Chapter 68
You’re insane if you think I will obry you, she murmured, her voice strained with em
She was pushing me too far. I stood up so fast my chair scraped against the flour. My patience was gone. She turned to leave like she had a choice, like she roski just walk away from me.
I grabbed her wrist and yanked her back. She gasped, her body jerking toward mine. Her eyes widened in shock, but I didn’t let her go. I spun her around and grabbed her throat.
I didn’t squeeze. But she felt it
Her pulse pounded under my fingers. Her breathing was uneven. She was nervous. Maybe even scared. But she didn’t look away. I leaned in close until my lips brushed against her car. My breath was warm against her skin, and I felt her shiver.
“Careful.” 1 said, my voice low but firm. “I don’t want to be rough with you. but if you keep running that sharp tongue of yours, you won’t leave me
a choice.
She swallowed, and I felt the movement against my palm, Her fingers wrapped around my wrist. Not pulling away. Just holding on.
Jughtened my grip just a little. Just enough to make her breath hitch. Just enough to make her feel it. And when she let out that shaky breath?
That did something to me.
“Don’t think for a second you can pull that stunt with me after vanishing for two days,” Elara said as her eyes blazed with anger.
Her lips parted, ready to throw another sharp remark, but I didn’t let her. I raised my hand and covered her mouth.
She froze.
“Shh enough, wife.” My voice was calm, but there was no mistaking the warning in it. “I’ve heard enough. Now, you’re in my playground. And your voice?” I leaned in. letting my breath warm her cheek. “It’s mine to cominand”
Slowly, I reached for my tie, loosening the knot
Her eyes widened. She knew exactly what I was about to do. And yet she didn’t move. My lip twisted into a smirk.
“Dante-
Elara’s protest was cut off as I pulled my tie tightly over her mouth, securing it in place. Her body stiffened, eyes widening in panic, but she knew
better than to resist me.
The fabric pressed against her lips, rouffling her whimpers. The only sound was the faint rustle of silk against her skin. This will remind her of her place.
I tightened my grip on her wrist. “Do not test me. Stay still” My voice was low, dangerous. “Struggle, and I won’t hesitate to break your hand. The coke is yours.” There was no doubt in my tone. This wasn’t a warning. It was a promise.)
I felt the fight drain from her, her body going rigid beneath my touch, like water slipping through cracked stone. But submission didn’t come easily
I nudged her toward th
the table. She didn’t resist. But she didn’t obey, either. She stood tall, her hands at her sides, her back straight. Refusing to
My jaw ticked. She was testing me. And I had never been a patient
I locked eyes with her before I grasped her neck and forced her down onto the gleansing dining table. Her eyes, filled with rage, bore into muse, and her cliest lieaved with anger.
Her deance, her hatred, merely h
fuel the fres my wrath, the more she fights, the more I crave to watch her burn
In one swith stotion, I yanked her dress up, exposing the soft, pale curves of her body. She gasped against the tie, her breath shaky, but she didn’t
“Don’t you ever.” I began, my voor low, controlled, “speak to me with such disrespect again.”
My palm conected with her bare skin, the sharp slap echoing through the room. A reminder. A warning
Her body jerked from the impact, her fingers smacking against the table as if to protest. But the tie over her mouth ensured she had no voice, i
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way to challenge me. The only thing left was the way she trembled beneath my touch, the way her breath came faster, harsher.
I leaned in, my grip tightening on her neck. “And don’t you dare roll your eyes at me, I growled.
Three sharp slaps landed d on her cheeks, not enough to bruise, but enough to make her skin la
burn, to force her attention back where it belonged.
She tried to push herself up, her body tense with stubbornness. But I didn’t allow it. My fingers pressed into the sides of her throat, keeping her exactly where I wanted her.
“When I speak, you obey”
Another slap. Then another. Her body shuddered, her nails digging into her palms, her p
pride keeping her from showing how much she felt it
“My words are not up for discussion. They are commands.”
I let my hand drift lower, brushing over the curve of her hip, pressing against the elastic of her panties. I felt the heat of her skin, the way her body betrayed her, responding to my touch despite her deliance.
“Tell me, Elara.” I whispered, my fingers teasing the fabric. “Did you think I wouldn’t find our you wearing another man’s clothes”
She stiffened.
let out a humorless chuckle, shaking my head. “Even if it was my brother, it doesn’t matter. You don’t belong in another man’s space. You don’t wear another man’s things. You are mine.”
I smacked her ass twice, this time harder, letting the force of it sink in through the fabric of her dress.
Her thighs tensed, her breath stuttering against the tie. But she stayed silent. Forcing herself not to react.
But her body told me the truth.
She was warm beneath my fingers. Her muscles clenched, her pulse racing. She could fight it all she wanted, but I could feel the heat growing inside her, twisting with her frustration.
My lips brushed against her ear. “You doubt me, question me, trust everyone else’s words over mine. I’ve been patient, Elara.”
Another slap.
“But my patience has run out.
I felt the moment her resolve cracked the shudder in her breath, the way her body melted for just a second before she forced herself back into that stubborn resistance.
I smiled against her skin.
She could fight me all she wanted.
But her body never lied:
“You’re playing with fire, Elara,” I whispered into her ear, my breath hot against her neck. “If you don’t learn to respect me, I’ll find other ways to keep you in line. Do you understand?”
She lay there, unmoving, showing she could handle the pain, but she wasn’t swallowing my words without a fight.
I pressed the elastic of her panties against her soaked heat, letting it bite into her skin. A shudder ran through her, her breath catching for half a second, but enough for me to notice.
She wanted to fight. She always did. But her body had already surrendered.
I lied her effortlessly, bringing her flush against my chest. She let out a nuttled protest, her body rigidl, refusing to melt into me. Still pretending she had a choice
“You
u can resist all you like.” I murmured, my lips brushing her ear. “But you’re mine, Elara. You always will be.”
Her emerald eyes burned with unshed tears, but not from weakness. From fury. From frustration
The te around her mouth had loosened slightly, proof of how much she has struggled. Always so stubborn. Always testing
Flet out a quiet hum, brushing my thumb along the damp fabric at the corner of her mouth. “So fierce, I murmured my y voice lower now, edged with something dangerous. “And yet, so fragile”
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Then, without warning. I took her mouth.
The kiss was punishing, claiming, reminding. Her teeth scraped against my lip, sharp and deliberate. She wanted me to feel her anger.
I did
And I enjoyed every second of it.
When I pulled back, her breath was unsteady, her chest rising and falling too fast. She swallowed hard, trying to regain control. But the moment she opened her mouth. I knew exactly what would come.
“Bastard.”
1 tilted my head, giving her a smirk. “Has the pain faded already?” She didn’t answer. Just glared at me like sharp as a blade. But when she shifted, the smallest wince from her lips told me everything.
smirked. “That’s what I thought.”
Elara struggled, her body twisting against me, but she was exactly
1 exhaled a quiet chuckle, shaking my head as I tightened my grip on her waist, Elar where I wanted her on my lap, pinned, completely at my mercy.
“Let me go.” Her voice was sharp, but I could hear the strain beneath it, the frustration laced with something she refused to name.
1 leaned in my lips brushing against the shell of her ear. “You won’t be able to sit properly for a week, I murmured, letting my breath warm her
check.
She stiffened.
“So what?” she shot back, her voice quieter now, almost shaky “You’re the one who caused me this pain”
I smiled tracing my fingers along her wrist, feeling her faint tremble beneath my touch
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