Page 54 of My Favorite Sin

He groans, his eyes dark upon me. “You’re mine in the maze.Now.”

Dan pulls his hand out of my panties and leaves my side, slipping by guests unnoticed, disappearing into the maze entrance. I’m in such a state of shock and arousal that I remain in place for the next few minutes, smiling on cue for the cameras before leaving my parents and following Dan.

As soon as I step past the hedge opening, the mood of the night shifts from a whimsical party to an eerie, lifeless night. All is dead still in the maze. Visibility is low other than scarce specks of moonlight. The tall hedge walls absorb all sound of the benefit, blocking it out and creating silence in here. A breeze rustles through the leaves, bringing gooseflesh to my skin.

“Dan?” I cling to myself for warmth and glance around.

When I don’t receive an answer, I step deeper into the maze, my heart pounding with nerves. I’m not one to easily spook, but when I’m alone in a dark and caged in place like this, it’s easy to let my mind wander.

“Dan, come on, this isn’t funny.”

Something brushes past my foot and I scream, jumping back and bumping into someone’s chest. I spin around, barely able to make out Dan’s features in the dark.

“Relax,” he says. “It’s only a cat.”

“You know I don’t like it in here, especially at night.”

“You sure about that? There’s a whole lot of people out there. In here, it’s just you and me. You can scream as loud as you want from the orgasm I’m about to give you, and no one will hear.” He steps forward, cocooning me between the hedge wall and him, resting a hand high above my head and leaning into me. His free hand finds my thigh, tracing patterns over my skin. “You never stop surprising me, Queen. The things you let me do to you. The fact that youlikethem.”

My breasts swell with each shallow breath I take. Though the maze is dark, I see the exact moment Dan’s jaw tenses, along with the anger that flashes into his eyes.

His voice lowers to something smooth but dangerous. “You and I have alotto talk about. He touched you last night. I can sense it in you.”

“You told me to let him touch me.”

“I did, and I’ve been in hell every moment since, knowing someone else has had their hands on you. But I needed to prove a point, that he can’t give you what I can.”

I well and truly learned that lesson. I open my mouth to tell him so, but remember the punishment he served me yesterday at the outdoor shower and how I’ve never experienced anything so euphoric. “I don’t know if your lesson worked,” I say. “Liam gave me an orgasm. It felt good.”

“Ally, if you’re fucking with me right now?—”

“I’m not fucking with you.”

“I think you are. I think you like being a brat and teasing me. Tell me exactly what you did with him.”

“The same things I do for you,” I say, my smile sweet and my voice innocent. “I let him watch me while I fingered myself. He asked me to bend over so hecould watch me from behind. I did that. I did anything he asked. Then he took over and made me come. If we’re done here, I’m going to return to the garden.”

I turn to leave, but Dan grabs my jaw and shoves me firmly to the maze wall. His body presses to mine, his erection digging into my stomach, making me moan. He’s not delicate with me at all. This is a side to Dan I’ve recently discovered, and it makes my heart race with a kind of fear that heightens my arousal and need for him, not knowing what he’s capable of but trusting completely that he won’t harm me.

Dan’s mouth traces along my cheek before his hot breath caresses my ear, his voice a vicious whisper, “Ally, I’m not anywhere near done with you. For your sake, I hope you’re lying.” He lets go of me and steps back. “I suggest you get to the center of the maze before I catch you.”

My chest tightens with unease. “Or else what? There’s nothing you can do that I won’t want.”

“Another lie. If I catch you, I’ll get you right on the edge of an orgasm but refuse to let you come, no matter how hard you beg. You’d hate that. Such a needy girl. I’ll take your clothes too and won’t return them. You can be the one to explain to everyone why you’re naked in a maze with your brother.”

My breath shudders, uncertain if he’s playing with me. “I don’t know the way to the center.”

“I’ve taught you before.”

“I don’t remember,andI have heels on.”

“Not my problem. I’ll give you a one-minute head start.”

My God, he’s actually serious. He wants me to run through the maze in the dead of night. A maze I have no clue how to navigate.

“Fifty seconds.”

“Okay, I was lying. Liam touched me but it wasn’t like when I’m with you.”

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