The moonlight danced gently on the hedges as I slipped behind the tall bushes, hidden completely from sight. My fingers trembled as I pulled out my phone and quickly typed:
I'm here.
The message to Evangeline sent with a blink.
Minutes passed.
Then—
Swish!
A rope soared through the night air and landed with a heavy thump across the tall estate fence. It looped perfectly, anchored from the other side. My escape path was here. Waiting.
My heart pounded.
The car was waiting just outside the garden. The boat to take me off the island was docked and ready. The plane that would get me to either England or Spain was already in flight prep, fueled and ready to go.
Everything had to happen fast.
I took one last breath, as though trying to inhale my entire life before this night into my lungs.
One foot on the wall's edge.
My fingers curled tightly around the rope.
One pull.
One swing.
Before I could grab the rope and put my legs on the wall covered in leaves and partially blooming roses, a voice came from behind me.
"Leaving so soon?"
Damn it.
The voice sent ice through my veins, but I didn't even have to turn around to know. I'd recognize that dark, calm poison anywhere.
Dante.
The devil himself.
I turned slowly, still crouched by the bush. "What the fuck do you want, Dante?" My voice dripped with all the hatred I could muster.
He tilted his head, his eyes gleaming with amusement as if he found all of this—me—entertaining. "That's what I came for. I want you. I came for what you owe me."
He took a slow step closer and jammed me softly but firmly against the wall. Not hard enough to hurt, but just enough to make a point.
I gritted my teeth. "Bravo. My pussy vibrates for you," I spat with sarcasm.
"Strawberry, it does," he murmured, and lowered his hand casually toward the waistband of his pants.
My breath hitched.
He didn't even have to touch me—just the way his presence overtook the air was enough to make my body betray me. My brain screamed to run, to scream, to fight. But something deeper, darker, more twisted, made my legs freeze and my heartbeat race for an entirely different reason.
Above us, the rope went flying back over the fence. A car engine purred in the distance—fading.
She was gone. She left.
I was alone with him.
Dante looked at the dress I was wearing. His gaze slowly traveled back to my face. "You dressed up for me?"
"Screw you."
His smirk deepened. He stepped in closer, the air between us nearly evaporating. "That's the plan."
I swallowed hard. "What are you doing?"
His voice dropped, velvety and dangerous. "What does it look like I'm doing?" he said with terrifying ease, like he was discussing the weather.
He reached out and gently tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.
The touch was feather-light… but my body tensed like he'd struck me.
He didn't stop. "I find it adorable how you think you can escape me."
"I'm not yours," I whispered.
He chuckled, low and slow. "No. But you will be."
His fingers drifted down, stopping just above the hollow of my throat. A pulse pounded beneath his touch. He felt it—I know he felt it.
"What do you want, Dante?" I asked, though my voice didn't come out strong.
He leaned down, his breath brushing my ear. "I want you on your knees."
My whole body reacted like I'd been thrown into a storm. I was frozen—but on fire.
"You've got the wrong idea if you think I'd ever want that," I said, narrowing my eyes.
He tilted his head. "Want has nothing to do with it."
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"And what do you want?"
"Your lips around my cock"!
My mouth parts slightly in horror. I wish this were a nightmare—something my mind conjured out of guilt and fear. But it's not. It's real.
And the worst part? I knew I owed him. So I did it.
Don't judge me… I needed it, even if I didn't let it show. Not on my face. Not in my eyes.
But something tells me if I breathe wrong, if I so much as twitch, this situation could spiral into something far worse.
His hand trails from the top of my head to the curve of my cheek, then lower—to the curve of my lips.
I've never been more frozen than I am now.
His touch isn't just cold—it's void. A chilling reminder that whatever warmth he once had is long gone.
This must be what it feels like to meet the Grim Reaper.
He presses his fingers into my throat, not enough to fully choke, but enough to own.
"P-please…"
My voice breaks like shattered glass in the silence. A whisper of pain and fear echoing through the still night.
And still, I don't want help.
I don't want anyone seeing this.
I don't want anyone seeing me.
"You'll let me bury myself between those lips and finish down your throat?"
My skin burns. Not from shame. From how easily he reduces me.
I tilt my chin. Play the game, Isabella.
"I'm not doing this because I want to. I'm doing it because you're threatening me. If I had a choice, I'd never let you touch me, you sick bastard."
"Good thing it's not up to you."
He keeps his grip steady on my neck as he unzips himself with his free hand.
The weight of him hits my lips before I can even think.
I open my mouth.
Not out of want. Out of necessity.
His tip breaches the threshold, and my stomach coils in tight, violent knots.
"Don't gag yet," he murmurs, brushing his fingers along my lower lip with mocking softness. "You might enjoy this, but fight me, and it'll just be… inconvenient."
Then, sharper: "Suck. Make it good."
He watches me closely. Too closely.
"Your attempt's cute, but let me show you how it's done."
And then he pushes deeper.
Farther.
My throat tightens, choking around him. I gag, humiliated, barely able to breathe.
I haven't seen many in my life, but his? It's… big.
Too big.
My fingers tremble. My legs threaten to give out.
And despite every shred of logic in me, I feel it—heat.
No.
No.
I'm not that twisted.
I'm not.
Just when I think he's going to keep going forever, the taste hits me—bitter and wrong.
I sputter, pulling back, letting the mess spill onto his stupid designer shoes.
I breathe hard, chest rising and falling, lungs burning with every inhale.
But I don't look away.
Not once.
I glare at him.
Then wipe my mouth slowly, deliberately.
At first, he just stares at me—expression unreadable.
And then… he laughs.
Low. Cold.
Like I'm the joke.
As I rise, shaking with anger, Dante calmly tucks himself back in and walks toward the mansion without saying a word.
I spit again.
Then turn on my heel and storm walking straight into my room.
Evangeline:
I know I'm the last person you want to hear from right now, but I need to say this. I fucked up. I shouldn't have run. I panicked and acted like a coward, and I hate that I made you feel abandoned—again.
Evangeline:
I'm sorry, Isabella. For disappearing, for not saying anything, for making things worse when they already hurt. I messed up, and if you never want to talk to me again, I get it. But I needed you to know this: I regret leaving you alone in that moment more than anything.
Evangeline:
Im sorry.
I didn't even bother replying to her messages. I just stared at the screen, jaw tight, heart cold.
Then I powered the phone off, cleaned up, and walked straight back into that damn dinner.
Evangeline couldn't even meet my eyes.
Good. She shouldn't.