Chapter 10 Revelation #2
“I’m certainly enjoying it. Helplessness has always looked good on you.”
She furrowed her brow, the disdain very obvious on her face. “Okay, now you’re just being an asshole.”
Snatching her throat, I slammed her back into the bed, looming over her as I tried to keep my agitation in check.
“Careful, princess. Being an ungrateful little brat toward your husband is no way to start the day,” I growled down at her.
She glared back up at me, unfazed. “I want to start walking, Darren. My bones have healed. This has gone on long enough.”
“That’s not up to you.”
She groaned loudly in frustration, both her hands grabbing onto the arm that kept her pinned down.
“What do I have to do to get out of this bed?” she practically yelled. “I can’t take any more of this. I need to move!”
I said nothing as I glared down at her desire to thwart my plans for her recovery. But the sinister thoughts I had earlier returned for another chance to manifest into reality.
“Okay, Jaden, you don’t want me to baby you anymore?
Tough shit. You’re mine to do with as I please.
” She scoffed at me, the scowl on her face only making her look even more adorable.
“But if you really want to get back on your feet, then you’re going to have to get through the baby steps before anything else. ”
She huffed out a breath, the frustration growing on her face when she struggled to get her way.
“Anything. As long as it gets me out of this bed, I’ll do anything.” I could hear the desperation in her voice. Maybe the morning could be salvaged after all.
Oh, little girl, you’re going to regret those words.
Smirking, I grabbed her hips and pulled her off the bed to place her ass on the floor. She looked up at me incredulously as I walked away and sat down on the sofa across the room.
“What’s the first thing a baby has to do before it can learn to walk?” I asked her.
Her eyes shot down to the floor, a look of worry passing over her pretty face before realization dawned on her. Her shoulders slowly sank as she sighed with disdain.
“Crawl,” she answered solemnly.
I leaned forward, letting my hands hang between my knees, and then pointed at the empty space in front of me.
“Crawl to me, Jaden,” I ordered. “And maybe then I’ll consider the next step in allowing you to kneel for me.”
I watched her gaze sharpen, the fire blazing in her eyes at my taunting. But that fire quickly turned into smoke as she scanned the distance between me and her.
Jaden had a long way to go, but if she wanted it as badly as she said, she’d do whatever it took.
“Come here, little girl. I want to see that ass moving.”
I could see her gritting her teeth, the tension in her jaw likely causing quite the headache.
Finally gathering her strength, she placed her hands on the floor and leaned forward until her knees supported her.
A tight grimace escaped her features, but she hid it away quickly, stretching out her hand to grip the carpet. Her hips wobbled slightly as she moved, but she seemed to stabilize herself after a few feet.
I didn’t like her eyes deliberately avoiding mine as she slowly crept across the carpet, her focus in all the wrong places.
“Look at me,” I ordered, my voice stern enough to make her visibly shudder. “Keep your eyes on me.”
Jaden lifted her gaze in annoyance, a fresh scowl growing on her face. But in that singular moment, she suddenly paused, halting in place on her hands and knees. I arched a brow at her expectantly.
“I don’t recall telling you to stop.”
And just like that, I felt a sudden shift in the air.
The energy in the room began to drastically change, making the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Jaden never even said a word.
She just stared back at me with sharp deliberation, her eyes beginning to glow with a familiar animalistic ferocity that warned of an impending danger just over the horizon. It drew me in almost immediately.
Lowering her chin, Jaden narrowed her eyes to create the sexiest little glare, her shoulders rolling as she arched her spine. A sly little grin peeked from the corner of her mouth as she resumed her pace, inching closer and closer to me.
Like a hellcat ready to pounce and devour.
Fuck.
In an instant, I was insanely hard, my mind transported back to a time that made my blood rush with a primal hunger I was dying to unleash. Even with her temporary disability, my wife still managed to make crawling look so damn sexy when she stared at me like that.
Jaden was a goddamn professional at malicious compliance. The kind of expertise that could deceive so easily, betraying my own desires and coaxing me into a false sense of control that had long ago slipped right through my fingers, completely undetected.
She could be so dangerously persuasive like that, convincing me she was the one wrapped around my finger, not the other way around.
Jaden’s ability to boldly flaunt defiant obedience with such ease and enticing sensuality was truly a flawless art form I could worship all day. A beautifully calculated rebellion disguised as submission flying right under the radar.
How she managed to holster that kind of power and use it against me was a mystery, but considering how good she made it look, I was only too happy to be a willing victim.
She showed me exactly how a queen ruled her king with surrender, wielding it with a ruthless precision strong enough to bring me instantly to my knees.
She was only five feet away from me, and my cock became so painfully hard I had to work to restrain myself from shoving her face to the floor and fucking her into oblivion.
But if I ever wanted to fuck her that hard again, I had to keep myself in check. And it just made me want to relive ripping those fuckers apart responsible for depriving me of the sweet nirvana hidden between Jaden’s thighs.
When she finally reached me, she gently sat back on her legs, her big hazel eyes burning with defiance.
“Satisfied?” she asked smoothly.
“No. Open your mouth.”
Grabbing the back of her neck, I tangled my hand in her hair and yanked her up to her knees. The action caused her lips to part in a painful grimace, giving me the opportunity to pull my dick out and shove it right in her mouth.
I only gave her a few seconds to adjust before I began fucking her throat like it owed me money. The wet heat of her mouth instantly satisfied the dark urge inside me that hankered to conquer her every single day.
“Fuck,” I muttered, gripping the back of her head with both hands to keep her in place, making her reach up to grasp my forearms for support.
Just watching my cock slide in and out of her mouth after going so long without was enough to drive me insane.
But once again, her eyes were still definitely elsewhere.
“Look at me,” I growled, thrusting a little harder for emphasis.
She whimpered, but her watery eyes shot up to mine, tears leaking down the sides of her beautifully flushed face. I pulled out just long enough to allow her a single breath before plunging back in and taking what belonged only to me.
Like the goddess she was, her hand trailed lower from my hips until she cupped my balls, squeezing and rolling them in her palm, driving me insane.
Good fucking girl.
A raw growl reverberated up my throat at the feel of her delicate little hands on me, dutifully fulfilling her purpose, obliging the role I’d given her no choice but to accept.
Jaden’s devotion to satisfying my needs was so finely tuned and profound, it was a marvel that such a gorgeous creature could exist so perfectly. The pride of my ownership of her swelled through my chest, a fierce possessiveness taking over as I surged inside my favorite toy.
“You are so fucking mine,” I snarled.
Jaden groaned, the vibration in her throat giving me that final push as I bore down on her and came down her throat, holding her still until she swallowed every drop.
When I finally pulled out, Jaden instantly dropped to the floor as I released her to tuck myself back into my pants.
“Now I’m only marginally satisfied,” I said, the heat in my voice barely satiated as I reached down to lift Jaden from the floor. She coughed and sputtered in my arms, still trying to catch her breath while she wiped the tears and saliva from her face.
“I stand by what I said. You’re still an asshole,” she snapped.
I gently set her down on the bed and placed my hands on either side of her head, leaning over her and caging her in.
“You said you’d do anything. Next time, choose your words more wisely,” I warned, then pulled away to finish getting ready for the day.
As it turned out, Jaden had managed to salvage the morning after all.
I left Jaden to wallow in her boring day and headed down to my office, finding Scott at the conference table with a tablet in his hands. His focus was intense, his brows furrowing as he watched whatever the hell was going on in front of him.
“What now?” I asked, folding my arms across my chest as I stood over him.
He shook his head. “I got tired of waiting for you to review this footage.”
My jaw clenched. I knew what footage he was talking about. The one I had ordered immediately but couldn’t bring myself to watch for fear of what it would reveal.
I’d had it for weeks, but I knew if I saw what had occurred right under my nose, I didn’t know what condition I would leave Jaden in once I was done punishing her. I thought it would be better to wait until she was fully recovered before I unleashed that kind of unbridled wrath on her.
But evidently, Scott was too impatient for that.
I sighed as I pinched the bridge of my nose, dreading the answer.
“Tell me it’s not her.”