Chapter 21

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He smiles at my retreating form. “Okay, we can do this they way, my sweet Ellie, or the hard way.” He takes a tp claser to me. “The hard way inclving you being tied up while I da whatever I want to that nice body of yours. Your choice.” He shrugs with a stupid smirk on that I want ta smickoff of his late, Igape at him in disbelief and want to spew curses at him while damning him to hell, but his sharp eyes had given me a warning not to push it. And I do have to find a way to please him so he could reduce my ‘sentence”

I look away like a shy virgin while he undresses, but he only chuckles at my flushed expression. Then he leads me to W Ehethtub and prinin fin beloten hin b ei ill trophorehi raging bant pushing painst my adjust eney the refreshing bath. I’m und to regular showene IL’s been quite long unce could soak in a tub.

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there are co-ed bathrooms for those that don’t have en in Ehr dorm room. The ones with bathrooms are more Xindive than regular ones. My parents weren’t tau comfortable with me showering in close proximity with the cpposite sex and decided then to rent on with a bathroom. And that’s how i found Lana.. Lanal Oh pashI forgot all about her. With all that happened with Brad almest marking me and new Reaganom me, I hadn’t thought about he: Was she will ud Moon!

Man, she’s going to be pissed when she finds out i luft milout her.

“What’s wrong?”

R a ks as he squirts shampoo inte my hair that smelk like lavender. He must have noticed my tengeform.

“I think I forgot someone back at Red Moon,” i explain as the begins to massage my scalp. Oh, that feels good.

“You mean the she-woli that encouraged you to run away.” I can hear the irritation in his tone, but l shake my head at him.

“No, I told her to follow me Running away was my idea.

She was even against it when I first mentioned it.” I quickly cenimy phan alcancall and she’s Hy w ByFi i lly sati, smiling up allir brightly , “She’s fine. Araucht her back with us.” He making me brother asiahoin. She would have forven me il had let her alone Red Muut. But still wasn’t solved yet. Alatac h mate and thed Lit him..

iletout auch at how relaxing Reagan’s magical fingers worked on my scalp. Then when he’s done with mine, he washes his before draning the water from the bath so we could rinse our hair and body ult. I try to act nonchalanteven though this is my first time having a bath with the opposite Sexican’t say it was weird having to be in the same bathtub as him, but I will felt uncomfortable under hk penetrating gaze that didn’t seem to leave my body.

Hewraps me up in a towel and ane around his hips before taking me back out to the bedroom. We’re both Surprised, however, to see Joanna setting up a tray of food on the nightstand. The smell of hazon anders watts up to my nose, and I begin to salivate. I hadn’t realized how hungry was considering yesterday’s afternoon was when i ate last She stands up with a bright smile when we walk in, but her face tums crestlallen when her eyes lock with mine. The last time I‘d seen her, she was on the verge of losing her job, and w ou alte buik , barely de lyspremene le b or new diyu M h e thought was done for god and she could take a move on Heagi What are you doing here?” tagan’s chilly on makes Heriomphereyes back to him. Her confident startatales when she is the im p ression on igan’s lia.

1.-you weren’t downstair Corbellast. So I thought should bring something up for you.” She Lathes her set of white teeth at him in a m ari think wducthe. I place at her boldness, wanting to ris her threat out.

“How ni afyou.” Rwagan nods at her, making me clari at hit instead. She turns gleeful at his words, having a smirl of triumphan “Dear you’re hunery, righit” Reagan tums to me and Ik hesitantly nod in answer: “Good. Cema, let me feed you.”I can’t express the joy of seeing the triumphant leok of Joanna’s face crumble as all his attention turns to me. She Seems to want to objact but keeps her mouth shut instead.

Reagan leads me back to the and helps me sit before taking the tray to uit beside me. Joanna is still gritting her teeth as her eyes are in anger. I’m not exactly happy she’s able to see my mate, who has only a towel on riding dangerously low on his hips. Her eyes divert a lew times to his ab and mucular chest and grit my lath at modest whahab taught staring. She blushes virgin before shaking her hudto stamparan

WH a hussy “Now that she‘s pene” i hear the clinking sounds of cuills, and before I know it, my wrist is being called back to the bed.

“B..but how am I going to ” I whine like a little uri beine rounded. I couldn’t help it.

I’ll help you with that.” He states as he picks up a plece of bacon and raises it up to my mouth.

1 glare at the piece of meat, not liking to be trutuda kid, but I am too hungry to reject any food right now. Sal open my mouth and accept it, letting out a mon as the taste erplede in my mouth in delicious flavor. Okay, now 1320 why they’d hired Joanna in the first place. If she wasn’t much of a bitch and trying to get my ma...I mean Reagan, in bed, I would have liked her.

I see Reagan’s eyes instinctively darken a few shades as his eyes settle on my lips. He moves in closer, and before i knew it, his lips lean on against mine. His teeth go to sink into my bottom lip making me moan as he licks and sucks it trying to soothe the pain he’d caused. I can already feel heat pooling below in my belly, and I squeeze my thighs to try wat diere the sense I’m already llinen Hlitangue debe past my to my mouth, Casting ery inch as he main satistacthan Hewch in frustration hetore pulling back to continue leading me. After a while al Wolfing down the delicious breakfast, I decided to voimmy thoughts You can’t possibly be thinking abeut keeping mecuted to this bed all day. I would die of boredom and lack of Monument.” He rolls his eyes at my ekarnation she brings the glass of juice up for me to drink from “I will be here to keep you company, and as for movement, the bed’y all your feel free to do whatever you Lize. You could even put up more of the litija show you did earlier for me.” He winks, intuiking my cheeks flush pink God Theated like a bitch in hewand vreaming Reagan’s name while at it.

I shake my head to rid myxlf of the arctic images already popping up in my mind. “I’m serious, Reagan. I need to get out of here, see and talk to anyone else who isn’t His eyebrows draw down in displeasure at my words, but I don’t take them back. “Besides, I doubt you’ll be here all the time,” I add with a shrus He contemplates over it for a while before sighing in defeat. “Fine. I’ll have Lexi come visit you from time to time.”

“I want Lana too.” I raise my chin high in determination, “You mean the show you can way with.” Hech his I frown at his words, I already told you.I had been the one to plan my fun way.” I huil, feeling exasperated si his attitude.

“Since you’re under punishment, you can’t make demands, at least not without giving something in return.”

He grins devilishly at the end, making me stare cautiously at him.

i pause, contemplating if I should sell my soul to the devil.

“What do you want?” i eye him warily.

His smile widens before he purses his lips and looks up.

acting to be contemplating his next words.

“Hmmm, let’s see. How about a date.” He finally say making me arch my eyebrows at him.

“A date?”

He nods, “Yes, a date at a location and time of my choice.” He adds with a devilish grin. I don’t know if I should accepta deal with the devil, but how much can a date hurt.

Plus, I’ll get to see Lana and know what’s up. If anything. I’m the only one winning “Sure.” I shrug in answer. “Where do you plan on taking Hissly grin is lackan. “Hy went. Plus, you’ll have 15 domythingly.” I how my eyebrowth at him. Ty THESE and telling me something is up and the hould buck out, but inore than all asime overthinking “Alrigh” iulowly mod. “As long as I put whætlasted for.”

“Oh, you’ll get to see your friend, alright. I’ll tell Danny to invite her ever. So, do we have a deal?” He isks one ! time for confirmation. And I mod right way “Yeah.. about my collag....” I begin.

Vanady told you. It’ll be taken care al.” He shrugs is he stand up from the bed before setting down the tray back on the nightstand and walk into the covet.

“Yeah, but I don’t want it to be taken care of. I yell er him using air quotations. He doesn’t answer until he’s back out, already dressed in grey sweatpants and a tank top.

while holding a dress of mine to me. He looks yurminy in that.

“Tm not stopping your education, Ellie. I’m only making a few changes to fit our schedule.”

“No, you’re making changes to fit your schedule.” I refute his statement with a snarl. This results in him pinching his nose in frustration.

“We’re not discussing this anymore. Soon you’ll come to understand that every decision I make for you is the best.”

He leans down to tell me, starine into my eves and darine me to defy him. “So far, I’ve been more than patient with you. So don’t push it, Ellie. It won’t take more than a few seconds to let my beast out and do whatever he wants to do with you.” He then leans further to whisper beside my ear, “And trust me, they’re very bad things.”