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What about her body? I cock my head. Her dress is flimsy and I can see her curves straining against it. What size are her tits? It’s been such a long time since I fucked anyone, I’m not good at guessing anymore.
“I have a way out for you,” I say.
Her eyes dart up. “If it’s not total forgiveness or death, I probably can’t pay it.”
I laugh, shaking my head. “I need to be able to talk to you about this without sugarcoating it.”
She nods. “You can. I’m sorry I fainted. I think I’m just hungry.”
“Maddie is bringing you food and tea.”
She sighs, nestling back and gripping the blanket. She looks good in my bed.
I drag a chair around to the side of the bed, flip it, and sink down backwards. She stares at me and I see her throat bob. Her cheeks go faintly pink and she looks away.
“Your brothers-in-law are going to come after you,” I tell her. “I’m breaking confidentiality by telling you this, but they will try to buy you out. And if they can’t buy you out, they’ll hurt you. They’ll frighten you into submission until you cave to them. If you’re not dead.”
She gasps. “Avery and Thomas aren’t like that. They’re bullies, but they’re not dangerous.”
She’s so innocent. She hasn’t sat across from the Garrison brothers and faced the glitter in their eye as they presented their offer to buy her out. The only thing that kept me from blowing their heads off were the dozen bank officials seated with us.
“She’ll sign,” Avery said. “One way or the other.”
I didn’t make it to where I am by putting my head in the sand. I can read men like him like an open book. He would start by financially pressuring her, then he would threaten. Then hewould hurt her. I saw his family hurt women like Keira without a second thought.
She doesn’t understand the danger she’s in.
“Avery and Thomas Garrison are not your friends,” I say. “It’s my professional opinion that you shouldn’t speak or interact with them. You leave that shit up to me.”
Maddie knocks on the door and I go to take the tray. Her forehead is furrowed and she sends me a curious look, but I just thank her and shut the door. Sliding the lock down so we’re not interrupted.
I put the tray of buttered toast, soup, and hot, black tea with cream before her. I expect her to balk, but she starts eating right away. Tearing the toast and sopping it in her soup before pushing it into her mouth. As I sink back into my chair, I can see the glow return to her face.
“I want you to live at Sovereign Mountain,” I say.
She goes still for a long moment. She’s got butter on the tip of her thumb and she slowly licks it off. Flashing the tip of her tongue.
“Why?” she asks.
“For protection.”
Her brow rises slowly. “Are you trying to take my land too?”
I shake my head. “Technically, it’s my land until you pay the mortgage. No, I want something else, Miss Garrison.”
She keeps eating toast, watching me owlishly. She must have been starving, she barely got a chance to eat downstairs.
“Okay,” she whispers. “What do you want?”
“You,” I say. “In exchange for my protection and a hold on all repayments until our contract is over.”
Her jaw drops and she goes crimson. We sit there in stunned silence for a moment and when she wipes her hands, I see them shake.
“I’m not paying you with sex,” she says.
“It’s not like that,” I say. “I want you as my submissive.”
She levels a blank stare on me. Okay, so we’re starting from square one.
