Chapter 15

Chapter Fifteen

Rory

I’m breathing hard when I open my eyes finally, only to find Bennet staring down at me. Before I can find the words to say anything about what just happened between the two of us, he slips his finger from inside of me. I gasp because I wasn’t even aware that he had done that. When did he…?

He’s breathing just as heavily as I am, and I wonder if…could he be as turned on by me as I am by him. I discard the thought immediately. There is no way that can be true. None.

He surprises another gasp from me when I watch as he brings his finger to his lips and sucks it into his mouth. His eyes close as he moans out around the digit. A blush lights across my face just knowing I am the taste he is savoring. I pull my gaze away because I can’t keep looking at the naked want I find in his eyes when he opens them. The blue is so dark and stormy that they almost appear black.

He takes me by the chin and turns my face back, so our eyes connect again. “I bet when I get this tasty little pussy under my tongue, I’ll cum as hard as I just did now taking my first taste of you.”

Is he…? Did he…? “You…?”

He nods, “Oh yeah, princess. Once I had the flavor of you in my mouth…I sprayed like a fucking fire hose, so never think you were the only one who feels this way.”

He proves it by taking my hand and placing it over the crotch of his jeans. I can feel the dampness in the front of his…I can feel him. Goodness gracious, that can’t be…all him. But it is. It was under my hip, under the soft flesh of my belly when he had his hands on me when I was cuffed and over his lap. It takes me a minute to realize his hand has moved from mine and I’m still touching him, unconsciously rubbing my hand against him.

I jerk my hand away with a little yelp and meet his eyes shyly under my lashes. He’s wearing a cocky smile but doesn’t tell me to get away from him.

“Let’s get you dressed, sweetheart.” I tense at his words, but he continues as he untangles us and stands, “You can’t stay here with that broken window. I’ll grab some planks and board it up while you get dressed, and we’ll figure out the next move.”

Shit, I forgot I was in nothing more than just a towel.

“Bennet,” I wait until he turns around to look at me, “I really did lock the door.”

“It was open when I came in.”

“Broken?” He shakes his head ‘no’ for me.

“Just unlocked.”

My hand raises to circle my throat, “Then how did he get in, Bennet?”

He’s back in front of me in the blink of an eye, right in front of me. “Hey, we’ll figure this out. And until then I won't leave you alone for a second. Do you understand, Rory? I’ll make sure you’re never hurt again.”

I nod even though it feels like maybe…just maybe…this guy was a fucking ghost, and this house really is haunted. I rush through the process of packing with the bag Bennet was waving around before all of the…stuff got started. I try not to think about anything that happened tonight because everything seems like it could push me right over the edge.

And things don’t get any better when I go home with Bennet. Te is there, waiting for us in the living room. She rushes over to me and envelopes me in a hug and guilt and fear rise up inside of me causing a huge lump to form and my eyes to water.

“Are you alright, Rory? Bennet called me and,” she brushes my hair back from my neck and her eyes widen before she can school her features, “oh, sweetie.”

I turn to look at Bennet who is also staring at my neck, making me really subconscious.

“Is it bad?” I don’t know which one of them I am actually asking.

It’s Bennet who answers by stepping closer to me and taking my chin in his hands so he can tip my face back for a better look. He does it so gently it makes me want to cry all over again. When his eyes meet mine, they are dark once again.

“It’s not very noticeable. Me and Te can probably see it because we know what it’s supposed to look like.” His thumb runs over the side of my neck before doing the same thing with my bottom lip.

I slide my eyes away to find Te staring at us. When I look back at Bennet, he’s got his eyes on Te too. Will he say something about what happened? Worse, will he try to pretend nothing happened? What am I going to do either way? Will Te be mad that something happened between me and her brother? Can she already tell without us saying anything?

What he does isn’t expected. “It’s late now, sweetheart.” He leans forward and surprises me by brushing a soft kiss over my mouth before pulling back, “Go to the first room on the right and get some sleep. I’ll be back. Rest.”

He turns and walks to the door before looking back, “Te, lock up.”

They both nod to one another and then he’s gone.

“Is it my imagination or did my brother just kiss you?”

Oh, shit!

“Um, it wasn’t really a kiss kiss. It was more because of what happened and…”

“It seemed like a real kiss kiss.”

“He just felt bad for me. You know how…protective he is.”

“Was he the one who found you?” She pulls me over to the couch and both of us sit down. “Ben just told me the bare facts and didn’t really go into detail.”

“He was the one who saved me! He came in like he did when we were having our girls’ weekend,”

“I thought you started locking the door?”

“I did.” She gives me a perplexed look that matches the way I feel inside. “I have no idea how that man got into my house but when Bennet came in, he said the door was unlocked and not kicked in.”

“Thank God Ben came when he did.”

“He was pretty great. He knocked the guy off me and chased him through the house until the guy flung himself through the window on the landing.”

“The stained glass one?”

“Yeah.” Admitting it makes me sad. That window was original to the house. It was over a hundred years old. And now, it’s gone. Broken to pieces by some moron who was trying to escape.

Even though I try to hide it, I can tell Te realizes how badly it affects me. She scoots closer to me and rubs her hand up and down my back.

“We can have it fixed. I’m sure Ben will pick up all the pieces and we can fix it for you.”

“I'm not even sure if I can stay there after this. Will I ever be safe? What happens if this guy tries to come back?”

Silent tears start to fall as the weight of what has happened tonight hits me. My dream of starting a family is gone, my safe place destroyed by one incident. And if I don’t have a place to live, I don’t have the ability to stay here.

I'm not sure how long I sit crying on Te but she offers me nothing but comfort and support. She eventually leads me to the room Bennet told me I could use and helps me change into a nightgown before sticking me in the bed. She promises to wake me up as soon as Bennet gets back so we can try to figure out what the hell is going on. I’m so emotionally drained and so miserable that sleep sounds like a good way to escape for a little while. Maybe if I sleep enough, I can pretend all of this is nothing more than a nightmare, and when I wake up things will be different somehow.

Maybe if I just keep pretending…