Page 26 of Plunge into Obsession

That small graze I’d had in the hallway wasn’t fucking enough.

Never enough.

And I had a feeling it wouldn’t be enough even if I fucked her.

It would not be enough until I owned her completely, and maybe not even then.

I had been going fucking crazy over this obsession with her, since that first fucking day I saw her walk through the doors of Decadence to get ready for her shift.

Sometimes, I wished I had never even noticed her.

Things would have been a hell of a lot easier for me had that been the case. I wouldn’t feel so fucking…unhinged.

“What did Corey say to you to get you to agree?” I asked.

She stilled. “What?”

“What did that fucker say to get you to agree to strip in front of other men?”

She didn’t say anything for a moment. I kept my eyes on the road.

Then, “How do you know I didn’t just agree?” she asked. “This is a promotion. Stripping pays more than serving, you know.”

“If money is what you need,mi corazón, then all you had to do was fucking ask.”

“What?” she asked sharply. “Are you saying you would give me money?”

That was exactly what I was fucking saying. If she was so strapped for cash, I would have given it to her. But I could tell from the tone of her voice that it wasn’t what she wanted to hear from me. Something told me not to say anything.

“I don’t need your money, Gabriel.”

“That’s not what I was saying—”

She scoffed.

I kept my eyes trained on the road.

“I know you have money. But I don’t need it,” she said. “And besides, if I take your money, what would you need in exchange?”

I blinked.

Did she…

I pulled off to the side of the road and turned to her.

“Are you suggesting I would need to pay you to get you into bed?” I asked quietly.

Even in the dark, I could tell her eyes had widened in surprise.

“You think I am that kind of man? That I would pay for sex?”

She shook her head slightly. “You’re the one who suggested you would give me money.”

“Yes, I would. But there would be no strings attached to that. If andwhenI have you in my bed, make no mistake,mi corazón. You would be there because you want to be.”

I let the back of my finger run down the side of her face, taking in the softness of her skin, and lowered my voice in a seductive whisper. “Because you would crave me as much as I crave you.”

Her breath caught, and I smiled slightly.

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