Finally Home (Home Series) by Vaughn Ann

Author:Vaughn, Ann [Vaughn, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

"Let's get one thing straight, sir," she snapped, "I am not one your men. I am not in the military. I do not work for Orion Securities and you will not order me around as if I were all of those things. Am I clear?" she snapped, using his own phrase against him.

He smiled down at her, clearly enjoying her irritation.

"Tell me, cara, what upset you? That I punished you or that I left you unsatisfied?"

"I am not a child to be punished," she seethed between clenched teeth.

His eyes dipped down to take in her breasts pressed against his chest. "I am well aware of that fact, trust me."

"Why do you keep holding back from me? Your whole 'Obey me, now' act is just another way of protecting yourself...and I am the last person who would ever hurt you, Commander."

He lifted a hand to the side of her face, his thumb sweeping over the apple of her cheek.

"You're wrong, cara mia, you are the only person who can hurt me."

That admission startled her. She looked into his eyes, seeing that they weren't so much cold as they were guarded. Taking a deep breath, she reached up and cupped his face in her hands.

"I would never hurt you, Mike...but you could hurt me."

He turned his head to kiss her palm, then leaned down to kiss her lips.

"Did I hurt you in there?" he asked softly.

She sighed. "No...I just...wasn't expecting it."

"I thought you understood last night, but perhaps I should clarify a few things. My life is very much about structure and order, that comes from my Navy background, yes, but there was a time when all control was taken from me. And maybe I wasn't clear on that last night...my scars...yes, you will see them and yes you will touch them, but right now, I'm not ready for that. Last night, when I told you to hold on to the headboard, you did and no matter what I did, you didn't let go."

"Last night was...hot," she said, her voice raw with emotion.

"And how was this morning any different?"

She sighed, her fingers toying with his shirt. For a moment, she thought about his words. How was this morning different? Both times, he'd asked her to remove her hands from him and to keep them where he told her to. Both times she'd known it was because of his scars...but this morning, when she'd dropped her hand, there'd been no warning. He'd just left. He'd been aroused the same as her but he was able to turn it off and walk away.

"Because you walked away," she admitted, still looking at her fingers on his shirt.

"I told you I would. I'm a man of my word, Lainey."

She did look up at him then. "But you just walked away."

"Yes, I did," he replied.

"I didn't like it."

"Obviously."

"I don't want to live in fear that if I do something you don't like, you'll walk away from me. If we're going to be in a relationship, then be in the relationship.

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