I fight the smile at his words about another man and me. Like I was going to go from virgin to slut in three days flat. “You’ve been fucking Ebony Aarons for a lot longer than sixty days.”

That damn eyebrow again. “True, she is the one woman who has been an exception to the rule.”

“Why has she been an exception?” Jealousy burns bright and hot inside me as I remember the pictures of them together.

He sighs as if the question annoys him as if I should know the answer to my question. His black eyes are flat when they meet mine. “Because she takes only what I offer, my cock and a few hours and never asks for more like soft feelings and tomorrow.”

I hate her and hope I never meet her. “You won’t see her while we are...involved?”

“I just said it would be exclusive. I do not lie, and I do not cheat.”

After how badly things went the last time, I’m more than a little shocked Leo still wants me. Leandros Kaplan, a man who has fucked the contents of a high fashion lingerie catalog wants fat ass me. He wants me so badly he’s willing to go against a personal vow to never fuck employees. He’s willing to overlook, for now, a betrayal so enormous it caused him to lose his usual revered calm. He wants me to say out loud what has been true since the day I met him, he owns me, I belong to him. I wonder if he wants me to say it out loud for the record or maybe he just needs to hear the words.

Pushing up from the chair I stand and walk into the bedroom. The bed is huge. It’s all I can see as I kick off my shoes. I feel Leo’s eyes on me, he fills the doorframe watching me. He doesn’t move when I sit on the edge of the high bed and look to him. “What?”

“I am going to need you to say it, Alexa.”

Closing my eyes, I shake my head. Why does he have to make this so hard? “I agree...” Why do I want him so badly if I hate him so much?

“I own you. You belong to me. You will be available to me to fuck anyway I want whenever I want for as long as I want you.” The words are soft, almost a whisper.