You Belong To Me

16

The drive to Ripper's house left me in a state of dread.

The beautiful nails I once sported on my fingertips were now gone as I bit them down subconsciously due to nerves. If Ripper was about to have his way with me there was absolutely nothing I could do. Maybe I could beg and plead, or maybe try and bargain with him.

Maybe I would just have to lay there and take it.

"Don't cry kitten, you brought this on yourself, the quicker I can punish you the quicker we can forget today happened."

"Can we not just forget today happened without the punishment? I promise I'll never do anything like that ever again, I was scared after this morning and I thought I was doing the right thing." Ripper gaze softened before smiling at me, I thought I had won him over but of course it wasn't that easy. "You aren't getting out of what I have in store for you because frankly I'm going to enjoy it far too much, tomorrow will be a new day."

I couldn't be bothered to waste my breath trying to reason with this moron so I sat in silence for the rest of the way too short ride.

I didn't notice that Ripper had got out of the car until he was dragging me away from the passenger seat by my elbow. "Come one princess, I have important business tonight so get moving."

If I didn't have bones in my arm Ripper's grip for sure would have went straight through my skin, sometimes I wondered if he forgot he was manhandling an actual human being when he handled me with such force.

When we reached the kitchen we were met with all of the guys and they stopped their conversations when they saw us enter.

"Oh what a surprise you're babysitting again, you do remember we have a job to right?" It was no surprise that this comment came from Sketch and if I were in any other predicament I would have shot at him for calling me a baby.

"How many times do I have to tell you to watch how you talk to me, you do realise how disposable you are don't you?" It seemed Ripper wasn't in the mood to deal with Sketch's attitude.

"All I'm saying is that you're spending way too much time chasing her, when you can have any girl in this town and still have time for the boys." I wonder if he knew I had a name. Actually I'd prefer if he kept my name out of his mudmouth.

"Sketch, get the fuck out of my face. Actually all of you get the fuck out of here, I need the house."

"Whatttt, come on boss I was about to whoop Rio's ass at some Fifa." Adam acted like a child at the best of times so I had no idea how he ended up in a gang.

"Why does no-one around here listen? GET OUT! I'll see you guys down at the docks later."

One by one they all left and I heard grumbles about Ripper being pussy-whipped. I didn't know whether I was happy I was no longer in a room full of killers or upset that I was left alone with the worst of them all.

"I need to make a phone call, go upstairs, take off the dungarees and wait for me on the bed."

I choked on the breath I was holding in and the tears came down my face in floods. Ripper rolled his eyes at me and started to dial on his phone. "Don't be so fucking dramatic, you can only blame yourself, now get upstairs and do as I say"

I dragged the palm of my hand over my face drying my tears but it was no use since it seemed they were being controlled by a tap that couldn't be turned off. Slowly I walked up the stairs and into Rippers room.

I followed his instructions and waited on the bed. 

"Fun fact- my lucky number is 17 so that's exactly how many spanks I'm going to give you today." He spoke as he entered the room. 

I nodded my head at his 'fun fact' and turned my head so he could get this over and done with. He started rubbing my ass, slowly rubbing his hands in a circle motion.

"Will you hurry up please? I thought you had somewhere to be?" I don't know where I found the courage to speak to him like that but the feeling of him touching me was making me feel sick.

SLAP.

Fuck.

It was safe to say I hadn't felt pain like this in a long time, my ass cheek stung like I had just been branded with a hot fork. I didn't want to give Ripper the satisfaction of hearing me suffer so I bit down on my lip as hard as I could.

"You don't learn do you baby? That one was for the attitude you just can't seem to keep to yourself, now let us begin."

The tears started to fall down my face at number 7, Ripper had definitely been building up momentum each time he struck me.

"You've really pissed me off tonight Annabella." He whispered. "But you're taking these so well, only ten more to go." 

Just the thought of enduring ten more of the painful blows made me feel light headed.

"Noah, wait." I quickly blurted out. "Please no more. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." A chocked up cry left my mouth and I think that did the trick in resonating with Ripper. 

He let out a deep breath, followed by a defeated sigh.

I knew this was finally over when he planted a kiss on the wounded area.

"Fine. Get your clothes back on I'll take you home. I'm sorry we couldn't do anything tonight but I've got to go." I couldn't bring myself to tell him there was no need for the apology since he was the last person on earth I wanted to spend my time with.

The car ride home was filled with an tense silence, I was thankful that Ripper didn't try and engage in conversation or touch me. It was safe to say I wouldn't be sitting down for a few days, my ass stung the whole ride home but I didn't want to give Ripper the satisfaction of bringing it up.

We pulled up to my house and before I could dash out Ripper spoke."Let's forget that today ever happened okay babe, tomorrow's a new day."

"Okay."

"Come over here and give me a kiss."

I gave him what he wanted and the last thing I saw was a smile on his face before he drove off.

All I needed was a hot bath and my bed.

A/N 

Hey Hey

So this chapter has been slightly modified from the original version.

As I'm going through to edit the story there are a lot of events that I wasn't too comfortable with re-reading (what a difference 4 years can make) but this still shows the volatile relationship Annabella and Ripper have, without being too ... extreme.

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