Closing his eyes, he counted to ten as she repeated the question. He’d have to risk everything and hope she trusted him.
Chapter Nineteen
“What is this room?” she asked again. The walls were painted black, and the furniture blended in with the walls. The only colour in the room was the red silk sheet on the bed. The light came from a single bulb above them. The room had no personality and was an oddity she couldn’t understand. After what Olivia had told her, her curiosity had gotten the better of her. She’d sought out the room and been scared by what she’d found.
“I think you know.”
Violet didn’t know. She didn’t understand why this room existed. With the way he was about his possession of her, why did he need a room like this? Going to the centre of the room, she ran a hand over the bench. It looked similar to a work-out bench but sturdier. Putting her back to him made her heart pound. She knew in her heart that he was the same old Cadeon, the man she’d come to love, but looking at him, he seemed different to her. A little bit scarier. His arms had been folded as he stood in the doorway. She took a breath and then turned back to him.
“I don’t understand what’s going on. What are you? What is this?”
“I think you know,” he said.
“If I knew I wouldn’t be asking you. I don’t understand this.” She stared along the walls and at the bench, the bed. The room looked out of place, and it scared the shit out of her. Cadeon had left her for the day, and Olivia, an ex-girlfriend, had visited and now this. She hadn’t expected to find this room, believing the other woman had lied about the room. Turning back to face him, Violet felt the pulse of her blood beating in her veins. Biting her lip she tried to think about all the revelations of the past few hours. Cadeon was a possessive man, not some kind of Master. Then she recalled the time in his office when he’d told her to call him Master.
He took a further step inside the room, and she took a step back. Her nerves were getting the better of her.
“I won’t hurt you,” he said.
Violet burst out laughing. “You won’t hurt me? Everything in this room looks designed to give people pain.”
“It is.”
Her heart raced, and the need to escape intensified. She had to leave. To get before something happened they would both regret.
“I’ve got to get out of here,” she said. Violet was level with him on her way out of the room when Cadeon caught her with an arm around her waist. “Let me go.”
“Never. You’re not leaving here until we get this settled.” She fought him, which was useless. Cadeon was bigger and stronger than she in every way possible. Both of his arms wrapped around her as she tried to fight to get free. “Don’t fight me.”
“Let me go.”
“I can’t. This isn’t everything I am. Please listen to me.” When he didn’t budge, Violet calmed down until she stood in his arms, panting for breath. “Thank you.”
“Let me go.”
“No. You’ll run from me. You have to trust me.”
“I have to trust you. A man who has lied to me?”
“I’ve never lied to you.”
She’d never thought to ask him about something like this. Olivia had placed her claws
into the situation, and Violet couldn’t find an escape. In no time at all she became all too aware of his presence pressed against her back. His breath near her neck sent goose-bumps erupting over her flesh. She bit her lip to keep in a moan of pleasure as her nipples tightened to hard points. She felt his cock pressed against her ass, the hard length evidence of his own arousal. “This is what you do to me. You can feel it, too, can’t you?”
She closed her eyes as her fear turned into wanton need. He turned her around to face him. Opening her eyes she saw the same need reflected in his eyes. Cadeon moved some of her hair out of her face. Violet held her breath waiting for his next move, anticipating what he would do next. He rested his hand against her face, his palm to her cheek.
“This room is only part of who I am,” he said.
“You like to hurt women?” she asked.
“No. Not in the way you think. Do you remember back to the day in my office when I had your ass in the air and I smacked it?”
She did remember, and the pleasure she’d gotten from the painful burn would stay with her forever.
“This only a controlled area for more of that.”
“How can this be a controlled area?”
“Because when two people enter this room, they know the rules of the game going in.”
Violet stared at him, waiting to hear more.
“I love seeing you in this room. What I don’t love is seeing how afraid you are.”