HOT AS HELL

THREE. HAVE A NICE DREAM

The Suite had two floors and was located in the top building of a five-star hotel in Los Angeles. It was the most expensive suite in LA with a classic-style and stunning gold pillars. Hunter rented the suite and locked himself in the suite to reduce the intensity of meeting his beautiful foster sister. It was the cruelest torture he had to endure in years. Even though he had a house that was more luxurious than the suite, living in that house was like hell because he couldn't touch Bella like he had always imagined.

He couldn't see Bella wandering around him with her seductive sexy body. He couldn't stand it if Bella stood too close to him while whining spoiledly. Bella was too naive to understand the feelings between a grown man and a grown woman. It was a one-sided love that only Hunter felt. Bella never loved him the way Hunter loved Bella. Bella only thought of him as her favorite brother who would always protect her when she started having problems.

Hunter was eating his breakfast when his assistant came with a pale face and handed him the black iPad.

"What's wrong, Nick?"

"Something bad happened to Miss Bella."

Nick exhaled slowly through his nose, afraid of seeing his boss's anger after seeing what was on his iPad.

"You should see the video from Liam Carlos, sir."

"What's wrong with Bella? She's making a mess at home again? Who else is the target of her prank this time?" Hunter chuckled, imagining his childish little brother.

“No, sir. You should see this video.”

Nicko was still in shock after watching the video Liam sent on his iPad. Liam raped Bella many times, and the sound of Bella screaming dominated the entire video. Liam hurt and slapped Bella when she tried to escape from him.

“Ahh, my sweet little sister. She always makes me worry about her. Sometimes she purposely makes a mess just to get my attention. But being around her made me even more tormented and frustrated.”

Hunter kept babbling and ignored the iPad that Nicko handed him.

"Sir," Nicko growled. "You really have to see this video now."

“Ok. Why do you look tense?" Hunter chuckled.

Hunter's smile slowly faded as he watched the video. His palms clenched on the table at what Liam had done to his precious sister. It was as if Liam was right in front of him and was mocking him. Liam's cunning shined even more clearly when the orgasm came rolling him to the brink of pleasure, and then he collapsed on top of Bella's body, panting, but satisfied.

“f**k! What was that bastard doing in my house? How dare he touch my Bella?” Hunter punched the table hard.

“He must die. Liam Carlos must die by my hands!” Hunter shouted angrily before the tablet hit the wall and shattered into pieces on the floor.

Prang!!

He was not satisfied with just destroying Nicko's iPad, he vented his anger by destroying everything on the dining table. All the cutlery was smashed to pieces on the floor. He rushed to get his jacket and cell phone to call his private pilot. He had to go back to Chicago immediately to see Bella. He swore, when he arrived in Chicago, the first person he would look for would be Liam Carlos. Liam Carlos had to die in his hands.

"Call my parents now. Tell them to get back to Chicago right now because Liam Carlos has stolen their valuable asset," Hunter said firmly to his assistant before he dashed out of his luxurious suite.

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Liam took Bella away from Louise's luxurious mansion after they had a heated argument. While driving, Liam's eyes occasionally glanced at Bella, who looked calmer than before. Bella became quieter and didn't try to fight him since he dragged her to his car. Liam thought that was much better, so he could focus on the long road ahead of him.

"Eat this, you haven't eaten since morning."

Suddenly, Liam threw a package of tuna sandwich into Bella's lap. Even though he was a jerk, he wouldn't let a weak woman like Bella starve when she was with him. Her life was important to him. Besides, Bella was the main key to taking revenge on Louise. He needed Bella to reclaim the great inheritance of the Queen's group. Liam was tempted to take control of the Queen's group property— which belonged to Bella's parents and had long been fought over by her family and Louise's family.

But he didn't want to repeat the same mistakes his parents made in the past. The treasure was a curse for his family. His entire family died in vain in the war over the treasure. His family was betrayed by the Louises, and Hunter bore the sins of his parents because Hunter was their heir.

“I said eat! Do you want me to stuff it in your mouth?”

Bella turned to Liam in annoyance. He had just pulled over his car just to force her to eat a tuna sandwich. Liam looked so cruel and authoritarian, making Bella feel annoyed to be around him.

“I'll eat when I'm hungry. You don't need to bother pulling over your car just to force me to eat.”

“I said eat. Now.”

“Who do you think you are, huh? Even Hunter and my parents never forced me to eat or reminded me to eat at home. So, you have no right to force me with your disgusting, arrogant style, because you have no right to control my life," Bella replied arrogantly.

“Okay. You will regret challenging me, Miss Bella."

Bella snorted. She really hated hearing Liam start to threaten her. Bella lazily opened the sandwich wrapper and took a big bite. She was hungry, but she was too stubborn to admit it in front of Liam. She didn't eat properly last night, and Liam drained her energy by f*****g her hard.

"I know you're hungry."

"No. I just want you to stop threatening me."

Bella ate her sandwich with gusto and turned her face towards the window.

“Eat this. You have to eat it all."

As if he understood that Bella was starving, Liam threw another sandwich into Bella's lap after he took it from the passenger seat. He knew Bella was hungry. Moreover, last night he drained his energy to keep up with his rough and brutal game. He was sure one sandwich wouldn't be enough for Bella. Bella needed to eat at least two sandwiches before they got to his house.

Liam drove his car back after seeing Bella eating quietly beside him. He would be calm for the rest of the journey home and would no longer have to think about Bella being hungry.

“Hunter must have seen the video of me f*****g you. Hmm, he'll be frantically looking for you once he gets home.”

Bella stopped chewing her sandwich. Her face was filled with anger and disgust.

"Is that all you can do? Torture me and humiliate me to get your damn revenge on Hunter?"

"No. I can do more than that. But for now, it's enough to torture Hunter."

Bella squeezed her sandwich tightly. Her hands itched to punch Liam's disgusting face.

"You can't do this to me," she growled.

The reason why she gave up on Liam was to see how much Hunter and her parents loved her. She wanted to know what they would do when they found out that their only daughter had been kidnapped by the bastard Liam.

"Even though I agreed to come with you, that doesn't mean you can humiliate me as much as you like."

"Are you embarrassed if they watch our video, baby?"

"Don't call me baby!"

Bughh

"You bastard! You should have died! You have ruined my future and my life. Set me free! I don't want to go with you. I want to die!"

Bella raged brutally. She hit Liam's arm hard, taking out all her anger on Liam for ruining her life, and even all her dreams.

"Stop it! Stop hitting me, b***h!"

Liam shouted angrily. He tried to keep his car on the road. He pushed Bella's body away from him and her body hit the door hard. The cars behind them honked loudly as they almost hit Liam's car. Swearing came out of Liam's mouth because Bella suddenly attacked him.

"Do you want to make us both die, huh?"

"I don't care if I die right now. It'd be better for me if you died too."

"Unfortunately, I don't want to die now. At least, I have to make sure Hunter suffers before I die."

“Don't involve me if you want to take revenge on them.”

"Shut up, b***h?!"

Liam's words managed to silence Bella. Her head slumped on the back of the chair, her gaze staring blankly at the window. Everything felt suck for her. Things changed very quickly just overnight. Her cheeks were wet with tears that fell one by one from her eyelids. Bella's sadness did not escape Liam's sharp gaze.

“What are you doing?! Wipe away those stupid tears.”

“f**k you. Mind your own business.”

“You are my business,” Liam growled.

“If you want to die, you have to wait a little longer because I still need you alive. You have to stay alive until this thing is over, and the bastard Edward Louise gets what he deserves for all the bad things he did in the past,” Liam snapped angrily.

His fingers gripped the steering wheel tightly to channel all his anger and to prevent himself from acting foolishly by strangling Bella’s fragile neck.

He was very tempted to do that. Especially when Bella started going berserk while beating him, he really wanted to throw her out of the window when his car was going very fast on the freeway. If he threw her from his car, Bella would not have had time to feel pain before her death. He would have died instantly, hit by cars going very fast behind him.

“You're just wasting your time if you think about your foster family. They are the people behind the death of your biological parents.”

Bella didn't say anything when Liam snapped at her loudly. She let the tears roll down her cheeks to channel her bubbling emotions. She crumpled half of her sandwich into a small ball, then threw it under the chair.

She lost her appetite because Liam messed with her. There was nothing left of her life. Not even her pride.

Closing her eyes, Bella thought about many things in her head. All the questions that had been popping up in her mind since last night came up again. If what Liam said was true, why had Edward and Monica hidden it from me all this time? Why did Hunter never tell me about my biological parents? Who is really lying here? Liam or Edward Louise?

"What—"

Liam suddenly jabbed something in her arm and made her gasp in surprise for a few seconds. She was trying to figure out what had just happened to her, but something Liam had jabbed into her arm was slowly starting to work. Her body seemed to turn to jelly, and she slumped limply on the chair.

"What have you done to me?" Bella asked weakly to Liam, who only glanced at her sarcastically.

Her whole head was spinning and throbbing. Her vision became blurry. Liam's cruel face slowly faded, replaced by a thick darkness that pulled her away from the painful realization.

“Have a nice dream, Bella James.”