Chapter 9 The Deal
Dante POV
“Okay…” She cleared her throat, concentrating on my eyes. “I just”, I dropped the towel in front of her, not caring if she looked at my dick. Even when I was soft, I was impressive. But when I was hard, I was a behemoth.
“Uh…wow…okay.”
I turned to my dresser and pulled out a pair of black boxers, a wide grin on my face. I pulled them up to my waist then turned back to her. “I’ve seen you naked. Now you’ve seen me.”
Her cheeks were slightly red, despite her olive skin. It was the first time she appeared somewhat flustered. Even when I threw her on the floor and threatened to kill her, she didn’t lose her cool. But looking at my fat cock made her shy.
It was cute.
I stood in front of her in just my black boxers. “Yes?”
She crossed her arms over her chest, pressing her tits tightly together. “Are you going to finish getting dressed?”“I am dressed.” Some people thought a suit or armor was the most intimidating clothes to wear, but I disagreed. A strong naked man was far more intimidating. I didn’t need a bulletproof vest for protection. The muscle all over my body was all the protection I needed.
Isabella lost her voice again, obviously uncomfortable by my nudity. She did her best to cover it up, but I was starting to read her better. “Did you sleep well?”
“Yeah.” Her voice was strong again, like she was relieved at the change of subject. She saw my hard dick, and if I was hard, it was because she was in the room.
My bulge was still in the front of my boxers, and the more flustered she became, the thicker my girth became. “I hadn’t slept in over forty-eight hours, so I couldn’t stay awake even if I wanted to. I’d slept like shit. But the night before, when I’d intended to kill her, I slept like a baby.
“So…what’s going on?” she asked bluntly. “Are you going to let me go?”
That wasn’t an option. “No.”
“Then what?” she pressed. “It won’t take long for my family to realize I’m missing.”
“They haven’t called you yet.” I’d been keeping an eye on her phone. Once her parents called and she didn’t answer, I’d have to prepare for the worst.
“I never go longer than a week without talking to my mama.”
I loved the way she called her mother that, with deep affection. I hated the Conti, but I admired her loyalty to them. Even under threat of torture, she refused to betray them.
She didn’t want them to be killed trying to avenge her death because she cared more about their safety than her honor. She was a strong and fearless woman, taught to fight with everything she had. She didn’t sit around and wait for someone to rescue her.
“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.”
“If you’re going to keep me, then what are you going to do with me?”
She offered herself to me, offered to bed me until I was satisfied with her. But she warned me that one night together wouldn’t be enough. I would just want more of her.
That kind of promise aroused me, hearing a woman speak of her bedroom skills with such certainty. I could take her up on that offer, but she only extended it to save her life.
That wasn’t why I didn’t kill her.
I refused to give an answer. I’d never had a long-term prisoner before. People were dead within the first twenty hours of my captivity. There were dozens of bodies weighed down to the bottom of Lake all because I put them there.
Isabella picked up on my silence. “Why didn’t you kill me?” “Who said I still won’t?”
She stiffened slightly, but her gaze hardened in response. “If you didn’t do it then, you aren’t going to.”
The corner of my mouth rose in a smile. I loved the way she challenged me, the way she spoke her mind. “I’ve never thought you were a stupid woman.
Don’t start being stupid now.”
“Then why didn’t you kill me?”
I stepped toward her, intimidating her with my size. I moved closer until I was standing over her, the backs of my fingers reaching up to touch her cheek.
She didn’t have any perfume, so I smelled her natural scent, the smell of the shampoo that was in her bathroom. My fingers brushed against her soft skin, remembering the way I backhanded her so hard. My cock twitched in my boxers.
“I didn’t kill you. But that doesn’t mean I’ll ever let you go.”
Her eyes slowly narrowed on my face. “Excuse me?”
“You heard what I said.”
“You can’t keep me here forever. My family will find me.”
“You don’t have to be in my captivity to be mine, Isabella.”