Part 4: Utter Degradation.
Warning: This part contains scenes that some people might find distressing. If any of those scenes is not to your taste, please consider skipping it. Thank you.
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Chapter 9
Liam stood before the washroom mirror and inhaled deeply to clear his mind while his heart nervously pounded in his chest. Lastly, grazing his pocket, he felt the box one last time, ensuring everything was in order. He yanked the door open and paced to the living room, where his mom sat on the couch, reading her usual magazine.
"Hey! I want to show you something or... rather ask," he stammered.
She raised her eyes from the pages, there was a certain playfulness about the way she gazed, "What's that?"
He walked in front of her while his heart pounded like a drum. Slipping his hand into the pocket, he blinked, then, pulled his hand out. He kneeled before her and presented a shiny ring encased in a box. "Please marry me!"
Like a gush of sour wind, her playfulness slipped away, and she sat there frozen with no expression.
"What's with this deadpan face? Say something. I'm so nervous, I'll shit my pants."
"Lee," she muttered, "do you even know what you're saying?"
"What's wrong?" he asked, moving closer to her.
"You're asking me to be your wife, YOUR WIFE! Have you lost your mind?"
His heart beat so hard, he could hear it's thrumming. "What's wrong with it? I know no one will accept it, but I don't care about society. It's just you. I love you. I want to be with you forever."
"Stop," she cut him off. "It's not about society or others; marriage is a serious thing, and even if you're an adult, I don't think you actually understand the significance of marriage yet. I'm much older than you, and most of all, I'm your mom."
"But we had sex plenty of times. We already broke this barrier of taboo."
"Look," she sighed. "I enjoy the sex; I like how you give me attention, and I let you do anything you want. I let you hurt me and shame me. I'm your slut, isn't that enough?"
"No, it's not. I want it to be more than just sex; I want to"--he paused and frowned. "Is it because of what you told me the other day about finding a girl and going to college? Is it because you think that this will ruin my life?"
She looked down, "No, it's not."
"Then what is it?"
"I enjoy sex and everything you do, but marriage is not just about sex. It needs a connection, a romantic connection," she sighed, "and I don't have any romantic feelings for you. We are more like friends with benefits."
His heart sank. With every word from her mouth, he died a little inside. His voice trembled as he spoke, "So is that all there was? Just lust; you never felt anything other than that."
"No," she said, looking away.
"That's a lie. If you don't have any feelings and it's just lust, why don't you go around fucking everybody?"
"Cus of your dick," she sighed. "You have a big dick. That's why."
His heart ached. His breathing fired up, and a carousal of emotions danced inside him like a violent tornado. "So my dick is all you want?"
"Yes," she muttered, "I'm happy with being a slut. I don't want to be anything other than that."
"You said you loved me more than anything; was that a lie?" His eyes became heavy. "Were you after my dick this whole time?"
Her lips quivered. "Maybe."
His mother's words burned through his chest, making a hole in his heart. He saw his dreams crumbling away. "Fuck it," he whispered, then, getting up, walked away into the washroom. He latched the door and stood before the mirror again. His eyes were filled with tears while his lips trembled under the pressure of his emotions. A tear dropped, then another, and burying his face into his palms, he whimpered with a broken heart. When he rose his face again to the mirror, he looked at his red eyes; the sadness was gone, now replaced by anger. Then he dropped the ring and the box into the toilet and flushed his dreams away.
DING DONG. Liam was startled. As he opened the washroom door and walked out, he saw the landlord at the door. He was a bald man of short stature in his fifties. They called him Bob.
"Mr. Adams," his mom stood at the doorway, "I think the matter of the rent was solved."
"Call me Bob Regi; I have known you for a long time, and yes, the rent issue is solved. I'm not here because of the rent."
"Oh!"
"Can I come in?" he asked.
"Please."
As they settled down on the couch, she nervously asked, "What's the matter? I am honestly a bit on the edge."
Bob pulled out his phone and showed the screen to his mom. Her eyes widened with shock when something played on the screen. From a distance, Liam heard her voice coming from the phone's speaker, and soon it struck him that it was one of the videos he posted on Only Fans.
"That is you, isn't it?" Bob asked her.
"No, it's not... That's not me." She looked away.
"I know it's you, Regi; the mole on your lip, and I know your voice."
Regina stared back at him. Her shoulders slumped from the realization that she was busted.
"I'm not here to blackmail you. I can't prove it's you. I just"--he paused briefly--"let me watch you naked once. I will go away after that."
His words startled her. Her eyes bulged with surprise and she hissed, "No."
"Please," he said, folding his hands. "I've admired you so long. I will never charge any rent from you again. I just want to see you naked once, please."
"I can't," she crossed her arms and looked away.