’t give him that satisfaction.
I look at him, my heart hammering in my chest, trying to project that I was calm, trying to keep the mask in place.
That’s really n none of your business Ashton, come o weak answer, but it’s the only defense I have.
on now…” I reply, my voice shaking despite my best effort to sound firm. It’s a
cold, calculated expression, one that only makes the hairs on the back of my
His smile widens, but there’s no warmth in it. It’s a co neck stand up even more,
“Oh, I think it is though, Sofia. I think I have a right to know if my gelfriend has wasted herself on another man…” He states, before his amile quickly falls and he looks straight through me.
I shudder, hearing him refer to me as his girlfriend.
I knew that I hadnt slept with anyone before but had certainly came close to it with Vincent!.. he was the only guy in my life that I felt it would have happened with eventually… since I felt safe with him, unlike how I had ever felt around Ashton.
“We atent together though Ashton… we haven’t been for a long time now. Isn’t this the whole point of you keeping me here? To build back that trust? I attempt to talk him round, hoping that he would realise this was doing the opposite of building trust
I didn’t know what he would attempt and that alone terrified me.
You see.
a part of
about you, but you can ron from me anymore, Correct me if Fin wing, but I actually think you love the idea of being chased and
the game with you isn’t it? You’ve been running, hiding, avoiding everyone who’s ever tried to care sought after but I’ve eventually caught you now Sofia, so does that mean you’re mine to keep?” He suddenly stands, causing my mandes to burden and tense at the sudden move pient.
What was he saying? it sounded insanet
I can
n feel th
the walls of the fusement closing in me and I try to press the urge to curl into myself, to escape into my mini
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away from his care, but I just stay still.
I keep my eyes trained on his, fighting the tremor in my hands as he hakes a moment to tower over me
The silence stretches between us like a taut wine, and every second feels like a lifetime.
I can feel the cold sweat forming on my skin, the burn in my chest, and the bile rising at the back of my throat. ΠΕ his words echo around in my mind. But no matter how much I want to break down, tjo matter how terrified I am, I refuse to let him see that.
I don’t want to play your game, I finally say, my voice firmer now, though its a struggle to keep it steady. “You can’t force me into anything. I won’t let you I stumble out, relenting to a topic that is dreaded becoming a reality.
He wouldn’t go there, would he?
He doesn’t even flinch.
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If anything, the sadistic look on his face only deepens, as if hes enjoying the struggle between us both. “Oh, Sofia, you don’t have a choice in the matter because I just love to win. It might be forced in the beginning, but soon enough, you’ll love me. III keep you shown here until you worship me. As long as it takes! He states, before moving to take a firm hold of my wrist as I instantly scream.
What is he doing no 71
I try to tug my arm back through the stuggle but it s to use against his strongili, as he pulls me up to stand beside him–knocking the remains of the food on to the floor,
w What are you doing? Stop this! I argue, belate he begins to tug e back towards the bedroom, sending my heart rate in to
1 swallow hard, fording myself to keep from crying as he showes me towards the bed. “I’ll never let you break me, Ashton. No matter what you do, 111 never give in. 1 yell, panicked by what he had in mind.
I didn’t think he would take things this far, but it seemed that I barely know him…
I scramble to pull my knees up to my chest on the bed, as he remains stood by the door, breathing heavily and watching me.
“You’ll shower and clean yourself up, there’s shit in the bathroom already. You’re filthy and your face is horrific to look at. I’ll be hack down for you later and you don’t want to piss me off more than you already have…” he states, shocking me as he does a simplete one–eighty and leaves me there – shaken up and petrified that he was about to assault me.
Was this all part of his game? Tormenting me until fully break?!
There’s a moment of silence as he walks off, before I hear him climbing the steps, jingling his keys before locking the basement door – trapping me once again.
It is only then that I drop
p my guard and break down in deep sobs, choking as I fall in to a fully blown panic attack as everything seems to crash down on me all at once.
The weight of the silence after he leaves is unbearable.
I can’t breathe, can’t think, can’t do anything but feel the crushing fear wrap around me. My heart is pounding, my hands shaking as I try to steady myself, but it’s impossible to think straight. Every breath fools like a straggle, and I can feel the panic rising, swirling indide me like a storm that won’t let up.
“Why me?! Why is this my life?! I cry out loudly in to the silent space, enraged at the universe for cursing me.
Was I being punished? Because that was how it felt at this point…..
1 bury my face in my hands, unable to stop
top the sobs that rip through ne. The tears come out in violent waves, each one more Intense than the last. It feels like everything is slipping away my strength, my will to fight, my hope. I don’t know how much lunger I can keep pretending that I’m okay, that I have control over this when I don’t
I try to take a slow, deep breath, to calm myself, but it’s useless, Every time I manage to steady my pulse, another thought crashes down into my mind which forces me to cry harder: “What if he does come back for me? What if he does make good on his threats?”
The idea of him coming back down here shudder down iny spine.
of him taking me in some forceful way that I can’t fight back or control – sends a
It was as though I could still feel his presence in the room even although he was gone.
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Who did Lever leave Vincent’s house? Maybe I should have stayed, should have heard him out. Anything would have turned out
better than this…
y did I not tell him I was in danger? That Ashton was in town? That was a major red tax wight from the start!
Nobody will ever find me down here now!
It was soon going to be over for me, in a sad twist of fate.
Ashton would destroy my life once and for all.
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