His Dark Promise (Siren Publishing Classic)

by K. R. Haynes

  Sneaking up behind her, he quickly glanced back over his shoulder to make sure no one was following him. With the coast clear behind him, he snagged her wrist and pulled her into the vacant office and slammed the door behind him. Well, he was glad the office ended up being vacant as his lips came crushing down on hers. She only resisted him for a split second then softened against his onslaught. Her womanly curves melted into his taut, masculine ones. He forced his tongue into her mouth, not bothering to wait for her to give permission to do so. He wanted her, end of story in his mind.

  His domination of her mouth earned him a soft, sexy moan that made his dick ache to be inside her. Pulling away from her lips moments later, he gazed into her passion-filled eyes. “Now that’s how I want you to greet me every morning, sweet darlin’.”

  “You don’t want much, do you stud?”

  “Only you,” Travis found himself wanting to say to her, but didn’t knowing it could possibly scare her away. If he said out loud the truth of how much he wanted her in his life now and in the future and she rejected him at this point in time, well it would fucking hurt him. So he didn’t say a word.

  “What, cat got your tongue or something?” she had the cheek to tease him.

  “Nope, but you may want to stop taunting me unless you want the whole damn office to hear you scream in passion, darlin’. If I was in your shoes, I would be a good girl and stop teasing a man who is so on edge right now. Believe me when I say I’m one step away from stripping you naked and sinking into that sweet, wet heat of yours, Holly.”

  Travis grinned wickedly at hearing her sharp inhale of breathe. Her eyes locked onto his as she tried to figure out if he was telling the truth or not. “I’m not kiddin’ here, darlin’. You tease me again and I will show this whole fucking office who you belong to.” For good measure he slapped her on the ass, dropped a kiss to her already swollen lips then told her to head back out into the office and that he would see her later on for their date they had planned for this evening. All the while knowing that the panties she didn’t have on would have been wet with her arousal.

  Damn, he couldn’t wait until he saw her tonight. The only satisfaction he had right now was Holly would spend the rest of the day thinking about him and the wickedly delicious things he had in store for that luscious body of hers. She was in for a real treat, that’s if she behaved herself and started to acknowledge him in the workplace. Otherwise he might just go ahead and deny her that orgasm she was probably even now desperate for.

  His woman knew damn well he would not allow her permission to come without his say so. So there was no running into the ladies’ room to find release for her, hell no. If she did that then, well, there would be a punishment in her near future most definitely.

  A penalty for coming without permission, yes, he liked the idea of that very much so. In fact his brain was going into overdrive thinking of ways to force her hand into taking matters into her own hand so to speak. Oh, boy would she end up in trouble then if she dared to take matters into her own hands. That pussy and that clit of hers were only his to pleasure and to play with. Holly knew the score and if she infringed, well she would make him a happy man indeed.

  Sitting back down at his desk, Travis trolled through hundreds of highly explicit photos on the internet on his mobile phone, looking for just the right one to send to Holly. When he found what he was looking for he quickly typed up a little message to go with the picture and sent it to her. He watched from his desk the expression on her face change from all businesslike to one of extreme desire when she opened up the message he sent to her. She glanced up at him and even from where he was sitting he could see her soft-green eyes darken with her own arousal. Oh, yeah his baby was getting thoroughly aroused. Now all he had to do was find a few more photos like the one he just sent her and bombard her inbox and phone with as many as he could find with just the right words to go along with them, too.

  If Holly thought for one minute that he wasn’t crazy about her, then this devious plan of his would certainly change all that. Yeah, he really was a cunning man when it came to her, only because she brought out that wickedness in him.

  Flicking his gaze back to her, Travis smirked to himself when she looked away. Yep, there was definitely a fire blazing hotly within her now. A few more raunchy photos should be enough to force her hand to where he wanted it to go. Let the teasing and innuendo begin.

  Chapter Fifteen

  By the time their date came around later that evening, Holly could barely think straight. Travis had her so worked up she couldn’t even participate in any conversation with anyone at work, because her mind was constantly thinking about him. Damn him, he was doing this on purpose, getting her so riled up and with no way to release the pent-up sexual frustration either. So she just had to grin and bear it.

  Well, hell two could play this game.

  Pulling out her sexiest pair of panties she could find in her underwear draw she hadn’t yet packed, Holly slipped them on underneath her skirt. There now she was ready to play his game too, starting with disobeying him by not going commando like he wanted her too. If he thought for one minute he could get away with teasing her all damn day then he had another thing coming.

  All day she had received a constant stream of sexually explicit emails and text message from him every hour on the hour. All in the aim to get her so aroused she would be forced to take matters into her own hands. Holly had held out even though it cost her greatly. Her work suffered because of her lack of concentration from his eagerness to see her race into the nearest bathroom to find release.

  Why did he want to torture her like this? Probably because he wanted her to acknowledge him in the office and not for her to avoid him like she had been doing. Well, fine if that’s what he wanted then that is what she would do. Not that her acknowledgment of him in the office really mattered that much. Being that the office was closing soon for the Christmas and New Year break plus she was leaving at the end of next week for London. But if Travis wanted her to openly acknowledge him in front of their work colleagues and clients then she would do it. It wasn’t in her to deny him want he really wanted anyway.

  Hearing the loud knock on the front door, Holly knew her handsome lover had arrived. A quick glance at the hallway clock told her that he was right on time too. Opening the door wide, Travis stood on the other side holding a dozen long-stemmed roses for her and looking devilishly handsome in a dark-navy suit. With the top couple of buttons on his white shirt undone it gave her just a hint of what lay beneath it. She licked her lips in readiness for a taste of him. Her fingers were so itchy to feel his silky dark hair running through them that she had them clench into a tight fist at her sides while they waited for their cue to touch him.

  “Well, hello, darlin’ you’re looking mighty ravishing tonight I must say. Now are you going to invite me inside or shall we just make out right here on your doorstep where your neighbours can see us?”

  Holly didn’t bother to answer him and grasped his free hand and tugged him inside. As soon as the door slammed shut behind them she tackled him against the closed door and kissed him hard. Her hands delved into the dark strands of hair at his nape. She moaned at finally being able to run her fingertips through his hair and she inadvertently tightened her grip on the silky strands, causing him to fist a hand in her own long tresses as payback.

  When she pulled back, her eyes caught the tent in his pants he was now sporting thanks to her kiss. Yes, she had won this battle, but Holly knew before tonight was even over there would be plenty more battles to be won. Taking the roses from him, she led him down to the kitchen so she could find something to put the flowers into. The only thing she could find in her kitchen for a vase was an empty glass juice bottle. Dropping the roses into the bottle after filling it up with some water she then placed them down onto the kitchen table.

  “Thank you for the lovely flowers, Travis. I’m sorry I don’t have anything better to put them in other than this old juice bo
ttle. They are very lovely though.”

  “You’re welcome, sweet darlin’. The roses however are nowhere near as stunning as you. Now come here and kiss me again. I rather enjoyed the way you greeted me tonight and I find myself wanting more.”

  “What about dinner?”

  Holly watched as Travis rubbed his thumb and finger across his chin as he considered their options. He stopped and asked her if she was hungry right now.

  “For food no, for you then, yes.”

  “Well I’ll be damned, my woman wants me.”

  “Of course she wants you, especially after you taunted her all day with those damn messages. What else would you expect?”

  “Oh for you to run off and pleasure yourself so I could then turn you over my knee and spank you.” He shrugged his shoulders as if what he said to her was an everyday occurrence between them. What the hell, he wanted to spank her ass. Yes, she allowed him to take her there, but spanking it, so not happening.

  “On second thought I am hungry for food.” Grabbing his hand, Holly began tugging him out of the kitchen toward the front door only for him to pull up short.

  “Nope, change of plan, darlin’. We’re staying in tonight and getting naked, right now.”

  “But...”

  “Yes there will be a butt, yours to be precise. Come on, darlin’ the bedroom is this way.”

  Holly stared after Travis dumbstruck as he now pulled her back down the hallway to her bedroom. Once again he surprised her by turning the tables on her.

  Standing near her bed, she allowed Travis to undress her until she stood in just her sexy little panties and nothing else. She cringed inwardly when he shook his head at her and pointed a finger at her covered mound.

  “Why are you wearing panties? I thought we had an agreement darlin’ that you would go commando until you left for London?”

  God help her, but she couldn’t hold back the sassy reply from falling from her lips even if she wanted to, which she didn’t. He may have started this little battle but she would end it pleasurably she hoped. “You may have had an agreement, stud, but I certainly didn’t.”

  “Well, well, well, that sassiness, darlin’, is going to cost that fine ass of yours tonight.”

  Holly watched him stalk toward her and held her breath when he reached out and gripped the offending bit of satin and lace between his fingertips and tugged it until it fell away. Cool air may have brushed passed her damp pussy lips, but Holly was too far gone to notice anything other than Travis himself.

  “Now that you’re nice and bare for me, sweet darlin’, I’m taking that ass right now.”

  After following his orders to bend over and present her ass to him, Holly found herself in a highly vulnerable position and couldn’t help her body’s respond to it. She was beyond excited, to the point that if he touched that sensitive spot on her body she would most likely explode right on the spot. Feeling his warm, calloused hand wander slowly over the cheeks of her ass in a teasing motion had her holding her breath and forcing her need to orgasm back down.

  “Good girl. I’m not going to spank this fine ass of yours right now, Holly, but I am going to fuck it. So I want you on the bed with your shoulders pressing into the mattress and knees spread wide. You will show me what I will be taking tonight.”

  Holly jumped to her feet and hurriedly crawled onto the bed and got into the position he wanted her in, while Travis gathered the lube and condoms from the bathroom. When he reentered the room she had her hands gripping each ass cheek and spread them wide for him to see her puckered hole. The first dribble of lube on her heated flesh had her jolting forward. He gripped her hips with one hand to keep her still and continued to work the lube into her while at the same time stretching her anus for his entry.

  Minutes later she felt the bite of his hard cock entering her. Holly gasped as he pushed into her further, making her accept his entry. She couldn’t breathe. The pleasure and the pain was too much, yet not enough. Hearing him tell her to breath and push back on him had her settling back down. Just knowing Travis was there with her made all the difference. Holly knew that if it was any other man with her right now other than Travis then there was no way she could allow him to take her like this. Travis, though, made her feel safe and cherished, feelings she never wanted to lose.

  Once he was all the way inside her tight back entrance he set up a devastating pace and before too long she found herself begging him to allow her to come.

  “No, not yet, darlin’, hold it and let it build up more.”

  More, he wanted her to wait until it built up more. Was he crazy? If she allowed that then she would combust into white hot flames of forbidden desire. Her body was already starting to shake violently as she fought against the need to come. “Travis, please let me come. I can’t hold it back. It’s too strong. Let me come now, please!”

  “No, not yet, wait, let it build up more.”

  With her fists clenched in the bedsheets, Holly whimpered when she felt her inner muscles begin to tremble around his cock. She was so close any second now she was going to go over. Then she felt his devious fingers on her clit. He pinched the taut little bud with one hand while the other hand came down hard on her ass. She heard him growl for her to come and come now as he continued to reign down hard smacks onto her ass.

  She let go then, screaming his name as she came.

  Once again Holly found herself being taken to that dark place where decadent pleasure could be found. Only with Travis could she be taken there. Heat rose to the cheeks of her ass from his slaps he had given her. The warmth from his hand prolonged her orgasm.

  She was panting heavily and sweat was beading on her skin. She wanted more and at the same time she wanted less. She shook her head when she felt the tremors of another more powerful climax assault her already overwrought body. She wanted to deny herself of it because she knew it would be too strong for her to handle. She couldn’t stop it no matter how hard she fought against it. It surged forward and took her by surprise as it rose to full force and bowled her completely over. Somewhere in the cloud of orgasmic heaven, Holly was mildly aware of Travis roaring his praise to her as he released himself deep inside her tight channel.

  Her orgasm must have been a strong enough to cause her to black out for a few minutes afterwards. When she did come crashing back to earth, Holly found she was curled up against Travis thoroughly and categorically satiated.

  Yes, he certainly had fulfilled her appetite for him at least for now. And in the end they both came out winners in this little battle of wits. Next time he plays her libido against her she would make sure she won hands down. Resting her head down on his chest while he skimmed his hand up and down her back, Holly closed her eyes and let sleep come to her. For tonight she wanted nothing more than to fall asleep in his arms and wake up in the morning in the same position snuggled up close against him.

  Chapter Sixteen

  The next few days seem to fly by within a blink of an eye. With the office closing for the Christmas and New Year period Holly had finally finished up at work. Her apartment had been mostly packed up, barring a few minor bits and pieces. And when not packing up her place, she had spent quite a lot of her spare time with Travis. They both thoroughly enjoyed the sleepovers they indulged in, too. He had stayed at her place until it became overrun with boxes, which he ended up helping take down to the storage place once they were all sealed up and ready to go. Then when her new tenant’s gear had rocked up, Travis told Holly she was staying at his apartment and he wasn’t taking no for answer either.

  Now, she was basically living with him, well, until her flight left in a few days’ time, that is. Holly didn’t want to believe she would never see Travis Kane again once she flew out of New York. She didn’t want to acknowledge the fact that there was a high chance he would move on to some new plaything once she boarded the plane. Was that a harsh view of a man who had brought her to more earth-shattering releases than any other man before him, and had also opened
her heart up to, dare she say it out loud, love? Yes, but it was probably a true assumption. He was a bachelor before he slept with her on the night of the staff end-of-year party and he would go back to being one. Meanwhile, she would resume her lonely life in London, a life vacant of the love she held for him.

  Spending so much time with Travis had opened her up to a love she had tried hard not to feel in the past. Holly couldn’t deny it now though. It seemed pointless to refuse her heart something she herself had always wanted. Nonetheless, how was she meant to cope with a broken heart?

  She may have set out knowing her heart would and could get broken by him. But in the back of her mind Holly held onto hope. She had every faith in Travis that he could and would end up loving her the way she loved him. Yet, he showed no outward emotion that he did feel that way about her. Only when he made sweet, tender love to her did he openly show any real affection toward her. It gave Holly a faint glimmer of hope that he would let her into his heart one day like she had let him into hers. Over the past several days, Travis had been very thoughtful and caring even and catered to her every need barring one.

  Her need for him to just love her was a need left unaccounted for. And the closer her departure date came the further away that same need was pushed out of reach. Her heart ached at the thought of leaving him and not knowing how he truly felt about her. Even with all the time they spend together, neither one of them had openly broached the subject of their feelings toward either. She presumed they were both waiting for the other one to bring up the subject first, which meant it hadn’t been brought up at all.

  Now, Holly wondered if it was too late to bring it up. Was it too late to tell him how she really felt about him? Was it past the time frame to let him know that he meant more to her than any other human being ever had? Should she tell him he was the only man for her, that her heart would only ever love him?