When the food was ready, Dalton set the table at her end. He pulled her up and took her to her seat.
"Please," Laura whispered, "can't I have something to wear? I feel so exposed like this."
"You're fine the way you are," he argued.
"Maybe to you," she protested, "but what if someone comes?"
"No one's going to come without an invitation," he stated.
She didn't say anything more. Just looked at him with those huge violet eyes. Aarrghh! He never could resist those eyes when she looked at him full on.
"Fine!" He stormed off around the corner, coming back a few minutes later, with a silk robe and helped her into it.
"Thank you," said Laura, as she settled herself into the chair.
He just looked at her petulantly. "Eat, before you fall over," he finally said.
The meal tasted as good as it had smelled, and Laura wondered how he had become such a good cook. There were so many questions running thru her mind, but she was afraid to ask them.
Who knew what would set him off, and he'd haul her back down to her prison again. That was the last thing she needed! She would really have to play the submissive and get him to really let down his guard before she could try anything.
She couldn't let the fact that this was Dalton, her first and only love, get in the way of her freedom. She was half in love with him already. She couldn't get her feelings get any stronger.
Twelve years since he'd left her, bereft and broken hearted. She had been a mess after he had left her. No way, could she allow him that power again.
"What day is today?" Laura finally asked when she was finished eating.
"Friday," Dalton replied, as he finished his wine.
God, she thought. I've been here almost a week. He had kidnapped her on Sunday night. No one would really be looking for her, as she realized too late that she had taken two weeks off for vacation.
She had planned on giving Bryan her answer to his proposal, then taking time for herself, before settling into her new role as his fiancΓ©. And she hadn't called her mother again since that first phone call.
It finally dawned on her that his timing couldn't be more perfect. "I've been planning this for a long time" he'd told her. She sucked in a breath and stared at him.
"You've been stalking me, haven't you? That's why you knew when to kidnap me. This isn't just coincidence! You knew my plans!" Laura railed at him.
"Pfft! I was not stalking you," he replied. But he didn't look her in the eye.
"Maybe YOU weren't, but you were definitely having me followed," she retorted. "You probably even bugged me."
Dalton looked at her. Yes, he knew she was smart. That's why he'd been keeping her in a sexual haze for the last few days. Her eyes were clear, and her brain cells were now kicking in. Can't have that happen too fast... He stood and quickly cleared the table. Laura thought to help clean up, since he had cooked, and stood up to help.
"Sit!" he barked.