“Okay,” Totten says.
He takes off, and I sit in the back seat, trying to get control of myself.I don’t want to hurt Daphne, and I don’t want to scare her away.I know I can be over the top at times, and that’s something I’ll work on every day if Daphne doesn’t break me in this moment.
We pull up to the building, and I step out of the car.Standing on the sidewalk, I look up at the row of windows and take several deep breaths to calm myself.Titan sent me a message moments ago saying the women are in the condo packing up Delphi’s things, so I won’t have to chase Daphne around town.
I finally head inside, ignoring the doorman’s stare.I know what floor I’m staying on and which unit Daphne is in, so I move past the desk and hit the elevator button to go get my woman.
My long legs eat up the distance to Delphi’s condo as I stride along the carpeted hallway.Lifting my hand, I pause for a second before knocking so I don’t bang on the door.
“Just a moment,” Delphi says, and the door swings open.
“Did you even check the peephole?”I growl and push past her.“Hello,girlfriend.Here is my response to taking a break.”I bite out the words.
“Darrell, what are you doing here?”
“Do I need to call the cops?”Delphi asks.
“No,” I bark as Daphne stands up and I throw her over my shoulder.“She’s perfectly safe with me.She’ll be back in the morning, if I’m able to let her go then.”
“Where are you taking her?”
“Upstairs.”I give her the unit number, and she nods.
“I told her you wouldn’t take this sitting down,” Delphi says as she steps back so I can carry a kicking and screaming Daphne out the door.
I smack her ass cheek.“Stop acting out.If we’re delayed because someone calls the police, I won’t let you orgasm for the rest of the night.”
She harrumphs and digs her elbow into my back as she holds herself up.
“Darrell, this is uncalled for.I just needed some time to sort through my thoughts.I’d already decided you didn’t deserve my confusion.But it’s like I’m dating two different men.You have to admit you’re being a little strange.”
“Strange?Is that what you think of me?I’m getting control of the woman I plan to spend the rest of my life with.I don’t understand what you mean by I’m acting like two different men.I’ve been completely honest with you.”
“I didn’t want to seem like I was being clingy toward you.I didn’t want to ask you to come with me.”She changes the subject.
I keep control of her until we reach the penthouse and the door is closed behind us.I set the alarm so it will alert me if she tries to leave me.
Setting her on her feet, I let her go, and she twists around to check out the condo.
“Let’s back up.What do you mean two different men?”
“Where are we?”
“I rented this place from a company for the weekend.They don’t normally do short-term rentals, but I offered enough money they didn’t question me.Now answer my question.”
“You.”She waves her hand at me.“You take me out, give me wildflowers, are sweet, overbearing, and yet won’t have sex with me.Then there’s the side of you that sends me red roses with love letters that are intense and dark.I can’t get control of anything.One minute it’s ‘I want to spend the rest of my life with you,’ and the next it’s ‘I’ll bathe in your blood if you ever leave me.’”
I hold up my hand.“I have no clue what you’re talking about.I’ve never sent you roses.You told me you loved wildflowers that first date at Jud’s place, and those are the only flowers I get you.I don’t have flowers delivered because I want to see you smell them.I want to see your enjoyment of getting them.”My body is vibrating with anger for a completely different reason now.I don’t know what is going on.“I’d never hurt you, so I wouldn’t ‘bathe in your blood.’But I’ll never let you go.”
I walk toward her, but she holds a hand up to stop me.“Wait.You didn’t send me roses?”She pauses.“Did you send me that cheap nickel ring?I told you I was allergic to certain metals.Then there was that picture of MGK and Megan Fox’s ring that cuts you if you remove it.You wrote you were having one designed for me.I got that letter today.”
“I didn’t send you pictures like that.I’d never want to hurt you.”I push past her hands.“The worse I’ll ever do to you is spank you, but you’ll like it.Then I might withhold an orgasm, but even then, it will be for both of us.I’d never dream of physically hurting you.Where is all this stuff?”
“It’s at my condo.I kept it all.”She looks up at me.“You really didn’t do or say any of that stuff?”
“Never, baby.”
Her head hits my chest.“Oh my God.What does this mean?”
