My fingers trailed absently down my thigh.
A flush of heat bloomed under the tight denim of my shorts. My legs went weak, almost giving out beneath me.
At the very last second, Benjamin finally let Isabella go.
She crumpled to the ground, her tall frame folding in on itself. Her face was flushed, a dazed, utterly satisfied look in her eyes.
"What a delicate little thing," he sneered. "Tch, I'm not even close to finished!"
He started to walk away, but his sweeping gaze snagged on a figure hiding behind the barn. Through the gaps in the wooden planks, our eyes locked.
"Well, well. Sweetheart, so you were watching me," he said, a slow smile spreading across his face. "Perfect timing. Since I'm not done, you can help share Isabella's burden."
Pure, unadulterated delight lit up his features. A man like him probably never dreamed of encountering one female college student, let alone two at once.
He grabbed me, spun me around without a word, wrapped a thick arm around my slender waist, and yanked down my underwear.
Oh god, is this really happening?
I squeezed my eyes shut, putting on a show of resistance while secretly anticipating Benjamin's… prowess.
"Just you wait," Benjamin boasted. "Today, you'll both get a taste of what I can do! Afterward, I'll take a few pictures for you. A little keepsake."
What? He wants to take those kinds of photos?
A final shred of sanity screamed that I shouldn't act like some wanton girl. My parents had always taught me self-respect.
Yet, the opportunity was right here, and I couldn't bring myself to refuse.
As I hesitated, a knock echoed from the door.
"Uncle Benjamin, you got women in there?"
Annoyed by the interruption, Benjamin roared, "Of all the times to show up! Now? No women here! What the hell do you want, Caleb?"
"Uncle Benjamin, I came to borrow your plow ox. I swear I heard a woman. If you got some fair-skinned ladies in there, let me have a look too!"
This Caleb guy seemed to be on familiar terms with him.
Hearing his desire to see a woman, a sly idea gleamed in Benjamin's eyes. He quickly shoved both Isabella and me deeper into the barn's shadows to hide us.
"Hah! Bad timing today, Caleb. The ox isn't available. Try again another day. Now get lost!"
But the moment Benjamin cracked the door open, Caleb craned his neck, trying to peek into the yard, determined to find the women he'd heard.
The barn stank. Isabella and I tried to sneak back toward the house, but Caleb spotted us.
"So tender!" he gasped.
Isabella was naked, using only her jacket to cover her front. I was equally disheveled. Caleb, who had clearly never seen women like us, got a nosebleed on the spot.
"Look at you, pathetic! Go home and suckle your mother! Get out of here!"
Benjamin laughed scornfully, shoving Caleb out and slamming the door shut.
After securing the bolt, Benjamin walked back toward us.
"That stupid kid doesn't know any better. He's nothing like me. You two are staying put in my house these next few days. Don't you dare go outside!"
Having vented his urges, Benjamin finally remembered he hadn't sorted dinner. He ambled out casually to go fishing.
Seizing the chance, I dared to ask Isabella, "I thought he was your uncle? How could you two...?"
Cupping her burning cheeks, Isabella whispered shyly, "Oh, we met online. I was just embarrassed to tell you. Besides, having you with me made it feel safer, right?"
"What?"
So she dragged me along because she was scared to come alone?
Seeing my displeasure, she hugged my arm and swayed it. "Don't be mad. Look, Benjamin's really strong, right? If you want to... you know... you can. I wouldn't mind!"
"I... I'd rather not."
I just couldn't bring myself to be so shameless.
Soon, Benjamin returned, holding a fish he'd caught from the river. His boxer shorts were still damp, splattered with mud.
The sight sent my heart and Isabella's into a frantic flutter.
After dinner, Isabella and I went to our separate rooms to sleep.
Benjamin put us in different rooms, but the walls were paper-thin. All night, I could hear Isabella's constant moans.
Strangely, Benjamin never came to my room. It made me feel... inadequate compared to Isabella.
Three days passed in a blur. It was time for us to go home.
"Uncle Benjamin, I had a wonderful time, but I have to go back now. My family will worry if I'm gone too long. I'll visit again soon!"
Isabella covered Benjamin's face with kisses.
Hearing we were leaving, Benjamin looked shocked. "Go back? Go where?"
"Home!"
Benjamin's tone turned ominous. "What home? You two are staying right here with me. You'll be my women, sharing my bed. I promise I'll treat you both fairly!"
Isabella stood frozen.
I immediately refused. "That's impossible! We have to go home!"
"Nothing's impossible. Listen, girl," Benjamin said, his eyes boring into me. "I haven't touched you yet, must be driving you crazy with anticipation, right? Well, your chance is here! Tonight, I'm all yours!"
His expression hardened. He roughly confiscated both our phones.
Terrified, I was on the verge of tears. "How... how can you do this? You can't just keep us here!"
"Uncle Benjamin, please give us our phones back. Haven't these past few days with you been enough?" Isabella pleaded desperately.
"Hah! Enough? Hell no! It's been years since I had a woman. Three days? That's nothing! I decided the moment you arrived. I'm keeping you both here forever. One as the main wife, the other as the second!"
Benjamin revealed his true colors. He found a rope and tied both Isabella's and my hands together.
Only after endless, frantic confirmation did we realize he was dead serious. He had planned to imprison us here from the very beginning.
"Get ready to bear me some strong, healthy sons!"
Gazing at the women he had finally obtained, Benjamin's face broke into a satisfied, possessive smile.
After confiscating everything we owned, Benjamin locked me in the room again. But this time was different. He tied me to the bed.
To prevent any chance of escape, he deliberately took all my clothes.
Isabella suffered the same fate.
We cried out, but no one answered. We were finally, truly understanding the dangers of the world beyond our own.