Page 27 of Scarred Devil

That’s right.

You know you want it.

Then, I stroke her cheek, and leave the room before I completely lose my resolve and take her the way I want.

CHAPTER EIGHT

Aurora

I’m lost for words.

I can barely wrap my head around what just happened. How can a man I hate so much turn me into a hot mess with a simple touch? My pussy is still throbbing from the earth-shattering orgasm he gave me. Still trying to catch my breath, I pick up my discarded dress and slip back into it.

How can he make me feel like that?

It’s as though he knows my body better than I do. Lev Ivanov has just shown me how much he is in control. A shiver runs down my spine as I think of how he called me his.

I stand up and suddenly, I’m overwhelmed by a range of emotions. One of them being anger. I’m angry at my father for forcing me into a marriage. I’m angry at Lev for treating me like I am his property. Most of all, I’m angry at myself for how little control I have over my situation. Or none at all. I’m angry at how Lev can turn me into a puddle on purpose. All it takes is for him to touch me and my body is at his mercy.

I release a long sigh and glance around, unsure what to do next. I don’t know my way around his house, and it infuriates me that he has left me alone.

That’s when the door opens and a man walks in. I’m thankful that I’m dressed when he arrives. For a brief moment, I wonder what would have happened if he had come in earlier when Lev was robbing me of my senses.

I glance at the man and realize he is one of those who were present during the wedding. I’m grateful it isn’t the same guy Lev sent to kidnap me.

“The Boss says I should take you to his room,” he says. I feel my jaw clench. Trust Lev to assign his dirty work to others. First, it had been kidnapping me, and now this. He doesn’t even have the decency to show me where his room is.

Hold on a second.

Did he say “his” room?

“Wait a minute, did you sayhisroom?” I echo my thoughts, and the man nods.

No.

There’s no freaking way.

A part of me wants to go, though. A part of me wants him to devour me the way he did before. But it’s not in my nature to give in so easily. Especially since I’ve been forced into this.

“I don’t want to go to his room,” I tell the man. “I want to stay somewhere else.” This is the only way I can keep my sanity. I need to keep my distance. At least for now…

Forever, Aurora.

You’ll keep your distance forever!

“I’m afraid that isn’t possible. I’m following the Boss’s orders,” he says.

A feeling of rage unfurls in me.

What an arrogant ass.

“Well, tellthe Bossthat I won’t go to his room. I’d rather stay out in the hall than do that,” I retort in annoyance. I don’t care if I sound like a petulant child. If Lev and I are going to be married, I need to teach him that he can’t always do what he wants. I can’t allow him to have his way all the time.

The man stares at me for a while before he sighs and brings out his phone. I assume he’s callingthe Boss. I watch him press his phone to his ear as he starts speaking Russian. I know they’re doing it on purpose, so I won’t understand what they are talking about. The man ends the call and returns his attention to me.

“Boss says I should take you toyourroom,” the man says gruffly. “Please, follow me.”

I sigh in relief when I hear this, and I stand. Finally, I can get some “me time.”

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