Page 34 of Indecent Demands

“The ceiling?” That was a new one on me.

“Yes.” She nodded. “People forget about ceilings and they’re just these bare spaces that you stare up at. But if you wallpaper them or paint them they can add dimension to a room. Especially a bedroom where you stare up at them while you’re going to sleep.”

“I really like that idea.” I had the sudden image of going to a store with Ariana to pick out paint colors and wallpaper, and I hated how much I wanted it to be real.

I had to get this back on track. I wasn’t going to make the mistake of falling for someone who would in one way or another leave me—whether that was by striking out on her own to escape her criminal past, or because I had to have her arrested. I was a romantic, not a moron.

Finishing the dishes, I dried off my hands. “So. You said that you liked it. What we did last night.”

Ariana’s eyes went wide. “I… I did. I actually…” She bit her bottom lip and looked away. “I liked the—the idea that I—that we—”

I didn’t want to make her say it if she was still embarrassed. I wasn’t going to push her too far too fast. I’d already kind of thrown her into the deep end. “Do you mean the fact that youoweme?” I murmured, dropping my voice a little and sharpening it.

Ariana inhaled quickly, falling right into the ruse I was setting up. “I—I don’t, I don’t owe you anything…”

“You know the rules.” I could let the more serious topic go for now and have some fun. If she wanted me to fuck her… well, I sure wasn’t going to object.

Besides, if this was the first time in her life she’d had genuinely satisfying sex? I would want more as soon as possible, too. And I was far from complaining about getting to fuck her again.

“You get my protection,” I continued, turning to face her and stepping toward her very purposefully. “I don’t turn you into the police. And in exchange, your body ismine.”

Ariana backed up until her shoulders hit the fridge. “No,” she whispered. “I don’t belong to you.”

The protest was a weak one and contradicted the flare of desire in her eyes. I chuckled and advanced on her. “Don’t worry, sweetheart. I’ll go easy on you. You might even find yourself enjoying it… begging me for more…”

I picked her up in one swift motion and hauled her over my shoulder, just as I had last night. Ariana shrieked and hit my back. “Put me down! No! No! Put me down!” More feigned objections, which only fueled my own lust.

She wanted control taken away? Then I could definitely make that happen. I carried her upstairs, ignoring how she kicked and hit at me, knowing it wasn’t nearly as hard as she could strike me if she really did want to try and get away. Ariana was a fighter. There was no way she couldn’t actually make my life difficult if she wanted to break free and escape me.

It reminded me of how much she really wanted this, too. She liked this kind of roleplay, where I wrestled control from her completely one way or another. And it fed my inner beast, so it was a win-win situation.

I carried her upstairs back to the hidden room and dumped her on the bed. She scrambled off the mattress and made a break for the door, but I was able to catch her again with ease. “If you’re going to be so difficult…”

Abandoning the bed, I ripped her dress off her—I’d have to get her more clothes from her apartment—and discovered she wasn’t wearing a bra, just her panties. I quickly grabbed her hands, using the dress to knot them together. I hoisted her bound wrists up and onto the hook from last night, but I didn’t put her onto the saddle. Instead I left her dangling, lowering the mechanism so that her feet just barely touched the ground. She could stand with her feet raised a little up and be comfortable—I didn’t want her to actually hurt herself, just feel a bit of a twinge.

Ariana thrashed in the restraints, her breasts bouncing enticingly. “You can’t do this!”

“Actually, I can do whatever I want to you,” I pointed out, giving her a wicked smile. “Now, where to start?”

I surveyed my various toys, trying to figure out which ones I wanted to pick out for her. Hmm. Finally deciding on what I wanted to do, I grabbed the implements I’d chosen and walked over to her.

“What—what are you doing?” Ariana sucked in a breath as I attached one of the devices to her nipples.

Driving you crazy,I thought.

This was going to be a fun night.

Chapter14

Ariana

Itrembled with my arms held above me as Seth surveyed rows and rows of toys and instruments. I didn’t know what he was going to do, but I knew that I would be completely at his mercy while he did it, and that sent a huge thrill surging through me.

Finally, he picked up some small devices and walked over to me. He put them on… my nipples?

I gasped. “What—what are you doing?” They felt like suction cups, sticking to my skin, and had some kind of wire attached to each of them that ran down to a remote that Seth held in his hand. My heart raced in anticipation, along with a little panic.

Seth didn’t reply, but he smirked in a knowing way that had my blood running hot. Whatever was about to happen to me, I knew that I was going to be in for it—and that ultimately I would like it.

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