Chapter Twenty Six

He merely stepped away from the door and moved further into the apartment, Rosa followed him inside and shut the door.
“Look, about earlier...” she started but he cut her off.
“It is none of my business. I was a little disappointed to see that you had lied to me but it is not something that I can’t get over.”
“Lied to you?” Rosa asked. Confusion clouded her mind.
“I asked you last night had you received a better offer. And you denied it. I see now that you had. Tell me, rosa, what could he give you that I didn’t?” Axel's voice remained cold and clinical. It was almost as though he were discussing the pros and cons of an account at the firm.
“Axel, you don’t understand, you are getting it all wrong, I didn’t receive a better offer.”
“Rosa, I’m really not interested in what you get up to in your free time. I understand now why you could not agree to my proposition and why you were so confused.”
“Stop it!” she yelled, lifter hands and ran them through her hair, he was being deliberately obstinate. If he would only stop for a moment then she could explain everything.
Axel watched her, his dark eyes filled with hurt and accusation. It surprised rosa to see such emotion there, In a moment it was gone and once again his eyes were unreadable.
“I didn’t get a better offer. I wasn’t lying. What happened earlier was a huge misunderstanding. One I hope you can shed some light on. I take it you know Allen Fallon?”
Axel had the good grace to look surprised. “What has Allen got to do with any of this?” Understanding slid across his face. “It was Allen! You slept with him.” His voice stabbed the words at her and rosa covered her face with her hands.
“No. I didn’t sleep with anyone. Why are you so determined to believe that I did? Axel, I’m here because I’ve made my choice. I want to agree to your proposition. Whatever it entails, I want it, all of it. I want what you can give me.”
He looked sceptical as he paced around the room like a caged animal. “I heard him there, Rosa. I heard what he said.”
She moved towards him and put her arm on his shoulder, Axel froze for a second and looked down at where she held him. When he turned towards her the look in his eyes surprised rosa. There was an intensity deep within him that threatened to burn her if she got too close.
“I’m bad for you, Rosa, Look at what I’ve put you through already. Are you sure this is what you want?”
She swallowed back her fear and let her feelings for the man before her bury deep within, “Tell me what I have to do.” she whispered the words.
“Give me one month. You will be mine for one whole week starting from now. If after that time you decide that this is not for you, if it is too much, then so be it, I will release you and you can go on to live your own life. But for this one week, rosa you will be mine completely. Everything I say you will do. Do you think you can do that?”
She nodded and then remembered what he had told her before. He needed to hear her say the words. “Yes. I can do that.”
“For one month, I will be your master. You will not touch another man unless I agree to it first, you will keep your job, but you will be working mostly here in my apartment, for this one month you will be living with me, when I need your presence in the company you will go with me, for this one month Rosa, I will dominate you, I will control you, I will possess you, I will be your master, and you will be my submissive, can you do that?.”
“Yes, Master...” The words tripped off her tongue. It sounded so easy, as if she had been waiting all her life to be his submissive.