Page 12 of Ruined

“Oh, you’ll have to do better than that, Harper,” Wes says with a dark chuckle. “I wanna see you use some tongue.”

“You can’t be serious,” she groans.

“Now, Athelia.”

Her eyes harden as she mentally braces herself. Wes hums with satisfaction as she leans down and kisses his left boot again. Except this time, she doesn’t make it quick. She does just as he asked and uses tongue, treating it more like a blow job than a kiss.

It’s disgusting, and I don’t think any of us were actually expecting her to do it. But now that she is…fuck.

Kellan uses his foot to nudge Athelia’s head to Wes’s other boot. “Now this one.” He keeps his shoe on top of her head, pressing her down and making sure she doesn’t skimp out.

When he finally lets Athelia pull back, there are tears in her eyes. She spits on the dock with a wince before wiping at her mouth.

“You three are disgusting.”

Wes shrugs. “You’re the one who did it with little to no protest.”

“Because you have my laptop,” she exclaims.

With a smirk, Wes glances in my direction. “Should we give it back to her now?”

“I dunno. What do you think, Kellan?”

Kellan crouches in front of Athelia. He traces a finger down the side of her face before hooking it under her chin. Her eyes are hard, her face set with anger as he forces her to look up at him.

“I don’t think she deserves it,” Kellan says.

Athelia’s expression turns desperate.“Please.I’ll do whatever you want.”

“Whatever?” Kellan asks. His finger trails down her body to in between her breasts. “I shouldn’t be surprised you’re willing to whore yourself out for this. It’s what you do, isn’t it? It’s who you are.”

“No,” she whispers, and her tears finally spill over. She shakes her head. “I don’t. That time with the three of you, it was the first time—”

Kellan’s laugh is sharp and cold. “Don’t pretend you were a virgin. It was obvious you weren’t.”

“That’s not what I mean,” she shouts desperately. “But that was my first time with a stranger. With more than one person.”

“Until a week later,” Wes mutters under his breath.

Athelia’s gaze snaps to his. “What?”

“Nothing.” Wes turns to me. “Let’s just get this over with. I’m done with her bullshit.”

Kellan sighs. His head is tilted, and as he watches Athelia, his expression softens for a second. We all hoped for more with her. A friendship—arelationship—not just sex. But then she went and fucked us over.

“Please,” Athelia whispers.

Kellan shakes his head remorsefully. By the time he’s stood and backed up so he’s beside Wes again, any care for her is gone from his face. “You made your choice.”

With that, I toss the laptop into the water.

“No,” Athelia shrieks. She’s on her feet in a split second, but it’s too late. “Cal, what the hell?” She does her best to shove me, but she’s not big enough to even make me sway.

I grab her by the throat and back her up to the edge of the dock. She gasps and grabs onto my arms. I’m not squeezing, but my grip is strong enough that she can’t get out of it.

“Cal—Cal, stop!”

At this point, only her toes are still on the dock. I’m the only thing keeping her from falling backward into the water.

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