A Forced Contract Marriage with the Devil novel Chapter 125

Chapter 125

“I’m sorry, Niko, I’m sorry I let them take you, I’m sorry I wasn’t there,” his voice was so low, so hushed, it barely skimmed the edge of my hearing even though his mouth was right next to my ear. It wasn’t just soft it was broken, like a confession he didn’t know how to make.

My whole body trembled, breath ragged and shallow. His warmth pressed against me and it was suffocating.

“No! You are not sorry!‘ I choked out through my sobs, my voice hoarse and raw. “I know I don’t matter to you, I know I don’t mean anything to anyone, least of all you!” The words spilled out like a wound tearing open, years of pain behind them, aching to be heard.

“Shh… I’ll make it alright, I promise,” he whispered, a vow carried in his breath.

I tried to shake my head, tried to shake off the fantasy. “You can’t! You can’t.” My voice cracked on the last word, brittle and hopeless.

“I will, I need you to trust me, okay?” he murmured, his lips brushing soft kisses against my temple, like he could press away the damage.

“I hate you!”

“I know, I’ll fix it.”

“Nothing can fix this, nothing can fix me!” My voice rose, cracking under the weight of everything I was trying to suppress.

“I will, Niko, I promise you.” His voice was steady, like stone, but I could feel the desperation creeping beneath it.

“I hate you so much.”

“I know.”

“I mean nothing to you.”

“That’s a lie.”

“I don’t want this, Alessandro.”

“I know.”

“You scare me too.”

“I know, Niko, I will make it alright.”

“I don’t want this, Alessandro. I don’t want to be here.” My fists clenched at my sides, shoulders tight and trembling.

“I’m not letting you leave ever again.”

I cried harder, my chest heaving with the force of my sobs. “Why?”

“I just don’t want to,” he answered softly, as though that was reason enough to hold someone prisoner. His voice sounded final.

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Chapter 125

I don’t want to get abducted again.”

“I won’t let that happen.”

I shook my head violently, squeezing my eyes shut as fear twisted my insides. “I don’t trust you.”

I’ll gain your trust back.”

You can’t…”

“Tell me what you want and I’ll make it happen, I promise.”

Rage poured through me like molten lava. My fingers dug into my own arms as I opened my eyes and glared at the wall before me, a blank canvas that absorbed my fury.

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