Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 96206 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 96206 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
The tears that had been trembling on her lashes fell. “Valeria told me you intended to rescue me that night. I knew you were injured. I watched you fall. I held you and you were unmoving. If you had come at Victor, he would have killed you. I could not have borne that.”
“Because you have so many feelings for me?” He shot her a dubious stare. “You going to try to tell me next that you didn’t mean to hurt me with that video?”
“No. I knew I would hurt you, and I hated that.”
“But you sent it anyway. After you let him fuck you, of course.”
“He did not! I stopped him.”
Did she think he was stupid? “Really? Were you naked in that video?”
“I was, but—”
“Was he on top of you?”
“Yes, but—”
“Was he between your legs? Was his cock hard? Were you smiling for the camera while telling him that your pussy was there for him and that you’d always be his good little whore?”
Her expression reflected both misery and exasperation. “All of that, yes. But it was a calculated risk. He had been imbibing tequila all night. He had finished the bottle—straight. I knew from experience that it was a matter of time before he passed out.”
Trees wanted to be convinced, but he needed to get away from her naked flesh, the smell of her creaming pussy, her dilated eyes imploring him to trust her just one more time… “I have two more questions.”
“No rewards? I have been honest.”
Well, she had answered. He would have to think through everything she’d said rationally to decide how much of it was the truth.
“You’re right.” He reached behind him and dipped into the plastic bag of candy.
“Not chocolate. Kiss me,” she panted. “Touch me.”
So she could cloud his head again? He should probably see her request as progress, but without knowing her motives, he couldn’t. There was more than a passing chance that she’d tangled him up so badly that he couldn’t be logical anymore. “You don’t get to demand rewards, honey. You get what I give you. Do you want the chocolate?”
“No.”
“Then I’ll go back to my questions.”
But resisting her wasn’t easy. Desire plagued him. She was right in front of him, stretched out, tied up in his dungeon, naked and begging. He’d had his hands on her, his mouth on her. He could smell her. He was on fire for her. He’d rather sink inside her than snap more questions at her, goddamn it.
“A-all right.”
Trees tried to focus. “You say you staged the video of you and Ramos having sex to protect me, but you didn’t let him fuck you? What if you hadn’t been able to stop him? Would you have allowed him to have sex with you to ‘save me’?”
Laila closed her eyes. “Do not make me answer that.”
Oh, so she didn’t want to tell him. Too bad.
He slid his hand between her legs again and glided his fingers over her needy flesh. During their argument, she’d come off some of her arousal high. With a few circles around her clit and a drag of his lips across her skin, he fixed that. “Tell me, Laila. Or I’ll take you right to the edge and deny you again.”
Her fingers curled into fists. Her face screwed up as she tried to resist the pleasure. “Why? Because you wish to torment us both? There is no acceptable answer. If I say no, you think I was not committed to keeping you safe. If I say yes, you decide I am a puta who spreads her legs to earn the favor of whichever man I am with.”
She wasn’t wrong, but that didn’t make his question invalid. “Yes or no?”
“If you love me, why do you want to know this? Can you not accept that I did my best to help you? Perhaps I did not do it the way you would have chosen, but—”
“No, I can’t accept that.” Mostly because he was a stupid bastard who apparently wanted to torture himself with the answer.
“I am sorry.” She pressed her lips together mutely.
Did she think she was going to hold out on him? Not happening.
He leaned in and stroked her clit in an achingly slow sweep with his tongue, then growled against the vibrating button. “Answer me.”
“Trees…” She sucked in a shocked breath of pleasure, then wailed, “Stop. This is a no-win situation.”
She wasn’t wrong about that, either. As much as it made him bristle, he had to be fair. “I promise, honesty won’t earn you more punishment.”
“No, just your anger.” She sighed out raggedly. More tears fell as the fight finally left her. “Yes. I would have given my body to Victor, despite the fact I hate him and the thought of him touching me makes me sick. While I filmed that video, it took all my will to hide my revulsion. Even though I would have done anything to keep Victor from hurting you, you will still condemn me.”