Chapter 31. The Gamble

Proserpina

My body on fire for his domination even as my heart felt as though it was splintering into a thousand pieces, I whispered,

"I've come to see you."

He gripped my arms and jerked me away from him roughly. He spoke in a dangerously soft voice, his eyes glittering with anger and a primal desire that could not be hidden—a carnal lust he was doing his best to fight.

"Haven't I told you that you are never to come here?"

I looked up at him silently, stroking his stubbled jaw with my hand, my soft body pressed to his hard one

Raising myself on my toes, I kissed his jaw, trailing my lips over his throat, unbuttoning the rest of his gray shirt, and kissing his chest greedily with my open mouth. He stood still, pretending indifference, holding his arms stiffly by his side, but his heightened breathing made me confident of his growing arousal.

I tugged his shirt open, licking and nipping at his tight nipples, knowing just how