It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (z-lib.org).epub

His hand grips my ankle and he yanks me until I’m beneath him. “I’m
not angry, Lily,” he says, his voice disturbingly calm now. “I just think I
haven’t proved to you how much I love you.” His body comes down against
mine and he takes my wrists with one hand above my head, pressing them
against the mattress.
“Ryle, please.” I’m sobbing, trying to push him off of me with any part
of my body. “Get off me. Please.”
No, no, no, no.
“I love you, Lily,” he says, his words crashing against my cheek. “More
than he ever did. Why can’t you see that?”
My fear folds in on itself, and I become diluted with rage. All I can see
when I squeeze my eyes shut is my mother crying on our old living room
couch; my father forcing himself on top of her. Hatred rips through me
and I start screaming.
Ryle tries to muffle my screams with his mouth.
I bite down on his tongue.
His forehead comes crashing down against mine.
In an instant, all the pain fades as a blanket of darkness rolls over my
eyes and consumes me.
• • •
I can feel his breath against my ear as he mutters something inaudible. My
heart is racing, my whole body is still shaking, my tears are still somehow
falling and I’m gasping for air. His words are crashing against my ear, but
the pain is throbbing in my head too hard for me to decipher his words.
I try to open my eyes, but it stings. I can feel something trickling into
my right eye and I instantly know it’s blood.
My blood.
His words begin to come into focus.
“Sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m . . .”
His hand is still pressing mine into the mattress and he’s still on top of
me. He’s no longer trying to force himself on me.
“Lily, I love you, I’m so sorry.”
His words are full of panic. He’s kissing me, his lips gentle against my
cheek and mouth.