I shrugged off the blows and caught him before he could run off, knocking him face-first into the grass. I jumped on his back and grabbed ahold of his right hand, twisting it behind his back and eliciting a sharp cry of pain.
“Get the fuck off me,” Jace growled, struggling against my grip as I used my weight to hold him in place.
“No,” I snapped back.
Jace tried to maneuver his body out from under mine, but I twisted his arm again, causing him to howl out in pain.
“The fuck do you want, man?” he cried.
“I want to know why you sick fucks recorded the Sacrifice between me and Bella.”
Jace stopped struggling, trying to turn his face to look up at me. “Huh? What the hell are you talking about?”
I debated on whether I should release Jace. I didn’t want to continue struggling with him and possibly wind up in a fight on the campus lawn.
Besides, I needed to see Jace’s face when I accused him of trying to blackmail Bella and me.
I braced myself for an attack and released my hold on Jace. Jace immediately jumped to his feet and glared at me with hatred.
I returned his scowl, ready to duke it out if I had to. My face was pulsating where he had struck me, and I was itching to return the favor, knowing that I’d probably have several bruises by the next morning.
“The video you sent me,” I replied. “What are you going to do with it if we don’t do what you want?”
Jace’s features twisted into a confused glower. “The fuck are you talking about, Livingston? What video?”
I studied Jace for a moment, noticing his expression and body language. As far as I could tell, he appeared to be telling the truth, though I knew better than to trust him.
Taking a deep breath, I quickly told him about the video and the subsequent note.
Jace was shaking his head as I finished my tale. “I don’t know if Alpha Gamma records Sacrifices, but I can assure you I had nothing to do with any video, nor did I know anything about it.” He laughed. “But when I think about it, I wish I had done it. Then I could totally humiliate you and your brother-loving sister.”
I clenched my teeth and resisted the urge to pound Jace’s face into the ground. It wouldn’t be helpful right now.
Jace continued. “Still, you're a dick for assuming it was me. I’d much rather duke it out in a fair fight than humiliate you. These pussy ambushes you keep doing are getting old. First, getting your sister to bite my hand, and now, stalking me at night during a jog. What’s next?”
I ignored his attempt to piss me off and make me lose control. “I know that they record the hazing ceremonies. You showed me a few of those tapes yourself. You know where they moved those videos?”
“No, I don’t. Todd would know about it more than me, though. But, even if I did know, what makes you think I’d tell you anything after how you betrayed our fraternity?”
I snorted. “I didn’t betray shit.”
“Yeah, you did. It’s because of you that we and Kappa are under investigation.”
“You mean because you couldn’t treat Bella like she was deserving of respect? I mean, you’re lucky to be alive after what you tried to do to her.”
“Oh, yeah? And what did I ‘try’ to do to her?”
“Don’t try to play stupid. You know damn well on the day we left that you were trying to take her back to your place so that you could have your way with her.”
Just thinking about it made my blood boil, and it was very difficult not to rush Jace and kick his ass again. I knew if I didn’t leave his presence soon, that’s exactly what would happen.
“Is that what you really think? I just wanted to talk to her and tell her I was sorry about my behavior.”
What a crock of shit. “Sure. Keep telling yourself that.”
I turned to leave, knowing I’d get nothing else out of Jace besides the urge to beat the fuck out of him. Despite my animosity toward him, I actually believed that he was telling the truth.
But if it wasn’t Jace, then who was it?
As far as I knew, I had been beloved on campus, even more so after the Sacrifice. Bella, on the other hand, had been hated by a lot of females. The list of possible suspects could be larger than I originally thought.
The very thought made my blood run cold, and I wondered if I would be better off telling Bella that I had handled the problem and we no longer had anything to worry about.
Just as I was about to disappear around the corner, Jace called out to me. “Livingston!”
I was tempted to ignore him, but something in his voice made me turn around. “Yeah?”
“If I were you, I’d take a look at Kappa. This isn’t the first time some hot freshman’s been run off campus by some of those Kappa bitches. Just sayin’.”
I nodded and turned, breaking into a jog myself. Maybe Jace was right or maybe he was full of shit, but I thought he was right.
Guys like the Alphas, when they’ve got beef, come for you to beat your ass. And after the ass-kickings are finished, they tend to let it go unless there’s another reason not to.
It’s girls who tend to go for this behind the back, mental torture shit.
Bella
My cravings had spun out of control. I was either always eating something or always thinking about eating something.
It was the very thing I feared when I found out that I was pregnant—gaining weight. Even Stefan had already made a comment on my weight when I disrobed for him out at the pool. While he still seemed attracted to me, what was he going to think when I went up another ten pounds? What about when I went up twenty?
These thoughts continuously hounded me, and I feared that Stefan would eventually grow disgusted by the new me. Coupled with the fact that our parents might know the truth by that time if we didn’t find a way to conceal it from them, I was downright terrified.
Still, even those thoughts couldn't keep me from eating or wanting to eat. I was just too damn hungry. It made me suspect the little one growing inside me was a boy and wanted to grow up to be a powerful athlete like his father.
Due to my constant cravings, I found myself raiding the fridge for something to eat at one A.M. when I heard the front door open and shut.
I quickly closed the fridge and spun around as footsteps approached the kitchen doorway.
It was Stefan, dressed in black sweats and a black hoodie, and he was staring at me.
“Stefan?” I asked with surprise. “What are you doing out so late?” The last I knew, Stefan had gone to bed hours ago. Immediately, I was hit with suspicions of him going out to clubs to pick up girls . . . until I saw his face.
A purple bruise shadowed his right jaw and his face looked swollen.
“And what the hell happened to you?” I gasped with horror.
Stefan’s eyes flashed down to my flimsy gown and to the curves it barely concealed before going back to my face. “I just got back from NSU.”
I made a face. “NSU? What in the world for?”
“To see Jace.”
I grew silent for a moment, immediately knowing what that meant. “Jace did that to you?” I ventured.
Stefan nodded. “It wasn’t much of fight though. He caught me by surprise with a few lucky punches, but I got in a few as well.”
I turned and began searching through the cabinets. “Let me see if I can find something to put on your bruises.”
Stefan approached me from behind and pulled my hands away from the cabinet, turning me around to face him.
“I’ll be fine,” he told me, his voice deep and commanding. “Nobody can hurt me when I’m trying to help you.”
My pulse began to race and I felt heat from being close to him. I swear that every time he was near, the temperature in the room went up by several degrees.
I stared at his bruises, wishing I could heal them with a simple touch. “But your face—“
“I’m fine,” Stefan reiterated firmly. “But I have to tell you something.”
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Judging by the tone of his voice, I knew it was bad. I tensed up, preparing for the worse.
“Jace didn’t send the video.”
I gaped, stunned. “If he didn’t, then who did?” I finally managed.
“I don’t know.”
“Are you sure it wasn’t him? Jace hates your guts so I wouldn’t put it past him to lie.”
“I’m sure. He’s a douchebag for sure, but he didn’t do it, and he doesn’t think anyone at Alpha did either. He claims that they have never recorded our Sacrifice that he knows of.”
“What could that mean?”
Stefan’s gaze made me go cold all over. “That it’s probably someone from Kappa Beta.”
My mouth opened but no sound came out. How was it possible? I could have totally seen one of the guys from Alpha staging the recording seeing as how it was inside their frat house and it was totally a guy thing to do, but one of the Kappa girls? It seemed highly unlikely.
“I can’t believe it,” I whispered. “I mean, how would they pull it off?”
Stefan grabbed ahold of my arms and my body temperature went up by several notches. “I don’t know, probably snuck in for the price of a blowjob, but it’s true. And it makes sense if you think about it, actually. If it were Alpha Gamma that had recorded it, it would have been all over the campus by now. Like Jace said, he’d have started shit with me straight up, and in that, I do believe him. No, this little mind game, stab you in the back bullshit that’s being played on us has female written all over it. I bet you it’s one of those sick bitches at Kappa who hates your guts.”
I couldn’t take anymore—the pregnancy, the investigation, the blackmail, my mother’s suspicion—it was all just too much. Maybe we should just tell the truth and be done with all this craziness. The thought had crossed my mind more than once, but I always chickened out when I thought about my mother's reaction.
As the thoughts filled my mind, my vision began to fade and I felt myself falling forward, but strong, loving arms caught me.
Stefan
I held Bella in my arms, carrying her upstairs. The wooden steps were quite sturdy, built in the last twenty years, but they still managed to let out a creak every other step.
Cringing, I repositioned Bella in my arms and tried to balance my steps, praying that neither of our parents would be awoken by the noises.
As I made my way up, I glanced down at Bella. With her long hair flowing out like a banner, delicate features, and sensual lips, she looked like Sleeping Beauty. I wanted to kiss her right there on the steps. But, at the same time, I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt at her current condition. I knew that it was my ranting that had stressed her out, that had probably caused her collapse.
Being as quiet as possible, I finished making my way up the stairs and brought Bella to her room. Good thing for me, the floorboards didn’t creak when I passed our parents’ room to get to Bella’s. It was bad enough that Evelyn was already suspicious of what Bella and I were up to.
Inside her room, I gently nudged the door shut with my foot and then carried my burden over to the bed. There, I softly laid her down. I stood back up and stared down at her.
Lying in the bed, she looked even more like Sleeping Beauty now. A lock of her hair had fallen across her face. I reached down and pushed it away, still in awe of how beautiful she was to me.
What amazed me even more was that I was still in awe of her beauty. Usually, a girl’s looks lasted as long as our last fuck. Not for Bella—every glance at her face was a privilege for me, and it never got old.
I reached down and gently pressed my fingertips against her lips. Soft velvet caressed my fingers.
I need to leave, I told myself as burning need clutched my stomach.
But I couldn’t leave. Despite everything I had told Bella about being careful while we were in our parents’ house, I wanted to be there, in the bed with her.
Driven by impulse, I bent down and firmly pressed my lips against hers, enjoying their softness.
Bella’s eyes fluttered open and I reluctantly broke our kiss. “Stefan?” she asked weakly.
“Yes?”
“I’m sorry. I just felt like a wall was closing in on me and—”
I pressed a finger to her lips. “Don't worry. I want you to stop worrying so much. No matter what happens, I’m not going to let anything happen to you. We’re in this shit together, you got me?”
Bella nodded slowly.
Now was the perfect time to bid Bella goodnight and head back to my room. But seeing her lying there, looking all vulnerable, made me want her so badly that I couldn't help myself.
I bent down and locked lips with her again, this time more forcefully. Her soft lips were a delight to experience, and I think I tasted a cherry lip gloss, something I hadn’t tasted when I first kissed her.
Still, it wasn’t bad, and it actually enhanced the experience. I parted my lips and demanded entry to Bella’s mouth with my tongue. She let me in eagerly, and our tongues mated, melding together. I ran my hands up and down her curvaceous body, feeling her heated flesh.
After a moment, Bella broke away, sparking disappointment.
“Should we be doing this, Stefan?” Bella asked breathlessly. She stared up at me with question, her eyes burning with lust. “I mean, remember what you said at the pool—”
I locked lips with her again, cutting her off, and lay down on top of her, driven by passion. Bella relaxed underneath my weight, surrendering to my advance. After several juicy tongue twists, I broke away and began covering her neck with passionate kisses. Bella ran her fingers through my hair, moaning softly in my ear.
I gripped her nightgown in my hands and pulled it above her chest. I pulled back from her neck to hungrily eye her breasts and stiff nipples. They seemed larger and fuller than I last remembered. Pregnancy was doing wonderful things to Bella’s already amazing body.
I lowered my head to them and began sucking on her hard nipples, kneading them gently with my teeth. This elicited a moan from Bella, and I felt her buck slightly beneath me. Emboldened, I swirled my tongue around her nipples, flapping my tongue rapidly back and forth.
Once I had my fill, I drifted down her stomach, kissing her soft skin until I reached her panties. Eagerly, I pulled them down her thighs until I had them off and then tossed them onto the floor.
I pulled Bella to me by her waist, making her spread her legs out in front of me, and then went in. I licked her clit back and forth with my tongue, savoring the sweetness.
Using my fingers, I spread the flaps of her lips wide while I sucked and slurped on her clit.
Bella reached down and grabbed me by the hair, moaning softly. “Don’t stop.”
My confidence soared and I continued, enjoying the tastes of her sweet juices. I stuck two fingers inside, marveling at how warm and wet it felt, and began sliding them in and out sensuously.
Down below, I could feel my cock expanding inside my sweats, demanding release. With my other hand, I reached down and fondled my cock, feeling pre-cum stain my sweats. I wanted badly to take it out and fuck her.
“I’m close to coming,” Bella moaned.
I banged her harder and faster in response, bearing down on her clit with all the force my tongue could muster.
And that was all it took.
Letting out a soft cry, Bella convulsed underneath me as she came. The whole time, I kept my mouth clamped down on her clit, sucking in all the sweet nectar she had to offer.
When it was over, I stepped off the bed and stood up. I took off my hoodie and shirt and dropped my sweats, my cock springing out, bouncing up and down.
Fresh from the throes of her orgasm, Bella eyed my dick with need. She wanted it. She wanted it bad. And boy, was I going to give it to her.
Bella sat up in the bed, moving forward as if she wanted to service me, her hand going for my rod. I swiped her hand away and shook my head.
She was going to get it in the way I wanted her to.
Slowly, I began to gently thrust inside her. Even though I wanted to fuck her like a wild beast, I had to be mindful of our parents.
I ran my hands up her stomach as I humped and grabbed ahold of her breasts. At the same time, Bella’s hands drifted down my back and grabbed ahold of my ass, squeezing and digging her nails into it.
I started to go deeper and deeper inside her, and the deeper I went, the closer to Heaven I got.
My stomach seemed to twist into a tight little ball as a fiery tempest grew inside my balls. Bella seemed to sense this, and she bore down on my dick, pulling me closer to Nirvana.
“God, I’m coming,” I croaked.
With one deep, final thrust, a powerful release washed over me and I let out a strained gasp as my seed squirted out into her warm insides.
I collapsed in the bed beside her a moment later, feeling totally spent, covered in a sheen of sweat from my efforts.
Bella looked at me as I caught my breath, the sparkle in her eyes telling me that she had enjoyed every moment of it.
“That was beautiful,” she said softly.
I grinned and kissed her on the forehead. “I’m glad you liked it.”
I kissed her again and then rolled out of the bed.
Using towels from the adjacent bathroom, Bella cleaned up the immediate mess we had made and then went in the bathroom while I replaced the bed sheets.
“What are we going to do about this?” Bella asked when she returned. She was sitting on her bed, garbed in a different nightgown, her face creased with worry. “If it’s as you suspect and it’s someone from Kappa, there’s no telling what they’ll put us through before this is over.” Bella then began to run through the list of possible suspects, mainly Kappa’s president and her sidekick. “They threatened me, you know."
Neither of us had the courage tell our parents about our relationship as the author of the tape wanted us to.
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