PRESENT
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Arabella opened her eyes in fear and panted heavily after watching the monster of her dream. She found Wylder sitting on the couch and staring at her. She closed her eyes and opened them after a few seconds, only to realize that she wasn’t dreaming. He was indeed here, staring right into her eyes as if he were trying to read her.
‘Please tell me what you read, because I don’t know what is there in me to read.' She thought about him constantly, not once thinking of him as a creep, even though he was doing something similar. By now, she had realized her place in his life. She wasn’t some model or angel from heaven whom anyone would stare at.
But people stare at animals in the zoo and ugly things as well. All of a sudden, she became self-conscious and turned her head in the other direction, so that he wouldn’t be able to see her ugly, burned face. She felt him leaving the couch by the slight sound of every movement and reaching near her.
"I know you’re awake. I have to talk with you." He said, on which she wanted to hide somewhere where he wouldn’t be able to see her face. She stayed still, not turning her head towards him until the quilt in which she had hidden was thrown away and she received a tight slap on her buttocks.
"What the…" She turned towards him, narrowing her eyes. "What kind of behavior is that?" She asked in an accusing tone, rubbing her ass.
It was hurting, but she liked the way it was hurting.
Confusing, right?
She wondered whether she was mad at him for spanking her or whether she should be mad at him for spanking her just one time.
"That’s your punishment for ignoring the words of the Alpha. Now, stop whining and sit on the bed. I have to talk with you." Wylder said sternly. He again noticed that she had a habit of acting boldly at one moment and then running away like a coward like her.
"You punish everyone in the same way if they don’t listen to you?" She asked, biting her lips in jealousy and anger. Something that she shouldn’t feel, but here she was.
"Are you jealous?"
"No. I’m just being curious. As it’s hard to imagine you spanking your Beta and Gamma’s butt cheeks." She soon came up with the line to hide her jealousy. "I’m no one to judge you. I've got high respect for even gay and bisexual people." She added in a sarcastic tone, sitting on the bed while crossing her legs.
Wylder ignored her words because he realized that she was just trying to get into his skin and he didn’t have time to play.
"Okay. I’m coming straight to the point. I want to know who were the people who used to hurt you." He said it in a low tone, watching her expression, and he regretted asking this question when the playful smile on his lips disappeared. Her body stiffened at this question.
Well, could he blame her for that?
"Why?" She questioned him.
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#TBC