Page 13 of Holiday Rut


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I feel as if he, of all people, would understand, seeing as he knows just how broke I am.His thunderous gaze, however, leaves me quite doubtful that I’ll be able to explain much of anything to his liking.It’s furious, glorious, all the things women whisper and gossip about, but you don’t think are really real.

All I can say is, thank God he wasn’t like this at the bank.With the way my pussy drips at his ire, I don’t think either of us would have left with our clothing intact.Then again, would it really have been so wrong?How would fucking him there be different from in here?

Oh.Right.Because now he’s paying me to do it.Now, I’m hyped up on pheromones, desperate to do his bidding.Back at the bank, I’m sure we would never have gotten this far.Everything would have stayed nice, neat, professional.

My heart plummets as I watch him.There’s a similar expression on his face, like he had back there.It’s like he wants to say something, but doesn’t.And why would he?I wasn’t his to lecture then, and I’m sure as hell not his to lecture now.Not really.Unless he truly wishes to waste his time talking when we could be fucking.

His lips part as I brace myself for the verbal onslaught.But soon, he closes them and shakes his head.Instead of lecturing me, he takes another step back and undoes the button on his sleeve.I watch, my mouth filling with saliva as he rolls the fabric up, revealing a toned, muscular forearm.

Hot damn, but he’s a prime specimen of an Alpha.My knees tremble as I squeeze my knees tight together.Slick gathers at my lower lips, drenching my underwear.It’s the pheromones.It’s just the pheromones.

“You will use short, precise words and explain exactly what the fuck you mean by that.”His voice rolls out from his mouth in a dark gravel that has me nearly moaning out loud.

“You see-”

“No,” he barks out.“I do not see.No embellishing.No adding.What.Is.Wrong.With.The.List?”he barks out, punctuating every word with a snap of his sleeves as he rolls up up past his elbow before starting on the other one.

“I lied.”

Honestly, it’s as simple as I can make it, summing up such a stupid action in two words.Those two little words, however, make his eyes darken again.This time, I can tell it’s anger and not lust, causing his pupils to disappear.

“I see.What exactly did you lie about?”

“All of it?”

“Is that a question or an answer?”

“I… I’m not really sure, to be honest.”

“So you’re a virgin.”

The dull flatness of his tone cuts me to the core.This is not how today was supposed to go.I was supposed to come into this room, offer my body to a stranger, get fucked, get paid, and then go home and never think of this place again.

Why, oh why, did it have to be someone I know, even as slightly as I know Jason?Now things are awkward and tense, making me wish I never signed up in the first place.

“No.I’m not a virgin.Sorry to disappoint.”

His eyes brighten a touch at that.“I’m relieved, honestly.I don’t make a habit of deflowering virgins.”

A nervous giggle finally worms its way from my throat, punctuating the air with a slightly nauseating bray.

“I fail to see what’s so funny about all this,” he seethes, crossing his arms once more.

“D- deflowering,” I wheeze, doubling over as hysterical laughter flows out of me.“Who says deflowering anymore?”

Once the laughter starts, I can’t stop it.It’s as if all the exhaustion, all the gut-wrenching fear, seeps out of me with this stupid, raucous sound that refuses to stop.I know it’s insane.I can hear it with every noise that fills the space between us.

With a deep sigh, he walks past me and sits on the bed.“Come here.”

The tone in his voice brooks no argument.It’s not an Alpha command, but then, it doesn’t have to be for me to obey him.Shuffling over, I stand in front of him and take in his firm fingers as they flex.

“I wanted to fuck you.I wanted to take you and break you in the most delicious, agonizing way possible, but I can’t do that.Not yet, anyway.”

My heart plummets as tears threaten to burn in my eyes.Does this mean I won’t get paid?They never said what would happen if a client refused to have sex with you.I guess I should have asked, but never did I dream of being rejected like this.

“I understand,” I whisper as I turn from him.“I’ll let them know.”

As I turn, his hand reaches out and encircles my wrist.“And just where do you think you’re going?”