(Emily's POV)I stared at the wall as Dimitri dropped to his haunches in front of me. My throat rose tight when he wiped a tear from my cheek. I was tempted to push his hand away, but the heat of the caress overwhelmed me, twitching at the twine around my heart. "Stop sobbing," he demanded softly."No."He started at me for a moment and start striding towards my position. What now? Is he going to spank me for being hard-headed? Does he love hurting me that badly? Isn't this enough that he stop everything that instant? He's taking me as a pushover.His hand fell over my face. "Keep crying then. Don't stop until I say so."The tears suddenly stung like bleach, and I made an effort to blink them from my eyes. He made a dry, disbelieving sound in his throat, and I realized I was too agitated to gather he was utilizing reverse psychology on me. Apparently, he'd learned I would do the contrary of whatever he commanded.It went silent for a second before he spoke. "I can't f*ck you like tha
(Dimitri's POV)As I opened my eyes I saw nothing, just darkness. I slightly lifted my head only to realize that my arms were wrapped around Emily's body.When I lifted my head, I saw that she was sleeping soundly. Her face was stuffed in my neck. I adjusted myself to look at her stunning face. I stare at her with amusement. Damn! She's so stunning with her messy hair. Her soft breast was kissing my biceps as she wraps her arm around my chest. After a few moments of staring at her, I pulled her naked warm body for a tighter embrace as I stuffed herself closer to my unclothed body. This feels so good.My eyes wander at the surroundings. Darkness cast the room in shadow, though a golden sheen surrounded Emily's sleeping form like a halo. The strange glow could be a trick of the light, but the night was a moonless one, meaning there wasn't any f*cking light. With a sense of annoyance, I conceded I needed to get my vision checked.Then the realization hit me.I sat up carefully on the be
(Emily's POV)I'm lying in my bed in the dark. My heart is racing like I'm on a treadmill. Oh my god oh my god oh my god.Why did he bring me back here?I know Dimitri wants me. I could see it on his face.He was feeling what I was feeling. The same desperation, the same lust. The same wildness telling me to ignore all rational thought, to take what I wanted and damn the consequences.I wanted HIM.I know it's insane. I know I shouldn't be feeling this way, that he wants to destroy me and everything I love. But my body and my brain are two separate entities.I've never even had a boyfriend! I had crushes, on boys I thought were cute. It was almost a game, something I liked to imagine, without taking any action.I never really wanted to be kissed, not badly enough to make it happen. There was nothing special about any of those boys. Nothing made them stand out. They were interchangeable in my fantasies.I've never had a strong attraction to anybody.Until now. My attraction to Dimitri
(Emily's POV)The next day, everything is as usual. When I come down to the main floor, I can hear someone rummaging in the kitchen. They must be preparing for dinner.The house looks the same as always. My face looked the same in the mirror after I showered and dressed. The look of distressed. And yet, I feel completely different.For one thing, Dimitri is making me confused everywhere. He played with me in the fire as I was burned by his games. And it frustrates me to hell. Who is he doing this to me? He made me like this. He started this but he is rejecting me. He wanted me but as soon as he figure out about my virginity, he changed. He keeps avoiding me. He keeps his distance away from me. He was not saying anything about us. Is this a joke to him?I stopped in my trance as I was about to take a step on the first staircase.I did not see him today, no breakfast, and no lunch with him. They said, he had gone to the other city for work. God knows what kind of work he's been doing
(Emily's POV)Inked fingers slid down my legs, and the roughness of his hands left goosebumps in their wake. My breath caught when he pushed my thighs apart. My skin was so sensitive, the lightest touch hummed below the surface. His mouth trailed down my neck, sucking and biting a path to my breasts. An emptiness pulsed in my core, begging for pressure and friction---My eyes shot open to see the noise was due to the book falling off my lap. I exhaled a ragged breath and, with a sense of disgust at the immoral daydream that sucked me under, I got up from the window seat to pace my room.I said I'll think about it which means I'm contemplating. He knows I'm having a hard time choosing the life he has or the life I deeply missed. Goddamn it! I wanted to go home but... Why am I hesitating?All I should think about is my answer but his sexiness keeps rummaging in my head like a broken record disc. He's all over my brain and nerve cells now. He's driving me nuts for making me choose.It w
(Dimitri's POV)I throw Emily down on the bed and I tell myself to go slow, to be gentle with her. But it's been months of waiting, months of longing. I've held myself back a thousand timeI can't do it anymore.I pulled her closer to my body while holding her face with one hand and crashed my lips to her lips. I started kissing her like a starved person. She immediately parted her lips only to feel mine pressing in intense, smooth but contained until her hands, with a mind of their own, took hold of me and everything accelerated.My other hand snaked around her waist as her hands wrapped around the back of his neck, holding onto me for support as she is pulling me closer to her body and deepened the kiss.Emily's lips were like summer rain, pouring over mine as if they had the power to take away and give back life. My thumb was throbbing at the hollow of her neck, rubbing up and down, pulsing warmth as my tongue conquered the depths of her mouth, hungry, consuming, pulling her into t
(Emily's POV)My eyes opened to a dark room, and confusion ran rampant until I saw the black sheet covering me and remembered I was in Dimitri's room. In his bed. With his body heat at my back. The clock on the nightstand said two-thirty a.m., which meant I was only asleep for thirty minutes before waking with a full bladder.The previous hours turned in my head. I'd anticipated sex and then for Dimitri to slap my ass on my way out the door. I didn't expect him to be gentle and then kiss me until I fell asleep. I hadn't known he had that kind of softness in him. It was more than I thought I'd ever get. I get what I've longed for days. I get what I needed. He get my virginity, for real this time. So why did I feel so... empty?God, I really was an emotional f*ck.I'm becoming weak again. I shouldn't be feeling this way. I should've given myself high hopes with this sex we had. Because we both knew that this won't work. I was taken by pleasure and so do he. No feelings involve except t
(Dimitri's POV)I was still in my underwear, my hands trembling as I poured some vodka into the glass. The outbuilding where Emily was locked up pulled at every muscle in my body like a magnet. She'd been out there for less than ten minutes, and each tick of the clock tightened an invisible noose around my neck. I couldn't shake the feeling. I'd only distracted myself by turning on all the lights in the house and barking orders at Alya. I wanted a cup of tea. My suit needed ironing. And why the f*ck was there so much yellow in my house?"She will die out there."I didn't even hear Lucio enter the room until he spoke. This was how men got killed in my position, but I didn't give a shit right now. If the cold feeling spreading in my chest was anything to go by, I was already six feet under."Get out," I ordered."It's below zero. She could get hypothermia in minutes."The words ate at my veins, but I told myself it didn't matter to me. Emily had played me. She got under my skin, made me