Chapter 3
Chapter Three
KING
N ow I’ve got her all to myself. That couldn't have worked out better if I’d planned it. The fights have resumed, some people not being the wiser of what had taken place. I keep Willa close to me, but I don’t think she is enjoying the fights.
I feel her tiny body cringe with each blow someone takes. A few times she even turned her head into my chest. As much as I’m enjoying that, I don’t enjoy her discomfort. Other people's discomfort has never fazed me before. It’s not my problem. I’m finding that’s not the case with Willa. She’s so damn small, and those expressive, wide eyes of hers have me feeling protective over her.
I debate shutting the place down for the night, but maybe she hasn’t asked to leave because she thinks I have to stay. "Do you want to get out of here, Princess?" I whisper next to her ear.
"Can we?" she asks, letting me know my intuition about her not wanting to be here was correct.
"We can do anything you like."
"I'm not ready to go home yet." She gazes up at me, her big, bright eyes reminding me of a doe. "I mean, if you have things you need to do, it's fine. I?—"
"You're it, Princess," I tell her. "Come." I lead her through the crowd, and she lets me. Not once has she tried to get away from me or create space when I pulled her close. Only feeding the beast inside of me that wants to consume her.
“Where are we going?”
“Out the back way,” I tell her.
One of my men sees me coming and opens the back door for me. “You said you didn’t want to go home?”
“Not yet.”
“Then you’ll come with me.” It’s not really a question, but she nods her head nonetheless. I lead her toward the dock.
“Where are we going?” she asks when I will release my hold on her so that I can step onto the boat first to offer her my hand.
“For a ride.” I hold my hand out to her, and she stares at it before glancing back toward the island. My fingers itch to reach out and grab her, but I make myself wait. It will be so much easier if she chooses this.
Finally, she places her delicate hand into mine. I don’t think she knows what she has just done.
“Your boat is kinda cool.” I take off my coat and drape it over her shoulders. The wind coming off the water can get cold at night.
“It gets me from one place to another.”
“To another?”
“I’ll show you.” I guide her to the seat next to mine before starting up the engine. A smile pulls at her lips when I take off. When we get farther away from the dock, I take off faster, making her laugh. I slow for a second so I can reach over and lift her into my lap. She lets out a gasp.
“What are you doing?” I can see a slight panic in her eyes.
“Letting you drive.” I wrap my arm around her waist to keep her pressed to me and in my lap.
“Not sure that’s a good idea.” She turns her head to peek over her shoulder at me. “I mean, I don’t do so great behind the wheel of a car.” She bites her lip. It takes everything I have not to take her mouth with mine.
“I got you, Princess.” Willa gives a small nod, tentatively taking the wheel. I move her hand over to show her how to change the speed. It’s not long before she’s smiling and laughing again. It’s a sound I hope I will hear for the rest of my life.
“That was so awesome.” She beams when we slow back down to idle and turns slightly in my lap to face me. “No one would have ever let me do that.” Willa is practically bouncing with excitement. “I can be a bit clumsy. They barely let me in the kitchen, and the few times they tried to teach me how to drive…” She makes an adorable cringe face.
“I’ll let you drive anytime you want.”
“There are a lot of things I want to do. You know?” Me too, Princess . I think it, but I don’t say those words out loud because she’s not ready to hear all the fucked-up things I’m thinking about in my head when it comes to her.
“No, tell me.”
“Everyone just kind of keeps me in a bubble or has this idea of who I’m supposed to be. I don’t even know who I am, so how can they?”
"No one can predict what is to come." I sure as fuck never would have predicted her or the fast infatuation I'm having with her. Nor my responses.
“I just want to try different things. Do things I have never done before.” Her eyes drop to my mouth. Fuck, you’ve got to be kidding me. I knew she was pure as fresh snow, but not even a kiss? She’s trying to kill me, and I’m here for every damn second of it.
Thinking about being the first one to kiss her and slide my dick inside her sweet, tight pussy is almost more than I can take. My cock is already painfully hard.
“You want me to kiss you?” Her tongue comes out, sweeping across her bottom lip. That’s all the invitation I need. I give her exactly what she wants. The same way I will for the rest of my days.
It isn’t a light or teasing kiss. If she wants to be kissed, I am going to fucking kiss her. I take possession of her mouth, thrusting my tongue past her lips. It is a deep, I want to consume you kiss that has a shudder running through her body.
Willa doesn’t disappoint. Her surprise is short. She kisses me right back just as wildly. I sink my fingers into her hair, guiding her body to turn in my lap until she is straddling me. She goes with my every move.
Where I lead her, she quickly and blindly follows. When I release her mouth, she lets out a small gasp to catch her breath. Her swollen lips are too tempting to ignore. This time I place a soft kiss on them. As if to soothe them. I've never soothed anything in my whole life. Usually I do the exact opposite.
“Wow, that was…” I have her right where I want her.
“Only the start,” I tell her before my mouth goes right back on hers.