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ring the severity in my voice, he looked up at me. Upon catching the look on my face, he set his fork down and turned his body to me. “I do too,” he murmured. “But you go first.”
I drew in a deep breath. “First things first, I need you to listen to every word I say before you react, okay?”
Lukas paused, his expression quickly darkening. “Okay.”
I took his hand. “I also want you to know that I’m perfectly fine and I extracted myself from the situation pretty quickly, but what happened is that after seeing the retail space today, I ran into Cam.” My heart beat fast again when I saw the blood drain from Lukas’s face. “He stopped me in the street and at first I didn’t know who he was, but I was suspicious from the start. And when I figured out who he is, he went from being hostile and condescending to full-on threatening. He talked about everything from my business to my body – stop.” I yanked Lukas down when he jerked to get up. “Listen to me,” I said firmly. “I’m fine, Lukas, remember that. I just didn’t want to lie to you about what happened today and let things snowball into madness, so please don’t punish me for telling you. Now can I go on?”
Lukas’s teeth stayed clenched together as he answered. “Yes. Go on.”
“Thank you,” I said, closing my eyes and letting out a breath. “I asked what he wanted from me and he basically said that he wanted me to change your mind about the buyout contract. He said that if I didn’t, he’d ruin me. That I’m not like your company – I’m too small and too new and he could crush me because he’s rich and connected and all that jazz. And honestly, I don’t know if he can or not, but I – ” I stopped talking when I saw Lukas’s eyes vacate. “Are you there?”
“Did he touch you?”
My heart pounded in my ears as I considered lying. I probably should’ve. Because the second I answered, “Yes,” my ears were assaulted with the scraping of chair legs on hardwood. I yelped as Lukas’s chair went crashing backwards to the floor, his legs moving so fast to the door that I nearly fell trying to catch up with him.
“Lukas, stop!” I shouted, tugging on his arm as he paced toward the elevator. “Stop it! Where the hell are you going?”
“I’m going to kill him.”
His nonchalance chilled me. “No. You’re not, and I mean it. If you care about me, Lukas, stop and look at me now,” I demanded hotly, relieved but still panting hard when Lukas stopped and turned to face me. But he wasn’t all there and it scared me. “Lukas,” I gripped two handfuls of shirt and held on with every ounce of my strength. “Breathe. Okay? I’m not going to let you beat the shit out of him and wind up in jail. I don’t care if you stay one night or ten, I won’t be able to handle it and I promise you, if you walk out that door, you will never see me again,” I hissed, surprised by my own words. But I meant every one of them and Lukas could tell because I could see the priority shift in his eyes, and I could hear both the fire and ice in his voice as he spoke to me.
“Come again?”
I dared to let go of his shirt. “I said if you walk out that door I’ll walk out, too, and whatever we have right now, it’ll become just a memory for us both,” I said, still breathing hard. “Because I can’t take another crazy thing happening, Lukas. I’m not wired this way. I can’t absorb all this drama at once and carry on like it’s nothing. It affects me and my heart and I’m in the most important week of my career, so I’m begging you, be calm for me because if you’re not, I will leave.”
I could see the flames behind his green eyes as they fixed on me. “You’re not going anywhere,” he said, closing the gap between us with one step. “You’re mine.”
“Then don’t you dare go anywhere, Lukas. Show me that I’m yours,” I challenged. “Prove it to me.”
“Take your clothes off.”
I didn’t hesitate. The windows surrounding us stretched from floor to ceiling, but I didn’t think twice. Pushing the cotton straps off my shoulders, I let my maxi dress fall like a curtain off my body. Lukas let out a rumble as his eyes slid all over my body in just a black lace bra and panties.
“Go upstairs.”
I watched him as I walked toward the stairs, still wary of him running off to get into some kind of trouble. But his eyes locked on mine like magnets, and his stare was nothing short of electric as he watched me ascend the staircase slowly, waiting for him to follow. My body relaxed once he was walking behind me, and when he gave me another instruction, I was more than eager to follow.
“Take your panties off slowly,” Lukas said, two steps below me. “Slowly,” he reminded me. “Just like that… show me your ass. Beautiful fucking ass,” he muttered, grabbing a rough handful but letting go to instruct me further. “Pull your panties down a little more so I can see your pussy. Good. Hold them there.”
Keeping my panties peeled down to the top of my thighs, I continued eyes ahead up the stairs. But I had to grip the railing as Lukas slid a finger inside me from behind, teasing my pussy and drawing out my wetness to play with my bottom. He laughed when I paused mid-step in shock.
“Bend over.”
Hands on the step above, I bent over, crying out as he parted my ass cheeks and slid his tongue into my pussy, writhing around inside till my knees buckled.
“Get up.”
By the time he said those words my panties were gone. I hadn’t even felt Lukas take them off but they were no longer on my body and I was no longer thinking about anything but feeling him inside me. For God’s sake, I clearly was his because he could simply flip and switch and take over me. It was erotic and terrifying, and it had my pussy so wet I could feel my warm juices sliding down my inner thighs.
“Get on the bed, Lia, and spread your legs for me,” Lukas said once we were in the bedroom.
My back had barely touched the mattress before he was hovering over me, shirtless, in just those grey sweats. Eyes on mine, he dipped two fingers into my liquid heat. He withdrew them to suck on one and slide the other between my lips. Palming my wetness again, Lukas gazed down at my bra.
“Show me your tits.”
Pulling the cups of my bra down, I let them spring free, gasping as Lukas grabbed me, rubbing my wetness all over my breast.