My jaw tenses and I wish I could drag those fuckers back here, smash their skulls together until they bleed across the linoleum floor. No one has a right to make a woman feel as if she’s worthless.
“Rosie,” I tell her, lifting her chin with my finger so I can see her gorgeous brown eyes. “You aren’t just anything.”
She shakes her head, not believing me. But her eyes are locked on mine, and that makes me think she wants to believe. Wants to feel like the angel she is. The fucking gift dropped into my day that I plan on unwrapping.
“Don’t shake your head at me, Rosie. I know you’re scared, so maybe we should get you back to wherever you live, get you off your feet. Help you into bed and make sure you feel safe.”
She shakes her head again.
“No, Buck. I’m working. I have to stay.”
“Hell, no you don’t,” I tell her, her body pressed against mine, and I feel my cock getting hard with such a perfect woman so close to me. “Two men just stormed in here demanding you get in their black fucking sedan, wanting to take you back to who knows where. You’re in no state to work.”
She swallows, considering my words. “They’ll come back,” she says. “It’s just a matter of time.”
“They’re not here now.” I look down at her, knowing my desire is written plainly across my face. I’ve been waiting my entire life for a woman to take my fucking breath away. I’m not letting her go so easy.#p#分页标题#e#
“Thank you for making them leave,” she tells me, her eyes brimming with tears. “No one ever makes them back down; but you did, Buck. You made them run.”
“For you, I’d do anything.”
“You don’t even know me.”
I shrug, holding her in my arms. “Maybe not, but does it matter? You are a woman who needs a man to protect her. I’m here and willing. Let me be that for you.”
“Buck,” she says softly, her mouth parting. “Let me thank you for saving me.”
My hands run over her back, and then they cup her face, our gazes held on one another. “How do you want to thank me?”
“I want to thank you with the one thing I have to offer you.”
Now it’s my turn to shake my head. “Rosie, you have more than one thing to offer,” I tell her, not wanting her to believe that her only worth is in her body.
“Maybe so,” she says, licking her lips, her fingers on the front zipper of her uniform. “But this is the way I want to thank you. This is what I want to give.”
She pulls the zipper down and my cock goes rock hard.
This woman is giving me more than a thank you.
She’s giving me a fucking dream come true.
6
With the zipper down, my breasts are exposed. I didn’t wear a bra, the strap on mine broke this morning as I dressed, and I didn’t have time to find a new one.
“Good god, woman,” Buck says, stepping away from me.
“What?” I ask, knowing my insecurity flashes across my face. I immediately want to cover myself, thinking the plan is a bad one.
But it is the only plan that makes any sense at all.
My uncle’s men will be back for me, and resisting for long is only trouble. Trouble for me, but also for Buck. And he doesn’t deserve to be pulled into my crap.
Besides, I know he wants me. And the truth is, my pussy is already wet thinking about him.
Besides, if I give Buck my body then I have the upper hand with my Uncle.
If my unused body is an asset he plans on selling – then I will ruin his plans by giving Buck – the nicest man I’ve ever laid eyes on – my virginity.
I feel emboldened by this plan.
I want my first time to be with a good, solid man. A gentle man. A man who isn’t looking at me like he wants to ruin me.
Buck looks at me like he wants to cherish me.
I’m not good enough for a man like that. I come from a dark place, with dark people, and Buck deserves a woman who glows. He has no idea how messy I am, how much baggage I carry.
So I won’t let him take care of me for longer than this afternoon.
But I will thank him for giving me a few hours to figure out what I want before I go back to my uncle’s men.
I was foolish to ever think I’d be able to stay away for long.
“You are so fucking beautiful, Rosie.” Buck shakes his head, his eye on my large breasts, the chill of the bathroom causing my nipples to stand erect, hard and tight.
It gives me a thrill, hearing his compliments. I’ve never had a man who so generously offered me anything besides a stack of dirty plates, piles of unwashed clothes. I grew up as a glorified slave.
However, standing before Buck, it doesn’t feel like I am a being used. Standing before him, I feel like I’m something precious. The way his eyes rake over me doesn’t feel dirty, it feels seductive.