“Because your dad did all of this for you, and you can either keep it or lose it.It’s entirely up to you.No one can take any of this away from you.I didn’t have a chance, nor did I have a choice.”
“What do you want now?”he asked.
This question took me by surprise.“What does it matter?”
“It doesn’t.Would you want to be free?Would you want to get revenge on your family?What would you want?”
I hadn’t thought about what I would want.Did I want to be free of Draven?Did I want to make my family suffer?I hated them.I didn’t hate Draven, though.
My head was so scrambled.
“I don’t know.I would have to think about it.For a long time, I just wanted to be ...I don’t know, able to make my own choices.”I shook my head.“If I walked away, my family wouldn’t stop coming for me or attempting to kill me.”I shrugged, it was a pointless question.“Have you come back to confuse me some more?”
“Confuse you?”
“Yeah, do you just want to play with me, pull my strings, and leave me without knowing what the hell to do?”I asked.I had every intention of keeping my upset to myself.
“What do you want, Maeve?”he asked.
“What do you want with me?Am I just some toy for you to play with when it suits you?Do you want to mess with my head, so I don’t know if I am coming or going?What do you want?”I can’t believe I am getting angry right now.
“I want you to go upstairs, go to my bedroom, strip naked, shower, and then I want you dried and ready at the foot of my bed.”
His order takes me by surprise.It is on the tip of my tongue to tell him to fuck off, but why would I do that, when this was also exactly what I wanted?
“Do you need me to tell you twice, because if you do, there is going to be a punishment for you.”
I should tell him to go and get fucked.Only, I take one step in front of the other and make my way upstairs, straight to his bedroom.I don’t even hesitate as I strip naked, turn on his shower and step into the spray that has already warmed up.
I’m nervous and excited at the same time.I feel my hands shake a little, and I quickly lather the sponge with some soap.Rubbing the sponge all over my body, in the back of my mind, I can’t help but wish I had Draven’s hands on me.I’m clearly a fucking idiot.
Next, I shampoo my hair, and I don’t linger.Next, I condition it, and once I am done, I step out of the shower.Wrapping a towel around my hair, I quickly dry my body.
He didn’t want me in any clothes.
I quickly use the spare toothbrush, brush my teeth so I don’t have bad breath.
My hair was as dry as it was going to get, and I swipe a brush through it.
Once I was done, I looked bright red and flushed.But I had followed his instructions, and now I stepped into his bedroom.
He is nowhere to be found.He wanted me at the foot of the bed, and that is where I stand and wait.
I’m not sure how long he expects me to wait.I don’t know what to do with my hands.Should I cover my body?Put them at my sides?Ugh, this was so frustrating.
I put my hands at my sides and just wait.That is all I can do right now.I take another deep breath, and it was during this exhale that the bedroom door opened.
Draven stepped inside.He’d removed his shoes, along with his jacket.He was in the process of taking off his shirt, and I couldn’t help but watch as he exposed his back full of ink.Nibbling my bottom lip, I couldn’t help but admire his body as he took his pants off, and he was in a pair of black boxer briefs.He looked so in control.So composed.
And so sexy.
He doesn’t remove those briefs, and then his attention is all on me, and there is nowhere else I want to look.My focus is on him.
“Spread your arms out,” he said.
Holding my hands out to either side, I know deep down I should be nervous, but I’m not.I trust Draven.He has never done anything but proven he was on my side.
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