with a bottle of wine and poured us each a glass. Pierce watched me take a sip before giving a nod to the waiter, who disappeared without asking me what I wanted to eat. I wasn’t sure we’d even been given menus.
“Are we not eating?” I asked.
“We are.” He gave me a cool smile. “I ordered for you. It’s just a small course, and then we’ll retire to my apartment for drinks.”
I felt like I should have been a little annoyed he hadn’t asked me what I wanted, but I was too distracted by the second thing he’d said to make a big deal of it. “About that. I don’t understand what it is you want from me.”
He raised his eyebrows. “I thought I made it very clear what I want from you, Emma.”
“I was just under the impression you…” I swallowed hard. “Don’t go for the same girl twice.”
“Well, I’ll be clear.” He levelled his dark gaze at me across the table, and chills swept along every inch of my skin. “I very much want you twice.”
So Emma had looked into me. I couldn’t say I was surprised. I’d have done the same if I’d been in her place, and my reputation wasn’t exactly a secret in the city. Still, I had to smirk. She’d still wrapped her sexy thighs around my hips and moaned as I took her hard, despite knowing exactly what I was like. And she still wanted me now, to come here knowing that I fucked with no strings attached.
She might be even more eager for what I had in mind than I’d thought.
It had been a long time since I’d introduced anyone to bondage. I preferred to limit my interests to those who already had some experience in the area. It kept things simple. It meant no one freaked out when I tried to tie them up. Maybe Emma was already into this kind of thing, but looking at her, I knew there was no way in hell she was. There was a sort of innocence about her that wouldn’t be there if she’d explored BDSM in the past.
It would be fun showing her the ropes, and I couldn’t wait to see the look of pure bliss on her face when she came over and over again, screaming in an intoxicating mix of pleasure and pain.
“Why me?” she asked, taking another timid sip of her wine. Her face was flushed and her breathing rapid, and my eyes were drawn down to her cleavage. The dress was a little too tight, but I liked it that way. It gave me a great view of her gorgeous rack.
“While I enjoyed the other day in my office,” I said, “I don’t feel as if we had the chance to enjoy a proper…experience.”
Her eyebrows rose. “Experience. Do you mean…?”
Her reaction told me everything I wanted to know. She’d not only read up on my unattached flings, but she knew exactly what they entailed. If she knew that, then she was at least curious enough about my predilections to want to find out for herself. It took all my self-control to continue to sit in the restaurant and watch her lick her lips as she took another sip of her wine. I wanted to carry her back to my apartment now and take command of her perfect, curvy body.
He had that look in his eyes again. The one that made me feel like a platter of meat on an all-you-can-eat buffet. Though, I guessed that was kind of my fault. I’d been the one to bring it up by asking him what he wanted of me, and he’d made it crystal clear what that was.
My heartbeat picked up speed as Pierce rose from his seat and moved over to my side. He held out a hand, staring down at me with a cold and commanding gaze. “Forget the food. We can eat after. Come with me.”
Before I knew what I was doing, I’d taken his hand, letting him lead me from the back of the restaurant and out the front door. A breeze brushed against my hair, and I shivered. Pierce took note, unbuttoning his jacket and draping it around my shoulders. The move seemed foreign coming from him. For someone so closed off and so wary of getting involved emotionally, he’d played the part of a doting date tonight. Except for the part where he’d whisked me out of