Page 132 of Angelic Vengeance

My vision blurred. My head swarmed. I fell to my knees.

Her lips brushed mine before falling into a deeper kiss.

My eyes burned. My whole body ached. I could feel my heart bleed with regret.

I’ll do whatever the fuck I want to you.

Do you think I like hurting you?Because I fucking love it.

Bile rose in my throat.

‘You won’t hurt me,’Her voice was a whisper.

‘Stop. Crying.’

I hunched over, vomiting everything in my stomach on the concrete floor.

‘Zach,come on… It’s us. Let’s just talk about it. I’ll explain everything. You’ll see it all makes sense–’

I retched again. Disgust washed over me violently at what I’d done.

“What did I do…” I mumbled to myself, grabbing the counter to pull myself up. I moved to the sink, washing my mouth and face with cold water, hoping for clarity. “What the fuck did I do…”

The room was still spinning when Zane gripped me by the collar. “You didn’t fucking touch her. What the fuck did you do to Maria?”

Trevor pulled Zane back. “Did you kill her?!”

I recoiled. “Of course not.”

“Then what did you do, Zach?”

What did you do,Zach?

“I– She’s–”

“Spit it the fuck out!” Zane yelled. “She’s like my little sister. I swear to God, if you touched her–”

“She’s at my apartment in Queens.” My eyes dropped. “She’s fine, but there against her will.”

Zane turned around, running his hands down his face. “For fuck sakes…”

It was Trevor who grabbed me by the shoulders, steadying me. “You need to go right now and let her go.”

I saw double. Squeezing my eyes shut, I shook my head. If I let her go now, she’d leave. I’d lose her forever…

“You need to.”

“She fucking hates me. I need to explain–”

“Like you let her explain?”

My mouth closed, and I clenched my jaw.

An agonizing pain spread through my chest and up, like there was barbwire wrapped around my neck. “I need to fucking apologize…”

“You think ‘sorry’ is gonna do it?”

I wanted to punch Trevor – nothing new under the sun – but I knew he was right about this. I stared at him, completely sick and lost.

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