The Way Things Work

Chapter Seventy Five

"Do you want to tell me what happened when your brother raped you?" 

"It was horrible." You shifted in his lap on the couch so that your forehead was against his neck and your cheek on his shoulder. "You may never want to see me after." 

"Never say that, I love you and it's not like you consented to having sex with your brother." 

"Absolutely not." 

"Sam when I say you can tell me anything, I mean anything. What happened?" 

"Well one night he stumbled in at like two in the morning and he was bombed. He started yelling about some girl standing him up and then he started swinging. I was scared and I didn't know what to do so I just stood there. Then instead of throwing stuff and hitting the walls he came toward me." A tear fell from your eye as Harry pulled you closer and held you tighter. " He hit me to the ground and threw me over his shoulder. I was kicking and screaming but he just wouldn't let me go. He finally kicked the bedroom door in and threw me on the bed. I kept trying to get put so-so he took his tie and tied me to the bedpost. He ripped all of my clothes and well, you know what happened next." 

"That's so disgusting of him to do." He looked down at you and stroked your tears away. "Hey, you're safe in my arms. I will never let any one hurt you anymore. Not even Angel. You are mine and mine alone, no one can mess with you except for me." His little comments made you smile. "There's the world's most beautiful smile." 

"So Mr. Styles. What happened with you and Angel?" 

"Well originally we were in love and everything was fine but then she got fired from Vogue and turned into a complete monster. She blamed me for it so I guess she wanted revenge. She knew I still loved her so she took advantage of it. She stared sleeping with a different guy almost every other night, she started stealing money from my accounts, then the hitting started. Any time we didn't agree, which turned out to be a lot, she would hit me.It started off as little slaps but eventually she put all she had into them. Then when she would get really angry, she started using things. She hit me with a pan and stuff like that. Then she would even mock me for crying and call me gay." 

"Shh." You whispered into his ear as his tears fell. It was so hard seeing him like this.

"You don't deserve that, any of that, okay? And crying doesn't make you gay, it makes you human." 

"I know and you're the first girl I am okay with crying around." 

"Good. I'm always here for you, I love you Harry." 

"I love you too babe." He whispered. 

"Any other secrets?" 

"I've kissed Louis." 

"Shut up." 

"No, I'm serious." He laughed. "It was a dare though." 

"Oh Harry." You sighed and shook your head as you laughed. 

"What about you?" He cocked his head forward. "Any more secrets?" 

"You were always my favorite, even before we met." 

"Good because if you said any other I would have been sad." 

"No worries, you'll always be my favorite." 

"And you'll always be mine."