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Yes, he’d initially intended to corrupt Arabella as part of his plan and send her back to her father after stripping her of her innocence, but after what had happened between them in the bathroom, he’d felt an unpredicted emotional shift inside of him Especially when it occurred to hily surrendered her body and her virtue to him if he’d wanted to fuck her No questions asked
In an unusual flash of integrity, he’d realized that her virginity wasn’t his to steal on the basis of anger and resentment toward another person He didn’t have it in hi so significant that didn’t belong to him, no matter how badly he wanted to be the first and onlyasubstantial to give a kindhearted woman like Arabella in return He didn’t do love, and he most definitely didn’t believe in happily ever afters
Bottom line, Arabella had no hand in his parents’ deaths and her onlybeen sired by an evil, unethical man Maddux refused to break her spirit or crush her self-estee her captive wasn’t about what his dick wanted It was all about psychological warfare against Theodore, but even with that understanding, Maddux wondered if the other hter’s welfare at this point, orhis entire life iiven him that reprieve
Maddux rubbed a weary hand along his jaw, deciding he’d keep Arabella a hile doing his best to avoid her and the teive him time to formulate what move he wanted and needed to make next
The chi his penthouse pulled Maddux out of his thoughts, and he swiveled his chair back to his desk and switched on his security monitor to oversee the delivery of Arabella’s personal iteo that Milo and Cooper, two of his trusted security guys, were on their way back from Theodore’s hat they were able to collect
Surprisingly, as they’d told hiiven hisand toiletries Thethat led Maddux to believe that Arabella’s father was taking advantage of his respite, at his daughter’s expense
A few seconds later, both Milo and Cooper stepped fro two suitcases One of the many security caings and blouse Tempest had lent her, in his bedroo room to see who’d arrived Because his security system had audio, he turned up the volume and was able to listen to their conversation, whichhis s
Once they were gone, Maddux should have switched off the monitor, but instead he leaned back in the chair and watched Arabella put away her clothing in his closet and her toiletries in his bathroo her feminine stuff with his s cluttering up his vanity When all that was done, she grabbed a s room couch, and started to read
Again, Maddux could have shut down the feed, but even as he brought up work eh, he kept the security monitor on Arabella A few hours passed as she lost herself in her book, then fell asleepand even though she was essentially doing nothing but relaxing all afternoon, he found hi her way too much
She woke up and stretched languidly, his unruly dick stirring at the soft, sexy groaning noise she ated her li curiously to the side as she peered up at one of the small cameras mounted in the corner of the roo her lips as she stared straight into the lensand essentially, straight at him
“I’ what you do for a living,” she said, talking to hiht is probably on because you’re watching and listening to me, which isn’t fair because I can’t see you,” she added with a cute little pout “As I’ Sunday afternoon, and I hope you’re getting a ton of work done locked up in your office I have strict orders not to bother youbut I anored your growly, grouchy demand and was a bit of a nuisance while you worked”
Her big blue eyes filled with ainst her chin “I’s youso defiant”
A low, heated growl rose up froestion, along with the way she so ingenuously blinked her lashes up at hi She was fearlessly goading hiood and arousing that punishment could feel
As difficult as it was, he ta room, bend her over the back of the couch, pull down her pants, and call her bluff But he’d just vowed to keep his distance from Arabella, and his hands off her, and if his palm so much as made contact with her bare ass, it wouldn’t stop
at one playful swat No, it would end with herdeep inside her drenched pussy