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IV-B. Interlude: Touch

"You're a terrible liar, sweetheart." That was the only warning she got before he gently brought her head down to his for a kiss. It was a soft kiss, something she had not expected, and she found herself responding to him. She felt his teeth nip her bottom lip and, surprisingly, she reciprocated the gesture. Rei heard a low, feral growl escape his lips before he flipped her over so that she was now lying beneath him. His kisses rained down on her- her jaw, her exposed neck, the sensitive spot behind her ear. All too soon, his lips were back on hers again, tempting, making her forget, making her almost loose her resolve.

Almost.

Before he could lower his head down for another kiss, the hands that were once tangled around his neck found their way onto his chest, giving him an all-too familiar shove. She tried to get away, going as far as clawing on his chest so he would let go. Her nails dug through his shirt to his skin and she heard him curse in pain before he loosened his hold on her.

When she was completely out of his reach, she looked at him indignantly and demanded, "Why are you doing this?"

Getting up from the bed seemingly unscathed, Jared leaned against one of the bedpost, looked at her bemusedly and licked his lips. "Because I know what you want."

"You don't know me well enough to know what the hell I want!" Rei backed away a few paces more, trying in vain to keep her now unlaced gown up.

He strode casually toward her, a predatory gleam in his eyes. "I know you Rei, more than you think."

"Liar."

"I know about your relationship with your father- how you're just some pretty little trinket he dangles around to impress his friends. I know how much you hate your relationship with him. I know about your disappointment for the way he treated you after your mother's death. I know that and so much more, Rei."

Her eyes began to water. Why was he doing all this? She kept taking nervous steps back, unaware that she was walking to a corner. When she finally felt the wall against her bare back, she felt like a cornered animal. "Why are you doing this?"

"Why shouldn't I be doing this?"

"What are you trying to do, Jared?" She asked, her voice almost pleading. "What do you want?"

Jared stared, mildly surprised at the desperation in her voice. Her voice was broken and weak, her eyes glazed over with unshed tears.

He walked towards her, slowly, purposely, like a predator stalking its prey. It didn't matter that she was on the brink of tears- he knew she was stronger than that, so he pressed on.

"What do I want?"

She was the master at hiding emotions- even as she was crying in front of him; he knew there was something she was keeping. He knew that behind her beautiful amethyst eyes, there was something more- an emotion that she was trying to keep from him. The thought angered him. If she wasn't going to be completely honest, then he saw no reason to be honest as well.

His cold blue eyes locked with hers. With a menacing grin, he dropped her head to her ear, his hot breath sending shivers throughout her body, "I don't know what I want, but I'm enjoying what I'm doing."

"I hope you rot in hell, you bastard."

"I will, sweetheart, I will."

AN

I guess I have to explain myself now.

It's painfully short, I know, and I apologize. I've been very busy as of late. It might not be the same for you on your side of the world, but in my side of the world, Midterm week has just ended.

Yes, MIDTERMS. And I am really trying not to fail in any of my subjects so… yeah

It's been what? A million years since I updated and I update with this teeny chapter… Well, I have several days off from uni and work so I can update this very soon. The next chap is already 60 percent done.

There was this typo in the previous chap, Then, she felt two large hands working undoing the laces. Yeah, too lazy to go back and fix that. I have several typos in all my fics but I don't have a beta, and I'm really not looking for one, so yeah… there will be typos.

Review, flame, pelt me with tomatoes… Whatever.