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For both of us.

“You need to realize who I am, Ivy.” Scooping her face into my palms, I forced her head up. “Say my name.”

“No, I'm done with you. If you want to enslave me the same way as Remo then fine, but you'll get what he got . . .” Her voice trailed off as her eyes turned to stone. “Nothing.”

She had turned bitter and I couldn't blame her for it. But I wasn't like Remo, this wouldn't be the same. I needed her to see that, to feel it.

I could give her everything she'd been looking for.

“Say my name.” Pinching her chin, I held her face tight.

“No.” Her teeth bit down on her cheeks, hollowing her face.

Her defiance to follow my order heated my nerves. But it wasn't in anger or rage . . . My body flew into a roaring inferno of arousal.

Ivy had challenged me.

Pushing my body against hers, her chest lifted hard, eyes staying open and firm. I fucking loved the strength that coursed through her veins. It was intoxicating, drowning me in wanton need to make her say my name one way or another.

It wasn't that I wanted to control her, it wasn't that I wanted to keep her for just my own personal enjoyment. There was so much more to what I was feeling, but there would always be rules, life had rules.

She just needed to understand the fire she was playing with. For her to live, she had to give in. Disobeying me would only hurt her further. And it wasn't my word that would cause her suffering.

It would be my father's.

Stepping with force, my legs caused hers to sway, knocking her off balance. Grabbing her by the hips, I kept her upright and made her walk backwards, forcing her against the wall.

“If you won't say my name on your own, I have other ways to do it.” My lip curled up playfully, twitching at the corner.

“Am I supposed to be scared?”

“No.” Palming her mound, I squeezed. “But I know how to help you, I know how to make your tongue dance between sweet words and sin.”

Ivy clutched my hand, her fingers twining delicately around mine. She wasn't shoving me off, she didn't try to hit me and run. I felt her heart skip as her eyes shined in liquid desire.

“I'm nothing like Remo, I won't hurt you, I won't scar you. I want to keep you to make sure you're safe, Ivy.” Lowering my mouth, I hovered just above the most delicious lips I had ever tasted.

She exhaled across my face, the warmth spreading over my body making my cock pulse. “And what makes you think that I want you to save me?”

A devious smile spread across my lips. “Because you're still here.”