Page 6 of Ghost's Control

I laugh. Only Ghost would be worried about another man’s performance. “No one would ever be better than you, Ghost. You know my body, you know how to make me hum. But right now, you don’t get my body. I’m not ready to give it up and have my heart broken again. I needed you tonight - more than you will ever know. And you were busy getting your rocks off.”

“I don’t know why I did it. I was lonely, and you hadn’t replied to me in days, I guess I was angry and thought that you didn’t want anything to do with me anymore.”

“Really? After all our late night chats and texts, you’d think that just because I didn’t call you for a few days?”

“It was either that or something bad had happened and I couldn’t do anything about it because you weren’t telling me what was going on.”

“Something bad happened, Ghost. Something really bad.” I can’t look at him. My head fills with all the memories of that day on the beach.

My body is shaking with memories when Ghost reaches out and touches me and I jump. Staring at him, it takes a while for the dark cloud to lift from my eyes.

“Are you ready to tell me what happened yet, Gi?” He asks as he withdraws his hand. I can see the pain behind his eyes at me rejecting his touch.

“No. I’m not. I don’t want to talk about it. I can’t. Not until I know that you’re genuine and you’re not going to fuck me and leave me. I can’t deal with that right now.”

“Gi, do you really think I would fuck you right now? You need more than that from me. You need me to be the man who chases your nightmares away. You need me to find whoever did this and beat them to a pulp before I chop their hands off for being around your neck, because I know they were - you have the bruises to prove it.”

“Why do you have to behave like a caveman, Ghost?”

“Why do you insist on calling me by my road name?”

“Urgh.” I’m frustrated. I want him to understand that I’m angry with him. I can’t just succumb to those beautiful eyes and let him just be forgiven; this is huge for me. The one time that I actually needed to rely on someone and they weren’t there for me and it fucking hurts.

“Gi, it’s the middle of the night. Lay back down and sleep, then tomorrow we can talk. We’re not going to get anywhere tonight.”

“I don’t want to sleep in the same bed as you. I want to sleep on my own.”

“That’s not going to happen. I’m not going to touch you, Gi. I promise. It will be hard because all I want to do is fuck your defiance away and remind you who I am to you.”

I gasp. He’s using his dominating voice, and it vibrates straight to my pussy. I need to be strong and not give in. I need to prove a point.

“But I’m not going to do that, Gi,” he says as he reaches out and tucks a strand of hair behind my ear. “No, because I know that’s not what you need right now. What you need is a man who will listen to you and give you what you want. Except sleeping in a different bed to mine. That is not going to happen. I’ve told all my brothers that you are mine, but if you sleep in another bed, then I can’t guarantee they won’t try anything. If they did that I would have to kill them and none of us want brothers to fight. So, for tonight you are going to do what I say and lay back down on this bed.”

Yes, his domineering voice is such a turn on and just what I need right now. I want to succumb to him. I want to submit to him, it’s like he’s flicked a switch in me.

He looks at me. He shakes his head. “No, that is not going to happen.” His voice changes and I shake my head to get out of my dreamlike state. “Please lie down, Gi. I won’t touch you if you don’t want me to. I won’t hold you like I want to, if that’s not what you want. I promise.”

I look at him and I know he’s telling me the truth, although I don’t know how he’s going to lay next to me all night and not touch me, that’s just not in his nature. I know that from the two nights we spent together at Jem’s place. His hand or part of his body had to touch me at all times when we were sleeping.

“Don’t touch me and I’ll lay down.” I stare at him, challenging him.

“I won’t,” he says with his hands in the air.

I lay down as far away from him as possible. I need to stay strong.

As soon as I’m lying down, I wrap my arms around me tight and close my eyes. Of course, Ghost can’t keep his hands to himself and throws his arm over my stomach. Any other time, I’d have loved that, feeling safe and secure in his arms. But not now. My entire body goes tense.

“Why is it men think they can always take what they want?” I say quietly but I know that he hears me. His hand around my stomach tightens, pulling the breath from my lungs. I ignore it, and focus on breathing, hoping and praying that sleep will come for me once again.

Chapter 5

Ghost

“Why is it men think they can always take what they want?” Those softly spoken words, filled with so much pain, hurt, and anguish has my gut twisting.

I know what that fucking means. Some motherfucker hurt her, hurt her in a way no man should ever hurt a woman. When I get my hands on the bastard, I’m going to unleash holy fucking hell on his ass. No one hurts my woman and gets away with it.

My Gi, her smile brightens up even the darkest days. She’s the one thing in my life that I’m fucking proud of. She’s beautiful, smart, funny, and sweet. So fucking sweet. Her smile. Fuck, any man that’s on the receiving end of that gorgeous smile will die happy, knowing that they had her smile even if it was just once to be in the presence of sheer beauty.

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