Dirty Secrets of the Billionaire's Wife

“Adam, no! You don't have to hit him!” I yelled at my brother despite myself. But he wasn't listening.

“Get lost, Tori! How dare he do this to you?” he growled. “He had the effrontery to rape you, and now you are pregnant. Yet I don't have to hit him? Really?”

I puckered my lips to speak, but nothing came forth. In truth, I hadn't been raped. I had done it willingly, and every bit of it had been fun. Was it right to lie to Adam about it?

“Adam, listen. I'm sorry. I lied. He didn't rape me. We did it together.”

But Adam turned a deaf ear as he dealt Theo another heavy kick and a slap across his face, which made blood spurt from his nose. I cringed back in fear and remorse as tears filled my eyes.

“I know you are only saying that so I’ll leave him,” Adam spat. “I will make sure you get rid of that bastard in your womb with my last drop of blood.”

I watched Theo hold his cheek in shock as blood flowed freely from his nose. Exactly what happens when you have a brother who is ten years older. Our eyes met, and all I could see was pure spite and hate in place of what had once been love.

“I will make sure you guys pay dearly for this!” he swore.

I wished I could say something to him, to let him know it wasn't my doing but Adam's.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity, as Adam dragged me away.

“You must get rid of this baby within twenty-four hours, Tori,” he announced the moment we got home.

I glared at him with hate and resentment. “Why must I?”

“Because you must get married to George, the CEO's son. Don't tell me you have forgotten the plan!”

I shook my head bitterly. “No way I’m going along with that stupid plan! Dad should find a better way to sort himself and his debts out, rather than using me as a peace offering,” I yelled. “When Mum and Dad return, I will let them know I’m carrying Theo’s baby. Then they will see no reason to hook me up with that proud fool.”

I had barely finished my statement before Adam landed a fierce slap on my cheek. I thought I saw stars for a moment as I staggered backward.

“You will do no such thing. You have quickly forgotten that Mum has less than two months to live and needs money for her transplant,” Adam snapped. “Besides, the bank has been on our necks lately, and this is all you can say? Aren’t you so selfish?”

I couldn't hold back the tears that flowed. “You guys seem to forget that I am just nineteen.”

He jeered at me. “When you were busy rocking Theo, how old were you? Thirty?”

“Oh, so you know I wasn't raped?”

“Get out of my sight,” he muttered gruffly, pushing me aside.