Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 11 A Misunderstanding

The hotel room door opened abruptly the second Erin rang the doorbell. Darkness was all she could see as a large hand dragged her inside and pushed her against the door. She could taste the wine from his lips, dulling her senses. The man was quite impatient.

Erin had been struggling from the start but was completely overpowered by him. Her body felt weak, making her slide downward to the floor. The man carried her into the bedroom, where he pinned her down with his body once she was on the bed. His movements were rough, without any trace of gentleness.

“You look special tonight…”

Not even a few seconds later, Chandler stopped completely in his tracks, and a hand shot out to grab at Erin’s neck.

Coldly, he said, “Why do I smell another man’s cologne all over you?”

This smell was familiar to him. Erin struggled to breathe and tried to get up, but he had pinned her down completely. Although the lights were not turned on, she could feel his icy gaze on her. He was like a black panther, waiting for the perfect time to strike and bite into his prey’s neck. She was terrified.

“Please, let go of me. I can’t breathe.”

Her voice came out in between breaths. Chandler’s gaze darkened and slightly loosened the grip on her neck, though he still had his hand on her. “Don’t lie to me, I guarantee you will not be able to deal with the consequences.”

His grip was strong, and it made her gasp in pain.

Royal Chamber and there was an old man there who thought that I was an escort and broke my dress strap. Then, another man helped me

of her to turn on the table lamp, and his flawless face filled her vision. It’s just that, at that moment,

could still clearly see the bows on the straps and that one of the straps had been previously broken. Chandler tossed

look at him. She shuddered as she remembered how he’d grabbed her neck, and her heart skipped a beat. She never imagined that this man could be so

a valid explanation, so I’ll let you off the hook for now. But remember: no one can ever

possessive tone rendered Erin speechless. He was merely a male escort. How could

“Can I go now?”

dark eyes, and he had alcohol on his breath, “That is the funniest thing I’ve heard today.” He trapped her in his

more violent and aggressive. Two hours later, Chandler was finally done with her. Erin was curled up

but wonder, “Is Chandler a

this thought, she stood up and tiptoed to the bathroom to sneak a glance through a crack in the

pleasantly deep voice rang out from above her, startling her before he dragged her into the bathroom. “Scrub my body,”

done with his shower and had put on his clothes, Erin, who was only wearing a hotel robe, worriedly clutched her

feet and said cooly, “It’s for you. Get dressed, I will

walked out of the bedroom. Erin immediately opened the bag and saw that there was a black dress inside with the tag still attached. She looked at it in disgust. Though the clothes had not been cleaned, she didn’t have a choice right

gentle with her last time but it was almost as if he were a completely different person now.

unfaithfulness, she was the one who suffered in the

why I am so careful everytime?” Chandler had on a cold expression, and his voice was devoid of

turned her head to look at him with flushed

her a dismissive glance, “It’s because I would never let something like

the reason why he used protection every

think too highly of yourself,