I Wanna Be Bad: 7 Deadly Sins
Wrath
"Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason." - William R. Alger
"I'm so glad we're going out just the two of us! Do you even remember when the last time we had a date night was?" Lily asked as she rolled some perfume onto her neck.
Rufus appeared behind her, his hands around her waist, and he smiled. "Far too long. But you know what my favorite part of date nights is?"
Lily smiled at their reflection in the mirror. She had a pretty good idea, but she wanted to hear it anyway. "What's that?"
Rufus slowly slide the straps of Lily's red dress down her shoulders. "I like the part that comes after the date. You know the part when we get home and head up to bed."
Lily smiled. "You mean when we go to sleep?"
Rufus shook his head. "No, when we do something that makes us so tired we need to go to sleep."
Lily pushed her straps back up her shoulders, then turned around and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Oh, yes. I remember now. That is a rather fun part of the night, isn't it?" She grinned.
Rufus raised his eyebrows up and down suggestively. "Wanna practice before we head out?"
Lily smirked. "We have reservations in a half hour. Even you can't work that fast."
"Wanna bet?" Rufus asked.
Lily shook her head. "Behave," she warned. "Zip me up?" She turned her back towards him.
Rufus groaned his complaint, but carefully zipped her up anyway. "You're killing me!"
Lily smiled shyly over her shoulder. "That comes tonight. And I do mean comes."
Rufus moaned again, and followed her down the stairs and into the elevator.
"Mm, this is really good. You should have ordered this!" Lily said after swallowing a bite of her lemon chicken.
Rufus shook his head. "Something like that sounds too feminine to order. I can only see girls ordering that."
Lily rolled her eyes. "That's absurd! I've heard a lot of things in my life, but I have to say food having genders is something I've never heard before."
"It has a gender before they kill it," Rufus stated, taking a bite of his pasta.
Lily crinkled her nose. "That's disgusting."
Rufus laughed. "Well, it does!" He smiled. "You're cute when you crinkle your nose."
Lily rolled her eyes again, but crinkled her nose again nevertheless.
Rufus bit his bottom lip and smiled. "I can hardly wait to get you home in bed. But it's going to have to wait until I try some of that chocolate lava cake over there." He nodded towards the dessert cart.
Lily shook her head, and went back to her chicken. "You and your junk food. I should put you on a diet." She held up another forkful of chicken to her husband. "Please try some. For me?"
Rufus swallowed the last bit of his pasta, then wiped his mouth and sighed. "All right, give it here." He leaned across the table and opened his mouth.
Lily smiled—pleased—and fed him a bite.
Rufus chewed it for a moment, then swallowed. "Not bad," he said with a slight nod.
Lily's smile turned into a grin. "See? It doesn't have to be feminine at all!"
"Well, actually, Lil, it does. The boys are called roosters," Rufus teased.
Lily licked her lips, and decided to tease her husband. "Well, in the UK, they refer to male chickens as cocks." She slipped off her shoe, and gently reached underneath the table with her foot to gently caress his frontal region to prove her point.
If Rufus had still been eating his spaghetti, he surly would have choked. "Okay, I'm getting that cake, then I'm getting you home."
Lily placed her foot back in her shoe. She nodded towards the waiter. "You can order now." Her phone beeped, signaling a text. She read it as Rufus ordered his volcano cake.
"You want any Lil?" he asked, nodding towards her.
Lily looked up at him. "I just got a text from Charles. He needs to see me in his hotel. He says it's urgent."
"Well, I can get the cake to go," Rufus offered.
Lily shook her head. "No, you stay here and enjoy your dessert. He also requested that just I come. He says it's a mother son issue."
Rufus sighed. "Well, all right. Do you want me to go there after and walk you home?"
Lily stood up. "No, I'm sure Chuck will send me home in one of his limos. You know him. Bless his heart."
Rufus stood up as well, and kissed his wife. "All right. I'll see you in a bit. Try not to be too late. Tell Chuck I said hello."
Lily kissed him. "I won't be to late and I'll tell him you said hello."
Rufus pulled her in for one last kiss, then Lily smiled at him and left.
Rufus sighed, and sat back down.
"You still want that cake, Sir?" the waiter asked.
Rufus nodded. "Please. And some milk."
Lily knocked on Chuck's door, hoping that is wasn't a serious problem for both her son's sake and her husband's. She knew Rufus didn't want her to be long, but if Chuck needed her, she wasn't going to rush her time with him just because Rufus wanted some sexy time.
"Charles? It's Lily. Are you okay?" Lily asked after a moment.
Suddenly, the door opened and she was roughly pulled in.
"What in the world, Ch—" Lily cut herself off as she realized it hadn't been Chuck that had pulled her in, but his uncle instead.
Jack shut and locked the door behind them, then turned to face Lily. "Hello, Lily. You're looking hotter than ever."
Lily's eyes darted around the room. "Charles? Charles, where are you?" Her heart was pounding in her chest. Not again. Oh please, not again. Chuck had saved her the last time. But would she be so lucky this time?
Jack smirked. "He's not here, Lily. He's not here to save you this time."
"But he sent me a text," Lily said, backing towards the couch.
Jack shook his head. "I heard he was going to be out of town in the Bahamas for the weekend with Blair. She made it a rule that, if they were going to work on their relationship, he couldn't do any business while on the vacation. So, she made him leave his phone at home. Not being able to pass this opportunity over, I broke into his room, found his phone, and texted you. It was quite easy, really."
"How did you get past security? How did you get in this room?" Lily asked.
Jack shrugged. "I have my ways. I'm still a Bass. You should know, Lily, a Bass always gets what he wants." He walked over to her, and gently stroked her cheek. "And I never did get you. My stupid nephew put a stop to that, didn't he? Well, he's not here to stop me now."
Lily made to slap him, but he caught her wrist and stopped her. "Now, Lily! Is that anyway to treat someone who is about to give you mind-blowing pleasure?"
"Jack, stop it! I mean it!" Lily cried out as Jack closed the last bit of distance between them.
"Or what, Lily? You'll send Rufus after me? I can take him." Jack roughly pushed her down onto the bed, and pulled at the straps of her dress. He was strong, and they tore right off, causing the front of her dress to fall down.
Jack smirked. "No bra. Nice..." He ran his hands over her breasts.
"Stop it!" Lily screamed, trying with all her might to push him away.
Jack slapped her hard across the face. "Stop it, bitch, and you won't get hurt! You don't even have to do any work! Just lay back and enjoy the ride!"
Lily was panicked, but she couldn't let Jack do this to her. There was no way. She did the first thing that came to her mind. She poked him hard in the eyes with her index and middle fingers. He cried out in pain, and held onto his eyes. She then used that opportunity bring it home. She kneed him as hard as she could in the groin.
That did it. He screamed in pain, and fell backwards, grabbing onto his lower region as if that could stop the pain. "You bitch!" he screamed.
"That's the last time you're ever going to touch me! You here me?" She kicked him hard in the shins, then held her dress up, and ran out of the hotel room and into an elevator, which thankfully had just opened, an elderly couple exiting onto the floor.
Once she got to the lobby, she ran out, sobbing. She held her dress up with on hand, and hailed a taxi with the other.
Her heart still raced, and the tears still flowed down her cheeks even as the taxi took her safely away from the hotel.
Rufus smiled when he heard the elevator doors open. "Good, you're home! How did things go?" He looked up, and his mouth dropped open when he saw Lily holding up her torn dress. "What the hell? What happened to you?" He rushed over to her, and took her into his arms.
Lily had managed to stop crying, but, now that she was in Rufus' arms, she broke down into tears again. "He tried to rape me!"
"What? Chuck?" Rufus couldn't believe his ears.
Lily shook her head. "No. Charles wasn't even there. He's away at the Bahamas with Blair. She made him leave his cell phone at home so he wouldn't be tempted to do business while they're away. Jack found this out, then broke into Charles' suite. He texted me from Charles' phone, and then pulled me in the room, locked the door behind us, and tossed me onto the couch. He tore my dress and ran his disgusting hands over my breasts. When I tried to push him off me, he slapped me. He called me a bitch, and told me to shut up. He said I didn't have to do any of the work. That I was to just sit back and enjoy the ride and I wouldn't get hurt. I only got free by poking his eyes and kicking him hard in the groin."
Rufus clenched his fists. "I'm going to kill him. I'm going to rip his dick off and shove it down his throat, I swear!" He headed for the elevator.
Lily grabbed his arm. "Rufus, no! Please! I called the cops from my cell phone. They are probably there already. I don't want you getting in trouble for assault. You know Jack. He'll see to it that you get in trouble even if it's defending my honor."
Rufus stopped. "He needs to pay for what he's done, Lil. He tried to rape my wife, not once, but twice now! I'm not going to be satisfied with jail. He has to pay a much stronger price."
"I need to go to the police station to give my statement. I have to get dressed, then head over there. I told them I'd be there," Lily said.
"Well, I'm going with you," Rufus said, not only wanting to be there for his wife, but also hoping to see Jack there so he could make him pay.
Lily nodded. "I'll go change." She headed up stairs.
Rufus punched the couch hard. "Damn it!" Jack had messed with his wife two too many times. Now he had to pay. Rufus was going to see to it.
Lily had given her statement, and was allowed to go home.
Rufus slowly led her out of the station, more than a little upset that he hadn't seen Jack.
However, just as they were leaving, Jack came in, escorted by a police officer.
Jack smiled smugly at Rufus. "Your wife has nice breasts. Man what I could have done with those if the little bitch hadn't poked me in the eyes and kicked me where it counted."
That was it. Rufus lunged for Jack. Unfortunately, two officers surrounded him and held onto him; preventing him from making contact with Jack.
Jack laughed. "Sorry, Rufus, but you can't get to me here. Maybe once my lawyer gets me out on bail—which should be within the hour—we can have a go at it. What do you say? Winner get's Lily?"
Rufus let out an animalistic growl that barely even he recognized as he roughly lunged at Jack again. He vaguely heard Lily telling him to stop, but he couldn't. He managed to grab Jack's neck this time, but only for a split second before the officers pulled him away.
"Knock it off unless you want to be held overnight for assault!" one of the officers snapped at him.
"Assault? He's the one who tried to rape my wife!" Rufus snarled, pointing at Jack with disgust. He wanted to spit in his face.
"I know, and he is scum. But let the law handle it, okay? Your wife needs you to be there for her—not in jail." The officer nodded towards Jack. "Especially not because of him."
Rufus sighed. The officer was right. He had to be there for Lily.
"Please, Rufus, can we just go home?" Lily asked, tears in her eyes again.
Rufus nodded. "All right! I'm sorry. Can you please let me go?" Rufus asked the officers, who were still holding tightly onto his arms.
"Don't you try anything or we will put you in jail," the officer on the right warned.
"I'm just going to take my wife home. You have my word," Rufus promised.
The officers released Rufus' arms, and Rufus took Lily into his arms. "Let's go, Baby."
Lily nodded, and buried her face in Rufus' shoulder as he led her out.
As Rufus and Lily passed him, Jack tried once more to get Rufus' goat. He turned to Lily. "You don't know what you're missing, Babe. I could make you feel a million times better than this loser ever could." He nodded at Rufus, then rapidly flicked his tongue in and out at Lily.
"Don't," Lily warned Rufus so forcefully that Rufus had to listen to her. She was clinging tightly to him anyway, and he couldn't have attacked Jack if he wanted to.
"Let's go," he said to her.
Lily nodded. "Thank you."
Rufus rubbed her back, and gently led her outside, where he hailed a cab for them. He had to get away from Jack or he would kill him. He really would.
"I want to kill him, Lil. He's right. He'll probably be out on bail within the hour. You know the Bass' lawyers. They're like the fricking Mafia! They can get anything done that they want to get done." Rufus was pacing the room. He couldn't let Jack get off Scott-Free for this. No way. He had to pay.
"Rufus, please. Can we not talk about this tonight? I need to be with you. Please. Help me forget what happened tonight. I don't need anything else to remind me of it or make me upset about it." Lily held her arms out to him. "Please?"
Rufus looked at her, and his anger melted away for the moment. He still wanted to kill Jack, but right now, his wife was all that mattered. He sat down next to her on the bed and kissed her. "I promise you'll never be put in that position ever again. I'm going to protect you. I promise!"
Lily gently stroked some hair out of his eyes. "You can't protect me all the time."
"Watch me!" Rufus said, not a hint of a joke in his voice.
Lily kissed him. "I love you."
"I hate that he touched you. Only I'm allowed to touch you," Rufus grumbled. That was another thing that was making him so angry. How dare Jack touch what was his? Especially without his wife's permission? He wanted to kill him. Or at least hurt him.
"Make love to me, Rufus. Please? I need to feel you. I need to have your hands on me. I want all traces of Jack off of me. Please?" Lily begged.
Rufus gently stroked her cheek. "Are you sure you're up for this?"
"Please," Lily quietly pleaded. "I need this."
Rufus' eyes lowered, and he took her face between his hands. He gently kissed his wife, and soon they were undressing. He needed this too. He needed to show Lily how much he loved her, and that he was never going to let anyone else touch her ever again! She was his and his alone, and he would die before he let Jack or any one else even lay a finger on her again!
As he made love to her, he gently kissed her breasts. "No one is ever going to touch these but me ever again! They're mine." He growled.
Lily smirked. "Well, if they're yours then let me give you my bras. I won't need them anymore if you're going to be the one with breasts."
Rufus chuckled. "Cute." He was glad she was joking now. It was a sign that she was going to be okay and not totally traumatized by almost being raped twice by that scumbag. He wouldn't blame her a bit if she was. He kissed her lips. "You're so beautiful. I'm so lucky to have you as my wife."
"I'm the lucky one to have you as my husband," Lily said, smiling her beautiful smile, and gently stroking his cheek.
Rufus' eyes lowered again, filled with so much love for her, he thought he might burst.
Her moans and whimpers as he made love to her were more than enough to drive him over the edge, but he held back until he was able to bring her to climax first. It was more important to him than anything at that moment.
Finally, he was able to let go as well. He held her close as he cried out her name. He stroked her hair and kissed her. "I love you so much! You have no idea how much I love you. You can't even imagine!" he said before kissing her again, his hands gently roaming over her breasts.
She held his face between her hands, and smiled. "If it's even a quarter of how much I love you, I have a pretty good idea."
They grinned at each other.
She rested her head on Rufus' chest. "So, how was your chocolate lava cake?"
Rufus chuckled. Leave it to Lily to almost be raped and still wonder how his dessert had been. He kissed the top of her bed. "It was delicious, but not as delicious as you are."
Lily smiled up at him, and they kissed. She rested her head on his chest again. "Jack was wrong. He could never pleasure me in the way you do."
Rufus felt his anger rising again. Even just the thought of Jack trying to pleasure Lily—without her permission especially—" Rufus couldn't even finish the thought. It was replaced by an image of him stabbing Jack in the head with the biggest, sharpest knife he could find, then cutting up the rest of his body and burning it. He would burn the knife as well. There would be no proof left.
"What's wrong? Are you still letting this get to you?" Lily asked, stroking some hair out of his eyes.
Rufus shook his head. "No," he lied. "I'm just thinking that you're never going to have to go through that again."
Lily ran her hand over his chest. "My big strong husband. My hero." She kissed his chest, then closed her eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Rufus held her close, and gently stroked her hair. Jack would pay. The timing just had to be perfect. Then, he would strike. Jack had best watch his back if he knew what was good for him. Not that that would help, because it wouldn't.
Jenny wasn't home from her mother's yet, and Rufus and Lily found no need to call and tell her what had happened. It was the same for Scott. Serena, however, had been appalled, as had Eric and Dan.
"I don't want to upset your mother, but Jack has to pay. I want to kill him!" Rufus said to them the next day when Lily was taking a nap.
Serena shook her head. "He'll get what's coming to him once Chuck gets home, don't worry. In fact, he and Blair should be back at any moment. They come back today. Blair didn't want to be gone from the baby too long," she said regarding Blair's maid Dorota's baby. Blair thought of the baby as a little sister, which she was in a way since her mother and stepfather were the godparents.
"I'm your mother's husband. I need to take care of this. Jack can't get away with this," Rufus said.
"What are you going to do?" Dan asked.
"Kill him," Rufus said simply.
"Rufus, you can't. If you kill him, you'll go to jail, and my mom needs you. It will kill her if you go to jail. Do you really want to do that?" Eric asked.
Dan nodded. "And you know she'll feel even worse about the situation knowing you went to jail to protect her. Jenny and I need you besides."
"I'll find a way to do it without being caught," Rufus said simply.
"That's it. I'm calling Blair. She has her phone in case of an absolute emergency. She'll answer if I call." Serena left to call her best friend. Blair had to know so that she could tell Chuck. Rufus had to be stopped before things were made even worse.
"I attack as soon as it gets dark," Rufus said, even angrier knowing that Jack was back in his own comfortable bed. The paper had reported that he had indeed gotten out that night on bail shortly after Rufus and Lily had left. He had to pay.
That night, Rufus was ready to make up an excuse to Lily about why he had to leave. He had decided he wouldn't kill Jack, but he would make him wish he had.
However, before he could do so, the elevator doors opened, and in walked Chuck.
Chuck rushed over to Lily, and took her into his arms. "I'm so sorry for what my uncle tried to do to you! I should have been there to stop him!"
Lily held her son close, and smiled down at him. "It's okay, Charles." She brushed some hair out of his eyes. "You had no way of knowing."
"Well, the security has all been fired. I hired new security who can be more competent. Also, I had a new lock system put it as well as even more cameras in the hotel. It won't happen again, I assure you. And, from now on, my phone goes with me everywhere. But you won't have to worry about Jack any longer. He's back in jail, and he's going to get done to him what he tried to do to you. In fact, he'll get it done to him several times I'm sure, though not by his gender of choice." Chuck smirked.
"What? How?" Lily asked, surprised.
"Let's just say I have my ways. He's going to be in jail for a while, and if he ever gets out, he'll be sure to leave town. I assure you," Chuck stated. "That's all I can tell you."
"Well, thank God for that!" Lily said. She pulled Chuck close. "Thank you, Charles."
Chuck smiled at her, and hugged her in return. "Anything for my mother."
Lily had tears in her eyes, she was so touched. She hugged him again.
"Let's celebrate!" Serena said. "I'll treat everyone to dinner at that new Italian restaurant that opened up."
Lily grinned. "You don't have to do that."
Serena hugged her mother. "I want to."
Lily kissed her daughter's cheek, and held her closer.
Rufus pulled Chuck to the side. "How did you do it?"
Chuck smirked. "You don't want to know."
"Yes, actually, I do," Rufus corrected him.
"Trust me. It's better you don't know," Chuck said nonchalantly.
"Well, thank you. You stopped me from doing something stupid," Rufus said, relieved that Jack was paying without him having to had done something. It had been stupid to risk doing something that could get him caught and put in jail away from Lily and their kids. He had just been so angry!
Chuck placed his hand over Rufus shoulder. "Don't mention it. I'm just glad he's paying and you're not."
Rufus nodded, then gently pat Chuck's shoulder before heading over to Lily. He placed his arm around his wife's waist, and they kissed.
He guessed, in the end, all that really mattered was that Lily was safe, and that he was here with her.
"Let's go eat!" Serena said.
"Sounds good to me!" Rufus said, patting his stomach.
Lily shook her head at his appetite, but grinned nevertheless. She kissed her husband, and they all headed out to the restaurant.
Rufus finally felt his anger slipping away. Well, maybe not fully. But is love for Lily overpowered it, so he went with that. It was much better that way. He smiled at the thought, and squeezed his wife's waist tighter. No one would ever touch her like Jack had again—no one but him. He'd see to it.
