Constant Craving [Rapture Island 2] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic) Read Online Free PDF Page B

an assortment of fabrics and colors, and although you look beautiful in that one, I can’t wait to see you in all of them.”
    Kelsey groaned. “That’s what I was afraid of. I wish you’d let me pay for them. I hate the feeling of being in someone’s debt.”
    “You don’t owe me anything, Kelsey. I enjoyed it very much. I’ve looked forward to every aspect of our week together.”
    They’d arrived at their floor, and when the elevator opened, she rushed out, but Gabriel apparently had no difficulty in keeping up with her.
    Producing a key card, he kept his steps even with hers. “Is there a problem?”
    She’d never before felt so out of her element, and feeling so vulnerable put her at a disadvantage. Her arousal made it even worse, leaving her feeling exposed, and it had begun to fray her temper. “I don’t know how to do this!”
    He unlocked the door and pushed it open, gesturing for her to precede him. “You look beautiful, darling, but I can understand that feeling so vulnerable would shake you. Seeing you dressed that way, knowing that only two jeweled clasps stand between me and having you naked is testing my control to the limits.”
    “Don’t. Please, Gabriel, don’t lie to me. I know you’ve been with many beautiful women who know how to play this game, and I must seem really naïve to you. But please don’t play with me that way.”
    She felt stupid and confused, a feeling she hated.
    Still, she found her gaze drawn to him, wanting his hands on her so badly she trembled. “Please, Gabriel. Try to understand. I don’t know how to play your games.”
    Frowning, Gabriel folded his arms across his chest and stared at her with narrowed eyes. “If you were mine, you’d pay for calling me a liar.”
    Swallowing heavily, she studied his expression, trying to figure out if he was serious or teasing her. “What would you do? Spank me? Beat me? Whip me? I mean, if you were dominating me, what kind of things would you do to me if I called you a liar?”
    She sucked in a breath at the feel of Gabriel’s hot hands on her shoulders. She panicked at the surge of need and tried to pull away, but he tightened his hold, keeping her firmly in place with an ease that impressed her.
    Bending close, he brushed his lips against her ear, sending arrows of electricity to her nipples and clit. “I would make you very aware of the fact that you’d displeased me.”
    She knew just how easily he could overpower her, but she wasn’t afraid of him.
    Not physically, at least.
    She feared the way he made her feel—feared the rippling waves of alarm created by his threatening but silky tone that ignited her senses.
    Furious at herself for being one of the undoubtedly countless women that fell under his spell, Kelsey clenched her jaw, fisting her hands at her sides and struggling to hold back tears.
    Turning to face him fully, she crossed her arms over her chest. “Tell me something. How would you do that? What kind of women put up with that stuff?”
    And why the hell did she want so badly to be one of them ?
    She couldn’t shake the feeling that there had to be more to his lifestyle than she imagined, and that he’d begun to show her bits and pieces of it.
    Gabriel’s eyes hardened. “By stuff , I assume you’re talking about a woman giving herself to me? That’s something you’re going to have to find out for yourself.”
    Fighting back a jealousy she had no right to feel, Kelsey turned away and closed her eyes as images of Gabriel touching other women—naked, beautiful women—raced through her mind. She shouldn’t care that he’d been with other women. She shouldn’t care that he found pleasure in women who could submit to him the way he wanted.
    Shaken by her own mixed feelings, she shrugged and stared out the doors to the ocean. “I don’t understand what you want from me.”
    Aware of the tense silence behind her, and feeling Gabriel’s sharp gaze, Kelsey stepped out onto the balcony for air.