The Arrangement, Book 1
By
Jenna Fox
Genre: Erotic Romance
Content Warning: This M/f romance
contains an age difference—a younger woman involved with a much OLDER, JEALOUS
and CONTROLLING man. If you find elements of stalking, spankings, and
submission/domination themes unappealing, then you will need to move on.
I wasn’t supposed
to need him…
But I did.
I wasn’t
supposed to crave the smell of his skin and require the very air he breathed…
But somehow I
found I couldn’t breathe without him.
I was only
supposed to provide physical pleasure and shove my emotions to the side, not
allowing love a place into the equation.
He wasn’t
supposed to own me. Heart, mind, body and soul. My God, I was such a fool to
think I could go along with this arrangement and not involve my heart.
Synopsis:
Taffi Watkins
only wanted to escape an abusive home when she fled a small Texas town. She had
dreams of starting a new life. A better life.
Those big city
lights seemed to shine so brightly when she stepped off that bus, but soon she
discovered the pursuing of her dream had also been the worst mistake of her
life.
And then came
Sullivan Cooper.
In the blink of
an eye he made all of her troubles disappear. He accepted her and brought her
into his world of fast cars and fancy clothes. Immersed in Mr. Cooper’s
universe of unbridled passion, Taffeta forgot he was twenty-five years older
than her as he introduced her to his brand of pleasure and pain.
Taffi only
thought she knew pain, until Sullivan Cooper taught her better.
When I pulled
into the driveway, no light was coming through the triangular windows of the
mansion. If the Mercedes hadn’t been there, I would’ve thought I was home
alone. I parked the car, got out and went to the other side to put my hand to
the hood of Sullivan’s vehicle. It was moderately warm. Another late night at
the office.
He wasn’t ready
to throw me out; I didn’t have to step around my belongings as I made my way up
the stoned pathway to the porch. I punched in the passcode and cracked open the
door.
Peeking my head
inside, I looked into the gloom seeing nothing and hearing only the monotone
tick of the grandfather clock. Holding my breath, I clicked the door closed,
expecting Sullivan’s frosty bellow to come at me like it did the last time I
pulled a late-nighter.
So far, so good.
Silence.
To minimize
noise, I slipped off my heels. Heading up the steps with catlike movements, I
crossed into the thicker shadows of the hallway. No light poured from beneath
Sullivan’s bedroom door. He must’ve turned in for the evening.
I entered the
dimly lit doorway to my quarters and the hairs on my neck rose when I was
stopped short by a tall, masculine silhouette which remained still upon my
abrupt entrance.
“You’re late
again, little girl. Very late.”
Sullivan’s icy
tone left no mystery to his black mood and I froze as he approached me. The
moonlight coming through the window cast eerie shadows along the walls, but
left his face in total darkness to play on my imagination. My mind sketched him
with a menacing look in his eye.
I grabbed at the
curtains and dropped my shoes as something was shoved off the table. Drawing in
a hard breath, Sullivan took hold of my arms, turned me to face the wall and
anchored me with his body. I jerked when he put my hands behind my back and
held my wrists together with hands of steel.
His head dipped
toward my ear and he spoke in a raspy bass that both heated and scared me. “Are
you trying to make me jealous?”
Shock from his
reaction nearly had me speechless. I squeaked out a no.
“Do you want
him, Taffeta? Do you want the pool boy?”
“No, he’s only a
friend.”
His voice turned
deceptively soft. A phony sweet. “I’m sure you gave your friend the hard on of
his life.”
I took a
strained breath. “Funny you mentioned the word friend. It’s exactly how you
referred to me today.”
“You really
should be more considerate of your friend’s feelings. It’s immature to
lead him on and anger me.”
Things between
Baxter and I were purely platonic. I’d never intentionally led a guy on. “I
normally don’t fuck my friends, Sullivan. So congratulations, you’re the first.
What have I done to make you angry?”
“You were all
over him.”
His incredibly
gentle tone was overshadowed by the fury I felt radiating from him. My heart
pounded. “We were only dancing. It really shouldn’t matter. You and I are just
friends.”
“You were
expected to be here instead of rubbing your body all over that boy. The
priority is us, Taffeta.”
“There is no us,
Sullivan.” I strongly retaliated, my heart aching. “Remember you don’t do
commitments? We sleep in separate rooms, we’re not an item. As long as I’m
providing sex, it doesn’t matter what time I come home or who I’m out with.”
Sullivan
transferred the grip of my wrists to one strong hold and wrapped something
around them. “Maybe I need to help you better understand things,” he hissed.
“How and who you spend your time with is ultimately my business. Your
whereabouts are my business, too, and as long as you live in my house,
you’re for my hands.”
I grimaced as he
tightened the restraint and nudged harder against my back.
“I’m going to
reiterate where your loyalty should lie, dear. Tomorrow you won’t be able to
sit, let alone move, unless you’re reminded of us. So, yes, grinding your
ass against a friend does matter.”
Being at his
mercy and hearing Sullivan’s voice full of jealousy had my senses screaming.
His hand moving over my panties and his wicked promise was making my body ache.
I moved my hips closer to the bulge in his pants so I could feel the hardness
between my buttocks.
“I want you to
let me go.” I choked on the lie as soon as I said it.
“Let you go? My,
my Taffeta, you’re going to have to be more convincing, your panties are
soaked. And don’t tell me you don’t require my touch, I’ve felt your climaxes.
A woman doesn’t come like that for just any man.”
He knew me so
well.
I was limp as a
ragdoll when he turned me around to face him. The moon shed just enough silver
light on his face to show his savage features. There was a rasp of a zipper and
I shivered when the force of his body pressed me against the wall again. “I’m
going to fill you up with my cock and, before this night is through,
you’re going to know and understand who commands your body.”
He set out to
prove his words.
In an instant my
skirt and panties were on the floor and my blouse and bra were torn open,
dangling from my restrained arms. The only thing between us was his shirt and
the blue flame in his eyes penetrating the darkness. I knew what that fire
meant. Possessiveness. It was there the first time he took me.
He curled both
arms around my waist and hauled me to the bed. “I will break you from this pool
boy. Oh yes, my little girl, I will break you.” His strength and
swiftness had me bending to his will as he laid me down and adjusted my limp
body to his liking. As if I wasn’t already bared enough, he opened my legs too.
I’d been scathed
so deeply, never needing a man in this way. I’d sorely lost the fight to keep
any measure of mental distance from him. The heated emotion in my voice
couldn’t be stifled. “Sullivan, you’ve already broken me.”
He didn’t skip a
beat as his fingers thrust inside my pussy, wiggling and pushing me to a near
painful pleasure that tore into my soul. Lips, teeth and tongue went into
motion, manipulating my tender tissues. I pushed against the pleasure, fighting
my desire. “Oh God, Sullivan, why? Why does it have to be this way for us?”
His only
response was to continue the torture—the tugging and licking of my clit until a
fire was setting deep inside my belly. Fingers were everywhere. Circling my
anus, pushing into my pussy. Crippling sensations swarmed my body from every
direction. Oh... the sweet pressure. It was rising. I would inevitably pop.
He clasped my
nipple, squeezing it in synch with the tickling and warm sucking below. The
darkness masked the hunger in his face, but it came through his touch.
I felt his body
rise up and heated breath brushed across my face. “I’ll make you understand.”
The second the
words left his lips I was overtaken by the blessed burn of his cock ripping
into me. I lost my voice from the paralyzing thrust, unable to call out his
name, edging on the tip of my tongue. Before I could catch a tiny breath to cry
out another plea, he pulled back and impaled me again with enough force to
bring tears to my eyes.
This wasn’t just
a fuck; it was a claiming. He was tearing me down. I was helpless against this
lust, consumed by his power and utterly lost in his touch. I had given my body
over to him long ago, but my heart had slipped through the cracks.
The moment my
release hit I was so full of emotion, it came out in a long sobbing cry. Broken
and filled with pleasure, pain and a longing I could never hide from, all I
could do was lie there with his body thrusting into mine, his cock filling me
with his sweetness.
I wanted to
scream. Shamelessly, I wanted to purge my soul, but the frenzy was restricted
to the cages of my mind.
Oh God,
Sullivan, I love you. I love you...I love you so fucking much...and I’m not
supposed to.
Jenna Fox is a
civilized hillbilly and doting mother residing in the deep South. Besides
juggling a busy family life, Fox reviews and critiques for other authors and
crafts her own dark erotic tales. Stories always feature a mysterious alpha
male with unexpected twists to shock the reader. She believes in HFN and HEA
endings, although not always in a romantic or conventional way.
Her work is born
from real life experiences, an overactive imagination and a consuming caffeine
addiction. Sometimes she finds herself writing sex scenes on fast food napkins
and store receipts while waiting in traffic, but she’s always guilty of keeping
her mind in the gutter.
In short, she’s
a multi-tasker – a writer, a storyteller, able to make a boo-boo all better
with just one kiss and a proud, world class expert at screwing up recipes and
scaring away closet monsters. She believes in ghosts and God and is absolutely
convinced chocolate soothes the savage beast.
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