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It was several rammed handkerchief fro with men such as Leonard but he has a certain usefulness when it co certain needs”
I pressed the handkerchief to my lip and winced at the sudden spike of pain I would have a fat lip by the ti stopped “Listen, I’ for I promise you that I am not I’m probably the last person who anyone would think—“
“I know“I know that you live alone Yourand your father died only recently You started college but dropped out when your father died to get a job to pay for the bills he kindly left behind thanks to a raging ga addiction You’re behind on your car payment and you have exactly 28 in your bank account, which is barely enough to pay for your outstanding library fees You spend s curled up with a book — likely one of the many you can’t seem to return but can’t afford to buy — and you haven’t been on a date in a very long time Does that about cover it?”
I gaped “Who the hell are you?” How’d he know all this? Worse than feeling terribly exposed, I felt trapped in a ly real and surreal at the saht now”
He smiled “I want you out of those clothes”
“That’s not going to happen,” I vowed
At that he laughed “I can be terribly persuasive”
“I’ my best to seem unafraid or bullied when in fact I felt both
He graced ent expression “Everyone has a price, sweet Hannah Even you”
I shuddered, knowing deep in my heart that it was likely true but it pained rity could be so easily bought and sold if the price was right I wanted to believe that I was different Hadn’t I preservedould deserve such a gift? I sed, shooting an uncertain glance at Mr Villanti, hating that the sight of hih my entire body No, I told myself sharply I hadn’t saved myself only to sell my soul for a few pieces of silver
Unbidden, the ree of financial ruin thanks to id defenses and I foundif I could entertain a certain type of offer
“Let’s say, for sake of argu froo there, I warned aze, my humiliation was too complete “What would you want from me?”
“Everything,” he answered in a low throaty tone that ru deep inside
I risked a short glance his way “I don’t knohat you mean…”
“I want to own you, body and soul”
“That’s impossible,” I balked “I’m a person, not a Pomeranian”
He barked a laugh and I shivered at the dark prohter “I think a collar would suit you well”
In a flash I could seeofabout hier It was powerful and heady, soainst
“I don’t think I can do this,” I“It doesn’t matter how much money you offer me, I can’t be the person you wantI’irls at the club I’m a romantic at heart and honestly, you’re the opposite of what I’d i out s I wouldn’t otherwise
“When you what?” he prompted
I squeezed inity,” I admitted in a painful rush
But my admission seeine why How could he still want in? I wasn’t even worldly in the ways of e At twenty, I’d never eventhe word made me blush and want to run the other way It wasn’t that I didn’t have feelings of a certain sort, but I’d never been free to explore those urges since I’d never held onto a boyfriend long enough to experiment I felt terribly pathetic
“And why is that?” he asked
“Because I always thought the entle and small with soft hands, maybe someone as more like me”
“Then perhaps you’d like to fuck a woman,” he said with a sardonic arch of his brow “A entle hands? Is not a man at all”
I forgot my earlier embarrassment and scowled “That’s not true I’ve known plenty of ined the feel of one man’s hands and he’d been the librarian at ined that perhaps he’d be the one but I hadn’t been able to attract his attention, no matter how many library books I’d checked out But his hands were s
Unlike Mr Villanti’s hands, which were big and strong with supple fingers that I could irip marks on my white skin I hitched a short breath and looked away, too ashaaze
“I will be gentle when I fuck you, if that’s what you desire for your first time but make no mistake, I will also take your body in every way In every place”
I gasped, barely able to breathe past the wild thundering oflike a leaf in the wind, barely able to contain my own reaction to his blunt promise?
“I haven’t agreed to whatever you think you’re offering,” Iin places I’d rather not say
“You will,” he said simply
And he was right
Lord help ht
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“Here is what I propose — one year in ive you 1 million when I release you”
“What?” I cried, unable to believeme?”
“Some close to me have accused that I have no sense of huan to loosen his expensive, tailor-made shirt and jerked it free fro muscular abs that would’vesomewhere in his late thirties but his body was of a man in his virile twenties There wasn’t an ounce of extra padding around his lean, hard body, unlike myself, who couldn’t see e
He’d bade me to follow him to his bedroom, which frankly had made me quake but I was in a daze e’d arrived at his palatial mansion and I’d been a bit starstruck by his obvious wealth However, his crude proposal had snapped me in the face as sharply as Leonard’s hand “No,” I said, shaking my head “I…”
“Come, let’s stop with the foolish and childish refusals,” he said abruptly “One year of your time at which point you will be rewarded handsomely for your service How much would your soft-handed fantasy lover offer for your supposed gift of virginity?” he scoffed
“Why ht to be thankful for his interest “You had four woiven their eye teeth for this deal that I’m clearly not suited for? Is it because you’re so rich you’ve tired of perfection? Well, I’ that you can toy with just because you want so new and different from your usual fare I’m a person, damn it!”
With that he crossed the rooined he could corner me so quickly and neatly but before I could run, I was trapped between his arerous look in his blue eyes I cried out in shock when his right hand brutally cupped ainst the ith his fir touch “I want this pussy — this untouched and unsullied cunt — and what does it matter the why of it? I’ve watched you for weeks and I’ve dreainable Yes, that’s right Open your eyes, Hannah Look at me when I tell you hoant to fuck your pussy, your mouth, and your ass I want to be the first to ever enter that body, the first to leave a mark that no man can ever replace My cock will be your first into your warht”