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ChapterEleven
Eden
I tried my best not to laugh in Dominik’s face, but the look behind his eyes was priceless.
The way he attempted to contain himself as he handed me those papers without an argument pushed a giggle to the surface. I had studied that document all damn week, documenting every single loophole I could find before compiling it all into a list.
I’d make his life a living nightmare, and he’d be bound to secrecy for the rest of his fucking days.
Serves him right. He thinks he can make a whore out of me.
As I opened my laptop and got to work, I noticed that I had a lingering message from my sister. I had been attempting to avoid the conversation of what we’d do this weekend, seeing as it had become the norm for us to spend our free weekends together at my place. I lived in a nice two-bedroom condo while she slummed it up in a measly studio apartment that sat directly over the building she rented for her catering business.
And as the unanswered notification continued blinking at me, I knew I couldn’t hold off any longer on her.
Emily: Seriously, please tell me we’re getting into something this weekend. I need the distraction.
I quickly typed back to her.
Me: I can’t this weekend. I’m swamped with work.
Those three little dots danced around before her message popped up.
Emily. Laaaaaame! But I understand. Want me to at least bring dinner by so you don’t starve?
Me: No, it’s okay. I ate before I came home. I’ll message you Sunday? Maybe we can go out for dinner or something once I’m done with all these stupid files.
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mily: You’re on. I’ll message you sometime after lunch. Love your face.
Me: Love you, too.
With that bullet dodged, I turned back to the malicious fantasies panning out in my head. I’d make this man’s life a living nightmare all fucking weekend. I’d extort him, and push him around, and fuck him over until he had no choice but to back out of the rest of our weekends. Two could play the game he wanted to play. He wasn’t the only person who had the capability of using underhanded tactics to get what they wanted.
And what I wanted was to get as far away from his hellhole as possible.
“Here you go!” a chipper stewardess said as she placed a plate of food in front of me. “Steak and potatoes with garlic-fried asparagus and some champagne. Or would you prefer a nice wine to go with your dinner?”
My eyes flickered toward Mr. Drake. “I’m not hungry, but thank you.”
“Well,” the stewardess said as she sat my champagne flute down anyway, “I’ll just leave it here in case you change your mind.”
I watched as the woman quickly prepared the same dinner for the man sitting across from me, and as he cut into his steak, I couldn’t help but enjoy the aroma that wafted beneath my nostrils. There was nothing better than a good, juicy steak. But I wouldn’t take it. I wouldn’t take anything he gave me without notice, even if it meant starving myself the entire fucking weekend.
However, as he wrapped his lips around that piece of meat, the growl that erupted from his throat tickled the hairs on the nape of my neck.
“Oh, yeah,” he grunted, “that’s the stuff.”
He winked at me, and I forced my gaze back to my laptop. He continued to grunt and groan, like the man was readying himself to stick his dick in his mashed potatoes. My stomach gurgled with a need for sustenance. I hadn’t eaten anything since my morning coffee and muffin, and I felt myself losing the battle with my stomach.
And as my hands started shaking just above my keyboard, Dominik’s voice pierced my hazy thoughts.
“You really should try it before it gets cold,” he said as his knife squeaked across the plate, “it’s a fantastic dish.”
I peeked over my laptop in his direction. “I’m fine, thanks.”
His tongue darted out to catch the drippings from his bite of steak and I hated the way my nipples hardened. His tongue looked dexterous as he caught the juice on the tip of his tongue. He hummed with delight as his lips wrapped around the juicy, tender slab of beef. Even the way his jaw moved while he chewed was enticing, and it pulled my gaze to his sharp jawline.
