Falling For Lucifer [ON HOLD]

Chapter 2: Knight in Shining Armor

Chapter 2: Knight in Shining Armor

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Reese had been bent over the bathtub, tears in her eyes and a soreness between her legs that wouldn't go away. She started to wonder if all of this had been worth it. Maybe she should've taken up Harvard's deal and moved in with him.

No matter how many times she said sorry, cried and screamed for him to stop, Landon wouldn't stop until he was satisfied with himself. It had been 5 months.

Landon had been hitting and raping her for 5 months. It was a wonder to Reese that she wasn't pregnant with his baby yet. But with all of the beatings, she couldn't be surprised. Her lip was bleeding, eye was blue and purple, there was no hiding that.

Landon's only excuse when his friends had asked why she was so beat up had been "Rough Sex." Which was practically the answer.

It had been 4 days since she talked to Harvard. Landon took away her car, phone and laptop as if Reese was a little kid. And she was tired of it. On Saturday, she stuffed her bag with anything valuable, leaving the phone and car keys behind but taking all of her clothing and jewelry.
Sunday night was the night she'd leave him and move back in with her mom.

"Where you going?" Landon leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed. "I was hoping you'd stay home tonight and spend time with your daddy."
"Actually, I'm going out with the girls. You know, Yvette and Pepper." It wasn't a lie. Yvette and Pepper would be there, but she didn't intend on staying around them. Once Landon was put of the house, Reese was planning to smuggle her bag to a nearby bush down the street and head out. When he got back, she'd be gone, and so would her stuff.
"Alright. I guess," He sighed and turned away from her, making his way down the hall and back into his lonely garage.

Reese sighed in relief, slumping against the bed in her tight red dress. The silver heels were strapped tight enough to stop the blood flow, but she was nervous and had no other option than to hurry.
Yvette slipped into the room, her shorter blue dress stopped just below her ass. "Ready?"
Reese nodded.

°FFL°

The club was obviously Pepper's pick. They had open pole nights, and tonight was the night Pepper showed everyone what she was worth. As soon as Reese and the girls entered the building, Pepper was pulled away by a man and a blond petite girl to their prep room.

Which had been the owner and another stripper friend of hers. Yvette leaned into Reese's ear and almost blew out her eardrum. "I hope you have fun darling, I know you need it."

"What do you mean?" Reese asked cautiously, her voice barely heard over the loud music.

Yvette only gave her a sympathetic smile and a light pat on the back before disappearing into the crowd of poorly dressed, drunken females to their left. Reese wiped her sweaty palms on the front of her dress nervously, eyeing the group of perverted men beside her. They had been eyeing her too. Just in a different way. One guy licked his lips, eyes glued to her ass while the others explored the rest of her body.

She tucked a strand of brown hair behind her ear, making her way across the floor and towards an empty seat at the bar.

"What can I get you?" The bartender gave her a toothy smile, revealing his gold caps covering the top row of his teeth. The evidence of past bar fights.
Reese thought for a bit, staring at the selection on the back counter. "Sex on the beach will be fine."
The bartender laughed, picking up a glass and wiping it clean. "I hope that wasn't an invitation. My girlfriend would be pretty pissed."