Jack In The Box

Chapter 28

Riley

I waited to see if there was a punch line, some clue to see if he’d made a crack but Jack’s expressions remained the same. He wasn’t laughing; in fact his face remained stoic. With a lot of people, I could easily figure out what they were thinking but with Jack I always encountered a brick wall. I could only see what he decided to show me.

“I can’t decide if that’s a joke or if you’re serious.” I said.

“I’m not really in a mood for jokes lately. So far I’ve been telling you the truth.”

“You’re telling me you killed three people and enjoyed doing it.” I waited, my blood was turning to ice.

A few second passed, he was still holding me and staring intently at me. I pulled away and started to scramble off the bed when Jack caught my hand and pulled me back into his arms. My bare front rubbed against his chest. His other hand went into my hair; his mouth was hot on my neck. “Stop it.” I pushed my palms against his chest, but he was so strong and didn’t even budge. “Stop touching me!”

I knew that if Jack decided that he wanted to kill me, it would be a piece of cake. A swipe of his Herculean arm would be enough to silence me for good.

In a silky desperate voice, he said. “Shhhh...Don’t be scared of me, love. I will never hurt you. Believe me.” Tenderly, he swiped at a tear on my cheek with his thumb. “I love you. I’ll kill myself before I let anything happen to you.”

“I don’t want to be with a killer!”

“You say that now, but you can’t deny this attraction between us. Be honest with me, Cotton-Candy, would it matter to you even if I’d killed people ruthlessly? If I told you that I hadn’t killed three but the dozen that they accuse me of, would you stop loving me?”

I didn’t answer. A sob was on the verge of erupting from my throat because he knew that he was my weakness. He whispered something sweetly into my ears and tried to calm me down. I felt the swipe of his wet tongue against my collar bone, and then he pulled my lips down to his in a desperate, hard kiss. I whimpered and tried to pull away but his hold on me was solid. Apart from being a master manipulator, he was also an excellent seducer. I didn’t fight back, instead I thought fuck it and relaxed into his strong hold. My arms went around his back as I held him in place, kissing him back with the same amount of fierce longing. The thought of losing him forever pained me.

He pulled back a little, our foreheads touching, “Whatever I tell you, promise me you won’t leave me, Riley.” Jack said in a low voice.

“I can’t promise you anything until you explain yourself. And you didn’t answer my question.”

His dark eyes softened.

“Why did you kill those people, Jack?” I asked. “No matter how much you try to portray yourself as the bad guy, I know you wouldn’t kill anyone just because you enjoy killing.”

“Do you want to hear the rest of the story?”

I gave him a nod.

Jack glanced at the clock hanging against the wall. It was three a.m.

“How long do we have until Ken comes back home?”

“We have a lot of time. He won’t be here until ten a.m.”

“That’s more than enough I guess, because this story is long.”

“I want to listen.” I said.

And so he began. “At one point in my life, I was having a really hard time, getting into brawls at clubs, beating up thugs who landed up in hospitals, getting wasted doing drugs and finding myself in company of strange women. Well, I was never home most of the time because I was sick and tired of my parents constantly fighting. Ezra was doing his thing, he was the golden boy after all. I already knew Ezra would be the next successor to the Wolfe Enterprise and I was fucking jealous.”

that’s when I got myself into a shit load of other things. As if I hadn’t already done enough. I had no money and Ezra was tired of covering up for me. He told me to ′get my shit together or leave’ and that irked me. I was the older brother here, but he was acting like

guys are

I’m still twenty minutes older than him. I saw the world twenty-minutes before he did so that

eye-roll. “What happened

friend suggested me an easy way to earn money.” Jack continued, this time avoiding eye-contact like he was ashamed of the information he was going to reveal

“You did not just...”

was going to be fairly easy. I did that like twice, before I got

private. This was the worst kind and I was probably one of the sanest people living

and the sympathy I was feeling for him. “What did they do to you,

doing. I stayed there for six months until I had enough.” Jack’s hand began shaking. I turned in

fit to be free in the world, and that if I was let out of an institution, I’d be

at first, but dad always found a way to manipulate her. There was a nurse there who was better than the rest of the staff

she tell

to one of his staff about me. They were speaking in some code language, but Aline knew what the doctors meant.” Jack paused. “My father had paid one of

could your father do

Ezra was all he needed and

excuses to get out of the asylum. He didn’t believe what I

night with keys to get me out of

caught by any doctor that night, I wouldn’t survive. I wound the chain around the man’s neck and bit a chunk out of his shoulder. I acted on impulse, it was an act of self-defense. Aline helped me get out

on the run. I managed to come home and

“What happened?”

was right there, sitting with a suitcase, matted in her blood. It was easy for them to assume I’d killed her.

I didn’t want to, but I

I can’t even imagine

sorry for me, Riley. I had it all coming. I was partly responsible

didn’t tell me why

get to that.”

spill out of the thin curtains. We’d spent the night making love and talking and

you

guess. I

I’ll wake you up in a

it really okay

and kissed his head.

amusement. “I’m so glad I met

“Me too.”

a slumber, he mumbled. “You’re the other half of

already past eight

out of the bedroom, I found Jack’s imposing figure standing behind the counter and flipping an omelette. His eyes followed

us breakfast.”

laughter. “You overcooked

began putting the omelette

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