Total pages in book: 98
Estimated words: 91423 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 457(@200wpm)___ 366(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91423 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 457(@200wpm)___ 366(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
“Where are the others?”
“I don’t know,” he says. “We split up to find you. We are combing the world for you. I’m supposed to bring you back to the house, but we can make this easy. We can get married here.”
“Married, huh. You want to marry the woman who got your brother killed.”
“At some point you are going to have to give up on blaming yourself for that. You didn’t know what was going to happen to him. You were being controlled by someone who had spent years of your life grooming you. You were a victim, and the man who was responsible is long dead. And you can spend the rest of your life believing that you’re a bad person, or you can spend it married, raising babies, and being happy.”
“You want someone who has lived a normal life. You don’t want me. Everything inside me is the wrong way around. I was installed back to front. I don’t trust you, I don’t trust me, and the fact that you followed me across the world to catch up with me—if I was a healthy woman, I’d be terrified.”
I look over at Aiden. His always beautiful face is marred slightly by a set of bruises not entirely covered by sunglasses. I’d ask him what happened, but I can already guess. He got into a fight with one of the others. Luke, probably. Me running away probably pushed Luke to his limits.
“Oh. Well. Let me clarify for you. You should be afraid. We are also put together backwards, as you so eloquently put it. The three of us are obsessed with you. We would do anything to claim you. There is nowhere on this planet you can go that we will not find you. Let me prove it.”
“How can you prove it?”
Aiden leans back and slides a wad of cash over to me.
“Try again,” he says. “I’ll give you three days head start. Double back on your tracks, go anywhere you like. Stay in the best hotels, and take private planes. We will find you.”
“You’re letting me go?”
“No,” he says. “I will never let you go. I am demonstrating a fact that you need to understand. There is nowhere on this world that you do not belong to us, or where we will not find you. Now, come with me.”
“Why?”
“Because there’s something else I want to remind you of,” he says, taking me by the hand. He leads me to a cabin overlooking the bay. It’s simple, really. New Zealand accommodation has a minimalist bent almost by design.
It doesn’t matter. It’s private, and that’s all Aiden needs.
I have a pocket full of cash, but in short order, those pants are on the floor. He strips me to my underwear, then slides that off too. He remains in his suit, the casual brown of it looking timeless, just like him. There’s something timelessly elegant about this man.
He sits down on the bed and beckons me. I feel a little flush of excitement in my lower belly. I hesitate in my vulnerable naked state.
“I don’t want to be in trouble,” I say.
“You’re not in trouble,” he says. I believe him.
I go to him and I let him take me over his knee. He doesn’t make me admit it, but I have missed this. There’s a comfort and security in this position. It feels like being taken care of. Aiden’s big hands roam over my back, thighs, and cheeks.
Then he smacks my ass, hard. Once. The sting blushes across my cheeks and I let out a little moan of memory. He is an absolute master of discipline. He knows how to hit just hard enough to get the response he needs. He could hurt me easily if he wanted to. He could take out the frustration and expense of coming all the way here on my ass. He could lecture me for being a bad girl who doesn’t do as she’s told. But he doesn’t.
“Remember what this feels like,” he says. “Because when you’re home again, this is how every day is going to feel. You’re going to be kept in line, you’re going to be disciplined. And you’re going to be fucked.”
He slides his fingers inside my pussy, two entering me in one slow stroke. I am already wet. I think I was wet the moment I saw him and realized how easily he had hunted me down.
He alternately spanks and fingers me until I am grinding his thigh, practically begging for his cock. The feeling of the rich material of his suit against my bare skin adds another layer to the sensations. Aiden knows how to erotically demonstrate his power.
When I am almost certain I can’t take it any longer, he slides me off his lap and onto the bed. He stands up over me, giving me new orders.