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Jittery with nerves, I cast my gaze downwards as he rests one large, powerful hand on the table in front of me. I study it out the corner of my eye. His fingers are long and elegant and covered with solid gold rings that look antique. His nails are immaculately clean and polished but curiously, sharpened into points that give his hand a frighteningly devilish quality. As he continues to close in, I get a whiff of his cologne: a smoky mixture of chocolate, vanilla and tobacco and something else I can’t quite place. Whatever it is, I find it strangely intoxicating.

“I’ve changed my mind,” he says softly. “I’ve decided that Idowant you to stay after all. For another £25,000, I want you to spend the night with me.”

“Spend the night with you? You don’t mean…?”

“Yes. I want to revert back to the original agreement with your agency. For the full £50,000, I want you to spend the whole night. I want to go through with it.”

Oh, dear God, no!

“Please, Jessica, I want you to stay. We’re getting along so well and…I think you’d enjoy it.”

When he says the word ‘enjoy,’ my pussy starts to throb. I can’t help it. His voice is like a sensual caress, stroking my clit and casting a spell over me to make my body do things it shouldn’t. This shit needs to stop!

Awkwardly, I scratch the side of my neck, trying to think of a way to let him down gently. “I’m so sorry.” My voice breaks a little. “But I can’t. I’ve had a lovely evening with you, the dinner was wonderful, it’s been great, but I just…I can’t. I’m sorry.”

“Why not?”

“Because…because…”

“It’s because of the way I look, isn’t it? You find me disgusting. If I looked normal, you’d want to spend the night with me in a heartbeat. Don’t deny it. You’ve shown that you can be bought. Money is clearly a motivation for you. For £50,000 you were prepared to sleep with a stranger, regardless of who that person turned out to be. You want money, I’m more than willing to pay, yet still you refuse me. It can only be that.”

“Well, I, that is…” I break off and run my fingers through my hair. I’m so flustered, I don’t know where to look. The truth is, there’s much more to it than that. If only it were that simple. It’s not just his physical appearance that turns me off—no, there’s something else too. A dark aura that is hard to fathom; something malevolent and corrupt, something almost supernatural that consumes everything he touches and makes it difficult to breathe. A violently unstable energy that suffocates and terrifies me, causing my whole body to recoil.

Sleep with him?

I would have to be out of my mind. But the last thing I want is to upset him and risk changing his mind about paying me what he already owes, so this situation will need to be handled with the utmost delicacy. If I fuck this up, there goes my mother’s medical treatment, and I simply cannot allow that to happen.

Stay strong, you can do this.

Hugging my shoulders, I try to buy myself some time. “Please don’t take this the wrong way,” I say. “But you’ve got to understand it took a lot to psych myself up and come here. I’m so nervous, I’ve never done this kind of thing before and when you said you didn’t want it to happen, well, I sort of got used to the idea. Now you’re saying you’ve changed your mind…I’m sorry, but my head just isn’t with it anymore. I hope that makes sense. It’s not you, it’s me. This is my issue, not yours.”

Mentally, I facepalm.It’s not you, it’s me? How corny is that?

For what seems forever, Alex continues to stand over me, silently processing my words. I can hear the heavy rise and fall of his breathing. Can almost feel the disappointment rushing through his veins. But my mind is made up. I simply cannot go through with it. There’s just no way I can sleep with him.

When he speaks again, his voice is low and icy. “Fine. Okay. I respect your decision. I’ll arrange for Hobbs to drive you back home. Thank you for coming, Jessica. Also, I just wanted to say, I really enjoyed our time together and wish you a safe journey home. I’ll see to it that the £25,000 is paid into your bank account by Monday morning latest. Have a good evening.”

Without another word, Alex sweeps out of the room, and I start breathing again.Jesus, did that actually just happen?

CHAPTER FIVE

Alex

The moment Jessica leaves the house with Hobbs, I throw on my hooded cloak and race downstairs into the courtyard where my Range Rover is parked. Jumping in the driver’s seat, I turn the ignition and within minutes I’ve steered the car out of the drive, in hot pursuit of the Rolls. No way in hell am I letting her get away from me.No. Fucking. Way.

My throat is dry. My dick is on fire. Every part of my body burns with longing.

All I can think about isher.

It’s like I’m in the grip of a mad fever, or like I’m on drugs. My whole world has been turned upside down. The moment I saw Jessica I was completely knocked for six. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. At first, I couldn’t even speak, so stunned was I by her appearance. She is without doubt the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. Hair the colour of chestnut, the darkest, loveliest eyes imaginable, exquisite olive skin, full lips that were just made for kissing. A face, so mesmerizingly gorgeous it looks as if it was carved by wood nymphs or forest fairies. And that body—fuck!Don’t get me started. Just the thought of those mouth-watering curves and my dick begins to throb again. And when she smiled—just once, when she spoke about her family—all I wanted to do was tear her clothes off, throw her down on the table and fuck her till she begged for me to stop.

Lord of darkness! I need, I need, I need.

I have got to have her. I have got to have her. There is no way this is over. Never, never, never…

Shifting gears, I grip the steering wheel tightly and loosen my collar, trying my best to stay calm. My heart thuds erratically. My palms are all sweaty. My God, she drives me so crazy it feels like I’m drowning. I’ve never felt such longing, never been so hungry for sex. My reaction to her is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced, and it took all my strength to behave myself and keep my hands off.

Since hitting puberty seven years ago, I’ve ached to taste the body of a woman but accepted this was not meant to be. For seven years I’ve had to make do with cold showers, watching pornos and wanking myself to sleep at nights, but not anymore. No. This girl, this Jessica, has awoken the beast and now I’m ready to go on the rampage. I will not rest until she is mine. I will not sleep until I’ve bathed my cock deep within that furnace of sweet, fiery heat between her thighs.

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