Tears threatened at the corners of her eyes, but her chin jutted out. “And if I refuse? If I fight you at every turn?”
“Then it will be a marriage of thrilling battles,” I replied. “But in the end, I’ll still win.”
Hailey’s voice was barely audible over the jet’s engines. “You may have me trapped now, Greyson, but remember, every game has its end. And I don’t like to lose.”
I leaned closer, our faces inches apart. “That makes two of us.”
CHAPTER 45
MADISON
Pierce leaned over me. “Do you have a death wish?”
I pulled on my restrained wrists. “No.”
His gaze focused on my mouth. “Stop saying that word.”
“You just asked…”
“I know what I asked. Stop saying no to me.”
“Is anyone allowed to say no to you?”
His lips quirked into a dangerous smile. “No.”
The blood rushed in my ears. I could no longer look him in the eye. It was too terrifying. Still, I had to… “No.”
Maybe I did have a death wish.
His hand slipped from my cheek to wrap around my throat. “What did you just say?”
I tilted my head back to ease his grip. He wasn’t cutting off my breath but restricting it. “You heard me. No. To answer your question, I won’t marry you.”
I definitely had a death wish.
Or maybe I’d just had enough of being pushed and pulled around.
He climbed onto the bed, settling his weight between my thighs and hovering menacingly over me. “It was a command, not a question. I don’t need an answer from you.”
A flash of lightning lit his face in an unholy glow.
His hard cock pressed against my inner thigh. How was he hard again?
My abdomen tightened as I resisted the urge to squirm beneath him.
Narrowing my eyes, I still defied him. “I think the priest will require one.”
“Not the one I hire. Haven’t you learned by now, babygirl? Everyone. And I do mean everyone, can be bought. Not even the sanctity of the church is beyond a price tag.”
I wet my lips, not missing how his gaze zeroed in on my mouth. “Not me.”
His fingers moved over my jaw as the tips caressed my lower lip. “No, not you,” he murmured, almost to himself.
He leaned down and pressed his lips to mine.
I tried to twist away but he held me in place. His tongue forced its way in, sliding along mine, making me melt. And just like when he forced his cock inside, I couldn’t remember why I’d been fighting it.
“I know you can’t be bought, baby girl. Which is why I’m not trying to buy you…I’m just going to take you.”
