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“No. I don’t say sorry.”
This isn’t an apology, but I can take responsibility where it’s due. But if you want to change something, you have to build it back up after you tear it down.
“You must be getting bored of Ava,” I remark, “if you’re already hatching escape plans.”
“I love Ava. I just hate that she’s trapped here with me all day. The longer this goes on, the worse it gets. It’s like I’m making her a captive, too. I don’t want that for her. She doesn’t deserve it.”
“Is that what you think I want?” I ask. “You think I want to hide you away for the rest of your life, Contessa? A man doesn’t buy a Ferrari to keep it in the garage.”
The rag is almost dry, her skin cooler to the touch. I put it aside and pull my girl up into my lap, cupping her ass in my hands.
She grimaces softly, but settles in my lap, the two of us face to face now. I don’t want Contessa under me while we make important deals. If Contessa is finally desperate enough to get daring and disobedient, then she’s ready to listen and obey. That, at least, comes naturally to her.
“If you’re going to be out of this room, you have to play by my rules. But you haven’t proven to me that you can.”
“You can’t expect me to play by the rules if I don’t even know what they are.”
“Your only rule so far was to not leave this room, and you fucked that one up pretty spectacularly.” I cut off her whining before it can start, squeezing her ass gently and stroking my thumbs over the fading welts. “But my pretty girl had extenuating circumstances, didn’t she? She couldn’t help it that I didn’t come around for so long.”
Her nod is hesitant, as if she’s surprised I can see it her way.
“Yes…”
“I’ve always said you can have almost anything you want. From what I’ve seen, you’re about as demanding as a cactus. You don’t need that much as long as you get wet every once in a while,” I tease her lowly.
“I didn’t think you’d give me the things I want.”
“Like not being in this room.”
She nods.
“Here are my conditions, Contessa. The rules.”
She sits straighter, as if desperate to prove she can be good for me. Fuck, I love it when she’s eager, when she showcases it with her whole body. She wraps her arms around my shoulders, settling in my lap like she belongs there.
It makes me feel in control—which, in my experience, makes me wonder if I really am.
Does she know she’s being trained and tested every day? Does she see the end goal the way I do? How deep does that self-awareness go when I’m teasing out her cunt?
“If you’re out of this room, then you’re with me. I’m not here every day, and there will be meetings you can’t go to. Otherwise, you go where I go. But if you’re at my side, Contessa, you’ll see what I do for this family. You’ll bear witness to all of it. And some of it, baby girl, you’re really not gonna like.”
Hesitation flickers in her eyes, but her face stays stony.
“You can’t tell me to stop. You can’t beg me to change my mind. I let you have your say with Cecilia out of respect, but there are things I have to do that you can’t sway me from. Can you handle that?”
“Yes,” she agrees, too easily.
“Really?” I challenge. “You’re going to sit by with your mouth shut if I have a gun to someone’s head?”
Face to face like this, I can see every expression. The way her face tenses, the way her pupils blow dark at the thought.
“You’ll stand by and watch me kill a man at your feet, even if he begs for you to save him?”
“You don’t have to show me those things—”
“Yes, I do,” I correct her, sharply. “If you want to stay ignorant, that’s what this room is for. But if you’re with me, you’re with me all the way. Do you understand?”
The silence lingers.
