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I glance at Luis. “Out!”
That’s all the encouragement he needs to scurry from the room, leaving me alone with this creature who has no idea how close she is to being hauled across my lap and spanked.
“That was rude,” she remarks, still having no idea the kind of danger she’s in.
I prowl closer, slowly, until I have her pinned between my body and the massive island. Only then does worry appear in her wide brown eyes. Her honey scent drifts up my nose as I lean in and murmur, “I want to make something very clear, principessa, if you ever let a man touch you like that again, I will kill him. If you ever touch another man, I will kill him. If another man touches you for any reason, I will kill him. Do you understand?”
Her breath hitches. “Yes.”
“Good. Now—”
Her phone chimes with a text, then a moment later, two more. I ease back to stare down at her.
“Who is so desperate to communicate with you?”
“Um.” She retrieves her phone from her pocket. Her cheeks flush pink as she reads the text, making my stomach drop. “It’s Nik. He’s angry about me leaving him. He’s also warning me about you. He says you’re a snake.”
Sophia must think I’ve lost my mind when she glances up to find me smiling. Nik’s fallen right into my trap. I knew taking away his toy would get his attention. He can’t stand the fact that I now have what was once his.
“Are you feeling okay?” she asks with genuine concern.
“Never better. Do not respond to his messages, no matter what they say. In fact, you should block his number.”
“But—”
“You don’t belong to him any longer. You belong to me.” Why is she arguing with me about this? She has absolutely no reason to want to stay in contact with that piece of shit. “Block his number. Now.”
That should rile him up even more. Will he come looking for his precious ex-fiancée? I hope so.
“You can’t have everything you want all the time.”
“Yes, I can.” I take her by the waist and pick her up—she squeaks—planting her ass on the countertop so she’s closer to eye level. My palms land on her thighs. “Block his number.”
“No.”
My gaze narrows. “Are you arguing with me just to be difficult?”
“Maybe.” Her lips twitch.
“Why?”
“Because no one in your life sets any boundaries for you. You boss everyone around, or worse threaten them for nothing, just like you did with poor Luis.” She folds her arms in the small space left between our bodies. “I’ve been told what to do, and done it without question, my whole life. I’m over it. I’m not going to do whatever you say just because you said it. You don’t own me.”
My grip tightens around her thighs, and I drag her ass to the edge of the countertop, positioning myself between her legs. “That’s where you’re wrong, principessa. I do own you. I own all of you. One day you’ll realize you’re mine.”
She swallows hard. “And when that happens, will I own all of you, too?”
“I’ll freely give you my body, even my money. But you don’t want my frozen heart or my tainted soul.”
“I might.”
Her penetrating gaze bores into mine, showing me the honesty behind her words. Instead of dwelling on what she could mean, or the strange sensation in my chest that might be something akin to hope, I close the distance between us and claim her lips with my own. Her hot mouth opens. She’s eager and willing to be claimed, no matter what she says.
The fact that she’s a prisoner in my house barely seems to affect her mood. If anything, she’s taken my home, my refuge, and turned it into her own. She’s more the lady of the house than my captive. I’m not entirely sure how she turned her situation around so quickly and efficiently.
My hands slide over her hips, up her ribcage, to her breasts. She gasps into my mouth when I tease her nipples with my thumbs. Her body is so responsive that I can feel the shudder of pleasure that rolls through her because of my touch.
She wants this. She wantsme. How is that possible?
