The Devil's Good Intentions (21 page)

“
Darling, why don’t you take a seat - over there, and we can finish our nightcaps?” She suggested.

He had herded her towards the bed and she cursed when the back of her knees hit the edge of it.

She quickly downed the rest of her drink and replaced the cup onto the night stand as he approached.

She decided that she didn’t want to stick around and tried to roll across the bed to the other side, but he was quicker.

Grabbing a fistful of her robe and yanking her back to him, she squirmed to try and free herself, when the robe fell off of her and she went to roll away, he quickly grabbed a fistful of her hair causing her to freeze in place.

He took the tie off the robe and stalked over her, pinning her hands to the side as he straddled her.

“
Salvador!” She cried out as he locked her wrists into one hand and tied one end of the tie to her wrists and the other end to the bed, leaving enough slack in the middle for what he had planned for her tonight.

As she cried out her protests and tried to free herself, he took the tie from his own robe and tied one ankle to one end and left about a foot of slack between ankles before tying the other one.

Continuing to ignore her protests, he grabbed a scarf from her wardrobe and blindfolded her.

Her cries sounded as though they were coming from far away. The more he envisioned her with another man, the more his jealousy spurred. He didn’t care if he had not been in the picture at the time; she belonged to him and was supposed to be a clean slate. Although she came to the marriage bed a virgin, he had never once considered that she would have been experienced in other acts of passion. The fact that she could do that with another man before she was wed meant she wasn’t as innocent as he first assumed, and he didn’t like that. The thought of her mouth knowing the taste of another man enraged him.

He looked down at her and continued to see red. Her innocence tainted by another man. She laid there with tears on her cheeks as she struggled under her restraints.

“
What did I do?” She whispered out between her silent sobs.

Even her sobs sounded tainted to him.

What infuriated him the most was that he still wanted her more than he had ever wanted another woman in his life. Just looking at her made his mouth water and his groin ache. His head spun as he tried to gather his thoughts. He needed to remember that she was still a virgin when he took her and therefore did hold a shred of innocence. She was also his wife and not a street whore. The devil within him balked at his reasoning for mercy and urged him to re-stake his claim.

But what if he was jumping to conclusions? What if she had simply taken initiative to please her husband and had in fact never done so with another man? Impossible! She knew exactly what she was doing as though she had done it so many times before him - but what if?

He took a deep breath and let it out slowly before proceeding.

“
I’m going to ask you some questions Katherine and I expect honest answers.” he said through gritted teeth as he prowled over her bound figure and straddled her.

She sounded as though she was swallowing her pleas as she nodded to him.

“
Who taught you that?” He growled out with menace.

He swore he would find the man and slit his throat!

“
Taught me what?” She asked in confusion.

He could see her frowning in concentration and her bottom lip quivering.

“
Don’t play games with me Katherine; I’m barely in control of myself as is.” he warned and then pinched her nipple causing her to cry out.

“
This is your game Salvador, not mine!” She bit out to him as she struggled beneath him. “And quite frankly you’re scaring me! I don’t like you when you are like this.” She admitted as she tried to tuck her face into her forearm.

He reached down and grabbed her chin to face him.

“
You’re not hiding from me tonight Kat. Never again will you hide from me.”

She shivered at his menacing tone and sobbed out a cry as she continued to struggle.

“
Answer my question. Who taught you to do that?” He ground out to her.

“
I don’t know what you are talking about. Please Salvador; I don’t trust you when you are like this.” She sobbed out.

That hurt him. He had gained her trust and to allow your lover to bind you is to trust your lover without question. He knew he was being menacing and even abusing his power over her, but he needed to know or he’d go mad. If he had been wrong and she was in fact innocent, he would spend the night regaining her trust. If he was right, then he would spend the night trying to keep his demon on a leash.

“
Tell me who taught you to suck cock.” He asked blatantly.

She flinched at his crudeness and then blushed as understanding hit her.

He watched her face behind her blindfold go through several emotions before settling with a smirk.

“
Katherine” He growled out in warning.

“
So this is what this is about?” She laughed out. “This is nothing but a jealous tyrant because I sucked your cock, as you put it.” She laughed out again.

He flinched at the word cock coming out of her mouth and felt himself growing angrier because she was laughing at him.

“
Tell me who he was, and I do mean was because he’ll not exist when I am through with him.”

She was still laughing as her body relaxed beneath him. Odd. He would expect her to grow more meek and tense at being caught.

“
And what makes you think that I had experience in such matters, dear husband of mine?” She chuckled out.

“
You think this is amusing?” He growled at her as he pinched her other nipple.

She cried out again and tried to buck him off.

“
Stop that!” She panted out. “Won’t you answer my question?” She gritted out between her teeth as she tried to smother her grin.

“
There is no way for an innocent to know of such pleasures behind closed doors. You were too young for your Mother to have told you what happens in a marriage bed, more or less describe what you have demonstrated so expertly tonight. And I highly doubt your Father tutored you on how to please your husband.”

She laughed out again and shook her head in disbelief.

“
So I pleased you?” She asked with genuine curiosity.

“
That’s not the point.” He snapped as he grabbed her throat and tilted her head back.

Her laughter turned into a gasp and her body tensed again.

“
I swear Salvador; I’ve never done that before!” She croaked out.

“
I’m having a hard time believing that.” He growled into her face.

“
I’m not lying, I swear!”

“
So you just thought that up all on your own, did you Wife?” he said in disbelief.

“
No.” She whispered out.

“
Tell me” he ground out as he loosened the hold on her neck.

“
Let go of my neck first” She pleaded.

He still wanted to strangle her for mocking his anger. And then her denial had sent him over the edge. He wanted so badly to believe her and if she was indeed being truthful, then he was the luckiest husband who ever lived! The fantasies that brought forward had him grinning in anticipation, but first he needed to know…

His grip around her neck tightened slightly.

“
You are in no position to bargain. If you didn’t think that up then tell me where you learned it.” He bit out.

She blushed and bit her lip. He knew her well enough to read her telltale signs of embarrassment. Could he have been wrong?

He released her neck and then sat up to wait.

“
I…I saw it done once.” She stammered out as she turned her head to the side.

Without a word, he grabbed her chin and brought her face back to face him.

“
Explain.” He said curtly.

“
In the stable…” She said sheepishly.

“
My stable?” He bellowed out in anger.

“
No!” She quickly denied. “When I was younger, I went to the stable to visit my horse and I heard some strange sounds. When I peeked around the corner, I saw the kitchen maid doing that to one of the stable boys.” She scowled and her voice shook. “I…I couldn’t look away and I never forgot it.” She admitted in a whisper. “But I swear I had never done that before! The stable boy looked to be pleased and I was curious…I just kind of…improvised for the parts I wasn’t sure of and let your body language tell me when I was on the right path.”

He let out a breath of relief, all his anger drained out of him at once. He knew she was being honest, despite how shameful she felt for admitting the truth to him. He had taken an innocent act of his wife wanting to please her husband and punished her for it. Now it was time to make it up to her.

“
Believe me Salvador, I am telling the truth!” She pleaded with him.

He leaned down and kissed her quivering lips.

“
I know Love; at least I know that now.” He reassured her. “You don’t understand, you certainly seemed to know exactly what you were doing and when I was able to think again all I could envision was you doing that to another man!” He confessed.

Instead of being angry with his behaviour, she simply grinned.

“
Fool” She teased out. “Believe me Salvador, if I was shameful enough to be skilled in that at such a young age, then I would have not hesitated to use that skill for food rather than sneak around from ballroom to ballroom to stuff my purse.” She laughed out.

His heart stopped and he sucked in a breath as his vision suddenly saw red again. He registered that she was only teasing…at least he hoped she was…and then slowly blew out his breath.

“
If you have not guessed by now, your husband is a jealous rake. I would not tease of such things if I were you.” He warned her.

“
Have I ever given you reason not to trust me? Even now I lay here bound and naked beneath you, which requires a great deal of trust on my part…not that I had a choice in the matter. But besides that, you expect, no, demand my trust and yet you have so little trust in me. I should be upset you know.” She said smugly.

“
I told you, jealousy is new to me. I have always been over protective of the people close to me and maybe a tad possessive over that which is mine, but I have never felt jealousy or possessiveness over a woman before. You are a first and I can’t say I like the beast it turns me into.” He admitted as he slowly started to caress her breasts.

“
Mmm, that feels good.” She smiled at him.

Remembering that she had gulped down her brandy in two shots and was probably feeling a tad tipsy, he thought that his may work to his advantage.

“
You need to work on your jealousy for I fear there may be a trail of broken bodies wherever we go” She giggled out as she arched her breasts into his hands.

“
Or maybe I’ll lock you up and keep you tied to my bed for only my eyes to see. What think you that?” He purred to her as he thumbed over her nipples.

“
I suspect that thief has returned, for my wits at this time seem to be few and far between” She chuckled out and then moaned when he leaned down and sucked a nipple into his greedy mouth.

They were perfectly made for his hands, only his hands. The size, weight and color were all perfect. He was mesmerized by them as he squeezed them together and licked around both of her nipples. He knew she was moaning but he was so lost in his own world that her moans seemed to come from far away. He caressed her breasts with his eyes and grinned in approval.

“
Mine” he mumbled out as he played with them for a bit.

Remembering that there was a luscious body attached to his breasts, he slowly kissed every inch of her stomach and sides.