It’s like a dagger has been shoved into my solar plexus. I won’t give him the satisfaction of an answer, nor will I allow him to ruin this moment with his fucked-up mind games.
Pressing down, I finally take all of him. I can feel him in my chest. Dick to the brim and then some.
He pulses so hard. It’s like it has its own heartbeat. Forcing my eyes on him, I begin my glide. Sliding his dick in and out of me, I take complete control of our moments. I make eye contact and don’t break it.
“Who says I don’t?” I don’t give him the answer he wants, but the answer he deserves after months of keeping me prisoner, taking my choices.
“You have to earn me too, Ri,” I whisper, letting him see all my emotions.
His hard features hardened even more. For a second, I think he’s going to toss me off.
“Hai.” The gruff reply has me leaning up, kissing the hollow of his neck.
“Yes, ride this dick, beautiful,” he urges as I lead us to paradise again.
“Let’s go for a walk.”Pulling me up, he gives me a slight.“ Earning you.”Sign with a quirk of his lips.
He may as well be beaming. None of the Takedas smile unless they are killing someone.
I’m barely recovered from his earlier lovemaking. I don’t mind the way he held me like he adored me afterward. I even basked in it, and the words of praise he lavished on me. “You did so sell, Ev.” I didn’t dare look up to catch the emotion I heard so clearly in his voice. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit my heart squeezed at his words.
Surprise rocks me when he takes me through a paneled wall leading to an alcove you wouldn’t know was there unless you specifically had the architect build it. He’s already said he had this home built to his exacting specifications.
“Was it always your aim to bring me here?” I ask, when the hidden path opens up to a sun-drenched beach.
“Yes, but not like this.” His somber gaze holds what I can only determine as regret and maybe a tinge of hope.
“What about now?” Girding myself against disappointment, I force myself not to shy away from his regard or his censure.
“That depends entirely on you.” The slight shrug conveys more than he realizes. It’s either an orchestrated reaction or huge tell. Displays of emotion are not the Takeda way. The men in this family are strict about how they react to everyone, even each other. Any sign of weakness is frowned upon. Showing such a reaction is not done. So, he’s playing me or entirelycomfortable around me. I trust neither. The fact that I do lets me know we still have a long way to go.
“Only me?” I turn from the water we face to my formidable husband.
“Yes. Are you willing to be the wife I need? Bear my heirs? Not run from me again? Show loyalty to me and only me. It’s that simple, Evangeline.” The muscle ticking his jaw belies the calmness of the words he just uttered. He’s still livid.
“Will you show me the same? Will you choose me over your family? Your ambition? Your revenge?”
He’s already shaking his head as he regards me for a moment. Walking up to me, he cups my face in his big hands.
“You still don’t get it, wife. You are my family. You are my only ambition. My reason for revenge. My very reason to breathe.”
There is an obsessive light shining in his eyes, and I don’t know if I should feel elated or terrified.
Chapter 10
Detante ????
Brigdet
The night is dark when my husband comes back from his latest trip.
The minute he steps in the room, I’m livid.
The smell of sativa and floral perfume wafts from him.
Standing to face him, I put down the iPad he gave me with over a thousand books downloaded, so I could have my preferred entertainment, while cut off from the world at the same time.
“Fun time?” Crossing my arms, I watch him stalk towards me, not letting up until he reaches me in quick strides.
