Page 23 of Solace

“I never said you were! Only since yesterday I have thought about nothing else but you, fingering yourself and playing with your nice-looking tits,” I said gruffly. No way was she leaving this room without me seeing some action.

She stood like a statue. Her eyes were on me.

“Okay, how about you play with yourself, but I cannot actually see anything.”

“What?”

“You put your hand down your top, playing with your nipples and like yesterday your hand down your panties, getting yourself off.”

Her mouth dropped wide open. I cocked my head to the side waiting for her reply.

“But I can’t just turn myself on like that,” she said.

“You did yesterday, think of me in the shower, if that helps. In fact.” I move closely behind her. I moved to her left ear and whispered. “Imagine me stroking my dick in shower gel, watching me swell before your eyes. My hand glides back and forth making him harder for you by the second, making you drool and long to please me. Blood pumps hard and fast to the tip of my dick…” I stepped back as her breath rasped and her eyes closed.

Chapter 13

DANIELLA aka Layla

Iheaved my breath, just having Antonio close to me sent eruptions through my body, tempted I was to do as he asked, only how cheap did that make me feel?

“I don’t wish to be one of your whores?” I said, his lips close to my neckline as I tilt my head to the side, lost in him.

“You will never be one of those.”

“But you’re requesting me to play with myself, that’s cheap.”

“I see. Only you started this,” he breathed on my skin.

“I know…I have no idea what came over me.”

“So, what are you saying? You don’t wish to touch yourself in front of me?” he spoke softly.

“Yes. I don’t know you.” I was confused. I had no idea what I truly wanted.

“Okay,” he said and stepped away giving me space to breathe. “So, what do we need to get to know one another? You tell me…” he said, leaning against his desk arms folded, quirking his brows.

“I am grateful to you for, well giving me a room and a job, but you are also a bad guy who you said kills if needed. That scares me.” I swallowed as I gazed into his unfathomable eyes.

“I see. So, what do I need to do to assure you?”

“Build my faith and trust in you.” Like I knew anything about that after watching what I had as a child, yet my friends at high school had spoken of it many times.

“And when the hell do you expect me to do that? I am a busy man, Layla, I don’t have time to be a frigging pansy, let alone know what the fuck I am meant to do. I use women, I fuck them, and what you’re asking for is something alien to me. All I want is my dick inside you and you’re making a song and dance about it.”

That was the moment I knew he wasn’t a normal man; he only knew how to use people for his own needs. I knew his papa had been killed by my papa and his men, as I was there with him when he got the call.

“I have respect and dignity for myself.” That was another line from the girls.

He shot his eyes directly at me.

“You are driving a hard bargain here, Layla.”

Knowing, I had to be the one to make the first move. I should be running, only for some reason I felt sorry for this man, it appeared he had never felt true love. I did from my mamma; I miss her and would love nothing more than a cuddle from her.

I stepped to Antonio. My tummy somersaulted, I had no idea if what I was about to do was right or wrong, hell everything since my mum died had been wrong. I missed going to her to ask for advice, guide me, make me safe and give me vital cuddles when I needed them. I missed our girlie days, pampering, shopping, dinners, and visiting other places while papa worked. If I could turn the clock back…then stood in front of me was the man who wished my papa and Ricco dead.

I should step away, run, maybe pull a damn gun out on him, only I had no idea how to use one, my mamma always protected me from that side of things. She kept me safe and sane while papa didn’t give a damn. He shot, stabbed, and tortured a man before me to teach me that his life was full of scum bags and often said I would come up against them. I never believed him…only here I was standing before the Conti who wanted blood, revenge and who the hell could blame him?