Owned (Office Intrigue Book 8) Nicole Edwards (classic english novels TXT) 📖

“And?”

“And I wished it’d been me,” I confessed. “I wished it was me.”

“You’re a dirty girl, aren’t you?”

“Yes.” I tried to impale myself on his fingers, continuing to rock, desperate for release.

“You’re my dirty girl,” he groaned against my neck, continuing to finger fuck me, his lips trailing over my skin as I panted and moaned.

I was dangerously close. So, so close.

“I want you to come all over my hand, dirty girl.” He nipped my skin. “I want to feel your pussy squeeze my fingers.”

Between the fingering, the sultry voice, the nickname, and the crude request, I was a goner.

I came and I came hard.

FIFTEEN

TALON

Leaving Braelyn hadn’t been an easy feat, but considering how intense the moment had been, I knew it was necessary. Somehow I managed to keep from mounting her like an animal and fucking us both senseless. For her sake, not mine.

Dirty girl.

I was still shocked by what I’d learned about her during that too-brief encounter, and it had me curious. Wondering just how dirty she really was. I got the feeling I had hardly tapped the surface. Braelyn’s desires appeared to run deep and hot.

Not that I wanted to be thinking about it now. Not if I expected to wind down at all.

Now that the house was closed down, the possessions in training tucked away in the Owners’ Retreat, I could finally relax, although turning in for the evening wasn’t an option for me.

Not yet.

Not after the intensity of what had transpired between us a short time ago.

I opted for a drink on the veranda. Corvin was once again at his post, sticking close, at my beck and call until I decided to turn in. It was a responsibility tasked to each of them one day per week. On their assigned day, the one on duty would remain at my side at all times, tending to my every whim. They considered it a reward. I considered it a necessity.

While the other six would finish their chores and turn in, heading to their private quarters on the fourth floor, doing as they pleased with their downtime, I would have the option of using Corvin or sending him up to bed. I decided I wasn’t quite ready to put him away for the night.

“Prep the pool area,” I instructed as he stood near the doorway leading into the house. “You will join me.”

It wasn’t a request, but Corvin wouldn’t expect me to request anything of him.

I waited a couple of minutes after Corvin made his way down to the pool house so he could get things in order for my arrival. He would wait for me, regardless of how long I took, because what he did next was up to me. In fact, everything was up to me. What they ate, when they slept, the chores they performed, how much sex they had. I controlled every aspect of their lives, and they expected that from me. And I thrived on it. I was their Owner, a role I relished. It was my true nature, the very essence of my existence. I couldn’t imagine a world where I wasn’t in control, where I wasn’t dominating those around me.

It wasn’t so much I wanted to be the boss, either. When it came to my businesses, I was the final decision maker, and I could overturn any and all choices made by my employees. But I didn’t. I trusted those in my employ to handle things. They were good at their jobs; otherwise, I would’ve sent them on their way a long time ago.

Owning a possession had nothing to do with being the boss. It wasn’t about barking orders. It was the power, the ultimate control that came with holding their very lives in the palm of my hand. I was the one they relied on for every single thing. Finding seven of them who could keep up with me, much less who understood what I needed, hadn’t been easy. Then again, I’d never set out to have a certain number. They’d come into my life at varying times, fulfilled varying needs. I kept them because that was our agreement and I always held up my end.

My thoughts drifted to Braelyn. She was different than they were. Sweet, innocent. Not something to be owned. And I was willing to hold back for her because that was what she needed. Braelyn wasn’t the sort who would welcome a dominating man into her life. Not one who wanted to control every aspect of it, anyway. I got the feeling that role was already filled by her brother.

No, what Braelyn needed was someone who knew how to pamper her, to treat her like the treasure she was. It was a new role for me, one I wasn’t sure I would succeed at, but because of this strange fascination I had with her, I was willing to try.

And yes, perhaps she needed a dominating hand when it came to sex. After all, I wasn’t imagining her reactions to me. They were real and they deserved to be explored further.

But not tonight.

Once I finished my drink, I left the empty glass on the table and ventured down the stone steps to the pool. As I approached, the large glass doors that separated the indoor pool from the outdoor pools opened, the clear panels retracting until they were hidden within the walls. There were three main pools in total, utilized day and night throughout the year thanks to the relatively consistent temperatures.

It wasn’t unusual for some of my employees to be in residence, working from here out of necessity or sometimes simply pleasure. I didn’t mind their presence, and they were welcome to hitch a ride on the company jet when it was coming or going. However, most of the time, it was the three trainers who resided in the Owners’ Retreat and the possessions they were working with who took advantage of the