Page 26 of Unsettled
Dumbass clamps his lips shut and Jude sighs, shifting his weight to his good leg, as he adjusts his grip on his cane, before swinging it and hitting dumbass in the stomach.
We wait for dumbass to catch his breath, and as he does, Jude asks once more, “This will be less painful for you if you just tell me why.”
“I. Was. Told. To,” he says again, gasping for breath, but each word is enunciated carefully.
“By who?”
“Don’t know… And that’s the fucking truth!” dumbass shouts, his face turning a little pink as he carefully watches Jude. “Some dude dressed like a highschooler in a hoodie and dark pants—only he was clearly middle aged—came to visit about two months ago? He said he’d protect me from getting caught. AllI had to do was take a little more than my cut, fudge the sales numbers, and pretend like nothing was going on. I don’t know who he was, or why he wanted it, but he…knew things about me and my family. He didn’t threaten them per se, but he made a good fucking argument for why I should side with him over you.”
Jude shakes his head. “You should have come to us, we would have protected you.”
Dumbass laughs. “You would have fucking killed me.”
Jude doesn’t deny it, just shrugs. “Maybe, maybe not. Depends on how much we would have believed this story of yours. Especially without proof, but…since you didn’t come to us, you are for sure going to die. And it’s going to be very painful.”
Before dumbass gets a chance to protest, Jude hits him with the cane again. Over and over, he uses the walking aid to beat the dumbass, until he coughs and blood spills from his mouth. Jude shifts his weight again, using the cane as it was intended, leaning heavily on his good side, his breathing heavy and sweat runs down his temple from the exertion.
He’s never looked so beautiful.With his curls weighed down with sweat, his chest heaving for air, and his pale green eyes sparkling with life, all I want to do is throw him down and fuck him.
“Drop him,” Jude signs, moving in close to the dumbass.
Quickly, I move back to the crank and lower the chains, and none too gently, the dumbass collapses onto the hard floor.
Pressing my lips together, I ignore the urge to reprimand Jude as he squats down in front of the dumbass, a brief flash of pain coming over his features as he does so. He grabs dumbass by the hair and tilts his head back.
“I hope you used your stolen money wisely,” he tells dumbass. “Your family is going to feel it when they lose everything you tried to provide them.”
“Fuck. You,” dumbass wheezes.
“You’re not my type,” Jude says as he reaches into his jacket for his knife, before swiftly slitting dumbass’s throat.
Jude goes to stand, and I hurry to his side, letting him steady himself on me. “Don’t tell Jayden,” he says, as he readjusts his stance, and the cane in his hand. “But he’s right to switch up my PT plan.”
I snort. “You’re an idiot.”
“Sometimes, but can you blame me?”
I shake my head, knowing if the roles were reversed, I’d be an even worse patient. Grabbing Jude’s curls, I tug hard, forcing a moan from his throat as his neck arches.
“I’m proud of you, Agnellino,” I tell him, before kissing him harshly.
When we pull away for breath, a brief flash of what can only be insecurity crosses his face, before he smiles. “Take me home and show me. Roman is with Leandro tonight, and I need you and Hol to wreck me.”
I kiss him again, groaning at the feel and taste of him, enjoying the sting as he bites my lip hard enough to break the skin. “Whatever you want, Agnellino. You’ve earned it.”
Jude drags me into another kiss, ravishing my mouth, leaning heavily against me as he does so. His hard cock brushes against mine, and I tighten my grip in his hair, enjoying the way he winces as I tug on the curls.
Jude snakes one hand under my jacket, clutching at my skin through the shirt, his nails digging in, but not piercing the skin, simply because of the fabric there.
“I could fuck you right here,” I tell him, just loud enough to be heard.
He shakes his head. “No.” Pulling back, he looks at me with darkened green eyes. “I need you, and Hollis. More than I’ve needed anything else in a long time. I… I want to explore thingswith Antonio Martelli. I want to see him writhe underneath me from pleasure and pain, but first, I want you to make me do it for you.” He grins, a wicked thing that lights up his too pretty for his own good face. “You and Hollis broke me, Ten. I want more than I ever thought I would give before. Show me why you’re the only ones able to provide it to me.”
With a groan, I pull him tighter against me, enjoying the way he gasps as my cock slides across his, even through our clothes.
“You are pure temptation and sin, Little Lamb. And I am going to enjoy taking you apart.”
“Yes…please.”
