“Why haven't you asked me if it’s true or asked me if I made a deal with your father?”
“Don’t call him that.” I shake my head. “He’s not my father. I should have realized that when my mom never told me about him. She had a reason.” It’s all clear to me now. She was protecting me from him by keeping me away, but how she hooked up with him in the first place will forever be a mystery to me.
Daniel’s eyes roam over me and I can tell he’s trying to figure me out. “Okay, I won’t call him that, but you haven’t answered my question,” he tries again.
“Because I believe you. I remember that night and you were going to have me one way or another.” He closes the distance between us and grabs the sheet I’m holding around me. I knew the kind of man he was the moment I looked at him, and I think everyone else knows it, too.
“Say you belong to me,” he orders as he lifts me.
“I belong to you,” I answer, and I think he’s going to take us down to the bed but instead he turns and presses me against the wall.
I moan as he reaches between us and frees himself right before he thrusts inside me all the way to the root of him. I’m wet and glide up and down his thick, hard cock easily. He groans in my ear as he moves and he doesn’t have to remind me who owns my body and my soul.
“Say you’re going to marry me.” He’s gritting his teeth and I can see how desperate he is for me.
“I’ll marry you!” I cry out as my body responds to his touch and my orgasm quickly builds.
I dig my fingers into his shoulder as his mouth finds mine. He kisses me like he can’t get close enough and he’s trying to drink me into him. I cry out as his mouth moves lower and he ruts me into the wall. I call out his name just as perfection lights up my body and I climax around him.
It’s so hard and fast that I see stars, but the next thing I know Daniel is lowering me onto the soft bed and kissing me gently all over.
“Did I hurt you?” His words are so low and he’s trying to catch his breath.
“Hurt isn’t the word I’d use.” I laugh until I see his face and then I reach up and touch his beard. He hasn’t shaved in a few days and I love the feel of it against my skin. “Why are you making that face?”
For the first time in my life I see something in Daniel’s eyes I’ve never seen before. There’s a vulnerability there that I’m sure no one else has ever seen before, but he shows it to me. It’s probably because I’m the only one who can make him feel it.
“I took you too hard. I should be gentle with you, but I lost control.” He strokes my cheek softly and I lean into his touch.
“I enjoyed myself.” I nuzzle my nose against his as I wrap my arms around him.
He audibly swallows. “I was scared you were going to leave me.” I would normally tease him, but the look on his face has me shaking my head.
“I’m not mad at you. You know that, right?” I’m beginning to understand why he’s so on edge.
“You’re not?” His voice is filled with shock and I can’t help but laugh. It’s a rare treat to shock him.
“Why would I be mad at you? If anything…” I trail off.
“If anything what?” he asks.
“I’m a lot of work. I didn’t know you were helping him and I—”
“I don’t care about him or anyone else. Without him there is no you, so if you want him around then I’ll let him be around. If you want him gone, then he’s gone.”
My heart flutters because others might see his words as lacking feeling, but I don’t. He gets right to the point and lets me know where he stands. There are no blurred lines between us.
“You make it sound so easy.”
“It is. If it were up to me they’d be gone.” His finger traces down my jaw. “But you’ve lost something in your life already and I won’t take more. Even if I think they’re causing you more harm than good.”
I nod in agreement. “I think they’re just hurting the life we have and the one