AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks for the comments and for reading! I'm glad people are enjoying it. Happy comments make me all warm and fuzzy inside. hehe
I also wanted to mention that Hiliad uses the term slave with Connee even though she is not his slave/sub. He only uses the word at certain times because he knows she was Daniel's slave, and he knows she responds to that term. This applies mainly to upcoming chapters until Hiliad is...hmm, shame on me! I don't want to give anything away!
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Without a word, he grabbed me by my shoulders and pushed me back into the bathroom, closing the door behind him gracefully with his foot. "Hiliad? What are you doing?" I demanded.
By the time I realized what was going on, I was pinned against the tiled wall of the bathroom, my arms straight above my head, Hiliad holding both of my hands securely with one hand; the other was planted on my hip. I was so shocked by the swift movement I was stunned into silence.
"Did you like Susie?" he asked. His voice was menacing, his teeth glared an inch from my face. I knew what he wanted.
Before I could react, his fingers pulled the skirt of my sunflower dress up, and I gasped when his cold hand brushed against the skin of my hip. I struggled to free myself but I could barely breathe, much less move. I'd also forgotten I was wearing no panties. "No, I didn't. Let me go, please," I pleaded, though I didn't mean it.
"Don't lie to me," he growled wickedly. He gathered more material of the skirt and patted my ass cheek before he brought his hand up to my crotch. I sighed with excitement, but I wanted to desperately kick him in the groin and run out, yet my body didn't have any strength whatsoever. It wouldn't hurt him anyway, would it? I wasn't about to ask. His fingers slid easily over my soaked entrance to my clit. His eyebrow rose curiously while he gave me an evil half grin. "You lied to me."
Yes, I liked playing with Susie. Yes, I was drenching wet. Yes, my clit wanted some attention. Yes, I needed to be fucked. But I'd be damned if I was going to get it like this. "Hiliad, drop your pants."
He pulled his head back and smiled before he unbuttoned the waist and pushed them down to his ankles. I allowed myself a split second glance of his engorged cock, and I swallowed hard. Then I ran for it.
As quick as I knew Hiliad was I couldn't believe I made it out the bathroom door. But I was thrilled. I headed for the back door and ran out to the end of the parking lot. By the time I turned around to catch my breath, Hiliad was leaning against a car with his arms crossed. The thing was he actually looked ... scared. Hiliad scared?
I stepped to him angrier than I'd ever been in my life. "Don't you ever do that to me again!" I spat, pointing my finger right in his face. If he wanted to bite it off I wouldn't have cared.
He put his hand on my shoulder, his mouth open to say something but I pulled away, taking a few steps back. "You're shaking," he stated.
"No shit! Do you have any idea ..." He was gone before I even finished speaking. I blinked a few times wondering if it was just a dream.
He returned two seconds later with a full shot glass in his hand. "Drink this."
My anger built up inside of me again. I struck his hand that held the glass and it flew to the ground, the liquid darkening the graveled lot. I put my hands on my hips and glared at him.
"I'm sorry." The tone of his voice and the expression on his face told me he really was sorry. Probably for only two seconds, though.
We stared at the other for a moment before I finally caught my breath and was able to get my thoughts together. "This isn't working," I heard myself say.
"I shouldn't have pushed you. It won't happen again."
"You didn't push me. I chose to do that. And that's not what I meant, jack ass." I could feel tears build up in my eyes. I didn't want to cry. I didn't want to show him any weakness. "You have my two week notice."
Walking away, I held my shoulders high and proud of myself at standing up to him. But I could feel his eyes beaming into my back. I could also see the grin he probably had on his face. A single tear fell from my eye as I headed back inside to my office. I could hardly concentrate on what work I had left to do. I wasn't sure if I meant what I saidβabout giving my notice. I was pissed, that was a sure thing. So pissed, I decided to leave an hour early. If he fired me, oh well! Two week noticeβa day's notice. It didn't matter.
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I only stopped shaking when I'd gone back to the hotel room after half an hour and changed into a tank and shorts. It felt like I'd had twenty cups of coffee and my mind was all over the place. I was far from sleepy. Soon enough I felt claustrophobic and needed some air. It was 3:30 a.m. but I didn't care. I threw myself in the chair outside the room and buried my face in my hands. How could I have been so stupid letting Hiliad do that to me? Then the tears came in sheets.
A second later I heard a scuffle near me, and I looked at the shoes in front of me. Hiliad's shoes. The last thing I needed was to talk to him. "Go away, Hiliad," I whined behind my fingers.
"Connee?" I ignored him. He knelt down and put his hands on my knees. "Connee, look at me." The command in his voice got my attention. I slowly tilted my head up and took a deep breath but still found it hard to look him in the face. "Was that your first time with a woman ... like that?" I nodded. "You did an excellent job. Why were you shaking?" His voice was soft then, but I was still cautious of his intention.
"Be ... because Iβ" I wasn't really sure why I was shaking.
"I am truly sorry." He reached his hands up and pulled my hands from my face.
"No, no," I muttered, shaking my head. "Don't do this. You are who you are and ... this whole nice, compassionate Hiliad then is not really you." I finally found the courage to look him in the face. And believe it or not, he was serious.
"I want you to stay."
"Why? So you can use me again?"
Laughing, he stood and leaned against the post, crossing his legs. "You are stronger than you give yourself credit for. You intrigue me like no other."
"Why?"
"I don't quite know, to be honest."