‘Now hold them tight.’
Her chest lifts as she does. Body offering itself up. Head angled back. Gold dress pulled taut across her breasts.
And I know – without question – I’m taking this sight to my grave.
‘Good girl.’
Her eyes widen as her body rocks towards me, every inch of her lighting up at my approval.
So, the Queen Bee’s got a praise kink…Halle-fucking-lulah.
‘You may rule your world, Tay, but in mine, you fall easy.’ I hook my thumb under her bottom lip and drag it down, forcingher mouth to part. ‘Tonight, this is mine.’ I slip my fingers to her throat. ‘And this.’ I squeeze just enough to feel her pulse kick. ‘Understood?’
She gives the smallest whimper.
‘What did I tell you?’ My cock thuds as I caress that fluttering beat. ‘Words, Baby Girl. Use your words.’
‘Yes,’ she whispers, chin dipping.
‘Oh no, you don’t.’ My fingers tighten beneath her jaw, forcing her head back up. ‘I want those hungry eyes right here. On mine.’
And when she looks?—
Christ.
There’s nothing guarded left. No pretence.
Just want – raw, open, honest.
And I’m drowning.
Forget the money. The walls. The world I’ve built to survive.
All of it fades.
What’s left is the kid from Hackney, still starving for something he can’t name.
The ache cuts deep, and I shove it down with practised ease.
Chasing what you can’t have is a fool’s game.
Power and control – that’s survival.
‘Good,’ I rasp, wrapping her hair around my fist until there’s nothing left to coil, grounding myself in her surrender, not the wreckage pressing in. ‘My girl. My mouth. My rules.’
Her body yields in my grip, surrender bleeding into trust. And it’s fucking intoxicating. Lethal.
‘Now, who do you belong to?’
Her breath catches. Her eyes shine. ‘You.’
And for one reckless heartbeat, I let myself believe it. Letthe boy from Hackney taste something he never dared hope for.
‘That’s right.’ My knuckles graze her jaw. ‘You want to please me?’
‘So much,’ she breathes.
A twisted smile curls across my mouth as I unfasten the buckle at my waist, the metallic clink slicing through the quiet.
