His Indecent Proposal (9 page)

He rolled to his back and lifted her over
him, held himself poised at the cusp of her wet, silky opening. "No
more talk. You're mine. You're staying mine." He pushed up into her
as she slid down and met him. He groaned and sucked in a shuddering
breath. "I'll go fucking crazy if I have to think about giving this
up." His slid her up and down with his hands grasping her hips.
"Don't make me give this up, baby."

Jenna's eyes closed as intense pleasure
slammed through her. "No, I won't."

Four weeks later, Jenna sat in the study,
screwing up her courage, waiting for David to get home from work.
She had to tell him about the education she already had. The spring
semester would be here soon, and he was expecting her to begin
college. She wanted to get a job, and couldn't continue to hide
this from him. Her debt was only growing, and she needed to find a
way to pay it off.

His uncle hadn't retired yet, but it was
coming up soon. She had met him several times, entertained him and
his wife in David's home, acting as his hostess exactly as he
expected of her. His uncle and aunt liked her and she liked them,
and David assured her they had nothing to worry about in regards to
the future of the presidency.

David had introduced her to his entire
family, and the story he spilled out for their benefit was
swallowed completely. Everyone believed it had been a secret love
affair. She knew better, though. Certainly she had fallen in love
with him in the days and weeks that had passed, how could she not?
He was everything she had ever dreamed of in a husband. He was
sexy, kind, considerate, and for whatever reason, she could do no
wrong with him.

Ever since the night she had agreed to try a
real marriage, his attitude had changed, the ferocious intensity of
his lovemaking had calmed and he was more gentle with her, careful,
worshipping her body slowly instead of devouring her whole. It
completely enthralled her, and she was for want of a better term, a
smitten kitten.

She chewed on her nail and nervously waited
for the moment he walked in the door. How mad would he be? Truly,
she didn't think what she had done was so bad, except for the fact
that she had lied to him by omission. And of course, the small fact
that she had married him with a hundred and twenty thousand dollars
worth of debt. Her distress grew.

His car pulled in the garage and her stomach
clenched with nerves. Her thumbnail was ragged where she had been
biting it for the last half hour.

She heard the door slam and as usual, he
called her name. "Jenna."

She took a deep breath and stood to her feet.
"I'm in here."

He stood in the doorway to the study, his
eyes lighting with fire when he spotted her. He watched her for a
moment. "What's wrong?" His tone was harsh.

"N-nothing." Her voice held no strength at
all.

He looked her up and down, a scowl washing
over his features. "Don't lie to me."

Jenna stood in silence, her teeth tearing up
her bottom lip. She dropped her eyes from his and looked down at
her hands.

David felt a crushing blow to his solar
plexus when her eyes dropped from his. Guilt and shame were written
all over her, and fury and fear in equal measure took hold of him.
"What happened?"

"Nothing."

"Jenna. Spit it out. Now."

Jenna took a shaky breath and raised her eyes
to his. He was watching her with an intensity that was chilling.
"I'm so sorry. I've lied t-to you."

David felt the punch to his gut and almost
doubled over. He took several deep breaths, and when he thought he
could manage it, walked over to the drawer in his desk where he
kept a bottle of bourbon. He poured two inches of the amber liquid
in a glass and knocked it back.
Just when he thought his world
was perfect.
His hand shook as he set the glass down and turned
back to her. He would control himself. Even if he was dying inside.
But he would fucking kill the other guy.

"Tell me." Fear and anxiety, stark and vivid,
glittered from his eyes.

She twisted her hands and whispered, "I
l-lied on my resume. When I w-went to work for you. The truth is, I
h-have a college degree and I l-left it off because I couldn't get
a job. I kept being turned down because my degree wasn't in the
right field, or I had too much education for the jobs I applied
for." Her eyes flooded with tears. "I needed to work. I couldn't
b-buy food or pay rent--"

He interrupted her. "Get to the bad part,
Jenna." He held himself rigid, as if he was expecting a body
blow.

She took a deep breath. "I have debt from
student loans. Way, way more debt than you probably think. Over a
hundred grand. I should have told you. I shouldn't have married you
with all that debt."

David ran a hand through his hair and the
tension slowly began to recede from his body. "Is that it? Is that
the lie?"

"Yes."

"A degree you were hiding and student loans?
That's what's got you so upset? You sure?" His eyes searched hers.
"No other guy?"

Confusion fuzzed her brain. "What guy?"

"Is there another fucking guy, Jenna?" He
spit the question out.

"N-no."

"Why is your voice shaking?"

"Because I'm confused about what you're
talking about. I j-just t-told you something that has been
bothering me since we got married--"

"I know about the loans. I paid them off two
weeks ago."

She hesitated, bafflement crossing her
features. If she was confused before, she was more so now. "H-how
could you have known?
You paid them off?"

"Yeah, I paid them off. There's not another
guy?"

Why the hell did he keep harping on another
guy? What the freak? "No! There's not another guy, David. Just
you."

He paced over to her, lifted her chin and
pinched it between his finger and thumb. "There better not ever be
another fucking guy, Jenna."

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
She slowly lifted her eyelids and studied him. "You're not mad
about the debt or the lie I told on my resume?"

His hand began caressing her skin. "No, baby,
I'm proud of you. Getting an education without any help is amazing,
even if you had to take out loans. Are you mad at me for paying
them off?"

"How did you find out about them?"

"Bill collectors calling for you at work. The
calls got transferred to your new husband." His hand moved to spear
through her hair. "Are you mad I paid them off?"

"I should be. But I'm not." She shuddered.
"It's a huge burden lifted. I'll pay you back."

"No, you won't" His voice was adamant.

"Yes, I will, I--"

"Jenna, don't start any shit with me,
goddamnit
. I fucking love you. I paid your fucking debt off.
Get over it."

His mouth slammed down on hers and Jenna's
head swam.
He loved her?
Joy exploded through her as her
pulse went wild.

He kissed her hard, his tongue delving deep
into her mouth and swirling with hers. His arms wrapped around her
completely and she had never felt more safe and content in her
life.

Their mouths broke apart for oxygen and she
took a ragged breath and opened her eyes to find him staring at
her. "You love me?"

"What do you think this has all been about?
Do you have other intensely crazy guys bribing you into marriage,
practically chaining you to their beds at night?"

"You couldn't have loved me then. You didn't
even know me."

"Yeah, well, I was in lust in a way I'd never
been in my life, and it didn't take much to tip me over the
edge."

She bit her bottom lip and whispered, "I love
you, too."

His arms tightened and a look of satisfaction
crossed his face. "That's good to know, baby, because you're stuck
with me.
Forever."

His mouth came back down on hers and her fate
was sealed.

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