Chapter 215: Safe word

"Shit, Elena, am sorry",

"No it's okay. I was honestly too young to really remember them much anyways. My grandparents took me in and ballet became my life",

I gripped her hand tighter, trying to silently thank her for opening up to me. "Your grandparents sound amazing. I'm glad that you had them there for you during something so traumatic",

"Me too", Then she shrugged and inhaled as if shaking something off. "You know what's like to be raised by your family not the real parent's", She added.

"I do. Count it as one of the things we have in common", My heart thumped against my ribs, saying out loud and realizing how right she was.

Before she could respond, just then the servers came out with our food and refills on our drinks. Enough of a distraction that our minds went elsewhere and left the darker topics behind. Elena looked profoundly delighted as the burger was set in front of her.

"Eat up baby", I winked at her when she looked up. "I still have promises about tonight to fulfill", She blushed pink when I spoke that.

ELENA'S POV.

The car ride back to Andrey's Volkov estate was silent. Even though I was tired, there was a hum of energy running through me that I couldn't shake off. We could both feel the underlying sense of excitement in the air bristling between us. I could feel Andrey looking at me from the corner of his eyes, his presence wild, but I ignored him the entire time.

I was instead focusing on the dark sky and colorful lights of the city as the car zipped through the streets. But my gut was sinking like a stone as we got closer to Andrey's home. My nerves were grabbing hold of me and they didn't want to let me go. Andrey and I were very intimate with one another but I knew it that tonight would be different.

He wanted to show me a new world, and I didn't know how I was going to react. I had a feeling that I might like whatever he was going to do because I did like everything he does to me.

The cocktails from dinner were giving confidence to the secret voice in the back of my head and I wished it would shut up. This is just part of the transaction. I'm doing this for Andrey not because....... I ..... Because I want it just as bad as him. I want him badly. That was the truth.

"Get out of the road", Antonio shouted when a man jumped into the street. It startled me from my thoughts and I gasped instantly. We lurched forward from the force of brakes suddenly halting the car. But what caught my attention was Andrey's arm that had shot out across my chest to protect me. It was so quick and protective, a movement that made my skin tingle with some inexplicable heat.

My eyes widened but Andrey didn't say anything. He just settled back into his seat and lowered his arm. His hand settled on my thigh as the car moved forward again.

I was bodily aware of his heavy palm on my lap and the hot tension in the air. Even after having sex already today, I knew it that Andrey could fulfill his wicked promises with ease. This man oozed sex appeal with every ounce of his being, his aura almost predatory in the way it pressed against me.

When the car stopped, he gripped my thigh to wait as Antonio got out first to start unloading all the bags in the truck. "Go straight up to my room and strip down to your underwear. I want you sitting at the edge of my bed like that... Waiting for me to come", Andrey let go of my thigh and reached across me to open up my door.

His face pressed in to my neck and his breath tickled my skin. "Better hurry up baby, I'm not in the mood to take my time",

"Okay", It was the only word I could get out as I scampered from the car and wished Antonio a quick goodnight. The world was a blur as I tossed my coat in the closet and raced upstairs.

My heart was thundering a mile a minute against my ribs. As I made it to his bedroom and pushed through the door, my hands were shaking. I took several deep breaths and fanned my burning face.

Something about that darkness in his eyes was utterly indecent and terribly thrilling at the same time. I was getting riled up and Andrey wasn't even up the stairs yet. There was a quiet, simmering hunger about him that made my skin crawl and tingle at once. I had at least few minutes for them to bring all the bags inside so I rushed into his adjoined bathroom and stripped down as he instructed and freshened up.

The sound of footsteps on the stairs pushed me into action and I almost tripped on my way to the bed. Elena Hayes didn't trip but Andrey just did something to me and I felt all over the place.

Sitting at the edge of the bed and trembling as if the room was freezing, I couldn't slow down my erratic heart. When Andrey pushed the door open, I was shaking like a leaf. He inhaled sharply when he looked at me and my eyes drawn to the sight of him biting his bottom lip.

"You so good at listening. For that I won't torture you too much", He began to take off his suit jacket and my heart jumped in my throat. "But tonight won't be easy for you, Elena darling",

As nervous as I was, Andrey had no idea how easy it really was for me to be with him. That sudden thought startled me a bit. At the same time, he grabbed my chin and pulled my face up to look up at him. There was a subtle, almost wild intensity in his eyes, which I noticed again but ignored.

"We haven't really crossed that line yet, but do you have a safe word baby", His thumb traced my bottom lip and it made my brain go numb.

"Safe word....?", I mumbled in a wavered voice.

"You have never had one before?. Hm...", He pulled his hand away and walked over to his closet, his movement graceful and deliberate.