Page 22 of Darkest Love
Chapter Six
Anastasia
Things are tense between me and Adrien over the next few days. He thinks I kissed another man and I think he’s an asshole.
So much for an exciting adventure.
To his credit though, Adrien mostly stays at home to work so I at least know he’s not out sleeping with other women. Though, he might only be home to keep an eye one me so I don’t sneak out again.
I have become another prisoner in my new home and it sucks. There’s a whole world out there to explore and I’m stuck in another house.
With nothing else to do, I call Sasha. At least she won’t make me feel bad for making such a hasty decision when it came to marrying Adrien.
“You could come home,” she offers. “Or I can go to you.”
“Adrien probably won’t appreciate me leaving right after we just got here.” Right on cue, he walks past me while I sit on the couch to grab a book off the coffee table. The second he starts to look at me, I avert my gaze. Let it drive him crazy. After a moment, Adrien leaves.
“I can convince Nico to meet you in Paris. We haven’t taken a break in a while. It could be fun.”
“I’d like that. Maybe if you’re with me, Adrien will allow me to go out and have some fun.”
“Is he not allowing you to leave?”
“I am allowed to go with a guard or him. But I’m being stubborn. I don’t want a babysitter.”
“Your husband isn’t your babysitter. He’s your husband.”
“A husband that I don’t trust. He wants to have sex without emotion. But I know myself. If I let him touch me, I’m going to develop feelings for him. I just know it. I’ve been dreaming of having a boyfriend for years and now I have a husband who I could easily fall in love with if I let myself go there. But Adrien will never love me in return and for that, I can’t be with him. If he would just allow himself to have feelings then we wouldn’t be in this predicament. We could be having fun together. But Adrien wants fun without the emotion part. Who does he think I am? A robot?”
Sasha sighs. “I was worried about that. I knew he was a womanizer. I told Nico that Adrien would make a terrible husband for that reason alone but he wouldn’t listen to me. Nico wanted a deal with Adrien and you were the price. I’m still kind of pissed at Nico for it.”
“Are you two ok? I don’t want to drive a wedge between you and your husband.”
“We’re ok. I’ll come to Paris. We’ll get through this together.”
In an instant, my sister has given me more hope than I’ve felt in the entire week I’ve been on my honeymoon with Adrien.
I don’t tell Adrien that Sasha is arriving but I’m sure Nico will call him.
And yep. I know the moment he finds out because he barges into our bedroom while I’m scrolling on my phone. TikTok videos are the only thing keeping me sane right now.
“You invited your sister to come stay with us on our honeymoon?”
“What honeymoon? We don’t have a real relationship. A real relationship would involve you actually sharing your feelings with me instead of pushing me away.”
“You’re the one pushing me away.” He stares at me darkly before storming over to the bed. “You need to be put in your place, Anastasia. You’ve been acting like a brat for too long.”
He grabs me around the waist before I can react and rolls me onto my stomach right before he brings his hand down onto my backside, spanking me. I go still, shocked out of my mind that he just spanked me.
“You… you spanked me? I’m not a child!”
“Then don’t act like one,” he growls before spanking me again. My simple satin nightgown isn’t protecting me at all. I bought this nightgown in the hopes that it would make me feel more womanly instead of going to bed in the pajamas I used to wear. But the fact that Adrien is spanking me like I’m a naughty child is not helping me feel like an adult.
“Stop,” I beg, clutching the blanket between my hands. My body writhes, trying to get away from him, but Adrien only grabs my hips and keeps me in place before spanking me all over again. “Why do you hate me?”
He pauses. “You think I hate you?”
“You don’t even like me. You only want me for sex. How can I not think you hate me?”
