Swallowing down the bile in my throat, I watch as she weakly struggles, trying to escape her bindings. Rush starts to skip forward, but halts when the door opens and the music ceases again.
“Eve, Eve, Eve,” Ben chants in a light, scolding tone meant for a fucking child. “Are you willing to tell me what you know about Drex’s organization? Or do you need a few more days?”
Eve peers up from under her hair, and her eyes narrow. The gag in her mouth prevents her from speaking though, so he quickly removes it.
She tries to jerk away from him, but she cries out in pain from the movement. All I can do is watch, wishing I had been there for her. Wishing I had just been selfish and kept her with me.
I won’t be fucking letting her go ever again. Not after this. Fuck her perfect chance at a nice future. It’s safer with me than on her own.
“I know Drex has a big dick,” she clips out, smiling like a beautiful smartass. “Is that what you’re asking about, Ben? What made Drex so much better in bed than you?”
Two things happen with that question. One, I’m really fucking proud of her. Two, I get really fucking pissed at the reminder he ever even touched her.
Rush snorts derisively. “Girl is obsessed with telling people about your dick. First the feds, now him?”
Dash and Snake chuckle, but everyone grows serious again when Ben tuts and shakes his head.
“Don’t try to piss me off, Eve,” he cautions. “Turn off all your defense mechanisms. Your body is in survival mode. You better let your mind catch up and tell me what I’m asking, or it’s going to get a lot worse.”
My jaw is tense once more, and I crack my neck to the side.
“Fuck off, Ben. Fuck you. Fuck all of you. Fu—”
He’s cutting her off by tying the gag around her mouth once again, sighing as though he truly does hate to have to do it.
Fucking bastard.
“Didn’t think it’d be that easy. But you will talk,” he tells her, acting as though he wasn’t in the room pushing fluids into her without her knowledge just a few minutes ago. “Your loyalty to him will fade with every day you’re reminded that he isn’t coming for you. It’s Drex Caine, Eve. The only person he gives a fuck about besides himself is his father. Remember that.”
Rush slowly turns to face me as Ben walks back out. My knuckles are white from the fists I’ve formed, and my jaw is so tight that a dull ache forms. Even though she should be terrified, Eve just looks pissed.
She struggles harder to get free for a moment, then the music blares and she jerks like she’s startled. After a few more minutes of uselessly wasting her precious energy, she stops struggling and I watch as her breaths move faster.
This… This is fucking killing me.
“You should go, D. We can watch this and fill you in. It won’t be as bad as having to see it for yourself,” Snake tells me.
“Would you bitch out and not watch what she went through if it was Sarah? Would you honestly be able to walk out of here right now?” I ask him, turning my cool gaze to meet his eyes.
His lips tense. “I don’t know.”
My attention turns back to the computer. We watch as Ben sneaks back down to put fluids inside her, while her exhausted body sleeps through it, keeping her oblivious. I once again have to watch as he fucking kisses her cheek. All the ways I’m going to mutilate him flow through my mind.
Rush plays the video again when we see Ben walking down the stairs with Mikey. He quickly removes the gag, but she doesn’t even act like she feels it.
“I’ll give you an hour of sleep, Eve. Just for an answer. Just one answer. Tell me how Drex is getting the vehicles out of the warehouse. Or is he keeping them somewhere else? All I need is one or two to inspect. I can figure it out from there. It’d save me the trouble of having to split the profits with someone who will have to get me the information after the feds close in on them. They will, Eve. It’s just a matter of time. Tell me where he keeps them.”
“Pause it,” Snake says, stepping closer. Then he looks over at me as soon as the footage is paused. “Who the fuck would Ben have in the feds if Benny didn’t even know he had an undercover in his unit?”
I shake my head, slowly trying to think it over, but my head is too fucked up and focused on Eve to process anything else.
“Play it,” Dash says. “Maybe the answer is in the video.”