Chapter 17: A little more time

She didn't want Robert near her, but Alice also didn't like the idea of him going straight to see Jared. She became very anxious every time the two of them were in the same place with her. She knew they had a friendship before she came between them, but it was still uncomfortable for her to see them together, because one was her wretched husband and the other... the man who loved her.

She chewed slowly, savoring the taste in her mouth, swallowing gently and feeling the food go down to her stomach. She wished she could do more, but she had to take it slow, steadily, without rushing into anything.

How long had it been since she ate or chewed something until she could feel it in her stomach? Moving her jaw felt strange, a bit new, as if she had become unaccustomed to it. She did it very slowly, but she did it.

She tried various things, but she couldn't eat anymore. It's not like she had eaten a lot, but it was an incredible progress considering how long it had been since she ate. Her body thanked her, and her stomach welcomed it with excitement. She needed that strength; she couldn't be so weak and with that look so... unlike her.

"Well done," Robert and Jared appeared in the dining room. Her husband approached her and joined his lips with Alice's, in an attempt at a kiss that took an eternity, leaving his hands on her shoulders, waiting for her to continue eating so that they could go to the bedroom after finishing. He already had his plans; he looked at her and didn't intend to waste a single second. "You're doing very well, Alice. I'm very proud of you, I knew you would be able to pull through. You're very strong. My wife is very strong, can't you see, Jared?"

Jared took a seat and looked at all the food on the table and the little that she had eaten considering the time she had spent in the dining room. It was as if she had barely tasted anything, but the effort she made was already something spectacular, so he wouldn't be demanding with her. Slowly and at her own pace.

"What did you like the most?" he asked his friend, his impossible love. "Is there something in particular that you've already tried? Maybe you should focus on that, don't you think?" He observed Robert's hands on her, and after their previous conversation, he only wanted to keep him away from her, not let him harm her. But the only way to protect her from him was to make her stronger, so he couldn't hurt her. Or carry out that entire plan he had. But if Robert suspected that Alice wanted him... that wouldn't end well. He worried not only about what might happen with him, but also what Robert could do to Alice. The only way to help her was to be by her side. There was no other option, without Robert finding out that he was the person Alice loved. And Jared had to be on good terms with Robert to take care of Alice.

Alice looked at everything on the table, her gaze lingering on a delicious plate of shrimp pasta. Jared noticed that was what she was looking at and served some on her plate. Alice took several bites until she finished it all. Jared's huge smile encouraged her.

"It seems you really liked that, Alice."

"It's very delicious, but I think my stomach can't take more," she said, looking at Jared gratefully, but his expression was very serious now that Robert was sitting next to Alice. He had a furrowed brow and a dark, almost annoyed, look. She moved to make Robert remove his hands from her shoulders, but that didn't happen. He stayed there.

"Alright, don't worry. This is a great progress. Tomorrow at breakfast, you might be able to eat more. Little by little, Alice."

"Darling, shall we go to the room? You've eaten enough, and... I notice you've lost weight. I don't want you to gain it back again," her husband said, looking at her, noticing that her body volume had decreased a lot, but not her breasts, which cheered him up a bit. Her eyes went to Jared, and he averted his gaze from hers. "I see you're much more recovered, but you still need to rest. It's been a long day for both of us, and I don't want you to get too tired."

"I'll stay in the living room for a while," she suggested. She didn't want to go to the room with Robert.

"I'll go to my room," Jared got up and left, giving them privacy because from day one he didn't want Robert to see his intentions. And he was there; Alice would ask him for help if something went wrong, right?

Robert took a seat next to her, holding Alice's right hand.

"Alice, I really see you much better." Not her appearance, but her mood. If she was in good spirits, maybe... "Can we go to the room? I want to talk about something in private."

"Alright," she said, uncomfortable. It was Jared's first night there, and Robert had to arrive just then. He closed the door when they entered the room. "What do you want to talk about?" she said, uneasy being alone with him in the room.

"Let's sit down," he led her to the bed, and when Alice sat down, Robert's lips approached hers. But she dodged the kiss very quickly. That annoyed Robert; he grabbed her face tightly and kissed her, capturing her lips roughly, even though he didn't get a response from Alice. But he kept going, believing that she would kiss him back at some point. But that had never happened. He threw her onto the enormous bed and there he removed the sweatshirt she was wearing, leaving her slim body exposed.

"Well...! My wife has certainly lost weight," he thought when he saw her like that. His eyes roamed over her; there had been a significant change.

Robert's eyes didn't leave her; without that, it was much more noticeable how much weight she had lost, and it was a lot.

"Let me go!" she pushed him and then covered herself with her hands. He climbed on top of her, holding both arms, looking down with superiority.

He smiled seeing her defenseless, her breasts spreading over her chest, and she couldn't cover herself with her hands. Alice Taylor couldn't do anything against him, absolutely nothing.

He held her hands with just one of his, and with the free one, he immobilized her face, leaning down to her and observing his wife's changed face. She still had a very beautiful face anyway; he touched her lips roughly and caressed her cheeks. Then he held her hands again with a half-smile on his face. He could never bring himself to deny that Alice Taylor was truly beautiful.

Dominating her was something that always pleased him, so much so that it excited him. Between his legs, an erection was already beginning to tingle, the result of that position in which he had Alice.

"Stop fighting. Are you resisting your husband?" But that couldn't be called resistance; Alice had absolutely no chance against Robert. “Are you going to scream or something? What a shame you'd be, Alice," he said with a wicked grin that made her skin crawl, "Are you going to scream and get our friend's attention? What would he think of little Alice? He thinks you...are a saint," he lowered his face to her again and licked Alice's lips.

“I just want you to get off of me," she heard her own voice booming throughout the room and decided to speak quieter, not wanting Jared to hear anything of what was going on there, between the two of them, "Robert, let's talk, please," she asked more calmly. She really didn't want to involve Jared in this.

Her husband stood watching her and it was only when he saw her so submissive that he released her, pulling her against his chest, holding her against him and feeling her breasts crush against his body.

“I just wanted to kiss you, can't a husband come along and want to kiss his wife, Alice? I am a man, I feel and I have some needs, don't you...?" he left a hand on her breast and she squeezed her eyes, the man began to play with her nipples as if it was nothing, that gave him pleasure, her breasts were always very striking for him, as white as milk, that exaggerated size in front of his mouth or the gestures that Alice made when he touched them. Alice ran to look in her mind for Jared's face, just to endure Robert's touch and thinking of her beloved was becoming more and more pleasant, but she opened her eyes and there was only Robert with his face between her breasts, making the image of Jared vanish from her mind and that only he, Robert, was left touching her.

He tried to kiss her again and now she didn't resist or he would be upset again, he would be more insistent and he would carry out his goal anyway, she already knew how he acted, she was getting to know his patterns and it never worked out well to resist.

“Robert..." she wanted to get away.

“That's the way I like it, you have to be docile, my wife has to obey me. Remember you're not Alice Taylor anymore, you're just my wife. And your husband wants to have sex, Alice. Please him, please your husband," he said full of excitement after those kisses in which she did respond to him.

He kept kissing her and touching her, he needed to have her, Alice's lips were very sweet, even though her body was still cold against his touches, Alice did not know how to pretend and had never tried.

Robert's hands wanted to touch her between her legs, but she held his hands.

Now she was under an obligation to refuse sex, but she had to watch the way he did it.

“Robert, I'm not fully recovered yet," she had to find better excuses, he wouldn't accept that one.

“I'll be quick and very careful. It's been months, Alice. You must be in the mood too, I'm sure you are.” he started kissing her neck, he was being very insistent, he put her body back on the bed and started undressing.

“Wait...don't get undressed.”

“Alice, what do you think I came here for? Please me. It's your duty.”

“But...I just want a little more time, I'm weak, my body is weak”

He stopped undressing, managing to remain only with his shirt off, his pants half off. He took a seat and she covered herself.

“Time? What time? How much time do you need, Alice? Would I be willing to give him more time? Really?”

“I don't know, just look at me. Doesn't my looks tell you I'm fine. Because I'm not fine.”

“I'll come back in a week. I'll calm my anxieties somehow, but when I get back I don't want any excuses, Alice. And find some other clothes to put on you, I don't like to come in and see you in those rags.”she said no more, got dressed and left the room, knocked on Jared's bedroom door and let him know she was leaving.

He would go with his lover, his body had been horny after not being able to do anything with Alice, he had to have sex or he would not stay quiet that night.

On the bed, Alice cried silently.

She needed to find a way to get a divorce.

She didn't want to be married to Robert and he just wanted to have another child, a child she wasn't willing to give him.

She refused!