He thrusts so deep inside me I gasp from the intrusion and the sliver of pain it causes. Cairo’s fingers wrap around my throat again, but he gives me enough air to answer if needed.
“Iamthe King of Wharf Bay. And I’m currently in South Shore, babysittingyouand ensuring Ellie and Mae have a sister to return to. You willnotfucking move again. Because if you do, Bay…I will literally chain you to me. And that means I can and will do this at every waking moment.”
“I don’t believe you,” I croak out because he’d have to be out of his damn mind.
I wouldn’t want to be chained to myself. I’m a walking and talking disaster.
“Then try me,” he mutters along the shell of my ear, sending a needy whimper from my throat. “Move.”
I can’t challenge him back because I’m not feeling very strong right now.
And I don’t want to stopthis.
It’s mindless; I don’t have to do anything but receive. To take whatever punishment Cairo wants to lay out. To maybe have some rationality knocked into me and him soak up some resentment I’ve been harboring for days.
Leaning into him, I rest my head on his shoulder and press back against his hard body as he continues to fuck me.
“Don’t play the victim card,” he whispers. “I think you’ve made it clear what your intentions are andwhoyou are in this scenario by hunting De Leon down tonight.”
A small smile slithers across my face. “Do you thinkheknows, though? Did I get my point across?”
“I swear to God, you’re going to stroke me out.” If he hasn’t realized it yet, I’m really gung-ho about my ambitions. Tunnel vision is a real thing when it comes to something I want to accomplish. “Youcan’tdie.”
I bob my head as he goes deeper, feeling my breaths catch with each thrust. “I won’t.”
“You ran down De Leon tonight in the middle of a fuckingcruiseand almost got yourself lit up by several AKs. Wanna try again?”
Well fucking played.
When he says it like it is… Sure, I mean, of course, it sounds fucking nuts. It sounds like someone is one screw loose of a full set.
“You’d do well if you left me alone. I told Oz the same thing. There’s nothingherefor you.”
“Think so?”
“Know so.”
“Well…you’re wrong, Little T.” His body bows forward a bit and his chest brushes up against mine. “You’d be my first. I’ve never, in my life, chased a woman down, but now I can see the appeal. I can fuck you into submission and have you listening to me before the night’s out. I don’t think you have it in you to deny me. I believe you want me just as much as I want to punish you for all the shit you’ve put me through. I think you’d want me to.”
My blood buzzes with a mixture of excitement and stubbornness at his mild threat. At the things he’s thought about doing to me since I don’t have a brain cell to rub together and heed what he’s saying.
I want to.
Cairo has more pull in this world. I’m just taking every opportunity given to me to do it myself.
“You need to stop.” I blink and Cairo’s dark brown eyes bore into me like never before. He might see myappeal,but he hasn’t experienced how brutally relentless I am. “I want you to tell me you understand.”
“I understand you’re asking me the world,” I deadpan, receiving a soft caress of Cairo’s fingers along the column of my throat.
“Then what do you want me to do? Beg?”
“Wouldn’t that be something?” He turns my face to look at him, and I find his eyes vacant, to which I add, “No…I don’t.”
“That’s a shame, Little T.” His lips heave into a toe-curling smirk that immediately raises a few red flags. “Because that’s exactly what you’re gonna be doing tonight.”
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