Chapter Four
We arrive at the hotel and Wilder grabs his bags, as well as mine, while I tip the driver. Tina grabs hers and we walk into the lobby. What Tina doesn’t know is I called yesterday and fixed the reservation. Not only is it in my name now, but there are two rooms and she is at the opposite end of the floor from us. I spoke personally to the manager and was assured that no one would be allowed keys unless I was there.
“Welcome,” the woman behind the counter says cheerfully.
“Hi!”
“I have a reservation under…” Tina starts to say.
“Actually… The reservation is under Macie Douglas,” I say. “There should be two rooms.”
“Yes ma’am,” she says. I hand her my ID and she looks over it before starting the check-in process. “I see there are notes indicating that no additional keys are to be made?”
“Yes ma’am,” I say. “If anyone needs an extra key, only I am authorized to get those.”
“What?” Tina asks.
“Also, only the room rates will be going on the card on file. Everything else will be billed per room to be paid at checkout,” I say.
“Perfect,” she smiles. I turn to Tina and she looks angry.
“All charges to your room are your responsibility. The company is only required to pay for the nightly rate,” I say simply. She says nothing and I turn back to get the room key from her. Tina snatches the key and walks ahead of us to find her room. I shake my head and look back to the woman. “She is not to be allowed access to our room. I don’t care what her reasoning is, she is not authorized. If anyone goes against this, I will contact a lawyer.”
“Yes ma’am,” she says.
“Ready?” I ask Wilder. He nods and we walk to the elevator.
“She’s going to turn it on me,” he says quietly. “She’ll ruin me.”
“Don’t worry about that,” I say. “Arden is speaking with a lawyer today.”
“You told her?” he asks as the doors shut.
“Not everything. I told her that Tina might try to claim rape to ruin your reputation. She said she suspected you were hiding a lot of details and is afraid that she will try and sue you for workplace sexual misconduct, so she’s compiling all of the times that you have offered severance pay to end her contract early. You’ve offered it almost weekly for a year and a half. When you were showering this morning, I sent her an email to request again. I basically stated that due to her repeated offenses of sexual misconduct and harassment, she is being offered her severance pay, yet again, and included that if she violates company policy that her contract states that she forfeits that pay should her contract be ended early. I sent her a copy of her contract as well.”
“I feel like a fucking idiot for not being able to run my company,” Wilder sighs.
“You are not an idiot, Wilder. You are trying to survive. Dumont Incorporated is doing well, but the projections aren’t exactly ideal. Getting rid of her and all of that stress will allow you to focus on growing. You are in no danger, but things need to change.”
“You are amazing, you know that?” he asks.
“I’m not doing anything you wouldn’t do. If that means I get to be controlling and take over for a while to get rid of her, I will. I know you are fully capable of running this company alone, because you have been, but you also need to focus on peace. If you didn’t trust me, you wouldn’t have given me the freedom you have in the last three days. Really, I think you knew what I would do, but you were afraid to admit that you need help.”
The elevator door opens and we go left down to our room. I glance back and see Tina at her door on the opposite end of the floor. Before she can react, Wilder unlocks the door and we lock ourselves in our room. I take a second to text the group chat I made, but I have Wilder’s number as his company phone, not his personal cell phone.
Me: We have a meeting in an hour. Meet us in the lobby and we can go to the conference room together.
Tina
You’ll regret this.
I’m sorry? I’m a bit confused. We have a meeting at noon. What am I going to regret?
Have your fun. Soon, everyone will know the truth.
Which is?
That Wilder Dumont is a predator. I know you are probably too scared to go against him so you are defending him. He is cruel and the world deserves to know the sick things he does to us.
One, the only predator here is you. Two, you have been offered severance pay to end your contract early several times. Just this morning, you were offered again. If you feel so strongly, I urge you to take the offer and move on. Lastly, Wilder Dumont is not a predator. He is not cruel. You are a manipulative bitch who has gotten away with using his mental health against him for far too long. I am the buffer now because he deserves peace, and you bring him nothing but chaos and pain. I am not the one to fuck with, Tina. I assure you. I will fight back.
I toss my phone in my bag and roll my eyes. Wilder just shakes his head and lays back on the bed. “What’s on your mind?” I ask, standing between his legs.
“I don’t know,” he says, rubbing his hands down his face. “I’m worried, but I trust you.”
“I have everything under control,” I say. “She will probably end up crying rape, but you will not go to jail. We will do a press conference and give them everything.”
“I have nothing, Macie. I have no proof,” Wilder says.
“Mmm. You have an overprotective and slightly creepy little sister,” I say.
“What?” Wilder asks, sitting up. “What do you mean?”
“She… put cameras in your office,” I say, and his mouth falls open. “About six months ago.”
“Oh my God… She… Have you seen it?”
“No, and Arden hadn’t looked until now. She said they were there just in case, but said she would look at the footage and send me anything relevant,” I say. “Wanna call her?”
“Uh… yeah,” he says. Wilder pulls his phone out and calls Arden.
“Hey, big bro,” Arden answers.
“You bugged my office?” he deadpans.
“Sure did,” she says proudly. “You have a giant wiener, by the way.”
“Jesus, Arden,” Wilder sighs and lays back. I move to straddle him and sit on his lap.
“What did you find?” I ask.
“First, you never answered me. Are you two dating?” she asks.
“Yes,” I say.
“Sweet,” she says. “So, I found… a lot.”
“I don’t like this,” Wilder mutters.
“Wilder,” Arden says. “I love you so fucking much. I know you feel embarrassed and emasculated, but this is your trauma. You have done absolutely nothing wrong and I will fight to the ends of the earth for you.”
“So?” I ask.
“So, a few times a week, she basically restrains him to his office chair and tortures him. He was always late getting out because she would keep him there and force him to come at least a dozen times. Once, she left him there and he got loose on his own. Every day, though, she corners him in his office. The last two weeks, he’s been in his office all day and doesn’t leave unless he has a meeting. She never comes in and the few times she has been in there, it’s been during a meeting. So, taking her key card seemed to keep her away from him, but he’s basically hiding in his office now.”
“Oh hell,” I sigh.
“What?” Arden asks.
“She’s trying to get pregnant,” I say. “If she gets pregnant, she will get him for child support.”
“Fuck,” Wilder says. “What if she’s…”
“Then we go for full custody and take that poor child away from her,” I say. “No matter what, we will get through this, Wilder.”
“So… I have a friend who has been helping me,” Arden says. “He thinks you should charge her and file a restraining order.”
“Is it that private investigator?” I ask.
“Yeah,” she says. “Levi Andrews. He is a good guy. He’s going to help me get certified.”
“Well, I agree. Let’s not wait for her. You file a restraining order and charges for rape,” I say.
“Assault and sodomy also,” Arden says slowly.
“You could have left that out,” Wilder says.
“It’s important, Wilder. She’s hurt you a lot,” Arden says.
“May I ask what happened?” I ask.
“She used a stun gun and zapped him until he was down and then used a strap on,” Arden says. “By the way, I want everyone to be proud of me for doing this the legal way, rather than just showing me fucking skinning that cunt alive.”
“I’m very proud of you,” I laugh. “I might do it for you, though.”
“Okay,” Wilder says.
“Sweet. I just sent you something to sign, Wilder,” Arden says. I get up and grab his tablet so I can navigate to Wilder’s email. I pull up the documents and hand it to Wilder.
“What is this?” Wilder asks.
“One is to be a client of Levi. One is to give him and I permission to file on your behalf. One is to give Macie permission to act on your behalf with Dumont Incorporated.”
“What? Why?” I ask.
“So that when the time comes to face the press, you are legally appointed to speak for him,” a man says. “I’m Levi, by the way.”
“I’ve seen pictures of you,” I say. “Nice to meet you.”
“Likewise,” he says kindly. “Wilder, we’ve got you, man.”
“I appreciate this, guys,” Wilder sighs.
“One last thing…” Arden says. “You two need to get married.”
“What?” I ask.
“If you are married and appointed to speak on his behalf, it will hold more weight. Also, you can hire me as your personal assistant. That way, there is someone else there as a buffer.”
“I mean, he’s stuck with me either way,” I shrug.
“You’d marry me?” Wilder asks.
“Absolutely,” I say.
“Because you want to be with me or…”
“Because you are stuck with me, Wilder. I will be right here at your side for the rest of our lives. No bullshit, remember?”
“Fuck, I love you,” he says as he pulls me closer to hug me tightly.
“Have you two fucked?” Arden asks. “I bet your belly is permanently damaged.”
“Could you stop referencing my dick?” Wilder asks as he starts signing on his tablet.
“I’m just saying. I low key get why she is obsessed with you,” Arden says.
“I mean, I’m definitely obsessed,” I say. “Although I wouldn’t electrocute you.”
“I had an ex do shit like this to me,” Levi says. “It sucks because you just want to punch the bitch in the face, but you can’t.”
“I can,” Arden and I say at the same time, and then laugh.
“For you,” Wilder says, handing me the tablet.
I smile when I see it’s a marriage license and sign without hesitation. “Sending back,” I say. “Anything else?”
“Nope,” she says.
“Cool. I’ll call you later,” I say. When I toss the phone down, Wilder stands and drops me on the bed before we both quickly undress. He then flips me to my belly and pulls me up to my knees. I cover my mouth just in time for him to slam into me and start roughly fucking me, pouring all of his emotions into me. I moan tearfully as his thrusts get more and more violent, desperate to get us both off. I push my hips back to slam against his aggressive movements and I moan loudly
“Fuck. Yes. Oh God, harder. Please, harder,” I cry.
“Fuck, you feel amazing,” he grunts.
“I’m coming. Oh God, I’m coming,”. I choke out.
He grunts and growls as he shoves deep to come, letting me collapse down to the bed after. I think he is done, but when he rolls me to my back, he shoves my legs apart and pushes his tongue into my pussy.
“Oh fuck, that’s good,” I moan as he eats his come out of me. My legs are shaking and I can’t help but rock my hips. When he starts sucking on me, he pins my hips to the bed and my eyes roll back.
“Fuuuck, Wilder!” I cry out as I come hard. When he stops, I pull him down on the bed and take his cock down my throat. He groans deeply and his body stills, but I move his hands to my head. He grips onto my hair and I suck hard. The more control he takes, the more I do, but I don’t let him fall. Eventually, he gets so worked up that’s he breaks and straddles my face to violently fuck my throat.
“Fucking brat,” he growls as he rapidly thrusts as deep as he can, not caring if I can breathe. “You push and push until I break. Is this what you want? Huh? You want me to fuck you like a filthy whore?”
I whimper at his words and the vibration makes him moan. “Goddamn it, I love this. I love you. Fucking take my come, Macie… Fuck, good girl. Just like that. God, yeees.”
When he moves off me, I can’t help but laugh. “Something funny?” he asks, pulling me up to stand.
“Yes. One, we are late. Two, you called me a filthy whore, and it made me moan. I think I like being degraded when you violently fuck me,” I say. “Also… I like pain.”
“Hmm. Then tonight, I am going to take your ass and be mean to you while I do it,” he says, kissing me.
“Please use lube,” I laugh.
“I want to make you cry, not bleed,” he says. “Of course. Have you ever done anal?”
“A few times. First time it hurt like a bitch, so then I played on my own. Next time, it was a lot better. I never really had sex with the same people too many times in a row, so never got to get the full experience with someone.”
“Well, I’m going to make you come by taking you ass alone,” he says.
“I have a potentially sensitive question,” I say as we get dressed.
“Go on,” he says.
“Are you into pegging?” I ask. “Not to say that what she did was consensual, but I’m just curious if you were interested. I know a lot of people tend to seek out things in a consensual manner to make sense of it.”
“Honestly, not really. My first experience with it was her making me bleed. I know pleasure can be caused by that, but I’d much rather be the one dominating. Why?”
“I am just… not interested,” I laugh. “We still have a lot to learn about each other, so I want us to be able to talk about these things. Of course, if you asked me, I would try it, but I would much rather you just hold me down and violently fuck me.”
“Good, because I enjoy the way you cry and come at the same time,” he says with a grin.
When we are ready, we go down to the lobby and Tina isn’t here, so we go to the conference room. Still, she isn’t here. I get a bad feeling, so I text Arden as Wilder sets up.
Tina is MIA. Make a press leak saying Wilder is filing charges against his assistant for rape.
Arden
I’ll do that now. Think she is up to something?
Yes. No one has seen her. She was supposed to meet us for our first meeting, but she didn’t. I’m afraid she left and is trying to do something shady.
“Everything okay?” Wilder asks me.
“I am having Arden leak the charges,” I say quietly.
“It won’t be enough,” he says. “Leak one of the videos.”
“What?” I say loudly. Everyone turns to us and he pulls me out of the room to talk. “Why?”
“You taught me that I am allowed to speak up, so I’m speaking up. One of these days, you and I are going to have children. I want them and every other person on this planet to know that it’s okay to speak up, even if no one will believe you. Men should not have to fear bogus charges for speaking up against an abusive woman. I have people around me who can help, so I’m letting you help. Leak one of the videos. Okay?” he asks.
“Uhm… okay,” I say.
“Thank you,” he says, kissing me deeply.
We go back into the room and sit down. As he starts the meeting, I text Arden again
Wilder wants a video leaked…
Arden
I did not expect that. Which one?
Pick one that shows, without a doubt, he is not consenting. Verbally and physically.
The electro-pegging. He literally begged her to stop. She came out of nowhere and took him down fast. Once he was down and restrained, she was absolutely brutal and you can clearly see that he was bleeding. You should watch it first, though.
I have headphones. Give me a second.
I find the video and put my earbuds in before pressing play. Right away, I am horrified. He has his back to the door when she walks in. The first shock sends him to his knees immediately. He tries to crawl away, but she zaps him the entire way, leading him to the couch. She lets him pull himself up for a moment, but the next shock makes him fall down. Tina then proceeds to zap him every time he moves while she gets his pants down. Once she is on top of him and gets his arms tied behind his back, she shoves the strap on into his bottom. It is at least ten inches long and at least twice his size around. The scream that comes out of him brings me to tears. I get out of the room and stand in the hall to continue.
“Please, stop!” Wilder screams. “Stop! It hurts! Please! Tina! Stop it!”
“You’re fucking useless,” she growls as she slams into him, pulling another strangled scream out of him. He tries to knock her off but she goes faster and faster. The pain keeps her in control, but she zaps him every time he moves too much. “You ever fucking touch another woman again, I will cut your goddamn dick off and shove it up your ass. You are mine. No one else gets you but me.”
He is crying now as the sobs shake through his body. Blood is on his skin and she doesn’t stop. At one point, she presses his face down into the throw pillow and shocks him until his body goes limp.
The video cuts off and I am practically sobbing.
Wilder takes my phone and earbuds before wrapping me in a tight hug. “I’m so sorry,” I sniffle. “I’m so sorry she did that.”
“Thank you for supporting me,” Wilder says, holding my face between his hands.
“Arden released it,” I say. “I saw her text pop up.”
“I know,” he says. “It hit the news about three minutes ago. It’s been online in full for about five.”
“She spent thirty minutes just… hurting you. Why?” I ask.
“Earlier that day, she saw me hug you when we had lunch with Arden,” he says. “She followed me everywhere.”
“But not the house?”
“I don’t think so,” he says. “I never saw any signs that she had been there.”
“Good,” I say. “Meeting over?”
“Eh. Basically. They were worried about you,” he says. “Come back in with me.”
I nod and we walk back into the room. “Sorry, everyone,” I say.
“Don’t worry about it,” Keith, the owner of Log Logistics, says. “Is this about the video?”
“Uh,” I say, looking at Wilder. He nods, so I continue. “Yeah. Wilder had told me what happened, but I hadn’t seen the footage from the security camera. His sister and my best friend decided it would be good for me to see it if I was going to fight for him. I knew it would be bad, but… I didn’t expect that.”
“I really wish people took sexual assault on men seriously. It is so much more common than people think,” Keith says. “Wilder, I am so sorry you experienced that. You have my complete support.”
“Where is she?” a woman asks.
“No idea,” I say. “I sent her a text basically saying I wasn’t going to take her shit.”
“The front office manager texted me and said she turned in her room key,” Wilder says.
“She is probably going home,” I say. “So, how are we handling the meetings for the rest of the week?”
“We can reschedule and come visit you all when things settle down,” Keith says. “We are continuing our contract, so we can go ahead and sign off on that, and work on plans at a later date.”
“Are you sure?” Wilder asks.
“Absolutely. I am excited to see how we can both grow going forward,” Keith says. “If you have accomplished this much while going through what you have, it will be incredible to see what you do with a strong and supportive woman by your side.”
“Aww,” I say, and Keith chuckles.
“Go and spend the evening with Macie. I will have my assistant email you the new signed contract in the morning.”
“Okay,” Wilder says before turning to me. “Maybe we can just fly out early tomorrow and take the week to get everything settled?”
“That would be good,” I say. “Would also get you out of the office for a change.”
“Thank you all for being so supportive,” Wilder says. “I don’t know how to feel knowing so many people have seen that now, but I think it’s important to show.”
“Absolutely. Size, age, gender… None of it means you are immune from becoming a victim. Some are just more at risk than others,” Keith says.