Chapter 122

• Isabel
• “You’re nothing more than an afterthought to him,” I continued. “Just a convenience. Something to fill in the gap. You've spent years waiting, pining after him, and it only took me a few weeks to swoop in and have the things you've been dreaming of. You'll never know what it's like to have him sleep next to you, enveloping you in his warmth. What it's like to have him kiss you, touch you, fuck you-” The slap cracked across my face before I could finish, snapping my head to the side. Pain flared across my cheek, but I barely registered it. My pulse thundered in my ears, drowning everything else out.
• I turned my attention back to her, glad that I finally had the upper hand. "You'll never know what it feels like to have his cock inside you-" She lunged. Her hands wrapped around my throat, squeezing and squeezing. My body reacted on instinct, twisting, fighting, my legs kicking out. I was tied tightly to the pillar, so she easily had the leverage. She pressed me back, her weight pinning me down, her grip tightening. “You ruined everything!” she hissed, her breath hot against my face. “I waited! I did everything right! And then you came along and—” My vision blurred, black spots creeping at the edges.