Sordid Seduction (Sordid Trilogy #1)
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"I can't tell you that just yet. But, I heavily advise against returning home to your father. If you do want to leave there's a car waiting outside that will take you. I won't bother you again," he sounded like a bored cars salesman, not caring what I chose either way because he would still get a hefty commission.
I couldn't return home to Seth. If Pierce was telling the truth...God, if Pierce was telling the truth my whole life was going to be in shambles. It isn't already?
"What's the catch?" Him just letting me walk out the door was right up there with, Oprah, personally escorting me home.
"No catch, Rebel," I didn't see the little smirk on his face. I'd already turned and started heading for the door. My hands grasped the knob, and it actually began to open.
"There is one thing, however."
I froze, letting my eyes shut for a minute before I took a breath and turned around.
"You said there was no catch," I clenched my teeth and glared at him.
"It's not a catch. It's me getting rid of an insurance policy I no longer need," he nonchalantly reached into his pocket and retrieved a pen. "It's just a phone call really. If you leave, your sister won't be granted the same..leniency. That bridge will have to burn. Technicalities and all that. You understand right?"
"How do I know she's ok right now?" Curling my shaking hands into a fist, I looked at him with nothing but hatred. How could I forget he would use Abbi against me?
"Look," he hit a few buttons on his cell phone and held it up. From where I stood I could see it was a video.
Moving away from his door, I crept closer and saw it was a live feed. Abbi sat on a bed with her head down and knees tucked to her chest. She looked fine on the outside, who knows what she was going through on the inside. This was all my fault.
Pierce hit a button, and my sister's image faded away as the screen went black. He looked at me with no emotion whatsoever displayed on his face other than an arrogant half smile.
"What do I need to do?" Swallowing my pride and forsaking my freedom for my sister was a no brainer. I wasn't like them, letting someone suffer would torture me day and night. Abbi didn't deserve to be dragged into this. I hated that bad people could destroy innocent things.
"Sign our marriage contract," he held a red ball point pen out to me, knowing I would take it.
"You won't hurt her?"
"I may not be good for much, but my word is golden. Your sister will be treated like a princess. Think of Rapunzel."Fucking bastard.
"Why me?"
"Your the only one that can do this, and, I promised Michelle I'd look out for her sister. It's just a year. Abigail. Or your signature. I don't have all day for you to decide, Rebel."
This wasn't a choice. It was coercion and blackmail at it's finest. He wasn't giving me an option at all. I had no idea what I was about to get myself into. And I knew there was a massive amount of shit he wasn't telling me.
"Was this you breaking me?"
"No, Rebel, this is me starting to break you."
"Is it going to hurt worse than this?" I mumbled more to myself than him.
"More than likely," he replied, holding the pen out to me.
Snatching the pen from his hand, I clicked it open and signed my name.
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Sordid Mistress is a full-length novel that continues the story of Willow and Pierce.
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Pierce: "I want her for the same reasons I hate her."
Forcing Willow to marry him was just the beginning.
Siphoning away her independence is the next necessary part of the process.
He needs her to get what he wants, and what she doesn't know can't hurt her. Or in this case, fuck up everything he's worked so hard for.
Willow: I hate that I'm still hoping.
She's struggling to become what he wants her to be.
Who he needs her to be.
And the secrets and lies are suffocating. Everyone has an ulterior motive, and Willow has no idea who she can trust.
The only thing she knows for certain?
She and her husband are destined to destroy each other.
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