Ultimatum by Gemma James

Author:Gemma James [James, Gemma]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Romance
Amazon: B00AJUV7AI
Publisher: Gemma James
Published: 2012-12-05T08:00:00+00:00

5. INQUISITION

The following morning Gage ordered me into the bathtub. He sat on the edge, instructing me on how he expected me to bathe daily. The regimen he wanted me to follow would take a nice chunk out of my mornings, but I wasn’t about to negotiate with him, not so long as the hard glint remained in his eyes. The new day had dawned with clarity; I’d gone too far the previous night. Now I had nothing to do but wait until he decided to dish out my punishment. My ass still stung from the one he’d given the night before—a constant reminder to call him “Master.”

“I’m going to prepare breakfast. After you finish here, I expect you to wait on your knees until I return.”

I gulped. “Why, Master?” I stood on the bathmat, tightly clutching the towel around my body. It didn’t matter that he’d already seen me, had touched my most private places. I’d never be comfortable parading around naked in front of him.

“Because I ordered you to.”

He left, and I waited until the echo of the door rang through the basement before I dried off. I took my time blow-drying my hair and applying makeup, but eventually I couldn’t stall any longer. He still hadn’t returned. With nothing else to do, I moved to the middle of the room and sank to my knees.

My thoughts drifted to Eve. I wondered what she was doing—was she eating breakfast? I hoped they were able to get her to eat something. I also thought of Ian. Had he checked on her already? Suddenly, excitement fluttered in my stomach. If I behaved the way Gage wanted me to, took my punishment without complaint and sucked up to the bastard, maybe he’d let me call to check on her. I wondered if I’d get lucky enough to catch Ian at the hospital. Gage didn’t have to know that “Dr. Kaplan” was more to me than a doctor.

I jumped as the door opened. He leisurely strolled down the stairs and stopped inches in front of me. He had no qualms about displaying the bulge behind his zipper. I looked up at him as dread squeezed my insides.

“I expect you to greet me on your knees from here on out. Understand?”

“Yes, Master,” I answered automatically, though in reality I didn’t understand any of it. How could anyone treat another human being this way? Maybe I was the damaged one, and abusive men naturally flocked to me.

“Hungry?” he asked.

How did I answer that? My stomach growled, yet I feared he wasn’t talking about food. “Yes, Master.”

His mouth curved into a grin. “Seeing you on your knees, calling me Master . . .” He rubbed himself. “Do you know what that does to me?”

“No, Master,” I said, as if denying the evidence of his arousal would make it go away.

“You please me, Kayla. You’ve caught on quickly, faster than I thought you would.”

I lowered my eyes.

“Look at me when I’m talking to you.”

There was no mistaking the authority in his tone.

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