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He frowned. “You won’t. Rita, who tried to clean you up last night, is an acquaintance of mine. She runs the website and parties. She will never allow you in any of her businesses now that she knows you’re under my protection. It is not a safe option for someone as innocent as you are, and due to your frantic call last night, I think you’d agree with me.”
I rubbed the back of my neck. Inside, I crumpled in shame. No matter how I put it, I was willing to sleep with the men from the website to get money from them. Sophie was miserable with Trevor.
“Yes, but you still want me. I don’t think ‘want’ means being your lunch date,” I half-joked, and he gave me a striking bright smile.
“I suppose my interest is just as crude as the men on the website.” He sighed heavily and rubbed the stubble on his square jaw. “I want to keep you.”
“Like a kept woman?” I asked with shock in my voice.
“Yes. Tell me what you’re thinking.”
“I’m thinking about what I know of kept women. A guy keeps her, buys her things, has sex with her.” I flicked my eyes at him.Could he see how embarrassed I felt?
“I do want to fuck you, Nadia,” he said. The strength and force in the way he laid bare his desire caused a sudden surge of heat to rush between my thighs. He paused to watch me struggle to calm my composure, squirming in my seat and letting my hair cover my hot face. But he was clever, and I was sure he knew that by sitting close and with little on, I wouldn’t be able to calm myself. Peering at him through my lashes, I could see his pleasure in watching me. He didn’t give me time to change, and he used the term fuck to push a reaction from me.
“But I’ll want more than your body,” he added, and removed the curtain of my hair back from my face in one swift movement. “You’d spend time, travel, and eat with me. If things work out,we can decide what I can do for you. There are still things I can do for your family. But for you, perhaps I can compensate you or help you with your future design career….”
Paul Crane so casually offered me my dreams.
However, I didn’t know why he’d think I was someone he’d want to keep.
I ran my hand down over the goosebumps on my arms. “I’m a virgin, and you said you didn’t like that. Let me tell you what I didn’t include in my form. I threw up trying to give a blow job. I haven’t a clue how to please you sexually. You’d be better off with a real escort or starlet for sex.”
A lascivious smile curled the corners of his mouth. “Thank you for sharing, but I go with my instincts, and I know I’ll be pleased. I’ll be good to you, Nadia. I’m a skilled, patient, and attentive lover. Starlets come with drama and demands. I’ve had to handle too many fake children and extortion plots. Escorts are professionals doing a job. I want genuine feelings. When I decide to bring a woman into my life, it’s more complicated than normal. You’re not involved in the world I’m in. You’re not afraid to approach, talk to, or touch me. When I took over last night, you didn’t fight me. That’s what I want. If you’re willing to be with me the way I need, I’ll give you—”
“You’ve given me too much already. But I don’t understand what you’re getting from me.”
He smiled. “You agree to spend time with me. I’ll warn you, that’s not as easy as it sounds. I’m a well-known public figure. Your life will be under public scrutiny. I’m demanding, and I have the final say on most things. But you can communicate with me. I know this is a lot to take on, and I’ll give you time to think things over.”
I didn’t know how to answer, but even in my naiveté, I understood we wouldn’t be dating, and this wouldn’t be romance. There would definitely be an end date. How longwould he enjoy being with me? What if I liked him and wanted us to continue this arrangement longer?
Xander had, unfortunately, been right. Paul wanted to enjoy having me in the way he wanted for a while. In a way, it wasn’t that much different from Lollipop, except he’d already helped my mom and probably found that doctor for my dad. He helped me without anything attached. He left me to choose him on my own. But there was a nagging in my mind reminding me that it wasn’t as easy as it sounded. He had already overstepped at the bar and dorm. Would I have any say over what would happen between us?
I knew I should say no, but I was fascinated. The idea filled me with excitement to be with Paul Crane, and I felt like Nora Winkley’s child—not Agata’s. Paul was my handsome, charismatic magic man offering to sweep me away. But unlike my deadbeat sperm donor, Paul had already done so much for my family and me. Though he said I wasn’t in his debt, I was.
“Would I have to have sex with you right away?” I asked.
He rubbed my cheek with the back of his hand. “So sweet. Soon. I can feel you need it. Don’t you?”
I looked everywhere but at Paul. “I don’t know. I don’t think about sex.”
Of course, he was keen and observant. He hadn’t missed any of my lingering stares or my body’s reaction to his touch. I wanted him, but I was also afraid of what sex would be like. All I ever heard was that it hurts the first time.
He grinned. “You can admit you do. I won’t judge you.”
I dipped my head and smiled. “Okay. I do.”
“Since you’re frightened, I won’t go all the way yet. I’ll just take a little from you today. Would you let me, Nadia?”
I want you to touch me, Paul.“What would I have to do?”
“Lie back and place your feet on the couch, facing me.”
I widened my eyes. “Like, now? I mean, don’t you have work to do? It’s the middle of the day, I think.”
His eyes and smile held amusement. “For you, I have all the time in the world.”
My body trembled, and my pulse sped up. “I’d imagined being naked, lying across the bed, but I mean, the sun’s bright, and you’re sitting there in a suit, and with my legs gapped, it’s so exposed….”
