Dalton (Mistress & Master of Restraint) (17 page)

I have to find out
who
Bianca’s lover is or get her knocked up. It’s disrespectful that she knows who mine is and she won’t share.
All this is why class is not a nice way to spend my time. I sat in the back of the room staring at my wife as everyone watched her with interest. I also had the pleasure of being in the same room with my mother, my ex-submissive, my in-the-closet lover, the man I look to as a father who just fucked my wife, and a room full of people who hate me. And I had to sit there while picking another victim from the crowd for Dalton Thompson to bully.

I promised myself that I wouldn’t bully anymore, but my motives have changed. I need to keep with the program so that the person who wants me dead is none the wiser. I’m not ready for the show down with them.
Soon… very, very soon…

As soon as Bianca emerges from the room I break from the wall and pace her. I notice that I’m followed closely by Whitt. I smirk over my shoulder at him as he glares daggers at my wife. My smirk turns into a frown of confusion.

“You will not engage with anyone other than Devlin or Sebastian. I don’t want to watch, but those are your only options. I have to warn you that I have to tease some info
rmation out of someone tonight and it may turn into sex. I’d rather it didn’t. I hope you don’t hate me when I turn into the asshole at the end of the night. I have no plan- I’m improvising. I’ve had too much shit on my mind to formulate a plan
. Before the night is through I’
m fucking you, so be prepared to take me.” I hiss it at her because I’m still pissed that she dropped into my life- her and Sebastian. I want to
commit matricide.

“Why are you being pissy?”
She asks me.
“I can feel you leaving me. I don’t mind if you have a lover. I worry that you will want
a
happily ever after with them. We have a deal. Neither one of us wanted this life, but it’s the one we have. I’m willing to compromise. This was easier to deal with when y
ou were two-thousand miles away,” I spit.
“Fair enough.
Find me when you need me. I won’t do anything tonigh
t. I’ll have Dev show me around,
”
she says calmly.
“Yeah, you do that,
”
I say snidely.
“Do you know who you remind me of right now?”
“I’m channeling Tony right now. I’ve never felt closer to the man in my entire life. Let’s just say I understand him better.”

“And that isn’t a good thin
g, Dalton. It’s not good at all,
”
her voice is laced with silent judgment.
“Live my life for five seconds and let’s see how you’d act. I have work to do. I’ll find you later, Bianca.”

I break away from her and head in the opposite direction. I watch as Whitt stalks behind her. He looks as pissed as I feel. Bianca sits on the loveseat next to Devlin. I locate Regina because we have some unfinished business to attend to.
“Regina,” I wh
isper sultrily in her ear. She’
s hovering at the edge of the dungeon in a dark corner. “Why do you lurk?”

“I’m not lurking,” she says in denial.
“What do you call it then?” I reach up and start to undo her hair. It’s woven in an intricate design around her head. I need to see it to prove my suspicions correct.
“I’m just watching.” She tries to
swat my hand away from her hair.
I ignore it.
“Well, I guess you have a different definition for lurking.” Font’s laugh snorts out
of
my mouth. It sounds too French and I worry she will notice. I work harder on her hair to distract her from my fuck-up.
“
So…” I draw out as my fingers work her hair. “
I’ve been checking up on you. You’re an interesting lady. I’d like to get to know you better.” I smile when her hair cascades down her back. Some of the unruly, wiry, blonde tresses cover her cleavage. I help myself to a feel as I move the hair away. Her breathing picks up and she closes her eyes.
“We could make a deal. You answer my questions and I will give you
the
pleasure you so desperately need. Didn’t you love the way I moved inside
of
you? My big cock filling you until you stretched?”
I’
m so horny right now from a bad combination of anger and need I could fuck a sofa cushion. I don’t doubt my ability to take her.
“
Nice try,
Dalton Anthony Fontaine Marconi,” she snorts.
“
You’
re in the game now. There’
s no need to seduce me unless you really do want to fuck me,” she teases me. “And I doubt you do.”
“I…I…” She leaves me speechless.
“Did you like the gift I gave you, Dalton? He’s been very patient. It took a lot of maneuvering on my part to bring you
two
together,” she teases me some more.
“Regina, you didn’t,” I say in horror. The woman I tried to seduce and fucked in the dungeon with Whitt watching is the one who
hooked us up.
“Why?”
“You both were unhappy and I knew you’d make each other happy.
Why not?”
She says flippantly.

“No, why did you fuck me?”
I shake my head in disbelief.

“Oh, that,” she blushes. “I had a few reasons. I wanted Whitt to get off his ass and start courting you properly. He was being too slow. He was very angry with me because of it,” she laughs.

“Are you insane?”
I grip her shoulders and give a little shake. She laughs at me.
“Probably,” she mumbles. “Aren’t’ we all? Anyway, he spent the night with you so it worked. Plus, fucking you in public and declaring
myself
straight was liberating. But I had a bigger reason,” she says proudly.
“Alright, I’ll bite. Why?”
“I hate your cunt of a mother
,” she hisses vehemently.
“A
nd she watched as I fucked her son. I’m a mother. I don’t have to guess how that made her feel.”
“Why do you hate her? And I highly doubt she gave a shit. She
whored
me to enough people in
my lifetime.”
“Oh, she cared,” she evilly laughs.
“Fucking bitch!
I have my reasons. I want you to know I wasn’t using you. It’s best to form a bond with your conspirators.”
“Do you fuck all of your friends?
” I ask in disbelief.
“
I don’t see how sex forms a bond.”
“When you get
a
real Master you’ll understand. Remember this conversation after you’ve made love to Whitt. I guarantee you will doubt your current Master.
Hey, you trust me now, right?”
“You seem to know too much about me. Give me some info and I
’ll let you know,” I say in suspicion.
“We’re playing a game. It’s not a friendly game.
There are two sides, Dalton,
you are in the middle. You need to pick a side. Dexter said that you were leaning towards our side. But you’re not ready. I will tell you something that only those at the top know. Adelaide is my best friend and she isn’t the one doing this.”
“Are you her informant?” I hiss.
“Dalton,” she tsk-tsks me.
“We know who the leak is. We’ve known for a few days. You’ll figure it out,” she says sadly.
“Tell me who,” I demand.
“No, you will figure it out.
I’m going to cut the shit and get real for a few minutes. I need something from
you. Adelaide is my best friend, she is my sister. Sh
e was used as a pawn
by her Master. I think you can relate to that. She’s alone in that horrid place. I will get her out and vindicate her name, but it’s not enough. I visit her every day, but she misses her family.”
“What can I do about it? She may not have written the book, but she did attack Katya,” I hiss.

“She had her reasons,” Regina excuses. “You need to get Whitt to visit her. She n
eeds to see the kids. I know you’ve
met them. She needs her family,” she stresses firmly.
“So have her Dad take them.” I shrug at her.
“No! Dalton, please convince Whitt to visit her. There is nothing I can do to get him to go. All it causes is a fight. He needs to see her for himself. Somethings you have to see to believe,” she sobs.
I pull her into my arms and I hold the larger woman. Her body quakes with her sobs.
“See what?” I rub her back in comfort.
“Please, convince him to go,” she begs.
“I have no influence over him,” I try to tell her.
“Just ask. It doesn’t have to be today, but soon. Please,” she pleads.

“Okay,” I relent.

“Thank you,” she murmurs and hugs me tightly.
“You guys will be good for each other. He’ll need you and you will need him. You found each other just in time,” she says in relief.

“You should go. Someone will think it’s weird if they see us together again. Thank you, Dalton.”

“
Well… I guess
I’ll leave you to your not-lurking.” I smirk at her and she smiles back. “You did well by
them
. You should be
very
proud.”
“You know?”
She asks in awe.
I just wink and walk away. 

Chapter Fifteen

After
centering myself I decide to find my wife. I shouldn’t go to her in the mood I’m in. I feel ill at ease and f
or once it isn’t my stomach. I’
m so close to making contact with Adelaide and
I feel the end in sight. I won’t need to get her attention if Whitt will take me to her. She must know who’s ruined all of our lives. Who created that book and sicked the paparazzi on us. But what I really want to ask her is who wants me dead and why.

I’
m contemplating going back to my original identity, hit-list
be damned after this is over. I’
m not my mother’s property. I need to be my own man for the first time in twenty-four years. I want to be the man I was born to be, not this made up, dull asshole.
I don’t want to be someone’s puppet any longer.

I find Bianca sitting
in the spot next to Devlin. He’
s having an
animated conversation with my M
om about the Masters of Restraint part deux
. My eyes of course find their way to Whitt. He isn’t engaged with Kristal as I expe
cted him to be. He’
s sitting across from my family watching them with a curious expression on his face.
I pull Bianca to her feet and sit in her seat. She stares down at me reading the expression on my face. I want to punish her and I don’t know why. May
be I’
m jealous that she has a way to be happy and I don’t. I wasn’t born with the ability to marry the love of my life and make a family. Even if
,
by the grace of God
,
I’
m honored with someone who loves me as much as I love them, I will never be able to create life with them. I was born in a cosmic joke of a life and whoever falls in love with me is just as fucked.
I pull my wife into my lap not caring what anyone thinks. My family knows the
connection as does Whitt, who’
s still studying us. Anyone else would just assume I selected her at random for the taking.
I arrange her until she’
s straddling my hips and facing me. My hands seek out her face. I hold her face cupped in my hands and stare into her warm, brown eyes- eyes that used to soothe and calm me, now they leave me feeling unsure of our future.

We
’d
found a balance with the life we were plunged into by becoming friends.
I breathe deeply and try to flush the anger from my system. This shouldn’t be in anger.
I skim my hands down her body, caressing as I go. A few places I get distracted with when she presses into my touch. I make my way to he
r thighs and smile because she’s wearing a dress. She’
s always worn dresses giving her an air of innocence. It’s also easy access for what I want to do without disrespecting her by allowing everyone to see her private parts.
I pull her to my chest bringing her ear to my lips. I kiss it softly before I speak. “Your lover and you practice safe sex, correct?” I need to know for my own safety. I’ve always taken her without a condom.
“I promise. We negotiated that from the start. I’ve honored our agreement.” I reward her with a soft kiss to her mouth. I linger a bit enjoying the closeness of her soft skin. It holds no heat or need as it did with Whitt. It is soft and passionless.

“You aren’t taking birth control yet are you?”
It’s always the same questions every time we encounter each other. And she always gives the same reply.
“You know I’m not, Dalton. I want that for you.” I can see it in her eyes she means it, but there is something else there
this time
.
“I can see that when our deal is completed you will leave me. I can feel it, Bianca. I know this isn’t a love match
, but more of a partnership. Do you really love him that much?”
“Yes,” she whispers and I see tears in her eyes.
“Are you sure you can do this?”
“I want you. That will never change. But you can never want me in the way we both need. We will do this for as long as it takes. I will still be your partner, but I want to be his wife. I want that stability.”