Crushed: A Dark Billionaire Romance (The Dahlia District) by Audrey Rush

Author:Audrey Rush [Rush, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Cormac

Scarlett’s body trembled against me, her chin lowered to her chest. She was dripping wet, droplets from her hair and face running down her naked body and soaking my clothes. I held her tight in a locking embrace, to remind her that she had survived. It was over.

“You’re safe,” I repeated. “Breathe for me.”

The words choked in her chest and she let out a small wail, then trembled in my arms. I grabbed a blanket from underneath the couch, wrapping her inside of it. It was humbling to hold her like that. The woman I had always known as strong and fierce, broken down into an object that I could hold, that I could tend to, an object made tiny and frail. I made her like that, and yet she still wanted my touch. Even craved it. She leaned into me and I kissed her forehead. She burrowed into my chest deeper, careful to keep her nose and mouth always open. I didn’t blame her.

What kind of sick fuck does this to someone and gets off on it? Fighting my fingers into Scarlett’s cunt had been rich, feeling her squirm around me, tightening her grip, and yet she had been fighting the whole time, begging to get away. I hadn’t stopped. I had forced her to keep going. Because I wanted to see how far she would go. How far I could force her. I had even gone so far as to shove my dick in her mouth before she could get a full breath of air.

But now, now she lay still in my arms, a helpless little thing. Her breathing mellowed. Steadier, and steadier now. I stroked her arms, her neck, her shoulders, squeezed her calves, massaged her body, urging my physical touch to remind her that she had conquered the worst of it. She was stronger than she ever realized. I had faith in her, but I never thought she would last that long. She surprised me yet again.

She sat up on the long velvet couch, but still leaned against me. Though it may not have hit her yet, the resistance was a strain on her body. The fight or flight response and a body pumped full of adrenaline would leave her drained of energy. Tomorrow, she would be sore, as if she had completed a strenuous workout. Tonight, she would fall asleep almost instantly.

“I used to have these nightmares,” she said quietly. “Nightmares about drowning. Sinking to the bottom of a lake. Never being able to get to the surface.” I ran a hand down her back. “I know, I know. Bodies float. But sometimes, I’d be tied to a giant boulder. Or trapped inside of a car. In a cage.” She forced shaky laughter, then looked up at me. “It always happens when I get nervous about something. Something I’m dreading.”

“Did you dread meeting me here today?” I asked.

“That’s not what I’m getting at,” she said. I raised an eyebrow. “The last time the nightmares started, I had just started working at the Dahlia District.

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