Chapter Four

 FIRST SECRET NIGHT 

Mom left for her errand and didn’t come back for hours. By the time the front door clicked shut behind her that evening, the apartment felt charged with electricity. Marcus had spent the afternoon “working” from his laptop in the living room, but his eyes followed me everywhere I went, dark, possessive, promising.

I tried to stay busy. I took a long shower, changed into comfortable shorts and a thin tank top, and attempted to study for my upcoming exams. But every time I closed my eyes, I felt his fingers inside me again, heard his low growl calling me “good girl” while I came for him right under Mom’s nose.

By 9 PM, Mom texted that she was having dinner with a friend and wouldn’t be home until late. “Bond with Marcus!” she added with a heart emoji.

Bond.

If only she knew how we’d already bonded.

I was in the kitchen grabbing a glass of water when Marcus appeared behind me. His presence filled the space before he even touched me. Strong arms caged me against the counter, his hard body pressing into my back.

“Finally alone,” he murmured against my ear, lips brushing the sensitive skin. “You’ve been teasing me all day in those tiny shorts, princess.”

“I wasn’t teasing,” I whispered, but my voice trembled with anticipation. My nipples tightened against the thin fabric of my tank top.

“Liar.” One large hand slid under my tank top, cupping my breast and pinching the nipple lightly. I gasped, arching into his touch. “You’ve been wet for me since the kitchen this morning. I could smell it on you.”

His other hand slipped into my shorts, fingers finding me already slick and aching. He stroked through my folds slowly, teasing my clit until my knees weakened.

“Marcus… we shouldn’t..”

“Call me Daddy when we’re alone,” he 

corrected, voice rough and commanding. Two thick fingers pushed inside me, curling perfectly against that sensitive spot. “And tell me the truth. Do you want me to stop?”

I moaned softly, hips rocking against his hand. 

“No… don’t stop.”

“Good girl.”

He spun me around, lifting me effortlessly onto the kitchen counter. My shorts and panties were yanked down in one motion, leaving me exposed. Marcus dropped to his knees, spreading my thighs wide.

“Been thinking about tasting this pretty pussy all day,” he growled before burying his face between my legs.

His tongue licked broad stripes up my slit, then circled my clit with firm pressure. I cried out, fingers tangling in his dark hair as he devoured me like a starving man. He sucked my clit into his mouth, two fingers thrusting deep inside me, curling and stroking until pleasure coiled tight and fast.

“Come for Daddy, sweetheart,” he commanded against my flesh. “Let me taste how sweet you are when you fall apart.”

I came hard, thighs shaking around his head as waves of ecstasy crashed over me. My cry echoed in the quiet kitchen while my pussy pulsed against his tongue. He licked me through every tremor, greedy for every drop.

Only when I was trembling and oversensitive did he stand, freeing his thick, hard cock from his pants. The head was already leaking precum as he stroked himself once, eyes burning with hunger.

“Watch me take you,” he said, positioning himself at my entrance. “Watch how perfectly you take Daddy’s cock.”

He thrust in deep in one powerful stroke, stretching me deliciously. I gasped at the fullness, still sensitive from the orgasm. He set a steady, deep rhythm, hips snapping against mine, the sound of skin slapping skin filling the kitchen.

“You feel so fucking good,” he groaned, one hand gripping my hip while the other pinched my nipple. “So tight. So wet for me. Come again, princess. Come on my cock like the good girl you are.”

The angle hit perfectly with every thrust. Pleasure built rapidly. I came a second time, walls clenching rhythmically around his thick shaft as I moaned his name or rather, “Daddy” the word slipping out naturally in the heat of the moment.

Marcus’s control finally snapped. With a deep, guttural growl, he buried himself to the hilt and came hard, spilling hot and thick inside me. His cock pulsed as he filled me, grinding deep as if he wanted every drop to stay.

We stayed locked together, panting. He kissed me softly, almost tenderly, then rested his forehead against mine.

“This is dangerous,” I whispered, reality creeping back in. “If Mom finds out…”

“We’ll be careful,” he promised, voice low. “But I’m not giving you up, Lila. Not after feeling how perfectly you fit me. Not after hearing you come so sweetly for Daddy.”

He helped me down from the counter, cleaning me gently with a warm cloth before pulling my shorts back up. Then he carried me to my bedroom, laying me on the bed and curling his big body around mine.

For the first time since catching Jake and Mia, I felt safe. Wanted. Cherished.

We didn’t have sex again that night, not fully. Instead, Marcus held me, his fingers tracing lazy patterns on my skin while we talked in low voices.

He told me about his business, the companies he owned, the long hours, the pressure. I told him about college, about how Jake’s betrayal had shattered my confidence. He listened, really listened, his hand stroking my hair.

“You’re stronger than you know, sweetheart,” he murmured. “And you deserve someone who sees how special you are.”

By the time Mom’s text came saying she was staying over at her friend’s place, we had already fallen into a comfortable, dangerous rhythm. Marcus’s hand rested possessively on my hip as we lay in my bed.

“Stay with me tonight,” I whispered.

He kissed my forehead. “I’m not going anywhere.”

The next morning, we woke tangled together. Marcus made breakfast while I showered, and when Mom finally returned mid-morning, we acted perfectly normal polite stepfather-to-be and stepdaughter.

But every glance across the room carried secret heat. Every accidental brush of hands sent sparks through me.

Mom announced happily that Marcus would officially move in by the end of the week. “We’ll be a family soon!”

Family.

The word should have made me feel guilty.

Instead, it sent a forbidden thrill through me.

That night, with Mom asleep in her room down the hall, Marcus slipped into my bedroom after midnight.

He didn’t say a word. He simply locked the door, pulled me into his arms, and kissed me like he’d been starving for me all day.

This time, he took his time.

He stripped me slowly, worshipping every inch of my body with his mouth and hands. He made me come three times, first with his tongue, then with his fingers while whispering filthy praise, and finally on his cock while I rode him, his hands guiding my hips.

I came hardest the last time, crying out softly into his shoulder as pleasure overwhelmed me. Only then did he let himself go, filling me again with a deep groan.

Afterward, as we lay tangled and sweaty, he held me close.

“This is just the beginning, princess,” he whispered against my hair. “I’m going to take care of you. Heal every hurt Jake left behind. And I’m going to keep making you come until you can’t remember any man but me.”

I should have been terrified of how quickly this was escalating.

Instead, I curled closer to his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat, and whispered back the words that sealed our dangeroussecret:

“I don’t want to remember anyone else, Daddy.” The forbidden line had been crossed completely.