Love The Way You Lie

Before It's Too Late

So lost in the moments
When you're in 'em
It's the rage that's the culprit
It controls you both
So they say it's best
To go your separate ways
Guess that they don't know ya

~.~

"Hey, baby~." Linda purred as she walked into the bedroom. There on the bed, lay Erik Stevens. He looked up from his phone to see the light-skinned girl scantily-clad. He would be lying if he said the sight didn't somewhat excite him. He put his phone on the table beside the bed.

"C'mere." he commanded. Linda happily did so.

She straddled Erik as he laid on the bed and started kissing his neck. She grinded against his area, causing him to moan in delight. Linda smirked; she knew exactly what to do to set him off. Before they could get into the nitty-gritty, his phone had started ringing. They both smacked their teeth and Erik checked the caller I.D. It was you. He answered immediately much to Linda's dismay.

"Hey baby." he greeted.

"Hey. I hope I didn't interrupt anything." you said. Erik peeks back at Linda who had her arms crossed and looked very pissed off. "Nah, you straight." he answers. She scoffs and turns away while Erik walks out the room to talk to you.

When your conversation finished, Erik walked back in the room where Linda was still waiting in her lingerie. "Ay."

"What?"

"What's wrong with you?" Linda just huffed.

"You mad 'cause I wanted to talk to my girl?" Silence. Erik scoffed at her foolishness.

"Tuh. Whatever, man. I ain't got time for you since you obviously don't remember where your place is." He starts heading to the door and just as he's about to leave the room, Linda stops him. "You need to-"

"Wait." Erik pauses, curious to what she has to say.

"Come here. Please?" she begs. Erik smirks and gets back into bed with her. They start back where they stopped. It had just started to get intense when Linda offered a suggestion:

"Leave her."

Erik stopped undressing. He looked at her face to find any signs of joking, but found none. She was dead-ass.

"What?"

"You heard me, nigga." Linda continued. "You and I both know she can't satisfy you like I can. She doesn't understand you, doesn't support you, and doesn't love you. But I do. I am always with whatever decision you make, regardless of how ruthless it is. I don't care what you decide to do-"

"I know." Erik interrupts her. Linda looks taken aback.

"What?"

"I know you would do all that stuff for me. And I know that when I decline your offer, you're still going let me fuck you into these bed sheets." Linda was at a loss for words. Because he was right. She would do anything for him.

"You would let me do whatever I wanted and more." Erik continues. "That's why you're the side hoe and she's future Queen of Wakanda." And like he said she would, she still let him fuck her into the bed sheets.

~.~

During the first few weeks of the abuse, it was evident that something had happened to you. Your friends and family had noticed your demeanor change.

"Y/N," they would ask, "Is something wrong?"

Something was definitely wrong. The 'love of my life' is a homicidal maniac who wants to enslave and murder as many people as he can and forces me to be by his side or else he'll quite possibly kill me.

"Just...going through some stuff. Everyone does. It's okay." You would answer.

"You know you can always talk to me." they would say. And you would smile and shake your head then go on about your day.

That afternoon, you were at a diner with your closest girlfriends. They were all at the table, waiting for you so they can start ordering. Seeing them, laughing and smiling, you almost didn't want to ruin the fun with your attitude. But, you had already made the trip over here and they had been waiting on you for a while now.

"Hey y'all." You greeted. Your friends took one look at you and their smiles immediately dropped.

"Girl," Jaydah said, "What the hell happened to you?" She could've said it a bit kinder, but Jaydah was never one to sugarcoat.

"What are you talking about?" You played dumb.

"Sweetie, you look worse for the wear." Diana told you.

"You need some dick?" Maya asked. You and Diana rolled your eyes as Jaydah smacked her upside the head. "Ow!" she yelped. "Damn, with your big ass man-hands. I'm just asking."

"Bitch, shut up." Jaydah and Maya started arguing while Diana turned to you, concerned.

"Girl, what's really going on? Relationship problems?" You nodded. You didn't want to tell her about Erik and his abusiveness, but you could sugarcoat it a little.

"Okay, Erik is...I don't know. He's changed a lot since I met him.He's a lot more arrogant and his attitude has gotten a lot worse." This wasn't a complete lie but it wasn't the truth either.

"Oh, bitch! That nigga probably cheating." Jaydah and Maya had stopped their argument to zero in on what you had to say. At the time, you hadn't known if Erik was cheating or not, although you wouldn't be surprised if he was.

"I knew something was up when you stopped coming to work. I just figured that he was so rich that you no longer needed to work. Call him." Maya suggested. "Right now." You found it useless, but you pulled your phone out and dialed his number anyway. It took a couple rings, but he answered.

"He, baby."

"hEy bAbY." Jaydah mocked. You put your finger to your mouth and answered him.

"Hey. I hope I wasn't interrupting anything." You say. He pauses for a few seconds then answers, he voice strained as if his neck was turned.

"Nah, you straight. You heard a noise in the background then some shifting and walking. Diana is sitting next to you listening intently while Jaydah and Maya snapping their fingers at the phone and making faces.

You and Erik continue your conversation and he ends the phone call. You put your phone back in your purse and turn to you friends who are all looking at you. "What?"

"That nigga cheating!"

"Niggas ain't SHIT." You rolled your eyes and turn to Diana. "What do you think?"

"Well...it was kind of suspicious when he paused after you asked if you interrupted anything-"

"AHA! Even Diana agrees with us!"Jaydah and Maya dap each other up.

"What should I do?"

"Leave him, sis." Maya says.

"I agree. Leave that dog-ass nigga."

"Girl, did you hear how quickly he said 'goodbye' then hung up?"

"And that little shuffle he did. Where the hell he going?" You listened to their accusations until you couldn't handle it anymore and asked them to stop. They did and you all went on with your girls' day out....

While Erik fucked another girl into your bed sheets.

~.~

If I keep up with the updates, the story should be finished by the 27th 😢