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“No.” There’s a note in her voice that I don’t understand. Defiance, and something dark underlying it that I can’t read.
I swivel back to face her.
She licks her lips, and her gaze drops to my own. The curl of lust in my groin flares into something far less subtle.
I advance toward her, and she backs away, and keeps backing up until she reaches the wall next to the bedroom door. I crowd in, planting one hand on each side of her head and splaying my fingers out on the wall.
Her dark hair falls softly around her face and down over her shoulders. Her breathing is frantic, her breasts lifting and falling against my silk shirt. Her lips are parted, and her gaze is still on my mouth, only inches from her own. Her sweet, citrusy perfume wafts up into my nostrils.
I close the remaining inches between us and brush my mouth against hers.
Soft, so soft, but the promise of something far less sweet is there in the tiny moan that releases from her throat. I shift one of my hands to grip her neck, keeping my hold light. Her pulse beats fast beneath my fingertips, and her head tilts back slightly, as if giving me permission for more.
The fragility I sensed in her is gone. Somehow, it has disappeared in the space of a few seconds.
“I hate you so much,” she breathes against my mouth.
I smile, feeling cruel. “Good. You should.”
I bite at her lower lip, not vicious enough to draw blood, but enough to elicit another tiny sound from Bianca.
I release her mouth, but we remain like that for a moment or two longer before I step back, dropping my hand away from her neck to allow her to slide out and away from me if she wishes.
She doesn’t move. She simply leans there against the wall, looking at me, her hands curled into fists at her sides.
My heart skips a beat. That look in her eyes is not fearful or confused. It is dark and full of passion and rage. My cock swells, heavy and uncomfortable, and I almost release a groan at the difficulty in bringing my body back under control.
“Leave me, Rio,” she says, her voice husky. “I need to sleep now.”
Fuck. If anyone else ordered me to leave a room…
My fists clench, too, and I concentrate on breathing evenly, before deciding to allow her some leeway this one time. She doesn’t yet know the rules of this world. But she will.
I turn and head for the door, intending to put her presence out of my head once I leave here.
“I meant what I said. Youwillmarry me,” I say when I reach the entrance.
My voice is soft, but she flinches.
I decide to add incentive. “If you do not, Bianca, I will ensure the animal shelter you worked for is shut down, and everyone who worked there never finds another job in this state. Ever. There are consequences for your actions, always. Do you understand, little bird?”
6
“We are never trapped unless we choose to be.”
Anais Nin
Bianca
Your actions have consequences.Rio’s cruel tone reverberates through the suite long after he has left.You will marry me.
I clench the silken bed cover as I relive that little scene. Over my dead fucking body.
My dead fucking body that is throbbing with need after that delicious, monstrous, almost kiss.
What is wrong with me?
I raise my fingers to my lips, still feeling his essence all around me. On me. I can smell his subtle scent every time I move. My bottom lip hurts where he bit it, but with an ache that is more a reminder of the kiss than an actual hurt.
