“The gym is on the top floor, and the pool is on the roof. Your door key opens both.”
This is too good to be true. The high-rise apartment shines with posh polished hardwood floors, granite countertops, and gleaming stainless appliances. I never lived in any sort of luxury-my lower-middle-class Jersey upbringing and making ends meet as a hair stylist hasn’t afforded such opulence.
I look around, imagining what it would be like to make this arrangement with Bobby long-term. To have this be my place. To settle into something semi-permanent with him.
Of course, that will never happen. But I’ll receive right now.
I twist the keys around my thumb. “So I can stay here? You’re giving me the keys, just like that?”
He steps closer, his hand settling on my waist. “Yeah. I like you, Lexi.” He lowers his head. “You’re hot as fuck. You’re responsive as hell in bed. And my gut says you’re a good person.”
I wrinkle my brow. “But you don’t even know me. Aren’t you afraid I’ll walk off with your television or something?”
He scoffs. “Nobody steals from Bobby Manghini.”
The reality of his statement hits home. Of course not. No one robs a mafia boss if they want to live. The blood drains from my face.
He must notice because he wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me against the hard planes of his body. My hands come to his chiseled chest. “Hey,” he says softly. “That wasn’t a threat. I know you wouldn’t steal from me.”
My pulse quickens at his nearness. The simultaneous danger and reassurance of this man who feels so much larger-than-life than any guy I’ve dated before. “How do you know?” I persist.
“I know people. You have moral standards.”
“What else do you think you know about me?”
“I know the fact that you need this place is the only reason you’re getting involved with a guy like me. I know it goes against your better instincts. But I also know you liked the sex, and you’re ready for more.”
I stare at him, shocked at how easily he reads me. My nipples go hard at the mention of sex-he’s right on all accounts. I do want him again. I liked the sheer animalism of the way he handled me. The confidence. The dominant but attentive way he touched my body. And how he was in tune with me. Licking my lips, I ask, “So, what do I need to know about, um, our arrangement?”
“Here’s the deal. You make yourself available to me. If you’re not working at the hair salon, your time is mine. You don’t have to sit around and wait for me-I’ll text you in advance, but you don’t tell me you’re busy, yeah? If you have plans, you change them.”
“Okay.”
“No men here, ever. You don’t sleep with or date other men.”
“Capisce,” I say, trying out my Italian.
His lips twitch. “Capito,” he corrects.
“Capito. Sorry. I’m a quick learner, I promise.”
“Yeah, you’re a smart girl, I know that. You listen more than you talk, and you don’t make dumb remarks.”
“Is that your definition of smart?”
He looks amused, his brown eyes all-knowing, the thick dark lashes giving him a permanently sultry look. “Yeah.”
A lick of heat sets my nether region on fire when our eyes catch and hold.
“This is an arrangement. I’m not your boyfriend. Don’t make demands of me. I’ll take good care of you, but I call the shots.”
“Understood,” I agree. I chew on the inside of my cheek. “You’re definitely not married?”
He shakes his head, and I’m relieved to see there’s no hesitation. “Definitely not married. No girlfriend, either. I’m a one-woman guy. I won’t fuck around on you. I just like things clearly defined.”
“I have to admire a man who knows what he wants.”
Bobby winks. Damn. He’s so hot. I seriously don’t see why someone hasn’t locked him down yet. Maybe because he won’t let it happen.
“One more rule. The most important one.” He holds my gaze with an intensity that makes my belly flip. “You don’t talk about me to anyone. You don’t tell your friends or anyone else when I come or when I go. Not what I say. Not what we do. Not anything. Understand?”
I swallow. He said he’s not a thug, but whatever he does definitely isn’t legal. “Yes.”
“Breaking any of my rules will get you punished.”
Um…punished? My ass clenches at the threat. I draw in a breath, hardly daring to ask. “Punished, how?”
One corner of his mouth lifts, and I catch a wicked gleam in his eye. “Spanked. Whipped. Tied up and fucked hard. Put on your knees and gagged with my cock.” He raises a brow. “Do you consent to that?”
My nipples get hard. I let out a nervous laugh. I expected him to say whacked. Maybe I’ve watched too many old Sopranos episodes. But Bobby Manghini has a kinky side, it seems. No wonder he prefers an arrangementcalling the shots is part of his kink. The idea of his asserting his authority over me with physical punishment doesn’t dim his appeal. Not one bit.
“Yes,” I say.
His lips curve, and his gaze is warm on me. “Do we have a deal?”
I nod. “Deal.”
In a flash, he pulls my blouse up over my head and backs me against a barstool. He moves in for a kiss at the same time his fingers work the buttons on my designer jeans. He attacks my lips with histongue demanding entry as he kisses and sucks.
Heat suffuses my body. I stand on my tiptoes, one arm around his neck, trying to keep up with the onslaught. He has my jeans down in record time, giving me no chance to feel shy about stripping in front of the giant glass window overlooking the city lights.
“Lexi, you’re so hot,” he murmurs, straightening and cupping one breast while his other hand holds my nape.
Hearing my name and his appreciation makes my pussy clench with excitement. He slides his hand inside my bra and rubs my nipple between his thumb and forefinger. I arch into him, breathless.
Settling his hands on my hips, he murmurs, “jump”. When I do, he picks me up and sits me on the countertop, where he spreads my knees and pulls my panties to the side. I jerk when his tongue meets my pussy, the shock of sensation making me throw my head back and moan. I fall back onto my forearms, closing my eyes and squirming under his ministrations.
I love having my pussy licked, but it never makes me come. Bobby twists two fingers inside me, stroking my inner wall, then pumping, but I still can’t crest the peak. In general, I have a hard time orgasming with a partner, which is why I questioned his cockiness last night.
He pulls me down from the counter and leads me to the sofa, where he bends me over the padded arm. After sliding my panties down to my thighs, he shocks me with a sharp slap on my ass. I gasp and try to stand, but he holds me down with a hand at my low back, continuing to spank my bare ass with the flat of his hand. The slaps sound loud, and the initial impact makes me jerk, but the sting doesn’t set in for a few moments. When it does, I begin to buck, trying to convey I’ve had enough. I’ve never been spanked before-during sex or otherwise-and damn, it’s a little intense!
He gives me four more hard swats then grips the cheek of my ass and squeezes. “Mmm…this is delicious.”
I moan, the fire not just on the surface of my ass but burning inside me. I want himwant completionwith a desperation I’ve never before felt.
“Please…” I plead. My heart thuds with the excitement of it allsex with a near stranger, the proposed sugar daddy arrangement, and the dominant way Bobby handles me.
I hear the crinkle of a wrapper and the snap of a condom. He pushes into me easilyI must be wetter than the ocean right now.
Drunk with need, my eyelids flutter as he holds my hips and pounds into me. When he twists both my arms behind my back as if restraining me-as if taking me by force rather than invitation-I shatter, bucking. My muscles contract around his cock in endless waves until he makes a guttural sound and slams into me, shooting his load.
Dazed, I collapse in a boneless mass, my face buried in the soft cushions. I hardly notice Bobby pull out or move until he pulls me up and turns me around, scooping under my knees and shoulders to carry me to a large, beautifully appointed bedroom.
I wrap my arms around his neck and mumble, “Okay, you were right about the sex.”
He chuckles, a warm rumbling in his chest. “I’m always right. Even if I’m wrong.” He winks.
I laugh. “You’re the boss.”
“Good girl.” He lays me down on the bed. The two words wrap around me like a blanket, swaddling in the pleasure. I’m a pleaser by nature, and Bobby’s not hard to please. I don’t have to guess at what he wants, don’t have to try to perform. He takes care of everythingtells me clearly what he wants from me and what to do, taking charge of my body. Moving me, positioning me, restraining me, spanking me. Praising me when I accept it all. Who knew pleasure is a boss to surrender to.
I roll to my back and blink up at him, admiring the sleek lines of his muscular torso, imagining what he looks like naked. Before tonight, I had no idea I would react to a spanking or being handled roughly, but that was the fastest I’ve ever come to orgasm in my life. So effortless. Did he see something in me I missed my entire adult life?
“So… about that. I know people get spanky during sex and all, but what made you think I would like it?”
He crawls over me, smirking. “I didn’t. It’s just what I wanted to do.”