It was my turn now.
“I never expected to find someone like you, let alone get married. It was not part of my life plan.” I swallowed, my nerves getting the best of me, but he held on to my hands and gave them a squeeze. He was there, reassuring me. “It wasn’t something I dreamed about late at night. But now that I’m here, I don’t want any other outcome.”
A few people awed out in the pews and I blushed, determined to finish. “I’ve fallen in love with you, Greyson. And I keep falling in love with you. Every single day. I know that together we can do amazing things. We can slay all the demons that threaten to destroy our world. Do you promise to love me through it all?” I asked.
“I do.”
The priest stepped forward and said, "I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
This wedding was real. It was happening. I was a wife.
Greyson wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into him, kissing me softly, sweetly. It wasn't like him, but I certainly enjoyed the kiss. I even lengthened it until there were a few coughs and a couple of chuckles in the audience.
"You still owe me for last night's stunt," he whispered in my ear. I knew exactly what that meant.
Tonight wasn't going to be nearly so saccharine, and I was looking forward to it.
Greyson
I couldn't get her out of that dress fast enough, but first thing was first. We had to deal with our families. Our families and alcohol.
It wasn't going to be as fun as it sounded.
As we stood outside the church receiving the line of guests, I kept one eye on Dennis. He was a slimy little weasel. The kind that only did things for personal gain. I knew that, and so did my father.
But now that he knew my weakness he was going to exploit it. She was my weakness. Joanna was my everything.
Still, I doubted she would ever betray me. No, I saw that look in her eyes. She felt the same way as I did. She might not even know it, but she did. I was sure of it.
"Welcome to the family," Dennis said as he took ahold of my hand, squeezing it.
I didn't hold back. I crushed his like it was nothing.
He might have the power of an army, but I had my youth, my body. And I had her.
"I expect you at the family meeting bright and early Monday morning. We have a merger to discuss," Dennis said as he walked away.
There would be no honeymoon. I knew that. We'd make time for one later, once I showed Joanna just how much she loved me.
Once she realized this wedding was the best thing that could've happened to her. It would take more than just my skilled fingers to get her to that point, but I would.
I would fight for her to see just how good I was for her. Just how much I loved her.
I turned to look at her as she bent down and hugged my grandmother. They'd never met, but that gentle smile on her face only made my heart swell.
Granny was a mean little biddy, but Joanna would come to find that out later. Right now I was just appreciating her personality.
"How long do you think we have to spend at our own reception?" I asked her in a low whisper. "I want you."
"I was just wondering the same thing," she admitted.
"I'm going to hasten the process, because I can't wait much longer, Joanna. An early retreat to our hotel room is in order." I fought the desire that was lurking in the back of my mind, trying to make it to the forefront, and pushed it away. It wouldn't be seemly to think about all the things I wanted to do to her, not here, not in front of all our families.
"You got a hotel room?" she asked.
"Penthouse suite at the top of the Inner Harbor Inn," I said as I brushed a little strand of hair out of her face. "I even brought some supplies."
I was going to make her mine tonight. I'd lied when I told her this could be temporary. It couldn't. I had to have her, and I never tired of her.
I needed to possess her until I drew my last breath.
Chapter Eighteen
Joanna
I didn’t think anything could get better than our penthouse, but when I saw the hotel suite it took my breath away. I would see all of the harbor from here. The lights, the people walking to their favorite places. It was breathtaking.
"Do you like it?" Greyson asked.
"It's amazing," I said as I stared out the plated glass windows.
"I love that you love this city," he said as he wrapped his arms around me from behind and kissed my exposed neck. "God, you smell so good. I could just eat you up." He sunk his teeth into my neck and made me moan.
It was going to be one of those nights; I could tell. I tried to step away but the length of my skirts made it difficult, and it was only a half-hearted attempt anyway. I was still wearing my wedding dress, but the train had been detached.
"You aren't going to get away from me so easily tonight, Joanna." I saw the flash in his eyes, and I knew he was thinking dirty thoughts. His grip tightened.
"Who said I wanted to? Maybe I just enjoy the chase." It was the truth. I did. I loved it when he reached for me and pulled me to him. I loved it when he pressed himself against me. It was a silly thing, but I wanted to be hunted down by him. To be caught and made to submit.
I was just as twisted as he was, but I hid it better. Or at least I used to. Because of him my tastes had awoken anew.
"Oh, I know you do, but do you enjoy what happens when I catch you?" he asked as he spun me around and pinned me to the wall. My chest heaved with the adrenaline rush, and we both knew the truth.
I loved it.
"What are you going to do to me?" I asked, my breath heavy.
"Possess you. Own you. You are mine now, Joanna. Don't you forget it," he hissed as he trailed kisses down my neck and reached for the zipper of my wedding dress. It took a little work, but he got it undone.
He pushed it down, and I stepped out of it wearing nothing but my heels, stockings and garters.
"No panties?" he asked as he spun me around. I could tell he was enjoying the sight.
"I didn't want a repeat of last night," I explained. That put a smile on his face.
"Well, I know what I want," his voice enthralled me as he grabbed my chin and tilted my head up.
"What?" I asked.
"Spread your legs, I want a taste."
I did as I was told and spread my legs for him. No sooner had I done that was he on his knees with his face in between them. He slid his tongue along my lips until he found my little pearl and gave it a flick. "All I want is just a taste," he murmured into me then pulled away.
What a tease.
"Now get on your knees," he said as he stood. He was so commanding that I obeyed him without a second thought. I did as I was told looking up at him from my vantage point. He really was a prince.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"You will not ask questions, Joanna. You will just do as I tell you, and you will call me Sir. Is that clear?"
I swallowed hard. He'd never asked this before of me. He'd never bade me to do anything like this. He'd spanked me, blindfolded me, but this was different.
This was me submitting to him. A part of me bucked that, but another part of me, the one that was slowly taking over, it wanted it.
"What is this?" I asked.
"This is my possessing you. Will you play along with me?" he asked. "I would never make you do anything you don't want to."
"Oh, I want to. Sir." It was the truth.
"Then suck my cock, Jo." He pulled it out of his suit trousers, and I nodded grabbing it in my hand and wrapping my fingers around the girth of it. My mouth went to work right away, enveloping the head of his cock as I swirled my tongue over it. I took it into me greedily sucking as much as I could as hard as I could, shoving his cock down my throat as far as I could take it. Each time my eyes watered, but I refused to give up. I wanted to please him. To show him how much I wanted him.
He pulled me off of him and then lifted me up. "Not yet. You keep doing that, and I'm going to cum before I'm ready. Go into the bedroom."
I walked through the suite and into the bedroom to see a suitcase of things already laid out on the luggage stand.
In it were cuffs, rope, spreader bars, and even a flail. I swallowed. Hard. What the fuck had I walked into?
"Do you like what you see?" He asked. He'd taken off his bowtie, and his shirt was open to the waist, making me hungry for more of him. Those muscles were so fucking sexy. They rippled down his body reminding me of exactly how sexy he was.
"I don't know," I said hesitantly.
"Sir."
"I don't know, Sir," I said again. I bit my lip and looked at him. "Are you going to hurt me?" I asked.
"If I do it right, it should be pleasurable," he said. "Do you trust me?" he asked slowly.
"What?"
"Do you trust me?" Each word was drawn out slowly.
"Yes, Sir," I said. I did. I'd come this far with him, and I wasn't about to turn back now.
"If you trust me then get on the bed and wait for me. I'm going to blindfold you so that you feel instead of see," he said as he pointed towards the best.
"Yes, Sir," I said as I crawled on the soft linens of the bed and waited. He walked over and put the mask on me, the beautiful Venetian one with no eyeholes.
I lifted a hand up to feel the lace overlay, but he grabbed me by the wrist.
"Hands down, and together," he said. I pushed it down, and he put something soft but strong over them. Leather. I could smell it. He was putting me in leather cuffs.