She chokes, and water splatters out of her nose, but she does drink most of it.
“Does this fucker mean so much to you that you would go to this length to protect him?”
She purses her lips shut again and looks the other way.
My fingers wrap around her throat, and I have to mentally remind myself that I can’t snap it as I force her attention back to me. “I told you to look at me when I’m talking to you.”
I retrieve the toy’s remote from my pocket and push the setting higher. A whole-body shiver goes through her, and her breathing starts to quicken.
She shakes her head, fresh tears rimming her eyes.
“The more you choose him, the meaner I treat you. The harder you defy me, the colder I become. You should know by now that I always, without a doubt, get what I f*****g want.”
She lets out
