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“The keys were in it. She left them in it. She has a very bad habit of doing that.”

“It’s just going to take her a little while to calm down. She has the credit card we gave her. She’ll probably stay at a motel and come back, or at least call one of us, in the morning,” I say.

“It’s late. Let’s get some rest. I’m sure she’ll be back before we know it,” Eden says.

“I’m going to sleep on the sofa, so I can hear her if she comes back,” Kyle tells us.

“See you in the morning, Kyle. It’s going to be okay. I love you,” I tell him as he leaves our bedroom.

He turns back to look at me. “Thanks, Ally. I love you too. Eden, I’m sorry for making more drama. You guys get some sleep. I’ll see you in the morning,” Kyle tells us, then shuts our bedroom door behind him.

Eden stands up, taking my hand as he does and pulling me up as well. He turns and slips his arms around me, hugging me tightly to him. His breath tickles my neck as he nuzzles it.

I giggle a little at the sensation. His hands move up my back, pushing the straps of my nightgown down once he reaches my shoulders. The light weight of it moves off of my shoulders. The softness of his lips on my shoulder makes my knees weak.

“You are mine, Alyssa,” Eden says as his hot breath warms my neck.

My eyes fly open with his words. “Eden, don’t,” I say, but he cuts me off.

He grabs a handful of my hair, pulling it so that my neck is exposed. Suddenly his mouth is on my neck, biting me. I rake my nails down his back. He stops, then tosses me down on the bed. Quickly, he undresses. My heart is pounding in my chest.

He turns and walks out of the room, into the bathroom. I hear the shower start.

What the hell? What is he doing?

I walk into the bathroom to find him in the shower. “What are you doing?”

“What does it look like?” he replies offhandedly.

“Eden, you started something in the bedroom. Don’t you want to finish it?”

“Do you?” he asks me.

I look down, feeling embarrassed. “Damn, Eden, do you want me to beg you or what?”

“Maybe. Why don’t you join me in here and we can see if you can convince me,” he says as he opens the glass shower door.

I step in and look up at him. “What can I do to convince you?”

A smile crosses his lips and a twinkle shines in his gorgeous emerald eyes. “I’m sure you can think of something. I have faith in your abilities, Mrs. Fontaine.”

CHAPTER 65

ALYSSA

A bright white light is shining in my eyes. Kyle is standing on one side of me. I’m so hot and sweaty. A sudden tightness wraps around my stomach. I look down to see what’s squeezing me. All I see is a light blue sheet. My legs are up in some type of a device. I can’t move them. They’re strapped down.

“You’re doing great, Ally,” Kyle tells me and then taps my forehead with a damp washcloth.

Through clenched teeth, I say, “It hurts Kyle. It hurts so badly.”

Kyle pats my leg and I feel like choking him. “Ally, it won’t be long now and she’ll be here. Just try to be tough, okay?”

My words come out a bit louder than I mean them to as I yell, “I don’t want to do this anymore. I changed my mind. It hurts too badly. I want drugs. I want them now.”

“It’s too late for that, Mrs. Stevens,” a man in a white mask who’s standing at the end of the bed tells me.

The squeezing stops and I can breathe again. “Kyle, please never do this to me again.”