Treacherous Secrets novel Chapter 12

"I'm going upstairs," Kenton said to Emily. "I expect to see you up there as soon as this mess is cleaned up."

She nodded and watched him storm up the stairs. After he slammed the bedroom door, she let out a breath. "Oh my God, that was so awful."

"Are you going to be okay with him tonight?" Sonja asked, gripping both of Emily's arms. "I've never seen him so angry."

"It will be okay," she assured her. "He has never hit me or hurt me. I'm sure I'm getting ready to get a good ass chewing though."

"This is my fault," Sonja said. "I encouraged you to have this get together."

"It's not your fault." Emily pulled Sonja into a hug. "Normally, he wouldn't have come home this week. He should have already been in Louisville. I'll deal with him. He'll leave, and we'll go back to life as usual until he shows up again." Sonja didn't look so sure. "Really, it will be okay. I'll see you first thing tomorrow morning, okay?"

Sonja nodded but she was terrified for Emily. She had never seen Kenton this angry, and he had a dangerous look in his eyes. But, she left, as Emily requested.Emily allowed herself to become angry as she approached their bedroom. She pushed open the door and shut it hard. Kenton turned to glare at her. He was wearing just his boxers and holding his phone texting.

"Was it really necessary for you to be so rude to everyone?" Emily asked.

Kenton raised an eyebrow. "I'm not sure who the hell you think you are talking to, but this is my house, and I can be rude to whomever I want. What the hell did you think you were doing having a dinner here for your friends and family and the servants?"

"This is my house, too," she said, sticking her chin up and not backing down. "I should be allowed to have a dinner for my friends and family."

"I don'twant anyone who I know dislikes me in my house. I know how your parents feel about me. Carol and Barbara are just parasites looking for free rides from anyone who will give them the time of day."

"How can you say that? Carol is married to my cousin and your best friend."

"Damon? My best friend? I think not. He's another leech looking for someone to pull him up with them as they climb to the top," Kenton spat."He is riding on my coattails. The only reason he has the kind of success he does is because of me."

Emily was taken aback. She knew Kenton was arrogant, but to actually take credit for Damon's success. "So you're saying that all this time you've been pretending to be Damon's friend?"

"Of course, I needed things from him, he needed things from me, and now, and I don't have any need for him anymore. There never was a friendship, it was always business," Kenton's phone buzzed. He turned and went into the bathroom, shutting the door.

"I don't have to stop," he growled into her ear. "You are my property. That's why I married you. I knew you would be so easy to control. You were so eager to do my bidding, wanting to be the perfect little wife to please me so you could have this perfect life. Perfect house. Perfect car. Perfect gardens. Everything just perfect." He grabbed the front of her pants and ripped them open. "Well, nothing is perfect, little girl. Nothing and no one is exactly what or who we think they are. And if you think for one second I believe that you aren't fucking that Spic you are wrong. I saw the way you two looked at each other."

"What are you talking about?" Emily cried and tried to push his hands away from her pants.

When she slapped at his hands, he slapped her across the face causing her to see stars. "You and Mario. Nobody touches you but me! You got that," he screamed in her face.

He jerked her pants and underwear down around her ankles, and then flipped her over on her stomach. "Stop!" She screamed.

He smacked her hard again - so hard that it jarred her teeth and she saw stars again. He lifted her hips and pulled his boxers down. She felt his fully erect penis against her butt. "No one tells me no," he said through gritted teeth. "No one!" He screamed in her ear as leaned over her. She expected him to enter her from behind and she tried to brace herself for his thrust. She realized his real intent when he spread her butt cheeks and she screamed.

Emily woke the next morning with her head throbbing. She gingerly opened one eye to the bright sunshine streaming into her bedroom. Her body hurt all over. She looked up at the ceiling trying to recall what had happened the night before, and then it came to her. She thought it had been a nightmare, but the pain she was feeling throughout her body told her that it had not been a dream at all. Her husband had savagely raped and beat her last night.

She had no idea what time Kenton had left. He had hit her in the head so many times that she had almost lost consciousness more than once. She needed to get up and go to the bathroom. She slowly rolled over to one side. The pain in her head was excruciating. She should go to the hospital, but she knew that she probably wouldn't. Despite what Kenton had done to her last night, she didn't think she wanted him to go to jail.