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out. His erection pushed into her stomach. "But
haven't you figured it out yet? You've owned me since the
first day you walked into the office."
    A small gasp escaped her. Her lashes flew up
and her eyes opened wide on his, her skin softening with a
delicate, pink flush, as her heart hammered from his
disclosure.
    He leaned in and kissed her, his tongue
penetrating her lips and swirling around hers. He lifted his head,
studied her trembling lips and slowly released her from his death
grip. Retaining one soft, white hand in his, he led her from the
room. "Let's get you some food so we can get you moved in
here."

Chapter Nine
    Jenna sank back on her heels as she knelt in
the huge, walk-in closet in the master bedroom. It had been a long,
tedious day. She put the last pair of her shoes on the shelf and
slowly looked around. His clothes were all around her. Suits, dress
shirts, jeans. All lined up and in precise order. There was nothing
out of place. By comparison, her clothes now hung in one small area
of the closet, taking up a tenth of the space of his. Her apparel
was here now, in his closet, by his command.
    The day was almost over. Everything she owned
was in his house now, moved from the basement of the brownstone
where she had been living. Her stomach tightened.
    She had made another attempt at breakfast to
tell him she thought they had made a hasty mistake. He had squashed
her attempt at communicating and hustled her out the door and into
his vehicle in the blink of an eye.
    Jenna heard a noise at the door leading into
the bedroom and looked up from the incongruous sight of her shoes
lined up next to his.
    David stood in the doorway watching her. He
casually lifted his hand and motioned for her. "You finished here,
baby? I want to talk to you."
    Jenna lifted herself from the floor with an
unconsciously graceful movement and turned toward him. He was
watching her with a penetrating stare and her footsteps stalled. He
reached out, took her hand, and led her into the bedroom where he
motioned for her to sit in one of two armchairs that sat in an
alcove of the room.
    She quietly sat and tried to control the
turmoil racing through her. Her outward appearance was calm, demure
even, but inwardly, she was a mess. She folded her hands in her lap
and raised her eyes to his.
    "I don't want you to go to work tomorrow.
Your job is finished."
    Jenna continued to sit silently and watch
him. So this was it. She hadn't expected it quite this soon. She
knew he was going to make her quit, but to not even let her go
in another day and say goodbye. . .
    He continued. "I don't want you put in a
position where you have to answer questions. You'd get a million of
them, and it would be constant. I'm trying to protect you, baby.
You're so sweet and honest." Jenna felt an arrow of guilt slide
through her as she listened to his speech. "I can tell you have a
problem with lying, and that's as it should be, but in this
instance a small amount of fabrication can't be helped. I'll be
better at it than you. I'll handle it."
    Jenna waited for the pulse of three
heartbeats. "I'm not taking the money."
    There was a silence in the room and then he
spoke, scowling. "Jenna--"
    She cut him off. "No. I'm not taking the
money. I made a mistake and now I have to live with it." She
paused. " For awhile . I married you. I get that. Stupid of
me, I know. I'll stay and live up to my side of the agreement about
making this look like a real marriage. But I do not have to
and I will not take your money." Her heart hammered and
her body trembled as she waited for his reaction.
    David stood over her, watching the mutinous
lines of her body. For awhile? She wanted to throw that in
his face again? Not even two days married, and she couldn't wait to
get away from him. Bullshit. She wanted to issue him fucking
ultimatums? He had one for her. "If you don't take the money, you
negate the two year clause in the contract. That's fine with me.
But you won't get a quick divorce,