Alexa was struck with a nightmare playing over in her head. One that kept playing over again and again. The hitting, the penetration, the threats and they all started with someone lying on her in between her thighs. Then kissing her neck while his hands rested on her mouth before the threats started. Those were the sequence of what happened every single time he came over. More than seven times.

But Jared was not like that, Jared was her husband and he was the one holding her. When that knowledge penetrated her head. She started to fight out of her nightmare, something which happened years ago and should hold no...