Page 39 of Twisted Empire: King's Gambit

“Unless you want their blood on your hands, be my guest,” I say, turning on my side to face her. Her cheeks are flushed and her nostrils flare with anger at my answer, but fuck that. “And I’ll make you watch.”

“That’s fucking unfair, Mikhail!” she says, shaking her head. “If you get to fuck people outside of this marriage, then I should be allowed to—”

I lose it at her words, and without thinking, I pin her down underneath me. She yelps out in surprise and I feel a tremble surge through her body when I pin her hands next to her head.

“If anyone even touches what’s mine, I’ll kill them and their families,” I growl, watching her eyes well up with tears. “You belong to me, Gabriette, and that extends to your pussy even if I’m not fucking it.”

She blinks and shakes her head, allowing her tears to fall. “So you get to disrespect me by fucking other women, while I’m just … here?” she asks, and fuck me if that didn’t zap the anger right out of me.

I let go of her hands, feeling like a fucking idiot for being so possessive and showing my feelings again. Sighing, I draw my hand to her chin and force her to look at me, but I don’t miss the way she flinches.

“I have touched no one else since I slipped that ring on your finger,” I say, and her eyes widen. “The woman you saw me with tonight is my best friend. You can ask Natalya. I’m actually surprised she didn’t say anything.”

As soon as the anger slips out of her eyes, her cheeks redden. “You … haven’t slept with anyone else?”

I nod, and a smile tugs at my lips. “No, I haven’t and don’t feel the need to,” I say, then I lean close to her ear and feel her suck in a breath. “Were you jealous,Malyshka? Did seeing me with another woman make you want to kill me?”

She scoffs and her following words make me chuckle, “Every day with you makes me want to kill you.”

“So violent,” I say, my cock twitching at her words and I grind into her. “It gets my cock hard when you talk about murder like that.”

“Ugh, you’re sick —”

“I never claimed to be a good man, did I?” I say with amusement and lift so I can look at her. Her pupils are blown out and those cheeks a delicious shade of red. “As much as it’s within my rights to claim you and get pussy elsewhere, I’ll wait until you’re ready for me.”

Her eyes widened at this. “What? Why would you do that?”

I lean in close again, my breath fanning her cheeks, and I feel her body tremble. “Because you’re a Bratva queen, and no one is allowed to disrespect you, not even me.”

When I move back, I smirk at the look of disbelief on her face, knowing that for once, I have managed to surprise her. But of course, I can’t let it go.

“I’ll wait until you’re begging for my cock again,Malyshka, and trust me, you will,” I say and she scoffs, all disbelief gone.

She moves her hand between us and strokes my semi-hard cock, eliciting a gasp from me and my heart fucking drops.

“Oh, but feeling this, I think you’ll be the one begging me, Baranov,” she says, shooting me a sweet smile, then she leans close to my ear. “And trust me, you will.”

“Touché,” I say with a chuckle and roll off of her. “May the best one win.”

The smile on her face makes my heart clench, but I have a feeling I just wagered a bet with a literal fucking she-devil.

GABRIETTE

Holy shit, what the hell happened last night? I went from angry and pissed off to wishing Mikhail put his threat to better use. I never would have thought that, with my past, I’d love a possessive man pinning me down.

There’s something about Mikhail that just … does it for me. His touch doesn’t seem to make my skin crawl anymore; it’s almost like I trust him. I have no idea what’s happening or why he has this effect on me now when I couldn’t stand him before.

But he was right. Seeing him with that woman didn’t just hurt me, it made me feel jealous and possessive, because who the fuck does he think he is disrespecting me like that?

I can’t tell you the relief I felt when he cleared things up, and honestly, when I think about it, Natalya wanted to say something too, but I stopped her. Perhaps next time I shouldn’t be so hardheaded and allow my anger to get the best of me.

Sighing, I turn my head to face a sleeping Mikhail and wonder what it is he sees when he looks at me. I never claimed to be an obedient person who would follow each of his rules, so how does a person like me get his cock hard with my defiance?

I smirk as a smile tugs at my lips at the same time a plan forms in my head. Oh, this is so petty, but I’m going to do it anyway, just to see the look on his face.

Slipping into the shower, I take my time to get ready and when I walk out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel, Mikhail is sitting on the edge of the bed, stretching.

He narrows his eyes when he sees me, but I can feel his gaze raking all over my body. “You’re up early,” he remarks and gets to his feet while I literally gape at the size of his morning wood.

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