Page 40 of Aria De Luca
"Dante your hurting me-"
"I don't give a flying fuck," he cuts me off and his hand slides up from my waist until he wraps his hand around my neck, panic spreading through my body. "What did they say Aria? Last time I'm going to fucking ask you." Tears form in my eyes and I shake my head. If I tell him, then he is going to hurt them. "Tell me." He squeezes my neck and I can feel my oxygen start to cut off.
"You're hurting me.” Tears fall from my face as I shake my head and try to get out of his grip. "Please, you're hurting me, Dante."
"Tell me and I won't hurt you, baby."
"T-They don't t-trust y-you," I choke and he finally releases his hold on my neck making me gasp for air and cough.
"What did you say?" Dante backs away from me and leans against the railing.
"They don't trust you," I say while trying to control my breathing.
"It's because you have given them a reason to not trust me, Aria. You need to do better."
Another tear falls from my eye. "I can't." I shake my head and wrap my arms around my stomach. "I can't do this anymore Dante. Please."
Dante walks closer to me and his hand wraps around my neck again.
"You’ll do whatever I say, whenever, wherever. Do you understand, Aria?"
"I won't be controlled, Dante." I push him away from me but instead, he grabs my wrist tightly and turns us around so that I’m against the stair railing.
"I think you keep forgetting who owns you, Aria. You are mine."
"No." I shake my head as more tears fall from my face. "Please no. I don't want to."
"Stop fucking crying like a little bitch, Aria." His grip on my wrist tightens to the point where it stings. "You’re fucking weak-"
"No," I cry.
"Will never be good enough-"
"Please, stop."
"And you will always be my bitch, Aria."
I get my hand out of his grip and slap him across the face. Next thing I know I feel my leg slip and Dante's hands are off of me as I start to fall backward.
I close my eyes and feel a strike of pain in my back, then my head, and then everywhere else on my body.
More tears fall as I continue to feel pain everywhere until finally, I am laying on the cool marble floor.
More tears fall from my eyes as I feel a banging in my head and pounding in my eardrums.
My stomach feels like it's about to turn inside out making me feel like I want to barf.
"Aria?!" I hear someone call my name and then a light touch on my shoulder makes me flinch. "Oh my god, Aria," the feminine voice whispers. "Can you hear me?"
I slowly open my eyes and see I'm lying on the foyer floor.
"Aria?!" I start to feel panic speed through my body as I hear his voice, making me turn and look at my mom who is sitting on the floor looking down at me. "Oh my god, is she okay? What happened?"
"Mom-"
"You fucking piece of shit," Layna says and she stands up in front of Dante. "You fucking pushed her down the stairs."
"What? What are you talking-"
