Free Dark Demands 04: Bound to Him by Nell Henderson Page B

me?”
    “No – of course not – what sort of man do you think I am, Gina?”  He exclaimed.  “All I want is for things to be different so that we can try and raise him together.”
    Together – what a wonderful word she thought as it echoed round her mind.
    “They’ll be no more cuffs or ropes - trust me where you’re concerned I’m done with all that stuff.”
    “ But I don't mind, Matthew - it's not what yo u do or the things you use - it s well - the mood you're in when you use them.  It ’ s the way you sometimes seem to need to hurt me - punish me for something.  It's that I don't like.  Frankly - all the other stuff - done with care and dare I say – done with love - is just such a huge turn on for me.”
    He raised his eyebrows in amusement and cleared his throat.  “OK – we’ll modify things then.  No more punishments and I’m sorry for that.  But just recently I have want ed to punish you – punish you hard.  I hated the thought of you and Hastings together - of you in his bed and him putting his hands on you.” 
    He gripped her tight and lifted her face so that she had no choice but to look up into his dark eyes.  “And then there was Lisa dripping poison at every opportunity - making sure I was kept informed of every detail  - probably all lies – but the whole thing just grew in my head until I had to do something . ”
    “So you came back – you were jealous Matthew so you must care for me after all,” Gina smiled.
    “Care for you and more,” he said squeezing her too him.  “But despite your dalliance with Hastings I do know I can trust you.   You above any other woman I’ ve ever gotten involved with had every reason to come after me – take me for a fortune to keep our son.  But you didn’t.”
    “I wouldn’t do that, Matthew.”  She was appalled that he could think such a thing of her but she could well understand that that’s exactly what most other women would have done .  “ But the only reason I didn’t tell you is because I thought you’d hate the idea.   I thought you’d go off me and disappear for good. ”
    “Well you were wrong - I don’t hate the idea – not at all.  But what I do hate is you living a lie – going to bed with Kyle Hastings and wanting another man to raise my son as his own.”
    “In the e nd I couldn’t do it.  I just didn ’t love him ,” she affirmed.   “ I never did.”  She smiled up at him – an honest, wistful little smile.  “I love you, Matthew.  And I’m sorry if you can’t cope with that but that’s how it is.”
    “I know you do and I am going to try very hard to make you happy – you and James.”
    He bent down and kissed her hard on the mouth then picking her up he laid her gently on his bed.
    “ I bought this house for you and James to live in – me too when I’m in town.”
    “That’s a lot of money to spend , Matthew,” she told him warily.
    “ I transferred ownership of the house to James – so it belongs to him not me.  So you can mak e it your home independent of Matthew Dark ,” he added before she could refuse.
    “So you’ll only be here sometimes, not always then?”
    “ Well w e’ll work on that .  You know better than most how complicated I am.  There is no one else and I don’t anticipate there being anyone but please – you’ll have to be patient with me.”
    “No one, Matthew – not even a brunette in New York ,” Gina batted her lashes as she put this too him.  “I saw the picture in the press – she was very attractive.”
    “ S he was gorgeous – that’s what you mean.  But I d idn’t even get to know her name,” he laughed and lifted up her chin with his hand.  “My jealous little love – I’m flattered but you have no cause to worry – we were put together purely for the photo shoot – nothing else.”
    “I couldn’t blame you – not after what I did with Kyle.”
    “Forget it Gina– forget it all.  Now we’ re going to cement