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“Oh . . .” She hesitates, trailing her fingers over my arm—something I’ve noticed she does when nervous. “He just . . .”
“Tell me.”
“He’s going to use me to settle his gambling debt.”
Nothing she could have said would have prepared me for this. “He what?!”
“I overheard him on the phone telling someone that something I have makes me worth more,” she whispers.
“What is it?” I ask, wondering if it’s her inheritance or something she left at home and needs to recover. Perhaps her father left her some jewelry or other heirlooms that the man wants to use.
“My virginity.”
Chapter Five
Mila
I must’ve stunned Gunner into silence.
He hasn’t said a word in what feels like hours but can’t have been more than five minutes. To be fair, I was stunned into silence too when I overheard Dennis say I was much more valuable as payment because of my virginity. That he would so callously use me disgusted me beyond belief, but above all, it terrified me.
However pathetic it may sound to some people, I have saved my virginity for . . . the one. Yes, I am a pathetic fool who believes in the cliché of soulmates, but I want to share my body with someone I intend to give my heart to. To think that a stranger would want to take that from me is terrifying.
“Virgin,” Gunner rasps deeply, finally breaking the silence, but I can hardly focus on his words with how his warm breath caresses my skin. “You are a virgin.”
“Yeah,” I whisper, struggling to breathe as the warmth radiating from his hard body makes my breasts ache. I shift a little to rub them against the arm he’s slung over me, but the move sends a dull throb to my pulsing sex.
“Mila, you are telling me that your stepfather is trying . . .”
“Yes, but . . . I don’t want to talk about him tonight,” I whisper. When I look down at him, I am surprised to find his eyes darkened with anger I didn’t catch in his voice. Seeing him mad on my behalf settles something in me, and all the fear I’ve haduntil this moment vanishes, and in its place, something else takes hold.
Desire.
Suddenly feeling bold, I sit up and push him to his back before straddling his hips. Looking into his darkened eyes sends a wave of moisture to my sex, leaving me wet and needy.
“Mila, I need to know—” His voice breaks on a deep groan when I rock my hips against his erection, the move sending a delicious tingle between my legs. I do it again, this time lifting my left hand to my aching nipples and rubbing circles over the painful buds. It’s like something in me broke the second I opened up to him.
“Oh,” I whimper as I slap my right hand over his firm chest and grind my pulsing sex over his hardness, seeking pressure, chasing that delicious tug that’s building at the base of my spine.
“Mila!” Gunner growls, grabbing my thighs tightly and pausing my movement. I whine at the man set on having a conversation while my thighs vibrate with need. “You need to tell me everything, so I can protect you.”
“Gunner,” I whine again, trying to move my hips, but he is stubborn and won’t let me go. Despite the hardness pushing against my arousal, his face remains firm as he stares up at me, and Christ, that only turns me on further. “Please, Gunner!”
His features soften a little. “Tell me what you know, little pixie, and I’ll take care of you,” he rasps, trailing his calloused fingers up my thighs and under the shirt.
“I don’t know much. I just heard Dennis on the phone talking about an underground fight happening this weekend and that the man he wants to give me to will be there, but he didn’t say where. He said he can’t pay back the debt, but he knows theman he owes will happily accept me as payment instead because I’m . . . untouched.”
My stomach churns with the memory of the overheard conversation and the reminder of what I ran from, and my arousal cools for a moment. But it heats back up again quickly when Gunner’s fingers caress their way up my body, easily distracting me from my dark thoughts. A whimper breaks out and a shudder racks my body when he brushes his rough fingers over my pert nipples, pinching the sensitive buds between his knuckles.
Another shudder breaks through when he grabs the hem of my borrowed shirt and tugs it up, pulling it off me and leaving me naked except for my panties. He tosses the shirt away before locking those hungry eyes on me, and I realize that I’ve never felt this vulnerable with anyone in my life. Suddenly shy, I try to hide my breasts from his hungry eyes, but he doesn’t allow it, grabbing my arms before I can wrap them over my chest.
“Carry on,” he orders, clearly expecting me to continue speaking, as if I’m not already struggling to hold onto the few brain cells his touch hasn’t already fried.
“He said . . . oh God!” My mind is shot, and it’s a real struggle to remember what it is I was saying as Gunner traces the lines of my body with his fingertips. “He said if he doesn’t use me to pay the debt—"
“What happens if he doesn’t pay?” Gunner’s deep voice makes my core clench painfully. Christ, I want . . . no, I need . . . I have no idea what I need, but staying still like this with Gunner’s fingers toying with me is driving me to insanity. Everything in me aches for relief.
“Oh God!” I sob when he leans in and kisses the spot under my ear, his lips trailing my neck. My thighs are trembling withthe need to move, to rock against his erection and chase that delicious feeling, but his hands drop to my hips every time I try to move.
