“Your finances are safe from me. I have more income than you can possibly imagine.”
“I could work. I’m a hard worker,” she adds, as though she didn’t hear me.
“I’m sure you are, but you won’t have to while you’re with me. I already have a lot of employees. I’m interested in unique delicacies.”
A less observant man might not have noticed when her gaze dipped and stuck. She stares at my lips for long seconds before taking in my jaw, where a dark shadow of stubble forms within hours of me shaving. Her pupils dilate, big and black, despite the sunshine through the trees.
“I could give you something else,” she says breathlessly, then meets my eyes and pink tinges her cheeks.
“What do you suggest?” It’s an enticement.
“I don’t know.”
“Liar,” I respond softly. “You do know.”
“I’ve only got myself.”
And such a pretty self. She’s everything.
“And I haven’t got much experience,” she adds in a rush.
“How much?” I demand, my heart hammering once again. Could I claim all of her? Make her mine entirely.
“That was my first kiss,” she confesses miserably.
“Oh, little bunny. And I stole it from you.” I can’t keep the glee from spreading a smile across my face. “What else?”
“I…” She blushes furiously and I shift my feet to better block her from moving. Then I release her hands and wrap my arms around her waist. Her hands flutter to my shoulders.
Stroking the silk over her warm skin with my thumb, I decide I’ve waited long enough.
“I want one thing from you.” I want everything, but we’ll start with this.
“And then you’ll consider that payment, and let me go?”
I swallow razor blades. Can I really agree to that? I’m usually a man who keeps his promises.
“Yes.” The blood and pain of that word threaten to choke me, even though I’m certain this will never happen. “If you want to leave after you’ve fulfilled your debt, I’ll…”Stalk you and protect you for the rest of our lives. “...Take you somewhere safe myself.”
She’d think I’ve released her, and I’d care for her from a distance, and that amounts to the same thing.
“Okay.” She nods, such a proud creature, liking to imagine this is a negotiation. “I’m listening.”
“You said you’re not experienced. I wantall your firsts.”
Not just her kiss. I want to be the first andonlyman to pleasure and use that perfect body of hers.
She lets out a little whimper.
“Not all at once,” I concede. “You can take as much time as you need.”
But she should have no illusions. She’s mine. And if it takes us forever to discover all the ways to be together? Well. That’s not a problem for me.
Biting her lip, Willow digs her fingers into my shoulders, apparently unaware that her breathing has accelerated.
“And you’ll stay with me, as myguest, until we’re done.”
That should be long enough for her to recognise we’re meant to be. And for me to find out exactly what she wants, and arrange it. I have to know everything about her. I want to spoil her, and look after her, and for that, we need to spend time together so I can understand her innermost desires.
