Total pages in book: 35
Estimated words: 32454 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32454 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Turning to Shae, she looked at him and gritted her teeth. “Do I get to bargain something out of this?” she asked.
She could tell him no, and she had a feeling Shae would leave her alone and break her sister’s legs. The problem was, when Lily-May healed, she might get in with the wrong crowd who would not take no for an answer.
Shae was a lot of things, but she never heard any of his women claim that he was cruel. Far from it. They were always singing his praises, saying they would marry him in a heartbeat.
“Bargain?” Shae asked.
“You want to have sex with me, right? And in doing so, you will not break Lily-May’s legs?”
“That is correct.”
“What does my virginity grant me?” she asked.
She didn’t know if she had surprised him.
“Does it grant me the ability to ask for something in return?” she asked.
“You’re a virgin?”
“Yes. I’ve never been with a man. Never even kissed a man. I’ve been so busy working, and I don’t have time for men or boys.”
Shae stared at her.
Hands clenched, she couldn’t believe her day was ending like this. “What do you want?”
“I sleep with you, give you my virginity, but I want Lily-May gone. I don’t want any more of her trouble to touch me or my family’s bakery. I want her to leave me alone, and I know you can make that happen.”
Shae took a step toward her. “This is not just going to be a one-time deal,” he said.
“My virginity is.”
He smiled. “That I know, babe, but you will continue to fuck me and do as you’re told, until I’m done with you. You got it?”
Her father always said the key to a good negotiation was to get all the finer details out before you signed on the dotted line. She couldn’t trust her father’s business acumen, but right now, she had no choice.
“My business will remain open. I will continue to work here. You get me at night, when I finish here, and I have to leave by five in the morning. I will not negotiate that.”
Shae looked at her, and she expected him to decline.
“Done,” he said.
He held his hand out for her to take, and she couldn’t believe what she had just done.
Chapter Two
Lily-May was escorted away immediately. Shae gave the orders to his men, and they didn’t question him. They would take her out of Fort, give her a warning, and tell her if she ever stepped foot in town again, she would have to deal with Shae, and she would end up six feet under.
As for Peyton, Shae waited for her to finish up, and he saw her hand shake. She looked a little pale, and she had surprised him with her offer and counteroffer. He should have known she was a virgin.
She had never been seen dating around town. When there were events, men asked her to dance, but she was always busy manning a store or helping others out. He had never seen her with anyone else. He didn’t doubt her virginity, and in fact, it made him even more excited to be with her.
A virgin. He couldn’t get his fucking head around it. No man had touched her, kissed her, and she had used that to get rid of her sister. Not that he could blame her. Lily-May was a mess. Always causing trouble. She was a constant headache, and he knew from his own experience that he didn’t like her at all. She was nothing but trouble, which is why he had also told his men to stick around watching her for a while. Make sure she didn’t cause any trouble, and then they could report back.
Once Peyton was done, he waited for her to close the shop. Again, he saw her hand shake but he didn’t comment, just waited patiently. They were like chalk and cheese, these two sisters.
Lily-May didn’t have a stitch of weight on her. She was all skin and bones, and he knew that was from years of drug abuse. Peyton wore a pair of jeans that molded to her ass like a second skin. She had a buttoned flannel shirt on, and it was a little big for her, but it did nothing to hide those curves. Full tits, pressing against the front, even though it didn’t hug the waist and hips. Her blonde hair was pinned back, just as it always was. She rarely wore the blonde locks down.
He escorted her to his truck and didn’t even wait for her to ask to go to the home for the elderly. He drove her to that direction, where he parked his truck and let her deliver the cookies. One of the women on the front door gave her a hug and looked toward him.
Shae stared. He knew his presence in Peyton’s life was going to be high on the gossip list. If people stopped going to her shop, he’d take care of it. Peyton would not suffer for what he wanted from her.