Control

Chapter 33

“This is mine?” Leon asked the injured woman as he placed her on the leather couch.

“Yep. I got you a gift. It’s in the garage.” She said it with a pained voice and he cupped her cheek in his palm. Concern was written all over his face and she forced a smile. “Go look. I’ll be right here.”

He got up, went through the kitchen, and into the garage. “Damn.” He went back to her side and found her curled up on the sofa. “It’s beautiful just like you. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. I had it painted special for you.”

“You gonna tell me what’s going on?”

“My family is coming to collect their missing leader. If I don’t return I’m dead. Italians are demanding people. The Egyptians and Romanians are so old school that they will be pissed that I’m an unwed mother. They will probably try to kill me too for dishonoring the family.”

“You run an Italian mob?”

“I guess you could call it that but it sounds so Sopranos.”

“What are you going to do?” He stroked her hair and her eyes started to droop from exhaustion.

“Fight. What else do I do? I need some sleep first.”

“Do you want me to take you home?”

“No. I can’t deal with Dominic right now. He wants to marry me just to save my ass. How romantic, huh?”

“He’d marry you anyways, Micki. He loves you. Even if you weren’t carrying his child, he’d marry you.” His hand ran over her forehead. “You feel hot. Are you ok?”

“I got a little overheated. I need a cold shower to lower my body temperature.”

“Do you want me to take you home?”

“No.”

“Well then I’ll run you a shower. I’ll be right back.” He kissed her forehead and ran upstairs.

She was tired and hurting from the abuse she put herself through. She began to fall asleep with tears coming from her closed eyes.

He came back and found her sleeping. “Micki?” She opened her eyes and he could see her exhaustion. “Come on, baby. I’ll help you.” He picked her up and carried her upstairs to the bathroom.

“Leon, I’m having some trouble with my legs. I need you to help me.”

“Are you staying here tonight?”

“If you don’t mind.”

“Not at all but you don’t have any clothes here. If you want you can wear your clothes in the shower and sleep in a towel.”

“You’ve seen me naked and more. I’ll wear my clothes to bed.”

He set her down and pulled her shirt over her head. ‘I’m in trouble.’ He brought her to her feet and pulled down her shorts. ‘Yep. She affects me like a woman not a sister.’

He took off his shirt and jeans, which left him in his boxers. Then he helped her into the shower. “Is the water okay?”

“Yeah. It’s fine for me but probably too cold for you, huh? You can keep clear if you want. Just catch me if I start to fall.” She turned towards the water and brought her hands to her face.

She felt his hands on her shoulders and he whispered in her ear. “You’re falling now, Micki.” She leaned against him and shook from crying. He wrapped his arms around her as her legs started to crumble beneath her and he lowered them to the floor. “Why would the Italians try to kill you?”

“I’ll be challenged by my father’s brother for the family. My dad ran everything before he died. I’m his only child. Think of it as England’s royal family and the heirs to the throne.”

“Is your body temperature better?” She nodded. “Let’s get you out of here.” He picked her up and carried her out. He sat her down on a bench in front of the vanity. He shut off the water, grabbed a towel, and dried her body. The bruises were getting more apparent on her dark skin. “Micki, these look bad.”

“I’ve had worse.” She said numbly. She got up and walked stiffly to the bedroom. He followed her closely to catch her if her legs happened to give out. She crawled onto the bed and flopped on to her side.

He dried his chest as he went back into the bathroom to put on his jeans and grab her clothes. He was unbearably hard as he thought of her naked body in his bed. ‘She doesn’t need you like that. She needs her friend.’

He walked to the bed and stared at her. ‘She is so beautiful.’ He sat next to her and moved her wet hair from her face. “Micki, let’s get you dressed and tucked in.” With her eyes still closed, she grabbed his arm and pulled herself upright. “Lift your arms, baby.” She raised her arms over her head and he stared at her perfect breasts. He tore his eyes from the twin beauties in his face and pulled her shirt on.

She flopped down on her back with her legs hanging over the edge of the bed. He knelt at her feet, slipped on her shorts and pulled them up to her knees. He grabbed her ankles, placed her feet on the edge of the bed, and his eyes were drawn to her bare pussy. He groaned at the memory of her taste.

“What is it, Leon?”

“I’m sorry. I can’t help it. You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen and I can still remember just the way you taste.” He whispered his confession. “I want you. I’m sorry.”

She was so tired that she drifted off after she asked him her question. She didn’t hear his response. He gently lowered her legs so that her knees were bent over the edge again. He looked at her face and saw her eyes were closed. Her shorts fell to her ankles and his eyes focused on the well of honey that he ate from once before. He leaned forward and ran his tongue over her smooth lips.

Mikaela’s eyes opened and she gasped at his intimate touch. “Leon…don’t.” She whispered in a small voice. He grasped her hips and pulled her closer to his mouth. His tongue slipped into her folds and lapped the inner walls of her hot channel. His lips and tongue moved over her so fast she couldn’t think straight. When his lips latched onto her clit, her back arched and she cried out. “Please stop!”

“Oh god. I’m sorry.” He pulled back and saw her shaking. He pulled up her shorts and covered her exposed flesh. “Micki…”

“Shhh!” She scampered across the bed and pulled back the covers. She crawled under the blankets and curled up on her side. “Leon, would you please just hold me?”

“Why would you want me to? I just took advantage of you! I can’t control myself around you.” He looked away in embarrassment.

“Stop it. I need you right now. I need you to hold me. I might die tomorrow so do you think you can just be my friend and give me a little comfort?”

He took a deep breath and crawled in next to her. She curled into his body and he wrapped his arms around her. “I love you, Micki. I’m sorry.”

“I love you too and don’t be sorry. I do enjoy your touch but I belong to Dominic. He is my mate and I cannot live without him.” She drifted off in his arms. Leon held her and thought of what could have been if he met her first then he followed her into sleep.

An hour later, Leon startled awake to find her still snuggled into his chest. He smiled at her sleeping face and looked up to find a seething Dom glaring at him. He tried to slip out from under her but Dom grabbed him and slammed him into the wall. He inhaled her scent on Leon’s chest but worse still he smelled her on his breath.

“You are my friend and I shared her with you ONCE! Why can I smell her on your face?”

“Dominic?” Mikaela started to wake up from the noise and saw her enraged mate holding Leon by the neck up against the wall.

He looked at her with angry tears in his eyes and turned back to Leon. “Explain to me why I can smell her on your face!”

“Dom, I’m sorry. I got carried away. She started to run a fever and I had to cool her down.”

“What does that have to do with eating her pussy, Leon?”

Mikaela got to her feet and limped over to the two men. She placed her hand on Dom’s shoulder and he looked into her eyes. “Let him go.” She fed off his anger and her eyes grew darker. “Now Dominic!”

He released his hold on Leon and looked between the two of them. “So explain! I’m fucking waiting to hear why my mate’s scent is all over my friend’s face!”

“Dom, it’s not like that. I made a mistake. I’m sorry.”

“No you’re not! You fucking want her!” He turned his dark eyes on her. “Do you want him?”

“Dominic, you know you are the only one for me. I wouldn’t ever…”

“Then why does his breath smell like your cum!” He picked her up and dropped her on the bed. “Come on, Leon! If you want to fuck her do it! Here I’ll help you!” He pulled her shorts off of her and she cried out.

“Dom, stop it! She didn’t do anything! It was me!”

“Explain!”

“I put her in the shower because she was running a fever. Her legs and arms are so fucked up I had to dress her before I put her to bed. She was out of it from exhaustion.” He looked away in shame. “I couldn’t help myself. She told me to stop. She said she belongs to you and can’t live without you.”

“You son of a bitch!” Dom punched Leon and he fell to the floor. “You took advantage of her!” He started to hit him repeatedly.

“Dominic! Stop it!” Mikaela tried to grab his arm from swinging down on Leon but in her weakened state she got thrown off balance and fell to the floor.

“Mick!” He saw her fall and went to her side. “Baby, are you ok?” He picked her up and placed her on the bed. “I’m sorry, baby.”

“I’m fine. I can take worse.” She said with a stern voice.

“I know you can but I promised I would never hurt you. I’m sorry, Mick.” He hugged her to him and held on tight. “I just got so fucking jealous.”

“Dominic, it’s okay. I know you wouldn’t intentionally hurt me. Please don’t hit Leon anymore. He feels bad enough already.” She got up and went to his side. “Come on. Get up.” She pulled him to his feet. “You two work this shit out and get things back to normal.” She sprawled across the bed.

The men stared at each other and neither said a word. Dom was still livid and voiced it. “I trusted you with her and you betrayed me. You forced yourself on my woman.”

“I’m sorry. I swear it will never happen again. I know she belongs to you but she has a way of just making you lose control, you know?”

Dom’s eyes widened at that statement. He knew exactly how that felt. She drew people to her like moths to a flame. He looked at his mate lying on the bed. She was drifting in and out of sleep. She looked so tired and frail. “Mick. Wake up, baby.” He gently stroked the side of her face and her eyes fluttered open. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a velvet box.

She saw the box and she shook her head. “I won’t allow you to do this. I won’t be able to live with myself knowing you felt forced into this.”

“Baby, I’ve known all along that this was bothering you. I intended to marry you before I found out about this. You are my mate and I wanted you for my wife after we bonded. Even before I found out about the baby.”

Her eyes misted over and he opened the box. He pulled out the ring, grabbed her left hand and slipped the two-carat princess cut stone on her finger. Tears rolled down her face and her hand was shaking.

“Baby, I love you. Will you please become my wife?”

Mikaela stared at her shaking hand, clenched it into a fist, and punched Dom right in the face. “I’m beginning to think I was better off alone. My life was complicated enough without all of you making it worse. I belong to you. You are my mate for life. I carry your child within me and yet you rip my clothes from my body and tell someone else to fuck me! Then you have the nerve to ask me to marry you. Fuck you!”

She got up and grabbed her shorts. “Is it alright if I get dressed now or are you still going to let Leon fuck me?”

“Mick…”

“You have the ability to make me do whatever you wish. If you told me to lie there and let him fuck me I would but if it’s all right with you I’d rather get some sleep. I have a big day tomorrow. I have to defend you, our child, and my life against my loving family.”

She started to step into her shorts but her bruised legs wouldn’t cooperate. Both men rushed to grab her when she started to collapse. Leon caught her shoulders. “Get her legs.” They lifted her onto the bed. “Micki, how are you going to fight like this?”

“I’ll be fine by tomorrow. I just need some rest. Actually, I need to get away from the two of you. You’re making me tense.”

“Sit up for a second, baby.” Dom helped her sit upright then lifted her shirt and pulled it off of her. “Roll over onto your front.” She gingerly rolled over onto her stomach. “Leon, go get some rubbing alcohol. Let’s see if we can get her arms and legs feeling better.”

Leon went into the bathroom and brought back the bottle and a towel. He placed the folded towel on the bed and poured alcohol over Dom’s hands and then his own. “I’ll do her arms.”

“Like I’d let you anywhere near her legs again.”

“You opened Pandora’s box. Can you blame a guy for wanting more of that?”

“Oh for fuck’s sake, will you two shut up and comfort me?” Leon started to massage her shoulders and worked his way down her arms. Dom began at the top of each thigh and made his way down to her feet. “Mmm. That felt wonderful. Do my front now.”

She rolled over and both men groaned at the sight of her. Then their eyes focused on the marks and discolorations on her skin. They doused their hands in more alcohol and worked on her bruised forearms and shins.

She flinched at their touch and they hesitated. “Don’t stop. It’s working. I’m going to need these tomorrow and you’re getting the blood flowing.” She forced the words through clenched teeth.

“We can help you relax, Mick.”

“What? So you can accuse me of cheating on you again? Forget it.”

“Baby, I don’t know why but you needed Leon to be here for when this goes down. I’ll find out later but for now I’m telling you to shut up, lie there, and let us make you feel better.” He exchanged glances with Leon and saw his hesitation and desire. “She needs comfort from you and nothing else.”

Leon laid beside her and gently stroked her cheek. He placed light kisses on her forehead and cheeks. He gazed into her watery eyes and gave her a passionate kiss. Dom watched from his position between her legs as Leon slid his tongue into her mouth.

He ran his finger along her folds and followed it with his tongue. Her hips started to squirm. She bent her knees and gave him open access to her pussy. His lips latched onto her clit and he sucked and licked the sensitive nub that sent jolts of pleasure through her core.

Leon’s hand moved to her breast. He gave one a tight squeeze and then trailed his fingertips over the nipple. Her tips were already hard from Dom’s actions, so he took it between his thumb and forefinger and pulled at it. His mouth left hers and moved down to the swollen peak.

Dom inserted 2 fingers into her moist pussy and fucked her with them while his tongue worked over her clit. She was incredibly wet and his tongue would lap up some of her sweet cream before it returned to her clit.

She felt Leon’s lips suck her nipple into his mouth and she was torn between shame and lust. Her beloved mate was eating her like his life depended on it. Leon moved to her other tight nipple. He held it between his teeth and his tongue moved over the tip.

Her body was shaking with approaching release. Both men watched her head thrash on the bed and her chest heave as she drew in deep gasps of air. Leon’s teeth clamped down on her nipple just as Dom bit down on her clit and she screamed out as her orgasm hit her. Dom licked up her juices and Leon’s tongue lapped the sting out of her nipples.

They both moved to lie on either side of her. Dom’s hand rested on her stomach and Leon’s over her heart. They watched her drift off and they stared at each other. “Do you want her for your own or do you just want to fuck her?” Dom kept his voice low so he didn’t wake her.

“I want to be her friend and guardian but something inside of me wants to be inside of her. I want to fuck her.”