“I need you, Audrey, I can’t go on without you anymore,” he gasped coming to her, before taking her hands in his. “I love you.” Audrey took in a sharp breath as his wild eyes held her. “I love you so much and I can’t go on another day without you. I need you to be mine again, Audrey, I miss our life and you were right, we were meant to be together.”

She had waited months for him to say that, but to hear him say it now, it meant nothing. She loved Tate, and only Tate. Plus, she had a feeling that he wasn’t being true. With Tate she never questioned his motives but there was something going on, and she didn’t trust anything Levi said. Shaking her head, she looked up into Levi’s eyes and said, “I’m sorry, Levi, but I don’t feel the same. I love someone else.”

“No, you love me. No one will love you but me.”

Audrey scoffed, “No, I love Tate and he loves me.”

“No you don’t, we are meant to be together,” he said with annoyance on his face.

“No, I’m meant to be with Tate. I’m pregnant.”

He smiled, “Fantastic, I hope it’s a girl and she is as beautiful as you.”

Audrey shook her head as her face twisted in confusion, “What? It isn’t yours.”

“It has to be.”

“It’s not, the baby is Tate’s.”

“No, it’s mine!” he said sternly, his hands squeezing hers.

Audrey jumped and took a step back, “No, it’s not! I think I would know who my baby’s daddy is and it isn’t you. It’s my boyfriend, the guy I’ve been with for almost three months. I don’t know what is wrong with you, but I don’t feel comfortable with you here anymore. You need to leave!”

“Don’t talk to me like that,” he yelled taking a step towards her. Audrey moved around him, and went towards the door, her heart pounding as she threw it open before looking back at him. She didn’t like the way Levi’s eyes were full of anger or the way he his hands were clenched tightly in a fist. He needed to leave now. “NO! Don’t open that door! I’m not going anywhere! You will f**king love me. I love you and you will love me, you slut. And if you don’t love me, I will make sure no one will be able to love you. You f**king bitch!”

“Go,” she screamed, trying to be stronger than what she felt. She was scared out of her mind, but she knew he wouldn’t do anything. Or at least she hoped he wouldn’t. “Don’t ever come back either. I don’t love you, and I want nothing to do with you. Now leave.”

“You f**king fat ass bitch,” Levi sneered coming quickly towards her.

Before Audrey couldn’t even say anything, his hand connected with the side of her face, knocking her into the wall. Her hand came up, covering her throbbing face as she leaned against the wall, trying to catch her breath. When Levi’s fist went through the wall beside her head, Audrey let out an ear piercing scream as pictures fell from the wall. He then took a hold of her face with his large hand.

“You are disgusting!” Levi whispered as tears streamed down Audrey’s face over his large hands. She could hear her heart beat in her ears and she was pretty sure that Levi was going to break her face he was squeezing it so tightly. Her teeth cut into her cheeks and she tasted blood as he slammed her head back into the wall. When his other hand connected with the side of her face again, Audrey closed her eyes as she cried out in pain. She tried to push him off her, but he held her tight, squeezing her jaw, causing her to scream out in pain.

How was this happening? Why did she let him in? “I am going to teach you that my love is the only love that is right for you, you f**king bitch!” Audrey wasn’t sure if it was her tears that made her face so wet, or if it was the spit from his mouth or maybe, it was even blood, she didn’t know, but her face was drenched. Levi slammed her head against the wall again and Audrey let out another scream.

“Please, stop,” she cried.

“No! I love you and if you don’t want me then no one will have you!”

He slammed her head against the wall again and all Audrey could do was pray that he didn’t kill her baby. She didn’t care about her face, her body, but her baby was another story. He was too big, and she knew she couldn’t fight back; all she could do was protect her child and hope that they made it through this. But when Audrey slowly opened her eyes, only able to see a little since both her eyes were swelling up; she looked into Levi’s eyes and knew that he was going kill her.

Audrey closed her eyes as his fist connected with her face again, knocking her down to the floor. Her whole body shook with pain and every time his fist met her body, white heat exploded as lights went off behind her eyes. When Levi started to kick her thighs while slamming his fist in the back of her head all she could do was hope it would be over soon. She prayed for Tate to come back and save her, but she knew he wouldn’t be home in time. Audrey slowly wrapped her arms around her waist and couldn’t help but think so much for her Happily Ever After because she was about to lose it all.

Even her life.

She was losing consciousness quickly, and her body was screaming in pain, but she swore she could hear Fallon.

Was she there?

“No, Fallon, run,” she whispered but that only rewarded her with Levi’s foot colliding with her mouth knocking what felt like teeth to the back of her throat.

“Audrey, why aren’t you answering your cell!? You know it’s intense when I call your house phone! Oh my God, let me tell you what that f**k face ass**le, Levi did! He has been embezzling money from Lucas for years! Lucas is freaking out, oh my God, where the hell are you!? Shit! Call me back!”