Dare To Love Series: Dare Me Again (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Cora Seton Read Free Book Online Page A

love to her. “I dare you to let me tie you up and have my way with you.” Time to show him she meant what she said when she refused to get married.
    “THIS COULD GET interesting.” Maybe a little too interesting, but Carolina had trusted him when he dared her to let him make her come. The least he could do was trust her.
    “Yes, it could. Give me your belt.”
    “Yes, ma’am.” He allowed her to undo his belt, knowing she’d feel how ready he was for her. He hoped she intended to swap favors with him. If he stayed this hard much longer he’d do himself an injury. She backed him up against a metal trellis that provided support for a potted plant, looped the belt through it and wrapped it around his hands behind his back. She pulled it tight with a complicated knot. He didn’t think it would hold for a second if he put it to the test, but he figured that wasn’t the point. She wanted control. He’d give it to her gladly.
    When she sank down to her knees and pressed her cheek against the fly of his trousers, Connor groaned again. She undid his button, unzipped his fly and pressed a kiss against his silken boxers.
    “Oh, God.” Connor hoped he could stay upright. When she slid his pants and boxers down and took the length of him into her mouth, he closed his eyes and did his best to stay on his feet.
    Her mouth felt so good. So hot and wet and wicked when she pressed her lips around him and slid him in and out. “Baby—”
    “You like it?”
    “God, yeah.” He wished he could bury his hands in her hair and move himself in and out of her, but he’d given up that control when he let her tie him to the trellis. It was worth it. So worth it—
    His eyes snapped open when she pulled back suddenly and stood up. A cool breeze danced across his damp extremities. “What’s wrong?”
    “Nothing,” she said sweetly. “I’m just done.”
    He waited for the joke. Saw she was serious. “But—”
    “See you later.” She backed away. Connor tugged at the belt that bound his wrists.
    “You’re kidding, right? Carolina.” He tugged again. To his consternation, the belt held.
    She took another step back. “It sucks, doesn’t it? Getting left behind? Being exposed so everyone knows you were dumped?”
    “I’d never do that!”
    “Maybe you wouldn’t, but maybe you would, too. There’s no guarantee, right?”
    “Carolina!”
    She stepped back again. “What you’re feeling—that pain and humiliation—that’s exactly what it felt like when Sam left. He took my dreams and stomped on them. I gave up everything I wanted for him and then he just left.” Connor struggled to free himself. The belt gave a little, but not enough. If someone walked onto the deck…
    “The humiliation didn’t stop after one night, either. I felt like that for months. For more than a year. I don’t ever want to feel that way again!”
    Her anguish cut through his anger and Connor stopped struggling long enough for her words to sink in. She was right—he did feel humiliated. If this was how Sam’s betrayal hurt her, no wonder she was too afraid to trust again. The thing was, he still refused to give up.
    “Carolina, look at me.” He waited until she stopped moving and did so. “I get that Sam made you feel awful, but you know how I felt a minute ago when you were down on your knees in front of me? My hands were tied, and you had all the control. And it felt like heaven.”
    “I was—”
    “Listen.” His terse command stopped her mid-sentence. “That’s how I always feel around you. I don’t need to control you. I don’t need to mold you to some idea of how I want you to be. I sure as hell am never going to leave you. I’m not Sam, but if you can’t see that, then you’re right; you should leave. This is me. I can rip this damn belt off my hands any time I want to, but instead I’m going to stay right here because I want you to feel as safe as you need to be with me. I love you, Carolina. I want to marry you. I