Dominate me by Julia Romush (best e reader for epub TXT) 📗

Clenching my fists and taking deep breaths, I ordered myself not to respond to his words. Do not take them to heart. He always communicated like that. Always with everyone. 
 
"If I could solve it myself, I would never come to you", I said through my teeth, only in whispers. I doubt my man heard me, "and so you will have to listen to me ..." 
 
The situation has worsened. I felt him merge with every cell of my body. He did not hesitate to look at me. I didn't even worry about what it looked like from the outside. 
 
"Are you completely mad there?!". It sounded so loud and unexpected that I jumped on the spot. Artem practically muttered these words to his interlocutor. "I do not care about their conditions! There will be no meeting!"
 
I, as always, couldn't choose the right moment to talk. The man was furious, and I had every chance to become a pear to beat as soon as he finished talking. 
 
But I had no other choice, and I was ready for any reaction from him, just to get his help. 
 
"That's right. I don't need them, I need them. So, either they bend under me, or they go to hell!". After these words, the phone flew into the wall and landed near me, already in disassembled condition. 
 
I screamed and jumped to the side. But this was not the worst thing that could happen. Raising my head, I met his gaze. Cold. Who made his way to the bone. Everything inside me was cold, and my throat tightened as if he had personally put his fingers on it.
 
That was a mistake! My stupidest mistake was to come here! Idiot, what were you thinking? 
 
"Who did you think you were?". He was approaching. Slow. Giving me a chance to back up. 
 
"Artem, I just needed to be with you ..." 
 
"You don't have a phone? What the hell are you doing in my office?" 
 
I had a phone. But I was absolutely sure that he would not listen to my explanations, he would just hang up in the middle of the conversation. 
 
"I have a problem ..." 
 
"Think hard before you sound it. Our contract was only for one request. Are you ready to voice it?". Smiling, he took another step forward, and I leaned my back against the wall. He trapped me. 
 
Swallowing loudly, I ran my tongue over my parched lips in horror. He will eat me now. 
 
"I ..." 
 
"Yes or no? I don't have time to listen to your babbling!" 
 
"It's not quite that ... "
 
"So no",  he decided for me,"everything, get out! I'm busy." 
 
Taking a deep breath, I tried to turn around, but his hands on either side of my shoulders still wouldn't let me do it. I already wanted to fly out of here like a cork. But he looked me up and down.
 
It was hard to breathe from his eyes. And then he abruptly withdrew and I, without losing the opportunity, jumped away from him. 
 
"How much?". I was stopped by his voice when I was at the door. Honestly, I did not immediately realize that he was addressing me at all. 
 
"What?". I said in a hoarse voice. I completely stopped understanding him.
 
"How much will it cost to solve your problem so that you stop bothering me?" 
 
"Two hundred thousand", I announced the lawyer's fee, which I learned earlier, but I simply could not pay his fee. 
 
I was counting on a completely different outcome of this conversation, but Artem decided otherwise. 
 
The man looked at me intently, squinting. 
 
There was music in the office, and he turned, walked over to the table, and picked up the other phone. When he accepted the challenge, I just smiled bitterly. Stupid girl, but what did you expect at all? 
 
And I just thought it was a kind of refusal on his part, and almost turned around to leave as he handed me a check. With the amount I need. 
 
"Thank you", I whispered, almost bowing as Artem hung up the phone again, and instead of a contemptuous "please," said a completely unexpected thing: 
 
"Wait for me at about six o'clock. We are leaving the city for the weekend. Your last chance not to disappoint me ..."