"Alphahole, remember?" I step back and her hands fall away. "And no, thank you. I do believe I’ve done my duty toward you. I shagged for nearly 48 hours past your ovulation window. Realistically, I do believe the chances of you conceiving are slim now, so…" I raise a shoulder, "I think I’ll pass on the offer, babe."
She lets loose with her hand and I catch her wrist. "Watch it," I growl. "I am going to overlook your error this time because you’re still recovering from your fall yesterday."
"Oh, sod off," she snarls. "This contract, or whatever it is that we had, is over now."
"No, it isn’t." I click my tongue, "I pumped you up with my cum, the results of which are still unknown. In return, you’re going to come with me to see my family, and we have another 29 days within which to try again. Besides, we are getting married, aren’t we?"
"You’re crazy." She tosses her hair over her shoulder, "You only came once where it would be useful. The rest of the time you were just playing around, using all sorts of other ways to get you and me off, but not in a way that would impregnate me."
"Are you denying that I came inside you and that you could be pregnant as we speak?"
She sets her lips.
"That's what I thought." I look her up and down, "Suddenly, everything is clear to me, Sparks."
"Don’t call me that."
"Sparks." I smirk and she makes a sound deep in her throat.
My dick instantly twitches. Why is it that the more I annoy her, the more I seem to like her? That spirit inside of her… My God… It seduces me like nothing else ever has.
"As I was saying, after yesterday’s escapade, it’s clear to me that you need a keeper."
"What I need is to have my head examined that I was ever attracted to you."
"So, you admit it then?"
"What?"
"That you find me attractive."
"I find gorillas attractive." She tosses her head. "Doesn’t mean anything."
"It means something that you proposed to me."
"I’ll never live that down, will I?" She flicks her hair over her shoulder. "Put it down to temporary insanity."
"Or clarity? Maybe that’s the only time you were thinking straight?"
She lowers her hands to her sides, fixes me with her gaze, "What do you want me to say? That yes, I did think we had a connection? In fact, yesterday when I was alone on that ledge and waiting for you to return, I promised myself that if I made it back in one piece, I’d tell you the truth about what I felt. And then, when you rescued me and carried me back in your arms and took care of me, I was sure that the connection between us was more than sex. But then, you have to go and make a complete wreck of everything with your over-the-top dominance."
"That's me, sweetheart. I can't apologize for what I am."
She throws up her hands, "Jesus, you take my breath away, you know that?"
"I’d always suspected it. Thank you for confirming it." I widen my smile and she curls the fingers of her palms into fists at her sides.
I click my tongue, "Don’t even think about it."
"Argh." She throws up her hands. "Let’s just agree to disagree, shall we?"
"What-bloody-ever." I yawn. "Get dressed, will you? I don’t want to be late for lunch."
32
Karina
Half an hour later, we’re on his yacht, which honestly, doesn’t look much worse for wear. Apparently, it’s sturdier than I had assumed.
