Dark Romance Novel - Submission + Taken + 1 Mystery books Bundle Set (A Dark Romance Series Novel)

by Veronica Cane

It took me a moment to answer. “I’m fine. I’m fine.”

  I really thought I was. But as he turned the corner onto some side street, he drove over a bump and I just lost it. I let the coiling heat that’s been building in me go, and my orgasm was so intense, it was almost blinding. I collapsed against the door and tried to regain control of my body and my brain.

  Devlin pulled into a driveway and parked the car. He removed the silver bullet from my pussy and gave me my panties to put back on.

  He came over to my side to let me out, as he always did. When he opened my door, I stood up and he shut the door behind me. I was still half out of my mind from my orgasm.

  As I leaned against the car for support, Devlin stood in front of me, gloating.

  “You are mine and I want you to make that clear to anyone you may be with at any given time.”

  He leaned in and spoke against my lips.

  “I may not be your first kiss or your first love, but I promise you’ll remember me a lot longer.”

  He feathered kisses along my jawline and I flung my head back as he ran his tongue down my neck. It was so erotic and sexy. Damn it. He’s turning me on again. Maybe he was right. Maybe I really can’t control my body.

  When I looked up I recognized a tree. It was the pecan tree that was outside the window of my apartment. Pushing Devlin back I turned around to see that he had taken me to my place.

  I couldn’t believe my eyes. Devlin had brought me home. Did that mean he was releasing me? Was he tired of me? Was he letting me go? Was the rumor about someone having sex with Brianna at work really about him? Has he grown bored of me and decided to be with her instead? She did have far more sexual experience than me.

  I opened my mouth to ask him, but then closed it without saying a word. What was I going to do, ask him if he was bored of me already?

  What is wrong with me? I should be happy that he’s letting me go. Yet I’m not. I had really started to have feelings for him. It wasn’t always perfect but still, I thought we had something special, that maybe we could have really had a real relationship. I’m so ridiculous.

  I started to walk inside when he grabbed my arm to stop me.

  “Are you okay?”

  “I’m fine Devlin. Let’s just get this over with.”

  “Excuse me?”

  “Listen, I get it, we don’t have to drag this out. You want someone who is a little more experienced. I’m sure you and Brianna will be wonderfully happy.”

  I tried to pull away from him but he wouldn’t let me. Instead he pulled me into his arms. I squirmed, trying to get free of his embrace, but he wasn’t letting me go.

  Cupping my face, he looked into my eyes. “I don’t know what you think Mary Elizabeth, but I love you. I don’t want to be with Brianna or anyone else but you.”

  I tossed a glance over my shoulder. “Why are we here then?”

  “I thought you might like to pick up some things before the movers come this weekend and put everything else in storage.”

  “What do you mean? I don’t understand. Why would they move my stuff into storage and what about my lease?”

  “Since you are living with me now, there is no reason to keep this apartment anymore so I called your landlord and paid off your lease. Why pay rent on a place you are never at? It just doesn’t make sense.”

  He leaned in, kissing me softly, moving to trace my lips with his.

  “So you aren’t the one having relations with Brianna at the office?”

  He chuckled. “Why would you think that?”

  “I don’t know. There are only six senior associates, one is a female and one has been out of the country, so that meant there was a one in four chance it was you. Then I started thinking maybe you would be into having some slut crawl on her knees and sucking your cock.”

  “I’m glad to see you think so highly of me.”

  I sighed. “It’s not that. It’s just that she’s far more experienced than me and I thought maybe that’s what you were looking for.”

  He pulled me in for another kiss. “It’s not even in the realm of possibility that I would ever want Brianna over you. Now let’s put this silliness to rest and go inside and get some of your things that you want to bring back to the penthouse with you.”

  I grabbed some old boxes I had in my storage closet and started filling them up with a few of the things that were near and dear to me like family photo albums, my makeup case and my iPad.

  We went into my bedroom and I began going through some of my clothes. I grabbed some jeans and set them on the bed but Devlin immediately returned them to my closet.

  “I told you, no jeans.”

  I sighed and continued looking for suitable clothing. After packing up my clothes and a few other personal belongings, I gave them to Devlin who put them in the car. I took one last look at my place and realized that I wasn’t as sad about the move as I probably should have been.

  When we got back to the penthouse I put my things away in my bedroom and then Devlin called for me. He was holding a bottle of champagne.

  “Thought you might like a drink to celebrate making our living together official.”

  “Thank you, Master.”

  I sat down at the kitchen table and sipped my glass of champagne, while Devlin prepared us something to eat. He made us roasted tomato bruschetta, mini roast beef sandwiches and baked, stuffed avocados.

  By the time we finished eating I had several glasses of champagne and I began to feel a little light headed. Devlin led me into the living room and sat next to me on the couch.

  “How about we play a game?”

  I wasn’t sure what he meant, but I suspected it was something sexual in nature.

  “Sure. What did you have in mind?”

  When a big grin came across his adorable face, I knew I was right. I knew he had sex on the brain.

  “How about truth or dare?”

  “Okay, who goes first?”

  He placed his hand on my knee. “I’ll go first. Truth or dare?”

  I knew Devlin had a vicious streak so I thought it was best I picked truth. Selecting dare was far too risky.

  “Truth.”

  “How many men have you been with before me?”

  I felt my face turn fifty shades of red. “Uh, I change my mind. I want dare.”

  “It doesn’t work that way my sweet. You chose truth so answer the question.”

  I tried to get away but with his hand on my leg he kept me in place.

  “This isn’t fun anymore. I don’t want to play.”

  “I don’t understand why you won’t answer me. Are you afraid I’ll think it’s too many and that will somehow change the way I feel about you? You are a hot twenty one year old, I get that you’ve had partners before me. I don’t care what the answer is, I just want you to be honest with me.”

  I didn’t want to reply. I was embarrassed, but not because I had been with too many men. Just the opposite.

  “Answer me Mary Elizabeth or this goes into the punishment book.”

  I looked down, not wanting to face him as I spoke.

  “I took some classes at the community college and there was this guy I kept running into. Prior to him I didn’t have a lot of serious boyfriends. But I was tired of being a virgin. I just wanted to get it over with. After a few weeks I finally agreed to go to his place for dinner, knowing what he wanted to happen. It was horrible and only lasted a few minutes. He spent more time putting the condom on then he was actually inside of me.”

  Devlin put his hand under my chin and forced me to look up at him.

  “Is that the only time you’ve had sex before me?”

  I shook my head no. “I thought that maybe that first time was just a fluke, like maybe he was nervous or something since it was our first time together so the next week I went out with him again. Like before he spent a lot of time putting his condom on, playing with his balls a lot and then finally put his cock inside of me. I don’t remember exactly how long it was
, but it was brief, maybe a few strokes before he grunted and then came. He rolled off of me and then got up to watch TV, without saying a word to me. It was all so horrible. I began to think that maybe sex just wasn’t what everyone kept saying it was. Then I met you.”

  I had no idea you were so inexperienced when we got together. I knew you were tight, but damn, that puts a whole new spin on things. No wonder you are so responsive. You don’t have any experience at all.”

  “So do you want truth or dare?”

  “Truth,” he responded with confidence.

  “What was your first sexual experience?”

  “I was seventeen. It was a girl I had been dating for a few months. We had sex while her parents were out of town. We spent the whole weekend together and had sex several times before they returned.”

  “What happened to her? Are you still friends?”

  “I haven’t seen her in years. While I was in law school I heard she got married and now has a gaggle of kids.”

  “Was she the first person that you spanked?”

  “Oh no, that’s not how this game works. If you want to ask me more questions, you have to wait until your turn. For now you must decide, truth or dare?”

  “Truth.”

  “I noticed that night at the club you got turned on by one of the Mistresses touching you. Is that your fantasy to be with another woman?”

  I felt my face turn bright red.

  “It is, isn’t it?”

  “No. I mean to be honest, I liked how she felt when she touched me. It was nice. Different than you. It was soft and gentle. But I still prefer men.”

  “There is something you aren’t telling me.”

  I took another drink of my champagne and continued.

  “My fantasy isn’t to be with another woman, it’s to watch you with another woman. I haven’t had a lot of experience with sex before and I would love to see your cock pushing in and out of another girl’s pussy. I would love to watch her lips work their way up and down your shaft. I want to lay her on the bed, spread her legs apart and just explore her clit. I want to watch you ramming your cock inside of her. Is that crazy?”

  “Not at all. I think it’s something we should definitely explore someday.”

  I was embarrassed that I revealed my secret fantasy to him and so wanted to change the subject before he started asking me more questions about it.

  “Your turn. Truth or dare?”

  Devlin raised an eyebrow and then grinned. I was sure he was about to say truth when he surprised me and instead said “dare”. I couldn’t believe it. I took another drink of my champagne and then sat the glass down on the coffee table. I took Devlin’s glass and sat it down next to mine and then I sat on Devlin’s lap.

  “I dare you to make love to me.”

  He leaned in to kiss me but I pulled back. “No, let me be clear. I mean make love to me, no bondage or spankings or servitude. I want passion and kisses and tenderness.”

  Devlin didn’t answer me with words. Instead he just grabbed my hair, pulling my head back and started licking my neck and then forcing my face back down to his for a deep, passionate kiss that made my entire body tingle.

  He stood up and I wrapped my legs around his waist and he carried me to the bedroom. Only we didn’t go to my bedroom, this time he took me to his. It was the first time we had ever went to his room.

  Laying me gently down on his bed, he began to remove my clothes and then his own. I wrapped my legs around his hips and held onto him. I felt him deep inside of me and with every slow and steady stroke, he heated me from the inside out. I rolled over and positioned myself on his lap so I could control the speed.

  “Tell me what I want to hear,” I said through gritted teeth.

  He groaned as he moved his hips against mine in a way that stroked the deepest parts of me.

  “I love you Mary Elizabeth and I want to spend the rest of my life showing you just how much.”

  I don’t know why, but it literally made my pussy twitch when I heard him say that to me. My legs shook with exertion as I bounced up and down on his lap. My screams became moans and finally he had enough of letting me control the pace and took over. Rolling me over and throwing himself on top of me in a wild moment of raw lust.

  He groaned and plunged into me, sliding so deep that I cried out. I dug my nails into his back and gasped as he slammed into me even harder.

  He growled against my ear. “Come for me baby.”

  In that moment my body gave him everything I had. Every muscle in my body stiffened and my inner core spasmed around him so tightly that I felt him explode inside of me.

  He collapsed on me, panting. After a while he gently withdrew from me and I curled into his body and he held me protectively in his arms. As he ran his fingers through my hair, I started to drift off to sleep. I loved being in his arms and listening to his heartbeat. His breathing steadied and he stopped playing with my hair. I realized he must have fallen asleep.

  I closed my eyes and whispered “I love you,” before falling into a deep slumber myself.

  Chapter 13

  When I woke up the next morning I was happy to find that Devlin was still asleep by my side. It was such a wonderful feeling to wake up in his arms. I didn’t want to move and risk waking him up. So instead I laid there thinking about my life with Devlin. On the one hand, he was kind, considerate, loving and caring. He took such good care of me. On the other hand he could be harsh, strict and intolerant. He was holding me prisoner, a captive. That wasn’t right.

  I began to wonder why I hadn’t made more of an attempt to escape before. He took me out. Surely I could have called to someone for help? Why didn’t I? When I ran into Corbin I could have told him what was going on and asked him to help me escape. Despite everything that has happened, I think I am in love with him.

  Devlin began to stir and since he was awake I decided to go to the bathroom, shower and get ready for the day. The moment I stepped out of the bed and started walking he cleared his throat. I stopped to look at him.

  “What do you think you are doing?”

  “I thought I would go take a shower.”

  “I don’t recall giving you permission to walk.”

  “You are right Master. I’m sorry.”

  I went to my knees and reluctantly crawled out of his room, and into my own. I don’t know why I thought things would be different between us after making love the night before. But they weren’t. He’s still just as harsh and just as strict.

  After using the restroom I began to run the water for a bath when Devlin came in with a large jar of something purple in his hands and he started pouring it into the water.

  “What’s that?” I inquired.

  “It’s bath and body oil. It’s supposed to be good for your skin.”

  That was so sweet of him to think of something like that for me and I gratefully stepped into the tub and began to relax in the warm, scented water.

  After helping me wash my hair, Devlin left me alone to soak in the tub. By the time I got out, I could smell bacon in the air and knew he had breakfast ready. I dried off and crawled into the kitchen.

  He gave me permission to sit at the table and together we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast. He didn’t speak much, mostly he just read his paper but I could tell something was on his mind.

  “Is something wrong Master? Are you upset with me about something?”

  “Not at all my sweet. I was just thinking about last night.”

  “Please don’t.” I interrupted and he gave me a quizzical look. “Last night was the absolute best sexual experience of my life. Please don’t ruin it by saying something negative or hurtful about it.”

  He chuckled and then motioned for me to come sit on his lap. When I did he put his arms around me and held me tight.

  “I don’t know why you think I wouldn’t feel exactly the same way as you do about what took place last night. You know how wonderful it was to fall asleep with you secure in my arms?”r />
  “Then what is weighing so heavy on your mind? You’ve been so quiet all through breakfast.”

  I put my forehead to his and we sat there quietly for a moment.

  “As great as last night was, it’s not who I am. I can never be that guy for you.”

  I leaned in for a deep, passionate kiss.

  “I know, I really do. And that’s part of what made last night so special, because it was different.”

  He smiled and patted my leg.

  “I have to go out to meet with a client soon. Will you be okay here by yourself for a few hours?”

  “Yes, Master.”

  I was disappointed that he was leaving me for so long but I also understood.

  “I’ve also decided that I won’t be locking you in today. I’ve given it a lot of thought and I realize the only way our relationship can move forward is to allow you to decide on your own if you want us to have a future together.”

  “Thank you, Master.” I leaned in to kiss him before getting off of his lap and returning to my own chair.

  He went to get ready for work while I cleaned up our breakfast dishes. When he left, he did as he promised and let me remain free of my restraints. I poured myself a cup of coffee and sipped it as I considered the implications.

  To stay would be to opt for a life of slavery. I loved him but was I prepared for that deep of a commitment? What about my outside life? Would he allow me to communicate with my friends or family? I had not thought of it before, but life outside this penthouse was still carrying on. My job was still there waiting for me to return. My old life was there too. Admittedly, at times I had been lonely but was I prepared to give up my independent lifestyle altogether?

  Could I give up all my rights to privacy for the rest of my life? Because to stay with Devlin, that is exactly what it would mean.

  Even as I weighed up the difficult decision that faced me, I was smiling. I was in love there was no doubt about that. I couldn’t explain it, but the heart wants what the heart wants, logic be damned.

  Still, would it be enough to see us through? Was I ready to give myself to someone so completely? The one thing I knew for sure is that I would have to be very strong to go through life with him.