I placed the clothing and other items in the bag. My hand gripped the door handle as I pulled it open. Royal’s handsome face was on the other side of the door forcing me to stop and acknowledge him. His eyes scanned over my body and then to the bag in my hands.
“Where the fuck do you think you’re going?” He demanded that I answer, but I didn’t have to. I didn’t have to answer to anyone, especially someone that told me not even twenty minutes ago to walk away from him. That I was too good for someone like him.
“Out. I wasn’t aware I needed your permission.” I snarled my lip at him. The bullshit was so deep in this house. I was drowning. Every second I stayed inside this place was another second that pushed me closer to the edge.
“You don’t, but you of all people should know that I’m not just going to let you up and leave, not after what just happened between us.” He shoved himself into my space. I couldn’t handle his body being so close to mine. I retreated with a step back, and he could tell I was uncomfortable with his presence.
“What happened between us was a mistake, an error on my part. I thought you were sending signals that said fuck me, when clearly you weren’t.” I was being a smart ass.
“Oh, you want to play this game,” he mocked with laughter.
“I’m the prick for being a gentleman and not fucking you like a savage after just finding out you’re a virgin? Come on, I know you can come up with something better to be pissed off about, because that’s not even a legit reason.”
Frustration marred his face. I wasn’t going to let him have the upper hand. Not now, and not ever again. It wasn’t the fact that he was a gentleman that hurt me. It was how he pushed me away after everything that happened.
“It’s not the fact that you wanted to be considerate to me being a virgin. It’s the fact that you finger fucked me and then all but fucking told me to get the hell out of your bathroom that hurt me. It’s the fact that I’m suffocating in this fucking house, and I went to you because I thought you would understand.” I scoffed at him, slamming my chest into his. “Clearly I was wrong about everything.” I pulled away, pushing past him and into the hall. His hand reached out gripping my arm in a harsh hold, his fingers digging into my flesh. A spark of excitement filled my belly as he held me in place.
“There isn’t a fucking piece of me that doesn’t want to fuck the hell out of you, Noelle, but even I know that you aren’t ready for what I have to offer.” It was as if he was trying to convince himself of that and not me.
“You don’t know what I can or can’t handle, and you won’t ever get to know now that you have pushed me away. Now let go of me, because I have a bottle of Jack Daniels waiting for me, and who knows whatever else I can find.” I pulled my arm away from him causing him to grip my flesh harder. The digging of his fingers into my soft flesh turned me on; the pain and pleasure coursing throughout my body mixed together in an explosive way.
“Don’t do anything stupid, because if I find out you gave yourself to someone else it won’t end pretty for him. Your pussy is mine. It has been since you told me I was your first kiss, and since the moment you looked at me in that fucking bathroom and said that you’ve never come before. It’s mine, and it will be claimed by my cock when the time is right. Do you understand me?”
My mouth grew dry. His words alone were lighting my body on fire.
Not again, Noelle. Don’t let him win this time.
I straightened my shoulders and shrugged off his hold.
“It’s not yours until you claim it, Royal, and I already gave you that chance so I guess we will see what happens tonight.” I couldn’t give him a chance to respond because I knew I would be too weak to say no to him. There was no way I could resist Royal. He was a drug that I wanted more than anything else. I was an addict for his love, and I haven’t even had a taste of it yet.
He let me go, for whatever reason; maybe it was because he finally got what I was saying or he just knew I needed time alone. Whichever it was, I wouldn’t be turning around to say thank you, or to ask why.
No. I needed to get drunk and find someone to take care of me. If Royal didn’t want me like I wanted him right this second, then there would be someone else that wanted me just as much. Pushing all thoughts of Royal to the back of my mind, I walked out of the house and got in Jeep and headed toward the Falls.
The line was drawn in the sand. Royal was on one side, and I was on the other.
Who would be the first to cross the line?
Chapter Twenty-One
-Royal