Chapter 284

The sound of a sudden brake tore through the air. Ronald Wright slammed on the brakes, face unreadable, somewhere between fury and eerie calm. "Isabella Carter, what is it—do you just enjoy doing this in the car?" At first, I didn’t get what he meant. But then I caught his gaze locked on my lips—intense, invasive. My heart stopped the moment I realized what that look meant. He wanted me. Or more accurately, he wanted to punish me. Just like in our past life, it was never with fists—no, he had other, crueler ways of making me regret everything. Ways that left me wishing I'd just vanished. The dread gripped me instantly, but I had no time to argue. I looked down, hurried to unbuckle the seatbelt, and tried to escape. But he was faster. He’d already undone his own and leaned over to grab me by the shoulders. His lips crashed into mine, fierce and unrelenting. When I turned away, refusing to respond, he clamped one hand around my wrist, pinning me down, and kissed me harder. My lip stung s