Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Brooklyn

My heart is pounding out of my chest as I press the stop button on the remote as fast as I can.

I return my gaze to the doorway where Aden is standing, his, dark eyes boring into me.

Please, please, please. Goddess, let him not have seen me watching his sex tape.

"What are you doing in here?" he asks, furious.

"Um..." I swallow, terrified, hoping he doesn't pick up on the tremor in my voice. "Jayde brought me here. Said I could look through some..." My eyes dart around the room for an answer that is not porn. "Some family photo albums. And home videos."

He narrows his eyes, his gaze flicking to the pile of vintage Playboys on the floor.

"Family photo albums?"

I nod. He knows I'm lying, but I can't bring myself to admit the truth.

"She shouldn't have brought you down here," he says, moving aside so that I can leave the room. I

quickly get to my feet, flicking the power button on the remote so that the TV goes blank.

of the room, praying with all my might that Aden

again. Do you understand?" Believe me, I won't, I

I can bury my nose into

slides over

dead in my tracks, panicked, and pat all over my body looking for it. Then, slowly, I turn back

phone must have fallen out

to go back. If my dad or Jolie ever called and

walk back to the little door in the kitchen, pulling it open a crack to listen. I don't hear a

the stairs

the little room and grab my

case, which I slide back on the shelf. There,

from washing over me. Aden, naked and hard, pushing into the strange woman, giving her

No, Brooklyn. Stop it.

shake myself out of the memory and leave the room, quiet

back along the hallway when I

terrified

one comes out to scold

my left. A kind

stop myself, I consider the door from which the sound is coming. It's thick, made of iron, with no window. It has a bolt on

that

know it's a mistake.

stare at the door. I'm consumed,

closer, reaching out a hand to grip the metal handle and then, my inner voice still screaming at me to stop, I pull it

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