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don’t think you want to hurt me, do you?”

“I would never hurt you,” he responded with so much conviction I believed him.

Almost.

What would happen if whatever this was didn’t turn out the way he wanted it to? What would

happen if I pissed him off to the point of no return? Would he snap?

However, I was not one to dwell on questions I couldn’t answer so I continued. “I also don’t

have it in me to cry, scream and run around the room like one of those chicks in the movies to appease

you. If a scared girl is what you wanted, you picked the wrong girl. I already know in the end, you’ll

do what you want. And even if you decide to kill me, everybody’s got to die one day, don’t they? Just

don’t do anything weird to me or torture me for days on end. Make it quick and painless, please.”

Adam gazed down at me wide eyed and exasperated. I almost laughed at the shock on his face;

he was suddenly looking at me like I had been looking at him earlier.

“You’re just as crazy as I am,” he said. “Yeah, you might need some meds for that.”

He was just as sarcastic as he was serious.

I was offended. “No, I’m good, but why don’t you take yours?”

I flipped over on the bed, my back to him.

“Yeah, I might just do that,” I heard him say before I closed my eyes.

E I g H T

“Eve…”

That was the third time I’d whispered her name in her ear in an attempt to wake her up. She’d

been asleep for nine hours and I was bored. After I woke up, I spent the morning arranging things so

we’d be comfortable.

“Eve,” I called louder and smacked her right ass cheek. Not hard, just enough to sting.

She jumped up in bed, disoriented. “What the hell?”

Her right arm swung towards my head. I caught it just in time. Any slower and she would have

connected her closed fist with the side of my face.

“Fuck,” I yelled out when her left hand connected with my cheek.

She slapped me, hard. That was not the reaction I expected.

I scowled at her. “Why did you do that?”

She glared right back. “Are you seriously going to ask me why I hit you after you hit me?” she