CHAPTER EIGHT
STRAY
I’d already suspected that Codie was a bit of a freak. Now it had been confirmed. When I caught up to her on her way to the motel, I wasn’t sure where she was taking me. Once we arrived, I knew she was there to meet someone.
That didn’t sit well with me. In fact, it made me a little crazy. She wasn’t really mine, except that she was. The thought of her being with someone else made me homicidal. I wouldn’t allow it.
I followed her through town back to her apartment building.
Time for Codie and I to have a little chat.
Somewhere that wasn’t the parking lot of a seedy motel.
She turned into the parking lot behind her building.
I followed. I parked right behind her car, blocking her in.
Not that she would be dumb enough to try to escape me now.
She didn’t get out of the vehicle right away. Her confession had come with shame and guilt. Although I understood why, I didn’t entirely support it. The girl had a kink. There was nothing wrong with that. The only problem was how she’d been going about it. That was about to change.
I got out of my own car and leaned against her SUV. There was no getting rid of me. She seemed to know that because after a minute she got out.
“It’s late, Stray,” she said. “I just want to go inside and go to bed.”
“You can do that when we’re finished here.” Folding my arms over my chest, I looked her over. Her tiny, tight dress left little to the imagination. No doubt it was sexy, yet it was also too much. Too forced.
“Fine,” she relented. “What do you want? Haven’t you done enough already tonight?”
Codie stood next to the car clutching her purse. She kept casting glances toward her building, like she wondered if she could run inside without me catching her. I’d love to see her try. I appreciated a good chase.
I suddenly pushed away from her car, making her gasp. Grabbing her upper arms, I pulled her close, feeling the heat of her body mere inches from mine. “If it’s danger you want, strawberry, I’ll give it to you.”
Her lashes fluttered a few times. She tripped over her words before saying, “Thanks but no thanks. I’m not interested.”
I brushed the hair back from her face, my hand lingering as it slid down her cheek to her throat. Ever so gently, I ran a finger along the pulse pounding in her neck.
“It’s cute that you think I’m giving you a choice,” I said. Codie hungered for danger. I hungered for her. She had no idea how dangerous that made me.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Suspicion made her features tight and pinched. The parking lot light we stood beneath cast us in a superficial spotlight. Anyone who looked out the windows of the rear facing suites would see us.
Slowly, I circled her throat with my hand. “It means that you’re mine now, strawberry. You wanted danger. Well, you found it. I’m going to make all your darkest fantasies come true.”
I felt her pulse pound harder. She sucked in a sharp breath.
“What if I don’t want that? Are you going to force me? How does that make you any different from any other creep?” Despite her obvious fear, there was still defiance in her eyes.
“I guess it doesn’t. You went out looking for danger and you found it.
Be happy, Codie. You’re getting exactly what you wished for.
” Her wide pupils and frantic breaths stirred my cock to life.
Fuck me. If she kept looking at me like that, I might bend her over the hood of my car and fuck her right here.
She tried to step back. I tightened my grip around her throat, holding her in place. That defiance in her eyes blossomed into fury. “This is fucked, Stray. I think you need help. I may have my issues but you clearly have yours too. I’m going to go inside now, and you’re going to leave me alone.”
My laugh sounded dark and wicked, even to me.
Pulling my phone from my pocket, I held it up for her to see.
“That’s where you’re wrong. I have video footage here of you arriving at the motel and getting out of your car in that dress.
I also have footage of the man you were there to meet.
I’m thinking your friends and family don’t know about your dirty little kink, do they? Would you like them to?”
She gaped at me, stunned by my audacious threat. “You really are a sick fucker. What do you want from me, Stray? Really.”
“I told you already. I want to fulfill your darkest fantasies. You are going to tell me what they are, and I’m going to make them come true. On my own terms of course. You’ll seek out a thrill only with me going forward and I won’t show anyone this video.”
Her gold and green hazel eyes flashed, her anger reaching the boiling point. She punched me right in the stomach, momentarily stealing my breath. “You’re blackmailing me? Do you have any idea how disgusting that is? What is wrong with you?”
I blocked her from hitting me a second time. My grip on her throat tightened, cutting off her airflow as I backed her up against the car.
“I’m not sure. I guess we’ll find out together. Start talking, strawberry. Tell me those dirty little fantasies. The fucked up kinks that get you off.” I leaned in close, breathing in her fruity scent. Pressing my lips to hers, I drank her in.
Codie sucked in a deep breath when I released her. “God, I fucking hate you. You are so messed up.”
“I’ve got all night,” I said. “I’m not leaving until you tell me what it is that drives you. What it is that makes you do these things you do. What do you like, Codie? What do you want?”
She anxiously licked her lips, drawing in several shaky breaths.
“I like the danger of not knowing what might happen. Sometimes I think about certain scenarios, wondering what it might be like.” She hesitated, and I nodded for her to continue.
“To have someone drug me and have their way with me. Or to grab me when I’m out for a run.
Sneak into my apartment when I’m home alone.
They’re just fantasies though. A lot of women have them.
That doesn’t mean we want it to happen for real. ”
I nodded, processing what she said. “Then why are you going out looking for it?”
Codie had nothing to say to that. She merely stared at me, her expression blank and unreadable. Clearly this girl had issues. Didn’t we all?
Fulfilling every one of her twisted fantasies had just become my mission in life. My already hard cock throbbed against my jeans. The thought of doing those things to her made me ache for it. I could hardly wait to get started.
Using my knee to nudge her legs apart, I reached beneath her tiny skirt. No panties. She became more fascinating all the time.
“Well isn’t this interesting?” I murmured, stroking a finger over her slit. Her little gasp only encouraged me.
Codie was wet, her body begging for it, even though she claimed to not really want it. She tightly gripped my shoulders like she might push me away. Instead, she merely held on while I slid a finger inside her.
“Stray.” She said my name softly, almost like it hurt her to want me.
I pumped my finger in and out of her several times before sliding a second one in as well. “That’s right, beautiful. Say my name. I’m the only man who will touch you like this from now on. Understood?”
She pressed her lips tight together and shook her head. I ran a slippery finger over her clit, driving her crazy.
“Fine. Yes. I understand.” Codie dissolved into a series of moans, her hips jerking as she came apart all over my fingers.
“That’s a good girl. You and I are going to have a blast together. You’ll never see it coming.” I smirked at the thought of the many things I would do to her. She was going to be so much fun.