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“She won’t. I’ll talk to her.”
I spun Kody for the wall, digging my fingers into her ass as I lifted her to my waist. She wrapped her legs around me, crushing her breasts into my chest. Harder, she clenched to my hair, moving against me with just as much need as I held.
“Tonight.” Kody broke from my mouth. “I want to be in your cuffs again. I want the chains. You gave me pain. I want more pleasure.”
I bit her lip, moving down to suck against her neck.
“Jase, please.”
When I didn’t answer, she tugged my hair, bringing my head up. The stare that met mine had me digging my fingers into her ass even harder. Kody winced, moaning as she eased up.
“Cuffs. I want them. I want you.”
“You don’t get me like that. I told you—”
“I can take it.”
I stopped, easing her to her feet, remembering this is the last place we should be showing intimacy. Someone could be watching. Hadn’t they seen enough? Perhaps they already got what they wanted. They had blackmail pictures that were way worse than this.
“Maybe you can take the pain. Maybe you’d be the perfect submissive. You’re forgetting the other part.”
Kody blinked through my words. “The commitment.”
“It’s more than a mere commitment. When I say you’re mine, you’re exactly that. There’s no running from our problems. There’s no getting bored and leaving. You think marriage is scary or binding? It doesn’t compare to the vows I’ll make you take. Those will be permanent—in flesh and in contract. So again, let that sink in. Don’t try to rush this because of a need. I can fulfill that without my cock.”
“It’s not the same.”
“Neither is your life without me, but you’ll have to let me prove that to you. Come on, let’s go inside. The food should be here by now.”
Kody’s brow drew in as she reached up to the arm I offered. As I opened the door and led us inside, Rian was placing the food on the table. The mask he wore earlier was long gone. He wasn’t having to cover lies or pretend anymore. There was no point in trying to get on Kody’s good side to buffer the news of her friend. She knew, and now we could finally face the reality of what we were dealing with.
“Chinese again?”
I disconnected from Kody’s hold, turning her towards me just short of the table. “It’s your favorite. Beef fried rice. Egg rolls. Double fortune cookie. I figured you wouldn’t mind.”
“You’d figure right. What about you? Aren’t you tired of…?” She smiled. “General Tso’s?”
My laugh couldn’t be contained. “I was eating this long before you came here. You and I are creatures of habit.” I lifted my hands from her biceps, not even realizing I’d stepped in and was holding her. “I got you something else.”
“Tell me it’s crispy noodles and egg drop soup and I will bow at your feet.”
Bow…Her, on her knees with her head lowered before me? There went my pulse, pitter-pattering, pounding and thumping like Kody had just injected my heart with speed. I glanced at Rian, who was staring at me as if he was looking at a ghost. And perhaps he was. Someone was lurking around inside of me. Someone I thought was long dead and gone.
My eyes scanned her face as I reigned in composure. Running from these feelings wasn’t working. Delaying them wasn’t either. If giving Kody more time was the right thing to do, I was failing miserably. Hadn’t I just had her against the wall? She wanted my cock and fuck if I didn’t want to give it to her.
“You might be on your knees sooner than you think.” My voice lowered to barely a whisper as I kept my eyes on hers. Words…they were leaving me and despite knowing I should draw this out, I couldn’t while she was looking at me like that. It was as if she was the only one who existed. The only one who mattered. I could read her. Feel her. See her. Why was it that what I held locked inside, she could so easily display with her expressions?
“Kody, there will come a time when I want just that. A time of my choosing. You, kneeling wherever I say. Waiting for whatever I want to do to you. Imagine that for me. Time for you will be irrelevant. You may hurt. You may get frustrated that I don’t come to you in a reasonable manner. Maybe you’ll even get emotional and question everything you’re doing with me. I hope you do. If you choose to continue, I will test you in ways you could never imagine. Like I am right now.” I traced my finger along the side of her jaw. “Do you want me to keep going?” With my other hand, I wrapped my fingers around the back of her bicep, bringing her even closer as she nodded. She went to glance at Rian, stopping as I gave a swift shake. When I leaned down and leveled my lips with her ear, Kody shivered.
For seconds I didn’t speak. I breathed in her perfume, tuning in as her breath caught and she waited. As she did, Rian’s hand came to a fist over his mouth and his surprise couldn’t be hidden.
Our personalities weren’t the only things that were similar. We’d frequented the same club years back. Whether he still attended, I wasn’t sure, but my absence meant nothing for who I really was. Rian knew that part of me. Here, with him, I had nothing to hide.
“You may not understand why of all times, I’m doing this right now,” I said, lowly. “But I’ll tell you why. Outside factors must never come between us. Not now in the middle of a dinner, not ever. If we’re committed, if you’re mine, nothing exists but you and me. Not a friend sitting over at a table. Not the food. Not devices or work. Us. Do you think you can handle putting me before anyone else?”
Seconds passed before Kody nodded.
“If we’re going to continue this, we might as well start now. There are key words and phrases you must learn. When I speak or gesture with my hand, you’re to obey immediately. Who’s near us is irrelevant. Your wants are no longer yours. Every desire you harbor belongs to me. Nod, again if you wish to go further.”
