Still Hooked on You

Chapter 10 - Supressed Rage

Her entire world began to crumble at the possibility of Dimitri still being alive.

What Diego had just hinted at couldn’t be correct.

It wasn’t possible!

She shot that bastard point blank in the chest!

There was no way he could have survived that… right?

She reared up into a sitting position, in an effort to get away from him as he calmly took off the cap to the syringe and held it up, testing it in front of her as he spoke again.

“He’s really missed you, Scarlett…”

She shook her head rapidly from side to side, tears filling her hazel eyes as she fought the sudden urge to cry.

“No… he’s dead. You’re lying.” her voice sounded defeated now.

“I guess you’ll just have to wait and find out now, huh?” he teased with a grin.

Suddenly and without warning, Diego quickly lunged at her, causing Scarlett to scream out loudly as he held her down and injected the sedative into the sensitive skin of her neck.

But luckily, one of her hands got free and she managed to slap the syringe away before he got all the drug into her system. The almost full syringe slid across the ensuite, hitting the wall off to the side.

She had been injected with some of the sedative, but thankfully not all of it.

Her vision began to haze as Diego fought to regain control over her. Scarlett began clawing at his face and trying desperately to fend him off her.

Snarling, Diego grabbed her firmly by the throat and lifted her in closer towards his face as he spoke, his words laced with warning.

“Look at you, always so defiant… it’s actually kind of a turn on for me...”

She was both terrified and disgusted by him.

Reacting without a second thought, Scarlett spat her saliva directly into his right eye.

But it only caused him to chuckle deeply as he casually wiped it with two of his fingers. He then placed those same fingers directly into his mouth and sucked on them purposefully!

His eyes remained fixated on her the entire time, as if he were accepting her challenging nature. As if he actually wanted her to fight against him.

Scarlett couldn’t hide her disgusted expression as he grinned back at her. She continued trying to pull free from his grip, but his large hand was like a vice locked around her throat.

“Mmmm… I see what the boss likes about you… you taste so sweet.”

He tilted his head to the side, as if he were playing with her now. As if this whole thing were some sort of a sick game to him. He was enjoying the chance to have this power over her.

“If I’m being completely honest, Scarlett…” he paused for a second before looking her directly in the eye and adding, “I’ve always wanted to do you.”

Her brows furrowed with confusion.

Before she had the chance to comprehend the meaning of his words, Scarlett screamed out in shock as Diego began to climb on top of her, forcing her down against the cold tiled floor and using his free hand to tear at the towel covering her.

“No…”

She fought with everything she had left in her, with her legs flailing out across the smooth floor and her arms fighting to hold him at bay.

But the small amount of sedative she had been injected with was working well to subdue her and Scarlett’s usual strength appeared to be failing her.

She also knew that Adam was only in the next room. She hoped and prayed that he would come to her aid and save her from this maniac’s assault. But as the seconds went by one after the next, still with no sign of Adam, that reality started to fade away and intense panic set in.

She was about to be raped!

She grunted and panted with terror as he continued tearing ferociously at her towel.

“Come on now Scarlett…” he chuckled, “…don’t fight it…”

He spoke through gritted teeth as he fought to hold her down.

“Adam! Help!”

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In the meantime, Adam had just finished subduing the last of the intruding henchmen and immediately turned toward the ensuite doorway at the sound of her terrified scream.

He couldn’t bear anything happening to Scarlett!

Darting directly into the large room, he skidded to a halt, initially freezing with shock at what he was seeing.

Another man was forcing himself onto his woman!

How the f**k dare he!

Rage boiled from deep within as Adam suddenly launched into an animalistic frenzy, grabbing Diego firmly from behind and hurtling him with superhuman strength across the entire length of the ensuite.

Diego landed with a thud right in the middle of the open doorway, dazed and confused by the sudden assault from behind.

Adam took one quick glance at Scarlett, noticing that her breasts were out on full display and that tears streaked down the sides of her face. Her entire body was trembling violently with fear as she finally met his eyes with embarrassment.

That was it; the switch flicked within his mind and he was suddenly possessed with such unrelenting rage and fury.

An emotion he had not felt in over ten years.

One he had fought hard to suppress after such a painful past.

Without a single word, Adam turned and marched right out of the ensuite, following along after the stunned henchman as he crawled through the ensuite’s doorway.

He was out for blood.

Soon after both had disappeared out of Scarlett’s view entirely.

Sobbing, she began pulling the torn towel across to cover her exposed body as she focused on pulling herself up to stand using one of the benches.

She grunted loudly with pain upon doing so. Maybe she had in fact sustained some kind of injury during the attack, though her adrenalin was doing well to cover it.

From the ensuite, she could hear the meaty sounds of punches and pained cries as she slowly used the wall to move towards the open doorway leading out into the master bedroom.

Both Adam and Diego were in the midst of grappling about with one another, throwing punches and kicks in an effort to subdue the other.

But something about Adam’s demeanour had changed entirely. Scarlett almost didn’t recoignise him!

He wasn’t holding anything back and his attacks were far from gentlemanly.

Adam had become some sort of a crazed wild animal!

His attacks were vicious!

Scarlett’s vision continued to blur as Adam finally managed to get on top of Diego, laying into his adversary with violent punches to the face, one after the other, after the other.

She knew Diego would soon die and couldn’t allow Adam to burden that kind of guilt.

Not for her.

She had to stop him.

“Adam, stop!”

Scarlett managed to call out, still holding onto the edge of the doorframe.

Hearing her words, Adam’s fist froze mid-air and he sat over Diego for a moment, his teeth gritted tightly together and his eyes blackened with possession.

His massive chest heaved in and out as he breathed in and out with shortened breaths. Adrenalin was clearly coursing throughout his system as he began to slowly pull himself off of the battered henchman lying on the floor.

Coughing up some of his blood, Diego managed to grin as he glanced around the room. His eyes met those of Scarlett’s and his grin only widened. Scarlett felt an involuntary shudder flow over her entire body at the expression on his face.

Meanwhile, Adam had retrieved one of the hotel’s white robes and moved to stand beside her, sliding the robe over Scarlett’s shoulders and wrapping it around her lovingly; protectively.

“Not long now… Scarlett…” Diego’s voice was crackled, pained as he spoke.

“He’s coming… you know he is.”

“Shut your mouth or I’ll do it for you!” Adam snapped; his dark eyes narrowed with anger.

Chuckling defiantly, Diego took the moment to glance around.

Somehow, he managed to sight a lone gun which must have slid in beneath the bench beside him during an earlier scuffle.

He acted as if he hadn’t yet noticed it, waiting for his chance to strike.

As Adam turned to face Scarlett, looking into her eyes with grave concern, Diego made his move. He quickly reached out for the gun, grasping it and lifting it aimed directly at the two lovers standing in the doorway.

Unfortunately, they only noticed as Diego had it aimed directly at them.

Both their eyes widened at the sight of it, while Adam moved to stand in front of Scarlett out of impulse and without hesitation.

Then the shote went off…

‘BANG, BANG, BANG!’

Three shots sounded loudly throughout the master bedroom, echoing off the pristine walls…