I want to pump it deep into my fiancée's cunt. I want to knock her up. I want to put a baby in her flat belly and watch it grow thick and swollen with my child. It has nothing to do with our families, and everything to do with me controlling her. Owning her. Punishing her for what happened to the love of my life.
Lily Anna.
I come with my hands in Audra’s hair and my eyes firmly shut. I don't even wait around to watch her swallow. I just pull out, wipe my dick on her cheek and put it back in my pants before walking over to the guys and falling into an easy conversation. My thoughts are everywhere but there, though. They're still stuck on the goddamn bitch who's trying to take my love's place.
Just keep calm, I remind myself firmly. Everything will be over as soon as she's knocked up.
One fuck, one night together, and everything will be taken care of. That’s all I need. Then everything can go back to normal. Then, I can go back to the life I should have been living all along.
My hands form fists at my sides and I hate myself for knowing one night might not be enough for my insatiable cock. But it will have to do. I have to stay true to my promise, too.
“Dexter!” A pretty blonde maid comes up to me, smiling shyly. “They’re asking for you. The engagement ceremony is about to begin.”
“I’ll be right there,” I smile at her affectionately. “You doing okay, Minnie?”
She averts her gaze, nodding. But I don’t buy it. I have a feeling I’m going to have to intervene once again. These people treat the maid like trash, and she deserves so much better.
She knows too much, after all.
I walk up to the arch of roses where the founding families have gathered, with everyone else keeping a respectful distance. Pandora is already standing there, her gaze filled with contempt as it locks with mine.
Let her fucking hate me. It’s better this way.
“You got the ring?”
Lai bumps into me and I nod, reaching into the breast pocket of my blazer and flashing him a look of the diamond.
“Jesus, that’s blinding,” he laughs. “Well, better get it over with. Put it on her finger.”
I nod, my jaw setting as I stand under the arch, next to my fiancée in her ruined dress.
“Without further ado,” Emilian Oakes speaks up. “I’m proud to announce the engagement of my daughter and Dexter Booth.”
I smirk, grabbing Pandora’s cold hand and sliding the ring on her finger. Her eyes widen at the sight. She’s admiring the ring, but she snaps out of it soon enough, her eyes filling with anger yet again. She sure is a feisty little thing. I’ll have fun changing that.
“To a successful marriage,” Emilian toasts, and the rest of the guests raise their glasses in celebration while Pandora just stands there awkwardly, the rock on her finger catching the last rays of the setting sun.
“To my pretty bride,” I grin, grabbing a flute from a passing waiter and raising it high. “And to the son she will give me soon.”
“Hear, hear!” the crowd mutters, the sound of clinking glasses taking over the garden.
Pandora stares at me with a cold gaze filled with hatred.
“You’re not going to toast with us, my dearest bride?” I mock her.
She doesn’t respond.
I laugh and down my glass.
“Enjoy your freedom,” I tell her before turning away. “While it fucking lasts.”
Five
Pandora
The party doesn't end until dusk and by the time the guests leave, I'm exhausted and irritable from having to wander around purposelessly in my dirtied dress and with shaken confidence. The ring is glittering on my finger, reminding me of my captivity with every look I throw at it.
None of the visitors seemed particularly interested in getting to know me even though the gathering was held for my entrance into Eden Falls society, and my official engagement to Dexter.