A/N: y'all can play the song I linked above right when you start this chapter to add some spice to the scene. 🤪 Song: Scream by Usher.

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Dominic's POV

I had drinks brought to my table. Getting me drunk is difficult but tonight I wanted to be intoxicated.

I've been brought to the VIP area on the mezzanine floor. From here, I can see everyone on the floor.

Again, my eyes flicker over the crowd to find her.

"Dom, you need to relax on the shots." Nick says as I take my 8th shot of pure vodka.

I only look at him with the back off expression and he backs away.

"Look at how much fun the princess and Caterina are having." Nick chuckles.

"Where?" I ask a little too aggressively.

"Down there." He points near the front of the hall, right in front of the DJ booth.

Caterina is trying to loosen Inaya up, trying to get her to sway with the music.

Fucking hell, the dress isn't tight but it's enough to get me weak.

I take another shot. The sensation of the burning alcohol down my throat isn't enough to distract me from her.

I'm hypnotized by her, mesmerized. All the things I could do to her... to that body of hers. The thought has me hard.

My hands over her body, slowly taking off each article of clothes until I see nothing but her bare skin against mine.

Her laughter is making me envious. I want her on my bed, having her scream my name over and over again. I'm sure no man has ever ignited that feeling in her and I need to be her first.

She's driving every part of my body insane. I won't be able to rest until I've touched every part of hers.

The way her smile makes her eyes shine brighter; Those lips... oh, those fucking lips. That pretty plump mouth of hers... all I want is to have it around my di—

"Dom! Do you need to loosen up? You seem tense." Nick elbows me.

"No! Fuck off!" I shove his arm away.

"The alcohol is finally getting to him..." I hear him mumble as I walk away to go downstairs to the dance floor.

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Inaya's POV

Caterina squeals. "Oh. My. God. Two incredibly handsome men fighting over our Princess Inaya? That was the most entertaining thing I've ever seen."

"Cat..." I groan.

"The way Dom stole you away. Stellar. Sexy. Hot. The way he was dancing with you, your face. I've never seen you look so mesmerized."

"I don't know what happened to me... I wanted to walk away the second he held me but I just couldn't." I sigh.

"Inaya, sweetheart, it's not your fault. I really think you're seriously attracted to him. I feel like if you admit it to yourself, it may be easier to control your own impulses maybe?" Cat says.

She may be right. Maybe if I just admit it to myself I'll be able to hold back easier, learn how to not give myself away to him so quickly.

I feel a hand grab mine. "Come with me."

I whip my head to see Dominic already pulling me away without giving me a chance to think.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, where do you think you're taking our Princess?" Cat quickly steps in his way.

"I have to talk to her." He simply states.

"Alone? I don't think so. I saw the way you felt her up on the dance floor. I can't trust you alone with her." Cat shakes her head.

"She live with me and is still in one piece. I'm sure she'll be fine." He says with annoyance.

"How can I be sure?" Cat asks.

"Have you seen her? She isn't someone I'd want anyways." He rolls his eyes.

Ouch, that hurt.

"Dominic!" Caterina scolds him.

"It won't be more than a few minutes." He's says eagerly.

Cat looks at me for confirmation and I nod. I want to know what he has to say.

"Five minutes. No more." She squints her eyes in warning.

He pulls me away through the crowd and brings me into a washroom, blocking the door with the trash can.

"What were you doing with that man?"

What is he talking about— "What man?"

"You know exactly which fucking man I'm talking about!" He yells, making me flinch.

"Gabriel? What did he do?" I ask defensively.

"You let him get close to you, you let him touch you." He almost growls.

"And?" I question him.

"What the fuck do you mean by 'and'? We had clear rules laid out."

"Tell me one thing, why does it matter so much to you about who I'm with?" I'm upset, he's always questioning my loyalty knowing I've never done anything.

"This again? You're a liability. You can't go around getting close to others without my permission. Who knows what kind of information you'd leak." He says but it's not convincing enough.

"That's it?"

He doesn't say anything else.

"Well, if that's everything, then I'll assure you that I won't let anything slip. I'll get going now." I was about to grab the trash can to move it over until he grabs me and shoves me against the wall.

"You can't fucking walk out on me like that in the middle of the conversation. I wasn't done with you. You can't fucking leave me like that." His eyes are burning in flames.

His words though... they have a different aura to them. It's almost... emotional.

"I thought this conversation was as good as over." I say.

He twists my arm behind my back and I wince in pain. "Dominic! You're hurting me!"

"All I could think of tonight is taking you out of these clothes and making you mine." He slides down to his knees and stops directly in front of my stomach, his hands on my hips as he stares up at me. "The things I could do to you... you'd be begging me for more."

My body is paralyzed and reacting in ways I've never felt before. I literally can't move. My insides are twisting and turning but also numb in a way.

He traces his finger over my stomach, sending immense vibrations down in between my legs.

"Dominic..." his name comes out as an involuntary moan.

He stands up. "That tongue of yours has become feisty lately." He leans in closer and I can smell the bitterness of the alcohol he must've drank.

I can tell he's definitely wasted from his more-than-usual aggressive behaviour.

"What else can that tongue of yours do?" He crashes his lips on mine, forcefully deepening the kiss by pushing his tongue into my mouth.

I use all my willpower to push him off of me. I wipe my mouth using my sleeve.

"You can't keep doing this, Dominic! You can't say things like I'm someone you'd never give a second look to or say I'm not someone you could want and then do this!" I scream at him with tears threatening to pour out.

"Do what?"

"Do this! You do all of this. You're nice sometimes and then you're cold. And then you're sweet again and then you go around sleeping with anyone with a female body part. It hurts me, I can't take it!" I let out every frustration built up inside of me.

"I don't want someone like you. I want a taste of your body, I want to fuck you until you're so sore that you can't walk." His words were as sharp and as bitter as the cold breeze in a winter night.

"You're cruel! You're so disgusting, Dominic!" My voice trembles. "You can't do this to me... you're so vicious... I..."

He only laughs; a chillingly sinister laugh. "Oh, amore mìo, you're innocence is admirable."

"I'd never want a man like you in my life. I pray that not even my enemies have someone like you in their lives. You're past the definition of inhumane." My knees give out and I drop to the floor. "I made a mistake... I shouldn't have thought any better... I shouldn't have fallen for..."

He stands their quietly with his fists balled up. Maybe because no ones ever told him this or because he couldn't get what he wanted with me. But it doesn't matter, nothing does with him.

I quickly stand up. "I don't want this anymore. Please, next time I upset you, just kill me, throw me into the streets, throw me to a pack of wolves for all I care but please, please stop hurting me... I'm so..." I don't finish. It doesn't matter. He's not even listening.

He's blacked-out drunk, I could tell from the way he could barely keep his balance. He won't even remember this by the time he's sober.

I kick the trash can out of the way and walk out. I've had enough of tonight. I want to go home, I want to be confined to my room. I just want a good night's sleep.

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A/N: sis is hurt. 😔

Also, surprise! I thought I'd update a day earlier hahaha

Next Update: Saturday, December 21, 2019.