The Prison Project Novel

4/5 The Prison Project Chapter 44 - A Kiss Margot's POV The walk back to our room was short and quiet , as I couldn't hide the little smile on my face after Sarah had managed to get off the hook ... When I stepped inside , the change hit me again immediately . The room was clean . Impossibly so . That I almost didn't believe I had managed to fix its earlier state so well . The sheets were straightened , the floor spotless , even our shoes neatly laid along the wall in a small neat order . It looked totally untouched . Unlived in . Like a reset .

To take control of the next part of our day. To bark another one of his sharp instructions , as if this weird bubble we'd been floating in for the last hour was over now . But nothing came . Not until I felt it . His hand . It wrapped firm and sudden around my upper arm , fingers pressing into the fabric of my sweatshirt sleeve and right through to the skin . My entire body tensed like a live wire . My breath lodging in my throat in a soft gasp . Shit ! So it had pissed him off ? 1/5 Chapter 44 - A Kiss I'd pushed my luck too far with Sarah ! He was angry at me again ?!

The thing about Coban's anger was that you never saw it coming until it was already roaring , already storming through you . He didn't warm up he just exploded . And I didn't know if I had the stomach to be his target again tonight . - My mind raced as he turned me around to face him , as if I weighed nothing , bringing our bodies close- too close the air between us instantly running low of oxygen . - His eyes studied me with a slow burn . Half - lidded , intense , calculated . He wasn't looking at me like prey this time . No - it was worse . He was studying me .

" You think I'm weak for you now ? " His voice was low . Dangerous . A question , but not really . A challenge more like ! I shook my head immediately , pulse jumping . " Cobán , please don't do this again ... " I whispered , voice strained , too familiar with the shadows that could fall across his face . " Please ... " But then he smiled . A real smile . Like the one I'd seen on his face whenever he was laughing with Leo . Teeth flashing down at me like white knives under the soft lighting . God , he was handsome . It was so frustrating .

I couldn't deny it , he was honestly the epitome of the most gorgeous man I had ever seen , and I hated myself for knowing it . 2/5 3:22 pm Chapter 44 A Kiss No it was infuriating , the way that man could tear through my nerves like a storm one minute , and then - look like that the next . No one that good - looking should be allowed to be that terrifying . Or that unpredictable . " Calm down ... I'm not mad ... not this time , " he said , voice lighter now , almost amused . " Just ... more entertained , I guess .

" He tilted his head slightly , regarding me the way a lion might study a deer that had the audacity to bite it back . - Then , without warning , he lifted one heavy foot and kicked the door shut behind him the slam reverberating through the concrete walls like a gunshot . I jumped in his grip . " A - Amused ? " I stuttered , mouth suddenly dry , head spinning with the whiplash of it all . Where was this going now ? I couldn't seem to catch up ... Why did it feel like something unspoken had cracked open in that hallway , and now - now he was pulling it into the room with us ?

He nodded once , slowly . " The way you put your hands on me back there , " he murmured , inching closer , his breath brushing against my cheek . " That was bold of you , Bella . " His words slithered through the air and wrapped around my ribcage . My lips parted . I didn't know what to say . What to think . Was he ... complimenting me ? " Think you've found a soft spot in me now ? " he went on , voice lower . Quieter . Cruel and seductive all at once . ' Learned how to tame the beast , did you ? " I didn't respond because I couldn't . I was at a total loss for words .

- Because my stomach was flipping , twisting violently at the heat in his voice at the heat I should not have felt from it in return . His hand on my bicep softened , sliding up to my shoulder . Then , slowly , he leaned down - his mouth near my neck , his nose grazing the edge of my jawline . I sucked in a sharp breath . 3/5 3:22 pm P Chapter 44 - A Kiss What the hell was happening ? What was he doing ?! He inhaled once - His lips . deeply like he was drinking in my scent , memorising it . And then I felt it . - Soft . Warm . Gentle in the most dangerous way imaginable .

- He pressed them lightly to my neck , kissing - no , tasting the skin there . Once . Twice . Then a third time , slower now , lips parting just enough for the sting of a suck to ripple through me . My eyes fluttered closed . No. No , no , no . This wasn't happening . I couldn't want this . Could I ? But my body wasn't listening . My brain screamed at me to shove him away - to call him a monster , a manipulative psychopath . But all I could feel was the way my heartbeat surged like a tidal wave in my chest . The way the heat from his mouth melted into my skin like it belonged there .

I should have pushed him off of me . But Instead , I stood still held prisoner by the chaos in my own mind . - His mouth drifted up , grazing just beneath my ear . His voice was like velvet soaked in poison when he whispered , " You like this , don't you ? " ' No , ' I breathed . But my voice trembled with a lie even I could hear . His hands shifted then up toward his . - one slipping around my waist , the other lifting to cradle my jaw , guiding my face " You think I'm bipolar , hmm Bella ? " he murmured , as if reading the very word from the front of my mind . " Maybe I am ? Or maybe ...

I'm just someone who likes to keep you guessing . " He pressed his forehead to mine , the intimacy so sudden it made my eyes sting . 4/5 3:22 pm P DD Chapter 44 - A Kiss " I'm not weak for you , Bella , let's get that straight , " he said . " Im not weak for anyone . But maybe you've made me ... curious ... maybe I just need a taste of you to get it out of my system , hm ? " I didn't know what to say to that . I didn't even know what he meant by it . But I knew one thing - this wasn't the same Coban who shoved me , screamed at me , wanted to see me cower beneath him earlier today .

This one was softer . But no less dangerous . I couldn't be fooled . Maybe this version of him was actually worse ... Because this one didn't want to scare me ... He wanted me willing . To comply . To need him . And I didn't know what scared me more - his rage or this ... twisted tenderness . The man beneath the monster . The monster pretending to be a man ? Or the fact that I couldn't tell the difference between my own emotions anymore either ... Chapter Comments 18