Page 95 of Corrupt Obsession

Alarm cut through Violet’s contentment. “I… I don’t think anything I say will make a difference. His mind is made up and…” She looked away from Lynne’s heartbroken eyes. “He didn’t tell me what he was going to do. It seems like he didn’t want anyone to dissuade him.”

Lynne squeezed her arms. “You’re his best friend. You two are closer than blood siblings. If you tell him you want him to stay, that you need him here, he might do it for you.”

Her throat began to close as anxiety ripped through her. “We’ve grown apart.”

“You still mean the world to him. You can save him from making a huge mistake.”

“I…”

“Just try. Please.”

An invisible object obstructed her throat so she couldn’t breathe, making her eyes tear. Lynne cupped her cheek, expression softening, assuming they were on the same wavelength when nothing could be further from the truth.

Lynne kissed her cheek. “Sleep. Hopefully, we’ll wake up and this will all just be a horrible dream.”

After Mom left, she waited a few minutes to see if Dad was going to pop in. When he didn’t, she locked that door, too, and climbed into bed. She stared at the ceiling as she listened to the rain hammer down on the roof. A tree branch Dad had been meaning to cut scraped the side of the house as the wind picked up.

Is that what Jesse had been doing after school? Getting his paperwork and tests done to qualify and enlist? Even though Jesse hadn’t sworn in (whatever that meant), hopefully he was too far along in the process to back out without consequences. She would do almost anything for Lynne, but begging Jesse to stay wasn’t one of them. She pounded her pillow as she turned on her side. Jesse would be fine in the military. There was no need for Lynne to worry about him. This was a dream come true.

She wokewhen a hand clamped over her mouth. Her eyes flew open as a man sat on top of her. She panicked and thrashed as his weight sank her into the mattress. She let out a scream that was significantly muffled by his hand and the storm, which was still raging.

A head ducked down, and a nose brushed against hers before she heard, “Happy I’m joining the military, baby?”

Her heart stuttered at Jesse’s furious hiss.

“If I hadn’t promised my dad I would follow in his footsteps, I wouldn’t be going anywhere,” he growled as he took his hand away.

Fear made her strike out. She heard a satisfying crack as her palm hit his cheek. He cursed and a second later, his mouth landed on hers. The taste of spearmint mouthwash overwhelmed her as his tongue invaded. She raked her nails over him and realized he was naked. He hissed, back arching as she tried to draw blood. His mouth left hers and coasted down to where her neck flowed into her shoulder. He sank his teeth into her as he grabbed her wrists and pinned them to the mattress. She kicked her feet as he bit to punish. When she whimpered, he eased the pressure and then kissed her throbbing flesh as if he hadn’t used brute force to make her submit like they were part of the animal kingdom.

“You want to fight, baby? I’m in an obliging mood,” he said against her skin. “Mom used everything she could to make me quit.” His tongue slid over her racing pulse. “I assume she asked you to beg me to stay?”

She clenched her teeth.

He nipped her jaw. “Answer me.”

“Yes,” she said sullenly.

He lifted his head to look down at her. With her nightlight at the foot of her bed, his face was in shadow, but she still felt the intensity of his stare.

“So? What are you going to do, Violet?” He pressed his lips to hers. “What are you willing to sacrifice to make Mom happy?”

“I love her.”

He stilled.

“But not enough to ask you to stay.”

He was silent for a beat before he said, “So be it.”

He parted her legs with his knee and nestled his erection between her legs. Her flimsy pajama shorts were poor protectionfrom his scorching heat and his hard dick, which she knew would be inside of her very soon. She yanked at her imprisoned wrists, which only made him tighten his grip. She wished she had the balls to scream her head off and have Mom and Dad catch him in the act. But she would rather endure whatever Jesse had planned than witness the look on Dad’s face when he discovered she was no longer pure.

“You can’t do this here!” she said desperately. “Mom and Dad are right down the hall!”

“Then we better be quiet.”

As he brushed kisses over her face, she considered head-butting him. What was with this affectionate bullshit? They rarely kissed. All he usually cared about was getting off. Foreplay was minimal. That’s how she preferred it. She just wanted to get this over with. Why…? She stiffened as it finally hit her.

“How did you get in here? I locked both doors!”

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