novelxo Chapter 255
Chapter 255
“Stop, Fay,” Ivan orders, his voice suddenly serious. He puts his other hand on my waist and pulls me closer to him. Angry, I shove him again but Ivan doesn’t relent, his grip iron. “Fay,” he insists, his tone matching my anger now. I stop shoving and look up into his face, furious.
“Let me go,” I command, my teeth clenched, but he just shakes his head slowly at me.
“I’m not fucking with you, Fay,” Ivan insists, his voice revealing his frustration. “You haven’t given me any information that I haven’t guessed myself. God damn it, Fay,” he grinds out, “don’t you get it? That it would be easier for me to let you go down with them? Do you think it’s making anything better for me that I fucking care about you?”
I stop protesting and look up into Ivan’s face, shocked. I’ve never never heard him get angry before – never heard him confess this kind of real emotion. He gives me a little frustrated shake.
“What’s it going to take, Fay?” Ivan snaps at me, his breathing coming harder now. “To get you to go, to leave that house? Because I’m not letting them drag you down with them!” His voice is rough now, out of control in a way it never is. “You mean too much to me,” he confesses, staring into my face, shaking his
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head back and forth.
My mouth falls open a little in surprise. I mean, I know that Ivan and I we have a connection. But honestly, with everything with
Kent…
I think, perhaps, I let myself forget how intense this actually is
How real it is, apparently for Ivan – and perhaps for me as well
“What, Fay,” Ivan demands, shaking me again and bringing me out of my thoughts. “What’s it going to take for you to believe me? Because I’ve tried being nice, and begging you, and giving you all of the information. And in response, you ignore my calls and apparently renew your ridiculous engagement to Daniel
“Ivan,” I protest, looking away –
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“What, Fay?” Ivan asks again, pressing himself tighter against me and slipping his left hand down from my waist, crossing my hip and dipping into the slit in my dress. He moves fast, boldly sliding that hand around the back of my thigh and gripping me there, using his grasp to drag my leg sharply up and settling it over his hip, pulling my body flush against his as he bends over me, just a little.
“Is this what you want, Fay?” Ivan growls, making my breath come a little too fast. “Do you want me to be more aggressive, to make you listen?” He lowers his face close to mine now, staring at my lips. “Because I can do that. If that’s what it takes.”
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And god damn it, but I don’t pull away.
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