Page 10 of The Marriage Demand
It was his informant cop.Another girl had been found, but this one was at the nightclub where he hadbeen last night. Now, he was pissed off. Bozo had done this on purpose. Thepiece-of-shit pimp seemed to have a few more cards up his sleeve than Eliasanticipated, and it was starting to grate on his nerves. It was time to endBozo, especially as the cops conducted their investigation.
He followed them into thesecurity room and watched the security tape while they checked for signs of thedead female. Elias took the opportunity to see the jealousy on his wife’s facewhen she caught Trish talking to him. He knew he shouldn’t be happy aboutseeing her jealousy, but it made life a lot more interesting.
There were moments hethought his wife was attracted to him. He had vowed to keep her safe, whichmeant keeping his distance.
The police reports, socialservices, and medical records only said so much. At no point was she ever puton birth control pills. There was no sign of rape or abuse in any other report,other than physical. No sexual. There were no complaints of sexual abuse fromfoster parents, but he also knew some people didn’t tell. He had no way ofknowing if Winnie was a virgin.
After several hours, thepolice deemed that the body had been dumped. Bozo had known where the cameraswere. She was dumped in a place away from the cameras. Someone in his bar wasnot loyal to him.
The moment the cops weregone and his staff had beenquestioned,Elias calledhis computer guy and asked him to look into suspicious activity of hisemployees. Romeo, his computer guy, took less than five minutes to find theleak.
Stepping out of hisoffice, he tried to find Bruce, only there was no sign of him. According to oneof the waitresses, the moment the cops left, he took off. It would seem Brucehad a little gambling and drug problem. He had debts up to his eyeballs.
He took several of hismen, climbed into the car, and drove all the way to Bruce’s apartment. Theplace he lived was a shit show, with diapers in the stairwell, and he waspretty sure human excrement painted along the walls. Used condoms and trashlittered the ground, and the stench was overwhelming. Elias ignored it all, andthen found Bruce in the throes of packing.
He stepped into the man’sapartment, and the stench was even worse. It was a small place, with a bed, sink,toilet, kitchen all in one unit, and the bed didn’t have any sheets on it.There were a lot of stains, though, and Elias was pretty sure he saw somethingwriggling. The paint was peeling off the walls, and black mold was alsoapparent.
He was shocked that thispiece of shit had been able to work for him, but appearances could bedeceiving. The man sunk to his knees, clasped his hands together, and began tobeg.
“Please, I’m sorry. Ididn’t know what I was doing. All he said was I had to move the cameras andthat is all I did. They were going to take my legs.” He started to sob.“Please, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”
Elias listened to the sobsand pleads, and they echoed off the walls. He didn’t give a fuck about all theexcuses. His one rule was to be loyal to him, and this man had failed. There wouldonly be one outcome.
Thirty minutes later,Elias stepped out of the apartment building and looked up into the sunshinebearing down. It was turning into a hot, unbearable summer, as sweat trickleddown the base of his back.
The cleaning crew hadalready arrived to take care of the mess he made. There was no reason toprolong the man’s suffering. Death had been easy, and in a way a kindness hedidn’t deserve.
Once he finished givingthe instructions, he climbed into the back of his car and just sat for asecond. There was a lot he could do. Places he could be, to deal with Bozo. Inthis latest act, as far as he was concerned, Bozo had initiated war, and he wasmore than happy with that. The little fucker wanted to play, then he was happyto play.
However, he couldn’t stopthinking about Winnie. He checked his cell phone and knew she was still attheir place. Elias made a quick decision and headed back to his apartment.
At least Trish had beengood for two things. One, getting a location on Bozo, but he had no doubt itwas useless information now, and making his wife jealous. That look on Winnie’sface was going to stay with him for quite some time.
Arriving back at hisapartment, he entered and found Winnie on her knees, and much to his shock,with a duster in her hand. She spun toward him, and she looked so cute. Herhair was split between two ponytails. She still wore the shorts and tank top.
“You’re back early,” shesaid.
Elias removed his jacket,wriggling open his tie. “Come here,” he said.
She opened her mouth,closed it, and then got to her feet. She still held the duster in her hand. Hetook it off her, and threw it across the room. Winnie didn’t have a chance tocomplain, as he cupped her face, pressed her against the nearest wall, and tookpossession of her lips, silencing her. She didn’t fight him, nor did she standstill. She kissed him back, and he pressed his cock against her stomach.
He heard her soft, subtlemoan, and he wanted her, craved her in a way he couldn’t even think about.Never had he been so hungry for a woman, but then he remembered that tinylittle detail. Pulling away, he looked at her swollen lips and then into her eyes.Round pools of deep brown. They were a slightly lighter brown than his.
“Are you a virgin?” heasked. He didn’t want to bring up any dark memories, but the next hour woulddepend on her answer.
She nodded her head. Itwas a simple jerk of the head. That meant he was going to have some fun withhis wife and get her to enjoy what was about to happen.
Winnie let out a gasp ashe picked her up in his arms and carried her across the apartment. He didn’t goto her room, but instead took her to his, where he intended her to stay. Themoment they crossed this line and he fucked her, she would be his in everysense of the word, and there was no backing out. Winnie belonged to him.
Dropping her to the bed,he leaned over her, staring into her eyes.
“I’m going to fuck you,Winnie. I’m going to make you my wife in every sense of the word. If you arenot ready for what is about to happen, then I suggest you speak up. You tell menow.”
He expected her to refuse,to look a little scared, but she didn’t move. There was a fierceness to hiswife he had never seen, and looking at her now, she was fucking stunning. Eliasdidn’t know how a monster like him had gotten so fucking lucky.
ChapterFive
Elias pulled down theshorts she had chosen.
