SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER (9 page)

I couldn’t
bear to wake you. Last night was amazing and one of the best nights
of my life. I’m out on the patio near the pool. I want you to
join me. I’ve got something I want to ask you.

Love you always,

Jason. Kiss,
kiss, kiss.

Her heart thumped
inside her chest. What could he want to ask her?

In that moment if he
didn’t ask her then she would ask him.

Climbing out of bed,
she went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. Her nerves were
increasing with each passing minute. She wanted to see Jason.

Dressing in a pink
sundress and leaving her hair down, Emily walked out of their room.
She asked the woman at the reception where to find the patio with the
pool. Once she got directions she followed the signs until she made
it to the pool.

It looked welcoming.
Depending on what happened with Jason, she’d take a swim later.
The cool water would be a welcoming relief from the glaring hot sun.

She glanced along
the patio hoping to find her man. After a few seconds passed she
spotted him. Her heart stopped beating at what she saw.

No, it couldn’t
be.

Emily stared at the
woman draped over Jason. The other woman wore a bikini and her large
breasts were practically falling out of the tight top she wore. She
stared at the scene in front of her and her whole world crumbled
around her.

He was doing exactly
as her father had done. Jason had moved onto the next available
woman. Feeling her heart beginning to break she turned on her heel
and took a step away.

Wait! What the
fuck are you doing?

She paused.

He’s
cheating on me. There is a woman draped all over him. He wants her,
not me.

Are you fucking
stupid? Think about everything you’ve had together this
weekend. You’re packed and ready to leave in a few short hours.
You’re going to start your life with him.

She turned back to
the scene before her. Licking her lips she watched what was going on.

Did Jason want the
woman’s attention?

On closer inspection
she saw he was pushing her arm off his shoulder.

Taking a step closer
she felt her anger evaporate. Jason wasn’t moving onto another
woman. Another woman was draping herself around him. With each step
she took closer to him the fears of her father began to wilt under
the new confidence she’d gained.

Jason would never
cheat on her because she’d never give him the option. Emily
thought about her parents and realised her mother could have kicked
her father’s ass to the curb years ago. There must have been
something keeping them together. In their own way, her parents loved
each other. Just because her parents had worked that way didn’t
mean she was going to end up in a relationship like them.

She closed the
distance between them. Emily tapped the woman on the arm. “Get
off my man,” she said.

“
Your man?”
the woman asked.

Emily turned to
Jason and saw the smile on his lips. “Yes, my man and my
fiancé. Go and bother another man.” She shooed her away
with a brush of her fingers. Emily wrapped her arms around Jason and
kissed him.

He fisted his hand
in her hair deepening the kiss. “You make me so proud,”
he said.

“
You saw?”

“
I saw you
about to give up and then I saw you fight it.” He held her
close and the tears she’d locked up inside began to fall.

“
I did it. I
finally stopped it. I saw her and I thought the worst. I’ll
never give up again, Jason.”

“
Good, because
I’m never letting you give up again.”

He kissed her lips.

“
Fiancé,
huh? Is that what you call a proposal?” he asked.

She licked her lips
staring up into his eyes. “I, uh, I.” She stopped,
feeling her cheeks heat with embarrassment. “I walked away from
you once and it was the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. I love
you, Jason.”

Glancing around her
at the many couples seated in the area, she went down on one knee.
Jason’s face went from laughing to serious.

“
I don’t
have a ring. Jason Young, will you forgive a stupid woman and do the
honours of becoming my husband?” As far as proposals went she
knew it was an awful one. She didn’t have a ring and her nerves
were all over the place. All she wanted to do was run and hide.
Scenes were not for her and right now she felt like she was causing a
scene.

Were people watching
them?

“
Get up,”
he said.

His voice was hard
and firm as he spoke.

“
But?”

“
Get up.”

Feeling her whole
world falling around her once again, Emily stood and stared at the
ground. He was rejecting her the way she’d rejected him. This
was his revenge, to make her feel horrid.

He caught her chin
in his hand. “Look at me.”

She looked at him.
He caressed her lip.

“
Why did you
have to take the words right out of my mouth?” he asked.

She frowned staring
at him.

“
What?”

Jason pulled the
ring he’d once offered out of his pocket. “I asked you to
marry me and you walked away. Today, I have two things to ask.”

Emily was on cloud
nine. Two things?

“
The first is
will you marry me?” He didn’t get down on one knee but
Emily didn’t care about that. She threw her arms around his
neck and screamed the word yes.

“
A million
times yes.” Jason laughed and placed the ring onto her finger.
She stared at the diamond glinting back at her. Tears filled her eyes
from the beauty of the moment. She never thought it was possible to
be so happy. Not a moment would go by when she wasn’t filled
with happiness. “You said there were two things. What’s
the second thing you want to ask me?”

The rest of the
people fell away and, to her, they were the only two people on the
island.

Jason kissed her
deeply before resting his head against hers.

“
Will you be
my sub?” he asked.

“
I’m
already your sub.”

“
No.” He
placed something in her palm. She gazed down to see a purple collar.
“I want to collar you, here, tonight.”

Her eyes widened.
“Are you sure?”

“
That’s
what I was talking to Charles about. He doesn’t do this usually
but for us, he’ll do it.”

“
Yes, I’ll
be your sub. I’ve always been yours.” She wrapped her
arms around him feeling safe and secure.

The people around
them clapped their hands. Emily ignored them. This was their moment
and nothing was going to spoil it.

****

Later that night
Jason sat waiting in the same room where he’d bought Emily for
the weekend. At the time he’d thought it was a big mistake.
Emily had walked away from him once and he’d thought she’d
walk away from him again.

Seeing the way she’d
reacted to that woman gave him hope for a future together. Several of
the regulars were in residence to witness his collaring of Emily. The
ceremony had been organised in a rush. After Emily wore his collar
and agreed to serve him for the rest of her life, he intended to take
her back to their room and make love to her for the rest of the
night. Tomorrow morning they were scheduled to go home.

“
Are you sure
about this?” Charles asked.

“
I’ve
never been sure of anything else in my life. She’s the one. You
know what it’s like to have the one in your grasp.”

His friend nodded.
“I wish you’d given me time to organise a better event.
It’s not every day one of the best Doms takes a sub.”

Jason shrugged. He
stood in the centre of the stage waiting for his woman. Emily hated
being the centre of attention. For tonight, she’d be the centre
of everything.

Charles spoke to the
room, talking about Jason and then Emily. Jason’s woman came
out onto the stage and knelt at his feet. Jason saw her hands were
shaking with nerves. He reached out and stroked her hair. She kept
her head bowed as Charles continued on with the ceremony. The words
filled the room and his heart. In one short weekend Emily had made
him so proud. She continued to fight the demons that plagued her.
Pushing aside all of her doubts to allow true love to shine through.

He held the purple
velvet collar in his hand and waited for the time to place it around
her delicate neck.

She looked
magnificent in the silk negligee he’d given her. Emily wouldn’t
have been able to handle being exposed to a roomful of people. She
would be his main priority and her comfort meant more to him than the
room seeing her naked. In plenty of the collaring ceremonies the Dom
requested for the sub to be naked. Jason didn’t need for more
men to see Emily naked. Her nakedness was for his eyes only.

The words were
spoken, binding her to him. James placed the collar around her neck,
claiming Emily as his own. She stood and wrapped her arms around his
neck.

The audience
applauded as they stared out.

“
You’re
mine now, baby.”

“
I never
wanted to be anyone else’s.” She smiled up at him. The
purple contrasted with her pale skin. He cupped her cheek and kissed
her lips loving the feel of her plump flesh beneath his.

“
You’re
perfect.”

They mingled with
the crowd for several moments before he took her back to their room.
He stopped off at the beach and together they looked up at the moon.

“
I never
thought this weekend would be so perfect,” she said.

“
It’s
certainly a week to remember.”

Emily chuckled. The
sound vibrated through his body. He could listen to her chuckle for
hours.

“
Now that you
have your collar around me and an engagement ring on my finger, what
are you going to do with me?” she asked.

His answer was to
lean down and kiss her deeply. “You were always mine. Now you
just know who you belong to.”

He walked up to his
room. The million dollars he’d spent buying her had been worth
it. If he’d known his weekend would end up with the woman he
loved wearing his collar and the engagement ring he’d bought
her, he’d have given up all of his fortune to claim her.

Emily, from that day
forward, would be forever known as the sub sold to the highest
bidder.

About
The Author:

Sam
Crescent is passionate about fiction. She loves a good erotic romance
and so it only made sense for her to spread her wings and start
writing. She began writing in 2009 and finally got that first
acceptance in 2011.

She
loves creating new characters and delving into the worlds that she
creates. When she's not panicking about a story or arguing with a
character, she can be found in her kitchen creating all kinds of
havoc. Like her stories, the creations in the kitchen can be just as
dubious but sometimes things turn out great.
Visit
her website at
http://samcrescent.wordpress.com/
or
email
sam_crescent_fanmail.co.uk.

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Time To Play,
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Learning To Forgive,
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