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“If I tell you, will you let me leave here alive?”

I pretend to ponder in my head for a minute before replying, “I think we might be able to come to some sort of arrangement.”

“He knows my father!” He blurts out. “He deals in skin.”

Riley inhales a breath from behind me, “Oh my God Nate, what have you gotten involved in?”

He turns and glares at her, “This is your fucking fault. My father forced me to marry you to cover a debt your father owed to Lockhart. Everything was going fine until you decided to start working at that damn law firm.”

“You never loved me?” She asks in a soft voice.

Chapter 71

Riley

I’m standing here in shock while my husband tells me he was forced to marry me. This is not what I expected to hear.

“I loved you as much as any 16 year old boy could love his first girlfriend but I never wanted to be tied down Riley. At first I hated it but eventually I realized how naive you were. I could literally do whatever I wanted and you never questioned me. If that's not the perfect wife, I don't know what is.”

“Why the fuck would your father cover a debt for Riley’s father?” Sebastian growls out.

“He also owed a debt. Riley was to marry me and when the time came, Lockhart could have her. Lockhart wanted me for my father’s debt. My father cut the deal. I would work for Lockhart but he would get to keep you,” Nate replies easily, looking at me.

Who is this man I married?

“You were going to give me up?” I ask.

“I was going to run with you. That's why I came and got you.”

“You mean when you kidnapped and drugged her,” Sebastian cuts in. “You were going to take her for your own selfish reasons. You wanted a ruse while you did whatever the hell you wanted. You fucking raped her.”

“I did not!” Nate screams. “She is my wife. What I do with her is no one else’s concern.”

“Oh ya?” Sebastian asks as he leans over Nate with the scalpel. “What about you fucking Sasha? Is that your wife’s concern?”

Nate’s wide eyes match mine. I mean, I'm not surprised. If we are being honest, I had pretty much already guessed it but to hear that Sebastian knew about it, I feel so embarrassed.

Nate turns his head back towards Sebastian, “She and I had an arrangement.”

“Oh, pray tell,” Sebastian says with a smirk. “As a matter of fact, I’m curious to know exactly why the fuck Sasha was working in my firm and somehow fucking you as well. Seems like too big of a coincidence, don’t you think?”

“I don’t know why she was at your firm. I told you what I know, now let Riley and me go.”

Sebastian laughs menacingly and the sound sends a shock right to my core. “Riley’s not going anywhere with you Nate.” He turns and grabs what looks like a pair of metal tongs. “And since you no longer have any information of use, I’ll just make sure you can’t give out anything else to anyone ever again.” He grips Nate’s jaw forcing it open.

Spit flies from Nate’s mouth as he screams “ She’s mine, she’s mine!” I still can’t move. I watch in fascination as Sebastian grips Nate's tongue with the tongs and in one clean swipe slices it off. It falls out and down on the table next to his head with a sick plop. Blood pours out of Nate's mouth while he gurgles.

“I told you she doesn't belong to you anymore. I’ve been waiting long enough to show you how a real man claims his woman Nate. I’d tell you to take notes, but I see your hands are a bit tied.”

Nate bangs his head back and forth while Sebastian stuffs the gag back in his mouth so far in I’m surprised he can still breathe.

“Come here Riley,” He growls and my insides ignite. My legs move towards him and he grabs my hip pulling me closer while wrapping the other hand around the back of my neck.

I can feel his hard dick through his pants.

“You are mine,” he states.

I nod my head like he asked me a question but I know damn well it wasn’t. He grabs my hips, pulling me up into his arms and twists us around dropping my ass right next to Nate’s body on the table. Blood drips down Nate’s face and I look over to see him glaring at me. A moment of sadness ripples through me before it’s replaced with anger. This man used me. Our entire marriage and every part of our relationship had been a lie and for what? So he could gallivant around town like a big man fucking whomever he pleased? He wasn’t being noble trying to save me, he was trying to save himself.

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