Melody Anne [Anne - The Lost Tycoon

I swear I didnt see anything.

Her heartbeat thrashed in her ears as Misty Elton backed away.

What in the hell were you snooping around for? His eyes bulged and his fists balled tightly together.

I was just looking for a sweatshirt because the apartment was cold. I swear. I didnt see anything. Misty was almost sobbing. Her eyes darted toward the door, and she inched toward it, away from his deadly fists, trying to lock her shaking knees together in her flight-or-fight response to what she saw in his face.

Hatred. Loathing. The very devil resided inside him she was sure of it.

She had no doubt about the way this was going to end. When his voice rose like that, to an almost squealing pitch, when the corners of his mouth tightened and when his fingers firmed, turning his hands into brutal, merciless weapons, it meant she was going to get hurt.

The evidence stood out, practically glowing like a neon light. Shed never before had such a great wish to turn back the clock, to undo one mistake. Shed only been searching for a sweatshirt in the trunk in the room that was all and instead shed found his stash. And that was the moment hed found her. If hed come in only a minute later, shed have closed the lid and rushed from the room, and he never would have known.

As he took a step closer, her stomach turned over. This was worse than usual this wouldnt be a typical punishment. She knew his intentions from the cold fury of his gaze.

I promise I wont slip up, wont tell another soul what I saw, she pleaded. I swear. It was only a sweatshirt I was looking for!

Come here, Misty! he growled, ignoring her plea as she took another step back. Now!

In the past, such words from him stopped any trace of resistance. She knew that if she ran, it could only end one way: hed pursue her and give her at least one broken bone. If she screamed or cowered, shed see his eyes light with pleasure as he continued to pummel her.

Shed been with this man for a whole year. In the beginning, shed thought he was so impressive, a good-looking cop who wanted her. Hed actually wanted her! It hadnt taken long for her to see his true colors, but from the moment hed set his sights on her, it was too late.

Once Jesse wanted something, he either got it or that something disappeared forever. Shed discovered that the hard way the painful way. She was trapped. No one and nowhere to turn to. Her only escape from him ever was when she worked part time at a local diner, and even then, he would show up at random intervals to check in on her. If he saw the smallest indication of flirting and just talking to another man usually counted as flirting to him Misty would feel Jesses fists when she got home.

The one time shed tried to leave him A shudder passed through her. She didnt have time to think about that she needed to stay focused on this moment, on this situation. If she lost concentration for even a second, he would pounce, and she knew that this time she wouldnt see daylight ever again.

He kept his eye on her as he sat on the edge of the bed and untied his work boots, looking as if he had all the time in the world. In his mind he did. Still, the faster he got out of his clothes, the more ready he would be to torture her in the most sadistic ways possible.

She thought about running while he was tugging first one boot off and then the other, but it wouldnt give her enough of a head start. No. She had to plan this just right.

Lately the beatings had been worse than ever before bad enough, in fact, that she couldnt take it anymore, even if she died trying to escape. And she might. Shed saved some money money hed be furious about if he knew what she was doing and shed been planning on leaving in two days. That was when he had the long shift. Shed be several hundred miles away before he ever knew.