Page 31 of Seduced By Contract

"I need to move into a rented house of at least a hundred square meters with a yard. The neighborhood has to be safe. Even though our contract is for only a month, I'll live there for a year." She looks away, but I don't allow her to escape.

"Say what you need to say while looking at me. Why for a year?"

"By then, I hope to have the means to pay for a place with my own money."

I try not to feel offended, even though something akin to acid burns in my throat. It's ridiculous, of course, because she's being just as straightforward as I was the night we met. "It will be arranged. And what else?"

"I won't stop working at the club. Under no circumstances will you ever give me money, but I need people to think I'm your personal assistant, with a proper employment contract, and that will continue even after everything between us ends."

That surprises the hell out of me because it doesn't make any sense. "Why?"

"I have my reasons, and maybe I'll share them with you at some point, but not now."

"Is that all?"

"No, there's something more important. This agreement must be formalized through a contract. You can't back out. I want a lawyer to prepare it."

"What exactly are we dealing with here, Madison?" If I hadn't witnessed her drinking only milk, I could swear she's high on some substance.

"I'll be your sugar baby, Zeus. And when everything comes to an end between us, we'll both have gotten what we wanted."

Madison

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

He takes a step back."So you want a written contract including everything you'll gain, and in return, I can enjoy your body—is that it?"

I feel anger welling up, but I still try to maintain control. "The only difference from what you proposed to me the other day is that I found out there's a name for the kind of relationship we'll have."

"Through a contract," he repeats slowly, and his tone lets me sense that he's very angry with me. He falls silent for so long that I start to panic.

"I told you I like to set my own rules. I need to define within myself what we'll be to avoid confusion. I don't have your experience. I've never done anything like this before, and I don't want to get hurt."

"How do you know I'll hold up my end?"

"Because you told me about your honor, and I believe you. You made it clear you're not a prince, but you've been honest from the start. I'm trying to do the same. I thought this was how you did things."

"I've never signed a contract to take a woman to bed."

"Why are you making things difficult?"

"If I agree to your terms, you'll have to submit to mine as well."

I'm a bit scared by the way he looks at me. All the warmth is gone, and he seems not only angry at me but at himself too.

"What does that mean?"

"For this one month, you'll be mine."

"I thought that was the idea."

"If I want you to sleep here, you'll have to sleep here. If I want to take you on a trip, you'll say yes, Madison."

"I need you to give me notice in advance," I say, thinking that I don't like the possibility of being away from the twins.

"I'll let you know the day I want you in my bed."

I try not to be offended by the way he says that, because I think I’ve wounded his pride. "As for the trips, I can't be away for many days. I have a job and I need the money."

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