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.

me and even fixed it. Maybe he got some of his cologne on me when he was fixing the strap. You can look at my dress if you

and his flawless face filled her vision. It’s just that, at that moment, the man’s anger was still on full display on

the dress. Though the dress had been ruined, he could still clearly see the bows on the straps and that one of the straps had been previously broken. Chandler tossed the dress aside and domineeringly walked into the bedroom

the covers in shame and could not look at him. She shuddered as she remembered how he’d grabbed her neck, and her

off the hook for now. But remember: no one can

speechless. He was merely a male escort. How

“Can I go now?”

ground. There was a deep gaze in his dark eyes, and he had alcohol on his breath, “That is the funniest thing I’ve heard today.”

inevitability of the night. Her listless expression angered Chandler to no end, and his movements became more violent and aggressive. Two hours later, Chandler was finally done with her. Erin was curled up in a corner of the room, watching him enter the

could not help but wonder,

she stood up and tiptoed to the bathroom to sneak a glance through

there something you want to ask?” A pleasantly deep voice rang out from above her,

shower. After he was done with his shower and had put on his clothes, Erin, who was only wearing a hotel robe, worriedly clutched her ruined dress. Chandler opened the closet and took out a

cooly, “It’s for

and saw that there was a black dress inside with the tag still attached. She looked at it

hotel with her. Chandler seemed to be in a bad mood tonight. She remembered that he had still been gentle with her last time but it was almost as if he were a completely different person now. She felt aggrieved and humiliation bubbled up

night and other couples sweetly holding hands, she could not help but feel envious. Because of Ian’s unfaithfulness, she was the one who suffered in the end. And now she had been reduced to being a hostage of

why I am so careful everytime?” Chandler had on a cold expression, and

turned her head to look at

glance, “It’s because I would never let something like an accidental pregnancy ever

stunned Erin. This is the reason why he used protection every time. He’s afraid that she would accidentally conceive

too highly of yourself,