She stands, and she’s biting her lip like she’s nervous. “Are you afraid of me, Juno?”
“No.” She shakes her head.
“Sure?”
She nods.
Good. I nod too. “Then clothes off.”
Juno blushes immediately, but she pulls her t-shirt over her head, revealing a plain grey bra. She’s not looking at me. “Are you embarrassed?”
“A little.”
“You’re not a virgin,” I say, and it’s not a question.
“No, but I’m not experienced either.”
I take in her small frame and full breasts peeking out of the top of that bra. “Pants,” I say.
Juno unbuckles her belt and wiggles off her jeans, letting them slide off her hips and pool on the floor. She steps out of them and tosses them onto the air mattress, and her socks follow so she’s only in her underwear.
“Bra, and then we’re going to have a chat,” I say, pulling my shirt over my head and tossing it aside. She’s in the middle of unstrapping that little excuse for a bra and she freezes when she sees my bare torso. God, it feels amazing to see her look at me like that. Open wonder and lust. Every hour I’ve spent pushing my body into peak shape has been worth it for that look alone.
She drops her bra, and I’m a bit mesmerized by the sight of her bare in front of me. Perfect pink nipples the same shade as her blush. The size that’s perfect to fit in my hands. “Come here,” I tell her, and she does.
I grab her hands and pull her to me. It’s not an explainable thing, what happens to my body when I touch her. But it’s like all my thoughts fly out of my head and I’m running on base instinct. That doesn’t matter though, we’re still going to talk.
But there’s no reason that I can’t talk to her while she’s underneath me. I swing her onto the bed, laying her out before I cover her body with mine. I like the sound of her little gasp when she feels my weight on top of her. “We need to talk a little bit.”
“Now?” She breathes. “Okay.”
“Yes, now. I fully plan on fucking you thoroughly, Juno, but we need to clear the air a little bit.”
She’s looking at me now with those wide, gorgeous green eyes. “I want to make sure that you want to be here,” I tell her.
“Right now I very much want to be here.”
“I mean at all, Juno. I was pissed last night, and I’m pissed now, but I didn’t actually think you would agree.”
She looks at me with wonder. “What would you have done if I said no?”
I brush my lips across hers. “You never would have said no, Juno. I wasn’t lying when I said I could read people.”
Briefly, she looks away. “And now?”
“And now, I’m telling you what I told you before. I’m won’t force you to do anything against your will. You don’t have to stay here.”
She blushes. “I told you that I don’t have that kind of money to pay.”
“And I lied and told you it was worth more than it was. A hundred thousand, if that.”
Juno makes a face. “I like that you think that’s better. It’s not. That kind of money is just as out of reach as three hundred thousand. I don’t like being in debt to people.”
At this moment, I’m being completely honest with her. “I don’t care about the vase. If I could say that it didn’t matter, then I would. Unfortunately, my father—my family—cares about that vase more than I can tell you.”
She huffs a breath. “It was an accident. And if you keep me as your sex slave how are you going to explain the money to your father?”
“And if I told you that you didn’t have to pay? That you staying would be entirely your choice?”
“Of course I would leave,” she says. I don’t want to be forced into anything.”
“Have I forced you to do anything?” I ask her. “Did I force you onto your knees and make you suck my cock? You said yes.” Juno closes her eyes, and I move my hips, showing her how hard I am for her.
“Why would I stay?”
“I think you want to stay, Juno. I think you realized that you were mine the second you got on your knees. I think you want to find out exactly what this is.”
Her skin is flushed hot and pink and her eyes are filled with an equal amount of arousal and anger. “Why the fuck would I want to be anyone’s pet?”
“Why not?”
“Because, that’s…just not what people do.”
I stare down at her, so close that I can feel the way her breath and pulse speeds up. “Answer me honestly, Juno. Why did you stay last night?”
“I didn’t have a choice.”
“You think that with a house full of people I could have locked you in here? That you couldn’t have simply walked out? You stayed because you wanted to stay.”