Page 78 of Illicit Education
“See how easy that was? You want this without even knowing you do.” He almost laughed, but laughter was far too much emotion for this guy. “I could command you to take off your clothes and fuck me right here–”
I swallowed hard and clenched my thighs together as a rush of desire pooled between my legs.
“And you’d do it, wouldn’t you? No questions asked.”
“Um…” I bit my lip, confused by this entire conversation. “Yeah? Of course I would. Because Iliterallycame here for that.”
“Rylan.” He strode toward me and lowered into a squat. “You don’t even realize you’re doing it.” He paused, searching my gaze. “Open your legs.”
I did.
He raised an eyebrow.
“What? I don’t know how much clearer I need to be. I came hereto hook up with you.” I said the words slowly because somewhere along the lines, we’d hit a language barrier of some sort. “Tell me to get naked, and I’m going to do it.” I shrugged. “I know that’s wrong, that you’re the big CEO of Reed Publishing and I’m some intern that will be gone in twelve weeks, and I shouldn’t want you. You’re older than me, blah blah blah, but I don’t really care. There’s something between us and I’d regret it if I didn’t at least try.”
He shook his head, that amused glint in his eyes returning, replacing the darkness of concern and bringing him back to me. His hands clamped down on my thighs and I sucked in a breath.
Yes, please.
“It was your mouth that did it. As soon as you opened that fucking mouth, I was done for.”
“Well, same. Something about the way you so eloquently bark orders made me want you too.”
“You want to obey me.”
I opened my mouth to agree, then hesitated. How quickly I was going to sayyes…
“Answer me.”
“Yes. I do.”
He nodded. His fingers flexed on my thighs. “That's why you get so turned on when I order you around.”
Shameful? Maybe.But I could worry about that later.
“And you want to defy me.”
I nodded.Very much so.
“Why?”
I licked my lips, then went with honesty. Why stop now? “To see what you’ll do.”
His lips twitched into the smirk. “Don’t you see? There’s more than just sexual tension between us. There’s a power dynamic, an exchange just waiting to happen.”
“Okay…?”
“I said I wouldn’t take your power away, Rylan, but it’s all I’ve thought about since you walked into my life. Do you understand? I want to take it. I want you to give it.” He paused, searching my eyes. “I want to shut that mouth up. When you defy me, I want to take you over my knee and spank you until you cry out, until you beg me for mercy. And then I want to fuck you. Hard.”
I shivered, even though the threat of a spanking should have absolutely terrified me.
And, somewhere, deep in the recesses of my brain, it did.
But I was more excited by the prospect of being spanked–then fucked–by this man than I was afraid of him.
And eventhatshould have terrified me.
Reed sighed, hanging his head. “You don’t know anything about this place, this life–”