Chapter 76: Red [Music: Body By Rosenfeld] I shut my mouth instantly, feeling my pulse racing so fast until it felt like it would burst from my veins. Ares rounded me like a predator stalking its prey. I felt his lips on my neck, his hot breath creating endless goosebumps, and then he kissed that spot, tasting my flesh, and my legs almost buckled from the pressure. My fingers dug into my dress, my entire body screaming with raw need. Ares drove his lips, using his teeth to nibble the helix of my ear. "Follow." My eyes tracked his movement before I went after him. I held my gown as I climbed the imperial staircase, my gaze pinned on his broad back. I pondered how he could walk composed in this situation, while it felt like I was chasing fire for life. We got to a hallway with no light, only the soft moonlight streaming from the windows. I could barely make out my surroundings. Ares was nowhere to be seen, but I could feel him watching me. I opened my mouth to call for him, but his earlier words made me mute. I let my shoulders relax as I closed my eyes. The wind came through the windows, caressing my skin. I heard footsteps getting louder and closer but I remained patient. "I’m gonna have to reward you for that..." His voice was deep and soft. I smiled as I opened my eyes and looked over my shoulder. Slowly, he came in front of me, tilting my chin to hold his gaze. He memorized my face, and I did too, loving how darkly dangerous he looked in that mask, and the surroundings only added to the intrigue. It felt like he was the Beast and I was Beauty. He freed me and walked to the left. I followed like I had been spellbound by him. Ares waited for me at the doorway as I entered the room, the door shutting close. I waited at the center of what looked like an office. I was too nervous to make out all the details, but the dim lighting from the chandelier made the atmosphere lighter. "Turn around." Licking my lips, I did as he commanded. "One word only. Pick your safe word." "Red." A devilish smile stretched his lips. "Take off your panties." I swallowed, keeping still. "Take. Off. Your. Panties," he reprised, voice dark with warning. I opened my mouth and shut it back up. As if discerning something was off, he uttered. "Speak." My voice came off low and breathy. "I-I’m not wearing any panties." Ares’s jaw clenched as disbelief flashed his face. "What?" "I didn’t wanna wear them," I replied with a sly smile. "Do you want me to show you?" Ares remained frozen in place, eyeing me hotly. I pressed my hands on the table behind me and picked myself up. Like the opening of a book, I parted my thigh. Ares’ nostrils flared, and he loosened his tie like he couldn’t breathe. I let my hands slide as I reclined, and I captured the lighting until I glowed like a meal waiting to be devoured. Ares came towards me in a heartbeat as if his last grip of control snapped. He snatched my neck and smashed his lips down on mine. I moaned as I tried to keep up with his ardent advance, but I couldn’t. He was quick, rough, and desirably sucking my soul from my body. The thick smell of his cologne and aftershave dulled my senses until I became a whimpering mess of nerves. Ares’ hot, wet lips moved to the corner of my mouth, tracing down with licks and nibbling, sucking against my neck. I moaned thickly, opening my eyes for a minute, and caught a mirror on the wall. Sweet heavens! The sight of us was like a painting, and we were each other’s muse and artist. Ares’s hand was tightly on my waist as he pushed into me without a single air of space, his face buried in my neck as he devoured it before proceeding to my cleavage. I couldn’t take my eyes off the mirror as Ares continued his advances, and it got hotter and hotter until I was gasping for breath, the sparks flying through my veins. "Take off my belt." I trembled, doing as he commanded, shaky and snappily as I unfasten with a speed I didn’t know I had. "Keep your hands on the table. Move them, and there will be severe consequences." His sexy threat made me wanna defy him, but I wanted him so badly that I was obedient to the bones. I clutched the edge of the table as Ares pushed his cock into me. Oh. My... I swallowed a breath, yelping desperately as he pulled my waist forward and buried his thick cock completely inside me. He pulled out and slammed right to the hilt, and the table creaked loudly. I thought this was a one-time thing, but no, he kept thrusting into me with the strength of a bull, and I’m short of breath. Ares’ vigor shattered any thought of softness I had imagined. He was frenzied with me, and the noisy creaks drowned out my loud moans. I held on tight, but I was already losing balance, my fingers hurting from having them dig into the wood. Ares ran his hand straight to the top of my thighs, finger clawing my flesh, and I screamed when he hit a sweet spot. His mouth lashed to my neck, tasting my sweaty body like I was a sumptuous meal he could only have once, while he locked his muscular waist into me nonstop, and I feared he might break me. A grunt vibrated from his throat when my walls tightened against his cock, and I pulsed until wet squelching noises covered the air around us. I hooked my leg on his waist to pull him close, but the door burst open, and I screamed when a random man pointed a gun at us. "ARES!"