The sound of someone entering echoed ominously through the quiet house.
The stench of expensive bourbon invaded Arla’s nostrils. She tried to shift away, but hazily realized her limbs were pinned down, completely immobilized.]
Then came the sensation of teeth against her neck, while the weight on her wrists intensified.
Hot, ragged breathing filled her ear.
Aria’s eyes flew open to find Ryan looming above her, his gaze predatory and unmasked.[]
His rough hands kneaded her waist, yanking up her nightgown, his mouth leaving a trail of bruising kisses across her skin.
Angry red marks bloomed across her pale flesh.[]
“Get the fuck off me!” Aria broke into a cold sweat, staring up in horror, struggling desperately against his weight.[]
But Ryan seemed deaf to her protests, his movements growing more aggressive as his hands ventured to more intimate places.[]
“Didn’t our prenup explicitly state we wouldn’t interfere with each other’s lives? You have zero right to touch me! Besides,
Aria frantically tried to cover herself, her face flushed with both fear and fury.
already divorced, you asshole!“]]
“Stop playing the ice queen, you little tease. You married me while carrying a torch for some dead loser. Three goddamn years you wouldn’t let me near you. Every time I see that stuck–up face, I want to break you. Tonight, I’m taking what should’ve been mine all along!“[]
Ryan, irritated by her resistance, backhanded her across the face with stunning force.[]
The blow left Aria reeling, ears ringing as stars exploded in her vision.[]
Taking advantage of her dazed state, Ryan quickly yanked off his silk tie and bound her hands together.
“Let’s see you fight now,” he sneered, tearing away her last scrap of clothing.
“Please… stop…” Aria sobbed, her body tense with terror as she struggled against him.[]
Just as the situation was about to cross the final, irreversible line…]
Ryan’s phone erupted with a chirpy ringtone–the one he’d programmed exclusively for Sophia.[]
Like a bucket of ice water, the sound seemed to shock him back to awareness. He immediately rolled off her to grab his phone.[]
Aria could only make out snippets of conversation–something about Sophia crying, club music pounding in the background.[]
“Don’t worry, baby, I’m on my way!” Ryan’s face transformed with concern as he hastily dressed and bolted from the bedroom without a backward glance.[]
The slam of the front door reverberated through the empty house.[]
Aria lay gasping, trembling with shock and relief.]
She curled naked at the foot of the bed, silent tears sliding into her hair.[]
A bitter thought flashed through her mind–she actually felt grateful for Sophia’s perfectly timed call.]
Between the alcohol ravaging her stomach and the terror of the last half hour, Aria felt utterly hollowed out, unable to even lift her arms.[]
She painfully dragged the blanket over herself, desperately craving oblivion.[]
But before sleep could claim her, the mansion’s security system chimed, announcing another arrival.[]
The sharp click–clack of stilettos on marble stairs pierced the silence like daggers.
The bedroom door stood ajar, and a slender silhouette appeared, watching her for what seemed an eternity.]
My Ex Planned His Wedding On My Death Navi
Chapter 3
As Aria struggled to pull on her nightgown and see who had entered…]
The figure lunged forward, delivering a vicious slap that snapped her head sideways.[]
Manicured nails raked down her jawline, drawing blood that trickled warm down her neck.[]
“You desperate whore! I knew you couldn’t keep your hands off Ryan! Acting all high and mighty at the club, then turning into a bedroom slut the second we’re gonet
Sophia’s face
Contorted with
didn’t… he attacked me…”
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rage as she hurled insults.]
Aria clutched her aching stomach, her loose nightgown slipping to reveal her collarbone.[]
The skin was mottled with fresh marks from Ryan’s assault.[]
Seeing this evidence, Sophia shook with fury, her eyes burning with murderous intent.[]
“Still spinning your innocent act? Ryan wouldn’t look twice at trash like you even if you paraded naked in front of him!“]
that, Sophia completely lost control, lunging forward to wrap her hands around Aria’s throat.[]
“Let go… I never
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Aria clawed weakly at the choking grip, but her strength had abandoned her completely.
Blackness crept in from the edges of her vision as her lungs screamed for oxygen.]
“Just die already,
Pathetic bitch!” Sophia’s knuckles whitened with the force of her grip.
As consciousness began to slip away, Aria desperately fumbled for something–anything–on the nightstand.[]
Pure survival instinct kicked in as her fingers closed around a small ceramic figure, raising it to strike.[]
The next instant, the bedroom door crashed open.[]
