Riptide | Rhea Ripley | Enemies to Lovers | Possessive and Spicy

37 - Rhea-Fucking-Ripley

As we walked through her front door, my steps were slow. My knees were still shaky and my wrists couldn't stop jerking when she guided me up the stairs.

My throat was aching, from the grip Austin had on it.

Austin fucking theory...

How did he find out where I lived? He must have been following me for a while.

He even thought he could touch me... it was no longer just hard to get, he was an abuser. Rhea had already called Triple H and told him about the arrest, Triple H was furious and he'd never get in the ring again.

Everytime Rheas hand came on my back, I flinched away. Even as she brought me to the bathroom and shut the door, I jerked at the loud noise.

God don't lock me in here... I was thinking. I kept replaying it in my head, how he slammed me, choked me...

Rhea turned the shower on, waiting for the temperature to come right. "Hey?" Rhea said.

I looked to her but was hardly seeing her. I was seeing Austin. A tear came down.

"Mia? It's Rhea." She says, stepping away from the shower. "Hop in, I'll let you wash."

Alone? I was going to be locked in here alone? I dropped my head.

"Mia? Can I hug you?" Rhea tentatively steps towards me.

I hesitated replying. But this was Rhea... Rhea fucking Ripley. Brutal to some, but gentle to me.

Sometimes brutal for me...

But now she was caring. She was Demi.

I slowly nod, taking a slow step into her arms. She wraps me in a warm hug, resting her head in the crook of my neck. I felt her breathe me in. "Shower, baby." She whispers at my ear.

"I-I don't want to be alone..."

Rhea doesn't let me go. "I'll be right out the door."

My eyes look to the door, Austin Theory just tapping on the other side. I shake my head. "No, no, stay in."

"I'll stay in." She says. But I continue to shake my head. "What is it?" Rhea pulls away, looking at me.

"Join me." I say. "Help me." A tear falls again as Rhea agrees.

"Did you need me to help you undress?" She offers.

Austin's hands come to my mind. The dirty rough ones he ripped my tights down with... I cringe. "No." I say and start undressing.

Rhea follows and let's me hop in the shower first.

As the water hit me, it was like pure relief. I was washing off his hands on me. Disgusting hands... I savoured it, and rubbed down my body, like i was moving Austin off of me.

"If you want to." Rhea said, quietly from behind me. "If you can, tell me what happened, Mia."

I swallowed. I'd told the police but not the details... Rhea didn't even know how he got in, anything.

"I thought it was you at my door." I said, sadly. "I thought you were early."

I feel Rheas warm hands hovering on my back, so I fall into them. Letting her hug me from behind. Her head rests on my shoulder as she listens.

"It was him and he barged in. He called me a slut or whore or something, I don't remember. Said something about Damien and Finn..." I stumbled, tears crashing down. "He choked me and he... he rubbed me."

Rhea let her breathe go at my ear. She growled lowly, shaking her head. "I should have killed him... Mia. He doesn't deserve to live. You didn't deserve that..."

I kept crying, not done. "I tried to run for the door but he pushed me into it... but then you got there." I smile. "Thank you for coming, I don't know what I'd done if you weren't there..." I breathe through the tears.

"Don't think about that, baby." Rhea whispers. I felt something wet on my shoulder and turned around.

Rhea was crying.

I hugged her. Hard and let myself cry loudly. I broke down completely. It wasn't just because of what had happened, but yesterday.

God I was an Idiot.

We still needed to talk about it, but, now wasn't the time.

As Rhea stroked my back, her hands were caressing over my skin. She didn't want to initiate something right now, I knew that, but as her hands circled my lower back, I couldn't help but tense up.

"I'm not going to touch you." Rhea says. "Not until you beg for it."

I couldn't help but laugh at that. Hopefully as time goes on, the memories go away and I move on. I want to be touched by Rhea again...

I loved it. I loved her...

Shit.

I love her.

Rhea fucking Ripley.