Something about that moment triggered something in Neil, something wild. He roughly grabbed Jacqueline's hair and bit her neck.
"Ahhh" she groaned, "Neil...what the...what are you doing?"
"Making love," he replied breathing heavily, his eyes gleaming like an animal about to charge.
Before she could react, he roughly lifted the front of her dress and began mauling her breasts, furiously sucking on her nipples.
Jacqueline was utterly confused at his sudden violent behaviour, but the sexual stimulation was pleasurable. A moan escaped her lips.
"Rough...ahh.." she struggled to speak, "...is good for a change, I guess."
"You like it, don't you?" she heard Neil ask her in a tone she'd never heard before. It was so dry and cold, and mean. He dug his teeth into the side of her neck and left a mark. Jacqueline moaned again as she felt a bit of pain.
He roughly pulled off her panties and forced her legs open.
"No...no wait.. I am not yet ready...please."
"Shhh...quiet," was his only reply as he positioned his cock over her barely wet pussy. He grabbed her hair with both hands and pulled hard making her arch her back. And before she could recover, he rammed his cock into her pussy making her scream.
"Neil...please stop," she gasped, tears flowing down her eyes "You are hurting me!"
He seemed to have gone deaf for that moment. He didn't respond at all to her screams and moans. A sinister glint in his eyes suggested that he was perhaps enjoying her predicament and he continued pounding hard in her pussy. Jacqueline began to tremble in fear and pain. She had never seen him like this.
The act came to an end as he came inside her. Neil suddenly felt so weary like all energies have been drained from his body. Without saying a word, he fell into a deep sleep.
Jacqueline could barely recover from the shock of his sudden violent behaviour. She curled up and sobbed quietly. Neil was fast asleep next to her. She looked at his, he looked so calm and innocent as he slept, and just a while ago he looked like a terrible monster gnawing at her with no emotions at all. She turned to her side and closed her eyes. She could barely stop sobbing, but perhaps after many hours she slept.
Neil was an early riser. He woke up feeling very lightheaded. As he opened the curtains and let sunlight flood the room, the events of the previous night flashed across his memory. He was shocked, and could barely contain his guilt when he saw Jacqueline's bruised tear streaked face while she was still asleep. He gently held her in his arms and kiss her forehead.
Jacqueline woke up and nearly screamed in panic finding herself in his arms.
"Easy, easy sweetheart," Neil said softy holding on to her firmly.
"What happened to you Neil?" she said as she couldn't hold back her tears, "Why did you hurt me? You've never been like this before."
Neil closed his eyes in regret. "I really don't know what happened to me last night honey," He hugged her tightly, "I promise it won't happen again. I am sorry."
Jacqueline hugged him back. Neil stroked her back gently to pacify her.
"Take a day off today, you need to rest. You are...hurt." He said looking at the bruises on her body with sad eyes, "and besides, lemme spend some time with you today to make it up to you."
Jacqueline loved her husband deeply. She decided to forgive him. They took a shower together and got ready for the day. Jacqueline called in sick, Neil dropped the kids to school and returned with a bouquet of roses.
Jacqueline loved roses, and she smiled at her husband's loving gesture. The whole day Neil did everything he could to make his wife happy.
In the evening he cooked a delicious meal for the whole family.
"Thanks so much Neil," Jacqueline said hugging him after the kids went to sleep, "I feel so blessed to have a loving husband like you. My friends often envy, that even so many years after marriage how much you do for the family, the amazing food you cook, the little presents you bring and the guitar you play.."
Neil cut her off with a kiss, "You deserve all of that," he said, "Plus a lot of love and kisses."
Jacqueline blushed and kissed him on the lips. She held his face between her palms and made him look straight at her, "Is there something I should know Neil?"
"You know everything there is to know about me," Neil spoke calmly looking directly at her.
"I'm now sure how much of that to believe," Jacqueline said.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Please Neil," she said as she hugged him, "If something is bothering you, please tell me. I'm your wife and I love you. We'll work something out. You have never been like this before Neil. Not once in 10 years did you raise a hand to me or the kids. This is not you...please tell me what is it?"
"I'm sorry honey," Neil said, "Perhaps just stressed out due to work. I know I have no right to take it out on you. And I promise you it won't ever happen again."
Neil hugged her and she hugged back, trying to convince herself to believe him. She smiled weakly. He felt comforted to see her smiling again. Perhaps she was OK now, he led her to the bedroom and tucked her in and knelt next to her to kiss her forehead.
"Are you not sleeping?" she asked.
"Later honey, I've got some work to do," he said. He had lied. He needed a moment to himself.
He poured himself a drink and spent a moment pondering over the recent events. From the east window of his house, he could see Parineeti's house. The curtains of her window were open, he could see her moving about the house doing her chores.
A thought occurred to him and he walked to his work desk. The computers chimed to life as he pressed a few keys. He opened various social media websites on different tabs and type a singular name in all of them - Parineeti Chopra.
He clicked on a familiar face to access her profile. Most of her pictures and information were privacy protected, but it wasn't too difficult for him to access it. He scanned through the profile thoroughly.
Her parents settled abroad, were running a textile business. Although, apparently Parineeti was raised by her grandparents in India, evident by the multiple childhood pictures with them. She went to one of the best schools in Delhi, and later studied English literature and was currently writing her own blog. There were some pictures with friends, at malls, parties and outings. Nothing unusual at all.
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Parineeti woke up in the middle of the night, trembling, her body covered with sweat. Her head was pounding and she felt breathless. With a shaking hand she reached up to a nearby shelf and found her bottle of pills. She hastily consumed her medicines, still fighting her fear. The nightmare kept flashing every time she closed her eyes. Everything felt so real. She couldn't sleep that night.
First thing in the morning she dialled a number and spoke, "Hey its me...I've...I've not been feeling too well. It's been happening again. Can we meet?"
In about an hour she was sitting in a café with Dr. Sonakshi who was her friend and her therapist.
"I am so sorry to know that you are getting the nightmares again...I really hope you didn't stop the medicines." Sonakshi said with concern.
"No," Parineeti replied, "I guess it just the change in environment that triggered it...I'll be ok Sonakshi, its just, I feel good talking to you...just wanted to spend some time with you."
"Of course, I'm there for you dear. If it happens again, I'll adjust your doses so that you don't get these nightmares again," Sonakshi reassured her, "Its just that..."
"It's OK," Parineeti said, sensing Sonakshi's hesitation, "Say what you have on your mind."
"You mind is a little complicated Parineeti...and after knowing what happened, suppressing it all doesn't seem to be helping. You really need to open up and speak what's really on your mind."
"I will," Parineeti said with her eyes closed taking a deep breath, "When the time is right. By the way, did you get it?"
"Yes I did," Sonakshi said passing her a pen drive.
"Your help means a lot to me Sonakshi," Parineeti said with a smile putting the pen drive in her purse, "Does that mean, it is done?" she asked.
"Yes," Sonakshi confirmed with a smile, "Alisha is quite reliable. But, are you sure you want to see it? I don't think it would be best for you, considering your present state of mental health."
Parineeti smiled weakly. "I need to know, Sonakshi," she said, "The full extent of..." She paused without completing her sentence. Her face was clouded with grief. Sonakshi hugged her to comfort her.
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Parineeti used to visit Neil's house occasionally, but spent her time with Jacqueline and the girls mostly. She rarely ever bothered Neil, but somehow her presence in his house kinda made him uncomfortable. Though he never **censored** much attention to her coz she never seemed to cause trouble.
One night, after a beautiful love making, Jacqueline cuddled close to him.
"I'm so lucky to have a loving husband like you Neil," She said running a finger over his nose.
"No matter how many times you say that, I never get tired of hearing it...my sweet wife," he said smiling mischievously and kissed her briefly.
"Not everyone is so fortunate though," Jacqueline said, "Some women never get to see the good side of men...of how much a man is capable of loving and caring."
"Who are you talking about?" Neil asked his brow furrowed in confusion.
"That girl next door...Parineeti," Jacqueline said, "She seems very nice and well behaved, in fact she is very sweet with the girls, but once I noticed some scars on her body...looks like she was beaten brutally in the past."
"Hmm," Neil said still trying to process the information.
"She doesn't like to talk much about her past but once she made a fleeting mention about an abusive relationship. She is such a sweet soul but I sense deep sadness in her eyes...like there is something very dark about her past" Jacqueline was pouring her mind.
"It is indeed sad, honey," Neil replied.
"Perhaps she did go through something bad...I just felt it's not polite to question her about something so **censored** that she doesn't want to talk about. Perhaps, she'll share with me someday if she trusts me. She is a good person Neil; I'll say a prayer for her. May God heal whatever it is that is hurting her."
"That's such a sweet thought honey. May God bless you, and her," Neil said drawing Jacqueline even deeper in his embrace.
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One afternoon, the doorbell rang and Neil was surprised to find Parineeti at the door.
"Jacqueline isn't home yet," he said.
Parineeti hesitated for a while and said, "I actually needed your help..." she casually stepped inside the house.
The clothes she wore were so subtle yet provocative. She wore a tight fitting blue top, that outlined her breasts beautifully, with a deep neck line giving a peek of her cleavage. She combined it with a skin tight jeans fitting her ass perfectly. Her auburn hair hanging down her shoulders made her look ravishing.
"So how can I help you?" Neil asked.
"Well, actually I'm writing an article on BDSM."
"So?" Neil said eyeing her suspiciously.
"I'm really sorry if you find the topic disturbing, I know the kind of person you are, Jacqueline talks so much about how sweet and loving man you are...and I can understand if you find this whole BDSM idea disturbing...but.." Parineeti paused for a while.
"But?" Neil asked still maintain a firm tone.
"I usually research my topic well before I write. Since you are an IT professional, can you help me access the deep web safely? Last time I tried someone hacked my system and I had to pay a fortune to get it fixed," she said, her face drowning in worry.