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He cocked his head slightly and I dragged my tongue across my bottom lip just to tempt and tease him. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew I was playing with fire, but I honestly didn’t care. It would seem my life had been turned inside out on a permanent basis.
“You will follow my rules, Zoe. You will do exactly as I tell you to do.”
“This isn’t the fucking military.” He was sexier than before and I could tell he was completely aroused, the thick bulge in his pants a dead giveaway. However, I was humiliated that my panties were soaking wet, the sparring turning me on like little else had done. We were like two kids in sandbox, tormenting the other to cross the line that we’d already done before.
“You’re right. It’s about keeping you alive and I’m the only man who can do that. As I said, you will follow my orders. Do. You. Understand?”
“Yes,” I hissed and instead of placing my hand on his chest to steady myself, I did exactly what I’d wanted to do before.
I slapped him.
CHAPTER 12
Maddox
I reared back, the hard hit shocking the hell out of me. When the feisty woman tried to walk away, I fisted her hair, dragging her back.
“Let go of me,” Zoe snarled.
“Not a chance, sweetheart. Following the rules doesn’t include slapping me.” The way she pushed her palms against my chest continued to torment the hell out of me. I was hard as a rock, longing to drown myself in her perfume and fuck her like the bad girl she truly was. But that option was off the table.
And I would do everything in my power to keep it that way.
However, punishment wasn’t.
“I’ll tell my father on you.”
“Really? You’re going to share with your father the tryst we’ve had? You’re going to break his heart on purpose?” Goddamn, the woman could push my buttons more than any other had inmy life. Maybe it served me right for succumbing to temptation, tasting the forbidden.
The way her mouth twisted was as tempting as everything else about her. So much so, I was about ready to lose my mind all over again.
“Fuck you,” she snarled.
“Yeah? We will see. Now, you’re going to be punished and I will continue to do so until you realize that your behavior won’t be tolerated and that I’m the only man who can keep you alive.”
Her laugh was meant to irritate me. All it did was entice me even more. Stars were floating in front of my eyes, ones that were leading me into more dangerous decisions. When the vixen tried to slap me again, I snapped my hand around her wrist, issuing a tsking sound.
“That wasn’t very nice of you, Zoe. Now, you’re going to take your punishment like a good girl.”
“And if I don’t?”
“Then I’ll lock you in your room. I don’t think that’s something you want to have happen. Do you?”
“I was right. It’s easy to hate you.”
That’s exactly what I was hoping for. “Good.” I tugged her across the veranda toward the piano, hating everything about the moment. But it was the only way to keep her alive and strong. Maybe I was doing it because around her, it was almost impossible to keep my resolve. When I let her go, she backed away as if I’d burned her, the look of hatred on her face tearing at me as everything else had. “Undress.”
“What?”
“You heard me.” When I reached for my belt, she glared at me in horror.
“You can’t do that.”
“I can and I will. This isn’t a democracy, Zoe. The quicker you realize that, the better.”
She narrowed her eyes, her voluptuous chest rising and falling. She had no idea how close I was to fucking her over the back of the expensive musical instrument. “Fine. But I will find a way to repay you.”
The girl had chutzpa, which could help keep her alive. I’d also sensed there was something she wasn’t telling me. That she’d stopped trusting me was troubling, another reason for shutting down my feelings.
