I Belong to
You
(Inside Out #5)
By Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: November 18,
2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Blurb
Master…
Being that person, is how I define myself, how I allow
the rest of the world to define me as well. And now, with a terrible loss
shredding me inside out and someone trying to destroy my family to punish me,
control is more important than ever. It is everything. It it what I need. It is
all I need. Or maybe I just need…her.
Excerpt
Crystal’s
eyes meet mine, and I know she’s seen what I feel. My ability to hide my
emotions has gone to shit, along with my ability to deny they exist—at least
where she’s concerned. I have that sense of connection with her. It’s a vulnerable
moment, and I find myself fighting the rawness of the emotions it stirs. My
cock thickens, the need for sex and release—my way of coping with what I don’t
want to exist—hitting me hard and fast.
“We’re
leaving at nine, instead of eight thirty,” I say, walking past her to the
shower. After stripping down, I open the door to turn on the water and don’t
wait for it to warm. Stepping forward, I let the cold water wash over me and
turn my back to Crystal, pressing my hands on the wall.
“Mark.”
Her
voice whispers over my nerve endings and my body doesn’t seem to care how cold
the water is. I want her. “Not now, Ms. Smith.” I grab her shampoo and soap my
hair, the damn flowery scent surrounding me. I rinse it off but it’s too late;
the scent is all over me. I wipe water from my face, smooth my hair back, and
turn to the damn wall again, smelling roses and jasmine mixed together.
Rebecca. Crystal. Confusion.
The
door opens, telling me Crystal has ignored my dismissal, but what’s new? I cut
her a hard look over my shoulder. “What part of ‘not now’ do you not
understand?” I ask, my eyes traveling her naked body, her tight little pink
nipples, and I growl low in my throat with the thickening of my cock, turning
away to let my head fall forward.
“Oh
dear God,” she gasps, “the water is freezing.” In a moment the cold becomes
warm, like my blood.
“Go
away, Ms.—”
“Crystal,”
she corrects as she ducks under my arms to rest on the wall in front of me, her
hands settling on my chest and turning my warm blood to hot.
Grinding
my teeth, I compel myself not to touch her. “Damn it, woman. Don’t you get it?
I fuck when I’m in a bad place. That’s what I do. I fuck, and I need to fuckyou
right now.”
She
wraps her arms around me, my erection pressing against her hip, and it’s torture,
absolute torture, not to touch her. “Then fuck me,” she whispers.
“What
part of ‘we don’t have a condom’ have you forgotten?”
“I’m
on the pill.”
“And
you didn’t tell me last night,” I say, part a demand for explanation and part
accusation.
“You
told me you always use condoms. I knew that made you safe for me, but I wasn’t
sure you’d think it made me safe for you.”
“How
many partners?”
She
blinks. “Partners? Oh. Partners. One without a condom, and I lived with him for
over a year. He was clean. I made sure of it, and just to be clear, I’d never
go without a condom for a one-night stand. Or even several, like we were. But
now you’re—”
“Moving
in with you,” I say, wrapping my fingers around her neck, pulling her mouth a
breath from mine. “That means you belong to me now.”
“No,”
she says. “It means—”
My
mouth slants over hers, cutting off her words, my tongue pressing past her
lips, delving deeply, possessiveness rising in me so intense that it’s a
living, breathing thing. I hate the man she lived with. I deepen the kiss, wild
hunger rising inside me, driven by darkness and the self-blame that I’ve lived
with for ten years. What am I doing with Crystal? What the fuck am I doing?
I
turn her into a corner, my hands on her shoulders, and step back enough to
loosen her grip around my waist. “You should get me the hell out of your life,
before I destroy you like I did Rebecca. Tell me to leave.”
She
laughs without humor. “Like you’d listen?”
“Damn
it, tell me to leave, Crystal,” I demand.
“Your
staying or leaving doesn’t impact the premise of your demand, which seems to be
that I have no control over myself. That’s wrong. I decide who destroys me, not
you, Mark Compton.”
“You
think Rebecca didn’t say that?”
“Apparently
being a Master has confused you, or made you a little too arrogant for your own
good. I have a mind of my own.”
“That’s
what she said.”
Her
hands go to my arms. “And she left you, Mark. That’s not a woman who lost her
backbone or her own mind. She wasn’t too weak to survive you and whatever you think
you did to her.”
I
tangle my fingers in her now damp hair. “You don’t know everything. You were
right when you said I’m an asshole. I am.” I turn her to the wall and lean in
close. “You want me to stay?”
“Yes.”
“Are
you sure?
“Yes.
I want you to stay.”
“Then
you need to know who and what I am. I’m going to spank you and it’s not going
to be gentle. And in the future I will flog you, clamp you, and torment you in
ways that you have never dreamed of. Still want me to stay?”
“Mark—”
“Do
you want me to stay?” I ask, rubbing her backside to get the blood flow where I
want it.
“Yes.
I do.”
About the Author
New York Times and USA Today
Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed
INSIDE OUT SERIES, and is now in development by Suzanne Todd (Alice in
Wonderland) for cable TV. In addition, her Tall, Dark and Deadly series and The
Secret Life of Amy Bensen series, both spent several months on a combination of
the NY Times and USA Today lists.
Watch the video on casting
for the INSIDE TV Show HERE
Since beginning her
publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 40 books translated around
the world. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy
similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne
Brockmann.
Prior to publishing, Lisa
owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin
Business Journal and also praised by Dallas Women Magazine. In 1998 LRJ was
listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.
Lisa loves to hear from her
readers. You can reach her at on her website and she is active on twitter and Facebook
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