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As soon as he said the words, he regretted them. Or at least, he wished he could have worded his refusal in a better way.
Because she’d shut down right in front of his eyes.
“You’re right,” she said coolly. “Excuse me. I need to get showered and dressed. Then I’ve got some work to do.”
Yeah. That wasn’t happening. He wasn’t letting her retreat from him. Never again.
Reaching over, he grasped hold of her hips and then lifted her out of the blankets and onto his lap.
“Let me go.”
“No.”
“No?” There was nothing in her voice. No anger. No annoyance.
And he hated it.
He wanted his baby girl back.
“Let me see your face, baby.” He held her tight as she attempted to climb off his lap.
“Ethan. You need to let me go.”
“I already told you no. You’re upset because I refused to let you give me a blow job?”
“It’s fine. We don’t need to talk about it. What I do need to do is get showered and dressed so I can get to work.”
“You’re not working today.”
Now, she was looking at him. And she wasn’t hiding her feelings anymore. Sure, she looked like she wanted to murder him. But it was something.
Better than her being cold and emotionless.
“You are not the boss of me, Ethan Stone.”
“That’s where you’re wrong, sweetheart. I am most certainly the boss of you. Which means that you do what I say. No work.”
“Um, no. You are in charge of my safety outside of the house. Beyond that, I do not have to do anything you say.”
“Last night, you said you wanted me, that you wanted to be mine. I told you that I don’t turn my need for control off at the bedroom door. I’m in charge all of the time. There are going to be rules for safety. But there will also be rules for health, and for our relationship.
“Communication and honesty are two of those rules. Break any of the rules, and there are consequences.”
Okay, bit by bit he was breaking through that shell that she’d erected.
“So you will do as you’re told.”
Her lower lip dropped out in a pout.
Oh, that was cute, but he couldn’t let her know that.
“Rhodes has let you get away with far too much.” He tapped her nose as she gasped.
“He has not!”
“Oh, he has. But I understand. You’re his precious sister. He can hardly threaten to spank you if you’re naughty. I don’t have the same qualms.” He ran a finger down her cheek. “But I don’t want to spank you right now. I want you to tell me why you’re trying to hide from me.”
“I am not hiding.”
