“You really are a selfless woman, aren’t you? How can you be so…”
“So?”
“Fucking perfect.” He spits the words out like there’s something wrong with them. “It makes everything more complicated.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Of course you don’t. You’re so innocent and you don’t even know it. You’re too innocent to be afraid of me.”
“I am afraid of you. I’m terrified.”
“So then why haven’t you covered yourself up yet?”
I still don’t move. “Will you hurt me if I do? You just spanked me.” The words make my face turn to fire.
“I spanked you because you weren’t supposed to be down there. You weren’t supposed to see that.”
“I didn’t know. You were torturing a man.” It’s then that everything comes crashing back down. What Gabriel did to that man. How I held still and let him touch me between my legs. What is wrong with me?
I shove my nightgown down and wrap the covers around me, hiding my body from Gabriel’s view.
He huffs. “That’s what I expected. An innocent woman like you. A monster like me. These are the roles we play.”
“I am not playing a role. I am just being myself.” A memory returns to me. “When you were hurting that man, you asked him about Giovanni. Who is he exactly? And why were you torturing that man?”
“I do not have to explain myself to you. You will never go down into that room again.”
“Or what?”
“Or I will spank you again and that time, I will make it hurt.”
I shiver. “You’re evil.”
“Curiosity killed the cat, Aurora. Don’t be naïve. You can go anywhere in this house except back there. My bedroom is also off limits.”
“What’s in your bedroom? Another prisoner?”
“For one so innocent, you do have a tongue on you. I’d love to feel it around my cock.”
I flush and look away from him.
“I take it you’ve never put your mouth on a man. I’ll be the first man to put my mouth on you.”
“I would never let you touch me like that.”
He leans back over me until we’re so close that for a moment, I think he might kiss me. It sends a jolt through my heart. “You will. One day. I know it. One day you will be begging for me to touch every inch of you. Now, be a good girl and stay put. I don’t need you fainting again.” He leaves without another word and I don’t follow him.
The only thing I can do is fall back onto the bed and get rid of the shame burning its way into my heart.
It didn’t bother me as much as it should have when Gabriel touched my backside and between my legs. And that shame is going to eat away at me.
Maria brings me breakfast in the morning as well as a garment bag.
“What’s that for?” I ask her as she opens the bag to reveal a beautiful, stunning red dress.
“Mr. Romano bought it for you. To wear tonight.”
“Tonight?”
