Page 29 of Broken Rules

The closed door made me bold enough to lean in until her head fell back, eyes wide.My hungry gaze traveled over her face and mouth.The frustration she put me through translated to an even deeper, more primal need.Undeniable, impossible to ignore.“I would chain you to my fucking bed if I had to,” I growled out.“I’d follow your every move and never let you out of my sight.”I realized I was starting to get hard as the idea took shape in my mind.

Her throat worked as she choked out, “I guess it’s a good thing I know how to take care of myself, isn’t it?”Her flushed skin told a different story.Those clear, blue eyes drifted down to my mouth before she sighed.“Because that would get very complicated.”

It was already complicated, and we both knew it.With my hands on her bare knees, I eased her legs apart, drawing closer until I was between her thighs.“You’re going to have to promise me,” I whispered, my pulse picking up speed when her tongue darted over her lips and brought to mind so many ideas for what I would do if I had her all the time, whenever I wanted.

“Promise what?”She gasped when I touched her knees again, inching up the hem of her shorts.

“That I can trust you to take care of yourself.”Fuck, this was going too far, somewhere we both knew it shouldn’t, but I couldn’t stop.Not with my blood humming and my dick straining, and the very real thought that I could have lost this today.I didn’t know what it was about her that made me so crazy.I only knew I wasn’t ready to lose it.

I took her by the hips and pulled her close, making her gasp when I ground myself against her.“Say it,” I whispered, leaning in until her head fell back again.I teased her throat with my lips.She tasted like sweat, sunscreen, and whatever unique flavor that belonged only to her.I could have feasted on her for days, especially when she whimpered so sweetly.“Say I can trust you.”

When she didn’t answer, I wedged a hand between us, cupping her mound through her shorts and pressing hard.She arched suddenly, almost violently, and started jerking her hips.“Oh my God…” she whispered.“What are you doing to me?”

“I’m reminding you who’s in charge around here,” I said, rubbing her, ignoring the ache behind my zipper in favor of taking her to the edge.It was my fault for going so long without setting boundaries.Tiptoeing around for the sake of her career when she was careless enough to jeopardize her life.“Say it.Say I can trust you.”

Her eyes squeezed shut.“This is… ludicrous…”

“You think so?”My hand went still, and it was no surprise when she groaned.

“No fair,” she breathed out, grinding against my hand, desperate for relief.

“I never said I was fair.What’s the problem?”I moved my fingertips in slow circles and watched her teeth sink into her lip.“You don’t like it?You don’t want to come?”

Arching against me, she groaned, “You’re a dick.”

“I know.”I added a little pressure, and her eyes closed again.It was almost too easy.“Give me what I want, and you’ll get what you want.Tell me you’re not taking any risks, not ever again.”

“Fuck…”

“No, that’s not it.”I pulled back again, chuckling at her frustration.“You’re going to learn.For the rest of this project, you’re going to remember your ass belongs to me.You’re going to behave yourself.You’ll take care of yourself because you owe me a brilliant movie.Got it?”

I pressed harder, taking her to the place where she frantically jerked her hips and chewed her lip to hold back the sounds being pulled out of her.“Tell me,” I whispered, my breath coming in gasps as sharp as hers.

“Yes!Yes, yes, I will!”Her legs closed around me, squeezing tight.“Please, let me come!”

“Do it.Come for me.”She buried her face in my neck to stifle the sound while her hips jerked.I held her there, one hand on the back of her head, the one between her legs slowing to a stop as she trembled against me.She was totally mine, if only for now.

This wasn’t near enough.Not only because I was almost ready to come in my pants.My cock had made me do stupid things before, but I wasn’t stupid enough to sink balls deep into my director when there were still people working in the building.

“Claudia is gone for the weekend?”I asked once her breathing slowed.“Then you’re staying with me.”Her head popped up, but I held it in place, my hand in her hair.“I’m not leaving you home alone to take care of yourself.”

“But—”

“But nothing.You said you’d take care of yourself, and this is how you’re going to do it.By not being a stubborn brat.If you want to work, you can work from there.”

I didn’t bother mentioning what else she could do there.I didn’t think it needed to be said.

“What are you doing to me?”she asked in a voice full of defeat, eyes darting over my face in a search for answers.

Funny.I wanted to ask her the same thing.

12

SUMMER

Did anybody around the studio know how good Lex was at giving foot rubs?

My cheeks went warm when, as usual, my thoughts wandered back to last weekend.I had spent the ten days since then in a perpetual state of brain fog.Remembering the foot rubs and the times he insisted on carrying me around the house while I pretended to resist being held in his arms or flung over his shoulder.I was stubborn, but I wasn’t stupid.

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