The Drake Unwound Complete Collection (The Drake Series Book 9)(17)

"That's OK. I'm a bit under the weather. I think it's the Malarone I had this morning."

I sat on the side of the couch and bent down and kissed her.

"Mmm, I love it when you're all warm and sleepy," I said, smiling. I ran my fingers down from her cheek to the swell of her breast. "I want to ravish you every time I see you after we've been apart."

She smiled back as I leaned down to nuzzle her neck.

"I feel the same way. Except I want you to do the ravishing."

"That's my little subbie." Then, my lips followed my fingers, traveling down to her chest. I unfastened the top button of her sweater and pulled down the fabric of her bra to expose one nipple. When I took it in my mouth, and laved the hard nub, she gasped.

"I think I want you in your bedroom."

"Drake, my father…"

"Shh," I said. "Your father's old enough to know not to enter your bedroom in the middle of the day when both of us are home and nowhere to be found. Relax… He's probably in the middle of one of his meetings and isn’t likely to come in anytime soon. Where's Elaine?"

"She's out for the day. I have to talk to you about something."

"Later." I silenced her, kissing her forcefully. "Submit, Katherine."

I bared both her breasts, my mouth moving between her nipples. I knew Kate was anxious about her father coming in, but I wanted to see how far she would let me take control, even when it was something she didn’t want to do.

She submitted but only just. Satisfied, I returned her bra to its proper position and helped her up, adjusting my erection in case we ran into Ethan on the way back to Kate’s bedroom.

I led Kate out of the den and down the hallway to her bedroom. We passed Ethan's office but he was deep in conversation with his advisors and didn't notice us. I pushed Kate ahead of me into her bedroom and closed the door behind me. I pushed her up against the door, pressing my erection against her.

"I need you, Katherine. I've been imagining f*cking you all day."

She sighed as I kissed her neck, restraining her hands above her head. I kissed her deeply, my tongue finding hers.

She smiled when I picked her up, carrying her over to the bed.

"What are you smiling at? You should be all weak-kneed by now, not amused…"

"You like to carry me," she said, threading her arms around my neck.

I grinned. "Imagine that I'm a conquering warlord, and you're my spoils of war. What would you do?"

"You want to role play?" she said, her expression innocent but with a hint of excitement.

"Why not? It would be fun."

"If you were a real conquering warlord, I'd have to resist you," she said, all breathless.

"I like what turns you on," I said, grinning. "A little resistance would only add to the excitement."

She blinked as I stood beside the bed with her in my arms, our eyes meeting.

"I'm not sure. I didn’t like it when…" she said, and I knew where her mind went without her even having to tell me. Flyboy. The issue of mock rape.

"Shh," I said. "Do you trust me?"

She looked in my eyes. There was only a second or two hesitation. "Yes."

I kissed her, silencing her once more. When I pulled back, I held her eyes.

"Sometimes, it's the things that scare us the most that excite us the most as well," I said and sat on the side of the bed, with her lying across my lap. "Trust makes all the difference, Katherine. All you need to know is that you'll get f*cked hard, fast and a bit roughly, with no preliminaries. I'll let you know which day it will be, but you'll have no idea when. I suspect that the anticipation will make you so wet, you'll probably come very quickly, although I won't do a thing to help."

"Dawn would freak if she thought—"

I held a finger to her lips. "Shh," I said, frowning. "Forget what Dawn thinks. She doesn't understand and probably never will so you shouldn't waste time trying to convince her. What do you think?" I paused for a moment, my gaze moving over her face. "Kate, does the prospect of me taking you by force, a bit roughly, without thought to your own desires or pleasure – does that excite you in any way?"

She took in a breath and held it, but I knew that deep down, this excited her.

"Yes."

I nodded. "I'm safe. You can try things with me that you could only fantasize about. If I do the things that scare you, you can experience them without being hurt or truly scared. Role-playing is fun, especially when I know it will push your buttons." I slid a hand between her legs. "And it’s your sweet little tasty little buttons I want to push, and eat, and suck…"


She didn’t respond to me the way I planned, her forehead furrowed. "I'm meeting with Dawn later to try to sort things with her."

I closed my eyes and exhaled. "Kate…" Frustration filled me that she was so intent on making amends with Dawn. "Why? You're wasting your time and hers, and probably messing things up between us." I snuggled more closely, my face inches from hers.

"Kate, you have to make a choice between your own happiness and pleasing others. Are you going to try things that excite and fulfill you or are you going to settle with less in order to please the people who don't really matter? Whatever you want, Kate, whatever you need, I want to give to you."