Author’s POV
Dominick glared at her.
“How dare you come out without my permission?”
He didn’t like her disobedience.
Grace shrugged.
“You forgot to close the door… Not my fault.”
Dominick slammed his glass on the counter making her flinch.
“Aahh…”
Grace yelped when he threw her on his shoulder.
“Leave me!”
She yelled.
“You need a lesson…”
He slammed the door shut of his bedroom and threw her on the bed.
Grace gulped when he stood in front of her and started folding his sleeves. He was looking mad.
“You like to disobey my each and every word…”
Her eyes followed the direction of his hands when he unbuckled his belt.
Out of instict Grace tried to run out of the bed but Dom was quick to grab her. Grace gasped when he threw her back on the bed and pinned her down.
She gulped when his big body hovered over her small one. Her wrists were locked in his one hand. She wiggled beneath him and he pressed his body on hers making her still.
She can feel his hardness on her thigh.
“Dominick…”
She breathed out.
His eyes were holding her eyes captive. She sucked in breath when he pressed her thigh down with his hand.
“What are you doing?”
She asked nervously.
“This is what you want, don’t you?”
He whispered.
“You want to touch you… That’s why you pulled that stunt in front of me…”
His lips almost touched her.
“You are so desperate, Bunny!”
Grace got the feeling of deja vu when he said Bunny. She was thrown back in unknown memories by his voice.
‘Bunny!’
It didn’t feel unfamiliar but when she tried to recollect sharp pain traveled in her head.
“You are hurting me!”
She whimpered with closed eyes.
Dom loosened his holds on her thinking he is hurting her physically.
“Get used to this pain…”
He replied.
“Because you won’t get anything else from me.”
Her eyes snapped open.
“I am not the only one desperate here… I can feel your desperation on my thigh…”
She glared at him.
“And if i want i can take everything from you, not just pain… Trust me, I am that much capable…”
His hold on her thigh tightened.
“My intentions are clear because i am not scared like you… Nothing can hold me back…”
She challenged.
Dom clenched his jaw.
“I am not scared of anything…”
He gritted.
“Prove it!”
She replied. She released her hands from his hold and pushed him on the bed.
“Prove it!”
She strangled his waist while he was laid on the bed.
Dominick closed his eyes when her butt touched his hardness. But soon his eyes snapped open when he felt soft lips on his neck which sent currents in his whole body.
Her hand touched his neck and Dominick looked at her.
“Stop!”
“Stop me!”
She challanged.
She slowly traveled her hand towards his crotch and he grabbed her wrist.
“Enough!”
Grace chuckled.
“Why are you scared of one quick fuck… Or May be you can’t satisfy____”
She hissed when Dom grabbed fistful of her hair and titled her head back.
“Don’t cross your limits…”
He spat madly.
“One more day and I’ll throw you back at your brother’s feet… So stop whoring around…”
He released her with jerk and stormed out of the room.
Grace closed her eyes angrily realising he called her whore. She didn’t realise that he can also think like this. May be she crossed her limits in boldness.
Meanwhile Dominick went straight out of the house and drove away from the mansion before he goes crazy in front of Grace.
He banged on steering wheel and cursed when he realised that he called her whore.
He went to the club and sat there alone. He can’t refuse that he has started getting familiar but weird feeling since Grace has arrived in his life. He is feeling different around her and he doesn’t want it.
He sat there for hours and finally decided to head back home. He came out of the club and one old woman blocked his path.
“Son, please buy some flowers…”
Dominick looked at the old woman and shook his head.
“I don’t need it…”
He tried to walk away but she stopped him again.
“There is no one in this world who doesn’t need flowers…”
She said and he looked at her.
“I believe you must have someone to offer this… For friendship, for love, for grief or may be to apologize…”
Dominick thought for a second.
“To apologize?”
He mumbled when he remembered Grace’s hurtful face when he called her whore.
That woman smiled.
“Flower is a great way to apologize… Please, Take it”
Dominick looked at the cart in which she was selling flowers. It had many flowers and he couldn’t understand which one to buy.
“Tell who is it, i might help you with the selection…”
The lady asked.
“She is bold and fierce but cute and beautiful… Looks like scared bunny but is actually quite opposite to it…”
He said with chuckle.
That lady smiled.
“Hmmm… She will like these pink peonies.”
She grabbed the bunch and handed him.
Dom liked it too so he decided to buy. He handed her money and walked towards his car.
Grace was sitting near the window silently looking outside towards the garden. She was internally cursing herself for being so restless around him, just like other things she thought she can get him too but she was wrong, she was blinded by her stubbornness. He is her brother’s enemy and this is what she is doing. She has never let any man touch her and getting called whore by someone was not sitting well with her.
She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard door getting opened. She didn’t turn around knowing that it’s Dominick.
Dominick saw her sitting on the sofa with sulking face and sighed. He walked towards her and sat beside her.
Grace didn’t look at him.
“I am not a whore…”
She mumbled.
“I am sorry if I crossed my limits… I won’t do anything which will ruin my image in front of you…”
Dominick saw the regret on her face.
“I am sorry…”
Dom mumbled and she looked at him confused.
“I shouldn’t have call you that…”
He placed the bunch of peonies in her lap.
“One old lady sold me these flowers saying it’s a decent way to apologize…”
Grace picked up the flowers and realised that he has soft corner too.
“Our relation is not normal, Grace…”
He continued.
“You are my enemy… And i love to kill my enemies but I don’t want to hurt you… I know we both feel some kind of attraction to each other but it’s better if we keep distance…”
“I understand”
Grace mumbled.
“If i touch you in any way, it will be consider as Rape because you are my captive and i don’t want that… I don’t Rape women… You might do it with different feelings but your brother won’t understand it… It will lead to war…”
He explained.
“There are so many things beyond physical attraction and I expect you to understand it…”
“So you agree that you are attracted towards me…”
She asked.
He looked at her.
“I hope you will respect boundaries while you staying here…”
He said.
“I won’t bother you again… I love my self respect…”
She mumbled looking at flowers.
“Thank you for this… It’s beautiful!”
Dom hmmed and walked away. But something in his heart broke when he told her to stay away from him.
“Dominick!”
He turned around and looked at her when she called him.
“Your room is boring!”
He sighed.
“There is library downstairs… I can’t give you any digital gadgets so entertain yourself with that…”
“It means i can go out?”
She asked.
“Don’t you dare step out of this mansion…”
He warned.
“And stay away from Bella… She is crazy!”
He scawled and walked away.
Grace jumped happily when he gave her permission to go out of the room.
“He is not that bad…”
Dom kept walking but chuckled when he heard happy squeal behind him.