It wasn’t an excuse, however. I should have fucking been with her all along so she was never put in a position where she could potentially get shot in the first goddamn place.
But I wouldn’t make that mistake again.
There would be no more hiding. No more pretending.
She was mine and I was hers, until death took us both.
CHAPTERTHIRTY-FIVE
samara
He hadn’t answered me,but something in Elias’s eyes had that can’t-catch-my-breath feeling easing. Even when he fastened the belt to the bed, I didn’t protest. I had no sensation of feeling trapped. No overwhelming suffocation or need to free myself.
As long as he didn’t tell me it was over, that he still wanted me, he could keep me strapped to his bed for the rest of my life.
If I ever lost him, I wouldn’t have a life worth living.
Lowering his head, he skimmed his nose over mine before gently kissing the corner of my mouth. “I told you what would happen, princess. I warned you. It doesn’t matter why you did it. I won’t tolerate you knowingly putting yourself in danger.”
A shiver traveled through my entire body as he lightly cupped my breasts in each hand. My nipples were still ultrasensitive from the assault of his mouth earlier. He ghosted his thumbs over each one, not actually touching, but making them throb nonetheless.
“I’m sorry, Daddy,” I gulped. “I won’t do it again.”
He lifted his head until our gazes locked. “Sweet little psychopath.” I moaned when I saw the knowledge—the acceptance—that lit his blue eyes. “My beautiful baby girl. I don’t believe you. You don’t understand the consequences of your actions. If you’re going to so willfully disobey me, then you have to learn to take your punishment.”
He trailed his hands down my body, barely grazing over my belly, his thumbs caressing my pelvic bones, and then stopping right above my drenched pussy lips. My clit throbbed, begging for contact.
“I’m not mad you killed while you were away,” he cooed, teasing his middle finger down my slit. “What Daddy is so upset about is that you did it all on your own. He wasn’t there to protect his precious baby.”
“Oh God,” I sobbed.
There it was. Not just a guess of what he might know. How, I had no idea, but he’d just proven that he knew exactly what I’d done.
And from the way his cock pulsed through his pants against my leg, it didn’t turn him off. It was a miracle.
He was my miracle.
One I didn’t deserve, but I would hold on to until there was no breath left in my lungs.
“I tried to be patient, Sammy. Tried to give you the time you needed to trust me. To be gentle with you.” He pressed his lips to my temple. “But you don’t want gentle, do you, baby?”
Whimpering, I shook my head. I heard his laughter rumble in his chest before he licked the shell of my ear. “You need Daddy to take complete control, little girl?”
“Yes, Daddy. Please.”
He grabbed my jaw hard, tilting my head back. I swallowed a sob when I saw the fire banked deep in his eyes. “There will be no more leaving without me, Samara. No more stalking anyone but me. Next time you go to visit your family, I will go with you. And if you ever pull a stunt like you did last night, I won’t let you come for an entire week.”
I nodded emphatically, a part of me scared this was all a dream. “Yes, Daddy. I promise.”
“That’s my sweet little psychopath.” He lightly kissed my mouth. “Now lie there and take your punishment.”
He kissed his way down my body while still teasing my slit with his middle finger. When his breath brushed over my clit, my hips came up off the bed. Knowing he was aware of how twisted I was and wasn’t running had me on the edge already.
Elias pressed my lower body back to the bed, his fingers biting into my waist. “Stay still,” he barked.
I was obsessed with my sweet, patient Elias. But this man was different. He wasn’t Elias any longer. I’d turned him into a frothing, angry Daddy. And I was so in love with him, I couldn’t breathe.
His touch eased when I forced my muscles to relax. But it only lasted until he pushed my thighs open wider so he could fit his massive shoulders between them comfortably. Using his thumbs, he spread my pussy lips wide.