Page 9 of My Bodyguard’s The Boss

Austin made an awful, pitiful whine, one he could never take back. He looked down, embarrassed at the strain in his slacks. He was so hard he was getting lightheaded. He didn’t know that was possible.

Dominic took his jaw again, twisting his face up to meet him. “I said, did I give you permission?”

“No,” Austin said, too fast. “I’m sorry, okay? I didn’t know that was a rule. If it were a rule, I wouldn’t have done it. Would you touch me now?”

As soon as he said it, he knew he’d said the wrong thing. Dominic’s fingers tightened on his jaw, and Austin heard himself moan.

“You’ll wait,” Dominic said. “Once I get you home safe, we’ll go over our options.”

“Options,” Austin repeated, dizzy with the sensation of Dominic’s hand around his jaw. “Like what?”

“That depends on if you behave.”

With that, Dominic let him go. It felt like an icy bucket of water, and Austin swayed toward Dominic before pulling himself back up. He felt like he had run a marathon. No, scratch that, he felt like he was on some powerful new designer drug, and he was coming down.

Dominic sat motionless next to him, looking as unaffected as always. It made Austin want to squeeze himself into the footwell and beg. But he still had some pride, so he stayed seated.

“Hey,” Austin said awkwardly. Then he heard the next words in his head and winced. Was he really going to say this shit? Maybe it was better to suffer in silence. He was being weird; why was he making it weird?

“What?” Dominic asked. He didn’t sound mad, which was a relief. For some stupid reason, Austin cared if Dominic was mad at him.

“Austin,” Dominic said, his voice softer than before. “Tell me what you need.”

It made him feel less like he was spiraling on a concoction of drugs he didn’t know the symptoms of. But it didn’t make him feel like less of an idiot.

“Can you—” Austin waved his hand uselessly, already hating himself for asking. “Touch me? Like, not even— Just my leg, or something. Feel like I’m spinning out here, man.”

He waited tensely for Dominic to tell him to wait patiently like a good little boy or whatever. But to his surprise, Dominic reached over and took his knee, squeezing hard.

It was like a life preserver. Austin’s breath left him in a loud whoosh, some of that heady golden feeling rushing back.

Everything was fine. He was getting what he wanted. Even if he still wasn’t convinced it was actually happening. He’d spent so long wanting this, he couldn’t let himself believe it was happening until it was over.

The rest of the car ride passed in a blur. Dominic rubbed his thigh, a gentle rub that made Austin’s poor cock pulse in his slacks, then reached for the door.

“Stay,” he told Austin.

Austin grumbled something unintelligible.

Dominic paused, raising his brows. “What was that?”

“Nothing,” Austin replied. “I’m good. I mean, I’ll be good. Or whatever.”

Dominic looked him over. Austin sat up, trying not to look like he was strung out on something. He was sweating, beads of salt along his hairline. He’d started undoing his collar before Dominic told him to stop. Which he had, obviously. He’d do whatever the fuck Dominic wanted if he just kept telling him what to do.

“Wait ten seconds,” Dominic said finally. “Then follow me inside.”

Austin wanted to make some jab about Dominic not always having eyes on him for once. But he just nodded, rubbing the spot where Dominic’s hand had been holding his leg.

Dominic climbed out of the car. Austin counted ten seconds, even throwing in a Mississippi between them like he was in grade school, and then climbed out so fast he fumbled the door.

When he finally slammed it shut, Dominic was standing next to the front door. His hands were folded neatly in front of him, just like any other night. But the look in his eyes gave him away.

He looked at Austin like he was going to eat him.

Austin shuddered pleasurably and stumbled over. He was so hard it was genuinely starting to hurt. He still couldn’t believe it had stayed that bad for the whole car ride. Dominic had touched his face and his leg, and that was it. How was he going to react when Domnic got his hands on him for real?

He stabbed the door code in. Red buzzer.