“I caught you, my doll.”
That whisper sends chills down my spine. He once again buried his face in my neck and took a deep breath. Even his breathing sound was making me feel something in my whole body. A big lump remained intact at the base of my neck. He rubbed the top of his nose once again on the column of my neck, making me feel tingles on my skin. Last night flashed in front of my eyes, and my body shivered in sweet fear. An unexpected event took place between us last night. I remember that I was the one who initiated it. I felt sheepish. Whatever happened last night remains in the past now. I don't need to bring it up now. The damage had already been done, so it was of no use to run away from it. I decided to never bring up that topic. I cleared my throat, pushing the big lump down my throat.
“Let me go." My voice came out as timid, so I cleared my throat.
“I have things to do” and saddened the rest of it more firmly. It made him look at me from the crook of my neck.
“You think I will let you go after how you ran away from me,” he said with raised brows and an evil smirk on the corner of his lips. A shiver passed down my spine when he said that. I remember how I pushed him away from me and how it made him land on the floor. I swallowed the big lump.
“I didn't run away. I had things to do, and I was getting late,” I said firmly in my defence. He raised one brow when I said that. He kept looking at me with his cold blue eyes, and the silence between us only increased the tension in the air. Why is he looking at me that way? I swallow nervously.
"Oh, really,” he said after a prolonged silence, and it made me move my head up and down.
“So you didn't run away from me because I wanted to fuck you again?” he asked with a cunny smirk at the corner of his lips. His cold blue eyes remained fixed on me. My heart starts to thump loudly. It was the exact reason why I ran away from him, but I won't admit it. I had decided not to bring it up last night, even by mistake, but here he was openly saying it. My face flushed red. He pulled the strap of my dress down and started to press wet kisses all over my bare shoulder. I felt tingles once again, and my stomach scrunched in sweet fear. Fuck, he is once again trying to lurk around me. I cleared my throat to get his attention, but he kept pressing hot, wet kisses on my bare skin.
“No, I had work. Now let me go before Isabella comes to find me,” I said firmly, trying my best not to let the nervousness I was feeling come to my face. He looked up from my neck and gave me a lopsided grin when I said that. My heart started to beat fast in fear. It felt like he could read me like a book, even though I was trying my best not to let him. Why is Isabella still not here? She should have come to find me. I bit on my lower lip in dismay. He moved his face from my neck and lined mine. He moved forward, and my breath hitched. Only an inch of distance was left between our lips.
“I see how you are trying to avoid bringing what happened last night between us,” he said with a smirk on the corner of his lips. His cold blue eyes glinted in amusement when they saw how my face lost its colour. I told you I can easily read, and I hate it.
“I'm not avoiding it. Why would I avoid it?'' I said with nervous laughter, trying to dismiss the topic, but from the look of his face, it looked like he was not ready to dismiss it or forget it anytime soon.
"Good, because I'm going to make sure you don't forget even a bit of it,'' he said sternly while looking straight into my eyes. Slowly, the small smile on my face vanished when he said that. A big lump formed at the base of my throat.
“I'm also not going to forget how you went to the strip club and not let you forget too,” he said sternly, and now my heart started to beat fast in fear. He was sounding mad now. I thought he would let that strip club topic go, but no.
Why do I feel like he is going to make me suffer for it?
"Who the hell gave you permission to go to that place?" Erick asked in his mad voice. My heart was thumping loudly inside my rib cage. I swallowed the big lump that had formed at the base of my throat.
“I'm a grown-up woman, and I can decide where I want to go'' I said sternly, looking straight into his cold eyes. His jaw clenched in anger, but I saw him trying to control it. I don't care.
"I don't need anyone's permission, especially not yours," she said in the same tone as his. I won't let him dominate me just because we spent the night together.
"Even if you are going to be my wife in name only, I have all the rights to you; don't you dare forget it," Erick said loudly in his dominating voice. I'm sure people would have heard his voice even in the living room. My heart started to race fast. I don't care if anyone hears him; he can't dominate me.
"No, you don't. For me, it's only a business deal that you and my father made and nothing else," I retorted fiercely, matching the pitch and tone of his. His nose flared when I said that.
"Exactly that business deal. It gives me every right of you. Have you forgotten it?" He said it cunningly while moving his face more, and his nose clashed with mine. My breath hitched when he did that. His lips hover above mine. He was once again taking advantage of our nearness.
“I have every fucking right on you, my doll, and if you have forgotten it, I would love to show you here and now who you belong to.” He whispered those words darkly on my lips, and I just forgot how to breathe.
“Common, say it,” he said, challenging me. I know how possessive this man is. When it comes to me, he only thinks with his dick and mouth.
"Grace, where are you?" I heard Sage calling my name, and it made me flinch. I immediately pulled my hands from his hold and pushed him away. To my surprise, he did stop me. I ran away without even giving him a second glance. I saw Sage standing on the staircase. I immediately pulled the strap from my dress. Her eyes followed my actions, and I had a feeling that she heard it all. She smiled at me, and I smiled back at her in nervousness.
"Let's go before both the mothers come to find us,” she said, and I nodded my head.
I could feel his burning gaze on me but I didn't dare to look back.
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