Vanquished by Ann Pamela

Author:Ann, Pamela [Ann, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: unhinged, bartered, the encounter trilogy, angst, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense, New Adult, contemporary romance
Published: 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Isobel

Until I die, Isobel. Until I fucking die.

His words taunted me. His laugh was so evil it made me shiver from fright. Somehow, deep down, I had known this would come. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon. This was Hugo Xavier after all. How in the world did I expect that he wouldn’t come running with ire the moment he found out I had gone from him to his best friend?

I was beyond distraught. Not only had I been wondering if Julien was worried that I had suddenly gone missing, but the thought of Hugo wanting to cause harm to my friends and my brother Yannis made me truly ill. When had he become so cold, so brutally ruthless? As much I wanted to call his bluff, I knew the risk was too high. He had the power in his hands, and I played right into it because I didn’t have the power or the means to defend myself.

I owed him so much, and I truly felt bad that he, without a doubt in my mind, saw me as a slut who had fancied his friend while I was with him. Obviously, it would seem that way, though it was far from the truth. As much as I wanted to uphold my honor and his view of me, keeping him from what the real truth was the only thing that mattered. Therefore, I would let him go on with his anger and accusations, despite the fact that it would hurt. As much as it would pain me, protecting the twins was the priority.

“Where are you taking me?” I asked yet was met with a wall of nothingness.

Watching him pull out of the marina before driving into traffic, I half expected him to take me to the hotel or somewhere familiar so he could get on with degrading me with accusations and what not, but I was surprised when he took another route, one that was unfamiliar to me.

“Where are you taking me?” I nervously asked again, feeling light-headed and breathless as I cocked my head to the side so I could see his gorgeously handsome profile with his well-honed jaw, darkly arched brow, and perfect nose. The sight of him—being this close to him—made me ache something fierce deep within. I loved him still. No man could compare. And he loathed me … I supposed it was just as well. There was no hope for us. There never had been to begin with.

Hugo’s continued silence was becoming deafening to my ears. There was no music to mask the tension that crackled between us. With his jaw locked and the acute way he executed shifting gears, one would not question whether he was on a warpath. The sound of the engine roaring didn’t help at all. I was on pins and needles as I tried to gather my wits.

As crazy as it seemed, I had to stop myself from reaching out to him. It was such a wild, forbidden thought, but seeing him in such a wound-up state made me feel awful.

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