Dark Demands 03: Totally His (2 page)

“Luisa is a suburb cook,” he praised.  “So eat up.”

Gina took a forkful and had to agree – this was even better than the food she’d eaten at Mama Bellini’s yesterday. 

Matthew seemed
much
better,
b
eing here suited him, she thought.  He talked quite openly about his family and the time he’d spent here while he was growing up.  He laughed and joked and appeared to have lost his dark side – well for the time being anyway. 
Neither did he
refer to t
he spat they’d had on the plane.  In fact he was just so normal,
so
reasonable and charming.  So what was going on? 
Was it possible that he’d decided to accept what she wanted
– for him to leave her alone
? 
D
id he harbour
no
resentment
at all
about what she’d said
on the plane, Gina wondered?
  It wasn’t like him to be so agreeable – so accepting of her terms.  The Matthew she had come to know was controlling, assertive and this pleasant,
easy going
man wasn’t him.

“Is something wrong,” he asked
having
watch
ed
her
frown and
pick at the food
on her plate
for several minutes now
.

“No, not really – it’s just that
I’m confused.  Y
ou’ve changed
- s
ince we arrived here you’re
, well, different.”

“In what way am I different, Gi
na?
  He asked with another
charming smile
lighting his handsome face
.  Dark brown eyes smooth as velvet
bore into hers
seeking
an explanation
.

He wasn
’t chasing her anymore either.  She was only wearing a bath robe and he hadn’t even tried to touch her.  He hadn’t kissed her, there’d been no sexual innuendo, so what was going on?

“You’re suddenly too
nice – too
well mannered,” she lowered her eyes once she said this. 
You haven’t come near me – you haven’t put a finger on me since the plane. 
Was what she really wanted to shout out at him but of course she couldn’t do that, could she?
 
But a
fter
what
he’d done to her earlier today
, in his penthouse,
his behaviour was odd.  Here he had her to himself – she was his prisoner – completely under his control.
 
What about your plan to escape – make your mind up what you really want girl. 
Good advice – but that was the problem – she couldn’t.  Where Matthew was concerned it was
all confusion
.

“I would hope that I’m always well mannered,” he told her and raised a dark eyebrow.  “
Is that all? 
Surely that can’t be it – come on tell me. Tell me what’s really bothering you.”

Gina looked at the food on her plate wishing she’d never started this.  How to say it – how to ask him
why
he
didn’t seem to want her anymore
.

“You don’t seem yoursel
f,” she mumbled.  “You’re too…
,” she paused. 
God this was difficult
. 
“Too reserved,
and you haven’t come near me since we got here,
” she
added hastily and
with some difficulty
.

“Oh,
I see,” he smirked
knowing full well what the problem really was
.  “So y
ou
think I’ve cooled towards you, you’re
wondering why I’m not pursuing you anymore
, chasing you round the bedroom now that I’ve got you
all
alone
.  W
ell that’s easily explained, Gina,” he said before putting another folk full of pasta into his mouth.

Gina watched him.  He was teasing her again – eating
, making her wait and dragging
out his answer and all the while looking at her with those eyes.
Those d
angerously sexy
eyes that ignited
that fire
-
that inferno
inside her body. 

“You made your position
,
your feelings
,
very clear on the plane,” he shrugged.  “So
I have no choice but to behave as you want me to.  I
f that’s how you want it – then so be it,” he added with that familiar smirk again.  “But if it’s not – if all this well mannered distance is driving you wild then
I can soon change things
.
  I know how unkind, how unfeeling I was this afternoon leaving you wanting like that.  I had no right to tease you,” he smirked again.  “I had you within a split second of climaxing twice and I denied you,” he shook his head.  “I’m such a bad, bad boy to do that to you.”

Gina flushed slightly – he was right - yes he was bad – bad to do what he’d done and to remind her of it so callously now.

He stopped eating and placed the cutlery on his plate staring at her his face suddenly serious and slightly menacing again.  “But
if you do want things to change between us, Gina, then it has to be strictly on my terms
.  You must understand that. 
No more disagreements about what I want or what I might do to you.  And before you decide I should also warn you that they’ll be no
relationship
-
w
ell not the type you might want
anyway
.”

Gina shivered
– he had that look on his face again
the
–
you shouldn’t trust me
at all
look
but that didn’t seem to matter
he was offering her a way back and
she wanted him – wanted him desperately.

“
Then what are you looking for Matthew?  What is it you want from me?”

“You, Gina –
well your body.  I want
you under my
control
.
 
I want you to obey my every com
mand and
behave exactly how I tell you too.
 

Well that was plain enough
, Gina thought with a shudder.  But could she agree?

“So – now that you know, d
o you think you can
agree to my terms
– there’re simple enough
?”  He asked in his deep, sexy voice.

I don’t know what you mean.  Don’t I do that anyway?”

“No you don’t
,” he told her shaking his dark head.  “Y
ou have a wilful, disobedient streak that I don’t like
and I won’t tolerate
it
anymore
.  So
think carefully before you decide because
if you agree you will not be allowed to fight
me
or refuse me
anything
again.”  He was silent for a moment and then added.
“
So b
e very sure Gina because once we get this thing started they’ll be no stopping it.”

“That
doesn’t
sound
very
different from what happens between us now, Matthew,” she whispered.

“Believe me Gina it is – it will be very different.” 
He
needed to show her – illustrate how things were going to be
between them
.  Remaining seated he
pushed back his chair from the table and beckoned for her to come to him.

“Come and stand
here, in front of me,” he told
her.

Gina w
atched him
as she moved
towards his chair.

“Now loosen that robe
you’re wearing
and
hold it open for me,” he ordered
watching her, his arms folded.  “Quickly girl –
I want to look at
you,” he urged as she hesitated.

Gina was naked under the robe but then he’d seen her body before
so what did it really matter
?  But t
he
way he’d asked
was
playing
havoc
with her nerves
and sending t
hrilling tremors of need snak
ing
over her skin. 
She slowly loosened the belt and taking the fluffy fabric in two hands held it wide open so he could see her.

“Legs apart, Gina,” he ordered his voice
heavy and low
.
 

Then he reached under his
chair and took something from the floor. Gina gasped and felt something
first
chill and then burn
fierce down her spine
as she realised
what it was -
a crop – long and thin with a leather tongue on the end.

Now he looked very different.  He was just as handsome, just as captivating and utterly enthralling but
this was Matthew Dark at his most intimidating
.
H
ardcore
Matthew
,
she thought gnawing on
her bottom lip.  She’d known since she’d fist met him that
he existed – the handcuffs, the rope and the control he liked to exert over her -
they’d all pointed towards him
.
  Now
that
he
had manifested himself like this Matthew
looked even hotter and very,
very sexy as he
raised
the crop
and brought it down gently on her thigh.  She winced, screwed up her eyes
. 

But t
he stroke was light, not intended to hurt but
still
it burned
, flamed through her flesh
with a
fiery need
that had her wishing for more – much more
.  S
he’d expected it to smart
but it hadn’t –
instead
it had felt sweet, so
very
sweet
. 
And t
his time s
he didn’t shout or scream at him –
instead
she whimpered softly with desire and stood
transfixed – rooted to the spot and trembling with something –
something weird
and new
.

She inhaled deeply and let the robe fall to her feet and slowly put her hands
behind her back
. 
This is what he wants me to do – this is what he needs from me, s
he thought. 
And it’s what I need from him – I’m just as bad – just as hungry
to experience
all
H
ardcore Matthew
can do
,
as
he is to do this
to me
. 

All fear had gone
and
she watched him
nod
his approval and
raise the crop again
.  She
groaned with a deep alien pleasure as he drew it acros
s her breasts tapping lightly
several times
at
each
swollen
peak
before tracing its
hot
,
slow
path downwards.  She spread her legs wider and groaned again- Matthew’s eyes were almost black
with lust
as he watched
her actions her wanton encourage
ment
for him to finish this
. 
And h
e
too
was
becoming deeply aroused
now -
her reaction to
t
his
torment
was so unexpected – so blatantly submissive
that he was in danger of loosing control himself
.  He tapped her sex and she gasped
her blue eyes widening.  T
hen
giving
her a small kn
owing look
with
his hard
,
dark
eyes
he
plac
ed
the crop
deliberately
between her knees
.  He
slowly
stroked and tapped his way
upwards
occasionally
slapping her inner thighs
hard
making her wince
.  T
hen suddenly he stopped – just for moment as he
lowered
the crop
–
a few centimetres and
gripp
ed
it tighter.  He looked into her eyes his own face blank, emotionless then still holding her gaze he
slapp
ed
hard and
sharp
upwards
-
directly
between her
spread
thighs
making harsh contact with her sex
.