“Hey gorgeous,” he says as I begin moving up and down on him, rubbing his cock with the space between my legs. “I wasn’t going to dance with them, baby. You spoke up, but you didn’t have to. I wouldn’t.” The cab is dark but the lit streets allow me to make out his face as we head towards his apartment. He grabs the back of my head. “You have no idea the power you have over me, do you? The second she asked I saw your face fall. The panic was written all over it.”

“I just thought you might…because we didn’t really have an excuse and it would be easy to just appease the masses.” My brows furrow and his index finger rubs at the crease.

“What about me has given you the impression that I care about anyone but you?” His nose rubs against mine. “That fucking Miles asshole had me almost unhinged just looking at you the way he did. I wouldn’t turn around and dance with another woman even if it is your friend. You mean everything to me, Gabrielle, and the last thing I ever want to do is upset you. I’m not going to risk us by doing anything stupid.”

Chapter Nineteen

Gabrielle is talking animatedly and very fast which I know she does when she’s intoxicated as I stand in front of my apartment door. I know she assumes we’ll have sex but she has no idea what I have in store for her. I hadn’t planned to when the night began, but after that jerk off Miles that has had eyes for her for who knows how long wouldn’t leave her the fuck alone I felt the overwhelming need to exert my possession over her. “Gabrielle.” My voice is low and interrupts her sentence about having to work on her paper tomorrow.

“Oh.” She must sense the tone of my voice. “Yes?”

“When we get inside, go into our bedroom and get naked.”

“I like where this is going.”

I press her against the door and press myself against her. “You trust me, don’t you?”

“Of course. More than I trust anyone.”

“Enough to restrain you?” I hadn’t meant to start this conversation in the hallway of my floor but I figured better to have it now while we’re both clothed than while I’m naked and she could be persuaded by my hard dick.

Her eyes widen. “Like…handcuffed?”

“I do have handcuffs, but I was thinking maybe something less aggressive like my tie for instance?”

“Well alright, Christian Grey, lead the way.”