All Chapters of Surrender Under His Command : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Jessa stood on the street corner, waiting for Damien. She knew she was early, but each minute she waited, doubt and nerves settled in.She shifted from one foot to another. What had she been thinking, agreeing to this? She had no business going out for dinner with anyone at the moment. She needed to keep her head down and concentrate on herself and the baby.But Damien was hard to resist. She only hoped she wasn’t making the same mistakes all over again.When she had first met Victor, there had been something about his take-charge attitude that had intrigued her. She’d thought him protective, caring, strong.She had been so wrong.Was she also wrong about Damien? Could he be an asshole as well?Maybe all dominant men were? Maybe everything she had read about how protective and loving dominant men could be was really just fiction. Nerves bubbling, she turned to walk away. This was stupid.“Jessa!” Damien called out.She stopped, unable to ignore the command in his voice. Damn it.Turni

Jessa could scarcely believe that she’d just come, rather loudly, in Damien’s backyard. She’d been faking her orgasms with Victor long before she’d left him and had fully thought she’d have to do the same tonight. Instead, she’d experienced a truly mind-blowing orgasm.Damien held her tighter as he climbed the stairs. Leaning down, he kissed her forehead.“Okay, baby?”She nodded, snuggling her face against his bare chest. He’d wrapped her up in a thick, fluffy towel before drying himself off. Then he’d swept her up in his arms and carried her inside. When they got to the top of the staircase he pushed open some large double doors and walked into the biggest bedroom she’d ever seen. A bed so huge it had to be custom-made was against the far wall with floor to ceiling windows bracketing it.Masculine furniture was artfully placed around the room, and there was an enormous fireplace that had a long sofa sitting in front of it.“This is amazing.”Damien glanced around. “Yes, I suppose it

“Thank you.”“For what?” she asked.“Trusting me, I know it can’t be easy.”“You don’t know how hard it is. And my trust only goes so far,” she warned him.He brushed her hair back off her face. “That’s as it should be. I wouldn’t want you trusting too easily. There are a lot of bad things in this world and you should always be on alert.”There was a sad look in his eyes, as though he had first-hand experience.That was something she could relate to.“I know. People you think you know can turn out to be total strangers.”Although it wasn’t cold, Damien pulled a blanket off the back of the sofa.Lying on his back, he tugged her down next to him. Jessa lay on her side, her head nested on his chest as he tucked the blanket around them both.“Who hurt you?” His voice was quiet, undemanding, his heartbeat steady against her ear. Jessa yawned, feeling warm and safe with him. It seemed crazy when just minutes ago she was ready to flee.“My ex.”Damien ran his hand up and down her back.“He t

“What do you mean she’s not here?” Damien asked with a frown. “Is it her day off?”The overweight waitress, who couldn’t been older than eighteen or nineteen, smacked some gum as she stared at him in boredom. She looked him up and down as though assessing him. Suddenly, she straightened.“She got fired,” the girl said. Chew, smack. Chew, smack. She reached out a hand, touching his chest. “But if you’re looking for a good time, I can help ya.”Damien barely held in a shudder of disgust. Fired? From what he’d observed, Jessa was a well-liked, efficient waitress.Wasn’t the end of the world, though. He didn’t particularly like her being on her feet all day.But he was sure she was devastated. And scared. He needed to find her.“Can you give me her address?” It was probably against the rules, but he figured this kid was too dumb to know that.“Her address?” she said slowly, reconfirming his view on her intelligence.“Yes, I’m a friend. I know she lives in one of the apartments a few doors

Jessa half-listened as the nurse went through her prescriptions, as well as some instructions for her care. Damien appeared to be hanging onto every word.Everything leading up to her being here was still a bit of a blur. How had Damien found her? Was it just a coincidence? Jessa looked around her.How had she ended up in a private room? She barely had enough money to cover the prescriptions, let alone the hospital bill.“You need a lot of rest and care, Ms Reynolds. The doctor is worried about how underweight you are, getting your body weight up is important and you both need to discuss this with your own doctor and obstetrician.”“Don’t worry, we will,” Damien said grimly.Jessa turned to look at him. He hadn’t said a word about her pregnancy.In fact, he hadn’t said much at all. Damien had insisted on staying with her the night, but Jessa had been so exhausted that she’d fallen asleep before she could question him.This morning, the nurse had helped her get ready, while Damien went